BRITISH EMPIRE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13575, 5 December 1907, Page 5

BRITISH EMPIRE NEWS.

CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. CAPETOWN, December 4. The Suprome Court has decided that under the Civil' Service Acts the Government is not permitted to retrench by reducing the salaries of civil servants. A SOCIETY (Received December 5, 7.35 a.m.) ' LONDON, December 4. Dr. Ingram, Bishop of London, officiated at the marirage of Lord Loreburn 1 and Miss Hicks-Beach.x The marriage was the first ever solemnised in the crypt of the chapel at Westminster Hall. A large gathering of society people was present. THE HOUSE OF LORDS. (Received December 5," 8.58 a.m.) ... . LONDO_T r December 4. liord Tvreedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at Chelmsford in reference to the House of Lords, de* clared that it was ridiculous that anyone simply by right of birth should be able to veto the actions of the people's elected representatives.