BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14209, 25 May 1910, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

i'r-c-ss Aswociation-By Telegraph-Copyright HON. AY. HALL-JONES. LONDON, 31 ay I'M. The. Hon. AV. Hall-Jones is much better. He attended his office today. LADS FOR THE COLONIES. The. Rev. R. L. GWynne's Colonisation Committee has considered the trustees' decision to grant £IBOO per annum for the training of 100 to 150 lads. They suggest that only 50 to 100 country lads should be sent out during the first year, and the age lowered to 16 or 17 years. They also propose that the trustees should advance £SOO towards their passage, the money to be afterwards collected from the lads. BAPTIST COLONIAL SOCIETY. A c-ollection will be made in all the Baptist Churches of Europe on behalf of the Baptist Colonial Soeietv.

CANADA'S TRADE. Canada's total trade for April 1910 was 985.000 dollars above that of April 1909. CARGO FOR COLONIES. The Rakaia has sailed from Montreal for New Zealand and Australia with a. cargo of 5000 tons including paper and agricultural machinery. AMERICA'S DREADNOUGHTS. The Senate at A\ ashington has voted the funds for two Dreadnoughts.

Received 9.30 p.m.. May 24th. BOMB OUTRAGE. LONDON, May 24. A bomb was thrown at the monument erected in Madrid to the memory of the victims of the outrage on Kino; Alfonso's wedding day. The bomb as enclosed in a steel jewel-box. and v ' as identical with the one used on the nodding day. The thrower was hotly pursued, and attempted to commit suicide before he was arrested. MR. ASQUITH'S HOLIDAY. Mr Asciuitli joins the Admiralty yac-ht Enchantress to complete his holiday which was interrupted bv the death of the King. POWERS AND THE PORTE. The Powers have replied that they agree with the Porte's view that allegiance to the King of the Hellenes is null and void. NEW.STEEL WORKS. Extensive ironworks have been established at Puerto de Corral for the manufacture of steel plates, rails, and other products. DUEL IN PARIS. Ismael de Lessens, brother to the aeroplanist who recently crossed the Channel, was severely wounded in the thigh while duelling with Count Pohgny in Paris, exchanging two shots at 1C metres.

A MILE A MINUTE. Two trains on the Michigan Central line carried the delegates to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 224 miles, from Detroit to Niagara. Falls, Canada, in 3hrs 44mins, and 217 miles in 3hrs and S7mins respectively. CURRIE MEMORIAL. His daughters have presented the sum or £25.000 to the University of Capeown, for the construction of a hall as a permanent memorial to the late Sir Donald Currie; also £l5O per annum to be devoted to the foundation of a Currie scholarship. Received 11.10 p.m.. May 24th. CONSPIRACY TRIALS. Oliver Spitder. ex-dock superintendent of the Sugar Trust, whom President- Taft pardoned and released from prison, testified in the trial at New York of Charles R. Heike, treasurer, for conspiracy to defraud the Customs, that signals were used to warn the weighers of the Government inspector's approach. Correct weights were then taken for a time. The testimony did not involve Hcike directly, but it bore heavily against Gerbrncht, the superintendent of the Williamburg refinery, who was also on trial. APPROPRIATION REJECTED. The American House of Representatives rejected an appropriation of a quarter of a million dollars to pay the expenses of the Tariff Board.