BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph.-^COpy right.) ; • LONDON, November 17. The Local Government - Boaid haa made the notification of' pulmoriaa*y tuberculosis cotnpUlspry -from l the first of January; next: (Received Novomber 18, 9.*_ori.m.) ..V LONDON; Nov. 17. ■\An experimental shipment ."of TV.fi. manian pigs was successful-, excepting that five were condemned for tuberculosis. Although they ' carried the Commonwealth certificate the -.inlands .were' uncut. The medical.. officer"> states it'hat in future he will treat Australian pork as uncertificated. '-. .' " . Two of the St.- Vincent's life boats made a gallant effort to rescue commander Brine, who was washed overboard from the battleship St. - Vincent during a gale in the Channel < and was drowned. Although there whs a tremendous'sea running the whole of 'the crew volunteered to man tlie boats. Commander Brine made a great struggle, out was dead when picked up. 't The Colonial Office has been informed that more than one white persbn'witnessed the deliberate arid unprovoked murder of the Rev. A. Douglas Bv a Portuguese official. The matter is ribw iri Sir "EclWard Grey's hand. Tlio Liberty, Property and Defence I^g-grie are organising counter picketing, utilftirig men trained in the police, inilitar^and.naval force. /* : ■ :

At the Huth sale first editions of Bacon's* Religious Meditations realised £1950 equivalent to £1000 per ounce. The ' Court ,of Appeal has confirmed a judgment that forms four and eight of the Land Bill are unauthorised. Tlie Master of Rolls stated form four was really waste paper. . (Received November 18, 10.15. a.m.) Sir George Reid, in the Westminster Gazette, applauds an article defending Australia against, the aboriginal accusations. He quotes Mr Batchelor's answer tp a deputation regarding protection and native reserves.

PARIS, November 17. Workmen on the battleships Courbet and L'Orient struck" for a rearrangement of hours, and displayed red flags. The authorities expelled thenr i

• NEW YORK, Nov. 17. Two freight trains collided on. fhe Northern Pacific ' railroad at Bute, Montana. Four employees were killed. A merger is announced of the Southern Californian electric railways, with a capital of one hundred million dollars. _The>o is great unrest in Venezuela. Castro, who is living in Colombia; is planmrig ah invasion. The -Venezuelan Government is taking precautions f..-;: ■ . . VIENNA, Nov, 17. L)i" Mokovitch, tutor of the family of Baron : *Hols*-knecht, Undersecretary ' of ce A .Has been murdered. Baron Holaknecht's two sons and his daughter then committed ' suicide. The' tutor •aspired- to marry the daughter, and his advances were refused. ROME, Nov. 17. A requiem _ mass' on , Cardinal Mofan was'held; in the Irish College. Bishop Galway .'.was the celebrant, >' and many cardinals were present. . ..' . , OTTAWA". Nov. 17i * If: is reported . from. Nome, Alaska, that a rich strike has :ijeen made at .pTegpri Creelc. A '-'rush has started.* ■ A\ new metal has been found in BritishCplumbia. Platinum^boaring ores in the Kootenay district have been named canadium. It* belong to the platinum group, and is of gtfent value for industrial purposes." '