CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume II, Issue 524, 18 March 1908, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH — COWaIGHT.] [PKE PRESS ASSOCIATION^ FIGHTING IN MOROCCO. Morocco,/ March 17. General D'Amade on Monday attacked and routed 2000 Moors near Flawielwrimi, capturing their camp at the bayonet's point. The Moors lost heavily. CANADIAN UNEMPLOYED. [ Ottawa, March 17. A procession of a thousand unemj ployed in Toronto marched to the City Hall and demanded the (initiation ct relief works. The Mayor ' promised some assistance. CLOSING A DIAMOND MINE. Capetown, Maroh 17. The Dutostspen diamond^ mine vt Kimberley is to be closed in April. LONDON ¥ONEY MARKET. London, Maroh 17. Consols, 86J. The New South Wales Joan is nominally quoted at from par to i per cent, premium. THE TIMES. London, Maroh 17. Mr Justice Warrington sanctioned the formation of a company to take over The Times. Mr Walters is chairman, Mr Moberly Bell manager, and the rest of the directors are Messrs Buckle, l/hirol, Monke, Penney, ana the leading members of the staff. No shares are offered to the public. There is to be no change in the political or editorial direction of the paper, which will be conducted by the same staff on the independent lines hitherto pursued. The Chronicle suggests that Lord Rothschild and Lord Northcliffe provided the bulk of The Times capital, and states that the goodwill is valued at £320,000, without the plant and freehold premises. The Daily Mail states that the capital of The Times Company is £750,000. MR ASQUITH NOT PRIVILEGED. (Received March 18, 8.8 a.m.) London, March 17. The Hon. Mr Asquith's chauffeur was fined £4 for driving the Chancellor of the Exchequer at an excessive rate of speed in St. James' Park. A plea of privilege was disregarded. BRITISH POLITICS. London, March 17. The Daily Express states that the Budget will provide for penny postage between Britain and America. The Times asserts that .the Goyernment propose to adjourn -in July, and hold an autumn session in October. CORRESPONDENCE VERY MUCH ASTRAY. London, March 17. A package of registered letters posted in London on the 21st February for transmission to New York by the steamer Uedrie was enclosed in the wrong mail bag, and travelled to Yokohama. The missing correspondence is now proceeding to New York. A TARDY ACKNOWLEDGMENT. J.>ndon, March 17. Miss Florence Nightingale's nephew received at the Guildhall, on her be-.t ' half, the freedom of the city. v.\Mr Joseph Chamberlain, speaking' : at the function, remarked that it wasC\ : strange that an earlier generation of^;, ; civic authorities had faifod -to distin- 'v guish themselves by distinguishing X Miss Nightingale. v PREMIER PRICE ON AUSTRA- / I LIAS FEARS. London, March 17. . Mr Thos. Price, Premier of South Australia, interviewed by a representative of the Morning Post, explained that Australia's attitude towards military defence was partjy prompted by 'jxvs-v ti7lrc<v-ei'ea*««S^bainiag_in China ihicrht constitute a yellow peril. Also, Australia desired to fulfil her part in Imperial defence. He declared that prot<HJtioii for Australia was a fixed policy, with preference to England; but lie declined to discuss Home labor problems. Mr Price also declared that English investors need not fear confiscation or breach of agreements on the part "f Australians. STAMPED OUT. London, March 17. The Government states that the epidemic of foot and mouth disease that attacked cattle in Edinburgh has been stamped out.