BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 279, 23 November 1912, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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, TOWN DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21. Reports indicate that the town o Aoanbay has been destroyed by &\ ■earthquake. Communication is inter rupted. The deaths are said to num ber 100, but the reports have not ye ibeen verified. SOUTH AFRICAN DROUGHT. CAPETOWN. Nov. 21. The drought is still severe in man; -districts, but has been broken i\ Natal and at Johannesburg, where i water famine was feared. Th' •drought will cause a set-back, an< there will be great losses. DEFAULTING TERRITORIALS, LONDON, Nov. 21. From niow on imprisonment wil follow the non-payment of fines im ■posed on Territorials for not attend Ins summer camps. MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS. LONDON, Nov. 21. Besides legacies to the City o 'Liverpool amountings'to £123,000, tin late Mr Thomas Bartlett. has be «meathed the resideue of his estate -amounting to £50,000, to Liverpoo 'Cathedral. A JUST FIRM. LONDON, Nov. 21. At the inquest into the fire a: Barker's, a vefdict of "accidenta -cause" was returned. Barkers ar< recompensing the sufferers with th< gift of three years' wages beyom the legal claims. DIRECT ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. -: An effort is being planned by Con :gress to revise the Constitution t< -provide for direct election of Presi -dents. EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION. LONDON, Nov. 22. The Empire Trade Commission has •concluded, its sittings in London. Mi .John Burns testified that ; probabb '267,000 emigrants left Great Britah this year, of which 82 per cent, wouk ■go to the Colonies. MARCONI CONTRACTS. . LONDON, Nov., 22. Before tlie Marconi Committee M: King, Secretary to the Post Office iflatly denied that the political head* pressed him to laccepti the Marcon nor had attempted t( influence him hy pecuniary considers -iaons. The contract was made entire Jy in the public interest. DISMAYED BOOKMAKERS. . LONDON, Nov. 22. Judge Rentoul's decision ha* •rolaoed the bookmakers in a quandary 'They are liable to he suedi by losers o: Ibets. An appeal is being prepared. LORD DENMAN'S EVICTION. • LONDON, Nov. 22. The Times says: "Whatever th« or wrongs in regard to Lort JDenman's eviction from Sydney Gov <erament House, it is not calculated tc raise Australia's reputation! "withii the Empire." The paper also declare! ■that Mr Fisher's attitude was one oi tmquestionable regret at New Soutl "Wales's appearance of discourtesy anc <dssreßpeet to the King's representative. PRICE OF PETROL. LONDON, Nov. 22. Three thousand taxi-cab drivers rejected owners' proposal to increase tlie price of petrol from January. ' NATIONAL SPORTING BELT. LONDON, Nov. 22. The National Sporting : Club will award a belt to tie winner of the Welsh-Mehegan fight. - ' SOUTH AFRICAN POLICY. CAPETOWN, Nov. 22. The South African Party Congress at Pretoria, under Mr Botha's presidency, approved of a platform including encouragement of European immigration and restriction of , Asiatics, a -conciliatory native policy, and the securing to white labor a fair share in the agricultural and industrial development of the country. NON-POLITICAL LABOR. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. The American Federation of Labor jefused to endorse the formation of a national Labor party, preferring continuance on a non-political basis. PANAMA CANAL.- ". ' m ' .WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. . The Inter-State Commerce Commission decided to withdraw its ruling restraining foreign' shipping from -carrying material from United States ports to the canal zone, Porto Rico, or .elsewhere, the discovery having been made that the ruling wonld delay 'the completion of the canal this year. , TB® MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK. • PARIS, NovV 22. At ayfcampes the trial of Wells has ftegua. Counsel explained the system by vrhich Wells broke the bank at nrin • F o ™ times, winning £80,----000 m 1891. He also won £7000 last year. A BOXER KILLED. m PARIS, Nov. 22. .Boxing at Toulouse Estirao struck ±Jenezacrm the ear. Benezao did not regain consciousness, and died on the way to the hospital EXPLOSION. .. ■ PARIS, Nov. 22. By an oil explosion on the submarine Faucaull six of the crew were ifievereJy biirnt. TSAREVITCH INCURABLE •Th v • i Bf^ LIN, Nov. 22. rtS VossKsche Zeitnng states that the Tsarevitch has tuberculosis in the hip, with a discharge and hsemophilia and is incurable. The question or the succession is under discussion