BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12814, 13 July 1912, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraphi— Copyright.) LONDON, 12. Foot and mouth. •disease' hjjis broken out m the East Ending -of, Yorkshire.., In the House-. of Lordk the^Bishop-of | Hereford's Anti-Gambling BillAwias with draAvn, tlie .-Ptimata,.having disowned ;the,, measure^ Lord X^sdbwne - (lead er - of ■ "the Oppositions Severely crttsbis.ed various clauses and 'stated that,. t|u>. Government was unable to. support' the -Bill. (Received July J3; 8,45 a.m.) Mr McKenna is an expert committee to .inquire hoAvA* .to prevent spontaneous comhudtibiVHi: mines.

The ReyieAfc. of Review, advocates the establishment of an Imperial Board of Emigration i It mentions the existence of a quarter of a milliojn British pauper children? and, suggests- that they should b^'; trained; m special schools,' fitting them' tx* occupy positions m- the. overseas, dominions. . '

David Weir, trading- as the East London Produce Company,' has been sentenced to four months m Old .Bailey foi .purchasing, defeictivi tinned f corned ana re-selling it for human consumption. Sixty tins were, discovered to he bad. -^ (Received July 13/ 9.20 a.m.) In the Davis Cup contest Dixon and Roper Barrett defeated- Gilbert V and" Laurentz, 3— -6,, 6— 4,, 6—l; 6-^l. .";■:;■ The Franchise Bill AVasread a second time by a majority of 72. OTTAWA, July 12. The elections m Saskatchewan resulted m tlie Liberals retaining power with a. majority of 14. . . (Received July 13, 8.45 a.m.) "■> PARIS, July 12. The Senate passed the Moroccan Protectorate Bill. V

BERLIN, July 1&„ - -An explosion of. flour -dust i wrecked a mill" at MadgeburgJ ' Four persons were killed and ten injured.

AMSTERDAM, July 12. The Miners' Congress,, without declaring m favor of a French proposal that when, the miners of a country were on strike" those of other nations should strike m sympathy, referred the subject to the International Committee to report on at next Congress.