BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 December 1911, Page 6

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

[FIB PKSBI ABBOCIATIOW—-COFTIHGKT.] NATIONAL INSURANCE BILL. LONDON, December 7.—Fresh difficulties have arisen with the doctors over the Insurance Bill, owing to Dr. Smith Whittaker, Secretary of the Medical Association accepting the Deputy Chairmanship of the Insurance Commission, the dissentients fearing that his acceptance commits the doctors to the Bill. AN AVIATION FATALITY. LONDON, December 7. Hubert Oxley, a young aviator, and a passenger were killed at Filey, Yorkshire. The planes buckled and they fell eighty feet. FATAL EXPLOSION. BUENOS AYRES, December 6.—By an explosion of fireworks at a factory fifteen were killed. THE ARBOR EXPEDITION. CALCUTTA, December 6.—Three hundred Goorkhas effected a perilous crossing on rafts made of waterproof bags filled with straw and after a night night long march outflanked the Abors stockade of Kekarmonying. The Abors fled into the jungle. HUGE FRAUD/ COLOMBO, December 6.—Williams, convicted of obtaining 4,592 by fraud was sentenced to seven years. LYNCH LAW. MEXICO CITY, December 7.—A mob lynched Jose Gomez, leader of the Juchitar. rebels, and seven followers at Rancho, Antonio. ' A great demonstration against Madero paraded the streets on the receipt of the news. TRAIN WRECKED. NEW YORK, December 7.—Six trainmen were killed and five injured in the wreck of two freight trains at Pennsyv&iiia. A LEGAL ERROR.

NEW YORK, December 7.—Counsel for the International Harvester Company hai been informed that the Supreme C'.nvf at Missouri prrarit<v| a writ in error allowing the case of Nuster against the rnmTv.tr- t.n propped to the Federal Supreme Court. An appeal will be made in i mediately.

ACQUITTED. ! LONDON, December 7. Tire jury ' stopped the cose and acquitted C. Arnott <n a charge of stealing Lady Abdy's Irooch at the Savoy Hotel on November 3rd. He pleaded that lie was entrusted with it to raise money. WHITE SLAVES. WASHINGTON, December 7.—Alleging conditions approaching peonage in the sugar beet fields at Colorado, James Bodkin, a witness at the Sugar Trust investigation, created a sensation and said women and children were working in the fields in a state of bondage alongside Hindus and Russians. THE JURY SYSTEM. LONDON, Dec 7. Mr McKenna has appointed a committee with Lord Mersey as chairman, to inquire into the constitution of juries, their qualification, mode of selection and any 'amendments desirable. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. LONDON, December 7.—The foot and mouth disease in England has ceased. MINER'S WAGE. LONDON, December 7.—The Coal Conciliation Board of the federated .districts of Britain has discussed a minimum day wage and adjourned till the eighteenth without a decision. BOMB OUTRAGE. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 7. In a riot after the outrage at Ishtib, fourteen Bulgarians were killed and one hundred and fifty seven wounded. The Turks ascribe the bomb outrages to Italian instigation. The Government are taking energetic precautions to prevent an anti-Christian rising. The on traces are more serious thsn re.ported. An infernal machine weighing forty-five pounds did not explode but wis found among the wreckage of the Okindah train.

OVER-ZEALOUS NATIONALISTS. LONDON. December 7.—Alderman Daltoii, Councillor for the Irish town ward, Limerick, Solomon Frost, and John Brennr.n, were sentenced to a month's hard labour at the Connaught Assizes for an unlawful assembly. The Union Jack was removed by them from a local resident's house. They pleaded that it was done in thd interests of peace, as the majority of the ward were Nationalists. HOME RULE. LONDON, December 7.—The Premier, in reply to Mr O'Brien, said that it was necessary for the Government to use all constitutional means to pass the Home Rule Bill within the life time of the present Parliament. (Nationalist cheers).