BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14210, 27 May 1910, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Trass Aseooiation-By Telegraph-Copyright S U N D AY E N' l\E I {TAT N } IE N TS. LONDON, May 25. A test case having been brought before the Courts, it has been decided that the London County Council exi eeecied its powers in prohibiting cinematograph exhibitions on Sundays." IMPROVING THE RIFLE. A demonstration in London of " Fla-men-killer," invented by Mr Martin Hales, proved that the invention entirely eliminates the flash at the muzzle of the rifle without diminishing the velocity of the bullet. BRENNAN'S MONO-RAIL. Mr Brennan's mono-rail has been installed at the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition, and the public are able to take trial trips. A NEW ZEALAND SINGER., Mi--; .Nora D'Orgel (Miss Nora. Long, of Wellington), has been engaged as principal sopiano for the winter seaion at Lyons. FOOLISH SOLDIERS. Eighty French reservists, who objected to go into camp owing to the wetness of the ground, entered Nimes s'-nging " L'lnternationalo," and were ai'i'istod. An inquiry showed that i they were not actuated by anti-mili-tarism. CATHOLIC EDUCATION. The Pope, in giving audience to several Australian visitors, expressed his SiU:siact;on at the rapid development or the schools and colleges of the Irish j Christian Brothers in Australia and New Zealand. - WANTED IN NEW ZEALAND. .1 he treasury at Washington has installed machinery icr washing, ironing and destroying germs in dollar notes. RIOTS IN CHINA. A message from Hong Kong states tnat mobs at iyang burned hundreds of houses. The officials tied from the town and left jr. to the mercy of the rioters. Several villages were destroyed . MISHAP TO A DOCK. The Dewey floating dock at Manila sank in iOtt of water, owing to the failure of the valves. THE DIVORCE COMMISSION. Mr Cecil Ciiapmijn. a magistrate, in giving evidence before the Divorce Co:nn,:ssion, advocated that six women should serve on juries in divorce- cases. 'lhe Bishop of London, in presiding at tiio London. Uiocesan Conference, said the Church must oppose the extension to the poor of facilities for divorce, which had proved a curse to tile rich. li every County Court was : turned into a divorce eOuit it became , a 'natter for discussion whether, in ; time to come, the civil authority would j not conduct all marriages, 'leaving the i blessing or the Church to those only j who accepted the Church's rule. i CAPTAIN'S SCOTT'S OUTFIT, j The crew of Captain Scott's Antarc- ] tie vessel Terra Nova numbers sixty, ana includes three champion boxers of j i - !C Navy. The vessel will call at j Madeira-, the Cape, and Australia, and alter four weeks' stay goes on to New Zealand. The amount collected totals j £40,000. Captain Scott has tested his j motor sledges, and expects by their I to travel from ten to fifteen miles j daily. Received 9.10 p.m.. May 26th. | COPYRIGHT CONFERENCE. LONDON, May 26. | The Hon. W . Hall-Jones and Lord i Tennyson attended the Copyright Con--1 ference. The discussion on the genera] outlines of a Draft Bill capable of adoption by all the Dominions was : adjourned for a fortnight. : UNTNSrnUGTED PHILANTHROPY. Sir W. J. Taverner, Victorian A irontGeneral. interviewed by tho 'Chronicle' on the Bishop oi' Goulburn's statement : that public opinion was alarmed by the | Church Army s indiscriminate advertis--1 ing for funds to send boys to Australia, said:—"l have found that the action of outside bodies, however well intended, is frequently based on a misconception of colonial conditions, and J tends to defeat the immigration policies I formed by the various States upon the j lessons of experience. The widespread j advertising by philanthropic bodies lins ] unsettled many boys in good situations j in England. The Agents-Goneinl and ! the Government emigration offices are j already snapping up through their own , (channels. the quota of immigrants ac- - tually required by the various colonies, t I am just now sending a batch of care-1 fully selected boys to positions allotted I them, with practical farmers." j VOLUNTEER ARMY NURSES. I A meeting at Toronto formed a ' Canadian branch of the Army Nursing Reserves. SETTLING A BOUNDARY. The United States Senate Committee on foreign relations approves of the treaty fixing the main New Brunswick boundary. NICARAGNA. Renter's Nov.- York correspondent ad- j vises that at Bluefields a party from the Venus boarded and searched the ■ American schooner Esfuergo, in defiance of the "Washington Government's ruling that the Venus had forfeited , the right of search. The insurgents j have been comnletely defeated. j Received 10.5 p.m.. Mav 26th. j VISIT TO GERMANY. ; LONDON. May 26. I ! The Cr.rir and Czarina of Russia will visit Germany towards the end of the year. : NEW AEROPLANE. 'A new Grawert aeroplane, whose dis- [ tinctive feature is the ability to propel along ground or through thoroughfares was satisfactorily tested between the German army camps. ' THE ACCESSION OATH. The Dublin Corporation has recommended a modification of the accession oath. Alderman "Kelly said that the Nationalist Commoners have only to .say to the Liberals —"Unless tho terras

of the oath are altered «o will kick you out/' A RASH OFFICER. Lieutenant Alexander lost Lis life on quitting Abesh. for Oar for, notwithstanding official warnings. His body was recovered and brought to Maiform, the British post near Lake Chad. THE GERMAN DREADNOUGHT.. The Von der Tann, the ijew German Dreadnought, in a speed trial with her turbines, averaged 28 knots. The German newspapers claim that the battleship is superior in gun power to the British Invincibles. TORTURE TO BE ABOLISHED. Mulai Hafid has informed tho Powers of his determination to abolish tortures, and this decision is attributed to Britain's refusal to receive his Ambassador owing to the prevalence of torture. AMERICA AND CANADA. Replying to President Taft's ir-esh invitation to reopen tarilf reciprocity negotiations. the Canadian Government asks for a. postponement until September, owing to Sir "Wilfrid Laurier's, Mr Feilding's and others Ministers' absence from Ottawa for most of the summer. Meanwhile negotiations for trade agreements are proceeding with Italy and Belgium, similar to that with I ranee, and are likely to be earlv successful. THE CHANGSHA RIOTS. Mr R. Yergard, belonging to the China Inland Mission :ifc Changshn, sends a vivid narrative of the missionarios' narrow escape on 14 th April. Tiie rioters, according to the Chinese ofiicial s wife s statement, intended to kill the Governor, but as they were unable to directly accomplish this they decided to kill foreigners, and thus ensure the Governor's death, which t-hev imagined would be the punishment demanded by the Powers. ■ CURIOUS LEGISLATION. XLe Primary Election Bill, a milder substitute for ?>[r Hughes' measure, has passed tho New York State Senate with Tammany's help. It is generally considered inadequate, and likely to be vetoed. It is expected that the Republican bosses will recompense Tammany by defeating the Bills against race track gambling. ROYAL SALUTES. The warships fire salutes to-day. and on 3rd June, but will not bo dressed., and no other form of celebrations of the King's birthday will be used in 1910. THE JAPANESE TARIFF. Mr ilcox, -secretary of the China Association, in a letter to the ''Times" which the paper describes as important and convincing, shows that the new Japanese tariff will be a serious blow to British trade. The rates on many articles ore doubled, several are trebled, and the large majority is on articles chiefly imported from Britain. The increased rates when enforced will compel many British firms trading to Japan to abandon business there. Mr "Wilcox quotes Count Konmra's speech in the Japan "Mail" of 31st January, that England being a perfectly freetrade country had no means of purchasing tariff concessions from other nations.