BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1404, 31 January 1911, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

EX ELECTRIC TELEGBAPH —OOPYBIGHT.

(PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 31, 9.30 a.m.) LANG v. LANGFORD FIGHT. London. January 30. The Bill Lang v. Sam Langford fight takes place on February 22. TIT-FOR-TAT. The coalowners are forming a national defensive organisation, similar to the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. ACQUITTED OF HIS FATHER'S MURDER. Norval, who was arrested for the murder of his father, who was found in his warehouse murdered with an axe, has been acquitted. ACCOMMODATION SHORT. There are many complaints of congestion on ships sailing for oversea ports '(particularly for \Vestern Australia) with assisted passages, 2000 of which have been accepted. The result is that those who had arranged for taking their departure in December will be unable to sail before June. The earliest sailing ior third-class, full-payment passages by the Orient line is April 28, and by the White Star line April 6. Emigration agents complain of losing through the delay. SIR CHARLES DILKE'S BODY CREMATED. Sir Charles Dilke's body has been cremated at Folder's Green. The Hon. It. McKenna, First Lord of the j Admiralty, the Hon. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board, Mr 'Apsten Chamberlain, and many other members of Parliament and representatives of political societies were present at the memorial service. . ~.-- --[An interesting article on Sir Charles Dilke's visit to the Parewanui Pah in 1867, taken from his work "Greater Britain," is inserted on our fourth page.] THE WARATAH ENQUIRY. London, January 30. The Waratah enquiry has resumed. Mr Lund, jun. (one of the proprietors), recalled by counsel and pressed to say why he accepted the designer's opinion of the stability of the Waratah in preference to Captain Ilbery's opinion when urging the demurrage claim, witness was unable to say or remember what Captain libery said about the rejection of. his opinion. Mr William Lund gave evidence that he had not heard of the Waratah being wanting in stability. Captain llbery watched the building of the ship. He was unable to Recount for his absence from the important heeling experiments. Mr Steel, a naval architect, said he was satisfied with the stability of the ship. He believed her loss was due to an accident. It was inconceivable that the ship capsized, unless water Hot in. WELCOMED BY LONDON, The Duke and Duchess of Connaught were tendered an official procession in London luncheon at the guildhall to mark their safe return from South Africa. A thousand notables were present, and an address and gold casket were presented to the Duke. TROUBLE IN i'HE PRINTING TRADE.

The Master Printers' Federation has received assurances of support during the present strike from several large provincial centres. THE HOUNDSDITCH MURDER. At the inquest on the man. Beron, murdered on Clapham Common, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against Morrison. SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY. Capetown, January 30. Lord Methuen, speaking at a banquet, dwelt on the advisableness of the South African Army being able to free the Imperial garrison, enabling the latter to go anywhere when required. __ (Received "Jan. 31, 11.35 a.m.) THE KAISER'S DEMOCRATICISM. Berlin, January 30. The Kaiser has created a Hanoverian, plumber, named Plate, one of the principal non-socialist labour leaders, a life member of the Prussian Upper House. This honour has hitherto been confined to aristocrats. THE PLAGUE. Paris, January 30. The Pasteur Institute is sending M. Yersin, to study the Chinese plague. The director believes it is a bubonic development in the lungs owing to the severity of winter. A NOTABLE DOCTOR. •Obituary—Dr. Evans, who assisted the Empress Eugenic to escape from France. TRANSPORTATION FOR LIFE. Bombay, January 30. Savarkat has been sentenced to transportation for life for abetting in the murder of Mr Jackson. THE GALALAGO ISLANDS. Guayaquil, January 30. Owing to the people's opposition, the Government will not proceed l with the negotiations between Ecuador and America for the leasing of the Galalago Islands. *•■ . VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN THE PHILLIPINES. ! Manila, January 30. A tidal wave destroyed five villages. Three hundred people perished. The wave was caused by a volcanic eruption of the Taal mountain. Many persons were burned by fires caused by the moulten lava. [The town,of Taal had a population of 23,000.]