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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15820, 19 July 1913, Page 9

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LONDON, July 17.

The members of the non-militant suffragists' pilgrimage en route from Land's End to London were mobbed and stoned at Bath.

At Leith, when the police were escorting a train from the docks to the Caledonian,;!

station, they were stoned by 2000 strikers.Three policemen were injured when endeavouring to disperse tho etrikers with the help of batons. s

PARIS, July 17.

The Premier (M. Baithou) is of opinion that the construction of a Channel tunnel is mows probable, as former English objections are disappearing in view of the many probable advantagee.

BEENE, July 17.

A man, his wife, and three children were on an excursion in the Alps, when their carriage overturned near the edge of a precipice. They fell 200 ft, and all were killed excepting the wife, who wa6 caught by a tree.

LONDON, July 18. (Eeceived July 18, at 6.10 p.m.)

In the House of Commons the Weekly Rest Day Bill has been introduced. Sunday employment is made unlawful, with' certain exemptions. The Bill prohibits the' sale of tobacco and newspapers for more than two hours—morning newspapers be-, foro 6, the sale of bread after 10 o'clock, milk after 10.30, and the use of bathing machines between 10 a.m' .and 3 p.m. Jews are exempted on condition that their shops are closed at nightfall on Friday and Saturday and provided their customers and assistants are Jews.

Priov to the departure of the touring legislators Sir J. S. Hajmood-Banner (Lord Mayor of Liverpool) requested them to ask the dominions to encourage commerce and to give England all the prefer-' ence they could. Lord Emmott, in reply- 1 ing, said ho could not under-rate the enormous difficulties in the way of umting the Empire more fully. The greater the unity achieved the better. They should learn as much of one another as possible.

Colonel Seely, in replying to 3 question,, said the Government was establishing a separate department of the War Office for aeronautics.

Mr Churchill has refused Lord Charles 1 BeTesford's request to table details regarding the Government's oil contracts. Ho said there was no reason to justify a ioparture from the usual practice.

In consequence of tie outbreak in CEna, the new loan has depreciated, and is.": quoted at 3 per cent" discount.'; Shanghai reports state that the outbreak;, ia almost a natural corollary to the unconstitutional and high-handed action of Yuan Shih-Kai and his Advisers. It is claimed ; that the obvious course is for the Powers to withhold from China further advances; of money till peace is restoral, as a lack' of cash would stop the trouble.

, BERLIN, July 16.

Prince-Nicholas of Thurn and Taxis has renounced his title and -assumed that of Baron Hochstadt.

While leading his regiment across the railway line at Bathenow Prince Ernest of Cumberland narrowly escaped being over-run by an express.

WASHINGTON, July 17.

A Bill has been introduced in the Senate barring the immigration of more than 20 per cent, of the number already in America of any one nationality. The object is to curtail the advent of "undesirables.''

OTTAWA, July 1-7.

A convention of municipalities has resolved to create a local government board; similar to that in Britain.