BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1911, Page 6

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

[MM PBXSS ABBOOIATION-~OOPIBiaHT.] COMMONWEALTH BANK. LONDON, Dec. 6.—A special article in. the Times financial supplement describes the Commonwealth Bank Bill ais being framed on Conservative soberminded lines. THE PICTURE PURLOINER. PARIS, Dec. 6.—A man arrested at Valence on another offence lias been charged on his own confession with stealing "La Gioconda" from the Louvre, vre. PRAISE FOR NEW ZEALAND. LONDON, Dec. 6.—Lord Plunket, speaking at the Colonial Institute Lecture on the Polynesian Island said that the New Zealanders had scooted the white man's burden cheerfully and bore the load wisely and well. INTERNATIONAL QUESTION. . OTTAWA, Dec. 6.—The Hon. Pijce 1 has arrived to discuss with the lion. P. L. Bordin the pending international | question. t NEGRO LYNCHED. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—A mob forced an entrance into the gaol at Vallans in Oklahama and secured a young negro charged with attacking a twelveyeai old girl. They hanged him on an adjacent tree. OVERSEA DOMINION'S FORCES. LONDON, Dec. 6.—ln the Home of Commons, Mr. MacNamara introdu..-ed a Bill declaring the effect of naval discipline Acts when applied by the Legislatures of the self-governing dominions to the forces raised by the latter. FEELING AGAINST BRITAIN. TEHERAN, Dec. 6.—Popular feeling is directed against Britain. Mollahs in the Mosque accused; Britain of j hypocrisy. A boycott on English goods has grown at Ispahan Shirad. COAL MINES BILL. LONDON, Dec. 6.—The Coal Miiies Bill was read a third time in the Hoine I of Common. A clause was added, dis- j allowing t 1 , .Pithrow boy, girl or voman to lift or carry anything so heavy I as would he likely to cause injury. A clause introduced by the Grand Committee, prohibiting the employment of women and. girls at Pitbrow was omitted. THE TARIFF. LONDON, December 6. The Hon. Askland, (Under Secretaiy for Foreign Affairs), said the Government was hopeful that France wo.ild" apply the minimum tariff on Australian and New Zealand frozen mutton. J