BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10196, 4 July 1911, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—By EleoWo Telegraph—Copyright. (Received July 4, 10 a.m.) THE LAST DROP. LONDON, July 3. Mr Samuel Mauger, at Whitefields Tabernacle, explained the improvement! due to the Australian Wages Board. He said that success would only be possible when the employed realised the employers' difficulties. If the employed were determined to squeeze the last drop of blood, and the employers to squeeze the last drop of sweat, the legislation would prove a failuife LEFT AT THE ALTAR. St Peter's, in Eaton Square, was crowded for the wedding of Lady Constance Foljambe, daughter of the Earl of Liverpool, to the Rev A. Hawkins. The bride did not arrive, but had written to her father saying that she had changed her mind and had left London. DISTILLERY ON FIRE. Fire is raging in the Dalmore distillery, Ross-shire, and the burning whisky is flowing into the Cromarty Firth. BUSH FIRES. Fierce bush fires in the Cobalt miiiinft region, in Ontario, destroyed several camps. There have been some fatalities. It is believed that the hot, dry weather was responsible. HOT WEATHER. A New York message Says to-day was the hottest day of the year, following two days of swelter. It is estimated that 400,000 people slept on Coney Island sands in an effort to keep cool. The death list is heavy throughout the I eastern and middle States.