LATEST MESSAGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 92, 8 June 1911, Page 6

LATEST MESSAGES.

(Received 8, 9.30 a.m.) London, June 7. Appreciative notices appear in the London newspapers of tlie Ballarat national cistccidiocl. Mr. Morgan, late ot tiio Coldstreams, will act as adjudicator. The newspapers record the centenary of Kimpson’s discovery of anaesthetics. 'Hie police found William Horace Wearncjan Australian Coronation visitor, aged 35, wandering in Leicestcr, having lost his memory. He was in possession of a large sum in cash and credit notes. He is now in the Leicester infirmary. Ratification of the Barry-Fogwell match is in abeyance, as there is no one in England authorised to sign for Fog well. jjoid NortlirlifTo entertained 300 overseas Ministers, visitors, and journalists at Button Place. Motor cyclists on the main roayl between Cu. Albans and ilarnet were overtaken by another cyclist, who demanded money. Ho .fired five revolver shots, wounding one motor cyclist seriously. 1 l;o assailant escaped. - Rome, Juno 7. Veterans of Garibaldi’s British Legion participated in the unveiling of tJio late Victor Emmanuel’s statue. (Received 8, 9.55 a.m.) London, June 7.

A rum of £20,000 iias been anonyinoiirly donated for distribution t.ii’.nighout Britain, Germany, France, and Italy for fseo copies of Norman Augell’s book, “'f'Jio Great Illusion,” in favour of universal peace. ‘G'hc J imos” says that Sir Wilfrid Ldurlei ’s -motion to secure the freedom of the Dominions from existing ticatics is manifestly not inspired so much Ivy shipping considerations as by wo diinculties created by the reciprocity agreement, the ratification of vijixch would compel Canada to extend she concession granted to the United States to twelve foreign Powers.. Mr. John-Dillon, M.P., who recently met wiJi a serious accident, is recovering. The seismograph record at West Bromwich recorded a huge earth-, quake at 11.15 to-day, distant over GOOD miles. Paris, June 7. Pari Mntucl statistics show that in. 1910 £14,980,599 was handled, being 7s Od per head of population. Obituary: M. Round - , ex-Prcniior. 1’ ok, June 7. Anxiety is felt for Hie safety of six American missionaries at Mequiuez. The Berbers are calling the people for a holy war. The Benintir tribe is following the custom when in desperate straits of bringing their daughters bound into villages, carrying them before them on tiieir horses and cutting their daughters’ throats before the dwellings of the chiefs they wish to propitiate. Tangier, Juno 7. Moorish horsemen fiercely attacked "Colonel' Mohier’s column for eight hours at Raselma. They charged within a hundred yards iii the face of heavy rifle and machine-gun fire, and suffered heavily. The French lost .a surgeon-major ami three soldiers, thirteen being wounded. Constantinople, June 7. Brigands demand £IG,OOO ransom for Richter, who was kidnapped last week. Capetown, June 7. General Hertzog, in a speech•'in Orangia, deprecating immigration, declared that the first task is fA’provide /or South Africa’s poor whites. The speech is being much commented on. (Received 8, 12.10 p.m.) London, June 7. Prince and Princess Tushimi, Togo, anc Nogi, received an ovation on arrival in London. , Gray’s score stands at 4002, and ’ Inman’s 2290. The .Freedom of the City of Bristol has been conferred on Mr. Fisher, Premier of the Commonwealth. CHAMPAGNE RJOTS. (Received 8, 8.5 a.m.) Paris, June 7. r lhe presence of troops at Bar-sur-Aubo who were overawing rioters caused wine-growers approaching from a number of villages to retire. A LOST AVIATOR. (Received 8, 8.5 a.m.) Paris, Juno 7. The search for Lieut. Boguc, the missing acroplanist, has proved fruitless. THE MEXICAN REQELLSON. (Received 8, 8.5 a.m.) Mexico City, June 7. In view of -Madera's arrival, there will ho special police precautions. Suspected Diazitec have been arrested.’ Madero’s special train was guarded by numbers of Insurrcctos oiliccrs.