ENGLISH MAIL NEWS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 949, 17 October 1910, Page 9

ENGLISH MAIL NEWS

■ -« — . "OLIVER . TWIST." London, September 2. A boy twelve, years of age, named Hari'y Evans, who had. been caught oh the premises o£ a marine store dealer by a policeman,, was charged 1 before the Coventry Bench with being, on. the place for an unlawful, purpose. The. policeman, said that the/boy. stated.that,,a man:had pushed him through, with instructions to take money fribm a drawer: At a common lodginghouse he pointed .but this man,.who was arrested. The boy was the principal witness in tho case apainst this man, named Mason, and said that the prisoner had pushed ' him through . the: window on three previous occasions • to that on which-he was caught. He had twice got inoney out of the drawer. and> handed it to the prisoner, who . each time .gave him a penny. When the. wit- , riess failed, to any:!money' Mason refused to help him back through' the window, Mason was ,senitenced to three months and . the boy placed under probation. '• . ... IMPERIAL TEADE. . The second volume of tho annual statement of .trade of. the United, Kingdom , with foreign .countries and 'British ; possessions for ,1909 has been issued. ~R shows, that the total imports from foreigif countries ■ amounted', to. jEi79,453,018,' compared, with ,i2i64,817,692 in ,1903. The exports to the ■ same: countries were of the. value of ,£331,653,531 ill 1.909, .£319,978,431 in 1908; The . , imports from British possessions amounted to i£145,251;939, compared with .£128,135,795' in 1908. ' The exports wxre against' in. 1908. The foregoing figures relate• to'raerchan-: diss consigned from and .to foreign countries and British possessions. The total exports of the product) ar.<l manufactures of'the .United' Kingdom w-»re of the. value,of ,in 1909, against, . in 1908. To ■ British possessions we sent goods, valued.at >£127,238,084, against in 1908. -

RAILWAY MYSTERY. ; ' ;A mysterious "death on ,tho lailway, |.under bircunistarices which •.-■.suggest murder, has been . between Heading -and Twyford,, on the , Great Western .line.. The tody of Charles Thomas Hopping, . twenty-three; years of age, of Reading, was found lying on the line, with.the skull fractured. .An empty I sovereign purso which belonged to thoyoung ntiin was found lying near him, 1 and it is stated' that his clothes were li torn as.: though he had'taken part, in a (struggle. Mr. Hopping left his home to pay a visit ..to London; He wore , ttvo gold . rings,, one. with two diamonds,: find a valuable.'gold chain. and ;watch, the latter.'lnscribed,with .his .liamc., Ho also had a considerable, sum of, money'in his possession. , 'Wuii«V^-'''"-neitlier''' ; nor jewellery on the body when it was found: : At 1 the inquest an' open verdict was returned.—"Standard of. Empire."