BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12464, 25 May 1911, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, M*y £5. Owing to British supporters strongly urging the necessity, Dr. Mawson" ;e---mains m England for three ; weeks. It is believed there is a probability of increased subscriptions* . '. An empty lifeboat, marked Gayolargo, has been found m the Boy of Biscay. The Gayolargo was bound from Swansea, to Tampico, Mexico, and had 29 hands. She was. missing, and was considered to have- foundered* Lord Crewe resumes duties m a fe\f days,, after his recent iljnes's. . " (Received M»y 25, 8.5 aiih.)'' LONDON. May 2A. Edmund Burke, who is appearing as, '"MephistbphelesV with Madame- Melba at the Coyent Garden, will accompany her. to Austi'alia. • ~ " Sir Joseph Ward, m a. letter to Truth, denies the accuracy of an article concerning the Mokau Jones estates, which sharply reflects on the New Zealand Government. Sir Joseph Ward declares that t,he imputations against' Dr. Findlay are without foundation; and the Mokau matter has been fully investigated. . The hearing of the Central Hull election petition has opened. The evidence alleged that gifts of coal were made on the eve o.f the election, 64 of tne recipients being electors and 436 relatives of electors, • . . The late Sir Joseph Duneen's daughter Florence was thrown from her horse m Rotten Row and sustained a fractured skull. Her condition is serious. The King was riding; past at the time, and enquired after the sufferer. The commissioners of the 1851 exhibition have formulated industrial bursaries of £50 to £100 each to enable talented science students to tide over a year or two while gaining experience until they secure remunerative employment m engineering of chemical works. At the present time many are forced to take up the teaching profession. . BRUSSELS, May 24. The British Government has made a friendly protest against the refusal of the Congo authorities to grant land to British missionaries. PARIS, May 24. Di's. Bernheim and Dienpart, m a paper read at the Societe Internationale Tuberculo.se, strongly support Dr. Schettdeffy's anti-tuberculosis injections and radio-active menthol iodine treatment without pain, which has hitherto prevented the use if iodine m any cures recorded. Success has also been attained m the treatment of lupus. ' . VIENNA, May 24. Six thousand tailors have been locked out, owing to ah unjustifiable strike of the emplovcs of one firm. LISBON, May 24. Ministers and bishops are m active conflict m connection with the separation of Church and Stnle. Ministers are prosecuting bishops for issuing protests, and have ordered civil governors to take inventory of the contents of cathedrals and churches. BERLIN, May 23. The Federal Council , has agreed to a Bill dealing temporarily with the c mmercial relntions with Japan. The Alsace-Lorraine Bill, as cabled on December 17, has been read a second time m the Reichstag. [The laws for Alsace-Lorraine, to come into force on December 1. 1912, emanate only from the Kaiser, with the consent of the twochambered Diet.]