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Sy Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. INFLUENZA IN LONDON. (Received March 26, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 25th March. Owing to influenza among members, several of the House of Commons Committees have been temporarily suspended. AERIAL NAVIGATION. • LONDON, 25th March. In the House of Commons yesterday, the Prime Minister, M» Asquith, replying to a question by Mr. H. C. Lea, Liberal mrmber for St. Pancras East, said that the whole question of aerial navigation had been for some time under consideration by the Defence Committee. The Prime Minister added that provision would be made in the Estimates for forwarding the matter. KING AND QUEEN. LONDON, 25th March. King " Edward and Queen Alexandra will embark at Marseilles in the middle of April upon a cruise in the Mediterranean. THE PRESS IN ARABIA. CAIRO, 25th March. The Egyptian Government is reviving a Press Law of 1881, on the ground that the virulence of a .section of the Arabian press is involving the danger of public security. AN OLD-TIME PUGILIST. LONDON, 25th March. Jem Mace, the ex-pugilist, applied for tho old age pension at Clerkenwell. RUSSIAN MISSION TO TIBET. (Received March 26, 9 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, 25th March. The Public Worship Department of Russia is sending a mission to Tibet. The mission, which will be accompanied by representatives of the Foreign Office, will study the religious ana social life of the Tibetans.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1909, Page 7
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