BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12586, 17 October 1911, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.T-Copyright.) ; \ LONDON, October 16. A mass meeting of the Sheffield rail- \ waymen resolved to strike unless the Midland Company fulfils tl}p whole terms of the settlement^' instead of, as , is alleged, penalising strikert.,

(Received October 17, 1 p.ni;). '.;■■■ LONTJQitf, Oct. 16, Holland's ."Life of the Duke of Devoin- . shire" 1 is reviewed as a notable contribution to history, and the story of a scrupulously honest statesmen." ■ The^e is a, re.marka.bl6 chapter on, the crisis of 1905. Mr Chamberlain's letters declare that he would ha.ye delayed, perhaps abandoned, his advocacy of tariff reform had he known of the Duke's opposition before committing himself. ! :

Colonel Oody haa won the 400 miles ' cross-country flight for ail British-made-machines. ■ , *"f VIENNA, October 16. The newspaper . Reichposty the mouthpiece of the heir to thft Throne and military circles, endorses the German newspaper complaints that Austria has latterly shown coolness towards Germany m regard to the Moroccan question, markedly ,m contrast to her friendliness with Italy m connection with the Tripolitan conflict. MADRID, October 15. During the Riffs' daring attack on the Spanish position at Inarufen, near Mellila, General Ordonez, Spain's most brilliant artillery officer, the inventor, of the Ordonez cannon, received two bullet wounds m the chest and : succumbed. Two officers and 16 men' were wounded, and the Riffs were repulsed with, great loss. (Received October 17, 10.10 a.m.) CAPETOWN, October 16. The Harbors Commission, m an interim report, recommends the separation of harbor and railway finances by means of uniform wharfage rates, irrespective of the destination of goods. It advises that the rate shall be £ per cent* ad valorem and Is. per ton oh imports} and £ per cent and 6d- per ton on exports^ It also recommends the construction of a graving dock at Durban,