BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9214, 18 April 1908, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association— By Eltctrlo Telegraph— Copyright A SCHEME ABANDONED. LONDON, April 16. General Booth announced that, owing to the inadequate response to the Briti?h v ) South Africa Company's recent appeal for fresh capital, the company was unable to advance the funds required for the Salvation Army's Rhodesian colonisation project. The undertaking i would therefore be abandoned for the ; present. A SCIENTIST'S MISTAKE. Professor Dewar explains that the reported solidification of helium by Professor Ohnes, of Leyden, was due to the fact that the helium treated got mixed with a small percentage of hydrogen. Consequently the liquefaction and solidification of helium have i not been achieved. A CASTLE BURNED. Monzie Castle, in Perthshire, tenanted by Mr James Richmond, an Australian, has been burned. The damage is estimated at £23,000. Many art treasures were destroyed. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REOPEN. The Jenkins Trust Company and the Brooklyn Borough Bank, which suspended during the crisis in America, have reopened. FELL ASLEEP. Inspector Yorke believes that Martin, the driver of the Shrewsbury express at the time of the accident on October 15, fell asleep at his post. / BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYED. LONDON, April 17. TWie percentage of unemployed in 268 trade unions making returns, with a net membership of 639,716, for March was 6.9, compared with 3.6 in March, 1907. A CONTRACTOR SENTENCED. PARIS, April 17. Levy, a meat contractor, has been sentenced to »• year's imprisonment and a heavy fine for supplying French troops with diseased and putrid meat. AMERICAN FINANCE. NEW YORK, April 17. Mr Fowler has introduced into the American House of Representatives a Bill providing for the appointment of a commission to prepare a scientific financial currency system. The commission shall consist of eleven Senators, eleven members of the House of Representatives and twenty-one citizens, appointed by President Roosevelt. The report is to be presented in January.