BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13070, 9 May 1913, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) (Received May 9, 9.40 a.m.) ■ • V 7 LONDON, May 8. , , Mr /Herbert Samuel, Postmaster-Gen-eral, visits Canada in the autumn in connection with tho proposed State-owned Atlantic cable to link up with tho Pacific cable. He will attend a subsidiary conference on defence.

A Bill relieving Sir Stuart Samuel of tlie penalties imposed in connection with tho sale of silver to the India Office has been read a first time in the House ■_ Commons. Mr Harcourt announced that he hoped the Imperial Trade Commission's report would be ready, before the next Imperial Conference.

The Duchess of Connaught passed a fair night, her strength being maintained. The South Wales coal ' mine owners, have increased wages by 2£ per cent. The underwriters receive over 90 per I centum of the Brazilian loan. King David, of Uganda, is touring England for three months. Waihi shares are at 36s 3d to 37s 6d. The Marquis of Hertford has become engaged to the widow of Charles Moss Cockle, a solicitor. Mr Cockle was formerly Commissioner for Queensland. He left his widow £652,000.

[The Marquis of Hertford is 70 years of age. In 1868 he married the Hon. Mary Hood, second daughter of Viscount Bidport. There were four sons and three daughters. His first wife died in 1909.] (Received May. 9, 10 a.m.)

The torpedo submarine ship-cleaners' experiments were carried ( aut on a battleship at Portsmouth in the presence of Admiralty officials, and proved highly satisfactory.. Obituary : The Dowager Duchess of Newcastle. NEW YORK, May 8. The Pacific Gas. and Electric Company of San Francisco, having employed three thousand mechanics as strike breakers, strikers threaten to cripple every industry in Lower California.