BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10961, 2 May 1907, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assn. — By Telegraph. — Copyright.)

(Received May 2, 8.44 a.m.)

LONDON, May 1. King Edward) has left the Mediterranean homewards viu Paris.

At the dinner lo the colonial Premiers and statesmen at Buckingham Palace on the Bth inst. ladies will not be included, as tlie Queen and Princess Victoria will be absent, visiting Athens. Tho Scottish Landholder Bill has passed the second reading. Mr Balfour charged the Government with taking land and the capital sunk in it, and speculating with it, leaving the loss to le borne by the owner.. It was apparently! intended to extend the Bill to England, j Mr John Burns introduced a Bill to enable conscientious objectors to vaccination to make declaration before the Commissioner of Oatlw and secure exemption. The Times Johannesburg' correspondent says Mr Smuts is earnestly attempting to understand the difficulties of mining in the Transvaal and to procure th«j immediate repatriation of Chinese. PARIS, May ?.'■ Owing to the May Day demonstrations very special precautions are being tak^n for King Edward's protection iu Pans. ST. PETERSBURG, May.l. lhe Duma adopted the Government Recruits Bill by 193 to 129. There is a general strike at Warsaw. Bread and meat are unpurcliasablc. GUATEMALA, May 1. A bomb exploded near the President of Guatemala's carriage. General Orellana and the coachman were injured. PRETORIA, May 1. Tlie directors of the Kleinfoiitein Deep and Van Ryn Deep Gold Mines on the Rand have decided to close down. Their funus are nearly exhausted, and they ar e unable at present to raise large sums required to develop the mines..