BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13847, 8 March 1909, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Press Assuciatioii-JJy 'lele!>raph-Copyiighl BOLD THIEVES. LONDON, March 5. The " Daily Chronicle. " states that a pseudo-connnissarif and six pseudopolice, entered a. gambling club in Paris, and disappeared with £IOOO, after securing and taking the names and addresses of those present. A RADIUM .INSTITUTE. The King has become patron of the Radium Institute, one, section of which will deal with necessitous patients, and another with the Well-to-do. . MEAT INSPECTION. The medical officer- of the port of London discovered 600 diseased sheeps' livers sent from the United States, The boxes bore the official label of inspection before exportation. : STATE V. OOMMONAVi3ALTH. The Privy Council refused leave to appeal in the case of! New South- Wa cs v: the Commonwealth, relating To the retiring annuity to be granted pffiei lis. 'This was an . appeal ' by \ the State Government against, the High 'Court's decision of May 9th. - . LONG RANGE GUN.

The "Daily Chronicle" says that the new naval , 12rincli gun has an effective range; of 12 miles; that it has-been satisfactorily tested at Wooland that experts declare it to be the finest weap'oii -in the world. FIREARMS IN IRELAND.

Several prisoners who were indicted at the Clare Assizes, under the Whiteboy Acts, were acquitted; Mr Justice 'Wright commented on the widespread use of firearms, and said that almost everybody in one locality'was armed. The Earl of Crew<y Speaking in the House of Lords, stated • that the Government was considering the best means of checking the use of firearms. Received 4.30 p.m., March '7th.

QUEEN VICTORIA'S JOURNALS LONDON, March 0.

King Edward has commissioned Lord Esher to utilise . the late Queen -Vi& toria's unpublished journals for an address to the Royal Institution. There are 1250- large volumes of correspondence, and a journal of 100 miihuscript volumes, forniiiig a daily record of the Queen's life from, her thirteenth birthday to within ten days of her death. They will never be, published in their entirety. According to Queen Victoria's wish, these have been examined by Princess Beatrice, who copied- many of tlie volumes, excising passages which the Queen desired to keep priviite. CHEAP CABLES. The Associated Chambers of Commerce recommended the International Postal Conference to consider cheaper cablegrams and concert nicasures for a wider. recognition of the policy of State-owned and controlled cables, while respecting private rights. . ..'. A BYE ELECTION. The election for- Hawick, rendered necessary by 'the elevation of Mr Sliaw to the. Bench,. resulted in the return of Sir John Barraiv Liberal, with 3028 votes,, his opponent, 'Mr-H. G. Mackiiider, tariff reformer, receiving 2508. FOOTBALL,TOURS. The Scottish Union resolved not to participate in . any- colonial tour unless' it is managed by a committee. on which England, Scotlaud, Ireland and Wales are equally represented. ; They also decline to associate themselves with any New Zealand tour until details of the gates of the 1905 toitr are supplied, and the accounts of the Anglo-AVt'lsh tour of 1908. are published. - ■ ROWDY UNDERGRADUATES. , Oxford undergraduates refused Mr Iveir Hardie. a- hearing in. the Town Hall, and pelted the platform with eggs and oranges. The 'meeting ended in a free fight. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS. OTTA WA, March %5. Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., addressing the Empire; 'Cllib at Toi'biito, protested against any proposal to -limit appeals to the Privy Council. lie declared that the latter in lilaiiy instances saved the courts of the colonies from petrating great 'wrongs. SEDiTiON IN INDIA. CALCUTTA, March 5. ■ The-Indian Ramcharandal ■ has been sentenced to ten years' transportation for preaching sedition at Allahabad, and attempting to corrupt students. THE SACKVILLE TITLE. MADRID, March 5. The Public Prosecutor has withdrawn the .-indictment-, against Rophon and Sanchez,- which implies that there is a record of the aljtgetl marriilfee of Gabriel Olivia. He also - supports Ernest Sackville-West's claim to'legitimacy.