BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14503, 15 October 1907, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. AN AUSTRALIAN PIANIST. LONDON, October 13. Percy Grainger, an Australian pianist, bad an enthusiastic reception at Leeds Festival, after playing a Grieg concerto. A BALLOON RECORD. LONDON, October 14. A mammoth balloon, starting from the Crystal Palace on Saturday evening, descended in Brockan, Sweden,'at 1.30 p.ra. on Sunday, beating tho oversea record. THE AUSTRALASIAN SQUADRON. Tho warship Encounter has been recommissioned for Australian waters. The Dido will convoy her new crew,to Colombo. AVOIDING THE DANGERS OP , MILITARISM. (Received October 14, 11.55 p.m.) LONDON, October 14. Bishop Gore, in tho course of a speech at Birmingham, declared that he was profoundly, convinced that tho way to avoid the dangers of militarism ia to strengthen the civic arm. AN UNVEILING CEREMONY. ' Lord Rosebery, in a speech of great eloquence, unveiled a statue of Queen, Victoria at Leith. . TURKEY AND PERSIA. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 14. Hie Porte insists that there has been no violation of Persian territory sined the entire district of Buradosht belongs to Turkey. CRETE. ATHENS, October 14. Mr Winston Churchill informed a Greek deputation at Lanaca that there was .no prospect of Britain handing Cyprus to Greece. A FRONTIER. TOKIO, October 14. The work of delineating tho RussoJapanese frontier at Sakhalien has been completed.