HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14522, 26 November 1912, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electrio ' Telcgiapb—Copyught. ARREST OF A DEFAULTER. LONDON, November 24. Reginald Wright, a clerk in Lloyd's Bank, Bournemouth, was arrested on Marley Common, Haslemero. Tho polico imitated his sister's voice, calling "Reggie," and Wright stepped from tho bushes. Ono thousand ono hundred and fifty-five pounds worth of notes, and £6io in sovereigns, comprising tho greater part of tlio amount stolen, was found in his portmanteaux. AUSTRALASIAN .YOUTH. LONDON, November 24. The Roy. J. E. Watts Ditchfield, in nn interview, said that Australian and New Zealand youths wero not more seriously inclined than British youths. Materialism and pleasure wero the dominant dangers. Australia and New Zealand were moving too rapidly, and wero inclined to rush legislation. . A NARROW ESCAPE. PARIS, November 25. Whilst the cruiser Jeanno d'Arc, with naval cadets aboard, was off Madeira, tho powder over-heated, causing a fire, which was suppressed with great difficulty. An officer and a sailor floodod the magazine, thus averting disaster. All tlio ammunition was jettisoned. THEIR MAJESTIES. LONDON, November 25. Tho "Daiiy Telegraph's" Paris correspondent says that King George and Queen Mary will officially visit Paris in April.