BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10180, 15 June 1911, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received June Jo, 10 a.m.) CHILI'S NAVY. LONDON, June 1-1. The "Evening Standard" states that Chili is considering tenders for two 32,000-ton Dreadnoughts, each .costing £2,500,000 and carrying ten 15-inch guns. AN ELECTION LIBEL. Before tho King's Bench Division, Lieutenant - Colonel Bromley-Davon-port, who unsuccessfully contested the election with Mr Robert Pearce for tho Leek Division of Staffordshire, was awarded £I2OO damages against Mr Pearce lor printing an election pamphlet libelling the plaintiff. NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER: Mr M'Gowen, the Now South Wales Premier, en receiving an invitation to address the Oldham Road Brotherhood at Manchester, remarked that, if ManChester wished it, some Sunday he must do it, for his mother's sake, as Manchester was her birthplace. AUSTRALIAN CADETS. The Australian Cadets have arrived at Plymouth, all well, and are encamping at Richmond. A CORONATION OUTING. The Ragged School Union and Pearson's Fund, on behalf of the Sunbeam Society, of Adelaide, will give a Coronation outing to a thousand children in Epping Forest. A MAIDEN VOYAGE. The leviathan liner Olympic has started on her maiden voyage. CHARGE OF MURDER. Details are to hand of the shooting case at Singapore. Mrs Proudioot states that she was alone in her bungalow when Steward, who was a friend of the family, called, and made violent advances. She seized a revolver and fired five "shots into his body at close quarters. Steward is described as a quiet man. Bail in £2OO was allowed. (A 'cablegram from Singapore stated that the trial had commenced of Mrs Proudfoot, wife of the headmaster at the Victoria Institution at Kualalumpur, on a charge of murdering a friend named Steward on April 23. The accused's husband gave evidence that Ins wife had been apparently crazy with fear and had her dress torn as a result of Steward's alleged attempt at assault.) THE BRAZILIAN MUTINY. The Brazilian court-martial has acquitted the Marquez Darocha, commander at Cobra Island, of the charge of murdering mutinous marines. CANADIAN WHEAT CROP. VANCOUVER, Juno 11. Tho North-West farmers are looking for a record wheat crop this season. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. The Duke of Connaught, the new Governor-General, is expected to arrive in Canada on October 12, three weeks earlier than previously planned. AN EXPENSIVE SUBWAY. The New York subway project is the largest ever planned, and is to cost £50.000,000.