BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13349, 27 July 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Presu Association-By Telegraph-Copyright POLITICIANS PROSTRATED. LONDON, July 25. The "Dailv Express" report ,s a.deadlock in the busiiiesii of the Cape Parliament owing to'nearly half the members behif prostrated with influenza. A NEW RIFLE. 'The. "Standard" asserts that the Government has succeeded in obtaining the pattern of a short Lee-Enlield rille, which experts declare to ba 'the foist in the world. I > FRAUDULENT .sHAREBROKERS. Leveson and Cooke, of the iirm of Starkey, Leveson and Cooke, sharebrokers, who recently failed, have been sentenced to rive years' imprisonment each for misappropriating their clients' money. KARL CROMER'S SERVICES. The. King font a message to Parliament, signed by his own hand, recommending a. grant of "£50,000 to Karl. Cromer in recognition of tlK>' Earl's .eminent services in Egypt. ' OAMARU PIANIST'S SUCCESS. Victor Booth, the Oamani 'pianist, has obtained I lie MacFarrcn gold medal and the Westlake prize at the Royal Academy of Music. THE CROYDON MURDER. Richard Brinklev has'been sentenced to death for the murder of Mr and Mis-; Beck at Croydon, by the administration of cyanide of potassium. Received 10.25 p.m., July 26th. SENTENCES FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER. LONDON, July 26. Smith has been (Sentenced to penal seivitude for life, and Churchill alias Chicago May to 15 years' imprisonment for attempting to murder Gueriu in dime last. TARIFF AGREEMENT DENOUNCED. NEW YORK, July 26. The Protective Tariff Association denounce the American-German agreement as contrary to law and policy; that protection is" unfair to the American importer, and demoralising .to the Customs, besiih* being an infringement of the lights of the legislature. EXTRAVAGANT OFFICERS. BERLIN. July 25. The Kaiser has again denounced, in sharp (••i-iiiM. Ih« vieli living among the office!* '.f Hie inaii.v.