BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12474, 10 September 1904, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

C riited Press Association-f Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 11.10 p.m., September 9th. A CATHEDRAL DAMAGED. , ". PARIS, September 9. A portion of the interior of Orleans Cathedral has collapsed.. .

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. PEKEN, September 9. China has authorised Italy to establish wireless telegraphic stations in Chinese teriitory.

M. PLEHVE'S SUCCESSOR. LONDON, September 9;--' Renter states/that M. Mirski, Governor of Vilna, who was assistant Minister for the Interior under M. Sipeaguine, has succeeded M. Plehve. Mirski's appoint-, ment is regarded as a step towards cautious liberal reforms. ..'■•••;-.

.THE BECK CASES. The Home Secretary has appointed the Master of the Rolls, Sir Spencer Walpole, and Sir John Edge, a committee to enquire and report, on .the circumstances surrounding" Mr Beck's Convictions. HIGH COMMISSIONERSHIP. The "Times" bespeaks a general welcome from Britain for the High Commissionership for New Zealand. THE FEDERAL PREMIER.The "Standard" commends Mr Reid's attitude as expressed in .his policy. OBITUARY.

Mr John Billington, ' the well-known actor, is dead. ■'..;'•''

THE KAISER AND HIS FLEET. BERLIN, September 8. The Kaiser, in reviewing the fleet at Hamburg, emphasised the necessity for increasing the navy to that of the Power which desired to prevent development. Count Raventlop, naval critic, considers that Britain must have been in the Kaiser's mind, since no other country was interested in or had power to prevent development.