ROME AND FOREIGN NEWS,

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5489, 30 March 1910, Page 3

ROME AND FOREIGN NEWS,

WASHINGTON, March 28 Colemar/, a bank clerk earning £120 a ye ir, has been arrested at Cambridge, Mussachussetts, for embezzling £5000. lie admits gambling at Faru aud, not understanding the game, entrusted the money to a ton fi derate who robbed him. LOND'»N, March 28. Kobert Lightburn, a i evident of Rookhope, near Durham, received an anonymous request from Australia to search for a certain murriage certificate. He has now received £1000 for his services. It appears that a young woman emigrated to Melbourne six-y years ago and there manied the son of her wealthy en ployer under a sickuame. A thtciieued lawsuit over the father-in-law's money Becessitated proof that the rickname was not tLe woman's real name. The P. and 0. Company intends extending, the voyages of certain steamers during the ensuing autumn which will provide New Zealand with direct communication, via Suez, during die outward and homeward season. CAIKO, March 28. Roosevelt gave a stirring address to the native journalists of Cairo on their duties and responsibilities. MANILA, March 28. A gun exploded in the diked States cruiser Charleston during target practice here, killing aud wounding eight men. BERLIN, March 28. Germany's drink bill is estimated at 145 millions sterling, which is twice the combined ccst of the army and navy and five times that of education.