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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7825, 18 June 1909, Page 2

THE LATEST.

HOME AND FOREIGN. United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph-—Copyright. LIEUTENANT SHACKLETON. LONDON, June 17. King Edward and Queen Alexandra <. congratulated Lieutenant Shackleton on his safe return from a long and arduous and successful journey. EARTHQUAKES. PARIS, June 17. , A fresh shock of earthquake was,experienced at Toulon and at Marseilles. The sea at Toulon fell twenty inches,but after some hours recovered its normal level. . - • GERMAN TAXATION. BERLIN, June 17. Prince Bulow, m a speech m the Reichstag urging all parties to .co-oper-ate m really sound financial reform, said that the Liberals ought- to be less doctrinaire and the Conservatives ought not to resist just taxes on property, otherwise they would be digging their own graves. . t IMMIGRATION TO CANADA. Received June 17, 8.35 a.m.' OTTAWA, June 17. Official figures show that 59,832 persons from the United States immigrated to Canada during the year ended March last, and carried with them money to the value of "12 millions sterling. LAWN TENNIS. Received June 18, 8.45 a.m. LONDON, June 17. Oxford beat Cambridge at lawn tennis by 15 matches to 3. Reynoll, a South Australian, captained the .winners. "FRIVOLOUS AND VEXATIOUS." The Court of Appeal dismissed Lieutenant Wood's action, claiming £7500 from the' Army Council for unlawful removal from the Grenadier' Guards. Tho Court characterised the action as frivolous and vexatious. THE GEORGIAN BAY CANAL. OTTAWA, June 17. Sir Wilfrid 'Laurier informed Pearce's English syndicate that it is impossible to proceed with the Georgian Bay canal, owing to the need for retrenchment and the determination to complete the Grand Trunk to the Pacific, before entering on other enterprises.