BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 100, 29 April 1908, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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(Received April 29, 9 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, April 28. King Edward and Queen Alexandra have left Stockholm for Christiania. JAPANESE REVENUE TOKIO, April 28. Japan's revenue lor the year is seven millions sterling above the estimates. A million was saved on the estimates. JAPAN ENCROACHING. PEKIN, April 28. China has protested against the Japanese administration of Korea including the Chieatas territory, between Korea and China. SHAW, SAVILL COMPANY. LONDON, April 28. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company has declared a profit of £22,792, \ and a dividend of 5 per cent. The sum of £3255 has been carried forward. COPING WITH FORGERS. BRUSSELS, April 28. Owing to the series of successful forgeries which have been carried out, the Bank of Belgium is issuing temporary thousand-franc notes of a new design. ■ i AMERICA'S RECOVERY. NEW YORK, April 28. Mr Certelyou, Secretary to the Treasury, is withdrawing from the national banks forty-five million dollars' worth of Government deposits, half on May 9 and the remainder on May 23. * THE CIGARETTE EVIL. OTTAWA, April 28. ' In the Dominion House of Commons, Mr Fielding, Minister for Finance, Pimounced that a Bill would be introduced to restrict the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in Canada. A SECOND SNUB. NEW YORK, April 28. The American Senate, by 50 to 23, again defeated the Naval Appropriation Bill after it had been amended, by President Roosevelt's desire, to provide for the construction of four battleships instead of two. AN APPEAL FOR RECRUITS. LONDON, April 28. Dr. Clarke, Archbishop of Melbourne, delivered a great sermon in St Mary's Church, Cambridge, making a stirring appeal to the undergraduates. He emphasised the Church's need of men both at Home and in Australia, and also the hopefulness and power of her work in those dis-j iant new communities of Englishspeaking people.