BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIX, Issue 14736, 15 July 1908, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

TJnittd Fms Association—By Ehwtrlo Telegraph—Copyright*. LAND PURCHASES. LONDON; July 13. Tt is xeported that some Sew Zealand pagtoralist3 are purchasing ranches in Southern Alberta, Canada. THE CANADIAN WHEAT AREA. OTTAWA, July 13. "Ehe area under wheat in the three Canadian provinces shows an incroase of 468,000 acres. DIPLOMATIC. ; LONDON, July 14. Renter reports that Mr G. H. Barclay, secretary of the British Legation et Constantinople, who has been acting as Minister since Sir Nicholas O'Conor'a death, has been appointed Minister at Teheran. FISHERMEN DROWNED. (Received July IS, 11.20 p.m.) ROME, July 11. A squall on the Calabrian coast wrecked a number of fishing boats, and twenty-on© fishermen wcro drowned.