BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 June 1909, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

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ATTEMPTED MURDER.

NAPLES, June 3.—An Alberni,™ Mussulman was arrested at Port Area for attempting to assassinate a Greek Metropolitan named Monsignor Kassandras who was wounded in the neck.

SUGAR MERCHANTS’ ESTATES. LONDON, June 3.—The British esr rate of. Caesar Czarnikow, . a sugar merchant, is valued at> £696,000. He has also large estates in the West Indies and Africa.

ROYALTY LEADS REFORM. LONDON, June I.—The leases pi the Duchy of Cornwall estates in

South London are falling in. The owner (the Prince of Wales) is erecting self contained model flats for working people, in place of tho old time slums.

STATE INSURANCE SCHEME. LONDON, June 3.—A Conference at the Nottingham Unity of Oddfellows welcomed State insurance and deprecated tho fellow societies passing hostile resolutions in the absence of details of the scheme. The President of the Heart of Oak also deprecated the attacks on Government proposals. It is believed that 300,000 of their members warmly support the speakers. A conference of the Ancient Shopherds’ of Worcester adopted similar views.

KAISER AND CZAR. LONDON, June 3.-- Reuter’s St. Petersburg correspondent, reports that the Kaiser, on his own initiative, meets the Czar in Finnish waters on the 17th. Great political importance is attached to the visit, which is entirely unexpected and lasts three days. Prince Yon Buelow and M. Isvolsky accompany the sovereign.

CANA DfAN RETALIATION. QUEBEC, June 3.—The Government of Quebec lias decided that all pulp destined for the United States must bo manufactured in Canada when the wood is cut from Crown lands. The prohibition of the export of the pulp of wood off the public domain is duo to the depletion of the United States forests and the American Senate not acceding to Canada’s request, to abolish the duty of five dollars per ton on nows print.

PAUPERISM. LONDON, .lime 3. lion. John Burns, speaking at thu National Libera! Club stated that there were 1300 lower paupers in Loudon than at the end of February and 1000 fewer than in June 1908. That indicated that trade was reviving. CANADIAN LOANS. LONDON, June I.—Hon. W. S. Feildiug (.Minister of Finance in Can ada) is coining to England to investigate the conditions of the money market. for the Canadian loans maturing in the near future. AN UNFORGIVING FATHER. LONDON. Juno 1. —King Leopold is selling all the pictures by old masters in his possession. This includes one bv Rubens worth £40,000. The sale is in order to prevent, (lie property going t<> Princess Louises creditors on his death. The sales are exciting great opposition in Belgium. SENSATION IN CALCUTTA. CALCUTTA, June 2.—A sensation has been caused by the High Court at Calcutta acquitting three Indians who vere sentenced at Mid import; in bebmarv last for conspiracy. During in- original trial tho leading witness for Hie prosecution withdrew his deposition and tho charge against twenty-three others was dropped hut three were convicted. Ihe lligh Court's judgment censures the police methods in this case and a rigid enquiry has been opened. THE TRANSVAAL PARLIAMENT. PRETORIA, June 2.—The Transvaal Parliament was opened here yesterday by Lord Selborue (High Loinmission of South Africa). Ihe speech announced the new legislation which tin? Government proposes introducing during the session. ibis includes bills for thi' restriction of betting and of the publication of belting news, and also measures dealing with lotteries and niMiiry lending.

A PER I ECUS EX DERI ENUE. LONDON, June 2. Bidniead. (he parachutist, who lost, liis paruehnle v.lcn descending from a balloon at Northampton and had to cling to ro[K* front the balloon, had a perilous experience. lie clung for ninety ic. i miles to a wooden ring at Lichen to the cording of the balloon. When he was nearly t;;liatis'.vd, the balloon

~dually Isegaa to descend, and hi inally reached the ground without i is hap..

THE BUDGET DEBATE. Received this day at 8.35 a. m. LONDON, June I.—The House of Commons reassembled on June Ist. The Budget discussion is likely to continue till October. The Government is arranging the closure by compartments on till other leading Bills.

A TRAM STRIKE, ril ILADE L I’ll IA, June I.—A policeman who arrested niatvy blaekh, was dragged behind a car and uiimercifullv beaten. In a disturbance which followed. 100 strikers were injured, whilst five ears were wrecked.

LARGE SILVER NUGGET. OTTAWA, June I.—A silver nugget worth £3,200 was found at Coba.l' in Canada.

DASTARDLY DEEDS. PARIS, June 3. —There is a mania prevalent for destroying telegraph and lephotje wires around Paris and uthcr large towns. 1 his is attributed to the anarchist minority.

FOR THE PUBLIC. CONSTANTINOPLE, June I.—The Yildiz palace and grounds (the residence of the tx-Sultan) have been thrown open as a public park.

A DROUGHT. Received this day at, 9.5 a.in. BUENOS AYRES. June 3. - The drought in the Argentine is causing anxiety to breeders and agriculturalists.

REPUDIATING THE SHAH’S BORROWING. KHORASSA, June 3.-The Provincial Council of Khorassa protested against the Shah borrowing without Parliamentary authority and declared that the people will not acknowledge the new debt.

OVERCROW DED 1 ‘RI SON S. ST. PETERSBURG, Juno 23. Prince Koropatkin stated that Russian prisons, officially capable of holding 90,000 are now holding 181,000. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UPHELD. ST. PETERSBURG, June 3.—1h0 Duma rejected a Bill abolishing capital punishment on the ground that court martial can order executions outside the Duma’s competence.