BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11129, 31 July 1907, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assh.— J_ , yiTelegra,pli— Copyright), j LONDON, July 30: In the House of Commons the Eyicted Tenants Bill paded the jeport stage. ■ • A. 0. Jones has accepted the captaincy of the Marylebolie team,_ visiting Ausr tralia. .'^.. ' In • the Land Judges' Cburt, ''; Dublin, Justice Ross, in sentencing six men to three! months' 'imprisonment for interfering with the receiver in the management of an "estate in Roscommon, by expelling sheep, strongly urged that cattle-driving could easily . be ended if the Estates Com? mi&sioner withheld advances for land pur-; chase in places 1 where intimidation was practised. He added ihat the Commissioners might be restrained. They -were servants of the Executive, and were bound to obey.* It was unthinkable that public money should be used for furthering a. conspiracy against property. .':•"..' : - In the second test match against South Africa, England hi their first innings were all out for. 76. Faulkner took six wicketsi for IJ. '. South, Africa's first innings realised 110, and England's second innings 25 for ino. wickets.; ; f- ; . . -. -,= Tlie House ; of ifLords discussed Congo affairs. The horrors were denounced on all ; sides. Lord Fitzmaurice urged patience,expressing a fhope.that the Belgian Parliament in the . .event of annexation of thjj Congo would obtain real effective control, which would lead to radical reforms. He emphasise^, the danger of precipitous action. Lord Lansdowne concurred rwith Lord Fitzmaurice's views. The new Cimard liner Lusitania, on- her steam trial, made 25 3-sjbh knots. Mr G. Brookman, of Western Australia, delivered an address before the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on cotton growing andf wool growing in; Western Australia. Sir: : Ajff red 'Jones rec'ommend-r ed tjief establishment of agriculture boards in order to finance *lant^s and purchase cotton. Evidently there was a good field in Australia for young Englishmen with capital. Reuter reports that fifteen soldiers in Ecuador were court-martialled on a charge of participating hi 1 a political plot against President AlfrirO. f v :■:■'.'■-■. ..'.

. Financial", papers attribute .the weakness of consols to the' absence of a demand for the l'ovv interestojearing securities. They declare the public areljeginning to realise tlie true value of consols as an investment, and are no longer willing to take them unless they show a reasonable yield. Lord Elgin's Commission appointed to enquire into the Scottish Churches' dispute estimated that the 'United Free Church funds amount to £1,354,720. The Commission allotted £31,000 to the "Wee Frees," besides f.ifcUat' was awarded before. It is estimated the United Frees lost altogether half af million. The opinion is expressed that the Scotland^ Commissioners -were lavishly generous to the Wee Frees. . Tlie Rev. R. J. Campbell has been invited to* stand for Cardiff in the Socialist interest. Speaking at Tredgar he.declared the first great commandment was to get hold of the land. Consuls are at 82f . NEW YORK, July 30. F. R. Gooding. Governor of Idaho, declares, that despitfe Haywood's acquittal, the cases against ' Moyer arid Pettibohe will /be rigorously [prosecuted. President Roosevelt has published l without comment a, telegram from three notorious, anarchists, addressed to f him, rejoicing in "Haywood's acquittal CAPETOWN, July 30. •The mine owners of the -Rand declare that while they agreed to re-engage skilled machine men" at exceptionally good wages, they have?not conceded anything regarding the nutriber of machines each, man. supervises. They -will merely reengage as many strikers as possible. Many will still remain unemployed. The Government offers them prospectors' licenses. . BERLIN, July 30. Word lias been received that Mahomedan natives at Adamwa, in. the Cameroons, attacked the Gerinan Residency at Garcia. Tlie raiders were repulsed; TOKIO, July 30. Viscount Hayashi decline's to consider a new treaty with the United States, based on the exclusion of Japanese laborer. •'

ST„ PETERSBURG; July 30. The Grand Duke Nicholas warned General Nikiforoff, wtaTtries revolutionaries charged with attempting to murder the Czar, himself, and M. - Stolypin, that death was the only punishment suitable for crime against .the Imperial family.