, 1913-07-05

try OF Foreign Affairs.
SPECIAL.
London, July 4th-Ihe General Petrole-
UNI Properties of Trinidad announce thnt a
preliminary agreement has been settled with
the Grown Agents, subject to the approval
of the Governor OF Trinidad, for leasing
thoir property to the Central Mining Invest
mrnt Corporation, who will form Il new com
pauy and aiIor l25, 600 one pound shares as
the purchase pr1ce of the properties, besides
detrayiug liabilities up to II 500 pounds.
The completion of the sale awaits the Gov
errors assent.
London, July 4th-Mr. Samuel, POST
master General, has informed the Marconi
Investigation Committee that the Govern
ment does not admit the right of the Mar
com Company to cancel the contract, never
theIess the Government is unable compel
compliance without ratification of the con
tiNct by The House Of Commons, whicl it is
undesirable to ask merely for litigation.
The specific performance Of the contract, he
further stated, wa, hopeless, and even Il the
litigation was successful, the damages
proveahle would be merely nominal, there
fore the Government drops the proceedings.
The Committee has accordingly resolved to
drop the investigation.
In the House of Lords, Lord Newton's
Bill, compelling money lenders to disclose
then real names, has passed its second rend-
ing. Lord Newton SAID there were surpris4
ing Identities behind the Insurers en- culars.
Adylces from Johannesburg report that a
dispute has arisen regarding the working
hours at the new kIeiufontein mine, which
tin eatens to result in II general strike
throughout the Rand, The original strike
was settled, but 1t has been followed
by 4 strike for the recognition of the
Union, A series of explosions has oc-
CURED, designed to stop the eIectIi c power,
and a quarter of a million natives are IDLE III
the East Rand mines, which recently passed
a dividend. IN police are concentrating IN
ali the cities, ana troops have occupied the
mines.
Forty thousand Midland strikers are
marching in three divisions through Coven-
try, Warwick and Barnet, converging on
Trafalgar Square for addresses by LabourIte
leaders and others.
1t is reported that Dr.. Robert Bridges, au-
thor of various plays and poems, has accepted
the Office of Poet Laureate.
The Marquis of Northampton has paid
Miss Moss fifty thousand pounds, besides
costs, and the suit for breach of promise is
therefore settled. The previous record
for damages was that Of Viscount Garmoyle.
who paid ten thousand pounds in 1884. Miss
Moss said she preferred marriage. Nh. JUS
ti:e BucknilI SAID he fully approved of the
settlement, which was made in a generous
spirit. The defendants letter Informed the
plaintiff that he broke the engagement
through a promise he made to his late fathe
ID the belief that 1t was the best course for
both.
The Morning Post" announces the aban-
donment OF the marriage which had been
arranged between the Marquis of Hartford
and Mrs Moss Cookie, as published on May
10th.
The English defenders of the Davis Lawn
Tennis Cup are Messrs. Parke, Roper, Bnrrett
Dixon anu Gore.
Adyices from Paris state that M. Mouli.
n4ls, the well known aviator, has arrived
there after completing the record round trip
OF 300 miles. Huge crowds gave him a fran
TIC welcome.
Dispatches from the Balkan Peninsula
state that Servia has formally declared war.
She claims 1920 Bulgarian prisoners, while