BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1403, 30 January 1911, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

BY ELECTBIO TELEGBAPH-^-COPXBIGHT,

(PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received Jan. 30, 8.50 a.m.)

QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL. London, January 29. It is officially announced that the memorial in front of Buckingham Palace to Queen Victoria will be unveiled before the Coronation. Th© task of th© designer (Mr Thomas Brock, R.A.) is now completed, and the figures are in position. The Queen is seated, and faces the Mall with groups on either side, representing Truth, and Justice. The figure facing the palace symbolises maternity. HONOURING SIR CHARLES DILKE'S MEMORY. Tributes to Sir Charles Dilk© have been received from all parts of tho world, including one from the King of Greece. The Greek Government sends a wreath to the funeral tomorrow. ENTERTAINING POOR CHILDREN. The Playgoers' Club entertained thousands of the poorest children at the pantomines. . JUSTIFYING FORCE IN IRELAND Mr Bonar Law, who was defeated for North-West Manchester, speaking at Manchester, said that the House of Lords would not pass rarliament Bill until swamped by the creation of new peers. If so, Horns Rule would be the rock on which the Liberal Party would split. It was impossible, he said, to carry such measures by fraud. Were the attempt made, the Irish loyalists would be right to resist by all means, including force, and the majority of the British people would support them. A BIG MISTAKE. Singapore, January 29. Boring for the foundations of the great harbour scheme are found to be in some instances 60ft wrong. Messrs Cook and Son, the contractors, and Mi- Matthews, the engineer, olame the Straits Settlement Work Department for supplying miscalculations. EFFECTING AN IMPROVEMENT. Paris, January 29. Owing to Dr. Lackaud pointing out that £380,000 was spent annually on as compared with only o,ul>o on physical culture for men, the Government is opening six military gymnasiums, and is greating an advanced course of civil and physical instruction. THE CURE IS OBVIOUS. The pillagers of waggons at the Vaughiraro station, in Paris, of bales of cotton and farm produce occur to the extent of 40,000 annually. The waggons are insufficiently guarded. HUNGER RIOTS. Rome, January 29. Hunger riots have occurred at Puscagalia in consequence of severe taxes on foodstuffs. A mob invaded the Town Hall, but the military expelled them. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. Berlin, January 29. A workman at Bochum threw his wife" through a window, then strangled his four children, and committed suicide. BACK TO PROSPERITY. The Hamburg-American Steamship Company's gross profits for 1910 were two.millions sterling. The company declared a dividend of 8 per cent. FROM CHINA TO JAPAN. Count Yon Rex, German Minister at Pekin, has been appointed Ambassador at Tokio. A HUMANE ACTION. Vienna, January 29. The State Sero-therapeutic Institute is sending 10,000 phials of plague, serum to China for use in the epidemic there. ■:,-

H.M.S. IMPLACABLE. Gibraltar, January 29. H.M.S. Implacable has been withdrawn from tlie manoeuvres, owing to a defect in her steering gear. CHOLERA AND PLAGUE. Madeira, January 29. The cholera epidemic has practically disappeared. Aden, January 29. Fifteen cases of cholera, of which eight have proved. fatal, are reported from Perim. PERSIA PAYS UP. " Teheran, January 29. The Government-has.-: compensated Britain and Russia for outrages on their subjects, including the murder of two Sepoys who were escorting the Consul from Bushire to Shiraz. DECLARATION OF LONDON. Hong Kong, January 29. The Chamber of Commerce is supporting the London Chambers in their attitude regarding the Declaration of London. (Received January 30, 9.5 a.m.) RECIPROCITY IN AMERICA. Ottawa, January 29. Reciprocity opinions show a cleavage. On the one hand, it is recognised that the cost of living will be reduced; on the other hand, a weakening of the Imperialistic bonds is anticipated. New York, January 29. Th© United States House of Representatives on Saturday referred the Reciprocity Bill to the Committee of Ways and Means. The Bill is being considered as a whole, and cannot be amended. The House is expected to pass the measure, but the Senate will probably defeat it, in spite of President Taft's energetic efforts on its behalf. An extra session of Congress is considered probable. . A GREAT FIND OF COAL. Drilling operations prove the existence of vast coalfields on Saturna and Tunibo Islands, in West British Columbia.