BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14384, 4 March 1911, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

'Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright.

THE CORONATION. LONDON, March 2,

The Westminster Council has grant ed permission for the erection of New Zealand's coronation arclh at Whitehall. . It is officially estimated in Calcutta that the cost of the Coronation Durbar will amount to £1,000,000. VICTORIA'S NEW GOVERNOR. There were 400 guests at the reception given by. Sir J. "W. Taverner, Victorian Agent-Gener'al, to Sir John Fuller, the new Governor of Victoria -and Lady Fuller. Those present included the Agents-General, their wives, Sir William Hall-Jones, and many Victorians. Received 10,25 p.m.; March 3rd. A ROYAL PROGRAMME. LONDON, March 3. The Sovereigns visit Dublin on Bth July. The King, in reply to an address from the Convocations of Canterbury York, referred to the pleasure he expected from visiting, after the Coronation/ various parts at tha United. Kingdom and India. AUSTRALIA'S NEST GOVERNOR. Regarding the announcement made in Sydney that Lord Denman will succeed Lord Dudley as Governor-General of Australia, it is officially stated that it is impossible yet to make an authoritative announcement, though one is impending. SHALL POX. Forty-sis cases pf small pox have occurred in London, and three deathstwo cases in Whitechapel, one each in Shoreditch and Paddington. CANADA AS POSTER-PARENT. OTTAWA, Maicli 2. There is a growing sentiment in the "est Indies in favour of'union with Canada. It is understood that proposals will shortly be made in Canada with a view to the Islands joining the confederation. THE PLAGUE. ST. PETERSBURG, jtfarcli 2. According to Japanese accounts there have been 10,000 deaths from plague at Kwangcheqgtse. Rats taken from infected areas have not revealed the plague bacillis.