NEWS IN BRIEF

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3441, 5 February 1912, Page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF

The British Medical Association’s Reform Committee has drafted an amending Bill, providing that no person with an income exceeding £lO4 shall be entitled to medical benefits, and that no one with an income below £65 will be excluded. The minimum capitation fee for doctors is fixed at 10s. Twenty suffragettes awaited at the Charing Cross station for the Premier's return from the Continent, and vainly endeavored to intercept him. Oscar Asciie and Lily Brayton have sailed from London in the Otranto. The remaining 45 members of the theatrical company sail in the Osterley. The body of Lord Stanmore was buried at South A.scot- The New Zealand Government sent a wreath. Heavy snowstorms in the north of England are impeding traffic. General Booth, who was recently injured by a fall on some steps, is better. The Bishop of Oxford, addressing the Christian Social Union at- Westminster, denounced the churchmen’s traditional indifference to social obligations. The Church and people ought not to do more salvage work when t-oo late, but .should assist in the abolition of slums and other evils, thus giving the-masses a. chance to reach a higher level. Mr. and Mrs. Soddon have been- committed for trial on a charge of the murder of Elizai Barron, who was lodging with them, and who was induced by the Seddons to give them her property, including £I6OO worth of India stock, in consideration of their paying her £.‘l weekly. Witnesses; testified that Mrs. Soddon negotiated bank notes alleged to belong tie Barron, also that Soddonh daughter purchased arsenical fly-papers. Germany has twelve military dirigible balloons and thirteen others- France has fifteen military balloons and six others. There have been remarkably enthusiastic scenes at Moscow {hiring the welcoming of the British visitors. The Crown Prince of Greece is making a visit in connection with the coming- of age of Prince Boris. He received an ovation.