BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13846, 6 March 1909, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Press Association-By l'olcsiiaph-Copyright THE KING AND (JLEEiV LONDON, March 4.

The Queen 1 lias practically recovered from the cold from winch she wiis suffering. ' The blizzard in : the Channel delayed King Edward's departure for Biarritz. - A NEW STEAMER. The Union Steamship Company's new steamer ICurow has been launched at Sunderland. RECEI\ f.\G ORDMi. . . A receiving order has been made against Alexis Morcto'ii Mandeville, lountier; of- the Londou ; and Paris Exchange Company. ' : PROPOSAL, DEFEATED.

The congregation of Oxford ; University, by 136; votes to 108, defeated, a. proposal to abolish the present easy system of obtaining the degree ol master of arts. . ; ' ■ DINIZULU'S SENTENCE. • The "Daily News" says Dinizulu's sentence is vindictive aiid excessive. OBITUARY. v The death; is announced at Madeira of Joe Thompson, the well-known Australian bookmaker and sportsman. HEAVY COMPENSATION. Princess Radziwill, who once claimed over £1,000,000 from the late' Cecil Rhodes, has been mulcted in the Cliaii-eci-y Court in £15,000, as compensation to persons who undertook to raise money for the law. suit. THE CONGO, . ; Replying to a. deputation of commercial men, who urged the Government to insist on the restoration of the State natives' freedom to trade, Sir Edward Grey, Minister of Foreign Affairs, emphasised the fact that Britain, us the aggrieved party, expects Belgium to fulfil her treaty rights, upon the faith whereof the Congo State was originally recognised. LONG RANGE .GUN. LONDON, March 5. The "Daily Chronicle" says that "the new naval 12-inch gun''has an effective ran ,T o of 12 miles; that, it has been satisfactorily tested Woolwich, and that experts declare it to hp the linesfc weapon in the world. PREMIER RESIGNS. ST. JOHNS, March <l. Sir R- Bond, who lias been Premier of Newfoundland since 1900, his resigned. Sir Edward Morris, who has an equal .number of supporters, has formed a Cabinet. J VPANESE SHIPPING SUBSIDY • TOKIO. "March 4. The Lower House of the Diet at Tokio passed the Ship Subsidy Bill, which has a currency of five years, and provides subsidies for routes to Europe, North and South America, and Aus- ! tralia. ; -