BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10763, 7 September 1906, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, September 4. The Trades Union Congress at Liverpool decided that the president and secretary accompany the deputation presenting to the late Duma a memorial signed by two hundred members of Parliament, many clergy, professors, artists, editors, mayors, and Trade' Union officials. The directory of the Irish League reiterated the demand for an Irish Parliament. They complained that the pledge m the King's speech was departed from m matters of vital importance.' They thanked Australians for their generous support. In the presence of several Cabinet Ministers the interment of Lady Bannerman took place at Meigle. The ceremony was of the simplest character. Sir Edward Colebrook represented the King. Johannesburg has depreciated ten millions since the last valuation. The Chronicle's Johannesburg correspondent says that trade unions report that 20 per cent, of skilled labor is idle; the depression is increasing, and the exodus of whites continues. The Times' .Johannesburg correspondent states that local leaders'- response regarding the loan is cautious. They are unwilling to appear to be committing the colony without a mandate from the electorates. . The Transvaal Government has appointed an Indigene^ Commission to inquire into distress. (Received September 7, 8.43 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 6. Sir H. Campbell Bannerman, interviewed re the N ieu Frie Presse statement, stated that Russia had no stable Government, and it was impossible to. remove all hindrances to a good understanding or to establish an entente similar to that of France. Sir H. C. Bannerman denounced the South African war as infamous, criminal, and wholly unnecessary. The Trade Union Congress resolved to urge the Government to establish national pensions of at least five shillings weekly to all men and women over sixty years of age. The Times states the market has given up the overdue vessels Ferdinand Fischer and Colombia. > Healy won the Invitation 100 yards race at Edinburgh m 59 sees., beating Yuille, the Scottish champion. He also beat Yuille over fifty yards m 26 2-5. The English cricketers sail for New Zealand on October 18. The barque Rodenbeck, bound from Newcastle to Liverpool, has been posted as missing. Councillor Cunningham has been committed tb prison for having ignored the injunction against grabbing lands at Plaistow by the unemployed. Lord Lindley, m a letter to the press, says the Trades Disputes Bill contains demands so unjust and unreasonable that it is hardly creditable the House of Commons will pass it. NEW YORK, Sept. 6. A submarine eruption occurred near Hilo, Hawaii. Scalded fish m hundreds were cast ashore. The shocks were felt at Hilo. ALGIERS, Sept. 6. One hundred thousand acres of beech and oak trees m Colla district, Algeria, have been burnt. The fire is attributed to native incendiarism. JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 6. Eighteen Chinese at Johannesburg were sentenced to 20 lashes and seven years' imprisonment for an attack on a homestead at Klipriversberg m March. ' CAPETOWN, Sept. 6. Lord Elgin has forbidden tihe threatened railway rebates. If the Cape and Natal persist Lord Selborne will level up the rates on the Orangia lines to enable Natal to retain the trade of the northern portion of Orangia. A gang of Chinese attacked a solitary cooper stationed at a police hut at the East Rand. Four were captured, but their comrades released them. CALCUTTA, Sept. 6. The rice famine m Bengal is spreading. When crowned at Calcutta Nath Bannerjee, the leader of the recent agitation against the partition of Bengal, made a violent speech. He declared that many British manufactures were defiled and unfit for religious natives to use. v India proposed to open a new route to China by railway from Assam to Szechuan. Thibetans welcome the enterprise. VIENNA, Sept. 6. Louis Spitzel, an ex-Australian, and the late Li Hung Chang's adviser, has died at Carlsbad, leaving two million pounds sterling. PARIS, Sept. 6. Commenting on the Deutsche Revue Btatement f French papers ask what is the meaning of the incessant reinforcement of the garrison of Alsace-Lorraine' if Germany admits that Fiance's policy is pacific.