BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13913, 22 November 1905, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Free* Aa»ooiatiou —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. LONDoN, November 20. The Marconi -Company has purchased a site at Derrygeisla, Ireland, and will open communication with America. A BOGUS COMPANY. At Toworbridge, William Davenport, shipowner, of Vyvyan, and H. Moyle, a clergyman of soveuty-one, who refused to give his address, were charged with conspiracy to defraud, by means of a bogus trawling company. Mr Rowe, representing the Treasury, stated that Davenport- was really Wells, the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo. BRITISH GOODS. The “Daily Express” states that Major Evans Gordon, M.P., is forming a non-political league to promote a demand for British goods. AN APPEAL DISMISSED. (Received November 21, 10.46 a.m.) LONDON, November 21. Tiie Amateur Swimming Association dismissed Billington’s appeal. MADAME DOLORES. Mr Tait, of Melbourne, has engaged Madame Dolores for twenty-five concerts in Australia and New Zealand. Probably the season will commence in August. THE BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN GOODS. ’ , .WASHINGTON, November 21. The American Consul-General at Singapore states that the British Colonial Government has-broken the force of the anti-American boycott there by offering to protect Chinese merchants who disregard the boycott. THE NORWEGIAN THRONE. CHRISTIANIA, November 20, Prince Carl will assume the title of Ring Plako the Seventh.