BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16479, 19 February 1914, Page 8

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. __tOIL IN CENTRAL AFRICA, •,;, LONDON, February 18. : News from Nairobi states that an 1 oilfield, supposed to bo extensive,' has been discovered near Lake Albert. THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL. , Sir R. C. Munro-Ferguson, who has been appointed Governor-General of Australia* declined a peerage. • PROMOTION FOR BOATSWAINS. The Admiralty has approved of boatswains who .are qualified in gunnery and torpedo work being appointed to command torpedo boats. MARIE LLOYD CASE. ";' WASHINGTON, February 17. After appeals the Immigration Department agreed l to allow Bernard Dillon, Marie Lloyd's fiance, to enter the v United States if he immediately married her. The announcement of the Chicago marriage was premature, according to an official statement by the Immigration Department. ~. A,HJERESY CHARGE. |SAN FRANCISCO, February 17. By, eeyenty-four;' against nineteen votes'the Saiv;Francisco Church Federation refused to allow the Rev Dr Aked, who had been accused of heresy, for denying the Virgin Birth, to resign. Dr Aked agreed to continue his pastorate. - /MAXIM GORKY'S WORKS. ST PETERSBURG, February 17. Maxim Gorky, the novelist, sold the copyright of all his works for £20,000. SWEDEN'S NEW MINISTRY. ':> STOCKHOLM, February. 18. The , new Ministry is described as strong, not bound by party ties, and united in the common aim to etrength--1 en the national defence. The Liberals and Socialists are unable to find any democratic reason for its existence. AN ALLEGATION REPUDIATED. ( „. 1 WASHINGTON, February 17. ofjthe " Protestant Magazine," Presi- - dent Wilson repudiates an allegation widely published throughout the United 'States, that Mr Tumulty, the President's secretary, handled correspondwith prejudice, Tumulty being a ; Roman Catholic. President Wilson \ brands the statement as utterly false •tffid says that he sees all' correspondfierice personally. '-';' •. ," , ' #?{■• THE FRAGSON TRAGEDY. ' tud ' PARIS, February 18. . , Fragson's father, who is under ar-. irest on a charge of murdering his son, died in prison from diabetes.