BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Grey River Argus, 14 May 1912, Page 8

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

(Per Press Association.)

By Electric Telegraph— Copyaght.)

WONDERFUL WAIHI. . LONDON, May 10. At ■aHtneeting' of the sliarehx)lders«in the Waihi Goldmtnittg, Compan*. yi>Vc chairmaa Stated the miw ;fjs over 'our and a half mUL'O'is vu ci-.i-d.:,'.ij* r Ih l mne was ori^ \aly jja: r n ..,,| . c r,£3ooo.

VICTIM OF GAS EXPLOSIONLONDON, MJiy..iP ; 'h?' strond victim, has :u moilier pi a r iv»: of the gas exy-.'.ion. •«' SV»:'o:d. -

. . AIRMEN'S ANTICS. LONDON, May 11.- - -vL:oa*. Gregory, with a >igxi^tr\, >m an hydroplane, located and down on a submerged submarine, almost touching the periscope. He then .rose and -dropped ' three hundred pounds of dummy projectiles close to the King's yacht. Other airmen . scattered fragments of oranges ove" the battleship's d^cks. ' •

EMIGRANTS FOR NEW SOUTH' ' • WALES. / LONDON, May 10. The .. Mamari has sailed with 600 emigrants for New South Wales, including 175 carpenters and bricklayers. She carried ' twenty lifeboats.. Mr. Coghlan, Agent-General, inspected the accommodation;

A NATIONAL MOVEMENT. LONDON, May 10. Lord Curzon states thait all sections of \ political and public opinion have stamped »the movement to recognise ;Sir Henniker Heaton's services as a haltional one. Many distimguiis'hed foreigners have signified their desire to participate..

MR. ROOSEVELT'S WISH. OTTAWA, May .10.

Writing- to a newspaper at .Halifax, expainiiing hisv reference to Canada in the recent letter he sent to President Taft, Mr Roosevelt says he -never favoured the annexation of Canada. He expressed a hope that no ill-feeling would' result.'.; He always wished the two nations to live in harmony along Iheir borders.