TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 February 1912, Page 3

TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD.

[BY ELECTKIC TMiEGIUI'H—COPYRIGHT. ] [I'KK I'HftSH ABHOOJAXIUJ..J (Received This Day, 8.50 a.m.) THE BLACKMAIL CASE. LONDON, February 5. The Countess Demanin blackmail case has been advanced anothor stage. Glendinning has been admitted to bail of £1000. Ewing's trial has been postponed until April. Page was not allowed bail. THE KING'S HOME-COMING. Dowager Queen Alexandra, tho Prince of Wales, and Princess Victoria boa'ded the Medina at Portsmouth and accompanied their Majesties to London. The party was accorded an enthusiastic welcome at Victoria station, where Ministers and Ambassadors welcomed them. Sir j George Reid's office was decorated with emblems of tho six Australian States and the inscription "Australia hopes to see the King and Queen." The New Zealand office bore the inscription, "New Zealand welcomes their Majesties." The Westralian and new Tasmania n offices were beflagged. STEWART'S INTEGRITY. Mr Arkwright, a barrister, writes to tho papers that Stewart, who was convicted at Leipzig of espionage, is a man of the highest integrity beloved by his contemporaries at Eton, and honoured by his professional colleagues. He says the British Government must demand a new trial. The Globe describes the sentence as outrageous and vindictive. London newspapers are generally astonished af tlio weight the Judges gave to the unsupported testimony of an escaped convict. DOCKERS TO RIiSU-UE WORK. 'J'ho executive of the Dockers' Union has persuaded Tilbury strikers to resume work. "JOSEPH THE CARPENTER." JERUSALEM, February 5. Franciscans at Nazareth report the discovery of Joseph's workshop It was covered by the remains of a crusaders' church. COLD SNAP IN GERMANY. BERLIN, February 5. Twelve degrees below zero have been recorded in Berlin. Icebreakers are required to release the cruisers at Kiel.