BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 October 1908, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

[PER PRESS ASsbmkxiON.—copritiwtf t j THE M ANAWNTU RAILWAY*/ LONDON, Oct 7.—The English shareholders in the Manawatid railway approwM^of 1 the New Zealand Government’s acquisition of tlie' lihe. ■ . . THE DALAI LAMA, n b: PEKIN,: Oct 7, —Tho Chinese 'Government , ai‘o indignant' at the* Dalai Lama’s refusal to discuss the reform of Tibet 7/1 ijd the audience with "the Emperor i$ jjqs(qioned. The 1 ' Dalai Lama, the-chief priest, is head df the Tibetan Government, but the 'three great monasteries outside Lhasa really govern tlie, cpuril'ry/ There is an Amhun, or Chinese Resident, at Lhasa, who represents China, of which country T'ibet is a dependency. ■

UNEMPLOYED AND STARVING ANTWERP, Oct 7.—Two thirds of I lie dock labourers at Antwerp are unemployed and starving. A BAD MISTAKE. LONDON, Oct 7. The Elcho shield was awarded to Scotland, owing to the top scorer in the English team, in-advertently infringing the regulations. FOOTBALL. LONDON/'Oct 7.—The Wallabies by two goals and two tries beat Glamorgan who scored a penalty goal. Tho Australian League Team by twelve points be;it the/Bradford Northern team who' l Scored eleven points.