BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13237, 18 March 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Tress Association—Per JElectric Telegraph—Copyright. OKUMAN POLITICS. JiKRUX; March 15. Prince Ton Billow, speaking at a b;.liquet in Berlin, promised 10 amend tha lioui-e law. The right of association and publi,: meeting would receive attention, and lie would also continue to protect the agricultural industry. LEsSOXS'IN ACTING. BERLIN. March 16.' Wanda Radford, the Australian childactrcss. gives (lie Kaiser'.-, daughter lex-i-oiin in aci ing. ' . LONDON ('AIS" PARES. Tilr Gladstone lias fixed the taximeter cab f,n-e in Ijoiid'o.i'at Sd per mile. One huiid>ed instruments :ne now ready. , BILLIARDS. LONDON, March- 15. Reece made a-break o? 1825, including BS9 consecutive cannons by life " anchor" stroke invented'bv'Lovejbv hi January." TROUBLE 'WITH; NATIVES." Owing to luck of police protection, the, na'ives of Nairobi, in British East Africa, insulted, sever tl white onion. Captain Grogan, I'le-ident- of llu Colonists' Association, with two other luiropeani-. publicly Hogged three negroes ont.sidp. the conrl house, despite ihe magistrate's protest. The mires 1 is increasing, and arms have been issued lo Europeans. Arrangements are in progiess to ,-eiid a-small body of poke T " ■ EMIGRANTS'. FROM IRELAND. ' There were 25,344 Irish emigrants last vcar, «i> incre-ise of 4668. LAWN TENNIS. Ritchie beat H. L. Doherty, in the lawn leu'nis championship at Monte C'ulo by three sets to love. SIIIMTIVG OUT JArAXIsE Xrw YORK. Much 16. . President Roo<-e\elt has signed the order presenting Jipmese l.ibouieis fiom euieiing the United Stales \ia Giiiida, Mexico, and Hawaii, by means of pis-qiorts valid onl\ m those conntiifi Till THAW CASE Mr Hummel, on being cicv-. evamined, admitted tint he hid been convicted- of conspiracy, and disbuied, tnd Ih.it two other indictments foi suboination and perjury weie pending against him A rienographei in Hummel s employ testified that Miss Xesbib (noiv Mis Ihiv) had '.igned ai afuda\it vhnein sh» slated that her (onfession-, m Puis had been extorted. Ihe case stands id]< tuned till Monday. *