The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-19
SUIT DATING BACK
TO WAR WITH Beers
Cold Storage Company Brings
Action Against the British
Government.
MAY NEVER BE FINISHED
BAcK.To-THE-LAND MOVEMENT
IN TIGHT LITTLE ISLE.

London. Dec. 18.-Meat supplies
70 the soldiers in South Africa during
the Boer war was the subject OF an &C
ton before the lord chief justice and a
special Jury the other day, when the I'm
perial Cold Storage company, limited OF
London ana Johannesburg sued the
crown for huge sum of money as
damages for alleged breach OF contract
The attorney for the plainun eX-
planned that the transactions TOOK place
seven years ago, and consequently II
was difficult 10 get ali the documents III
the case, while Lhe government oInelals
had decided that certain papers sh0ulu
not be disclosed
As a result Of the guerilla warfare IN
the latter stages Of the campaign, lara
herds OF cattle were captured, ana the
contractors found that the army We're
the only people who had cattle Tor SAFE.
Therefore. il was only natural tndl
thev should make terms tor the puf-
chase of these cattle, SO that they couIu
slaughter them, ana deliver them as
dead meat to the army. That sale OF
live cattle by the army involved sum
OF e1,000,00O
1t was alleged by the company that a
great many Of the cattle supplied 70
them were infected with disease, so
much so that numbers died the Gay
after they were delivered. TnereIoIe
the company contended, that they had
Yieht to recover damages IN respect 70
the infected cattle.
From the beginning Of the war, ac-
cording to the plaintiffs attorney, tht
contract was in the hands OF DutcI
company. Lord Kitchener was not sat
isffed with the transactions, and th'
Imperial company secured the con
tract. This company was financed pS
several wealthy gentlemen, ana thes'
joined with a South African group, IN
GLIDING the De Beers company, IN
Right Hon. Cecil Rhodes and tne Souti
African Investment company, Wn'
gave the company the benefit of thei
business. experience. The company wa
registered with a capital Of one mil
lion sterling.
Directly after lunch his lOrdship SAT-
he was quite satisfied that the case wa
too complicated for a jury. i snaI
spend the rest of my natural life IN II
81 looks so at least" added his lord
ship, amid laughter.
The attorney general agreed, ana IN
Jury was discharged.
The hearing was adjourned.
University Travel Scheme.
There as every reason TO Deneve tina
the scheme inauguraIed during the pas
summer Tor the introduction OF JfaV'
into the curriculum of university me
Will be effectively carried out. II wa
decided that a certain number G
scholarships should be instituted
available in certain universities III IN
United states of America and Canadi
the holders to be conducted on an ecu
CatiOnal pilgrimage TO England
An executive committee under IN
Craftsmanship of Sir Charles EluC
(vice chancellor of Shefield) wa
formed, and also a central commute
an London. Thanks largely to tn
4 practical support Of the president
the movement, Lord StrathcOne
Mount ROYAL, who combines the char
cellorships of Aberdeen and McGI
and Montreal universities with n
work as high commissioner OF Canad
a central office has been established
.Caxton house. Westminster. What
now required is the money 70 proyiC
the actual scholarships, and for the
funds a public appeal viii shortly
Issued.
II is pointed out that, although Il
scholarships proper viii be reserve
for undergraduates of the uniVersltie
who are already midway through the
course. the provision of scholarships
no means defines the scope of Il
movement. The bureau Will afford Il
cihties to all bona fide students, Wnetl
er dOns, scholars OF cOmmoneTs-Wl
wish 10 gain a practical insight into q
work and life of other portions Of q
world.
The travelling students viii have L
advantage of reduced rates, of the sp
cial information which the bureau W
be able TO afford, and of the privilel
of being brought as close as pOssib
into contact with the actual life
those countries to which they E
whether persons, places or institution
The arrangements for the other ST
of the Atlantic have made good pr
gress. There is to be a bureau in Ne
York under the direction of an Anne
can secretary, where, at either Mo
treal or Toronto, there viii be a repI
sentative of the central bureau, new
established IN London, which forms t
headquarters Of the movement and [
center generally for the British empi
The method of election to the sch,
aEships, which it is purposed will nun
Der not 3 than twenty-eight for en-
year of the experimental trienniuH
fourteen in the United Kingdom, t
IN the United States and four in Ca
ada-will be on the lines of the RhOC
scholarships. The selected scholars "
travel for ten weeks during the 10
vacation through the respective cOu
tries.
Back to the Land.
An interesting development Of
back-to-the-land movement has j
taken place IN Norfolk.
Il has been found that although I
operation OF the small holdings a
allotments act has resulted IN a cC
siderable increase in the number
small holdings in England and Wal
the benefits of the act have not be
experienced fully, owing party TO
difficulty " providing adequate ho'
ing accommoda tons for the applicaT
In order to overcome. this Difficult
and at the same time to establ
schools where small holders may
thoroughly trained, there has bt
formed a society known as Wayf,
Tenants Limited
The first of the schools Of which
Is intended to open one IN each coun
VIII be opened at Scarborough. 7
farm is about five miles from the
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