BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13311, 13 June 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Pre ; s Association-By .Telegraph-Copyright EXPOIiT LUiliT'lFxC-ATKS. . . L.OXDGA', June 11. The British Government'' is authorisingChambers of Commerce to gram certificates of the value of exports. BOWLING. Banbury beat tha New Zealand howlers b.v 4'ir to 36. A hOVTR AUSTRALIAN WRANGLER. J. it. Wilton, a South Australian, is fifth wrangler in 'the mathematical tripos. ".THE MIKADO," , .Mr Gladstone, Home Secretary,, is almost -dailv pressed to secure-the withdrawal of l-hs ban on the opera '! The Mikado." Yes'terday a-band: front-'the Japanese flagship Tsukuba at Chatham was found playing many-airs from "'The Mikado," which is .part of their repertoire. Received 10 p.m., June 12th. A CORRECTED ITEM-. LONDON, June 12. ReuterV St. Petersburg.' correspondent corrects the Behriiig: Tunnel.- item', explaining that an error; occurred in transmission. Tlie Czar confirmed M. Stelypih's previous refusal.: ; - ' ..' ... INTERNATIONAL,- TREATIES. ''•PARIS, June, 11. Theb Franco-Japanese treaty, which has been signed here, guarantees the " statu.'; quo" in Eastern Asia and: China's independence and integrity. v ' The RusroJapanese' agreement is ready. The four. Powers thus guarantee the " status quo." 'CZAR AND. KAISER. '•'Le Matin" states that -the Czar and the Kaiser will'meet at the. end of June aboard the Russian Imperial yacht in the North Sea. A FALSE- REPORT. NEW YORK, June 11. Reports have reached Mexico that M. Cabrera, President of Guatemala, has been assassinated. NEW YORK, .June 12. '- M. Cabrera is alive arid well. A BIG FAILURE. < Tlie creditors of Millikem Brothers, steel bridge builders of-New York, have applied for the appointment-of a receiver, Millikem's lawyer Outers'that the. firm'?' liabilitiM are £i.500,000, and the assets £1,800.000, AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE. Mrs May P-epper, a celebrated New York spiritualist-, has married Mr Edward Ward .Tnnderbilt, whose family are applying for the sequestration of his estates on the ground that Mrs Pepper influenced ' him through a sprightly spirit. ! known in New York eociety as " Little Bright- Eyes." ' *-- DEFEAT OF REBELS. . TEHERAN, June 11. Salar-ed-Dowlah, brother of the Shah has been badiy defeated. Salar-ed-Dow-lah has fled. lie lost fprtv followers during his pursuit, bvthe Kalhur ..cavalry.