BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

West Coast Times, 21 June 1912, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

lrtu PRESS ASSOCIATION.—TOP VRICHT _ O V ERSEA3 PAD LIAM ENT AII i A NS. LONDON, June 10. At tho instance of the Empire Parliamentary Association the speaker has arranged fur the Overseas Parliamentarians to have access to Ihe lobby and the strangers dining room and a special gallery in the House of C'omJRES E N TAT lON TO WOOTTO.n. 10ND0N, June 10.—Lord Derby Ins presented Frank Wootton with a massive silver cup engraved with the names of the winners ridden by Wcott„:i for Stanley-House stable. CHURCH BEQUEST. LONDON, June 19.—Mr. White, a Wiltshire cheese factory owner, has he queathed £200,000 to the Bishop of London for the benefit cf the Church of England. CENTENARY FUND. LONDON, June 10.—The Primitive Methodist’s centenary fund, aiming to raise £ISOJKK) for local and £IOO,OOO far central objects, Ims already reached £210,000 and £83,030 respectively.

THE SPIRIT OF THE TRUST. LONDON, June 19.—A Scottish linn and Steel Trust Coy; has been foimed with ft c:i pital of a million by tiie amalgamation <f thirteen firms. The combined output v. ill be a quarter cf a million tons. TO CHECK UPHEAVALS. LONDON, June 19.-The Pall Mall Gazette referring to Queensland strike legislation says that it will be interesting in this country to note the new policy to check upheavals. OPERATION AT SEA. LONDON, Juno 19—While the training ship Mersey was in a gale off Cape Horn, a surgeon successfully operated <m a cadet for appendicitis. miners entombed. NEW YORK, June 19.- An explosion at Hastings mine in Trinidad, Colorado, resulted in thirteen persons being entombed and all are behoved to bt dead. Tho resellers wore unable to er.ler at first, but later the;, reentered several bodies. THE ANTI-TRUST LAW SUIT. NEW YORK, June 19.—Tho Federal Government's suit against the North Atlantic Steamship Conference which is allegedly operating against the provisions of tho Sherman anti-trust law, lias begun. Tho evidence indicated that the combine hud agreed to operate with certain ships known as fighting slips to suppress the competition cf rivals.

XE TEMERE DECKER. OTTAWA, June 19.—Mr. Lancaster, author of the Lancaster Kill just declared ultra tires by the Supreme Court dccisipn, declares Hie measure was intended to remove all dim'd as to the effect of the Ne Tcinere decree, in Quebec province. If the Privy Council decides in favour of the Supreme Court decision, holding that any Canadian Provinces have power to make marriage laws, the same result will be achieved, as if the Kill were actually passed by the Dominion Parliament. CHOLERA SCOURGE. BOMBAY, Juno 19.—There have been 518 cases of cholera reported in a week, 428, including two Europeans, succumbing. STEAMER WRECKED. PARIS, June 19.—The steamer Ville do Cayenne foundered at St. Lucia. Part of the crew and some ef the passengers were saved.