BRITISH & FOREIGN

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16233, 31 March 1917, Page 9

BRITISH & FOREIGN

FRANCHISE DIVISION. ,' (Australian and H.-Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, March 29. Sir George Reid voted with--the minority (against, woman ""suffrage) m yesterday's franchise division. - v - ■. MACOA PURCHASE DENTED. The Portuguese Government denies the sale of Macao Island, and adds that the report is an obvious attempt to create trouble between Allies. _, j_ AMERICAN WEST INDIES. • v ,' (Reuter's Telegrams.) ■ Received 5.40 p.m., March 30th. WASHINGTON, March 29. Rear Admiral Thirras has been named as first Governor of the recently pur- ' chased Danish West /Indies. The United States takes .possssion on, Saturday. Important fortifications will "be constructed and the island will bo used as a- naval base for Panama, and for general military purposes. ANOTHER BATTLE IN MEXICO. \ ' 'A report from Mexico says that Villa's forces were. badly defeated twenty miles south of Chihuahua by the. Carranzists. SHIP BUILDING TN CHINA. ! HONG KONG, March 29. The liner Autolycus, 8000 tons, has been launched here. She is the biggest, merchantman constructed in the Empire outside of Britain. Speeches at the ceremony. dwelt on the shipbuilding facilities of Hong Kong, and the ample supply of skilled Chinese labour.