HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13104, 1 May 1908, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electri* Tel«graph—Copyright. MUSICAL HONOUR. LONDON, April 39. Francis Hutchens, a New Zealand pianist, has beon awarded the Theirberg Scholarship of the Royal Academy of Music. EMIGRATION TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Stringently selected agriculturists in t> a steady stream are availing them- - selves of asedsted passages to Western " Australia. They exceed last year's 3 average. JEWEL ROBBERY. r Jewels, valued at one> tltonsand , pounds, havo boon stolen from iiie i of the Hon. MaSol t Vereker. It is believed that the Sur- " giar concealed himself in tihe residence at night time. ■ RAISULI ESCAPES. Later reports show tJia-t men in am- > bush fircnl upon itaisruJi, who maihagcd • to escape on horseback, i SEFTUAGEiNARIAN MENDS, i NEW YORK, April 29. After forging a deed in. order to j obtain their victim's house at Water- ■ ton, New York, a septuagenarian cc.uple, named Farmer, hired a Sire Bronttaji into their house amd killed i liar with aja axe, Tvhdah the wife wielded. They then transferred deceased's body to tor house, of which tihey took possession. They were subsequently arrested, end confessed to tho crime. PERSIAN (MASSACRE. TEHERAN, April 29. News has reached Tohoran tibat 3000 Kurds have pillaged the villages of Urumiah, Sadnoe, and KJioy, massacring 2000 men, women, a-rud children. ETNA IN ERUPTION. (Received April 30th, 10.10 p.m.) ROME, April 30. Mount Etna is in active eruption, presenting a splendid spectacle. THE MOHMANDS. CALCUTTA, April 30. The Mohniands have dispersed, except 500 at Bohaidag. The rest are harvesting their crops at high speed, fearing that the British will advance and destroy them. The preaching of the Holy War continues. THE PORTUGUESE CORTES. LISBON, April 30. King Manuel, in a pathetic speech at the opening of the Cortes, referred to hie father's terrible martyrdom. DEPRESSION IN GERMANY. BERLIN, April 30. Owing to the severe depression in trade in Germany, unemployment is general in almost all industries. [Depression in Germany has beon gradually getting worse for some months. According to the official "Labour Geeefcte" of Berfin, grvtms the returns for January, the figures sent in by the sick funds, -which report to the Imperial Statistical Office, showed a decline of 73,700 persons employed, as against 5000 in the corresponding month last year. As compared with January, 1907, the demand for labour fell off by 40 per cent., and it also showed a decline on the previous month.] AN ENGAGEMENT. LONDON, April 30. The Earl of Dudley's brother, tie Hon. John Ward, is engaged to Miss Jean Reid, daughter of, Mr Whitelaw Reid, American Ambassador dn' England. NEW STEAMER SERVICE. Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-Gene-ral for Qneansilaaidj is inviting tenders by J<rly Ifflk for a <xtmfofcn>ed passenger amd cargo service to Brisbane, calling at ffhursday Island, Townsville, and Rockhsmpton, via Torres Straits. RIOTS IN ANNAM. Serious native riots have occurred in Annam, headed by anti-Frencn -representatives of the educated daes. [Annam, in Indo-China, is a French protectorate. French troope are statoned in the capital, and the Customs revenue is conceded to Franco.] THE DIAMOND MYSTERY. Lemoine consents to the London (Bank surrendering to the French judicial authorities his secret formula on the examining magistrate agreeing not to open it until the expiry of two months, this time being required for the manufacture of diamonds. M. Lemoine states that the envelope merely contains a formula for the manufac-ture-of bort, impure diamonds used for cutting and polishing.