BRITISH AND FOREIGN LONDON, June 7.

Otago Witness, Issue 2674, 14 June 1905, Page 29

BRITISH AND FOREIGN LONDON, June 7.

M'Culloch and BraCsford were committed for trial for obtaining false passports for the man who was recently blown to pieces in a hotel in St. Petersburg.

King Alfonso visited Parliament. He warmly responded to King Edward's coTdial speech at a banquet at Buckingham Palace.

The Agents-general have appointed a sub-committee to prepare a scheme for advertising Australia and combating the misrepresentation of newspaper correspondents in Australia.

M. Rouvier will take the position of interim French Foreign Minister. The Times says M. Rouvier is in a better position to deal with Russia and Morocco, simply because he is not M. Delcasse. Germany is cautiously triumphant at M. Delcasse's fall. Staff-conductor King has been acquitted at Singapore on the charge of harbouring a spy. The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of Mr Justice Phillimore in the King's Bench Division that the De Beers Consolidated Mines Company is liable for assessment under the income tax in the United Kingdom The judgment involves a payment on £1,597,000 for the years 1901 and 1902.

The St. Lucia Voice declares that the Hamburg-American steamship Company has a controlling interest in the coaling station which -*he Danish Asiatic Company is establishing at St. Thomas. Germany thus obtains a long-coveted foothold in the West Indies.

The Salvation Army has organised an emigration bureau and facilities for emigration for enterprising young farmers to the colonies.

June 8.

The House of Commons thanked the Eight Hon. Mr Gully for his services as Speaker, and asked the King to confer a signal mark of his favour.

Diamonds of the first water have been discovered in the Vicinity of Gwelo, in Khodesia.

The Telegraph's New York correspondent states that seven of the directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Company have resigned, including Mr Frick, the chairman of the Investigation Committee, whose drastic report excited much feeling. To heal the quarrel between the rival aspirants to the control of the huge surplus, which is the real source of the trouble, it is reported that Mr Chauncey •©c.pew was offered, but declined, the chairmanship. "The Herald states that a conference attended by Mr Hyde, president of the company, agreed on Mr Herrick, Governor of Ohio, as chairman. It is understood Mr Herrick is head of a syndicate for purchasing Mr Hyde's stock in otder to secure complete control.

Reuter's New York correspondent says the remaining Equitable Company directors have decided to reduce salaries and expenses, reorganise the Executive Committee, and elect a new Nominating Committee empowered to select a committee.

Mr William Zeigler, the inventor of baking powder and the patron of Arctic exploration, left a fortune of six millions sterling. His widow inherits £10,000 per annum, and his adopted son, when he is 21 years of age, will have an income of £200,000 per annum.

'orty Eton boys and some servants are suffering apparently from ptomaine poisoning after eating salmon. None of the cases are critical.

June 9.

The Welcome Club at Earl's Court was partly destroyed by fire. The exhibition was saved.

The public subscribed about 25 per cent, of the Westrali.in loan, the underwriters taking the balance.

June 10.

The Agents-general have written jointly to Mr Balfour, Premier, and the Hon. A. Lyttelton, Colonial Secretary, asking them to expedite the passage of the Butter Bill. Both promised to do their utmost.

The warships Albion and Vengeance, at present in Hongkong, join the Ocean 'and Centurion at Singapore. The Glory will follow them homewards. The China squadron in future will be composed of cruisers. June 11. Mr James Braid won the Open Golf Championship with a score of 318.

June 12,

The Leicester unemployed asked to see King Edward and submit their grievances. They were not allowed to approach the palace. They then made a demonstration quietly in Trafalgar square.

PARIS, June 6.

President Loubet has accepted M. Delcasse's resignation. Owing to his oppoDents' criticisms and the Morocco impasse, the Minister's colleagues considered his position no longer tenable.

June 8,

The French Minister of Marine is seeking authorisation to build eicrbt destroyers in stead of 20 torpedoers. The somber of torpedoers and submarines now being constructed is considered adequate. BERLIN, June 6. Out of 448 cases of spotted fever in Silesia, 235 proved fatal.

June 9. Prince Bulow has inherited £275,000 from the late Herr Godefroy, of Hamburg-

ROME, June 7.

King Enunanuel informed tdie International Agricultural Conference at Rome that he would personally endow the proposed institute with an income of-J812,000 a year, the States participating to defray the other expenses.

Juno 9

The hot spirngs in the second gallery are unbearable, and the heat retards the working in the Simplon Tunnel, which will riot be opened for traffic until 1906.

NEW YORK, June 8.

Owing to the Equitable Assurance Company's troubles a bill is being prepared to place all insurance companies in the same category as savings bank investments, when their stocks will be no longer available for operations on Wall street.

June 12,

Frank Bigelow has been sentenced to 10 years' iiard labour for embezzling the funds of the First National Bank at Milwaukee.

Forty Filipino insurgents were killed at Samar, including the leader, Enrique Daguhob.

ihe remaining directors of the Equitable Life Insurance Company have elected Mr Morton, United States Secretary of the Navy, to the chairmanship of ttoh o board.

Ethergrams between the Chicago and St. Louis express trains were successfully tested over distances of 50 miles. These are expected to minimise the risk of collisions.

OTTAWA, June 7.

The Dominion Parliament ratified the agreement that Esquimalt be garrisoned by Canadian regulars. The Government, not wishing to raise two garrison regiments this year, asked the Imperial troops to remain in Esquimalt for a year, Canada paying all expenses.

CAPETOWN, June 9.

General Botha asks for the elimination of the names of the military voters (totalling lisbO) from the electoral rolls. The Progressive Association emphatically defends their inclusion.

June 11.

Stewart, the compound manager of the Crcßsus mine, Johannesbua g, has been remanded on a charge of murder, owing to the Chinese rioters killing a man named White. It is alleged that Stewart incited the riot in consequence of a quarrel he had with White.