BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9272, 26 June 1908, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

o United Press Asaociation — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright. (Received Juno 26, 8.54 a.m.) A MOTOR-CAR ON FIRE. r LONDON, June 25. A motor-car at Beachy Head caught fire, and immediately after the occupants had escaped the car was backed over a cliff aud fell three hundred feet into the sea. (Received June 26, 8.13 a.m.) THE TUG BELMORE. \ SUEZ, June 25. The tug Belmore foundered after shipping a heavy sea twenty miles from Ras Garib. The crew numbered eleven. A shark killed a seaman named Gray while he was swimming ashore. The survivors are in the hospital at Suez. (A cablegram received from Port Said, under date June 24, stated that an Egyptian vessel had brought to Port Said Robinson (second officer), Campbell (seaman) and Hepburn and Callaghan (firemen), the sole survivors of the crew of tne British tug Belmore, from the Clyde for Sydney, .which capsized and sank in a heavy sea in deep water. The survivors were fifteen hours in the water before reaching Ras Garib, where they were rescued.) (Received June 26, 8.4 a.m.) THE HSINMIN-TUN-TAKUMEN RAILWAY. 'LONDON, June 25. At the instance of Great Britain Japan hae withdrawn her objection to the construction of th© Hsinmin-tun-Takumen railway, and has agreed not to oppose the development of Chinese territory in connection with the working of the 'Manchurian service. (ReceivVl June 26, 10.10 a.m.) THE MELBA MATINEE. Madame Melba' s matinee will, yield £2000 to the London Hospitals. THE fcEW PATENT LAW. \ Gorman trado continues to be affected hy the new patent law, and many firms are urging Berlin to adopt steps to counteract the serious losses of exports. Sir Alfred Jones estimates that the Act has secured the investment of many millions sterling in the manufacture of articles previously made abroad.