BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 874, 10 May 1909, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BY EIiBOCTtiO TBI/MBAPa— OOrrBISHT.) [rat pbbm association.] THE VICTORIAN LOAN. London, May 8. The JVictorian loan is quoted at about 5-16 th premium. ADVERTISING AUSTRALIA. Berlin, !*lay 8. The King of Saxony inspected the Dresden collection of photographic views of Australia. , He admired the pictures, especially Wlral scenes and Sydney harbour. A pamphlet relating to Australia, printed- both in" German and English is beiflg widely distributed throughout Germany. THE EUCHARISTIC VESTMENT. London, May 8. The Lower House of the,convocation of the English Church at Canterbury, with seven dissentients, resolved that it would be undesirable to alter the ornaments of the rubric or prohibit the two existing usages regarding communion vestures. [A recent cable stated that over forty-one thousand clergy and- laity Jiad -petitioned the convocation against tlie wearing of the eucharistic vestment.] SIR PERCY SCOTT'S INVENTION. • (Received May 10/ 8.50 a.m.) Sir Percy Scott s invention of electrical direct control of gunnery was Itested at Portsmouth. It is intended for training a group of guns. in, any direction without gunlayers. j SIR ROBERT HART WANTED. ; Sir Robert Hart, who, was Inspector42enera.l of Customs in. China fot so maaiy years, 'has ben invited t« j return to China. ' . , \ THE KING. Kin" Edward has returned- to London after His cruise in the Mediterranean, and is in excellent health. MORE BOMBS.— 2O INJURED. Buenos Aires,, May 9. Two bombs were thrown by revolutionaries and twenty people were injured. ' . RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. The Hon. Winston Churohill, President of the ' Board of Trade, is -appointing 1 a; Departmental. Committet to investigate tne question of railwaj amalgamation', and to report whai legislation is advisable. , . THE AMEER > UP-TO-DATE. The Ameer has imported motor-oan and a London chaffeur. A SIGHT FOR PRESSMEN.; There will be 70,000 troops m a review at Aldershot on June: 12, whicl is to be held for the benefit of delegates to the Imperial Press Conference. \ OFFICIAL LIST OF DELEGATES. The following is the full official list of Indian and colonial delegates ' tc .the Imperial Press Conference which is to be held in London next month :— Canada. Sir Hugh Graham, Montreal proprie--1 : tor of the Star . . •- ' G. Langlois, Montreal, chief editor of I Le Canada. ; J. S. Brierly, Montreal, matoaging director of the Herald . J .A. Macdonald, Toronto, managing editor of the Globe. W. F. Maclean, Toronto, managing director of the World. J". E. Atkinson, Toronto* managing director of the Chronicle. H. d'Hellencourt, Quebec, editor-in-chief of Le Soleil. P. D .Ross, Ottawa, editor Evening Journal . ' t ■■ . J. W .Dafoe, Winnipeg, editor-in-chief, Manitoba Free Press. M. E. Nichols, Winnipeg, president and editor, Winnipeg Telegram. C. D. Blackader, Halifax, proprietor, Acadian Recorder. W. J. Herder, St. John's, N.F., editor and proprietor, Evening Telegram' • ""' " ; ~ ! - ■'■■/■' F. W. McCrfeudy, St. John's, N.B;, editor Daily Telegraph. L. M. Taylor, Vaaiodttver, editor, the World . • . • , John Nelson, Victoria, managing di- ' rector, Victoria Times. India. E. Digby, Calcutta, editor, Indian Daily New*. Surenda Nath Banerjee, editor the Calcutta Bengalee. Stanley Reed, Bombay, editor, Times of India. G. M. Chesney, Allahabad, eidtor, the Pioneer. . ' ' F. Crosbie Roles, Colombo, editor, Times, of Ceylon. A. E. Lawson, Madras, editor 1 , Madras Mail. W. G. St. Clair, Straits Settlements, proprietor, Singapore, Free Press. West India. Lewie Ashenheim, Jamaica, director, the Gleaners • Australia. J. 0. Fairfax, Sydney, proprietor, Morning Heriald. . . F. W. Ward, Sydney, editor-in-chief Daily Telegraph (also represents Brisbane Courier). . C. Bennett, Sydney, .trustee, Evpwag News. , . • E*. S. Cunningham, Melbourne, editor, Argue. ' Hon. Theodore Fink, Melbourne, director, Herald. Dr. iG. A. Syme, Melbourne, Age. R. Kyffin-Thomas, Adelaide, senior partner,' Adelaide Register. A. Lovekin, Perth, editor, Daily 'News. Hon. J. W. Hackett, LL.D., Perth editor-in-chief and pari proprietor, Western Australiaai. . r Hon. 0. E. DaA'ies, Hobar*; roanaging proprietor, " Hobart Mercury. Hudeou Berkeley, Newcastle,, proprietor, the Herald. N. Clark, Balteraly msH«tngirig proprietor, Ballarat . A. Mackay, Bendigo, Msanaging proprietor, Bendigo Advertiser. Phiomas Temijerley, Bathuret. proprietor, Richmond 1 River Times, Ballina, Past President N.S.W. County Press Asspcialion. J. W. Kirwan, Kalgoorlie, editor, the Miner. •i New Zealand. Gresley Lukin, Wellington, editor, Evening Post. George Feawick, Dunedin, managing director, Otago Daily Times. H. Brett, Auckland, senior proprietor, Auckland Star. W. S. Douglas, Auckland, editor, New Zealand ' Herald. Mark Cohen, Dunedin, editor, Evening Star. R. M. Macdonald, Chmtohurch, director, Christchuroh Press. South Africa. R. F. Philipßon Stow, Cape Town, editor S.A. News. Albert Cartwright, Cape Town, editor Transvaal Leader, Johannes- „ hnrg (represents Cape Times). (x. H. Kingswell, Johannesburg, maiif Jiging director, Rand Daily Mail. Geoffrey Robinson, Johannesburg, editor, the Star. A. E. Reno, Pretoria, editor, Pretoria News. .;.....• Dr. F. V. Englenburg, Pretoria, editor, the Volkstem. C. Woodhead, Durban, editor, Natal Mercury. B. Walton, Pt. Elizabeth, acting editor, Eastern Provincial Herald. P. Davis, Pietermaritzburg, proprietor. Natal Witness. ' F. Blake, Bloemfontein, editor the Post. "•. , • . .