BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12901, 12 February 1906, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

United Pr«M Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Coprriaht. THE WRECK OF THE HILDA. LONDON, February 9. The Board of Trade inquiry 'exonerated the captain and officers in regard to the wreck of the Hilda at~ St. Malo. SENTENCED FOR FRAUD. .

William Davenport, and the Rev. Vivian Movie, who were charged with fraud on November 20th, were sentenced to three years' penal servitude, and eighteen months' hard labour respectively at Old Bailev. The Recorder expressed horror of Movie's readmission to the cure of souls a'fter his conviction and sentence to seven venrs' imprisonment at York in 1873. and "fraud h:yolvmg_ £II,OOO. Davenport was sentenced in 1893 to eight years' imprisonment for fraud involving £30,000. [At Towerbriuge William Davenport, shipowner, and Vivian H. Movie, a clergyman, aged 71. who refused to give their addresses, were charged with conspiracy to defraud by means of a. bogus trawling company. Davenport is really Wells, the man 'who' : broke tho bank at Monte Carlo.]. Received 4 p.m.. February lltli. FORMING A RING IN LEATHER. LONDON. February 10. Owing to the rise in leather several thou-

sand boot and shv,o manufacturers and retailers are forming an association to increase the prices of goods. PERSONAL. Mr E. G. Jellicoe, lias been appointed standing counsel to the Treasury on the •Northern Circuit. THE NEW GERMAN BATTLESHIPS. The newspaper "Engineer" states that the new German battleship will be of 19.COO tons, and will carry fourteen 12-incu guns. THE COMMAND AT MALTA. The " Daily Mail's " Malta, correspondent says that after the manoeuvres four battleships and four armoured cruisers from tiie Mediterranean and four battleships from the Atlantic Squadron, wi'.l be transferred to ths North Sea station, and that thereafter the command at Malta will become a vice-admiral's. OBITUARY. Georgiana, Counters of Howe. Mr Annum!, member of the House of Commons for Aberdeen East. Received 12.41 a.m.. Februnrv 12th LAUNCH OF A BATTLESHIP LONDON, February 11. King Edward, at Portsmouth, launched the Dreadnought. Australian wine was used at the ceremony. King Edward, at the second throw, broke a bottle on the prow. After the ceremony was concluded the order of knighthood was conferred on Rear-Admiral Percv Scott.

THE ROYAL TOUR, ♦ CALCUTTA. February 9. The Prince and Piiucess of Wales have arrived at Hyderabad. COLLAPSE OF .A BOYCOTT. The boycott of British goods in Bengal has collapsed.

KINGS TRADING PROFITS. BRUSSELS. February 10. King Leopold's trading profits in the Congo State skce 1896 amount to 70.00 C - 000 francs.

OUTRAGES BY BOXERS

PEKIN. February 10.

The Boxers, who destroyed the "Presbyterian Mission, also destroyed the Catholic Mission at Chanpu. and did damage estimated at £IO,OOO.

GERMANY'S NEW TAXATION. BERLIN. February 10. In the Reichstag the Budget Committee rejected or amended the bulk of the proposed new stamp duties on freights on goods. Herr Stengel was astonished that representatives of commerce and industry were so bitterly opposed to the new taxation which is to be devoted to strengthening t!:e empire. Herr Muller, a cleric, maintained that the enormous increase of Use debt was 1 chiefly incurred in the pursuit of "welt politik," not in the preservation of peace. ARRESTED FOR MURDER.

A man named Zippel has been arrested for the murder of Mr Thciuas T?e:d. a Scottish schoolmaster, who has bee:- miss-in"- at. Heidelberg. Zippell was found to bf in possession.of Mr Reid's passport and di.rv NKW TURBINE YACHT. The Kaiser is building a turbine vaclt of 4000 tons. • *