BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 267, 12 November 1907, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. (Received Nov. 12 8.43 a.m.), LIMA, Nov. 11. A devastating lire has occurred at Iquique (Chili). Two thousand peopl* are homeless. AUSTRALIA AND IMMIGRATIONLONDON, Nov. 11. The Pall Mall Gazette says it is glad that Mr Deakin is alive to the need of encouraging the development of Australia's latent resources. The Commonwealth must show a readiness equalling that of Canada to assist emigrants; if she fails, there will come a time when her doors will beforced, possibly by a race less welcome than ours. "THE EDWARDS OF ENGLAND." LONDON, Nov. 11. The chief feature of the Lord Mayor's Show on Saturday was Mr Louia Parker's historical pageant of "The Edwards of England." There* were no. Colonial features. RAILWAY COLLISION. LONDON, Nov. 11. The Great Northern express collided with a stationary train at Finsbury to-day. Thirty persons were injured, but not seriously, except in tw<* instances. A NEW ZEALANDER'S ESTATE. LONDON, Nov. 11. The personalty of the late Mr William Saunders, of Hawke's Bay, has* been sworn at £35,530. A FATAL QUARREL. LONDON, Nov. 11. As the result of a quarrel, Carroll r a coachbuilder of Limerick, killed two*' men employed in the same trade, and then barricaded himself in a room. After severely wounding two policemen he committed suicide. " A GREAT SCHEME. LONDON, Nov. 11. General Booth announces that there* will shortly be realised the greatest colonisation scheme since the days of Moses. There is room, he says, inSouth Africa for all Britain's unemployed, and Tie intends planting then* there. ?