BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13298, 29 May 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright

TENNIS AT SURBITON.

LONDON, May 27.

Pollard and Ward defeated Sharp and Doust, the -Sydney players, in the Open Doubles at the Teunis Tournament at Surbiton, by threa sets to two... winning {herfinal. ' - A BALLOON RACE. Ten balloons competed for the Harbord Cup, from London to Goring. The journey was niade during a thunderstorm. Some dropped within a few yards of the destination. STOCK EXCHANGE DEFAULTERS. Hubert Brunton and Co., large dealers in the Rio Tinto/copper market, are defaulters on the Stock Exchange. Received 11.23 p.m, May 28th. COLLEGES FOR WOMEN. LONDON, May 28. Vatican consents to the "establishment of Roman Catholic colleges for women at Oxford and Cambridge with cer : tain conditions. STRANDED IN CANADA. OTTAWA, May 27.

Two hundred and fifty Glasgow men who went to Canada to work on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway works, are now stranded workless at Portage La Prairie. v '

RECORD TORPEDO BOAT. BERLIN, May 27. Germany is constructing a torpedo boat larger than that of any other* nation.

DISORDER IN PERSIA

TEHERAN, May 27.

The Persian Parliament, suspecting that the Government instigated the recent disorders at Tabriz, where the irregular soldiery killed 250 villagers, sent a deputation to complain to the Shah, who promised to hold an inquiry into the matter. Parliament is still dissatisfied, believing that the Shah is sheltering the offenders. There 1 is much seditious talk, and noisy demonstrations are indulged in against- the Shah.