BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

West Coast Times, 14 June 1912, Page 3

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tue recent eruption. OTTAWA, June 13-—A wireless message from the revenue cutter states that Kodiak Island reports that no lives have been lost.

A NOTED BANKRUPTCY. LONDON, June 12.—Horatio Bottomlcv, a former member of the House of Commons, who* financial affairs have figured prominently in the lav. courts of late, has been adjudicated a bankrupt.

UNIONIST WINS. LONDON, June 12

The by-cl«ction to fill the vacancy caused bv tho death of Sir Edward Sassoon (Unionist) resulted as follows; — Philip Sassoon (Unionist) a'rnj Moorhouse (Liberal) Unionist majority 1. 718

THE TROUBLE IN TURKESTAN. ST. PETERSBURG, Juno 12.—'Tho Russian advance is due ta the revolutiontary troops causing trouble in Turkestan. Tho situation is becoming worse owing to the low class Chinese masquerading as a national militia. A TERRIBLE DISASTER. ST. PETERSBURG, Juno 12.—Fifty nine farm labourer.;, sleeping in a barn at Tamhow, were incinerated.

THE BRITISH NAVY.

LONDON, Juno 12.—Mr. Churchill, in reply to Mr. Newman, said that he was satisfied with tho strength of the fleet in Eastern waters. An account, in the future, must be taken of the growth of the Australian navy, ho added.

SENTENCED FOR MANSLAUGHT-

ER. LONDON, Juno 12.—William Ward arrested at West Australia, on a charge of murdering Ernest Smith, at .Chiswick, in 1903, was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment for manslaughter. While in' Bristcn "prison, Ward saved the life of a warder when another prisoner attacked him. CONGRESS OF COMMERCE. LONDON, June 12.—Tho Congress cf tho Chambers of Commerce, sitting in London, resolved that tho next Congress bo held in Toronto. One hundred and twenty-two favoured the motion for preference; nine were against and forty-eight did not vote. The King held a reception for the delegates at Buckingham Palace. INCENDIARY SENTENCED. LONDON, Jnne 12.—John Todd, a qunrryman, was sentenced to five years for setting fire to ten farmsteads on tho Duke of Euccleuch’s estate at Thornhill.