BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9321, 22 August 1908, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

« United Press Association — By Electrio Telegraph— Copyright. (Received August 22, 8.33 a.m.) DIPLOMATIC. LONDON, August 21. The Hon Reginald Lister, Councillor to the British- Embassy at Paris, will succeed Sir Gerard A. Lowther as Am. bassador at Tangier. MANCHESTER COTTON SPINNERS. "The Manchester cotton spinners will reduce wages 5 per cent, and lock out the operatives if the offer is declined. (Received August 22, 11.30 a.m.) IMPERIAL COLONIAL CLUB. LONDON, August 21. The Imperial Colonial Club has opened its new premises in Piccadilly. The membership is 3000. THE TRADE. COMMISSIONER. Mr Rolleston, the British Trade Commissioner for New Zealand, sailed in the Athenic. He visited the Chamber of Commerce and manufacturers in London and the provinces, was well received everywhere, and was afforded the fullest information. A TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. What is designated the True Temperance Association has been started. It aims at a large scale of reform of publichouses. Mr Balfour ai}d Mr Austen Chamberlain support the new movement. THE LUSITANIA. NEW YORK, August 21. The Lueitania's passage occupied 96hrs 18min, establishing a record. CANADA'S HARVEST. OTTAWA, August 21. Ideal harvesting weather prevails in South Manitoba, and threshing is general, and the quality of the crop is excellent. BALLOONING. PARIS, August 21. M. Picquart, the French Minister of War, travelled in the steerable balloon Excelsior from St Cloud to Rouen.