BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 14981, 29 April 1909, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press AEsnciution—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BAPTIST MINISTERS' STIPENDS. LONDON, April .27. The Council of tho Baptist Church proposes to raise funds to the amount of £IOO,OOO to improve ministers' stipends. CENSOR'S PROHIBITION WITHDRAWN. Saint Saens's " Samson and Delilah " was produced/ at Covent Garden Theatre. The Queen secured the withdrawal of the censor's prohibition, which was due to the theme being a Biblical one. REFORMS AT OXFORD. LONDON, April 28. Lord Curzon has published comprehensive proposals for reform at Oxford University, including tho surrender of compulsory Greek and tho establishment of a working man's college, with a maximum charge of £6O per annum. GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY. ROME, April 27/ A Germau Princess has been robbed of £40,000 worth of jewels on the train between San Remo and Lugano. THE KING AND QUEEN. King Edward and Queen Alexandra, with Princess Victoria and the Empress Dowager of Russia, have toured round the crater of Mount Etna.