HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13250, 19 October 1908, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. A „RESIGNATION. * LONDON, October 16. The Pekin correspondent of; "Tho Times" says that Mr Kinder, engineer-in-chief to the Northern Railways of China., has resigned, on the ground that he has been deprived of all real authority and his position made intolerable by tho Chinese Government. INDIANS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. . Sir Wilfrid Laurier has arranged to transfer to British Honduras, with their consent, all British Indians now in British Columbia. VICTORY FOR/ WOMENTho Royal College of Surgeons has resolved to allow women to compete ,for surgical and dental diplomas. CATHOLIC CONFERENCE. Archbishop Carr, at the inauguration of tho Conferenco of the Catholic Truth Society at Dublin, traced the growth of the Catholic Church in Victoria, and described tho astounding progress of Catholic education against great opposition. Cardinal Loguo and Archbishop Healey participated in tho Conference. ' AEROPLANE MISHAP. An Army aeroplane at Aldershot fell twenty feet during experiments, and was wrecked. Its occupant, Colonel Cody, was thrown out unhurt. POSTAL REFORM. Mr Buxton, replying to Mr HennikerHeaton, regretted that Canada and Australia did not participate in the Imperial postal order system. He was unable to reduce tho charge on post-cards to the cplonies. INTERNATIONAL AND COLONIAL EXHIBITION. An International and Colonial Exhibition is about to be organised. It will bo held at the Franco-British Exhibition palaces and grounds, either in the slimmer or autumn of 1909. Consuls and Audits-General for tho colonies have been already invited to co-operate with M." Kiralfy in his plan. AN OXFORD APPOINTMENT. LONDON, October 17. Professor George Gilbert Minn-ay hns> been appointed Refeius Professor ol Greek at Oxford. [Professor Murray is an Australian by birth, being the*son of the late Sir Terence Murray, President of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. He was educated at Merchant Taylors', and St. John's, Oxford, and became n Fellow of New College in 1883. From 1889 to 1899 he was Professor of Greoik in Glasgow Undversity. He has published a history of ancient Greek literature and a number of translations of Greek plays.] THE COTTON DISPUTE. The "r>aily Mail" states that tho. cotton strike has thrown 400,000 men idle and caused a loss of £3,500,000. THE TERRITORIALS. Mr Haldane. speaking at Caterbam. saidi the Territorials now numbered 200,000. Recruiting was steadily proceeding, and the Army was never more ©fleet iv«. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S TOUR. NEW YORK, October 17. President Roosevelt, after his African trip, visits England early in 1910. His wife will join him at Khartoum on tho journey northwards.