BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13349, 6 April 1914, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

s (Press Assn.—By Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, April 5. ! Messrs L. Breitmeyer and Company, l of London, have purchased German South-West African uncut diamonds . amounting to* half-a-milliori carats, valus ed at oiie. million sterling. 5 Mr Masterman, who was recently dej feated, is m bed with a chill. Earl Meath, m a' letter, suggests r * June 22 be celebrated as Empire day. (Received April 6, 8.45 a.m) I LONDON, April 5. Fenner, the bankrupt sharebrokery * who was extradited from France, has arrived m London. The Postmaster-General announces that concessions on the lines of the House of Commons' executive's proposals m the March committee's report would cost £*640,0C0 m the first year and ultimately £12,215,000. PARIS, April 5. The Chamber of Deputies unanimously * passed a resolution m favor qf more efficaciously separating the judiciary's powers from that of the head of troops. The Minister decided, on a general mobilization. CAPETOWN, April 5. The Natal mail train collided with a goods train near Heidelberg. Two children were killed and eleven passengers periously injured. The Workmen's Wages Protection Bill was rea4 a second time m the Assembly. It makes wages the first charge on payments 'to contractors. PARIS, April 5. ,The Chamber voted for the installation of wireless m the Pacific colonies, including New Caledonia. The Senate adopted a Bill passed by the Chamber for the . construction of a coaling station at Papeete. (London Times and Sydney Sun Services.) LONDON, April 5, As a sequel to the Putumayo outrages, Dr. Chappell, M.P. f or Stirling, has drafted a Bill to substitute for the I present Slave Trade Act a comprehensive measure covering slavery, peonage, and forced labor. Dr. Chappell's Bill will compel companies employing colored labor to furnish full information to the Foreign Off. It empowers tlie King-in-Council to i,Jue orders with drastic penalties. ' (Received AprU 6, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 5. A remarkable instinct o*f locality has been proved' m crabs. A male* and female were caught m a trap on the Yorkshire coast. They were marker! and liberated m different places on the coast. They found each other, returned to Yorkshire and were caught together again m the same trap. PEKING, April 5?. * The "White Wolves" are threatening Siamfti, where foreigners and missionaries are taking refuge. It is hoped thf* military will arrive. NEW YORK, April 5. A rich Texas planter, Ludie Arnold has- been charged with violating the \vhito Slave Act by marrying 16 women m 15 years. He was never divorced. Eight -wives appeared m court, Ono gave evidence that Arnold's loVemaking was irresistibly tempestuous. BERLIN. April 5. It is reported that a Leipzig' firm is building eighteen bi-planes for the - British Navy.