BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13711, 28 September 1908, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Efres* Association-By Telegraph-Copyright ARREST OF AN ANARCHIST. - PARIS, Sept- 25. Fernando Canatarava, » Spanish Anarchist, has been arrested .at Pau, on- a charge of plotting to assassinate King Alfonso, at Biarritz. DR SVEN HEDIN'S DISCOVERIES. CALCDTTA, Sept, 25. Dr Sven Hedin, at Simpla, privately lectured before Lord Minto, Tieeroy of India. Yiseount iv.-caener, and . a select assembly of high' officials, . regarding his travels. Lord Minto," in a cfiihplMenta'ry speech, said it was a wonderful story of adventure and iueident. He declared that Dr Hedin had divulged discoveries of great geographical Value. JEWS FOR 1-.U.ESTINE. , CONSTANTINOPLE,. Sept, 25. - . Under the Turkish constitution, Jews are able /to buy land in Palestine, and a syndicate is negotiating for of the Sultan's Crown domains in the Jordan Talley. . ;. ... -.- CHOLERA IN ST. PETERSBURG. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 25. The superstition of the populace, and the expulsion of the doctors, have caused a fearful cholera mortality at Kraenayiyar. Three hundred corpses awaited interment at- Preshawersky cemetery yesterday. Many of the coffins were loosely constructed. . »- Received 4.15 p.m., Sept. 27th.STEAMERS FOR" RUSSIA. LONDON, Sept. 26. The contract for the construction of fivei steamers of the Russian Volunteer fleet's subsidised services in the Pacific has been placed with a Greenock firm. TRADE. DEPRESSION. A general trade depression prevails. NOT DUMi ju,« FIELD. A Magistrate; refused' to discharge . a habitual criminal with a view .to allow-, ing him a last chance in Australia. Mr Collins, the Commonwealth agent,', in a letter to tlie press," emphasises the fact that : Australia; is not a field on which to dump undesirables. '