BRITISH AMD FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 64, 16 March 1911, Page 5

BRITISH AMD FOREIGN.

{jPRBSa ASSOCIATION. ] COLOMBO'S POPULATION. .COLOMBO, March 15. iTlie-• census^:6ft'.Colombo, figures at ::211,154. A BIG LINER. LONDON, March 15. Tho-P.;i aid O.> liner Medina, has i been. launched at Greenock. AnBREAD^OBNEE. . KEW YORK, March 14, John Gates is reported to be beM«nd.a.big corporation to control the Sbread,market. THE. SCRIPTURES. ■ ATHENS, March 15. The..Government has agreed to for- ' bid translations of \ tth© Scriptures un- ! lesa the Patriarch's assent is'given. ■v A PUNITIVE.. EXPEDITION. PARIS, March 15. The .^Government is despatching: .infantry aald artillery to Casa ' . Blanca to; punish the murderers of . Mafchand. t ,- j THE NOTING STRENGTH. ; LONDON, March 15. Alßlue Book issued states that ,-. there are*:? 6,407,642 i electors in Eng".land arid Wales,: 800,448 in Scotland, arid :>696;375'in" Ireland. THE.LAX VICAR. .LONDON, March 16.. The Rev. John Lax, of Stainmore, Westmoreland, whom the Consistory 'Court-recently found guilty of misconduct,1 has' been" deprived of his living. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. LONDON, March 15. Fiftyrfive. cattle,, 7 swine, and 165 > sheep were slaughtered at Chobham.? iEighteenr of "the cattle and 5 of the •. swine were ■ affected -with foot and mouth disease. •-COMMONWEALTH NAVIGATION BILL. LONDON,' March 15. The Associated Chambers of Com>merce resolved that the Common- • wealth Navigation " Bill should be .amended in conformity with ,the •.recommendations of the Colonial i Shipping Conference of 1907. CHINESE 'RESTRICTION. OTTAWA, March 15. ,The Canadian Government are con"templating relaxing the' Chinese immigration restrictions in order to : Allow the wives -6f; incoming' Chinese -entry without paying the" head 1 tax. 'Senators favor the proposal,- several expressing the'belief that the general .restrictions are too rigorous.

WAR AGAINST THE SHEPPING'RING.

CAPETOWN, March 15. With a view of compelling thedisr isolution <>f the shipping ring the Tost Office Bill exclucfres mail contracts company maintenance on •the rebate system. A" -special clause /empowers the Governor to "diflFeren"tiate both at _|the ports an"d the union jrailways against cargo <caTrying 'by *such company -vessels.