BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12262, 27 September 1910, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Presß Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright) LONDON. Sept. 26. Sir John French, summing up on the lessons of the manoeuvres, expressed his warm appreciation of the work of all ranks, adding that the Territorials and the Canadian forces had done extraordinarily well. The Grand Master of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, speaking at |the Centenary banquet at Nottingham, said that the projected legislation threatened the usefulness of friendly societies, and tiiAt ahj4 system of State insurance against sickness would unlawfully compete with existing organisation*. He would uncompromisingly oppose compulsory State insurance, which was not needed. . Britain and Greece have signed an extradition treaty. SL provisional agreement has been entered into for the amalgamation of the Birmingham Small Arniji Co., Ltd.i and the Dwmler Motor Co^ Ltd.. A i|6w Daimler Company will be formed, ,ih which the Birmingham Small Arms Co. will hold all the shares. ; ; Liverpool is applyirig to Parliament to giyfc' the Watch Committee greater control over provocative etreet demonstrations. . & Royal warrant has been published, grating 1 , £he Sta'J* of Victoria armorial ens!gn8 v apd supporters. ' (Received September 27, 9.15 a.m.) LUNJ>6fN, SepJ«»ber 26. The limes 1 - correspondent" at Athens states that Koumania has promised to mobilise on the Bulgarian frontier ip th> event of a TurKo-Bulgarian War, thus saving Turkey sending , further Asiatic tiwps to the Bulgarian or Greek frontier i •'? A circular issued by the Minister of War offere unserviceable rifleß and <t>otbinea to cadets at a shilling each, and serviceable weapons at 10s each, luid bayonets at 6d each. UTie ©state of Richard Glyn Vivian, of Swansea, lias been sworn at £284,104. He ■ bequeathed £35,000 to establisli miner's mission halls in various oo|untrieß, £10,000 for an art gallery at Swansea, and numerous charitable be* quests. (Received September 27, 18.30 p.m.) OTTAWA, September 2s. The Railway. Commission lias been instructed to investigate the methods of the telegraph companies in Oariada in consequence of complaints of discrimination in tolls. ST. PETERSBURG, September 26. 'Vhd Russian naval estimates for 1911 shoW tin increase of £320,000, *nd include £2.800,000 for- new construction, against £900,000 last year, i , BUKNOS AYRES, Sept. 26. At the Exhibition New Zealand ivas awarded, first prize for a collection of fourteen cases of fresh sun-dried apples ; second priee for fine Ronibouille wools; secdnd for crossbred wool, and second I for Romney -Marsh wool. CALCUTTA, Sept. 06. Before closing the Kohan rasa, the Traffic Commissioner of, the North-west frontier province met the Jirgah tribesmen, who, instead of expressing contrition dyer the Adam Khels raids, demanded compensation for their losses in regard to the stoppage of the traffic in arms. . . ■■