BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 14191, 13 October 1906, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. A 400 PER CENT DIVIDEND. LONDON, October 11. The Premier Diamond Company has declared a dividend of 400 per cent. Its half-crown shares are selling at £270. A CONSTABLE SHOT. One of a gang of sixteen shot a constable who was protecting an unpopular landlord’s residence at Athenry, Galway. THE “RED BANDITS.” Ten Chunchuses, who were passengers f roro . Vladivostock for Chifu, attacked and bound the captain and. officers of the German steamer Anna, and robbed the other passengers of 70,000 roubles. They escaped in a boat. WORN-OUT MATCHBOX MAKERS. An anonymous donor has given £1,000,000 to erect homes in the East End for aged and distressed women connected with matchbox making, after their arduous work. THE FRENCH VINTAGE. PARIS, October 11. Reports from the French win© districts state that in quantity the yield will be below that of last year, but the quality will bo the highest since 1893. Owing to the surplus from last year the prices will bo moderate. CHICAGO UNIVERSITY. NEW YORK, October 11. The University of Chicago is separating the sexes, with a view to establishing a university for males and another for females. THE PANAMA CANAL. Tenderers for the completion of the Panama Canal must possess a capital of £1,000,000, and give a bond for £600,0001 ' OVERLAND MAIL SOUTE. TOKIO, October 11. Japan is negotiating a treaty with Russia with the object of establishing an overland route by which mails inay be carried to Tpkio from London in seventeen days. AN OVERDUE VESSEL. ST JOHNS, October 12. The overdue sealing vessel Adventure has returned to Newfoundland. She landed Governor Moodie at Hudson’s Bay.