HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12967, 21 November 1907, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

TTaitsd Pxsas Aaasustion—Br El«ctrto 3W*»fr»ph—Copyri#ht. MINERAL WEALTH OF NEW ZEA- *; :,;."... ';• land. ■ LONDON, November.-19. Dr. Mcintosh Bell, of New Zealand, lectured at the Colonial Institute dn the mineral wealth of Now Zealand. Lord Ranfurly presided. ELECTRIC LIGHT IN MEDINA. Renter _ report* that an Imperial Irade ordeia the sanctuary of the Prophet Mahomet at Media* to be lit With electricity. [El Medina (Arabto fair "The City") ie the holiest city in the .Mahometan world flitter Mecca. It is sstaeaed in Arabia, 182 miles from tha Red. Sea, and haa a population of aibout 16,000. The principal baiiftnc is the Prophetfe Mosque, suppossd to be erected *m the spot where Mahomet died, and to enclose bis tomb. The grave i* covered W a square erection df bitacfc xaarU*. Tbe ProfihetW body is believed to be nndeoayad at fall length on tho right side, with the right palm supporting the right dheek, 4be face directed towards Maoca.J ■ v. MOSCOW TRAMWAYS. An Edinburgh firm has contracted for the electrification of the tramways of Moscow, at a coat of two millions sterling. DANGEROUS WORK. LISBON, November 19. Two men were accidentally killed in the citqr while manufacturing explosives : for criminal purposes. A third man waa arrested. .MIXED MARRIAGES BANNED. OTTAWA, November 19. Arehbiahop Brucheaa, of Montreal, at tlie Pope* has directed that no dispensations be granted enabling Catholics to marry Protestants. EXPLORER'S DISCOVERY. Mr Seton, a Canadian naturalist and explorer, reports that the so-called barren lands extending into tho Arctic Circle are full of game, well watered, and fit for cultivation very far north. IN CHINA. HONG KONG, November 19. German warships on the Chinese coast are taking precautions in the event of tbe development of the antiforeign movement. THE GALWAY OUTRAGE. (Received November 20th, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON. November 20. Blake, tbe farmer' who was shot at Kikonieran, Galway, declares that many of the male portion of the congregation yelled derisively after the shots were fired, attempted to mislead the police as to the direction taken by the miscreants, and pushed by without offering the slightest assistance, thougb his mother lay wounded on the ground. THE PRIME MINISTER. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman'a condition is satisfactory, but in view" of the approaching session he will have some weeks of complete change and rest. " THE ANTI-JAPANESE MOVEMENT. *SAN FRANCISCO, November 20. Three hundred Japanese in Washington territory were sent back to British Columbia during the past half-yeari Ten were arrested at Bellingham on Monday and sent to Seattle for. deportation.