BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9115, 21 December 1907, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph. — Copyright. (Received December 21, 7.43 a.m.) THE HONOURED DEAD. LONDON, December 20. Lord Kelvin will be buried at Westminster Abbey on Monday. LORD ALDENHAM'S ESTATE. Lord Aldenham's estate is valued at £703,729. THE EARTH'S UNREST. The seismio records preceding the four last mining disasters suggest thgt the earth's unrest was a contributory cause. ' A HANDSOME BEQUEST. PARIS, December 20. Baroness Adolphe Rothschild has bequeathed £140,000 to Jewish charities in Paris. A PORTUGUESE DICTATORSHIP. LISBON, December 20. A decree issued appoints Administrative Commissions to supersede general municipal and parochial councils. The dictatorship is thus complete. (Received December 21, 8.16 a.m.) AN AUSTRALASIAN CLUB. LONDON, December 20. The Australians and New Zeal&ndera residing in Manchester are forming an Australasian Club. + (Received December 21, 9.12 a.m.) THE CONTROL OF MADEIRA. BERLIN, December 20. Germany has agreed to submit to arbitration the dispute between the Portuguese Government and Prince Hohenlohe, in connection with the proposed sanatorium at Madeira. A German syndicate, with Prince HohenloOie as president, obtained a concession, to build a sanatorium on conditions under which it practically controlled the island. As a result of an. agitation by British business men in Madeira the concession N was cancelled. The syndicate claimed! damages for tiie cancellation. A SCIENTIST HONOURED. LONDON, December 20. Cambridge University has conferred a doctorship of science upon Professor CaTslaw, of Sydney University, in recognition of his work in applied mathematics. M'ARTHUR'S CREDITORS. A meeting of W. and A. M' Arthur's Manchester creditors approved of the liquidators' proposals. (Received December 21, noon.) A PROFESSORIAL APPOINTMENT. Professor Picken, of Glasgow, ias been appointed Professor of Mathematics at Victoria College, Wellington. A LARGE STEAMER. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company has ordered a new steamer, capable of refrigerating 100,000 carcases.