BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 118, 16 May 1912, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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A i^MJU-LlAii MUiSUK. (Received May 16; 11-.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 15 ; -". Sir George Reid, who is visiting ■Germany, will leqture on Australia in the Reichstag Buildings: He will be the first foreigner to address an audience in that building. , MILITANT SUFFRAGISTS ON TRIAL. LONDON,, May 15. The trial of Mrs Pankhurst and Mr -and Mrs Pethick Lawrence has commenced at the Old Bailey. „ There are -54 indictments; A y STEAMER AFIRE. '.-. , LONDON, May 15J A fire on the Peninsular Company's .-steamer 'Malta at the Royal Albert Docks started in the, coal bunkers and reached the afterhold and engine T . room. ■ • '•' ■• ■■ ' -■. . '■'''.■..i- ' ■■.■-'■■■ A PLUCKY NOBLEMAN. LONDON, May 15. Lord Dunsany, who is a poor swimmer, pluckily endeavored, with, the help.of a policeman, to rescue a drowning footman ica the Serpentine, but. the,attenlpt was unsuccessful. - A PRESSMAN ENTERTAINED. . •■••:.• '■-: -,■■ . . LONDON, May. 15. The Empire Press Union entertained Mr H. MaeFie, of Sydney, at-, * luricheon. /The Hon. H. L. Lawson..j presided, and there " was a, large .gathering of Australian and British '■':'■.■'journalists;l ■:.'.// '':^'-i k^-''l.:/' .'"■ ■. •■'•/'•■■.•..'■■• ■■'■"■ KILLED BY A SEAGULL. • " ;-,-. .... ■•■ ■,;.;/:;/'; .NEW^ORK, May/15.* ' Investigation disclosed that ihe ac<jiderrt which caused' the death of the .'. aviator Rodgers was'due tp: the,body . /of a seagull catching '' cdntrol ' /wire during the flights; ithiisflpreventing Rodgers woi'kirig.tli«e places; TNfEW SOUTH WALES1 .TREASURY ::•. •. ■-■■■.•: '■:.■••■■.■ ■BILLS.;'-,.^;' v ly'■-'/■-"■ • ;■ " ■-. ■■'■•■•• ■.-•■■■.■.•.■-■■'LONDON; y ::May:IS./. ; New South Wales has: issued £2,----:000,000 worth of twelv^mpiiths' Treasury Bills at^ per peM.:;^t-par: .All Vrwere;;'absorbed yesterda^.>,The Times >: <>onlmeiits on the' very lovr rate", of in-'-terest.■.:■■"'■'"'■ • . :./"^V.'.'V-'""■''■'^ •■•■-" ■'■''■• .'.••■■ - '' ■■•'■'■■■■ :Y.- v ••'■• -■fused.l v: <-■:..: ;";:..;■" ;)'\\;i -:i, ',•-■.■ dTTAWA',,May^ 15.:. ; .V ; . The : Government .has refused the ■Great.: Northern Railway- "Company, which' is United! States, owned, the running rights into Winnipeg over 'the lines of the. Canadian ■ Northern ' Railway, the company having failed to" arrange ix) ■ employ Canadian; train •crews 'in Canadian^ territory. >;