BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 766, 31 December 1908, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BY BLEOTBIO TELEGBAPH —COPYBI6HT.] [FSB FBBM3 ASSOCIATION.] (Received Dec. 31, 8.15 a.m.) TO HELP THJfI UNEMPLOYED. London, Dec. 30. Sir Peter Carlaw Walker (head of the firm of Peter Walker ana Soil; has placed £20U,U00 at the disposal of the Food and Better Treatment Association, ior the relief of 220,000 unemployed! men and their families in Liverpool. LORD inORTHCOTE; A banquet wn be given to Lord Northcote, ex-(*overnor-(ieneralof tihe vomnion wealth ot Australia, on Jan. 19. His Lordship will give an account of the. progress of the commonwealth during his term of adminiatra- f tion. ' "■-■"■ dividing vi' Swaziland: The Swaziland Concessions Commission has allotted 2421 square miles to natives, leaving 4153 square miles tor concessionaires or Crown lands. liN MEMORY Ojd BISHOP SELWYK The .Bishops oi Licbneld, Lincoln, Ely, Southwell, Auckland and Melanesia are organising a movement w> commemorate the nundreditih^ aniversary of the birth of tteoflae Selwyn, the first Bishop of New Zealand, by holding special services on April 23 next. The offerings at the services will be divided between Selwyn College, Cambridge, and the Pattison wing of St. John's College, Auckland (N.Z.). : PENNY POSTAGE. Mr • Henniker rteaton, ALx., is agitating tor penny postage between Uiitain and tormany. SHRINKAGE Ui>' CIA r DJS SHIPBUILDING. Clyde shipbuilding for 1908 shows the greatest shrinkage for twenty years. SUSPENDED ATHLETES. New York, December 30. The Amateur Aithletic Union has suspended several members for alleged professionalism, including Shepherd, .Bacon,'and Jfierter, all of whom were winners at the Olympic sports in London recently. i'HE KAISER AND VON BIiELOW. (Received December 31, 9.25 a.m.) Paris, December 30. The Matin's Berlin correspondent says that a marked coolness exists between the Kaiser and Prince Von i»uelow (Chancellor), and that, their interviews, which' now are rare, are ' restricted to the discussion of political questions only. The Kaiser cuu not send Prince Yon Buelow bis usual Christmas girt.