BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 71, 25 March 1907, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[press association.! BIG BILLIARD BREAKS, (Received March 25, 8.43 a.m.) LONDON, March 24. Recce beat Weiss by 7000 to 2865. Ueece made a break of 4593 unfinished, including 2268 by cradle cannons in 98 minutes. : Lovejoy, playing Pindar, secured 2257 unfinished by the same stroke. ] [The cradle-cannon is an invention; of Lovejjoy, who is an ex-Australian.^] ; WELCOME NEWS FOR BAD ; SAILORS. LONDON, March 24. 'Sir William White reports that Schlock's gyroscopic apparatus extinguishes the rolling motion of ships. THE TRANSVAAL AGENCYGENERAL. LONDON, March 24. While in London, Sir Richard Solomon will organise the Agent-General-ship of the Transvaal. MEAT FOR THE ARMY. LONDON, March 23. The War Office is inviting tenders, to be in before July loth, for half a million pounds of tinned beef and jnntton, to be replaced annually till 1910. - MURDER-IN MOROCCO. PARIS, March 24. " Owing to the murder of Dr. Mail-; champ, a French subject, in the streets J of Marrkesh (Morocco), the cruiser Jeanne d 3 Arc has been sent to Taa- ■*"** FRANCE AND SIAM. PARIS, March M. \ By a new agreement between' France and Siam regarding the settle-; merit of disputes, the former is'to take rice from the provinces of Angkor, Battembang aod Sisophon. ? MISTRAL AT MARSEILLES. " PARIS, March 24.

A yiolent mistral in the roadstead a* Marseilles compelled the liner Britannia to anchor at Estauue. Prince Fushima of Japaai is aboard. DEATH OP M. PQBIEDONOSTZEFF LONDON, March 23. The death is announced of M.! Bobiedonostzeff, late Procurator of the General Holy Synod, Russia; setat 80. THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. LONDON, March 24. Lasker won the thirteenth game in thechess championship. [This makes the sixth game which Lasker has won. Marshall has not won any, while 7 have been drawn.]