BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13275, 2 May 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Pr,ess Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE HAGUE CONVENTION. LONDON, April 30. Major-General Sir Edmund- Roche Ellis, military member of the Governor-General's Council in India, and- Captain C. Ottky. Director of Naval Intelligence, have been appointed military arid naval experts at tha Hague Confere-nc-a Sir Edward Fry, one of tli-a British delegates to the Peace Conference has been created a knight of the Grand Cross of St, Michael. - COLONIAL ARTISTS. The following colonial artists are among exhibitors at the Royal Academy :—Messrs Longstaff, Lambert,* Bertram Mackennel, Fox, Buhnv. Burgess, Parker, and Quinn. BRITISH Mr Botha, in reply to a headed by Lord Ampthill, concerning the differentiating of- the legislative . treatment of British Indians in the Transvaal, repudiated any intention to hurt the feelings of Indians in : the colony. He promised to exert- his influence to prevent -such a result. Mil. CHAMBERLAIN'S: HEALTH. Mr Chamberlain is progressing favourably, though his knee still causes a slight limp. Otherwise he is in good health. He walks with two sticks short distances. TARIFF REFORM. , Sir Samuel Montagu, the well-known banker, has resigned his membership. .of the London Chamber of Commerce, owing to the tariff reform resolution. ROYAL VISITORS. The King and Queen of Denmark will visit King Edward from June Bth to 13th. OPERA OBJECTED TO. The Lord Chamberlain has withdrawn the license for the performance of the opera " The Ixlikado " in the provinces and London. It is assumed that this is due to Prince Fushimi's visit and the Japanese Alliance, - ; -: ' -.--.."'- "