BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10971, 10 June 1903, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Press if sociation.— Telegraph.— Copyright , FRENCH IN NORTHERN AFRICA, j Received June 9, 10.12 p.m. PARIS, June 9. Thirty-five hundred French troops^ with ten guns, are operating against Figliig. ' Six hundred melinite shells were fired by the French gunboat Massie against Ze- - naga, and occasioned much damage. ' If the Arabs, continue stubborn, other villages will be bombarded. THE TRANSVAAL FRANCHISES. CAPETOWN, June 9. The Transvaal '1 Legislature ha»" Sanctioned the exclusion of coloured persons and aliens from municipal franchise.--' ' RELIEF SHIP FOR DISCOVERY EXPEDITION. LONDON, June 9. The House of Commons- approved a vote for sending a relief ship to the Discovery expedition. ' "RAGGING", IN THE' LANCERS. \ LONDON, June 9^ A court-martial convicted nine officers of the 21st Lancers, stationed at Dublin, for "ragging" Lieutenant Willows/ a colonial, for not joining in .amusements. The 1 commanding officer was blamed for an error •of judgment. One major was ordered to resign; and another, with two captains and four lieutenants, were censuerd, and their promotion stopped. THE FEDERAL. HIGH COURT. MELBOURNE,. June 9. In the House, Mr Deakin, in moving the second reading of the Judiciary Bill, . tfaid it was practically the same Bill as was introduced last "year. Combined with the Procedure Bill to follow, it would provide for the complete equipment of a High Court. 'The object was to create an' Australian Court of Appeal, which would finally decide matters affected by local laws and- so minimise the .number of cases ' sent to the Privy "Council, with ihe attendant delajs and great expense.,. Touching delays, he said' it took the Privy Council from one to five;,, years to, deal with 'appeals, the average being twentyone months. He instanced the" recent New Zealand case' to show the ..risks of appealing to the Privy Council on a question ' of' purely local' laws. The total cost of the Hi{>h Court was estimated 'at .£30,000 annually. • ' ( • MORE; BLANKETS. 1 ' LONDG.N, June 9. . In the --House of Commons, Mr Brodrick stated that an enormous stock -of unwashed military Jblankets. stored in Cape- . town took fire from, .spontaneous combustion. Eighty thousand were , sold for ,£l4^s, owing to an officer's error of judgment. £ »- %\&M' ■* TROUBLE >IN. s IP'A&Pi*&AJSO. '' : ; lM , TSEW^'YtfRK* June 9. 1 An American squadron hM' been ordered to % Valparaiso, owing to social,, disturbances. , ' "HOSPITAL SUNDAY" At" ST. PAUL'S. LONDON, June v 9» 1 The "Hospital Sunday" collection at St. ' Paul's Cathedral totalled <£430p, - '. . . a . . «.;-. - a < BRITISH: PRISpNERS IN MULLAH'S CAMP, ft; . ... ■ ... . LONDON, June 9. An Abyssinian general asserts that there are English prisoners in the Mullah's , camp. . „*..,'. They are supposed to be officers of Plun^ ' ' kett's force, wounded during the recent 'fighting at Jumburru. Negotiations foj" ' their' exchange for ' prisoners held by the English are proceed- , ing.