CABLE NEWS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 98, 27 April 1911, Page 4

CABLE NEWS.

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BRITISH ANO fORBSN.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] A SWIMMING RECORD

LONDON, April 26

Hardwich, practising at the Bath. Club, swam 73£ yards in 41secs, a record. THE ROYAL VISIT TO INDIA. LONDON, April 26. It is understood that the Medina, the latest addition to the Peninsular and Oriental fleet, will convey the King and Queen to India. A FINE COLLECTION. CAPETOWN, April 26. The steamer Conway Castle will convey to London 231 mammals, birds, and reptiles for the King's collection. The consignment is described as the finest ever shipped. OBITUARY. LONDON, April 26. The death is reported of Charles Wertheimer, whose art collection in 1907 was estimated to be worth £75,----000. Wertheimer's house was burgled of £37,000 worth of art treasures, on February 19th, 1907. THE WHITE ENSIGN. OTTAWA, April 26. Rear-Admiral Kingsmill, at a banquet at Halifax, alluded to the Australian action in providing a flag for the Navy, and declared that Canada ought never to change her white ensign. The flag showed that Great Britain's Dominions were one. AVIATION ACHES. PARIS, April 26. The report of the Academy of Sciences, based on doctors' investigations, shows that aviators find, breathing difficult at an altitude of 5000 ft, and buzzing ears at 6000 ft. Rapid descents induce headaches and a strong desire to sleep.