BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15393, 9 July 1914, Page 7

BRITISH & FOREIGN

BRITISH CENSUS RETURNS. SOME ALTERATIONS NOTED. "Times" and Sytinoy "Sun" Services. Press Association —By Tel.—Copyright. LONDON, July 7. The census returns of .1911 disclose a sharp contradiction in the numbers engaged in ' domestic service, and an expansion in the numbers engaged in agriculture. Anglican clergy declined from 25.235 to 20,859; Catholic priests increased from 2849 to 3-302. SIMPLON TUNNEL BLOCKED. UNUSUAL ACCIDENT. BERNE, July 7. The Sirnplon tunnel is blocked by thd derailment of a train., caused by the overow of a subterranean lake sweeping away the rails in the middle of the tunnel. Expresses are waiting at both ends. BUBONIC PLAGUE. NEW YORK, July 7. Bubonic plague has broken out at New Orleans. Two have died and three are in a hospital. HONG KONG, July 7. Twenty cases of pi ague were reported last week, with sixteen deaths. KING AND QUEEN AT GLASGOW. ARE GIVEN A HEARTY LAUGH. LONDON, July 7. . The King and Queen are visiting Glasgow. The Town Clerk read a civic address of welcome; and Mr McKinnon Wood, Secretary for Scotland, handed to the King a reply thereto. The King began to read, and after a few words looked puzzled. He realised that there was something wrong, and found that Mr Wood had given him the wrong reply. The Sovereigns and all present burst into hearty laughter.

THE STRANDED HINDUS. Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. Received 10.45 p.m., Julv Bth. VANCOUVER., July 7. The Hindus aboard the Ivomagata Maru announce tlie abandonment of tlie attempt to enter Canada. They assert that they are without sufficient funds to enable them to return to the Orient and are asking the Dominion Government to arrange financially to convey them liome.