HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13364, 4 March 1909, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Pre-* Asrociition—By E'.tctrio Copyright. THEFT OF VALTAULE BOOKS. LONDON, March 2. I Twenty ancient and valuable books 1 wore st'ilon from the Lincoln's Inn j Library. The thief substituted others. j THE PRESS CONFERENCE. I Sir fiilhert Parser presided over a j mfctiilii ot literary members of the ' Hnu-ic cf Commons to arrange a luncheon in honour of the delegates to the i I'ress Conference, j TERRIBLE AVALANCHE. ! VIENNA, March 2. I An avriJanche ncjr Urcnner ovex- | v.-h-»!:r,«--..l an Au.sr.ri.aii tictac.ament of I ti:c officers and twenty-five men. i Troops l-ave been .sent to endeavour to : extricate the victim;;. j WJKELEriS TELEGRAPHY ON A i TRAIN. j NEW YORK, March 2. 1 The through express between New j York all<l Chicago haji been equipped j with -Marconi instruments, and will maintain communication with the stations during the whole journey. THE OPIUM TRAFFIC. CALCUTTA, March 2. The International Opium Commission !at iShunyhrii has m.'ide important rei commendations to the respective Governments. Out of 191 opium divans !in Hony Kony, twenty-six were closed j yesterday. j RAID ON THE INDIAN FRONTIER. I A gang of Kho.st and KLallat raideirs ' eiKr.ivd Jardr.ii, near Kohat. The [ p.. , lice attacked und killed cloven after j a desperate fight. One policeman was ! killed. : [Kohat is a small village in the Indian I Punjab, lu'ar ;.he border mountains of I Afghanistan. The Khost Valley is'in j LiLstt'rn Afghanistan.] I STEEL MANUFACTURE IN THE TRANSVAAL. PRETORIA, March 2. Mr J. C. ismiiis armouncois that st<vel of tiiio highest quality has been mannfaciurtil trom ore at Pretoria. Tho Transv:»ii,l Government will shortly establish t:io industry. THE MADRID TRIAL. (Received March 3rd, 9.50 p.m.) MADRID, March 3. At tho trial of the threo Spaniards charged with falsifying a marriage register in a church in Madrid, the register playing a vital part in tho proceedings now in progress to docido tho succession to tho Suckville title aud estates, Lanquin, a French interpreter, once employed by Ernest SackvilleWost, aud now in Major Lionel Sack-vine-West's employ, testified that Ernest gavo Ropbon, one of tho accused, 4000 pesetas for falsifying tho register. INDISPOSITION OF THE QUEEN. LONDON, March 3. Tho Queen, who has been indisposed since the visit to Berlin, is suffering from a severe cold. King Edward holds to-morrow's Court alone. RETIREMENT OF ADMIRAL SPERRY. NEW YORK, March 3. Admiral Spcrry has resigned the Atlantic command. Admiral Schroeder succeeds him. [Admiral Schroeder saw service against the Koreans in 1871, and against Spain in 189 S. Ho was Govornor of Guam 1000-1903, and iwas subsequently Chief Intelligence Officer.^