BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1259, 13 October 1911, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) LONDON, Oct. 12. Three Raimgate fishing vessels, with eleven hands aboard, foundered in a heavy gale. During 1910 seven great industries paid £3,700,000 compensation to workmen. Eighty-five per centum of the cases were those of miners. The Landowners' Convention at Dublin has protested against the interrup- ! tion of land, purchase as disastrous to the country's welfare, and urges an amendment of the 1909 Act. The Bougainville poisoning case oc c'urred while the party was gathered to drink success to the vessel's voyage to Australia. The captain and three of the others are progressing favorably, but one of the victims is in a critical condition. (Received October 13, 8.5 n.m.) LONDON, .« October 12. At the Congregational Union Conference at Nottingham, during a discussion on the historical basis, the Rev. R>. J. Campbell declared . that Christianity was impossible without a living, personal Christ. The steamer Tongariro takes 450 assisted passengers to New Zealand , and | tlie Mamari in December takes 400, [ including 100 domestic servants. i f The inland revenue report shows I gross incomes totalling £1,011,000,000, including fifteen estates of over £10,000,---000 each, and 10,600 -possessing over £5000 a year. The collection of income tax cost .95 per cent. [In 1907-8 the gross income brought under the review of the Department was £980,117,000. and iii 1908-9 it was £1,009,935,926.] Waijii shares are at 68s 9d to 71s 3d, Talisman 48s 9d to 51s 3d. Lord and Lady Chelmsford,- who are returning to Australia by the Moldavia, J were farewelled at Victoria station by a large crowd of Australians, relatives, and friends. The new Tyser liner Indrapura has been launched at Wallsend. She is intended for the Australian frozen meat trade. Hamel aerop_lane'd from Boulogne to Wembley. The repairs to the Olympic, damaged in collision with a warship, will cost £200,000. The White City Maoris, under Maggie Papakura, are sailing on November 11. They have not been paid for two months. Some are being housed at the Crystal Palace. They begin performances at a Palace musicale on Monday to provide further means. The passage money has already been deposited. Tlie Bishop of London, in his charge to the clergy, stigmatised the deliberately declining birthrate as a gigantic evil and urged the Church to give suitable teaching of the responsibilities of married life. There was a growing selfishness in thinking, firstly, of creature comforts, and social pleasures. The strike of waggon workers at Swansea led to riots and the wrecking of the British Waggon Company's premises. The police were furiously stoned and temporarily retreated. BERLIN, October 12. Count Wolff Metterenich, for card swindling, has been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, of which six are considered as being served, owing to the length of the proceedings. (Received October 13, 10.30 a.m.) OTTAWA, October 12. Earl Grey has departed from Quebec, and was accorded a cordial' send-off . A thousand persons lined the streets. The vessel with Earl Grey aboard passed the incoming steamer with the Duke of Connaught on board on the river St. Lawrence. Scores of messages of welcome await the Duke of Connaught from every city in the Dominion. PARIS, October 12. A judiciary inquiry has opened to ascertain whether the increased prices of corn, sugar, and milk are due to monopolies.