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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 141, 20 June 1911, Page 2

CABLE ITEMS.

[put'3B ASSOCIATION.!

THE VITERBO FARCE,

HOME, June 18. The conflicting "evidence given at the Camorra trial amounts to a scan--idal. Some depositions have been with—drawn and several witnesses have been prosecuted for perjury. Hitherto, there has been little real .evidence against the prisoners. A BIGAMOUS MORMON. LONDON, June 18. George William Lucid,, alias Lake, has been committed for triat on a charge of bigamy: There were -2700 letters found at his lodgings, which showed that some of his victims had -advanced him money. THE SINEWS OF WAR. LONDON, June 18., It was announced at the Albert Hall that the suffragette propaganda fund fta4 now reached the £100,000 asked for. : " ■ •■' :■ . ■•• ■'.'.■.■ • SMUGGLED ARMS. 1 LISBON, Jim© 18. Three waggons of smuggled quickfirers and. revolvers from Galicia were seized at Vigo, but four waggons passed, undetected.: The Government lias discovered a Monarchist plot in South Portugal. Those arrested in--clude Ck>unt Armil and Dr Abel Compos. -■■: , :■■■''-■ A TERRIITIC •■■■■;■ ' LONDON, June 18. There have been terrific thunderstorms in Lancashire. Hailstones an inch in diameter fell at Hastingden. One person was killed by lightning at- . Accrington. ■ ■" / '/ :•■ /. ■.' ■' ■'■.';- . ■" THREATENING LETTERS. '■ . . ■#*■ : ..•■.., ■>:■>. LONDON,' June 18: ■ ,; "Ex-nolic© inapecto^.tSyine has been, '"remanded at Street on a §harge ■of sending Mr ; Ramsay Macdohald a letter, in which he^threatened to liakke an" attack in public oti the' person '~pf<: Mr Chpro^ill;;^aAd.'Msa'''ior.^nd£ii|^: & letter threa^nirig ,W kill Sub-divi-sional Inspector Reed; against; wh<jsa: . Ihe had an old grievance. ':'■'-> :■ THE MAWSON EXPEDITION. { LONDON, June 18. Dr Mawson is going to! Paris to discuss with the Prince" of•Monaco as to i;he best deep, sea dr edging,'gear.",- The. prince has already arranged-for on© ; of the scientific staff^ of! ;tbe'expedition to undergo training in the Gceanographical Laboratory -■ at Monaco, Dr Mawson states that the . Aiirora will be dry-docked. She is a roomy ship, a littW smaller thanHthe Terra Nova. . • .'■ '■'■■■ .' :' ".':/.■>''■ ' .^v '■■ AVIATION ACCIDENTS. '-/;■ n '-'■ . .PARIS, June ig. Lieutenant Prineeteaii, intending Ho start in to-day'si Paris-Bmsseis-Lori' donxaoe, was practising with a,;Biferiot aeroplane at Issy when the: xn^hine iell, and burst, into* flames; The lieutenant, was charred to such ah extent ■that" the body wals not recognisable. Lemartm, another competitor^ -on a Bleriofc, was fatally^ dashed iritp* a "tree. \ The accident -'^asVattribnt^'/toi . Ja' 'faulty; propeller;'-.;:;"'' ?/:■' !';.;/\" ■'■'•:.• ■[''-■"':■>'■ ' \^^:THE/-BIRKBECpC^©iNK^s>->:^ ■ .-■,:/-;' .. : :- 'LO^N|>pN^.-Jui^t|B£;■:■:: ■' ■ I The: London, ; , 00/jmtyi and:;-Widtstmiij--'., ~ ■ receiver ihe bknkihg . premises ana^^ssejfe'f and? iihe : fmsiiiess,' comprising *advances on , secprrfy. * t v^^^4i.'>-'- '•'■■•■* l*''" v;-;'" i . ■. ; : i-; ■ taftjter -r^^x,: v ■ '-...■ ■ ■;■,, - ,; Northanjpfeiishire beJajt;,Kent; by 135 iii;..iß^^anip^]^^;^^'.S^r+^. .•.■•■ ' "% -NAIIONAK^^RtCUiiE- $$.?y<- ■ ■■ ":^h./:: ■ ..? 'LONDiON^-Juiie,:|^. :i ,^ The: National Mortgageland Agency Cwifipan-y',?:::<tf>.Ne^ «lared an interim dividend of per . ■ ibent. .. "■^^""V^.; :^'■: ;■<■"V^;'^.;t:':;'i;^;•'■ l^sW■ ;:;^-'^ ■ j THE ORDER OF ''THlE^OJV^r:. ':? ■■■,■ ......-.■;;.,, /.„;.'.BERLIN;■;june-Jl8..:;;. '■'The Raiser ha's;'confew^w:'thfe'S«^ndr-: •- "*las6' : ;;Order;,:''iof:! ;the!. :Cr,owkl'ri.<m".:,.'Sir'- . JErne^:^Shapkleton..:.: : ....... '■ ..*■ v./£f> "■,£' . \ . ;:;A '!R^M^^:o,RDEp3^->': v , :4, r; ■■•--;-: ■', ( :L®fDON- ■ ■ :..:,,vA H 'receiving:^^#-*^b^etf;?ma^ .',. against Ernest ifeat*H^fe^\:';ai(i':sw«.'. instance of the- London Trading Sanking Conipany, Limited : .•• ■■ A:PATRlOTld>Nd||p^SNivJ^^ ' ■■•; .J:!:CHRiSTL^NL|'^^un©'.^B.-:;/ r Christoffersen, a. Norwegian • ■ rjesident of Buenos Ayres, is delr^ying^/the cost of provisioning and outfitting the JTram until AmundseEL'sTeturniW Ne\r , Zealand and ,San■ .Erancisool -^'■-"/.'■■'^\ THE PEARL PpACHERS.; • ..' .;, ! . •PERTH'/.June,; 19. The, captains of the Dutch vessels "towed into Broom© declare thai they were illegally^ seized on the high seas, in violation of^lnternational laWv

, ~A CHINESE MTONY. .. .:. \:-- PERTE^ June 19. Th© steamer Skerries has arrived from Durban. The captain ■that the Chinese crew mutinied and assaulted the third engineer. ■ The, steamer put in at Mauritius, where ihe mutineers were sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment,, and a new crew ! THE QUEENSLAND CENSUS. BRISBANE, June 19. The final census returns give the males at 333,674 and the females at 279,26(3. A NARROW ESCAPE. Adelaide; June 19. The fireproof curtain, weighing 2J tons, at the King's Theatre, fell and ; -crashed through the stage. The actors had a narrow escape and the performance was abandoned. 'QUEENSLAND'S PRESENT. BRISBANE, June 19. j The Government is presenting the "King with a charger to celebrate the Coronation. . A MYSTERY CLEARED UP. MELBOURNE, Juno 19. The mystery attached to; the dis--covery of wreckage at Frankston has Jbeen clea rV»d up. , The Nurrong on her last voyage had a lot of immigrants' temporary hatches constructed. When finished with they were jettisoned.