BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 217, 12 September 1908, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[PKESS ASSOCIATION.] BERBERS AND THE FRENCH* (Received Sept, 12, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 11. The Berbers suffered two thousandcasualties in the Djorb fight. A BIG THIEF. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 11. The defalcations of Alberti, the! Danish ex-Minister for Justice, total a million sterling. FOREST F.IRES-IN CANADA.. OTTAWA, Sept. 11. Immense areas of forests are ablaze! in Ontario, and the township of Fort William is threatened with destruc* tion. TOLSTOI'S 80th BIRTHDAY. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 11. Count Tolstoi spent a quiet birth/day with his family and intimates. Hd was greatly touched. at the world-wide! greetings which he received. . SULTANIC MAGNANIMITY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 11. Rictei, the Sultan's supposed assailant in a recent attempt on his life, has been released, oh the ground that his arrest was contrary to tha amnesty. THE COTTON DIFFICULTY, LONDON, Sept. 11. The joint conference between the cotton employers and employed at Manchester failed to arrive at a settlement. Efforts are afoot to secure a further conference. LIGHT WINES. CAPETOWN, Sept. 10. • The Light Wines License Bill has been read a second time in the Cape Legislative Council. The Government promise to incorporate a local ! option clause in the measure. | THE WORKLESS. LONDON, Sept. 11V~ The Corporation of- Glasgow has purchased one hundred and seventy] j acres of land to provide work fortho unemployed. The Liverpool Cor- ! poration is taking similar action.;