BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14400, 23 March 1911, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

3Pre&a Association—By Tel.—Copyright. J Received 10.46 p.m., M arch -J2»d. THK miNCE 1)1'' WALKS. : LONDON. March 22. ; J The King invests the i'mu.-e oi Waits oil July lath. The Bishop oi" Bangor, \ : representing Non-oontormivt.*., will cm- ' . duct the service. i i 1 KING EDWARD MEMOIUAL. ! ' The King Edward memorial to ho j " em-ted ui Marlborough gat<j will ooti- ' 1 sist of u bronze 6tatiao with allegorical figures. The cost will he £35,000. A 1 further £2ojooo will be spent in widen- ' mg tho Avenue bridge in. St. .Tnmf* ' Park. J THE CORONATION. Thero will bo bonfires on every accessible p?;slt from Lnnd's End to the Ork- - ncys on Coronation night. BIBLE TE RCENTEN A RY. < A deputation from various churches I headed by the Archbishop of Canter- 1 bury, presented King George with an 1 address and a Bible on the ocoa&'on of tho tercentenary of the Author-sod Version. King George, in replying, expressed his pleasure at the celebration, saying that the labours of the translators deserved lasting honour. For three centur'es the multiplying millions of English-speaking people had < turned when in need to tlm Authoris- 1 cd \ orson, am! he liopoci his subjects , would increasingly cherish their noblo inheritance. " j THE 'VARSITY CREWS. The Cambridge crew rowed seven furlongs from Hammersmith' to Chiswick in three minutes fifty-seven seconds, lliis equals tho world's record. Oxford's form is disappointing. BIG GRAVING DOCK. The largest graving dock in the world lias been completed at Belfast. MORMONS IN BRITAIN. The Countess of Chichester denounced the propaganda of tho Mormons in England. She states that 555 girls have been decoyed to Salt Lake City in the last year, and that large colonies of Mormons are established at Tottenham and Liverpool, and in Essex and Ireland. - UNION GOVERNMENT EXTRAVAGANT . CAPETOWN, March 21. In the Union Assembly Sir E. "Walton complained of the extravagance of the Government, and urged ihat while the funds allowed they should contribute to the agricultural development of j the country. Mr Merriman supported I the charges. EARL GREY DEFENDED. OTTAWA, March 21. Replying to Mr Ewart's attack on the Governor-General in connection with the Overseas Club, the officials deny that Earl Grey aided the organisation, but merely expressed sympathy with it. Both Cabinet and Opposition members joined the club, which is nob-political in scope. NO NEGRO NEED APPLY. A hundred and sixty-five negroes, bound to Alberta for land, were refused admittance into the country. It is feared that they will drift into Canadian cities.