BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14215, 3 June 1910, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

fw« Aasociation-By Telegraph-Copyright ARREARS OF INCOME TAX. LONDON, June 1. The sum of £1,000,000, arrears 'of income tax, was collected in May. FREE CHURCH DEPUTY. The Free Church of Scotland has appointed the Rev. D. McLean, of St. Colombo, Edinburgh, as the deputy to visit the East and Australia. THE KING'S BIRTHDAY. The King's birthday will be officially observed on June 24th. LENIENT SENTENCE. Captain Holford, who pleaded guilty to charges of obtaining several thousands of pounds' worth of jewellery and pawning it, was bound over and released. The Recorder took into consideration the length of accused's detention in custody and also his distinguished career. THE INDUSTRIAL TAX. Through the enforcement of the industrial tax in the case of those engaged in industries, Sir C. Swinfen Eady, Judge of the Chancery Division, has ordered a further call of £5 per share in the Law Guarantee Trust. It is expected that many shareholders will be forced into the bankruptcy court. MOROCCO. The situation at Fez is critical owing to the Sultan of Morocco's reverses in the Tazza district. HELIGIOUS~ORDEHS. A decree has been gazetted for the more stringent registration and control of religious orders in Spain. ANTI-TRUST CAMPAIGN. The American Government has obtained an injunction restraining twenty-five railways of the Western Traffic Association from ' increasing freights on the ground that an advance without competition violates the Sherman Anti-Trust law. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. Owing to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease cattle exports from Corrintes, Entrerios, Chaco, Formosa, and Northern Santa Fe has been prohibited. FIGHTING IN NICARAGUA. An official report states that General Estrada was defeated at Lara, and the Government forces are in full retreat. DEATH SENTENCES. After a long hearing with closed doors the Court-martial concluded the trial of those persons charged with 32 armed robberies and o-S-er crimes during the revolutionary period at St. Petersburg. Twenty-nine were sentenced to death. SPIRIT OF UNREST. Advices from Shanghai report a general spirit of discontent in Kiangsi, Kiangsin, and Anhui, due to the high price of rice and the depreciation of the value of copper "cash." In particular animosity is growing against the Manehu regime, causing the officials to fear assassination. PECULIAR LIBEL CASE. The jury disagreed in a remarkable libel case in which Mrs Coles sued Briton Riviere, a Royal Academician and his wife, because the latter wrote to Mrs Coles' husband, who is a grocer in a Suffolk village, where the Rivieres were holiday-making, stating his wife had a child by her own uncle. Mrs Riviere admitted that the story about the child was untrue, but persisted that misconduct took place while Mrs Coles' husband was an emigrant in Canada. Mr Justice Grantham .summing up, said, no duty was cast upon society to give a husband such information.

THE WHITEHAVEN FUND. The London newspapers comment on New Zealand's generosity to the "Whitehaven colliery disaster fund. CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS. A censorship has been established at Monte Video owing to the feeling against the Argentine. The Brazil flag was torn down at the consulates in both countries. The Argentine centenary celebrations with the Infanta Isabella as the principal figure, are drawing to a completion. LUCKY SWEEP WINNER. Captain Raban, an Indian Army officer on leave, bought Lemberg in a Calcutta Turf Club sweepstake, and immediately sold a half share to a London syndicate for £7500. The first prize is worth £50,000. AN EXPLANATION. ■ An explanation is given that it would be inaccurate to say that the British Government has protested against the new Canadian immigration regulations. Britain had only asked for information and forwarded protests from charitable and other organisations. The possession of £5 and a ticket to their destination was necessary to enable immigrants to seek employment instead of settling in congested centres. APPEAL TO THE POWERS. The Cretan executive committee have addressed a note to the Powers declaring that Crete cannot live without Greek institutions, and requesting the Powers fo bring about the only solution by promoting the union of Crete and Greece. Official opinion at Petris is that the new claim imposes upon the Powers the necessity of considering the situation courageously with a' view to definite solution. A LONG RIDE. A Cossack girl rode from Harbin to St. Petersburg astride a Mongolia pony, her only companion being a St. Bernard dog.