BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 July 1912, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

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RESULT OF INTIMIDATION. LONDON, June 28. . Westhnm manufacturers, including Henry Tait, sugar refiners have written to the Premier that ’ they are. obliged ■to dose their works, rendering idle several thousands owing to intimidation while unloading raw material, including threats of damage to workmen’s homes. LAND TAXATION. LONDON, June 28.—Several newspapers indicate that it is the Hon. David Lloyd George’s intention to launch a great scheme of Land taxation by single tax like Henry George’s. SOCIAL REFORM, LONDON, June 28.—The Telegraph says that the Government is formulating a policy of land and housing reform which will be a prominent feature of the next general election. ' OBITUARY. LONDON, June 28.—Enoch Edwards, Labour member of tho House of Commons for Hanley, is dead. NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT. LONDON, June 28. —As a result of the Insurance Act eight of the principal trades unions have a surplus of £75,000 yearly, which hitherto has been security for sick pay. It is expected that this will now be free fox strike purposes. PORTUGUESE NAVY. LISBON, June 28.—The Finance Committee recommends the expenditure of £1,250,000 to purchase six destroyers. three submarines and two small cruisers. ASSASSSINS AT LARGE. TIENTSIN, June 28.—Seventy assassins left Shanghai and are proceeding to Peking to aasissinato prominent Cabinet Ministers. AIR SHIP WRECKED. BERLIN, June 31.—A squall at Dusseldorf wrecked the anchored airship Schwtben. The gas compartments exploded and injured several. A NEW ZEALANDER’S DEATH. LONDON. June. 30 —The death is recorded of Mx-. Alfred Ogle Maskell, formerly of New Zealand. THE KAISERIN’S HEALTH. BERLIN, June 30.—Owing to the Kajserin’s unsatisfactory health the Kaiser has cancelled his plans and returns to Potsdam.

THE TOLL OF THE AIR. BERLIN, Juno 30.—Skliadt, flying at .Muelhausen, flew 800 feet and was killed. SERIOUS EXPLOSION. BERLIN, June 30. At Schwaben an explosion injured 34 soldiers. TURKEY’S TROUBLES. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 30. 30.000 soldiers at Smyrna have been ordered to Monastir. INDEMNIFYING NON UNIONISTS. BERLIN, June 30.—The Social Democrats at Reichenhall have given notice to the master bakers that they must not employ a non-unionist. An elderly bake)', who was dismissed, sued the Cnion. The Court ordered the Union to,/indemnify him against losses and to pay him 28s weekly until he is employed. THE POWER OF THE LORDS. LONDON, June 30.—Lord Lansdowne. in a speech in London, said it would be the Lords’ duty to exercise, at the proper time, their restricted, yet substantial, powers to secure a national opportunity to express the ; ~ convictions on questions of great public policy. ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE. LONDON, June 50.—Two thousand persons attended the Royal Colonial Institute converzazione. Miss Mina Caldow, the New Zealand contralto, sang. EDUCATION CONTROVERSY SETTLED. CAPETOWN, June 30,—The education controversy has been settled. The Government has taken over the free ■schools established by Mr. Fraser as a protest against General Hertzog’s rigid bi-lingualism.