BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10966, 8 May 1907, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Preu Assn. — By Telegraph. — Copyright.) (Received May 8, 7.40 a.m.) LONDON, May 7. In the House of Commons, Sir H. C. Banuonnan, questioned regarding Prince Bulow's speech on ship-building, remarked that Britain, like Germany, while maintaining her own 'vj.ew concerning limitation of armameuts, desTied to avoid raising difficulty or embarrassment to others. She recognise^ that any .ques? tion of expenditure dn armaments cpyld only be dealt with by agreement and consent. He was unprepared. at present to make any further statement regarding the ship-buildiug programme. In the House of Lords the debate on the second reading of Lord' Newton's Bill fo»" reform of the House of Lords wag adjourned. Lord Cawdor moved that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee. Lord Crewe opposed the Bill and its amendments on the ground that the Government would be introducing a measure shortly which would deal less with reform of 'the House of Lords than the relations of two Houses. He foreshadowed proposals limiting' the Lords' powers: Aubrey Riphardson, a New Zealand child violinist, gave a successful recital at the Aeolian Hall. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward were present. Favorable notices have been published in the newspapers. The Duke. of* Sutherland has offered Trentham Hallat Stoke-ori-Trerit for the purpose of a colonial college, and,*, has asked the Premiers to inspect it. The Paris Chamber of Commerco desires to entertain the Premiers.

In the final form of the judgment in the case of Penny's executors v. Nevill, Bishop Nevill is liable to the extent of the amount left at his disposal by his wife's will and codical up to £10,000. Lieut. Chamberlain was granted a decree nisi on the ground of his wife's adultery with Sir Brodrick Hartwell. CALCUTTA, May 7. A riotous Hindu anti-European demonstration occurred at Amritsar. The Government have warned the authorities of Bengal and Burma to adopt drastic action jf the colleges are allowed to become centres of political' agitation. NEW YORK, May 7. Obituary: The Rev. Dr.- John Watson, better known as "lan MacLaren," author of "Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush," and other Scotch stories. His death occurred at Mount Pleasant, lowa, . from blood poisoning, following on tonsilitis. ' The Senate of the New York State, by 27 t o 14. rejected a recommendation of Governor Hughes to dismiss Otto" Kelsey, superintendent of State insurance, on the ground of inefficiency to discharge his duties. BERLIN, May 7. Dr. Horn, former Governor of German Togoland, has been dismissed the service, owing to cruelties to the natives. CAPETOWN, May 7. Mr J. X. Harriman, at Victoria West, Gape Colony, spoke against preference, showing that the Afrikander Bond was divided on the- subject. COPENHAGEN, May 7. Denmark has refused to allow a Russian revolutionary congress to be held at Copenhiigcn. Two iiundred' delegates were ordered back to Sweden, from . ■whenec the majority arrived. Two hundred have started for London.