BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12664, 18 January 1912, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assn. — By Telegraph.— Copyright.) LONDON, January 17. Mr Hammer stein,., states „that unless opera lovers subscribe for boxes and stalls it is impossible to continue the London Opera House, whereon £350,000 hae' been spent. /•.■:••.; '•> • (i/ The Union Bank, dividend is 10 per centum, with a bonus of 2 per cent., premises account £10,000, reserve £20,---000, brought forward £42,000. Consols are at 77£. Wheat : Ten thousand quarters of South Australian, per sailers, January shipment, sold at 36s 9d. Tin : On spot £180, three months £187. There are persistent rumors that a new international syndicate has been formed to control the market. ' I,'he Young Men's Christian Association fund lias reached £38,347. It is expected that the demand for additional accommodation for emigrants will bring five new steamers into service this year, and a further five m 1913 and 1914. Italian torpedo boats seized the French steamer named Carthage, owing to an aeroplane being aboard, wherewith Duval proposed to compete at the Tunis aviation meeting. Sir Richard Solomon has opened preliminary negotiations with a view to South African produce, particularly fruit, being admitted to Prance at a minimum tariff. (Received January 18, 8.5 a.m.) The shipyard workers at Belfast have determined to take a half holiday on February • Bth, and they propose to take possession of the streets m the neighborhood of the Ulster hall, thereby preventing Mt Churchill from delivering ' his speech. Letters received recently frdm Lieut. Trench discount theories of suicide or of a desire to escape. He did not complain of his treatment, but severely criticised Captain Lux for escaping when he perfectly understood that lenient treatment was conditional on prisoners not attempting to escape. A company with a capital of £2,500,---000 has been formed m England to acquire the patents of the "Permutit" system of softening and purifying water and "luminator" patents for preventing k s'cale m pipes and^ boilers. ; (Received January 18, 10.20 a.m.) The Unionists are arranging for 5000 "Stalwarts" to occupy \the Ulster Hall for; days before Mr Winston Churchill's meeting; also for 75,000 men to pack the streets. The Countess of Seafield's personalty has been sworn at £210,094. ' ASCENSION, anuary 17. General Rojah's supporters are endeavoring to check the revolution. There has been a considerable amount of street fighting, and numbers have been killed and injured. The insurgents, are stilP masters of the situation. STOCKHOLM, January 17. The Government announces a Bill conferring on women suffrage and eligibility for Parliament. : . OTTAWA, January 17. Numerous nuggets of gold have been •found m fowls .fed on a farm near Minitonirus. The whole population of the village stampeded to stake claims. It is believed the amounts of gold are not large. ROME, January 17. The late Mr Henry Labouchere was ill j for eight days with bronchitis. He was buried a,t San Miniato. PARIS, Jan. 17. The Chamber, by five hundred and for.ty votes to six, expressed its confidence m the Government. M. Poincare's declaration states Vthat. the Government intend to remain faithful to these alliances and friendships, and will maintain a sincerely pacific sjririt and . relations of courtesy and frankness with Germany. p. strike of the ballet m the middle of a performance at the Opera House necessitated the dispersal of the audience. The ballet demanded that their wages should be raised from £120 to £150. ' BERMN,. Jan. 17. Tho sugar experts have unanimously decided on the absolute rejection o( the propbsal at the Brussels Convention by Russia to increase the export quota. 1 (Received January 18, 8.5 a.m.) TOtflO, January 17. A recrudescence of the fire at Osaka waV extinguished at midnight. The damage is estimated at £3,000,000. 1 . CAPETOWN, January 17. There have been two cases of plague at Durban, and one has proved fatal. BUENOS AYRES 1 , January 17. The railway men have agreed to the Government's mediation m their dispute.