BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15448, 10 September 1914, Page 7

BRITISH & FOREIGN

HOME RULE QUESTION. SEEKING AN AGREEMENT. Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright.. LONDON,_Sept. 8. Several members of the Cabinet principally interested in the Irish question met in London. The Right Hon. Bonar Law joined them and discussed a solution of the problem. AVOOL SALES POSTPONED. The wool sales hare been postponed till October. The list cftfces on September 21. . • CHICAGO WHEAT PIT. LONDON, Sept. 7. Silver is quoted at 24Jd. The Chicago wheat market is easier. BARRY THE BETTER MAN. Critics emphasise Paddon's doggedness and gameness. Barry pays tributes to Paddon's sportsmanship. Paddon declares that the better man won. WOOL BALES WILL ARRIVE. CALCUTTA, Sept. 8. Owing to the release of steamers there appears to be ample tonnage available for t!he carriage of jute. THE EVELEIGH HOLD-UP. ONE ACCUSED ACQUITTED. SYDNEY, Sept. 9. Arthur Tatham, who was charged in connection with the Eveleigh robbery, has been acquitted. Falkiner has been extradited from Tasmania and is appealing as a Crown witness against Ryan, Twiss and Freeman. A LITERARY NOBLEMAN. THREATENED WITH PRISON. Received 6.15 p.m., Sept. 9th. LONDON, Sept. B'. Lord Alfred Douglas, who broke the recognisance required from him for libelling his father-in-law, has been ordered to enter into fresh recognisances or serve a sentence of six months. ALBANIA. A NEW PROPOSAL. . A Durazzo telegram asserts that Essad Pasha will shortly proclaim Abdul Hamid's son, Burhan Edin Efiendi, King of Albania, but Albania will remain an independent State. OBITUARY. LONDON, Sept. 8, Obituary Sir John Hennikor Heaton.