BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13838, 26 August 1905, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE SALVATION ARMY. LONDON, August 24. The Salvation Army has sent 4000 persons to Canada this year, and expects to send 10,000 next year. THE GERMAN NAVY. LONDON, August 25. The British Consul at Bremenhaven reports that Germany spends £20,000 annually to encourage sea-fishery and trade, with the secondary object of obtaining sailors for the navy. THE RETIREMENT OF LORD CURZON. LONDON, August 25. King Edward, in an unusually warm telegram, thanked Lord Curzon for his invaluable services to the Empire, especially India. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. VIENNA, August 25. The Austrian Crown Council of Ministers' has decided that no orders of command should bo given to Hungarian soldiers in the Magyar tongue. \ Feeling between Austria and Hungary is intensely incensed. A RAILWAY DAMAGED. CAIRO, August 25. A heavy rainstorm destroyed a milo and-a half of the Soudan Railway. NORWAY AND SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, August 25. It is announced hero that when the union is dissolved King Oscar will not oppose the acceptance by his son Charles of the Norwegian throne. NEW ZEALAND HARBOUR DEFENCES. LONDON, August 24. Mr Alexander Joyce, in a letter to the “Times” in reply to Sir Arthur Douglas’s letter, argues that New Zealand haihmu's are practically dcfencohsSSa