HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13063, 13 March 1908, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Ansecutici-—By Electric Telegraph—Co. ynjjht. I THT-: KING'S TOUR. I/ONDON. -March 11. 1 It has now- Vh-svji arranged that King Edward, after visiting Biarritz, will make a brief stay at Paris, and will ' accompany Alexandra thence to Copenhag.-n. A DOURLE SUICIDE. .Merv> v H. Ijii-h.-s. cojniect-i-s'l with | 11. P. Hughes anr! Sons, woolbrokers, commit t.-d .-ii'.i.ie in a tram whilst .travelling to L.-w.-s. His wire, whilst going to ideutif*., her husband's body, i ;i_i<) f-omii.it t-.-d Miicide. j TOiiAOCO-OROWINO IN SCOTLAND. i Against the advice of Air AY. Runci- ' man. Finarciai Sr-cretary and Treas- ; urer. • the Scottish Grand Committee ;adopted a Poll, permitting tobacco- . growing in ."vo: iam.i. | FRF NCI I PRESIDENT. J Tiie French President vi.-its England |iv May. j AN" APPOINTAIIINT. | Air Cyril .Jackson, a well-known edu--1 cationisr, has boon appointed Chairman '"t the J/i.ndon County Council's FduI <*a.t mil Co-mmit :< o. | P.RITTSH PR.IAIH MINISTER. ; Sir Henry CatiipiH'll-Raniierman I pas-sod a qiiie* night, and now feels I much more con.tenable. j W. AND A. AIoARTHUR, LTD. Air .Justice Nevill has sanctioned tho I sale ot W. and A. Ab-.Art hur's warty | liiiii.-i", the proceeds to become tho assets of the new company. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE SC'HRMTI The "Standard"' warmly praises the sp_*Kt and patriotism shown in t.he Commonwealth defence scheme, embodying a national guard. INFLUENZA. Deaths from influenza in London last week numbered I*J2. j RAILWAY AMAI.CAh-UTIOX. I The Court of Appeal has upheld Air Justice Lawrence's decision regarding i the. (Ireat Northern-Central Railway ! amalgamation scheme.

[.Mr Ju.sijce Lawtorye decided tlmt the proposed pooling scheme of the Great Northern and Great Central Railway Companies exceeded the statutory pn.-wc.i_, oi those coa.-xmies.J THE NORAYECIAN SHOOTING AFFAJR. CHRISTIANIA, AL.rcb 11. A later report states that one bullet penetrated King Haakon's study. A COLLIERY TRAGEDY. BRL'SSK).S. .March 10. The falling of a cage in a colliery at Charleroi killed ten pensons. THE GOOLDS. -MONTE CARLO, Mnrch 11. Yore Goold will be sent to New Caledonia, and his wife will be imprisoned at Mont Pellier. THE THAW CASK. NEW YORK, .March 12. iEvelyn Thaw* is seeking a divorce on tho grounds that H-arry Thaw was insane at the time of their marriage. A WARNING TO ASIATICS. VANCOUVER. March 11. Eighteen Hindoos have boon fined £100 each for entering British Columbia in contro vent ion of the Act. HAAIPSTEAD AIINTXG FATALITY. (Received .March 12th, 11.12 p.m.) LONDON, March 12. The bodies of tlio men entombed in the Hauvpstead mine havo been recovered. They lay with tho"f> faces to the ground. Thero was evidence tliat they died peacefully, no signs of smuggling being .apparent. ' FRENCH PRESIDKNT'S VISIT TO LONDON. PARIS, A.-rch 12. M. Pichon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, accompanies M. Fallieres, the French President, on his vrsit to London. A NEAY SULTAN -MOROCCO, March 12. Bigsoos. an influential shercefT in South Alorocco, ba_ been proclaimed Sultan. KING F-DAYAILD AT BIARRITZ. ( Ivee-on-ed .March 12th, 9..>1 p.m.) LONDON, Alaroh 12. Advir-es from Biarritz show tba.t it is gonorr-illy agreed that King Edward is more vigorous than on bis previous visit.