BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12869, 3 January 1906, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—Per Electric Telegrapii—Copvriijnt,. BRITAIN'S REVENUE RETURNS. LONDON, January 1. : The official quarterly revenue returns give a total of £34,902,954. Customs contributed/ £9,440,108, excise £10,741,000, and stamps £2,200,000. H.M.S. MILDURA. The third class cruiEsr Mildura, formerly belc-uging to the Austra ian auxiliary squadron,, has been placed on the sals list. Received 9.10 p.m., January 2nd. THE FREIGHTS CONFERENCE. '•'. LONDON, January 2. The Freights Conference has adjourned,, pending the Imperial Government's consideration of the precise form colonial legislation is to be proposed. The conference reassembles in South Africa. THE RUSH TO CANADA. OTTAWA, January 1. Canada received 114,000 immigrants in 1905, including 49,000 from Great Britain. A NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL. 1 PARIS, January 1. Harve, the notorious anti-militarist, has been sentenced at Paris to four years' imprisonment for provocation to murder and mutiny. Twenty-five others -were. sentenced to minor terms. •TO THE'NORTH POLE. j A fund has been, placed at the disposal of Mr Wellmaii, the Arctic explorer, to build an airship at Paris, under the supervision of Mr Santos Dumont. It is to be sent to headquarters at Spitsbergen, -whence Mr Wellman -will start for the North Pole in July.CONFERENCE AT ALGEOrRAS. MADRID, January 2/"? The. conference at Algeciras has- been fixed for January 16th. A GREAT PLOT! = CONSTANTINOPLE, January 2. The police claim to have discovered in the Bulgarian quarter of Demir Hissar 350 finished .and 1200 unfinished bombs, a demijohn of nitro-glycerine, an infernal machine-, electric batteries, many Mannlicher rifles, and a quantity of cartridges. Many arrests have been made. THE NEW MAYORAL TERM. '' NEW YORK, January 2. Air McClellan, the Mayor, in making appointments practically ignores Tammany's. He told the heads of municipal departments yesterday that his' ambition is to give New York clean, efficient, and honest government.