BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12815, 15 July 1912, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Preaa Asan.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.)

LONDON, July 14. j . Four- suffragettes at ' Dublin were sentenced to six months-i mprisonment for smashing the Government office windows. (Received July 15, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, July 14. At Bisley, when shooting m the King* Norton competition, Corporal ■ Mortimer > of Canada, and Heryk, of Ulster- both scored 73 out of a possibU. 75 at 1200 yards, being a world's record. Mortimer -Avon m the shoot off. ■A syndicate, including Messrs Barry, Till, and Davies, are fitting the steamer Melmore to search for treasure m Cocos Island; but a rival expedition hopes to reach -the scene before them. PARIS, July- 14. | The airship Conti made a sixteen hours' flight. „.■'■ • | Smugglers, using a motor car, rushed across the French frontier, and used revolvers upon pursuers. Finding the way tOAvardscTourteron barred, they escaped, abandoning half a, ton of tobacco. ■•■*- TOKIO, July v 14. The French cruiser Kleber struck a submerged wreck, which knocked- a hole m her amidships. ' She Avas towed' into Kobe. ■ CAIRO, July 14. ' Abdul Lahma, Sabahi, and Mahmud Ramzi. who vrera arrested m eonnectioiv Avith the recent plot, iia.ve been released. They testified against Makid, one of the chief conspirators. ROME, July 14. Desultory fighting is proceeding on the Tripobtan western frontier. BERLIN, July 14. Hahse, a messenger employed by the American Express Company, confessed that he buried 94,000 marks, Avhich the police found. [Hahse absconded Avith £5000 m paper money.] NEW YORK, July 14: .. :■ A tornado at Grand Rapids injured ifOrty persons arid damaged many build■inga.^ i The Akron airship' was damaged by an '•explosion dujo to jfauflty 'co*^rucft|ion jalloAving gas to escape over the engine exhaust. j CAPETOWN, July 14. ; Mr Gladstone, speaking at East London, said he regretted that the language problem avos still a difficulty. He did not fear fo rthe dominance of the English language, m spite of any legislation.

i , .-■; ' • j It's not often that you can get a' valuable Avatch for nothing. Grieve, watchmaker; and jeweller, is winding a •watch on Friday, and the nearest guess to its stopping time wins. Call m an your giiess.* ! On Thursday next Mr George Miller^ 'auctioneer, will hold a clearing sale at the residence of Mr E. Wildman, Valley road, Mangapapa, as advertised, including a large quantity of jams and pickles.

To advertise a, thing some people tell aAvf ul crams, but to substantiate his statements, Grieve, jeweller and watchmaker, absolutely guarantees satisfaction with his Avatches. Are you having a guess?* _._:.___*__!