BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 22 February 1911, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

iAi fKfiSS ASSOCIATIOETr-KigprßlGHT.] WESTRALIAN, LOAN. , LONDON, February 20. , The West Australian .3g per cent loan of £165,000 has been issued at The Stock Exchange is displeased inasmuch- as the whole of the loan was underwritten. : ' ' r UNIONISTS AND THE LORDS. LONDON, Feb. 21. A meeting of the Unionist members of the House of Commons will be held on Thursday to discuss the early introduction of -a House of Lords Bill to reform the Constitution by the Unionist Party. • , FALL OP LARGE METEORITENEW YORK, February 21—A huge meteorite fell in Washington State. The earth was shaken by a terrific concussion. There has ,however, been no aerolite found after it. AMERICAN NAVAL PROGRAMME. NEW YORK, Fo,b. 21.—The new naval programme proposes to increase the fleet by two super-Dreadnoughts, eight destroyers and four submarines. A fight in favour of a decrease in the programme is likely to occur in the Senate. i vl \ ; , . Eaten by wolves. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 21.—The severity of the winter recently drove wolves to the outskirts of Scutari, and six persons were eaten by: them. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. PARIS, Feb. 21.—The Goods, Depot of the Western railway station of Havre has been burned. The damage totals one hundred and twenty thousand sterling. : .j , ... ... EARTHQUAKE DISASTER. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 21. Some fatalities are reported in connection with an earthquake in the Mon--astir district. Several Mosques and a hundred houses have collapsed, and the inhabitants are now camping in the open. . SELLING OUT. LONDON, Feb. 21.—The Marquis of Graham has. notified the tenants on his Glenham estate, in Suffolk, that owing to the taxation burdens placed on the land, he will be forced to sell the estate. ■ . BRITISH DEATH RATE. ; LONDON, February 21. The death rate from tuberculosis and phtisis in 1909 was the lowest on record. The deaths from cancer showed a slight increase. JAPAN AND THE STATES. NEW YORK, February ' 21.—Congressman Hobson, who sank the collier Merrimac in Santiago harbour during the Spanish-American war, predicts that a war will break out between the United States and Japan within the next twelve months. BLACK v. WHITE. NEW YORK, February 21.—1 n consequence of the killing of on© negro and the wounding of another, a race war at Birmingham in Alabama is imminent. WILL THEY BE REVENGED? NEW YORK, February 21. The authoritiets at Chicago are taking steps for the protection of the life of Count Albert Apponyi, formerly Minister of Education in the Armenian Cabinet. He is expected to arrive in Chicago to-day. Local slavs allege that he was the cause of the massacres. SNOW-STORM. NEW YORK, February 21—A severe snow storm is crippling traffic in the Mississippi Valley. A MASSACRE. CAPE HAYTIEN, February 21. The Hayti Government troops, in recapturing Cuanaminth broke from the central column. They pillaged the town and then massacred the inhabitants. TRAIN ACCIDENT. NEW YORK, February 21.—An express train was wrecked at Palisade Canyon in Nevada. Six cars fell over an embankment. The passengers had an extraordinary escape only three being injured. OPIUM - SMUGGLING. NEW YORK, February 21.—Opium, valued at £20,000, has been seized in various cities of the United States since the customs campaign started. Detectives report that the smuggling goes on chiefly via the Canadian and Mexican fronters.

KING’S FIRST LEVEE. LONDON, February 21.- King George has held the first levee of his reign. The function was mainly official and diplomatic. MARCONI SUCCESSFUL. LONDON, February 21. —Judge Parker, sitting in the chancery division, upheld the Marconi wireless, patent of 1900 against the British Radiotelegraph and Telephone Company., , HONORING A ,LABOR PREMIER. LONDON, February 21.—A representative of every trade union will be invited to a banquet to meet Mr Fisher (Premier of the Commonwealth) on May 23rd. LONG DISTANCE COMMUNICATION. PARIS, February 21. Wireless communication has been held between Eiffel tower and Canada. NAVAL CHANGES,. LONDON, February , 21. —The following naval changes are officially announced :—Vice-Admiral, Sir W. H. May, commanding the, Home fleet, .succeeds Vice-Admiral Bir W. H. Fawkes as commander in Chief at Plymouth, while Vice-Admiral Sir G. Eger ton, commanding the Cape, succeeds ViceAdmiral Sir F. C. Bridgeman as Lord to the Admiralty. ~ POLL CARRIED. BLENHEIM,' This Day.—The poll yesterday carried a proposal to borrow £ISOO for gas main extension by nearly five to ope. . , RUSSIA AND CHINA. ST. PETERSBURG, February 21. China’s reply to Russian note is considered satisfactory. FREE OF CHOLERA. LISBON, February 21. Madiera has been declared free from cholera.