BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13243, 25 March 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright HUMANITARIAN PRIZES I LONDON, 4 Mdich 23 The ' bUinddid " states that the Do-nagei Empress of Russia has gn en £IO,OOO to the "Bed C uss Socpty, the mfctrest there on to be allocdted. jto three prizes which are to be given to the ,inventois of the best means of 1 Sieving -thi> wounded on the battlefield and saying life dt sea THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP In the match foi tha chess. ohdmpion=hip, Laskex non the games and none, while seven ivere diawn A NEW PROJECTILE Sir How ard Vincent announces thdt the Hddffeld Steel Foundiy hds introduced d new projectile wiucfe-will pierce any aim 0111. f , A HUNTING ACCIDENT. While the CheshiK'' hounds vere in hot pursuit of a fox m the 'YYaimihgham dis tnct, the iMd' qais of Linlithgow's horse failed to n>e at a fence and'fell heavily on him Loid Linlithgow's collarbone is believed to be broken , This jis the second hunting accident the Eail h,ts sustained •mce his leturp from Austialia, where he was the first Govern ?i General UNIVERSITY SPORTS ' At the annu>l Univeiiity spoits. Ox fold scoied 8£ points, and Cambridge 1£ R L Robinson, of Ovford." asi 'Adelaide man, won the putting the weight, which he put 37ft 7n< "H Sutton, of Opioid, ar.othei AdelaiJe man was third in the mile rate COMPENSATION CLAIMS* PEKIN, Mdich 22 Guru lice acknowledged Lei obligation to compensate Butish lesidents foi ,los.ses tustaiued at Shanglni in 1905. 1 A MORGUE CLOSED PARIS, Maich 22 Owing to the- nots, the Pans morgue lins been clostd to siglitseeis , THE BAGHDAD RAILWAY , Germany his ascpitained tint it is im possible to advance the- Baghdad ldiluav beyond Tauras without much foi eign capi taT The Eien-h unless Che management covei s Fiench, English, and Russian interests.