BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13738, 31 October 1908, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

A WHITE AUSTRALIA. Pfress Association-ByTelegraph-Copyrighi LONDON, Oct. 29Speaking at the Liberal Colonial Club, CVlonel Scely, Under Secretary for the Colon : es. said that Australia 'was primarily a white man's country, and Australian people clung so earnestly to the ideal of a -White Australia" that they declared they -were determined to make tlio experiment of peopling even tropical territory with whites a success. Australia's future depended upon the possibility of increased white immigration and a higher white birth rate. NEW STEAMERS. Huddart J Parker and Co.'s steamer Wirribee has been launched a'- Blvtli. and the Adelaide Steamship Co.'s Koombana has been launched ut Linthorne. AN AUSTRALIAN RIFLE FACTORY. Tenders are invited for a Common- I wealth Rifle Factory at Lithgow, New South Wales. BISHOP OF MONTREAL. LONDON, October 30. The Bk-hop of Mvpncy ha« b cn elected Bishop of iluuiKui. A niIUCK (.'A- i". witness. NEW Yoi:J\. Oct. 23. The health of Robert- Caldwell, of Drute case notoriety, is improving, and it is expected' that he will be extradited early in January. Received 9.40 p.m., October oOth. OBITUARY. TOKIO, October 30. The death is reported of Admiral Yamamoto. BISHOP LENT HAN AT ROME. ROME, October 30. The Pope gave audience to Bishop Lenihan, of Auckland. TROOPS WITHDRAWN. PEKIN, October 30. All the Russian troops at Pckin and Tientsin are being withdrawn.