BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12616, 20 November 1911, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

.. (Press. Aasn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) LONDON, - November 16. Mr Asquith, -replying to suffragettes, stated that he had personally never seen his way to support wonven!s suffrage, because he was unable to' persuade 'him serif it was good for the country.. A. majority of his colleagues favored, women's suffrage, but the Opposition was as much divided as the Ministerialists. The sale of the Crystal PalaoG to a syndicate headed by "the Eavf^of Plymouth is ■ confirmed, the nri'ce being £210,000. ) ' / The launching of. the bat^les^ip . Centurion has taken place, Chureiiill, wife of the First Lord of fehe Admiralty, having the leading part f in . the ceremony. ••-'■': - ( Received November ,'2O, 8.5 a.m.) i■■ ; ■ LONDON; November 19. . The Venezuelan Consulate has ..been advised that Don Castro, the ex-Presi-dent, has been defeated at San Christobai. . . ■ ; Mr Balfour sent a message congratulating the Leeds conference on Mr Bonar Law's great speech. Alfred Baker, a signalman, .and five colliers have , been sentenced to. three months' imprisonment at Warwick, and two other colliers , to two months for intimidating ..Midland railwaymen at &tockmgford during the recent strike. are agitating against the domestic servants' clauses m the Insurance Bill. They ridicule the stampstickihg regulations. They declare that servants generally are indignant, and refuse to contribute, therefore it is tantamount to a tax' on householders of 26s /early for each servant. A league is • being formed to defeat the c)auses. It comprises wonuen of all parties. ' At an inquest on Timothy Atkinson. the , Benuontfsiey ■. professional boxer, who %va* killed, the coroner remarked that the.National/ Sporting ,dub; ought to prolubit the kidney punch. ' /' . ~ ' v --w-11 , November 19, • ■A- Bill has been introduced info Parliament annulling the effect \of ' the, Ne 1 enter© Deci-ee throughout 'Canada. Tt makes valid any 'marriage ceremony m any. provfhcfe before any .'. .accredited authority, Catholic or Protestant' ; MALTA, November 19. _lhe Medina;, with the ' King , and Queen. aboard, en route to India to attend the Delhi Durbar. \ has parsed Malta. .*-■■■ '■ ■ WASHINGTON, November 19. Trouble is expected on. the Mexico border, and '. the command.er and ; tho United States, iroops have been ordered to hold themselves m readiness li> pro- 1 ceed to. the frontier to^ enforce neutrality. ;■■ ' ■:•''■■' 'A:. ;' '. LiTSBON, Noyemh«r 19." The .official version of the • Kanco tragedy declares that the mis«ionaries prorioualy provoked tjie conflict through necessitating the seizure, of arms. Tliese were forcibly .recaptured by the missionaries from the natives ' from Likoma, but at the instance' of the '.postmaster at Kango the' weapons .were returned." Later the missionaries i\ga in landed, and the postmaster fe'arhiiv another' attack, summoned the pnvty to stop. On refusal he fired, kniirig a member of the mission. ■ • NEW YORK, November 18. '■ The fifth juryman for the T^os Angeles case hns been' selected. Professor Lowell announcpd from tho flagstaff at Arizona the discovery 'of frost on Mars. He adds that 'close, observation, for a fortnight affords complete proof -that the old theory of polar •caps on Mars being due to earnon dioxide is discredited. (Received November 20, 8.5 a.m.) - PARIS, Nov. 19. Corporal Dechamps has been sentenced to 20 yevirs' imprisonment for stealing a mitrailleuse nnd selling 1 it to Germany. • j Accordinjj to Le .\ratin, Surgeon -Major Legndre, Captnin Noir, and Lieutenant Dessirier, who were .conducting a scientific expedition m remote parts of Southern .China, have been massacred Iby ■Lo.loa. ■ •' " A non-otßcial committee of sixty-five Senators, members of the House of Deputies, shipping and commercial men, and .journalists; has been appointed to deal with complaints and suggestions for improviug postal Mlmintstration. A' number of gunners and infantrymen have berm sentenced to three weeks' imr prisbnment for cowardice and abandoning their "arms during a, panic at the funeral of the Liborte victims on October 4Ji: '. ' . The hours of workmen nt L'Ovient have been re-arranged and work resumed. , BERLIN, Nov. 19. An tinder-forester lw^ been arrested for stealing pictures reported missing from the Lust »Schloss National Gallery. CALCUTTA, Nov. 19." The chief engineer of the Oude-'Rohil-cuncl railway is enquiring as to the pessibiiitv of a- rail way ' from Kurachee to the Persian Gulf. J NRW YORKy Nov. 19. General Reyes has been arrested at' San Antonio, Texas, on a chai'ge of violating the United States neutrality laws! The particulars are not stated. CAPETOWN, November 19. ' The report of the commission on the alleged loss of gold at the East Rand "Mme 1 states that there was no real loss. The, discrepancy m calculation was due to the. omission* of certain factors.