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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 116, 14 May 1912, Page 7

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[PBEBB ASSOCIATION. 1 A COSTLY PORTRAIT.. LONDON, May 11, Raeburn's portrait 'of General Aaa•drew Raus and his wife has been sold :at auction for 21,200 guineas. .SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE QUESTION. , _ CAPETOWN, -May 11. The 4ssembly debated Mr Smuts' motion in favor, of an inquiry into native assaults. It was stated that 20 -firms wore engaged in illicit hquor.selling, which was largely responsible for the assaults. Mr Botha declared that the time was coming when they must seriously -consider the matter of preventing the -intermingling of the whites and natives, and he promised a Commission to fully investigate the question. PEACE CENTENARY. OTTAWA, May 11. Arrangements are being made to ■celebrate the centenary of peace between the United States and Canada. A PRINCE DEPORTED. NEW YORK, May 11. The United 'States Government has ordered the deportation of Prince 'Gustav Dickran, an Albanian Prince who recently arrived. The reason is not given, but the Prince says that it. \ is a result of the persecution of the '"Turkish 'Government. TERRIFIC ELECTRIC STORMS. NEW YORK, May 11, Terrific electric storms are being -experienced at Dcs Moines, lowa, and houses are being flooded. Lignt- • -ning struck a warehouse and destroyed -it. Traffic has been suspended. A NEW WEAPON. LONDON, May 12. Mr- Gledhill, of Armstrong; an^i "Whitworth's, speaking at the Iron md Steel Institute, hinted' at the prodhiction of a new, 18-iaich, gun. ■weighing from 150 to 200 tons. EMILY .SOLDENE'S ESTATE. ■ ' LONDON, May 12. Emily Sdklene's estate has been proved! v,t £SlO. LORD WENLOCK'S ESTATE1: LONDON,. May 12. Lord Werilock's estate has been proved at £519,487, yielding £6?,000 in death duties. He bequeathed onJv £400 to his old .servants, stating tha-s rthe ;heavy death duties were the rea>«cm or the stnallness of the bequest--;. A STEAMER FOUNDERS. . COPENHAGEN, May 12. The ."Norwegian steamer Lorre foundered as the result of an explosion, tand seven people were drowned. ANOTHER COLLISION. LONDON, May 12. The battleship London collided vrith the steamer I Don" Benito in the Jog at midnight oif Hythe. The Don ("Benito was towed into Dover half full ■rA water., The London was uninsured. PARISIAN THIEVES. PARIS, May 12. , Two thieves, .aged nineteen, after •Slaving exchanged ntimerous revolver •shots with the'police, were arrested •for attadking a septuagenarian lady ■named Coursevois, and robbing her <if jewels, title deeds, and a quantity :«f rmoney. ALLEGED JEWISH BLOODSACRIFICE. ■ST. PETERSBURG, May 12. The reactionary organ Zemtchina -•describes as hypocrites and mercenaries the British signatories to the protest against the Jewish ritual murder charges-at Kieff. The paper adds that it is undeniable that tiie Jews «nn*inue to kill Russian children, bleeding them for hotirs. "3PWO GREAT PAPERS AMALGAMATE. LONDON, May 12. The Morning Leader has_ been, incorporated with the Daily News. The .new"papers will be styled the Daily , News and Leader. REVOLTING TRIBES. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 12. The .tribe_s ..between flpek and Gus- ' inj'e are in a'-;ferment. Eleven thousand are, in revolt. A Turkish bat- • talipn was ambushed and sustained heavy losses. Reinforcements have been «eni from Uskub, but it is feared that the.Miridite and other powerful clans will join in the revolt. FATE -OF MISS MALECKA. ST. PETERSBURG, May 12. Miss Malecka has been found guilty at Warsaw and sentenced to four Tears' servitude. The \prosecution iisserted that Malecka was associated -vrith Joseph Pilsudzki, the organiser •of two bomb attacks in trains carrying Government funds. Miss Piefcarska, in her evidence, saic iftat Malecka knew Bronislas Pilsiicizki, •the Polish ethnographer, and not .Joseph PilsudzkL Accused act•ed intermediary in .the sole -of Bronislas's collection to Cambridge University. Malocka s counsel stated that being an English woman she was suspected ana ■prosecuted for merely holding Socialistic opinions. She went to Po--la7id to see her father's country and <visit Chopin's birthplace. PROMOTION FROM THE RANKS. ■■■.-.. SYDNEY, May 13. Tho Federal/ Government has <le.<ciaed to inaugurate in the Austral i'm Ha-vy a spbeme for promotion -rrom -the lower deck, provided the ■^itish Aa-mirrulty concurs. It is considered -thivt the '.proi/osal will have n,n ■>i»ip,3rtfmt effect of induing boys to join . the N.f..vy. . IMPROVEMENT, ON MARCONI. MELBOURNOE, May 13. Bi'leillie, the^ Government wirel-^s expert, has perfected ia system lor sending wiretes'Tnessiagcs witoout * he use of masts, and also has succeeds! ' in directing messages to <a. set point; by the use of wii-es buried! in the <ea-rth. lUxperiments maxie between Melbourne and Hobart were successfal COMPULSORY INSUKAWOB. SYDNEY, May 13. Mr Flowfers diecliired' that the Government is" eonsioering a scheme of State compulsory insurance, which iv some extent will take aw_a.y the independence of friendly societies. The » scheme is something. similar to Mr Lloyd George's scheme. A JOCKEY'S END. SYDNEY, May 13. A well-knov/n jockey named Lewis Kuhn was found dead in berl pbisonecE. It is supposedl to be a case ,of suicide. AN AVIATION CONTEST. SYDNEY, May 13. .Articles Yiu.\e been signed ior +he first aviation contest between Hart. • Australia, end Stone, of America. THE BOY SCOUT FOUNDER, „ .BRISBANE, May 13; . Sir1 11. ,B«'id«n-Powell lias arrived. Job Printing—^eny style or color— &$ "fbfpr^jß" Printing Works,