BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13015, 30 June 1906, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—Per Eteetrio Telegraph—Copyright, i BELGIUM AND THE SOUDAN. BRUSSELS, June 28. King Leopold objected to evacuate I Bahr-el-ghazal until the railway guaranteed by the Anglo-Belgian Convention is | constructed. V ' -, ! THE DOMINION EXHIBITION. OTTAWA, Jane 28. Ontario newspapers approve of the suggestion that King Edward should by cable open the Dominion Exhibition at Toronto" iu August.

PANIC-STRICKEN PARENTS. NEW YORK, June 28. .An extraordinary panic occurred in twenty New York schools, owing to a report that the doctors intended to cut the tonsils of thousands of foreign Jewish children to prevent them speaking anything except English. Parents rushed to rescue their children, and much rioting ensued. The doctors were assaulted while performing slight operations for adenoids. The pohce restored order, and closed the schools. THE RECENT MASSACRE. PEKIN, June 28. An indemnity of £47,000 has been granted by China to the surviving child of Mr Kingham, the missionary who was massacred at Nanchang. CONGESTED DISTRICTS IN IRELAND. LONDON, June 29. ; A royal commission inquires into the question of the congested districts in Ireland with a view to enlarging the powers -of the Board. THE FIRE ON THE RIMUTAKA. Inspection of the Rimutaka cargo shows jthat the damage is less than was anticiI pated. BIRTHDAY HONOURS. The Order of Merit has been conferred J on Lord Gromer, and peerages on Mr Leonard Courtney, Mr Shaw Lefevre, Mr Wiljliam. Pirrie (chairman of Harland and ! Wolfs), Sir John Jones Jenkins, Mr George jAraistead (a former member for Dundee), JMr Wentwortb Beaumont (formerly member for Trentham); Baronets on Mr Felix Schuster (banker), Mr Edgar Speyer (banker). Mr R. Lucas Tooth (chairman of the Bank of New South Wales); thirtyfour knighthoods, including Mr McLeavy Brown (Commissioner of Chinese Customs) Mr Luke Fildes (the artist), Mr Carruthers Gould (the caricaturist); Grand Cross of St. Michael on : Sir John Madden (Victoria) ; Commander of St. Michael on Lord Chelmsford, and Companions on Mr Alfred Hewitt (scientist, Victoria), Mr Swayne (Fiji); and Grand Cross of the Bath on Lord Brassev. -- ■ * : SUCCESS OF A NEW ZEALANDER. . _ In the Institute of Actuaries'/ examina-' tion, Mr Travers, of Wellington, lpassed.ini part 3, class 3. v>.o -£.s;• jP FIGHTING IN NIGERIA. Stubborn fighting has occurred in Southern Nigeria. Captain Waylinjr -was J slightly wounded, and Captain Rudkinwent to his assistance.--;.-He has-returned to Ogbor after' neavy i? There were thirteen casualties.*' -: • '.'"" T