BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13601, 22 May 1908, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

■' ' ' ■ Pre:;a Assooiaiion-Bv Telegrapli-C'opyright A NATIONAL THEATRE. LONDON. May 20. On the motion of the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton. an important meeting of supporters of jhe Shakespearian menioiial. appointed a committee to liialt a seheino for a national theatre. VOLUNTEER STUDENTS. King's Colonial Volunteer Corps hav-- been established at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. All the Rhodes scholars and most of the "Australian students have joined. Tin* Rhodes trustees provide horses for the Oxford Corps. NAVIGATOR'S MEMORIAL. A memorial to William Dampier. the navigator, has been elected aa his birthplace at East Cokt-r. MELBA'S RETURN TO LONDON. Madam-.- Melba made a brilliant reentree a; CovenL Garden Theatie in "La Boheme." She had an unusually enthusiastic reception owing to the fact that it was her birthday. Queen Alexandra was among those piesent. The- galleryites waited at the doors for ten hours. Received 10.17 p.m.. Mav 21>;. ROYAL VISIT TO RUSSIA. LONDON. May 21. The Foreign Office announces that- King Edward is paying a State visit to the Czar. He reaches Reval in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, escorted by two cruisers, on June 9th. This is the fir.-t official vViit His Majesty has been able to pay since his accession to the throne tn» an Emperor to whom he is closely allied by ties of fi ii-ndship and near relationship.