BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14057, 15 November 1909, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright OBITUARY. LONDON, 'Nov. 12. The deaths arc. announced of Dr. W. Dallingcr, P.Ss., F.R.S., Wesleyan Minister and Scientist (Microseopist), aged 67, and of J. K. Leysj novelist, aged 6'2. King Edward condoled with Mr Sydney Brough on the. death of Mr Lionel Brough. Many leading actors and actresses attended the funeral at Norwood cemetery. THE ALL-RED ROUTE. The "Standard" states that the Government has decided to grant £135.000 towards tho Callooney-Black-sofl Bay (Ireland) railway, in connection with the All-Red route to Australia. FOR LABOUR MEMBERS. . The " Standard" fund for sending Conservative workingmeu to the House of Commons, has reached £5,000. THE WILD SUFFRAGETTES. Mr Lloyd George witnessed tho new play, "The Mountaineers" at the Savoy Theatre. A dozen suffragettes in the stalls waved feeding tubes and a banner, and shouted until six were ejected. Received 5.5 p.m., Nov. 14th. EARL JERSEY ILL. LONDON, Nov. 14. Earl Jersey lias had a slight attack of cerebral hemorrhage, and lias cancelled his engagements for a few; weeks. CENSORSHIP OF PLAYS. Tho Lords and Commons Committee recommend a continuance of the censorship, with a consultative committee to assist the examiner, and that it should be optional to seek a license, leaving an unlicensed play to bo performed at the manager's risk of a Government prosecution for indecency. A non-proprietor recommends the abandonment of tho tulo that tho same license must be taken out for music halls as for theatres.

AUSTRALIAN WINES. The Judges. at the Brewers' Exhibition report that the condition of the red and whito Australian wines is excellent .and the sparkling wines showed a remarkable improvement, proving that with care in tho composition of the cuvees excellent sparklings can he made in the colonies. LYNCHING MOBS. NEW YORK, Nov. 12 A mob at Cairo, Illinois, lynched a negro accused of murdering a fihop girl, and then attacked the gaol seeking for his white accomplice. They failed to find him. Thereupon they battered the steel cage wherein there was a man accused of murdering his wife and lynched him. BOY POLICE. Tho municipality of Chicago has organised a police force entirely composed of boys to maintain order among lads. They will act under the regular police with authority to arrest when necessary to preserve order. A PEACE PROPAGANDA. Mr Edwin Ginn, publisher of Boston, is devoting £IO,OOO annually to the promotion of peace. Ho intends to establish an International School of Peace, with a staff of writers and lecturers paid from subscriptions. ANOTHER MONO-RAIL. BERLIN, Nov. 12. Herr Augustus Scherl exhibited a mono-rail gyroscopic car in Berlin, carrying six passengers. A NOTABLE CRIME. Received 0.35 a.m., Nov. 15th. PARIS, Nov. 14. Madame Steinhall was acquitted of the charge of murdering her husband and stepmother.