BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14042, 28 October 1909, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

IVsji Aswotiation-liy Telegraph Copyright TOURING SEALS. LONDON, 0H..20. Seals branded in Behring Straits by the American authorities have been found at- the Falkland Islands. AN UNPOPULAR LOAN. The "Financier'' criticises South Australia's second dangerous financial experiment in the flotation of the recon I. loan, and states that its ' effect has been very prejudicial. The market has declined to make any prii e or deal in the stock so far as the paper can ascertain, and only a- small portion of the loan has been placed. RETITRN OP PROSPER IT V. The "Standard's" New York correspondent states that the labour unions' reports throughout the United States indicate that prosperity is steadily increasing, and it is now certain that every able-bodied man is able to obtain good wages. Many factories are tillable to promise full delivery owing to the absence of labour. Italian unskilled labourers at. Long Island are earning (5s 2d daily. EXTENSION OF "WEATHER "WARNINGS. The director of the British Meteorological Office attended a conference in Canada to organise an exchange of systematically collected weather data throughout the Empire. The world will be divided into sections, for which the various Imperial meteorological officers will bo responsible. The Commonwealth Bureau is considered of great importance, by some, owing to the amount of ground it covers. GASSY COAL. YYhilo the cruiser La Hague was refitting at Devonport, an explosion of coal gas occurred in the stokehold, and badly burned eight stokers. A sudden sheet of flame from the hunkers enveloped tho men. NAVAL FRAUDS. BERLIN, Oct. 26. A number of prominent Kiel and Hamburg merchants are charged with receiving stolen goods from naval officers. The offences include falsification of weight tallies. A hundred witnesses have been subpoenaed. Received 9.5 p.m., Oct. 27th. RICH SECONDHAND GOLDFIELD. MEXICO, Oct. 20. Gold-mining has been in operation for «i period of 300 years in the Zaeatecas district of Mexico, and throughout that time tailings from crudes reduction mills have flowed into a. lake. An American engineer analysed matter from the bed of the lake, and found that the tailings gave £1 to £4 worth of gold per ton. It is believed that millions of tons of tailings are available. A concession has been secure'd.

COMPLAINTS FROM MOROCCO

MOROCCO, Oct. 26

TJio continued persecution of protected natives in Morocco is becoming serious. The legations are flooded with complaints. Acting apparently under Maghzen's orders, the Governors are seizing cattle and .property belonging to protected natives or their European protectors. The Sultan gives diplomatists procrastinating answers.