BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 159, 11 July 1906, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

i>RESB ASSOCIATION.] BIUTJSH EMPIRE LEAGUE (Received July 11, 9.2 a.m.)

LONDON. Jiilv 10

At the animal meeting of the .British Empire League, Mi- Jenkins. AgontGoneral tor South Australia, emphasised the fact that foreign tnule with Australia ivns increasing more rapidly than British, though Australians would sooner trade with the British than with outside nations. I'll? League imaniinoiisly tendered its heartie.-t congratulations to Mr Chamberlain. .DUELLING IN FRANCE. PA It^, July 10. Genera! Gorsr>, re.se!)ting M. Fiequart's accusation oi lying in connection with the Dreyfus case, challenged ! tlio latter to a duel. Gor;-;y iired and missed Picquart, who did not return his opponent's lire. BULGARIAN BANDS ANNIHILATED. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 10. Turkish troops have annihilated three Bulgarian bands at Koupishta, killing 92. Twenty Turks were killed. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. . LONDON, July 10. A highwayman robbed live stage. coaches containing seventy-live passengers in one day near the Yose7iiite Valley (about 150 miles inland from San Francisco.) A BOWLING FEAT. LONDON, July 10. in the match Gentlemen v. Players, in the former's first innings, Arthur Fielder obtained ten wickets for 90 runs. C A NAD! A N IMMTG It ANTS. TORONTO, July 10. The total number "of immigrants to Canada during the financial year just ended is 175,000. the largest on record, and 20 per cent, in excess of the previous year. ' FILTHY FACTORIES. LONDON, July 10. The reports of inspectors of factories are revealing the prevalence of filthy conditions in several British and J,rish jam factories and bakehouses, and in German sausage shops in Whitechapel. BREWERY AMALGAMATION. LONDON, July 10. A'cCracken's debenture-holders have unanimously agreed to the amalgamation scheme. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. LONDON, July 10. The sixth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire has opened. Three hundred and forty delegates are present. Lord Elgin, who is presiding, said: " 1 Avill watch the discussion of the various' subjects with the greatest interest, in view of my presiding at the Colonial Conference next year." SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. LONDON, July 10. Mr W. G. Dufneld, of Adelaide, has been awarded the Royal Society's MacKinnon Studentship for work oil the spectra of metals.