BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13905, 17 May 1909, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Press Associat.ion-Bv Telegraph-Copyright EMIGRANTS FUR QUEENSLAND. LONDON, May 14. Since January Ist 161.1 assisted emigrants have lel't lor Queensland. FLYING SHIPS. Colonel Cody, at Aldersho.t, , : flew a mile on an aeroplane, at a height of 3(1 feet. A company lias been formed in Germany to manufacture Wright aero-, planes. . A GOOD ENDOWMENT. ... LONDON, May 10. The Goldsmiths-. Company have given £15,000 to the College of Science and Technology. , THE NEW TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 14. The Chamber of Deputies has approved of the Turko-Bulgarian protocol. TO SETTLE DISTURBANCES. CONSTANTINOPLE, .May ]5. Ten tliorisand mutineers have been sent to work on roads in Macedonia. Ten' battalions of trustworthy troops have been sent to Aden; where a courtmartial has been instructed to inflict the death"penalty on inciters to riot. THE PERSIAN REVOLT. TEHERAN, May 14. At the instance of Britain and Russia, the populace of Tabriz fias been disarmed. RUSSIAN JUSTICE. ST. PETERSBURG, May 14. Russian newspapers severely condemn the Lopnkhin trial as a travesty of justice. THE SMUGGLED RIFLES. CALCUTTA, May 14. Regarding the Commonwealth Minister's statement that discarded rifles are twisted and flattened beyond repair "before sale, tlTe Calcutta newspaper " Englishman," insists that Martinis bearing the Australian mark were smuggled as stated in a previous cable message, and found mostly in the hands of the largest frontier tribe. The •'Englishman" suggests that originally part of the consignment «4is sold to Australia by the Indian Government, and subsequently, when discarded, sold in the open market without precautions. THE KAISER'S TOUR. VIENNA, May 14. The Kaiser was given a great ovation by immense' crowds -on his arrival in this eitv. Received 4.<15 p.m.. May IGth. VTEXNA, May 15. At a State banquet in Vienna, the Emperor Franc-is, in proposing the Kaiser's health, expressed gratitude for his peaceful endeavours at a moment when peace was exposed to many dangers. The Kaiser, in responding, referred to the vitality of the alliance which had recently contributed to preserve European peace. The Emperors jointly telegraphed to the King of Italy assuring him of their I unalterable friendship.