BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, 23 December 1908, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

.«. [BT ELfiG'TRiC TEUCGHAPH COPYBIGGT ] |PKK PEiiSP ABBOCIATiON..| THE NATIONAL BANK. London, December 22. The National Bank of New Zealand has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent. MORE TROUBLE IN ZULU LAND. Durban, December 22. Tke enforcement of tiie cattle fever regulations has caused some temporary disaffection among the Zulu tribe under Bubula, Tlionlca's successor, in the viciuity of Dering, mid Ilhovo district. A small force of police has been sent out to patrol the southern districts. RUSSIAN REFORM. St. Petersburg, December 22. The Douma has adopted the clause sanctioning individual ownership by tho peasantry of lands. THE RADBOD DISASTER. Berlin, December 22. The subscription lists for the sufferers by the Radbod disaster nowtotal £60,000, which will suffice to provide a supplementary annuity of 150 marks for each widow and 15 marks for each child. A LENGTHY ARGUMENT 1 . London, December 22. The Court of Appeal, after fifty days' argument, has reversed the judgment in the Wyler case. A stay of execution has been granted in view of an appeal to the House of Lords. ZULU CHIEF EXECUTED. Durban, December 22. The Zulu underchief Mjombslwana, convicted of the murder of Sitsitshila, was executed in the ' presence of a number of Sitsitshila's tribe. NATIVE UNREST IN INDIA. Calcutta, December 22. All classes in India are favourably impressed by the reforms. The unrest is subsiding. London, December 22. The Hon. T. R. Buchanan,. Financial Secretary to the India Office, has decided to act upon Mr C. O'Donneli's suggestion to collect the opinions of all retired members of the Bengal Civil Service, the maharajas, nabobs, and rajahs in Bengal regard, ing the partition of that province. (Received December 23, 8.30 a.m.) Calcutta, December 22. _ Two bombs were thrown at a train conveying Mr Hume, the Public Prosecutor, at Sodepur. No one was hurt. This is the seventh bomb outrage committed on this railway. BISHOPRIC OF STEPNEY. "London, December 22. Dr. Paget, Bishop of Ipswich, has been appointed Bishop of Stepney. (Received December 23, 8.0. a.m.) DALGETY'S CAPITAL TO BE INCREASED. A special general meeting of Dalgety and Co., Mr E. T. Doxat (chairman and managing director) presiding, unanimously agreed to increase by one million the nominal capital by the creation of new £10 5 per cent, preferential shares. These will not be offered to the public, but to shareholders at a pro rata rate. Existing shareholders will receive preferential treatment. [The company's capital fully subscribed is £4,000,000 and the capital paid up £1,000,000".] LLOYD-GEORGE ON THE LORDS. The Hon. D. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Liverpool, denounced the House of Lords as being purely a partisan assembly. The Liberals would deal Errnly and boldly with the question, as it was impossible to tolerate the present humiliating conditions of legislation on the sufferance of Lord Lansdowne (Leader of the Opposition). The Chancellor also intimated that the next Budget would raise new taxes with/rat interfering with any productive industry. He denounced the tariff reform movement as implying a steadily increasing protection, judging by the experience of other countries. FIVE DEATHS. Five deaths on the steamer Aston, at Grimsby were due to the fumes of ferro-sificon in the cargo. W. G. GRACE. Mi J W. G. Grace, the doyen English cricketer, has resigned the secretaryship of the Gloucestershire County Club, which he had held for many j years, and of which county he was also captain for a lengthy period. THE KING IS PLEASED. King Edward telegraphed to Lord Aberdeen, Viceroy of Ireland, expressing the greatest satisfaction at the termination of the Dublin strike of drivers, and congratulating the authors of the conciliatory arrangement of the trouble. THE JAMAICA EARTHQUAKE. London, December 23. English Insurance companies have j agreed to settle claims amounting to J £800,000 arising out of litigation connected with the late Jamaica oarthquake. THE HAND OF GERMANY. Morocco, December 23. The captured ringleader of the party of fifty deserters from the French Foreign Legion (a Belgian ex. officer) has declared that he acted under formal instructions from the German Government. VENOM IN VENEZUELA. Caracas, December 23. General GomeZj Vice-President of Venezuela j who is the head of the republic during the absense of President Castro in Europe, has eliminated all President Castro's adherents from the Cabinet* (Received December 23, 8.-^. a ( m.) London, December 22. THE ENTENTE CORDIALE. A Blue Book gives an exchange of Notes renewing for five years . the Franco-British arbitration agreement of 1903. REFORMING THE LORDS ? A Royal Commission, with Lord Richard Cavendish as Chairman, and including the Hon. W. "Pember Reeves (New Zealand), inquires into various' schemes aiming to secure a fully representative character of popularly elected legislatures. WHAT CARNEGIE THINKS. Washington, December -22. Mr AndreV Carnegie, testifying before the Tariff committee < in Washington in favour of the abolition of steel duties, was asked if there was a combination, including the magnates of Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, which fixed, from London, the price of steel rails. He replied: " I am not in it, but I think it is highly probable." THE ATHENIC AT HOME. London, Dec. 22. The Athenio has arrived from New Zealand.