BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14658, 27 January 1912, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN

THE ROYAL TOUR,s.s .MEDINA AT MALTA. Presa Association —By Tel.—Copyrigh'. MALTA, Jan. 25. Ths Medina's propeller fouled a cable on entering the harbour. She has been docked. King George visited the French . battleship Dan ton, and received an ovation. Their Majesties dined at Admiralty House, many French officers being present. JOHN BUXYAN MEMORIAL. . LOXDON, Jan. 25. The Bunynn window was dedicated in Westminster Abbey, with an impressive service. Tho Primate was present. Dr. Clifford, tho well-known Baptist i minister, and Tour loading Free Church j ministers assisted tho Dean of West-' minster. . j A RUSH FOR BILLETS. j In response to tho invitation issued j on January Sth, tho Board of Trade - has received 80,000 applications for j appointments in connection with the j Labour exchanges and unemployment! insurance. j A SMART BELGIAX. I Tho cruiser Vigilant arrested an Ost- \ end trawler in the prohibited area off tho Firth of Clyde." While both, were \ anchored at Cainphelltov.-n, the trawler ; slipped her anchor, extinguished her; lights, and escaped. i A PLAY VETOEE-. I Tho Lord Chamberlain vetoed Mr ' Zangwill's play. "Tho Next Religion." | FLOOD IX THE THAMES, i There li.iw Wn cxtr.iordinarv rains I m tho Thames Valley. Tho s'-c-ti hi i Mnidenhncd ;:ro submerged, and him- ■ dreds of cottages aie isolated. Thou-i sands of acres are flooded. | CINDERELLA BALL SLIPPERS j NEW YORK, Jan. 2". i Mrs Longwurth, cx-f'rcsideiit Roosevelt's daughter, has introduced a new i fashion. At e. ball at Washington she j appoared in glass-hooled dancing slip-' pers, which creatad a sensation. Sho ! also wore white tullo shoulder wings. ' EARTHQUAKE IX GREEK I ISLANDS. ATHENS, Jan. 26. i A violent earthquake has been ex- ! perienced in the lonian Islands. In ; Zaoite much damage was done. Shocks ! were also felt in Leukas and Cepha- ; fonia. Tho earthquake* was recorded i on instruments in England. ! Thirty were killed and many injured ! through tho earthquake. Five villages j v.-ero destroyed in Cephalonia, and ■ £120,000 damage dono in Zante. ] THE NE TEMERE DECREE. : OTTAWA, Jan. 2G. ! Tho Government decided not to deal I with tho X"e Tomere question in Par-1 lia-ment, but instead, to take a case i to tho highest Court. | UNPOPULAR BISLEY RULE. j It is tudikeiy that a Canadian team! will be sent to Bisley if tho use of the | Boss rifle is prohibited by the English ' authorities. PANAMA CANAL. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. President Dearborn, of tho American I Hawaiian Steamship Company, before j the Interstate Commerce Commission, i declared that the ultimate control of! shipping through tho Paanma. canal by j a foreign shipping trust would result I from the admission of foreign shins to the coastwise trade of America.