BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIX, Issue 14704, 8 June 1908, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. PENNY POSTAGE. LONDON, June 0. Tho United States Postmaster-Gen-eral cabled to Air Sydney Buxton, Brit ish > Postmaster-General: gratulate House of Commons on reception of penny postage. Relieve it will lead to closer social and commercial relations between the two nations.” AN APPOINTMENT.. Sir Walter HUlier, professor of Chinese at King’s College, London, has been appointed adviser to the Chinese Government. DEATH DUTIES. It is estimated that tho duties payable on the late Duke of Devonshire’s estate will be £IOO,OOO. IN SEARCH OF BIG GAME. NEW YORK, June 6. President Roosevelt will sail from New York to Cairo in April to bunt big game in the wilds of Africa. THE NILE. CAIRO, June 5. The Esno barrage on the Nile will bo completed in Afarch, 1909, a year before it was expected.