BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12478, 15 September 1904, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—Per Electric •Telegraph—Copyright. ORE-FINDER'S WORK. ; i.,LONDON, September 13. '"Ah electrical ore-finder has located enor»mous: hematite deposits in the, Barrow-on-Fumess district-of'North Lancashire. .. PERSONAL. . Count Herbert. Bismarck is ill, and is in-a critical- condition.... • .THE NETHERLANDS AND THE r.. vi • . TRANSVAAL. , . ?:>:Dr.uKuypeiy. the Netherlands premier, announced' in the. Second- Chamber that ithe 'residence of ; the ConsulrGeneral m the -Transvaal was not yxed, at Pretoria, w hicli Wght : become the centre, of intrigue, as a group .SfcAfricanders were, there.; Johannesburg,- -as the:place,of,Viscount; Milners residence,: had been selected, • ; •i Received 11 p.m., September 14th.BANQUET TO FXPLORERS. 'LONDON, September 14. • A great'banquet twas,.held ' to celebrate the return-of the Discovery to Portsmouth. Captain Scott was. accorded an ovation. He stated that it would, take three years to wprk.'.'out: the V scientific , results of the Antarctic expedition^He expressed jns regret - that; the officers and crews of the relief ships were not represented at the RANFURLY AT HOME. ; Lord Ranfurly... was warmly welcomed home to Dungannon. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Earl and Couiitess Roberts, on visiting Capetown, met with an enthusiastic reception. . . . . ~ .' ,:. :: .

PRINCE: CHRISTIAN VICTOR'S GRAVE. :

CAPETOWN, September 13. A reward of £2OO is offered for the arrest of the-desecrators of Prince Christian Victor's grave. ... GERMANY'S LITTLE WAR. The Hereros. are; constantly ; eluding the troops and'raiding; German -lierds in other districts."-

. THE;PERTHSHIRE. DISABLED. • BUENOS AYRES, September 13. The steamer Perthshire has arrived-here with her machinery disabled. 1 She is being surveyed. correspondlnts punished. -.:. • BOMBAY. September 13. Two Englishmen have beeiv sentenced to twelve and eight .months' imprisonment respectively at Darjeelirig for sending alarming Thibetan news to newspapers, using the nan?e of an Ehglisman at as correspondent, with a view to influencing the money market. POWIE PROMOTED. . NEW YORK. September 13. Dowie has promoted himself from prophet to be on apostle^ THE nNITED STAGES PRESIDENCY. .The Republican 'plurality vote in Maine shows a majority of 30,000. The Republican votes have increased 15 per cent., and the Democratic 31 per cent. CONFERENCE AT ST. LOUTS. : Mr ,F! B. Loom's. Assistant Secretary of State,.welcomed. 226 members of the interParliamentary^^'.Conference at St. Louis. Every European. Parliament was repre- ■ , ■■.: . .