BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13294, 24 May 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Assoeiation-By Telegraph-Copyright ' THE MAIL SYNDICATE. LONDON. May 22. The nuiil syndicate bus not deposited v.-ith tli4 Commonwealth representatives thy additional bond of £2SCO, demanded as -a guarantee for the- carrying' out of the contract. The time allowed expired yesttrdav. "CATHOLIC WOMEN'S COLLEGE. The Top;.: has approved of a project for the formation of a Catholic College for women at Oxford. OBITUARY. Mr G. H. Finch, member of the- House of Commons for Kutland, is dead; aged

THE WRECKED SUEYIC. Hundreds of peasants on the Cornish Coast aro clearing the rocks of the Suevie's wool. Theiv are remarkable stvnes. A COMPLAINT. Sir W. J. Lyne states that Mr Churchill at- the Imperial Conference sympathised Aiith nobodv but Mr Botha. Received 9.30 p.m:. Mav 23rd. VENTILATING POWDER MAGAZINES. LONDON. May 23.' As the result of an inquiry into the explosion on' the French battleship Jena, a new system of ventilation has been ordered to be installed in j)owder magazines. All the British warships will utilise carbonic acid gas to keep the tem2>erature below 70 degrees. A LABOUR TROUBLE. NEW YORK, May 22. Owing to the continued labour troubles the San Francisco Union Ironworks are unable to complete the construction of the «imou' - ed cruiser California. The Government has been compelled to complete the vessel. TRADE WITH MANCHURIA. TOKIO, May 23. Japanese journals deny that Japan displays discrimination regarding trading opportunities in Manchuria, and declare that she is trying to induce China- to organise efficient machinery to check abuse of trade marks.