BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12883, 2 October 1912, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Preoa Awn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) LONDON, October 1. . Altogether*' 2215 London doctors "have resigned, their club practice. A. V V .-,'■ Four light armored cruisers have^beeflA „.'•"• ordered at Messrs Viewers and Beard? more's yards. i A thousand miners at Bill's Hill have ' struck against non-unionists. The* latter refused to rejoin, the union since , the strike. " . ■' (Received October 2, 8.3 a.m.) -V LONDON, October 1. The British revenue for the quarter ending September 30th, totalled • ■'. £38,- . 757.7C0 The Customs*- contributed / £8,164,000', _ excise duty £8 J 568,000, .'-' stamps £2,443,000, and income tax ' .-' £3,174,000. . ■•■;; ■The Marconi Wireless Company has ; I successfully demonstrated to' the Admir- ' alty and the Post Office officials, high . speed automatic transmission Abetween . 0 Chelmsford and Poldhu, The miessages: A' were received on a recording cylinder/ Major Crouch, hi an article .m the Army Review, says that the enormous,,, difficulties m connection with the introduction of compulsqry military , training • m Australia have been surmounted with remarkably little friction. Th_ Aresppnso y\ A to the law -was hearty and sympathetici and the lads were vastly improvje^i. '''-j '■:'.[ A The King contracted a heavyf'Jbold.- at „ the army manoeuvres, but isAcpnsideiv,. >\y;. ably better. . •■ " -. A-i, A ; ' .. -, '• NEW YORK, October!/ -..-'" V The International Irrigation Congress i : . has opened At Salt Lake City. ; ■ • gal, Persia, Australia, Mexico, ; iand Can- ,;. Ada are represented. . Senator ROotV^ admitted that the fact that Airi§yicajus •' were, immigrating to Canada ahd*' Australia was m consequence" of the: United States' f bad laws governing settlers.,.. .V. : .»-. BRUSSELS, October,!. .;...:% .. ; Baroness Van Boren (whoA claimed \ that she was Awrongly de taaned ;■.. hecau^e of her intsntipn to marry out bf her rank) '.IA has escaped l?from . the asylum, and' is < supposed, to have eloped with her lover, A discovery of coal strata, lias '-heeii made m South Belgium, assuring; a can-!' tury's reserve supply. , * • ' ' , j : WASHINGTON, October 1. Mi* Roosevelt's corespondence withthe late "King" Edward Harriman has been ,-_ submitted to the Senate Committee m- '.-."' vestigating campaign contributions.' The investigation discloses no proof 'that.- .Mr , Roosevelt asked Harriman , for political contributions. (Received October .2, 11.55 a.m.) MADRIB, Octoberyl. A ballot of. railwaymen regarding a | general strike resulted hi 65,4.09 voting for and 1418 against. -V' .".'.;'' PARIS, October: ,l. Tlie Gaulois publishes a manifest? by; King- '..Manuel, 4 en yi n g l ."that, Vie! ;haa renounced, the hope of restoration the ■ throne. V ' -V''-,'..---." ■=■•■.".'•' .BERLIN, October ..lV / Tlie Chinese Legation states that, it does pot know anything of the Gerrijan loan. v - - ' ""'