ENGLISH NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14655, 24 January 1912, Page 2

ENGLISH NEWS

SOME INTERESTING EVENTS. LONDON, Dec. S. £IO.OOO SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME. A ckterm.ncd effort to counteract the. decline of the approntv-eship system in London liv providing for local indjistri-es a steady iiow of vmuijj, able craiumi'ii, is now being made bv the London County Cour.c L For livo or three years past trade seliohirsfcips h:ive boon oil'ercd i\,r ooinoet'tior. amongst the sons of bona-fido residents within the County of London. Winners of these scholarship hav-e ken provided with a sound and L'radr.atcd technical instruction ut var'.ous specia'ly equipped centres. So successful have these schelar.Oiirs proved that a scheme lias Wn developed iinan tho same lines that surpass in nuimiitude and '■omprehonsivei'.oss anvthine; of its kind that has yet been attempted in En-land. Xo fewer tlian IGG soholarshps for Ivay; and 250 scholars!;;r,s ior ;::rls, in value about £10,0:*), will be awarded next son:!;-.; to suitable candidates. Somo scholarship; cover two years' liiit:on nnd others three years. ONE MILLION SIGNATTRES. It is estimated that at least a millou signatures have been afiixed to ..it- petitions against the servant tax. those on the protests forwarded to members of Parl-amont bv tl:e Insurance lax Protest I.e-amie a'on° nrroberne; 761,0L'0. The mass of Torresnnndoucv delivered at the Reuse has not been exceeded for many years, and in addition members have been innn'iaiec! w:th communications at t'-oi'-nr.vate res deuces. Altogether 3SP members have been "approached tnroutrh the loncrue. The movement, against the payment of tlie contributions provsd-d for in the Insurance Li.l has been smarted hv a lnnre number el C:tv clerk;, and it is new spread ut to .-boo assv.tants and other clae-cs aifecteci. THREATENED TosTAL STRIKE -V critical has been reaeh"d in connection with the agitation bv the Brent mass of pestai workers all cv,. r the count.y lor betier work.nji cc-idi-t.ons. That there is real danger o< a general strike m cvorv depa: "mcut. of the postal service is "now adnv.it. d. even by the leading officials i.f i'le men's unions., who have hither to adopted an optimistic tone -n ci.se using the out'ook, and a strike at the worst possible period for the trade -i-.d coinnieree of tho country— ale rimstnies season. The present 'liscr.t.nt. whi li has been simmering for manv monfhs, is likely to be brought to a head at any moment. CHARING CROSS~BAXK CASE. _ Tne ti ia, has bej;'.:u at tie O.d liaiicy of Alfred Will.am Carpenter, the 7i...rTager ot the ili-iated Charing Ciess Bank, who surrendered to '-his bad to answer an indi.tmc.nt of obtaining by false pretences various sums from eleven persons with intent to defr-uid. A second indictment charged the accused with in.urrme; eorta.n LbtsMiJ liabilities, unlawfully •red.t under false pretences, and iiy mi a: s of other fraud. Tin- Sclicitof-U»:icra), in openinir the case, .said that Carpenter's statement — his own version ! when he became 1 ank.upt—i.iclieeted | a defi-ieney of £l.7ll;>,000. Tie miI recur-d creditors in the ba.nkrimr.ey were nearly all fer comparatively small amounts, the number rea.■hinit the appiliing ligure of 15.958. fi'-m wlieh number the eleven pvosaetii-nra had been selected.

EXHEMATIOX SEQEEL. Fteden'.k Soddo.i. living at iVii..t»tou i'ark, X., has teen arresied on :: charge of murder. The c]i".r;:c arises out of oin uuistau: es revealed ::t tlie :nquest at Fr.-em IVirnet o'i E iza Marv Barrow, an olderlv s-ni»isti r. Emeriti bod" h-mi fertfiod as the cause of death, but the Coroner Ijid ordered the cxlr.iniat.ou of the body At the inquest it was stated that for several weeks pieceding ber death Miss Barrow had resided with ike Seddons. A friend who called there to see lier Was toid that- she was dead and that her property had baen left to Srddon. In the witties--oox Stddon said the deceased lady hod riarlo over to liim certain property fn-m which she liad derived an income oF £l7O a year. He in return allowed her an income for life of £'3 i's per week. A r>o=t rn'"-tero was held on the body after exhumation.