BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13857, 19 March 1909, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Press A ssociatinn-Bv Telegraph-Copy right THE PRESS CONFERENCE. LONDON, March 17. A motor tour, principally to the English cities, is projected in connection with the Press Conference. CHINESE RAILWAYS. Router's Pekin correspondent. says it is expected that the German loan for the Canton-Nankin railway will be withdrawn, owing- to or>position in. English and French quarters. AUSTRALIAN ART. At; a banquet to Mr Bertram MacKennal, the Australian sculptor, the guests included a number of Australian ex-Governors and artists. Lord Tennyson, who presided, referred to Mr MacKennal as a pioneer and a noble individual. . An Australian art had yet to arise which would be the glory of the Commonwealth and reiuvigorate British art. Mr MacKennal, in replying, said that the mystery of the bush, its vast silences and distances, would some day inspire great art effort*. The Federal capital would afford an opportunity to create a monument to federation,- proving this generation's full belief in the greatness of the nation yet to come. FRENCH ADMIRAL REINSTATED. PARIS, March 17. Admiral Germment, who was relieved of duty in December, has been reinstated in his command. THE PERSIAN REVOLUTION. TEHERAN, March 17. The Persian revolutionaries consist mostly 'of Caucasian Christians, and are equipped by committees abroad. . -There arc fresh arrivals from the Caucasus daily. Received 10.53 p.m., March 18th. QUEEN OF ITALY. ROME, March 18. The Queen suffering from a broken rib, the injury being sustained at Messina, while stopping terror stricken women from committing suicide. At the. time the Queen declined medical aid.