HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13112, 11 May 1908, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press A««<Jciation—By Electric Tele^ra^b —Copyright. PRICE OF FRAUD. LONDON, May 8. James Calcutt, charged with defrauding the Mile End Board of Guardians by moans of false accounts, pleaded "guilty." and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. MURRAY v. "THE TIMES." In the case of Murray v. "The Times," plaintiff was awarded £7500. A stay of execution was granted on the ground that the damages awarded were excessive. NATAL MILITIA PROPOSAL. DURBAN, May 8. The Natal Defence Committee re commends the compulsory service of white men between tho ages ol" nineteen and twenty-one, in the militia, provid ing a force of (JOCO. BRITISH TRADE. LONDON, .May 8. British imports for April decreased by £9 ; G32,7'J2, and exports by £2,711,528, whilst re-experts decreased by £2,896,670 as compared with tho previous April. I SOUDAN RAIDERS. j CAIRO, May 8. Raiders shot and killed Major Henry Coape Smith, Commander of a Camel Corps, whilst he was searching for strayed camels in tho vicinity of Abinesiid. A" COMPANY PROMOTERYS ARREST. (Received May 10th, 4.23 p.m.) PARIS, May 9. Henri Rochetto has been released on bail amounting to £8000* [Henri Pochette, a Parisian company promoter, was arrested on March 20th on charges of theft, tho arrest causing a great sensation in financial circles in Paris. M. Rochetto was associated with iiuancial undertakings whoso total canital exceeded £1,500,000 and it is alleged that this amount was inflated by speculation to as much as £8,000,000. The chargo against him was that of having floated bogus companies.] A SHIPPING CASUALTY. (Received May 10th, 4.23 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 9. Tho steamer Bovcric, bound from Astoria to Sydney, struck an unknown object and put into San Francisco, where she will discharge her cargo and bo docked for repairs. A MURDERER'S REPRIEVE. NEW YORK, May 9. Harry Orchard, tho murderer of Stonnenberg, has, against his own protest, been reprieved until July. He declares that ho would prefer to ho hanged, as even his fellow prisoners ahun him. THE EULENBERG CASE. (Received May 10th, 4.18 p.m.) BERLIN, May 9. After a prolonged confrontation with three witnesses, Prince Eulenberg was arrested, and although suffering intense physical pain, ho was conveyed in a motor ambulance to Berlin. Counsel sought to have the Prince released on £35.000 bail, but the examining magistrate refused. THE AMERICAN FLEET. NEW YORK, May 9. Mr Metcalf, secrotary to tho Navy, reviewed tho American Fleet at San Francisco. Admiral Evans' command ended yesterday, when' he was so ill that he was unable to proceed aboard his flagship and participate in tho review, as intended.