BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

West Coast Times, 27 June 1912, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

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TURKISH CAVALRY DESERT. ATHENS, Juno 25. It is reported that a squadron of 'i rkish cavalry and four hundred ofccs and men have deserted at Monas-

tic and joined the insurgents. Turkish reports minimise tho desertion, ;ut they admit that nine officers and fifty Albanians have deserted. Some wore arrested and others surrendered I hey declare they were misled by the officers.

BISHOP OP MELANESIA. FREMANTLE, June 26.—The Rev. . . Wood, Bishop of Melanesia. is a assenger by the Otway.

INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACE. PARIS, Juno 25.—•Forty-seven competitors, including fifteen British, started in the French ' Automobile’s Club Grand Prix over the Dieppe! circuit of 956 miles. Colinot’s car overturned, tho mechanic being billed and Colinct seriously injured.

FRENCH NAVAL EFFICIENCY.

PARIS, Juno 25.—The 'Battleship Danton, at firing practice, made eighteen Hits in four minutes, at ton thousand metres.

THE KING IN WALKS. LONDON, June 25.—Tho King and Queen have started on a visit to tho industrial districts. They are first going to the South Wales Collieries. In commemoration of their visit to King Edward Hospital at Cardiff, an anonymous donor has given 10,000. guineas for the Welsh Medical school. DEVASTATED BY FIRE. ST. PETERSBURG, June 25.—Tho village of Polany, near Rjoesan, consisting of 500 houses, has been destroyed by fire. It was similarly destroyed two years ago. JUDGE LYNCH AT WORK. NEW YORK, June 25.—A mob at Atlantia, Georgia, lynched a negro murderess. They carried her from gaol in an automobile and hanged ho.- to a tree. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. OTTAWA, June 25.—A fire at Chicoutimi rendered thousands homeless, and destroyed 125 buildings, including an ancient cathedral. The fire was checked when four houses hid been destroyed by dynamite. No lives were lost:

GIGANTIC SUN SPOT. NEW YORK, Jhho 25.—A sun spot 78,000,000 square miles in extent, has been discovered from the Ms Wilson Observatory, California. Efforts to photograph the spot are proceeding. ESPIONAGE CASE. BERLIN, June 25.—Lichsonbirger, a merchant, has been sentenced to four years’ imprisonment at Leipzig for attempting to procure, for a foreign. power, a specimen of the latest projectile and a copy of the naval signal book.