BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume C, Issue 15304, 25 March 1914, Page 7

BRITISH & FOREIGN

♦ • - THE SOUTHERN ALPS. MALCOLM ROSS'S BOOK OUT. "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. Press Association —By Tel. —Copyright. Received 5.30 p.m., March 24th. LONDON, March 23. Mr Malcolm Ross has published a fascinating book on climbs in the New Zealand Alps. TOWN BLOTTED OUT. BY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. LA PAZ, March 23. A magazine containing 3500 cases of dynamite exploded at Challapatta, u mining centre in Bolivia. The town was blotted off the map. POLITICAL SCANDAL. INDIAN SILVER CONTRACTS. Press Association —By Tel. —Copyright. LONDON, March 24. Mr Samuel has paid the costs of all the informers, and Mr .Bird, Having vindicated his claim, agrees to forego a-11 penalties. MARCONI PATENTS. NEW YORK, March 23. A decision of the United Stages District Court is construed by the American Company as upholding the validity of the Marconi patents, paving the way to complete control of the use of wireless in Africa. PANAMA TOLLS, WASHINGTON, March 23. President Wilson,'answering an objection to the repeal of the Panama tolls that repeal would bo inconsistent with the democratic platform, points out that the Exemption Bill was carried only with the aid of Republican votes. The President expects the support cf two hundred Democrats when the House votes on the repeal proposal. A RIGHT-ABOUT-FACE. Received 11.55 p.m., March 24th. LONDON, March 24. Renter's Washington correspondent states that a stubborn opposition has arisen in the House against repeal of the tolls. A peculiar feature is that Mr Clark, the Speaker (Mr U n( ] er _ wood) and other politicians who usually support the Administration, are now opposing the repeal.