BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 April 1912, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

[m him AMocixTio*—copmtoHx.] WIRELESS AnFaEHOPLANES. LONDON, April 11.—Captain Daws, of Aldershot, w'irlessed several- miles from an aeioplario. Marconi is introducing a new apparatus enabling aviators to send and receive messages to a radius of one hundred miles. i NOT RIGHT TO STRIKE, j LONDON, April 11.—The Postal Servants Conference at Bristol by; 98 votes to' 47 resolved that ' it was 'imprtiper for the iJostal \yorkers to strike/ State employment entailing special responsibilities. , ■ AMERICAN COAL STRIKE. NEW YORK, . April 11.—There are bright prospects of a settlement of the anthracite coal strike. >

JACK JOHNSON AND THE •MASONS. :■ •

j LONDON, April vlO.-r-The Forfarshire Grand Lodge has enquired into the initiation of“ Jack” Jolmson, pugilist, and have- declared it void. The Lodge will be required -to show cause why it should .not be suspended..

PLIGHT OF MEXICO. MEXICO CITY, April 10.—In the battle between the Federals and the rebels at Jojutla, 500 are • reported to have been killed. ■ . * r

TAXT-GAB ROBBER SENTENCED, NEW YORK, April 10.— Edward Kinsman has confessed to’ -the recent taxi-cab robbery, implicating others, A portion of the stolen jewellery has been recovered. Kinsman was sentenced to three and a half, gears’ imprisonment., RAILWAY SMASH. NEW YORK; April 10.—A Singsing frieght train, racing to reach a siding in Sacramento, before another train, collided with a motor train and thirteen (passengers and two trainmen were seriously injured. The wreckage of both trains littered the tracks. RUSSIAN ESCAPEES. WASHINGTON, J April 10.—Kagan and Lichatkof, two social democrats, who escaped from Siberia, have been granted admission to the. United States on. the ground of being nolitical refugees. * , EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION. LONDON, April ,11.— The Empire Trade Commissio nis. shortly to meet in London to arrange its: tour. It is expected that Australia will be first visited. “GRATITUDE TO GOD.” LONDON, April 10.—Tlie King has ■accepted a small gold shield, subscribed by members of the Church Army, mostly in pence, inscribed “Gratitude to God for the protection of your Majesties during your Indian tour.”

M.P. RESIGNS. LONDON, April ll.— Captain J. J. Morrison (Unionist member for Nottingham) has resigned on account of ill-health. A DANGEROUS GANG. PARTS. April 11.—The police have discovered a robbery and murder gang at Chalons. It is believed that the gang is responsible for four of the recent murders. One arrest has been effected. EARTHQUAKES.

ATHENS,. April 11. —There have been severe earthquakes at Cephalonia and Ithaca. Several houses were destroyed but no falaties are recorded. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS. CAPETOWN, April 11.— Sir T. .Smartt has- been unanimously elected leader of the Opposition in succession to Sir Leander Jameson (Dr. “Jim”).

VOLCANIC ERUPTION.

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NEW YORK, Apri 111.—Vessels arriving at Mobile from Panama report that there lias been a violent eruption of Chiriqui Peak, near Becasdeltoro. Hundreds of. Indians perished and the whole village was wiped out. The volcano was never before known to be active. Clouds of dust were wafted out to sea and rocks were thrown a hundred feet up in the air. ’ MURDER AT SEA. NEW YORK, April 11.—The American schooner Americana ha-s arrived at San Francisco from Australia. She reports the murder of Captain Benson. A Japanese cook h,as been arrested and charged with killing the captain. The deed was committeed with a revolver.

“THE SISTERHOOD OF EMPIRE.”

OTTAWA, April 11.— Mr Foster (Minister for Trade) banquetted the West Indian delegates. In a speech, Mr' Foster said that the West Indian treaty was the beginning of a wider system of Imperial trade preference. Next in order was Australia and he hoped the next few years would bind the sisterhood of the whole EmpireThen they would all be ready to march to the. mother country and secure their own bond of commercial union, through out the Emuire.