BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 65, 17 March 1911, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[PUESS ASSOCIATION.] ITALY'S REPRESENTATIVE. ROME, March 16. The Duke of Aosta represents Italy at the English Coronation.

WANTED, A SALARY

LONDON, March 16

A movement is afoot to pay members of the London County Council, the action being justified on the ground of the contemplated payment of Members of Parliament.

HEAVY FINES,

WASHINGTON, March 16. The Central and Pennsylvania Railroads were fined respectively £7000 and £4000 for illegally granting rebates to the Standard Oil Company. Litigation began in 1907.

THE "TEDDY BEAR."

WASHINGTON, March 16

Mr Roosevelt, at Albuquerque, New Mexico, denounced Mr Lorimer as unfit to hold public office, andi attacked Senator Haskell, Oklahoma, on similar grounds.

BOMBAY'S CENSUS

CALCUTTA, March 16. The census of Bombay figures outi at 972,892. It is estimated that 40,000 are temporarily absent owing to the depression, the plague, or holidays

NOT GOOD LIVERS

LONDON, March 16. Dr Williams, Medical Officer of Health, London, report* that 27 to 36 per cent, of three consignments of ox livers from Brisbane and Lyttelton were diseased and unfit for food.

30 NEGRO WORKMEN BURIED.

OTTAWA, March 16. By the collapse of the walls of ai hardware store at Nashville after a fire 30 negro workmen were buried under the ruins. Twelve dead bodies were recovered. The accident was caused by the strong wind.

A DIAMOND FIND

OTTAWA, March 16. A geological survey reports, the discovery of diamonds of small size in the Oliviene Mountains, British! Columbia. The discovery is not thought to have any commercial value.