BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14274, 15 August 1910, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright FOSTER ERASER CRITICISM. LONDON, August 12. Mr Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, replying to the " Westminster Gazette's " article on Mr Foster Fraser's book respecting the alleged deterioration of the British race in Australia, adduces arguments and statistics to prove that the allegation is unfounded and that the reverse is true.

CHINESE RIOTS. A fierce riot, the outcome of a feud, occurred among the Chinamen at Cardiff. Knuckledusters and revolvers were used and many arrests made. A ROMAN CITY. During explorations at Caerwen, in Anglesey. 130 skeletons were unearthed on the sity of a Roman city.

THE CHINESE POLICE. Chinese officials are visiting London for the purpose of remodelling the police system on the English basis. RIVAL WELSH TOWNS. Cardiff and Carnarvon are making rival appeals to the King for the honour of being selected as the place of investiture of the Prince of Wales. SOCIETY GOSSIP. It is reported that the well-known actress, Miss Zena Dare, is engaged to the Hon. Oliver Brett, eldest son of Viscount Esher, and assistant private secretary to the Secretary of State for India. Miss Dare gives an emphatic denial to this statement. R.ESTJLT OF DISHONESTY. The Illinois Central Railroad Company is taking over the whole of the property of the Memphis Car Company. This action is due to frauds by high officials of the latter who will be prosecuted. SETTLERS FOR CANADA. Mr Norton Griffiths, a British member of Parliament, has arrived in Winnipeg to select a township site for the establishment of a colony of residents from Wensbury, in Staffordshire. Mr Griffiths states that 1200 families desire to emigrate.

SPAIN AND THE VATICAN. Since the prohibition of the San Sebastian demonstration the Pope has received thirteen thousand telegrams giving expression to the senders' loyalty.

THE GERMAN SOCIALISTS. . The German Socialist Party's membership is 722,830. whereof 90.000 have been recruited during the year, including 20,000 women. Forty-three thousand six hundred meetings have been held, and 23,000,000 pamphlets distributed. The imprisonments of members during the year aggregated thirtyseven years, the fines £ISOO. The contributions to the party funds for some time have amounted to £IO,OOO per month.

Received 5.5 p.m., August 14th. CABLE RATES. LONDON, August 13. Various companies connected with Australia have agreed to the Pacific Cable Board's proposed reduction. The proposal will now be submitted to the German and other Governments for concurrence. PRESS CONFERENCE. Every colony and India will be represented at the Journalists' Institute Conference in September. A Minister will open the conference. NEW YORK MINING SCANDAL. Winteniute, against whom there are 700 complaints, has been committed for trial at New York for alleged fraud, bail in £IOOO being allowed. Half a ton of advertising literature was seized in Wintemute's palatial offices.- He purchased 2,000,000 shares of the Gold Run Mining Company at 2Jd, and retailed them at 4s. He issued circulars announcing that ore of the value of £BOO was on the mine after it had been destroyed by fire.

Received 12.18 a.m., August loth. THE LLOYD ESTATE. LONDON, August 14. Mr Arthur Lloyd of the "Daily Chronicle" left estate valued at £194,129. He made considerable bequests to newspaper charities, and the residue of £120,000 to hospitals and the purchase of open spaces.