BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 8, 10 January 1908, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] ONE SUEVIC AGAIN. (Received Jan. 10, 8.49 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 9. The Suevic's parts have been united. IN DIFFICULTIES. NEW YORK, Jan. 9. Receivers have been appointed for the Chicago and Great Western Railroad. KRUGER'S GRAVE. PRETORIA, Jan. 9. The charges against two officers and an ex-civil servant for desecrating the late President Kruger's grave have been withdrawn. \ A LOAN FOR INDIA. ! BOMBAY, Jan. 9. An Indian loan of five millions sterling at 3% per cent, with a minimum of 99, is being issued. A KNIGHT'S CRUSADE. LONDON, Jan. 9. Sir James Crichton-Browne is forming an influential association for the extermination of rats. Several methods will be experimented with. A PEACEFUL INVASION. LONDON, Jan. 9. Following the example of the editors and mayors, 100 German pastors will visit London in June. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr Ingram, Bishop of London, are joining to accord them a welcome. TURKEY MENACING PERSIA. TEHERAN, Jan. 9. Thirty-four Turkish battalions are concentrated near the Persian frontier. KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION. ROME, Jan. 9. An explosion set fire to several houses at Comacchio, in the province of Ferraras. Ten persons were killed. THE DUBLIN CASTLE ROBBERY. LONDON, Jan. 9. A Vice-Regal Commission has been appointed to investigate the robbery of Crown jewels at Dublin Castle in July last. : MILLIONS GONE. NEW YORK, Jan. 9. Charles Wadsworth Whitney, a New York banking millionaire, has committed suicide. He was a large sufferer by the late crisis. KING LEOPOLD'S RIGHT HAND. BRUSSELS, Jan. 9. ; M. Schollaert succeeds the late M. de Trooiz as Premier. THE TIMES. LONDON, Jan. 9. The capital of The Times Company has been increased by £200,000. The new shareholders include Lords Brassey, Rothschild and Strathcona, Viccount Iveagh and Sir Alexander Henderson, Chairman of the Great Central Railway. A LESSON FROM THE PANIC. NEW YORK, Jan. 9. Mr W. J. Fowler, Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Banking and Currency Committee, has introduced a Bill providing for the withdrawal of all outstanding national bank currency secured on bonds, and authorising instead currency based on the general assets of each Bank.