BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14038, 22 October 1909, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

' Press As»ociation-By Telcgraph-Oopyrigli AUSTRALIAN PATENT LAW. LONDON, Oct. 20. A deputation from the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents waited on » Mr. Collins, Commonwealth agent, and ; suggested the omission of the clause iu ' the Patents Bill making it compulsory . to work patents in Australia. If this . is impossible, the deputation suggested a mntual agreement whereby the work- ' ing of a patent in one country should ' be accepted as equivalent to working ifc in both. SWEDISH BOMB OUTRAGES. Dr. Martin Ekenberg, a chemical scientist, and wnll-known in the Swedish colony in London, has been remanded at Bow Street on a charge of sending bombs to Jr. Jlaniniar and M. Joholni. THE NEW ERA. The "Financial News" declares that the New Zealand Government's announcement that in future it will not construct railways which are unlikely to pay, is an eminently sensible pronouncement, and quite characteristic of the new spirit which is apparent ill colonial administration generally. BESSES OF THE BARN BAND. The Besses of Hie 15;irn Baud is starting for South Africa and .will thence proceed to Australia. : A BRITISH EXPEDITION. A British Expedition, under Mr Walter Goodfellow, a well-known traveller to Dutch New Guinea, organised to commemorate the jubilee of the Oroiogists' Union, will start to-morrow. Dr. sErie Marshall will accompany it. • BILLIARDS. i The Billiard Association has granted G. Gray, the Australian boy billiardist, record certificates of 831 off the red, and a break of S3G. and awarded him a gold medal. ! STATUE OF TENNYSON. Thornycroft's memorial statue of Tennyson, has been unveiled at Trinity College, Cambridge. Received IT p.m., Oct. 21st. WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA. < LONDON, Oct. 21. " The Rev. Charles Matthews, of Australia, in an address at the conference of the National Union of Women Workers, at Portsmouth, declared that women voters in Australia neither advanced nor retarded reform. They had disappointingly failed to rise superior to a somewhat corrupt political atmosphere. Her often pathetic belief iu the ideal of home kept Australian socialism sane, and would prove a safeguard against the doctrines which menace family life and religion. MALARIA CONGRESS. CALCUTTA, Oct. 20. Tho Malaria Conference, --sitting-at Simla, suggests that the Indian Government should appoint an investigation committee to co-operate in the organisation of each province. It advises the restriction of wet cultivation near towns where there are known to be sources of anopheles and recommends that malaria treatment be taught iu schools. THE HONGKONG TYPHOON. PEKIN, Oct. 20. Thirteen vessels, mostly small, were wrecked in the typhoon at Hongkong. Received 9.1-7 p.m., Oct. 21st. THE PEARY PROOFS. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Commander Peary has submitted proofs of his observations to the National Geographical Society, who referred them to a committee of e.\jß>rts A SERIOUS SITUATION. " ATHENS, Oct. 20. The Greek Chamber has resumed the passing of laws in silence,, owing to the party leaders' unwillingness to accept responsibility for the wishes of the military league. The political tension is having a serious effect on commerce, many merchants cancelling foreign orders.