BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13393, 29 May 1914, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

(Press Assn.-— By Telegraph— Copyright.)

LONDON, May 28. The London builders' employees' ballot largely, rejected the joint conference between masters and men.

If the amalgamation is confirmed Lord Inchcape will be appointed one of the managing directors of the Peninsular Company, and it it is probable that he will eventually succeed ' Lord Southerland. . . -

Fifty thousand , railway sleepers are ablaze , at, Ardossan. , The damage is already £200 Q.

Lord Strathcona * lef t Mr John Burns £5000 for a Briti&h leper home.

(Received May '29. 9.15 a.m.)

Four London hospitals are trying the Sparliner treatment for tuberculosis and lupus. It does not interfere with the patients' daily . occupations.

Robert Munro, agent for an International Turf Syndicate, ha« been arrested for a breach of the lottery laws. The syndicate flooded the Briitsh colonies and other countries with sweep circulars. Two of Munro's colleagues have disappeared.

The best scores yet received for the Empire Day Challenge Cup are :— Fourth. King's Rifles, Rawalpindi, \ 2740; 38th Dagras, 2644; Marine Artillery, Portsmouth, 2632. '-' (Received May 29. 12.40 p.m. At cricket Middlesex made 509 runs for six wickets and declared the innings closed. Worcestershire m their first innings made 190, and m the second 143 for nine wicketo. t The London master builders, at the request of the National Federation,* have declared a lock-out. . The -steamer Elfrida's wheat cargo, which ifi afire between the main and forward hatches at Bristol, is still smouldering. There have been 1270 i tons of cargo discharged at Bristol. ! At the Middlesex tennis tournament, Gordon Lowe and Dunlop beat Newburn and Pervin, 6-r-2, 6-r2, and Scott and; Murray by 7— 5, 6—4. Dunlop's volleying was , excellent. ;••'■• In the billiard match Newman, has scored 6680, and Gray 4360. ST. PETERSBURG, May 28. '. A German aeroplane crossing the frontier at Plock was fired at and damaged. The* aeroplane., descended, and two officers* were arrested. ■■', A Yakutsk telegraina states that parts of an old balloon have beep., found m a forest m Eastern Siberia. They are supposed to be the remains' of Andree's balloon. , v ROME, May 28.' Salanara, Chamber Prefect at Naples, has been removed from his post as the result of .the Austro-Italian brawls on May 9, having failed , to carry out the Government's instructions. • PARIS, May 28. Henri and Robert Deheuf ville, bankers, have been arretted |or using their clients' stock as security for their own transactions. The liabilities ,are £500,---000 and assets £175,000. (London Times and Sydney Sun Services.) *\ LONDON, May 28. .-. Tarrant and Hearne have had remarkable f cricket partnerships for the last seven days. Playing, for Marylebone they, scored 237; at Leyton, play-, ing for Middlesex, they scored 229; at Lords, for Middlesex, they eoored 216. A resident of Sunbury has sfecured an injunction against a neighboring market gardener for. stacking manure, 'causing an invasion of flies, necessitating gauze covering on windows and preventing enjoyment of the garden. ■ y NEW YORK, May 28. Robert liigorsoll, the watch manufacturer, discovering that his niece, aged 18 years, had secretly married his chauffeur, sent her on ultimatum that : "If you want to remain a member. of our. family you must give up your husband." The girl replied: MNeyer!" BERLIN, May 28. Professor Gustav Killian gave a demonstration at the Royal Society of Medicine on successful diathermy treatment of inoperable cancer of the throat. BUENOS AYRES, May 28. The Budget reveals continued prosperity, and reports an increase of three million cultivated aores and 36,000 miles of railways. f '