BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14323, 13 October 1910, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

OFF TO SOUTH AFRICA. •Press Assoeiation-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, Oct. 11. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught have left to open the South African Parliament. The King and Queen, the Duchess of Argyll, Lords Roberts and Crewe bade them farewell. TOWN PLANNING. King George sent a message expressive of his interest in the town planning exhibition and conference, which has been opened in Loudon. Mr John Burns, in a speech at the opening of the exhibition, emphasised the fact that Britain had made greater strides' in town-planning and better housing than any other countrv.

TOURING SHOW DISAPPROVED. The War Office, in a fresh announcement after communicating with the promoters, states that it is satisfied that it cannot approve or render any assistance to the military tournament scheme.

HINT FOR MR FOWLDS. ' The Board of Education threatens to deprive the London Comity Council of grants amounting to £50.000 unless it promptly reduces classses containing more than 60 children. Received 12.15 a.m., Oct. 13th. LONDON, Oct. 12. The London County Council, by Gl to 53, declined to order smaller "classes so as to employ unemployed teachers. Mr Harold Cox (Labour) blamed the Socialistic- scheme of Sydney Webb, a member of the Council, for "the wholesale manufacture of teachers.

BILLIARDS. Harrerson offers to play Gray 18,000 up level, the match to bo spread over two weeks, each choosing table and balls week about for £IOO aside. Inman offers Gray 3000 start in 18.000 with crystalite balls and 5000 start with ivory balls, the stakes in each case to be £500..

A FLOURISHING UNIVERSITY. The Berlin University is celebrating its centenary, six hundred students and hiteen hundred of the leading scholars of the world being present! Professor Masson is representing Melbourne. The Kaiser, in an address on the occasion, urged the establishmentof a school of scientific research, and ten million marks were subscribed for the purpose in the room.

CHAFFING THE KAISER. German comic papers are publishing cartoons ridiculing the Kaiser. "Simplissimus,"' of Munich, portrays a panic at Konigsberg fair, caused bv a sudden discovery that the Kaiser (in-H-rentially a dangerous circus animal) had broken loose. This is an allusion to lits recent Konigberg speech. (A report of the Konigsberg speech which was briefly cabled at The time' will be found an pane 3 ) CHOLERA IX LOXDOX. A rag-picker lias died of Asiatic cholera in a London hospital. The " Times " states that the hospital staff consider the rag-picker died of English cholera. A bacteriological examination is proceeding.