BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10959, 30 April 1907, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

.-— - — — ir (Press i\ssn.— By Telegraph.-^lopyright.J j. LONDON, April 29. It is proposed. td" make 3285 discharges at Woolwfich in' the; next half-year, when the personnel will reach the minimum of IP-QPQr Reuter'p Salonika correspondent states that Mr Abbot and his son, who were captured by brigands and held for ransom have been liberated. ■■ s '■■'-. Tlie New ' Zealand witness m the Druce case lias recovered the missing djary at the bottom of, his luggage, where it. was overlooked. A trial is expected m tlie autimn. > •' . Lord Hugh Cecil and. others m a letter to Sir H. Campbell Bannerman, declare that if Mr McKenna's^Bill becomes law it will be the" duty of Churchmen to with, hold portion of their education rate. They consider their grievance far exceeds the Nonconformists . ....'. The Morning, Post contends that tlie arguments wherewith the Government meet the Premiers' preference question should be published daily fully: If the Government refuse to make practical advances the nation was entitled to know whether the pleading for dear food was out of fear of foreign retaliation. )^ The Times" Berlin correspondent says that the campaign that a. large section of the German press has been making against Italy and 'other Powers, apparently excites grave misgivings m authoritative quarters. One of Count Bulbw's organs on the eve of the Foreign Office debate m the Reichstag hoped tliat if King EdYard's movement© m the Mediterranean were noticed during the debate, members should be careful lest they supply the English, press with-fresh material for leading articles headed', "German Anxiety." It would be better if members' attitude enabled foreigners to clearly distinguish be-, tween the imperturbable steersman and crew of the Imperail ship and the many passengers who were easily made seasick. (Received April 30, 8.38 a.m.) At billiards, Cook made a break of 19,780 unfinished, including 9869. by anchor cannons. He beat Harverston by 2400^ 1312. J The Bishop of London, the Rev, Lingett, and other Nonconformist ministers, .have begun a, crusade against the exhibition of living statuary. Emma Eames, the prima donna, has secured a divorce from .' her husband, Julian Story r the artist, at New York. Woolwich ■ arsenal, Armstrong's,- and yi'ckeis-Maxim have received orders for ysixty 12-inch guns for three British Dreadnoughts no w building/ and for the three Brazilian Dreadnoughts which are building m England. ■,*.''. Obituary i Sir Penrose Julyan, at onu time Crown Agent for the Colonies. The Times, m a further article on the Imperial Conference and Imperial unity, urges that an oceanic Empire cannot permanently be maintained by sea-power residing only-in one small portion thereof. The colonies should be encouraged to build destroyers, scouts, and small cruisers for themselves, and to manufacture torpedos, guns, and ammunition,- the Admiralty purchasing if the terms are reasonable. Thirty-three out of 48 members of the London Chamber of who are also membera of -Parliament, have written to the secretary dissenting from the tariff reform resolution recently passed, and pressing unwavering adherence to freetrade. Bertram V. Williams, a seaman on the ship Port Jackson, which recently arrived from^Sydney, was sentenced' to a mouth's imprisonment, for assaulting the captain, because he gave him a. bad discharge. It was stated Williams -was the son of a New Zealand clergyman. • The first instalment of the Kiel Canal vote is _750,000. . ■• - - ROJfE, April 29. Mount Stromboli is m violent eruption. Earthquake shocks shattered^windows and broke !the cable' between Hipari and • Stromboli. i v v OTTAWA, April 29. There is a great influx of Japanese into British Columbia. Many are employed m railway construction. \ BERLIN, April 29. Th© German Estimates provide "for £7,500,000 as the first instalment for widening the Kiel Canal; /The work will occupy eight years'and cost £11,000,000. ST. PETERSBURG, April 29. Sixteen bombs were discovered m a villa which General Kaulbars rented as a summer residence at Odessa. There is an alarming spread of revolutionary propoganda m the Russian army. Many nflicers havo been compelled to resign, while anxiety is felt "at headquarters regarding the garrison of Kronstadt. Numerous arrests of soldiers have been made at St. Petersburg and Warsaw. PARIS, April 29. iA French Colonial Beagua has been established to develop an enlightened interest regarding the colonies, to promote a clear, lieal thy, pacific opinion at home, and to encourage colonists, and thus tend to increase the valii© of French dependencies. ■ • ■ . '