BRITSH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12636, 24 March 1905, Page 3

BRITSH AND FOREIGN

United' "Press: AaSwiitjop—Per Electric - . . edsDOK, Mareh 22. Mr Ansten' Cliajrtfierlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer," deefinesto recommend an animal sfibsieEy ' of 'filOjQOO for a National Recartorr Theatre. : THE LATE 3SJABQDIS OF ANGLESEY. Tie Slarquii ©f Anglesey's coffin wat opened on its -arrival ja London, to iha insurance companies to identify the body. ' * "VOLCANIC ISLAND. An island or Tolcanic origin, 4800 yards Sa circumference, baa emerged southwards o£ Iwoginia, in th«. JSiukiu or. La-Chu Ar- " cKoelaeo, cesr-Forjaoss. - v LICENSING LEGISLATION. - Sir H: Cmnpben-B3nnennan and Mr asSrtrfK have beea informed by the-"United exnperaoce.. ABzaßce tßat it is urgently Beceuaiy tiiat Liberals should _ restore and extend powers* of local licensing aathoritM* "and introduce thtf time taut, v JIOYAL TOUR- . The Queen and Princess Victoria have aorrived at Lisbon. t 3 Received 10.57 V-ra., March 23rd. THE HEALTH OF THE KING. , LONDON, March 23. King Edward has remained indoors since his indisposition, in the garden in Bucking>im Palace. A court circular announces that His Majesty had derived much benefit from his *e*t, THE" GERMAN ARMY. . . BERLIN, March 22. Despite th%, Minister of War's contention ♦W. S«re Jmmi been a-marked diminution in cases of bmial 111-treatment, -which are described as the moat repulsive cancer of the German army. the Reichstag, DJ * liiTPft majority, - ijdopteti the Opposition s resolutions to rectify the disproportion be"tween the penalties imposed on subordinates aid the ,penalties on superiors for their respective mutual offences; also asking for a better guarantee of publicity of military trials and a BiH recognising- mitigating circumstances, involving the lower tnmTmum penalty. BLOODTHIRSTY BULGARIANS. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 22. A Bulgarian band surprised eighteen TurVT.K near Dennkapu. They kffled half the number, and -wounded the rest TAXATION OF DIAMONDS, -s « QAPCTOWN, March 25The LegislativeCouncil by 13 votes to 11 voter rejected' Mr Logan's proposal to tax export diamemde.