BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14153, 12 March 1910, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

\ J Freas Aaoociation-By Telegraph-Copyright THE ARMY PAGEANT. } LONDON, March 10. t A feature of the Army Pageant at , Fulham in .June will bo representa- ' tions of the battles of Minden. Dettingen, Coruiina, Barosso, and B^.daioz j by members of the resimeiits which L participated in tlie actions. t Received 10.45 p.m., March llt-h. > ILLNESS OF LADY DUDLEY. LONDON, March 11. [ An early morning bulletin stated , that though Lady Dudley's, illness is , serious enough to necessitate the con- > stant attention of hor physicians, her condition is satisfactory. The Queen [ and Prince of Wales were among the . enquirers since the operation. SUCCESSFUL MISSION. King Ferdinand and Queen Eleanor have returned to Sofia from St. Petersburg. M. Papricoff, Minister l'ur Fgreigj.l Affairs, who accompanied them, states that an agreement has been reached for the preservation of peace in the Balkans and the maintenance of concord among the Balkans nations. UNITED FREE CHURCH. The Rev. Mr Shakc-speare, secretary of the Baptist Union, speaking at the I'ree Church Conference at Hull, advocated a United Free Church for Eng- | lima, consisting of the various Nonconformist churches as autonomous , sections. The suggestion was referred to a committee. INTERNATIONAL PEACE. BERLIN, March 10. Dr Spiecker,' speaking at Berlin, j supported a resolution in favour of Ini ternational peace, and declared that : t.'ie time was coming when Britain and Germany would unite to withstand the competition of America in trade. ARCTIC EXPLORATION. Professor Herges-,veil, who is associated with Count Zeppelin in a prc- ■' j° ct to exjjlore the Arctic regions by airships, informed the Airship League at Hamburg that two airships will be used for the expedition, one for flights to the north and the other to remain at Spitzbergen. as an auxiliary. OBITT A.RY7~ VI fiNNA, March 10. Dr Lueger the anti-Semitic Burgomaster of Vienna, is dead. JAPANESE THIEVES. ?*EW YORK, March 10. The "New York Herald's" Yokoha„ia correspondent that the po- ■ lice'have arrested seventeen clerks and i workmen at Yokosaka naval arsenal j for purloining several thousand pounds' j worth of platinum and other metals I since 1902. / FAST STEAM SEE.VICE. OTTAWA, March 10. The Canadian Northern Railwav Company is inaugurating a lins'of 21knot steamers between Bristol and 1 Canada, beginning in May. EXPROPRIATION OF LANDLORDS. ATHENS, March 10. The Military League demands the expropriation of the landlords of Thessaly, . notwithstanding treaties guaranteeing the Moslems their rights. CANADIAN NAVY BILL. OTTAWA, March 10. Hie Dominion House of Commons by 129 to 74, passed the Navy Bill.