BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13975, 9 August 1909, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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CHEATING IN LEATHER

LONDON,-August 0

The Hon. J. AY 1 . "Taverucr, AgentGeneral for Victoria, interviewed Mr Churchill respecting tin- Victorian Tanners Association's complaint that America, and Canada were exporting "loaded "■ leather tin''Loudon'. He urged that the Government should take action to prevent tin fair competition. Mr Churchill said that it jooked like cheating. He would make fiill inquiries' and see what he could do. ' , ; .' TIII3 SUFFPAGKTTES. Six suffragettes were released from Holloway. They had refused food since their conviction. Mr Gladstone, in a letter to the Women's Freedom League, said he was prepared'to give the fullest effect to the right of all subjects to petition the King, but that right did not carry the right of personal audience with the King or. the Premier. AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNTANTS. Mr Yarwood,' representing the Australasian Corporation of Accountants, is urging the Colonial Office to grant the Corporation a charter. He asserts that the Victorian Government, is under a misapprehension as to the charter, which will not deprive existing institutes of their rights under Victorian legislation, but enable . the accountants of other states to practice anywhere in Australia with an Australian degree. Earl Jersey is 'supporting the application. CHAMBERS OF COMMKKCE. Arrangements have been made by the "Times;" "Daily Chronicle.'" " Observer," and "Yorkshire Post" to send representatives to the Chambers of Commerce Conference at Sydney, as guests of the Commonwealth.

EICJIAKISTIC CONGRESS

BERLIN. August (i

The Kucha ristic . Congress is proceeding at Cologne. Visitors are present from all parts of the world. The Papal Legate stated that it was his first duty to offer bomage to the Kaiser, who exhibited a sense of the value, to the State of religious freedom. 800-TON SUBMARINE. PARIS, August (i: .The new French submarine Archimede, of 800 tons, the largest submarine in the. world, has been launched at Cherbourg. ' WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AT SEA. NEW YORK. August (5. A Hill now before the .United States Congress .requires wireless equipment, under a heavy penalty, for ocean steamers carrying ■more than oO passengers. ; Mr ..Churchill is considering the in—.troductioiiVof similar legislation in re*gard to British ships. The uncertainty regarding the Waratah provides the underwriters with a fresh argument in favour of making wireless apparatus compulsory on all ocean liners.

THE AMERICAN TARIFF. NEW YORK, August 0. Tbe United States Senate, by 47 votes to 31, passed the Tariff Hill as amended by the Conference Committee of the two Houses. President Taft has signed the Rill, which came into effect at midnight. The Congress then adjourned. LONDON. August 0. The "Daily Mail's" New York correspondent says that the consensus of opinion regarding tbe Tariff Rill will ensure a victory for the Democrats at the next election. They are now favouring not free trade, but moderate protection.