BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 97, 22 April 1909, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[press association.] THE FALL OF DINIZULU. (Received April 22, 8.45 a.m.) DURBAN, April 21. Dinizulu's dismissal from the Government service is gazetted at Durban. LORD RANFURLY HONORED. LONDON, April 21. The Hon. Mr Hall-Jones attended the ceremony of the conferment of the freedom of the Patternmakers' Company upon the Eaui of Ranfurly. MOCK WARFARE. LONDON, April 21 . The War Office is arranging a special sham fight for June 11, which the delegates attending the Imperial Pa-ess Conference will be invited to witness. | CANADIAN FINANCE. 1 OTTAWA, April 21. Mr W. S. Fielding, Minister for Finance, .speaking in the Dominion House of Commons, estimated the revenue for the past year at 84,050,000 dollars, which is 12 per cent, below that of the previous year; but he states that there would be a surplus of a million and a-half dollars, owing to the reduction of the ordiniairy expenditure. A LOST LIBEL ACTION. LONDON, April 21. The action brought by Dryisdale, a former factor on the Dalmeny estate, against the Earl of Rosebery to recover £10,000 for alleged libel, was dismissed. The Judge remarked, in justice to the plaintiff, that the (result of the investigation of the .accounts I was a satisfactory one.