BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 March 1910, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

■;. [PBB ■ PBBSS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT.] COLONIAIIFrODUCE. ! LONDON, March South Wales is arranging to exhibit products of that State at leading agricultural Shows Hi) the spiing and summer; Mr Coghlan, the State Agent-General, considers that such an exhibition will attract desirable immigrants. FROM REGENT TO MONK. BERLIN, March 17. —Telegrams to tho Express state that the Kaiser's exiled cousin, Frederick, son of the late Duke of Albrecht, who was regent of Brunswick, has become a monk and given up his fortune of £200,000 to the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. ARTISTS IN TROUBLE; Received this day at 8.3 a.m. LONDON, March 17. Eggena and La Milo, the well-known music hall nosturers, have, been committed for trial for the theft of jewels. The cross examination of witnesses suggests that the defence will be that the prisoner's obtained the jewels, winch form the subject of (he charge against them, for the purpose of selling them to the King of Portugal's suite during his recent visit to London. SIR GEORGE REID. LONDON, March 17.—1 n response to the Municipal invitations, Sir (>. Reid has arranged to pay visits to Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol and Bath during April.

BRITISH MILITARY AIRSHIP. LONDON, March 17. Colon)! O'Gorman, manager of Hie army aerial factory at Lain borough, states that should need arise they would be ablo to commission three air ships adetf.atvly manned and ready for their work. ' -A COMPANY FLOATED, deceived this day at 9.45 a.m. LONDON, .Match 17. The vendor to a syndicate forming an Australian Oil Company receives in shares 96,003 and £24,000"in cash. The British Australasian considers that the Company is over capitalised and the purchase consideration excessive. It doub's it the concern would have seen the .;■;:,> of day bu! for the oil boom. The Kin.'snoinl Times considers the Com i ny affords a veiy fair support for a ;j cukuivc investment.

I'HE BANK KATE. Received this day at 8.40 a.m. LONDON', March 18.—The Bank rate has been increased to four per c«nti. TAB IFF WAR FEARED. NEW YORK. March 18.—Commcr cial circles in New York arc perturbed at the prospect of a tariff war with Canada. THE KING'S HEALTH. LONDON, March 17.- -King Edward is it-covering fruni a slight indisposi tion. HUGE PROFITS. I Received this day at 8.5 a.m. NEW YORK, March 18.—The American Stud Trust, reports an increase of £8,000,000 in the net earnings in 1909. A LOCKOUT. BERLIN, March 18.—At a sequel to Hie Kiel demonstrations, there is a lockout of 5,000 men in tin.- Germania yard until Monday. TARIFF REFORM FAVORED. LONDON, March 18.—Tho associated Chambers of Commerce discussed tariff reform and iifty-ono Chambers voted for it and twelve wore against it or remained neutral.

GERMAN INDUSTRIAL LAWS. BERLIN, March 17. A bill is ready for introduction in the Ueiehslag combining the seven existing industrial insurance laws into one, and increasing the Stiit-- contributions, and extending and re-organising the present system. GERMAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS. BERLIN, March 17.-- Ih-rr !lollweg in the Reichstag, in a, debate on the mining concessions in Morocco, made a remarkably direct appeal to every seclion of the House to place their foreign policy above party, and unanimously support the (Jovernment on all questions affecting Germany's position in the world. THE UNREST IN INDIA. CALCUTTA, March 17. At the Kanara trial, the police produced a document found on Kanara, savin.! that, he killed Jackson for acquitting a European charged with murder, and for oppressing the poor, adding (hat unless the work of administration was mrfde impossible the evils would con lintte unchecked.