BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15714, 6 September 1911, Page 9

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press A«sociatkm—By Electrio Teh'iiraph—Copyright. STATISTICAL CONFERENCE. ■ LONDON, September 4. An International Statistical Conference hao boon opened at The Hague. FATAL GUNNERY ACCIDENT. By an accident during tho firing practice on tho battleship Hortzog Hendrik, at Batavia, three persons were killed and twelve injured, five ccriously. TO SAFEGUARD THE FOOD SUPPLY. Civil, mechanical and electrical ongineors aro forminjz a Citizens' Service. Corps to safeguard tho feed supplies and to maintain communication and distribution during strikes. RELEASED. Mrs Cameron, who, with her husband, Lieutenant Cameron, was sentenced on Juno 3 to three years' imprisonment for attempted fraud on an insurance company, lias been released on account of her health. LONDON, September 5. Mrs Cameron has not been released, but is temporarily detained in a private hospital. SWEDISH SCOUTS. At Stockholm General Baden-Powell inspected 1000 Boy Scout 3 from all parts of Sweden. A LOST SUBMARINE. LONDON, September 6. Submarine A, employed in experimental lifting tests at Portsmouth, was carried out of her course. It is impossible to locate her, and she is regarded as lost. No crew were aboard.