BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1677, 22 December 1911, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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[per press association.] (Received Dec. 22, 8.5 a.m.) A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT. London, December 21. Mr J. W. Jona, of Melbourne University, was awarded the Beit Memorial Fellowship for medical research, the value of which is £250, for three years. BOYCOTTING THE ACT. It is stated that those doctors who are opposing the Insurance Bill aro raising a £500.000 guarantee amongst the profession against loss, so as- to make a boycott of the Act possible even iv the districts where tho doctors' organisation" is weakest. AGAINST UNFAIR CRITICISM. (Received Dec. 22, 8.5 a.m.) London, December 21.... The Daily News protests against the newspaper attacks niade on the Gaekwar of Baroda, for his seemingly disloyal attitude when paying homage to the King at Delhi, and which the Indian potentate himself says was caused by nervousness. The paper recalls his introducing educational and other reforms which were long overdue in other parts of India. (Received December 22, 11.5 a.m.) WET WEATHER, London, December 21. There have been continuous rains throughout England. MR REDFORD RESIGNS. Mr G. A. Redford has resigned his position of examiner of plays, to which he was appointed in 1895. A SQUATTER'S ESTATE. The net personalty in tho estate of Captain William Warner, formerly connected with North Australian pastoral pursuits, has been proved a: £131,478.