BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 194, 16 August 1912, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[IEESS - ASSOCIATION.} MALAYSIAN SWINDLES. (Received Aug. 16, 10;20 a.m.) LONDON, Awg.ls. The Colonial Office publishes a tele45r.am from the Governtnent of Federated Malaysia, warning the public agaiiisi) the possible flotation of -over-capitalised cocoanut and copra companies offering greatly overvalued properties. The appearance of the names of retired Malaysian officers in; the prospectuses cannot be -i-egarded as indicating _that the proposals are sound. THE AMATEUR LINE. LONDON, Aug. 15. - At a meeting of ; the Amateur Howirig Association a resolution was passed deprecating public subscriptions for the Olympiad, as tending "to- professionalism. , FORTIFYING THE OLYMPIC. LONDON, Aug. 15. New side bunkers/will shortly be constructed around the Olympic, extending from the double bottom above the water-line, and forming practically an inner, skin. DISEASEI) FRENCH CATTLE.

Paris; Aug. is.' Seventy thousand cattle are suffering from foot and mouth disease in the Saone and Loire districts. GERMANY AND CANADA. OTTAWA, Aug. 15. Dr Hammaene, secretary of the German-Canadian Economic Association, is Canada with a view to fostering trade with Germany. NOT TAKING ANYTHING. ~ J . LONDON, Aug. 15. * ' The English suffragettes imprisoned in Ireland have 'begun ',. a hunger strike. .-■ ; '-'■'"'■..' "

PTOMAINE POISONING. . .iONDON, Aug. 15. The Eastern Extension. Telegraph Company's steamer ,7ohn Pender has arrived at' Plymouth witn nineteen serious cases of ptomaine poisoning caused by eating tinned ;fooa' r[ , The men, hjowever;') are recovexing. ,

AN EXTENSIVE SCHEME. . "OTTAWA, Aug^ 15. - The pxoposals submitted to the Government -in connection with the

Blacksod Bay-Halifax■•> line include a; fast Pacific line_! to Australia;, New Zealand, Japan, and India.

"FOR MEN MUST WORK." ■■♦ " MADRID, Aug. 15: V . On© hundred and twenty men belonging to the fishing village of Bermeo alone were drowned in the ■recent* storm.

A SUSPECTED ROBBER. .■/ LONDON, Aug. 15. "Kid" McCoy,, the pugilist, charged <with robbery at' the Palace Hotel, >©stend, has been further remanded. ,

NEW SOUTH WALES ''GO." '."!" LONDON, Aug. X 5. New4 South Wales is exhibiting .fourteen varieties. of wheats at the Liverpool Corn Exchange, and the ' -display is attracting much attention.

TRAINING FOR SEAMEN. : ■ LONDON, Aug. IV As the outcome of a discussion in,

the newsx/apers regarding .the short-1 , age of seamen, the Government has intimated that it vrill financially assist

training ships if the Board of Educa; * tion will frame suitable regulations.

ALPINISTS KILLED. ROME, Aug. 15: Advices from Turin state, that Mr H. Jones, Lecturer in Chemistry at -Clare College,. Cambridge, his wife, and a Swiss" guide were killed on the Fresnay glacier, Aiguille de. Peteret. WHAT WILL GERMANY SAY? PARIS, Aug. 15.: The, Russian Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs are coming to Paris! in September. The - Grand X>uke Nicholas w:ll attend^ the -manoeuvres. ,

AN IMPECUNIOUS NOVELIST. . , LONDON, JVug. 15. 'Thfe' late Justin McCarthy's estate ias been sworn at £460.

SENSATIONAL ' 'BLOW-OUT.'' LONDON, Aug. 15. Gas -in a man-holo in Jermyn Street exploded. Paving stones were thrown in the ail1, and an electric cable -caught fire, requiring* the .presence; of the brigade. Four persons were injured.

THE MIKADO'S FUNERAL. | ..LONDON, Aug. 15. Prince Arthur of Connauglit will represent the King at the Mikado's funeral. A TOUGH NUT. LONDON, Aug. 15. A bwrglar in Lord Meath's house at Lancaster Gate fell through a sk'ylaght and was injured, but escaped. A WHISKY REVIVAL. _ LONDON, Aug. 15. Owing to depression -in the whisky trade, eleven distilleries ceased work last season; but they'are now resuming.