BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 74, 4 April 1910, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[PHESS ASSOCIATION.] THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN. (Received April 4, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, April 2. The New Zealand loan is quoted atj ■ one-quarter premium. "TEDDY" IN NAPLES. ROME, April 3. Mr Roosevelt has arrived at. Naples. LADY DUDLEY. LONDON. April 2. Lady Dudley is able to leave her bed. She is receiving a few visitors. A BIG "HOW-D'YOU-DO?" WASHINGTON, April 3. After shaking hands with 700----women, President Taft, finding thatthere were still 300 more,, declined tocontinue the ceremony. CANADIAN DRY DOCKS. OTTAWA, April 3. In the supplementary naval programme the Prime Minister proposesto augment the subsidy for the construction of large dry docks by onehalf per cent. CAPE COLONY AND THE UNION* CAPETOWN, April 3. The motion at the Afrikander Bond conference in favour of choosing a Cape Colony Minister as thefirst Prime Minister of South Africa: was withdrawn. NICHOLAS WELCOMED. mt ST. PETERSBURG, April 2. The Tsar for the first time for yearsattended a concert at St. Petersburg1. A thousand bandsmen played th©National Anthem several times, amidF much enthusiasm. NATURAL ENEMIES. WASHINGTON, April 3. # Fifty-two million ladybirds, weighing a ton, reared on the State inseefcinstitution at Sacramento, have beeni sent to the melonfields of California to" kill aphides and other pests. CANADIAN REVENUE. OTTAWA. April 2. lhe Canadian revenue for 1909 was over £20,000,000, exceeding the* e 9 Or9 d 9 Ab^ Bo°^ 00- Customs yielded ±,1J,220,000, an increase of .£2,600,00a 4 compared with 1908. .

A MANSION BURNED. mv tt LONDON, April 3. Ine Hope End mansion, occupying the site of Mrs Elizabeth Barrett Browning's home, near Ledbury, hasbeen destroyed by fire. The members or a house party lost their jewels, andhad to escape in their night attire.. The damage is estimated at £50,000.