BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 December 1911, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

[m FSHB ABSOCIATIOjr—COyraittHX,] DYNAMITE IN USE.' CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. f. The Bulgarian revolutionaries dynamited a mosque at Ishtib, ki'ling twelve and wounding thirteen. ; ADDITIONS TO THE NAVY. LONDON, Dec. s. —Tire Amph-on, the sixth vessel of the Boadicea class, hag been launched. . AERIAL FLEET. ; BERLIN, December 5. —The War Office is testing the possibility of a fleet of airships, carrying 300 men and moving at the rate of 25 yards per second. The -fleet is to be built on the Zeppelin system. GERMANY AND BRITAIN. BERLIN, December s.—The Reichstag passed the Commercial relations with the British Empire Bill. GERMAN SPY ARRESTED. LONDON, December 5. —A. German officer has been arrested as a spy at Portsmouth, LONDON, December s.—The German officer who was ax-rested at Portsixiouth for espionage is Captain Heinrich Grossl. Evidence was given that lie made elabox-ate enquiries concerning coal supplies, also as to the number of men in tlxe barracks. The police discovered a cipher letter. Grossl was remanded, bail not being allowed. THE RAILWAY DISPUTE.

LONDON, December 5.—A conference between the directors and the x ; ailway men will be held on Thursday. The Manchester Guardian says that the militant resolutions of the railway employees throughout the country are Ixumiliatixlg to the Trade Union Executives by conveying the impression that their leaders are empowered to exact concessions, but the undertakings ax-e worthless jas such action makes their deniancq for recognition impossible.

LEGACY TO A MURDERER. LONDON, December 5. George Sangers left his murderer fifty pounds sterling in h'is will. WOMAN POISONED. LONDON, December 5. — Frederick Seddon, District Superintendent of the Ivondon and Manchester Assurance Company was charged with poisoning with arsenic Eliza Barrow, Her body lias been exhumed. It is alleged that Seddon controlled the woman’s property and paid her annuity. ; A WIFE’S REVENGE, j PARIS, December s.—Out of revenge for her ill-treatment Madame Pascal, wife of an ex-soldier of Paris, shot him dead while asleep. She then took the train to ‘ Savigny Snrorge, where, she fatally shot Pascal’s aunt with a revolver and. surrendered to the police. NO RECIPROCITY., I OTTAWA, December 5. —There is much disappointment in Canada through the failure to consummate reciprocity with Australia. The result of the Dominion elections is considered a step forward to reciprocity within the Empire. Australian reluctance to carry the process further is regretted. HUDSON BAY RAILWAY. OTTAWA, December 5. —The Government is planning an investigation into the contract of the Hudson’s Bay Railway let by the late Goverment prior to the dissolution. The present Government declares itselfjpot satisfied that the best route has been secured. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, December 5. President Taft’s message to the Congress deals with the trust problem. He forecasts amendments of an important nature to the tariff. The legislation is expected to occupy the greater part of the session. • A BIG PROGRAMME. LONDON, December s.—Lord Morley announced that he would ask the House of Lords to sit on December 15th and 16th. He was afraid that even the ten clays would not he sunicient to deal with four big measures.