BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 848, 2 December 1905, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Umted Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph— Copyright. A GANG OF FORGERS: LONDON, November 30. in connection with ; the forgery ■ ease reported; on October 2nd, 'Bridge water- lias been sentenced to seven years, and Shake! 1 to Ave years' penal servitude, and Holmes to fifteen months. Foster was found not guilty. THE WATT CASE. - -Hugh Watt has-been committed for triul on a, charge 'of attempting to murder his wife. Bail -was fixed at £2OOO GIBRALTAR'S NAVAL MAGAZINES. The Standard " states that the immense lien.- Underground naval magazines at Gibraltar are so damp as to be useless- for the purpose intended. ' . SPECIAL SERVICE .IN ST.. PAUL'S: The Bishop of London delivered an-ad-dress, and held an intercessory service for the unemployed, and tie victims of the Russian massacred, -to-day in St- Paul's Cathedral. THE UNITED FREE CHURCH. The Rev. Principal Hntton, of Paisley, is moderator elect of the United Free Church of Scot-land. THE NEW YORK MUTUAL. NEW YORK, November 30. 'Mr McCurdy has resigned, the.presidency of the New York Mutual - 'Life Insurance Company. ; ' THE HEREROS REVOLT. -• . , , : SERiLIN, ;l>ec«mber 1.". Reports presented to the- Reichstag show that the Hereos in the Northern provinces of German •Soutli-West Africa have tically. exterminated thousands' of prisoners in the concentration camps. SPANISH AUTONOMY. MADRID, November 30. Constitutional guarantees, in Catalonia, have been suspended owing to the autonomy, movement. . •- A ROYAL ENGAGEMENT. : \ The newspaper " Correspondencia Deespana" has formally announced the, engageroert cf King Alfonso ; and PrincessEnft, of Battcnburg. . ... .' ' ,