BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13597, 18 May 1908, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Pret-3 Association-Bv Telegranh-Copyright S H ORT-TEMPERED * J UDGE. NEW YORK. May 15. At a meeting of the Canadian Club at. Xew York, ill- Justice Longley, of Halifax, Xova Scotia, predicted that Canada, would ultimately become an independent State, in alliance with Britain. The British Ambassador strongly dissented, and .Mi- l.onglt-y left the Toom. KMPIRE DAY. - OTTAWA, May 15. Replving to Senator JJ'Omville. Mr R. W. Scott. Canadian Secretary of State, said that if, owing to Mi- Asquith's- recent declaration, the Union Jack would not be llown on English public buildings on. Empire Dav. ihe onlv etli-ct would be that i' would be llown still more generally in Cain.la. \I- I 5(; I 'I. A XI: KX PP Kill M KXTS. LOXDOX". May 15. 'I he "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Munti-o. North Carolina, states that the Wright l'.rothers mad.- a circular flight with tlu-ir aeroplane, of seven miles in 7 mill. 40sec. Jn the course of the llight Wilburn Wright pulled the wrong lever causing the aeroplane to suddenly descend, and "wrecking it. The Wright Brothers escaped unhurt. Tho greatest .secrecy is observed over the experiments.

Received 4.14 p.m., May 17th. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL. LONDON, May 16. The Court oi' Criminal Appeal held its first sitting- yesterday. Tho Lord Chief Justice emphasised the; fact that Ihe Court was not ono for retrying- cases. . Out of several applications for leave to appeal one ■va« uranLeil, and conviction quashed in the case wherein tho Judge at the trial expressed dissatisfaction with the> verdict. AUDIENCE WITH THE KING. ' Iving Edward received at Buckingham Palace llerr Dernburg, director of German Colonial Affairs, who is sailing to-day 011 a mission to Africa. Herr Dernburg expressed himself as grateful 'to the Imperial and Colonial Governments for the facilities given him to study the administration of South Africa. NATIONAL AND HISTORICAL. [MEMORIAL. Al a meeting at. the Mansion House it was resolved on the motion of the Larl of Crewe, seconded by Viscount Roberts, to support a presentation on behalf of the people of Britain, for a memorial to General Wolf (Britain) and General Montcalm (France) as a birthday gift l to Canada. PROFITS OF A SPECULATOR. NEW YORK, May 16. A speculator named Littlemore profiting by.an attempt to create a- corner in July cotton, quietly sold cotton to alarmed speculators. at New York netting £IOO,OOO. THE ATLANTIC FLEET. Admiral Charles Sperry lias succeeded Admiral Thomas in command of the American Atlantic fleet. AMERICA'S RESOURCES. A conference or; conservation of natural resources at Washington, adopted a declaration of principles and suggested summoning future conferences to deal with specfic questions. .