BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12686, 13 February 1912, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

m (Press. Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright) (Received February 13, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 12. The London managers of sixteen Australian and NeAv Zealand banks banquetted Mr George m celebration of his jubilee with the Bank of New South Wales, and presented him with a gold cup. The German barque Pindos, from Chili to Hamburg, has been Avrecked at tho Lizards. A lifeboat gallantly. rescued the crew of . twenty-seven. '/// '■'■■ The Financial .'.Times'; states tljat the West Australiai) vloah looks cheap compared to otjher loans for that' colony. t (Received February 13, 12.45 p.m.) Waihi shares are at 41s 3d and 43s 9d. (:; , The Chancery Court decided that owing to her domicile the Duchess of Manchester's American personalty (as cabled December 14) is liable to English estate duty. ; ; .' . (Received February 13, 12.45 p.m.) The Master of Efibank, presiding at an Insurance Act meeting at London Opera House, said the Liberals henceforth assumed the entire responsibility of the Act, owing to; their opponents' attitude, and the credit accruing would he theirs alone. Mr Lloyd George denounced the Unionists' inhumanity m counselling the doctors to strike. The refusal of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons to discuss the Act with the Government department was an unparalleled example of rude ineptitude. If the doctors refused" to work under the Act they would depriA*e the community of the safeguards it jproyided. in**.sirnu«h as Relief . monetf wo*|ld ; "De "handed 1$ those 'lfnsurod tnTOUgh societies. Moreover, -medical and dispensaries' would mult|ply throughout the land. '""' '•' /'fl, PARIS, FebrihW 12. Smugglers m an arifocar cohlwhing a ton and a* half of ''ioljkttcco das^H 1 over the Belgian frontier:';; Excisemet}' pursued ar)d, wounded, ode smuggler, and captured the car thiiloUgh the, tyre burstina, but the smuggler's escaped.^ v '• •*'■ ' OALCtrrTA, 'FeliMai^ 12. Miss EVa Mount Stephens has been committee 1 , for trial for poisoning Miss Garnet Orme. Accused was a believer m crystal gazing. Miss Orme became interested, and eventually saw evidence of her immediate death, when she mysteriously died.. Accused benefited by her wi11. ,; MEXICO CITY, February 12. Fifteen thousand cotton factory Avorkers have been locked out at Orizaba because they threatened to strike. It is feared the unemployed men will join the rebels operating m Puebla district. The revolt is still simmering m many districts, but it is not believed it will assume dimensions sufficient to overthrow the present regime. Regulars defeated a thousand Zabata, rebels m Cueranva district. The Federals loss was five killed. The Zabatas* loss is unknoAvn. OTTAWA. Feb. 12. A dam utilised to furnish the AvaterpoAver of the Colliery Company's plant broke at Union Bay, B.C. A great Avail of Avater swept down on the village, overAvhelming the Chinese and Japanese quarter. The men Avere Avarned m timeand escaped to higher ground. It is believed there Avas only one death: Steel cars used by the colliery Avere carried hundreds of yards from the tracks. BERLIN, Feb, 12. Six persons Avere killed by an explosion due to carelessness at Antonen.mine at Appeln. The famous royal porcelain factory at Nymphenbiu-g has been destroyed by fire.