CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 613, 2 July 1908, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(B_ ELECTRIC TELEOEAPH — COPYBIQHT.j [FEB PBEBS ASSOCIATION .1 THE LONDON POLICE. London, July 1. The Royal Commission appointed to ! inquire into charges against the Met- , ropolitan police reports that on the j whole the police discharged their duties honestly and with discretion and j efficiency. Most of the allegations against the force were not proved. ' In the Dalgety case, the arrest was ! justified and the conduct of the police ; was discreet and correct. _ The Commission apportion blame In some of the cases investigated. DINIZULU'S TRIAL. London, July 1. j A Bill has been gazetted at Martiz- ( burg in view of Dinizulu's trial con- : stituting a special court to try natives. It consists of three commissioners, including two judges of the j Supreme Court of Natal/ or the higher ' court of any British colony. Reuter reports that the. Court will include one 3udge of Natal and others from other colonies. A RECORD YEAR ON THE RAND. London, July 1. The dividends declared by the Ran-J goldfields for the year ended yesterday totalled £4,098,860, establishing a record. SOUTH AFRICA. Capetown, July 1. Premier J. K. Merriman, in introducing the budget of tbe Cape Parliament, showed that the deficiency i of the past year was £996,000, but I the Government's retrenchments had I led to a saving of £617,000. He an- ! ticipated a deficiency of £906,760. ! He proposed to lower the base of . the income tax to £50 per annum-, ' suspend the sinking fund provision, ' and deduct five per cent, from the : salaries of civil servants and members {of Parliament. He added that the Government did not want the Cape | to enter into closer union with other colonies as a bankrupt state. MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Mexico, July 1. The Mexican outbreaks have been suppressed. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. (Received July 2, 8.10 a.m.) Paris, July 1. The Bill of M. Clemenceau, the French Premier, to abolish capital punishment, has been withdrawn from the French Chambers. COLLISION OF STEAMERS. (Reoeived July 2, 8.25 a.m.) London, July 1. Lloyd's Baltimore agent reports ; that the British steamer/ Glenfruin, ; laden with coal for Australia, collid ed with the Hamburg- American li- ! ner Bossina, at Norfolk. The Gleni fruin was cut into below the watei line, and it will be compulsory for her to' go into dock for repairs. HOPE FOR UNEMPLOYED. (Received July, 2, 8.35 a.m.) London, July 1. By arrangement with the Hon. Tom. Price, the South Australian Premier, the Central Unemployed Agency in London has sent three cabinetmakers to Adelaide. Others are likely to follow. The Unemployed Agency is trying to send skilled artisans and mechanics to other states. LEMOINE ARRESTED. London, July 1. It is reported that M. Lemoine, the " diamond maker," has been arrested at Kustenati. SAVING THE BIRDS. London, July 1. The Select Committee of the House of Lords, on Lord Avebury's Importation of Plums Prohibition Bill, examined Colonel Ryan, of Melbourne, who said that he had persuaded Mr Deakin (Premier of the commonwealth) to take steps to stop the present destruction of egrets. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. London, July 1. Gore won the tennis championship, beating Barrett, 6—3, 6—2, 4—6, 3— 6, 6—4. LONDON RATES. London, July 1. The Hon. Mr Asquith has invited the Liberal M.P.'s for London to make suggestions regarding the unification of London rates. A SWIMMING FEAT. London, July 1. In another attempt to swim the Chfannel, Holbein swam fifty miles down the lower Thames in 13 hours 47 minutes. COST OF CATTLE-DRIVING. London, July 1. In the House of Commons, the Hon. A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, said that the cost of extra constabulary, owing to cattle-driv-ing in Ireland, amounted to £47,000. VERBAL APOLOGY REFUSED. Teheran, July 1. The British Minister at Teheran has refused to accept a verbal apology in connection with the incident of surrounding the consulate. (Received July 2, 8.10 a.m.) London, July 1. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that posting troops near the British Legation was an improper proceeding. Britain had informed Persia that refuges would not be surrendered without a definite and reliable guarantee of their proper treatment. QUARTER'S REVENUE. (Received July 2, 8.10 a.m.) % London, July 1. The revenue for the quarter is i £30,313,00, Customs contributed! £7,218,000, excise £7,270,000, and stamps £1,850,000.