BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

West Coast Times, 21 March 1910, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN ITEMS.

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THE KING’S HEALTH. LONDON, March 19.—King Edward continues to remain indoors. LATER. King Edward is progressing .satisfactorily. His temperature is normal. He still remains indoors. NEW ZEALAND APPEAL CASES. LONDON, March 19.—1n the cases of the Hamilton Gas Company versus the Mayor of Hamilton, and Greville versus Parker, the appeals wore allowed with costs. In the case of Hussey v. Miles, leave to appeal in forma pauperis was refused. SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION. LONDON, March 19.—Sir Ernest Shackleton is planning a purely scientific geographical expedition towards the end of A Fay, 1911, and are not competing with Captain Scott. Shackleton’s bases will be Cape Adair and Ganssborg. His staff will include some of his old companions, and Messrs Douglas and Mawson (Sydney) will join as scientific directors. Financial suport has already boon promised.

FISHING BOAT DISASTER. LONDON, Alarch 20.—Reuter’s correspondent states that fifty fishing boats were wrecked in a storm at East Japan and 800 were drowned. THE HOPE DIAAIOND. NEW YORK, Alarch 18—The Herald’s Singapore correspondent states that a diver explored the wreck of the French steamer Scyne, expecting to find the famous Hope diamond, which it is believed Hobb, a diamond merchant, who was drowned, had on board with him. The 'diver recovered the ship’s safe, but it did not contain the diamond.

THE DALAI LAMA. CALCUTTA, March 18.—The Dalai Lama has been paying visits to local factories, zoological gardens and bioscopic exhibitions and is going on to Darjeeling shortly. CHAUTREUSE LIQUER. LONDON, March 18.—The House of Lords Appeal Committee has decided that the goodwill of the Chautreuse liquor factory did not pass to the French fßlibl liquidator and therefore the monks now settled in England are entitled to the old trademarks and liquer manufactured by the French Govorn- » must bear a different trade mark GERMAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. BERLIN, Mrch 18.—Lieut. Filchner’s expedition to the Antarctic leaves Germany during the summer of 1911. ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION. LONDON, March 15.—Hundreds of Japanese are coming to the White City Exhibition in London. The trip, including fares and hotel expenses in London for three weeks will only cost £IOO.

THE MINING STRIKE. LONDON, March 18.—The Northumberland Miners’ Association continues relief pay to eleven thousand strikers. The Board of Trade is endeavouring to find a basis of settlement for the dispute. WOMEN’S UNION. LONDON, March 18.—The Women’s Social Political Women collected £31,686 during the year and held twenty thousand meetings. Two hundred and ninety-four women were arrested and 163 imprisoned. Of the 100 hunger strikers 36 were forcibly fed.

“OUR GOLDEN ARGOSIES.” LONDON, March 18.—Sir George Reid has accepted Mr D. E. Alvess’s gill to the Commonwealth of Gribble’s “Our Golden Argosies,’ which, was exhibited in the Royal Academy last year. Tire picture will possibly he hung in the Commonwealth House of Parliament. EVIDENTLY A MURDER. LONDON, March 18.—The body of Xeshit, cashier to the Wedderington Colliery, was found huddled under a seat in the Newcastle train. It is believed that he carreid the fortnight’s pav for the men with him. LATER. Seven bullet wounds were found in Nesbit’s head, evidently fired from the opposite seat. A bag containing £370 which was the wages for the fortnight is missing. FIFTY MEN DROWNED. ST. PETERSBURG, March 18.—Fifty fishermen were working on an icefloe near Peterof, when the wind broke up the floe. The fishermen with horses and carts, were earned into the gulf of Finland and it is believed that all have perished.

A DISGRACE TO CIVILISATION. ST. PETERSBURG, March 18.—The Senate rejected an appeal of six schoolboys and girls, aged sixteen and seventeen vears belonging to the tow n of Possessony and sent the whole of them to exile in Siberia for taking part in an organisation of the Revolutionary Association in 1907.