BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9307, 6 August 1908, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

i United Press Association — By Electric ij Telegraph — Copyright. (Received August 6, 8.32 a.m.) THE WESTERN KARRI AND JARRAH COMPANY. . LONDON, August 5. The chairman of Millar's Karri and Jarrah Company, Western Australia, •attributes the decline of profits by £40,000 to the strike. The workmen now desired a co-operative scheme. The directors, however, could not possibly consent to thfs, but had offered an alternative scheme. The workmen, he considered, were less blamable than. the agitators, and members. of the Labour party with political propaganda. (Received August 6, 9.45 a.m.) THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN. If the South Australian loan is issued at 974, the underwriters will receive the usual 1 per cent commission, and if issued over this figure half the excess will go to the Government and half to the underwiterei The first payment of six months' interest will be made on July 1 next. The underwriters will leave the time and terms of the issue entirely to the discretion of Messrs Nivison and Co., sharebrbkers. SENTENCED TO DEATH. (Received August 6, 8^32 a.m.) CALCUTTA, August 5. Three native aoliders at Saigon, in Cochin China, have been sentenced to death for attempting to poison 200 Europeans.