BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14363, 8 February 1911, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN

Press Association—By Tel. Copyright. RUSSIAN MOBILISATION. LONDON, Feb. G. Tho u Pall Moll Gazette" St. Petersburg correspondent says that Russia has nearly 110 battalions of infantry in full war strength on the Aust-ro-German frontiers, with a thousand squadrons of cavalry and 000 batteries. THE PERSIAN GULF. - Tho "Times" Paris correspondent reports that the Turkish Government has oxprossod a desiro to negotiate with Britain over the Persian Gulf pioblem. AOTEA SALVAGE WORK. Received 9.30 p.m., Feb. 7th. CAPETOWN, Feb. 7. Tho Aotea's winches are working with .steam from tho shore, and hhlvago pumpa are being fitted. The tlier continues fine, and the whole c&igu in the 'tween decks will he pal/tdd. Fifty-five per centum is quoted for reinsurances. KAFFIR OUTRAGES. A native has been arrested for attempting to outrage a woman at Kimberley. The Transvaal Women's Unionist Associations have ' petitioned Lord Gladstone to favour death sentences in cases of rape or attempted rape, and for an extension of tho Rhodesian law to tho South African Union. THE PLAGUE. PEKIN, Feb. 7. A thousand deaths from plague have occurred at Tsitsihar. Ten members of the Russian medical corps were stricken at Harbin yesterday. Japanese officials are leaving for China to investigate. The Chinese Government has granted a million yen for the purpose of fighting the epidemic. Professor Broque of the Pasteur Instituta is going to the infected area. THE MEXICAN REVOLT. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7. The Federals are reported to have defeated the insurgents near Jaur?c, with heavy loss, and the insurgeats i»ie believed to be retreating.