FROM OVERSEAS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 679, 31 March 1909, Page 5

FROM OVERSEAS.

BOVRIL AUSTRALIAN ESTATES CO. (Press Association.—By Telegraph.— Copyright). London, Yesterday. The Bovril Australian Estates Co., formed to aoquire the estates of Sydney Kidman, the Australian oattle king, will aoquire the Viotoria Downs, Carlton Hill and Northcote stations, together with 100,000 oattle at a prioe of £200,000. NO LOAN. Mr B. Whiting, acting AgentGeneral for South Australia, in a letter to The Times, contradiofcs upon the authority of his Government the rumour circulated by The Times that another South Australian loan is about to be plaoed on the London market. ARMY COUNCIL SUED. Ex-Lieutenant Woods is bringing an action against the Army Council olaiming £77,600 damages for unlawfully removing him from the Grenadier Guards, (As the result of systematic ill-treatment by his fellow officers, Lieut. Woods' oase was enquired into, and he was summoned to resign liib commission or be removed. He resigned under protest, considering that the grounds for the deoisiou were insufficient to end his military career). PREROGATIVES OF TAXATION.

Berlin, Yeßterday. The King of Saxony, speaking at Karlsruhe Oastle, oalled on the Federal Prinoes to reject any interference of the filoo with the State's perogatives of taxation. ,

SIR G. S. CLARKE. { Oaloutta, Yesterday. t Sir G. Sydenham Clarke, Gover- \ nor of Bombay, has sailed on a £ health oruise to Aden (Sir George i reoently lost both his wife and I daughter). ! TROOPS AND INDIANS '] COLLIDE. | New York, Yestorday. I Advices from Oklahoma state that ' the United States troops had a sharp ' euconnter with the Creek Indians at Henrietta. Twenty of the latter were ' killed. MARRIAGE UNDER DIFFIOULTIES. As the laws of California and Oregon prohibit marriages of whites with Orientals Miss Hellen Emery, daughter of a Oalifornian Arohdeaoon, and Gungiro Aoki, a Japanese, and a relative of Uount Aoki (late Japanese Ambassador at Washington), were married at Seattle. The Mayor of Tacoma issued a notioe that if the couple appeared in the streets they would be arrested as a public nuisanoe. EXODUS FROM BROKEN HILL. Sydney, Yesterday. Over a thousand miners have left Broken Hill siuoe the trouble commenced. OBITUARY. Obituary.—Lady Martin, widow of Sir James Martin. A WARM WELCOME. Notwithstanding the early hour of the Maheno's arrival there was a large gathering of friends and undergraduates, who gave Professor David a rousing welcome on his return i from the Nimrod expedition. An official weloome is a/ranged for later in the day. , ANTI-OPIUM CRUSADE. • The Customs continue an active 3 anti-opium orusade and frequeut seizures are made on the China steamers, 99 tins being secured on 1 the Bteamer Aldenham. TICK IN DAIRY HERDS. Consternation was caused at Kyogle by the discovery of Queensland tick in several dairy herds,