BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13863, 26 March 1909, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Press Assodation-By Telegraph-Copyright COMING EXHIBITIONS. LONDON, March 21. King Edward has appointed a commission, with the Prince of Wales as president, to deal with British representation at the forthcoming exhibitions at Brussels in 1910, and Home and Turin in 1911, in order to ensure a comprehensive display of arts and manufactures. The Exhibits Commission includes all the Agents-General, NATIONAL THEATRE. An anonymous donor has given £70,000 towards a National Shakespeare Theatre. INFLUENZA. There have been 125 deaths in London from influenza in a week. ■ 'VARSITY .BOAT RACE. The .Oxford crew rowed the full course in 18rairi 21sec. A SUPPOSED TRAITOR. The. body of a young Russian, supposed to be a traitorous spy, was found in a trunk in the garret of a house. Apparently the man had been poisoned. Received .11.15 p.m.. March 25th. A utOYAL CRUISE. LONDON, March 25. King Edward and Queen Alexandra embark at Marseilles in the middle of April for a Mediterranean cruise. CHINA AND JAPAN. PEKIN, March 24. China has invited Japan to refer disputes with reference to the ;Manehurian administration to the Hague tribunal. PROTECTION AGAINST SPIES. BERLIN, March 24. The Customs officers have been appointed assistants to the police in Schleswipi-Holstcin to- protect the coasts against spies. Received 9.55 p.m., March 25th. MILITARY TRAINING IN SCHOOLS OTTAAVA, March 25. The Dominion House, amid cheers, unanimou.sly accepted . Lord Strathcona's gift of £50,000 for the encourageincnt of physical and military training in the public schools of Canada, £2OOO t» be unnua'lly devoted thereto. EGYPTIAN PRESS LAAV. .CAIRO, March 25. The Egyptian Government are reviving the press law of 1881, on the ground "that the virulence of a section of the Arabian press involves danger to public security.