BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13737, 29 October 1908, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Pre** Association-Bv Tet<rgrapli-Copvright a handsome oift. LOXDOX. ("). r. 27. Mudauie Melli.i has pr-crined the .Marshall Halt or.l«.>tia. Melbourne with a romplet- >er of instrument*;. DARING BURGLARY. Bnrglat:; plundered the strung loom at D*>l*-nbam and Fteehody's. general warebocseinen. Wigmore- Street. London, and stole SfiOCO worth of gems and jewellery and escaped, despite the- fact that there »ete tlu'-e w.it«-huien inside th- premi.-es and utie nut-.M-. NEW STEAMERS. Th-- Orient Company's mail sleam.-r f«.r th- Australian will b-» launched at Clydrbank i<n X«»wnil»*r 7th. and th-.-second probably at Fairti-1.l on November 21fit, A WIHTK PACIFIC. San Francisco n-w-papett; haw en-at-d a sensation hy pnblishiijg an ariicle written in Melbourne declaring that Australia ki hostile to the continuance of th-- AngloJapanese-, Alliance, and ih-sirv-s to see itruptured. :n ill*- fin - .: step towards th>-«-rf-ation f.f :t "white roan's Pacific Oevan." A MEAT TRADE DISPUTE. The British 'lValabl.- Company t; action for damages against. John Gardner, meat r-alesraan. for breach of contract in supplying foreign m.-.it when English was contracted for. was settled on defendant, paying plaintiff a turn to w.me eitent representing thr- difference- lietween the pii.-<,. TO RESTORE ORDER. In a.tordaiKv with ihe understanding helw.n Britain and Russia, troops ate proceeding \r, Arerluijan 10 r>' ; -establish order, and then retire. Whrther they will proceed to 'Tabriz for th.- purpose mentioned depends upon advices received by the Russian Conuul-General. A T.OMB OUTRAOE. LOXDOX. October 28. Th* explosion of a bomb partly wrecked the residence of Mr O'Mullane. a landowner of Trtnplfmore. Tipperary. Tlwinmales were no; injured. HEAVY DA MAO EN FOR LIBEL. A jury at King's Renrh awarded th" Edward Cork Companv. soapmakei.;. £27,.0Q0 damagei against the- proprietors of the ''Da ly Mail" and " Evening News" for libel'! extending over two years, in connection with a proposed soap combine. THE AMERICAN' FLEET. TOKIO. Oct. 27. The Mikado, in reply to President. Roosevelt, said th-> visit would surely tend to remc-nt the friendship and good neighbourly feeling of the two countries. HINDOOS IX AFRICA. CALCUTTA, Oct. 27. A Hindoo mass indignation meeting at. Lahore- appealed to th % Government to' sw-nre th*- jm;i treattiiriit of Indiana in th*» Transvaal. otherwise the Indian nation would boycott South Africa. FOREIGN ITEMS. CARACUS. Oct. 27. President Castro has asked Holland to rend a confidential agent to arrange tern*", for an amicable settlement. .PARIS. Oct. 27. In the French Chamber on th* debate on the Budget it wa« r-t-olved to again a>k the Min*>t>T of Finance- to redttcotlie credit for salaries of treasure::! of departments. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 27. Turkey proposes that. Bulgaria shall asGumc rcsjionsihility for £I.COO.COO of the Ottoman deht. besides paying th'arrears of the Roumelian tribute in totnrn for recognition of independence. Received 11.30 p.m.. OcU.lier 28ih. DINIZULU. DURBAN. October 'Mi. Dini/uln h:>< Iwn iudi.tcl for Injh treason. OLYMPIC ROXIN't:. Bak.r. lh- Australian, won thi» first heat in the Olympic boxing, middle weights, knocking out rx chan.pi-.n. in the lecond round. In the sveond hear Bak-r l»at Chid, ihe prt ■•> nt ihainpioii. on |iotnis. Th- other three comjiecitoi>i bad liytß. I" 'he semi finals. Baker out Phils under a miuutc In the final Douglas, i-s-champioii. I>eat Bakt r on points in a sjdendiil ii-.dit. Bak- r was down liv<- in 'he .'vcoiid lound.