BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 110, 11 May 1908, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] OBITUARY. (Received May 11, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 9.. The death has occurred of the late Sir Henry I Campbell-Bannerman's brother, Mr James Campbell. [Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's name was Campbell originally; he assumed the additional1 name tinder the will of his maternal uncle, the late Henry Bannerman.] MRS HAMILTON'S PERJURY. LONDON, May 10. The Court for the consideration of Crown cases reserved, consisting' of Lord Alverstone and Justices Ridley, Darling, Channell and Lawrence, dismissed Mary Hamilton's appeal, and affirmed her conviction. LIFE INTOLERABLE. NEW YORK, May 9. Harry Orchard, the murderer of ex-Governor Steunenberg, against his own protest has been reprieved until July. He declares that he would prefer to be hanged, as even his fel-low-prisoners shun him. "SWOPPING" TEACHERS. LONDON, May 10. The London County Council "and the majority of. the educational authorities have agreed to realise the conference's recommendation, ; made on the 4th June last, for the interchange of teachers between the' Motherland and the Colonies. GERMAN EXPENDITURE. BERLIN, May 9. I The Reichstag read a third time the Bill providing for the construction of nine hundred miles of railways, costing 7£ millions, in the African Colonies, and the Bill authorising the payment of a grant of £ll > 500' to the North German Lloyd Company for the Australian-Japanese steam line."* A STEAMER DAMAGED. NEW YORK, May 9. The steamer Boveric, bound from Astoria to Sydney, struck an un* known object, and put into San ', Francisco. . She will discharge her i cargo, and be docked for repairs. ; FIRE FIENDS IN BERLIN. BERLIN, May 10. Two hundred incendiary fires have I occurred in Berlin since February. j The police are. at their wits' end, having the task of watching 7000 houses. THE OPIUM TRAFFIC. NEW YORK, May 10. All the Powers have assented to America's suggestion fpr an International Conference to consider the limitation or prohibition of- importation of opium except for medicinal purposes, i : A DISASTROUS FIRE. NEW YORK, May 10. A fire destroyed six business blocks arid two hotels in Atlanta, Georgia. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million sterling. THE PRICE OF CONSOLS. LONDON, May 10. Consols have fallen half-a-crown, and are now quoted at £85 10s.