BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15557, 6 March 1911, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Unitod PrcF.3 Association— By Electrio Te ie:: ra ph— C op yriirh t . DISCOVERY OF TREASURE SHIP. LONDON, March 3. The “Dailv Telegraph” reports that Captain Gardiner, of tho salvage steamer Lyons, lias discovered tho treasure ship Lutine. buried for 112 years in the sand near Torschelling, m the No'-th Sen. A search for the £1,000,000 of treasure which the vessel contained is proceeding.

CENSUS TAKING. The Registrar-General has suggested to the Board of Education to arrange for special lessons in filling census schedules in the elementary schools. POSTAGE STAMP PRINTING. Mr Hobhouse, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in the House of Commons detailed the arrangements which have been made for printing postage stamps at the Mint, thus saving £40,000 annually. Ha also suggested that the colonies should utilise the Mint for stamps. OUTCOME OF AGRARIAN DISPUTE. As a result of an agrarian dispute. John Hynes, a farmer residing at East Clare, was shot, sustaining serious inUl ' y ' A PEERAGE. A peerage has been conferred on Sir Edward Tennant, brother or Mrs Asquith. (Sir Edward P. Tennant, tho new peer, is the eldest son of the late Sir Charles Tennant, of The Glen, Innerleithen, Peebles, Scotland, and was born in 1859. Pie was educated at Cambridge and studied law at the Inner Temple. For a time he ac teo_ as assistant-secretary to Sir George Trevelyan when Secretary of State for Scotland. At the general election held in 1906 he was returned in the Liberal interest for Salisbury, but on seeking re-election in January, 1910, was unsuccessful.) ANTI-JEWISH OUTBREAK. (Received March 5, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 4. The Vienna correspondent of the “Chronicle” reports that Tartakover, the chess playor, has learned that an anti-Jewish mob at Kiev murdered his parents. GERMAN METHODS. The Berlin correspondent of the “Times” reports that the obstacles to repatriating Russians via Holland are due to the joint operation of tho German Government and the highly unified German shipping interests, with a view to exercising pressure on companies outside the shipping pool. Much excitement and irritation has been caused in Holland over the matter. THE ANTARCTIC. The Royal Society has contributed £2OO towards the publication of Professor David’s Antarctic book. A ROYAL TOUR. The Duke of Connaught’s South African visit cost £40,000. ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF CREWE. Lord Crewe when dining with Lord Morley slipped and fell, and struck his head, sustaining slight concussion. His condition is improving, but he will bo incapacitated for two months. A CHARGE OF FRAUD. LONDON, March 5. Evidence regarding the Madagascar concessions shows that Horne is separated from his wife. Ho declared that he was not connected with tho scheme. Mrs Horne did not appear in Court. Lady Blount was interested in the concessions, hut afterwards denounced the scheme, unearthing a mysterious personage Bunn, described as tho original possessor of the concession, who turned out to be a street pedlar instead of the owner of millions.

(In tho High Court Mr William Burdett, a cab proprietor, is suing Mr and Mrs Horne, alleging that they defrauded him of £3590 in connection with land concessions in Madagascar, which they said were worth £10,00,000.) THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRUSTS. NEW YORK, March 4. At Cleveland a Government suit, alleging conspiracy in restraint of trade, has been commenced against thirty-five companies manufacturing incandescent electric lights. The concerns were alleged to form one of the most powerful trusts in the United States. ANTI-GAMBLING LAW IN HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, March 4. The Second Chamber of the Legislature, subject to the First Chamber’s approval, has abolished toialisators at races and prohibited foreign bookmakers transacting business in Holland. A bookmaker dealing with his clients through tho post will be expelled. A NEW STEAMER SERVICE. OTTAWA, March 4. The Canadian-Pacific Railway proposes to establish a service of steamers between Montreal, Boston and the West Indies, Canada and the West Indies subsidising the schome. The people of Jamaica are enthusiastic. CANADA’S FIRST GARDEN CITY. VANCOUVER, March 3. The first garden city in Canada will be established in tho vicinity of Vancouver. RIGHTS OF INDIANS. VANCOUVER, March 4. Ninety-six Indian chiefs, delegates representing all tho British Columbia tribes, waited as a deputation on the Premier, the Hon R. M’Bride, asking for the establishment of the tribes’ proprietorial rights to all unsurrendered lands throughout the province. The Premier refused to consider that tho Indians were possessed of any rights to the land, and attacked the white men for stirring up tho tribesmen to raiso the question.