BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13459, 4 December 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Pri« Assooiatibn-Bv Telegraph-Copyright FRANCO'-CANADIAN' TREATY: ' LONDON;' December 2. Mr Hewins, Secretary.;.to• .the, Tariff Co'minifßiori,; states- "that'-the Francp-'Caiia-. dian Convention materially .reduces '.the margin of British, preference, and if • other continental countries..were'given' the banefifc of the .intermediat&, in Canadian marketfi wnl'li?'"subjected to far .more strenuous competition than .at present. ; - : ;~;;?'. . '"•-' V":'?".'-^ : ' " '":';". ~-'-l '■ ■NAYAL GUNNERY' EXPERIMENTS; . In connection with tlie> naval guimiry experiments, though ih& battleships inadfe excellent shooting, and' the'; .-/' effect, 'was terribly destructive...'at a distance of; 74 ■miles, yet'the armour of tlie ; 61 dr= battleship used ar> a target was not pierced. THE FIFTH LAN T CERS. ' T'he; War Office. states/;that. the recent placing of the officers of tlie Fifth Lancers upon-half pay is not,due to causes detrimental to the character of their services. They will ha utilised elsewh-erev The regiment is not; inefficient. ; ; »■'.;. ; THE PRIYY COUNCIL. - The " Manchester, Guardian " referring to the Privy Council's decision in connection with Federal officers' 'salaries, says that it would .be disastrous if -possibilities of Impei-ial jurisprudence,-cominon. to tlie whole Empire,- should parish. - ( . ;' . OBITUARY. : Lady Beaumont, wife of Yice-Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont', died to-day. Ltidv Beaumont Avas. a daughter qf-Mr Charles C. Perkins, of Boston, U.S'.A;, and was married in 1889. DAMAGES FOR v LIBEL. ..-,'.. LONDON, Dec, 3., The ."Star", (newspaper)?thas. been ordered to pay Mr Hunt, Town Clerk of Westininiter, £BOO for libel, for-stating that he obstrueteid progressive' '-agents during an election. " . , , . FRENCH AIRSHIP. WRECKED PARIS, December 2. A gale wrecked the war balloon Patrie while it was being repaired at Verdun, Lom the grasp of 200 men. It va,s> s?en early to-day, above Torr Island, Antrim. T'he Government has ordered M. Joiiot to build two aiifchipri of Eimilar type. Meanwhile the airship Ville de- Paris' replaces tlie Patne at Verdun. Received 10 43 p.m. December 3;d. THK THAW TRIAL. NEW YORK, December 3. Thaw's trial stands pc-tpaned till Janu ary. DEMONSTRATION BY POLES. Received 023 a.m., December 4th. VIENNA, Dec. 3. 'The Poles- at Lemberg made a demonstration against Piu&sia's Polish legislation. Th&y burnt the Kaiser in effigy, and the Gemuui Consul was- reMd.iig.