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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 26, 31 January 1913, Page 7

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[press association.] MAGISTRATES' POWERS

LONDON, Jan, 29. Lord Skerrington, at Edinburgh Couft Sessions, ruled that mag*+rites were not empowered to piohibt public meetings in the streets. COMING NAVAL ESTIMATES. LONDON, Jan. 29. The Daily Mail says that the Treasury declined to agree to provide for more than five battleships m the r<vmin°" Estimates. N4.VAL EXPERIMENTS. PARIS, Jan. 29. Naval experiments to test the value of aircraft in locating .■jbrnannes proved that the seroplanist -has no time to be able to warn battleships. GERMAN WIRELESS.

BERLIN, Jan. 29. In the Reichstag the Postmaster-| General announced that it was contemplated to establish, wireless connection with East Africa;, the South Sea Colonies, and Japan. EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 29. A dynamite explosion destroyed the copper works at Elis&bethpol. bix ■workers were killed. WHITE SLAVE TRADERS ARRESTED. BRUSSELS, Jan. 29. Several white slave traders have been arrested for exporting girls to South American Republics. DIVINITY DEGREES. LONDON, Jan. 29. The Oxford Congregation amended the statute freeing divinity degrees, in the direction of excluding nonChristian religions. CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. LONDON, Jan. 29. Moorhouse, an aviator, was fined £20 for criminal negligence. While motoring he killed a farm laborer. EXPLOITING OIL-ENGINED VESSELSLONDON, Jan. 29. A British, company, with a capital of £1,000,000, has been privately subscribed to exploit oil-engined merchant vessels. Contracts for several 6000-tonners have .been- placed with Swan and Hunter and Armstrong^ for British designed engines. WOMEN'S LABOR LEAGUE. LONDON, Jan. 29. The Women's Labor League Conference passed resolutions in favor of women's franchise, the prevention of war by a general strike, and the granting of divorce where - mutual affection and respect has been destroyed. SMALLPOX IN ENGLAND. LONDON, Jan. 29. Fifteen cases of smallpox are reported from Sussex. PAID THE PENALTY. LONDON, Jan. 29. . Williams, convicted of the murder of Inspector Walls, and Hopwood, the murderer of Florence Dudley, have been hanged. FOOTBALL FIXTURE CANCELLED. LONDON, Jan. 29. The Scottish Rugby Union will not renew the fixture with France, in consequence of the riot on New 'Yearns Day. FIGHT WITH AN EEL. HONOLULU, Jan. 29. Kahanamoku, the swimming champion, lost a finger and was nearly ■drowned whilst struggling with a monster eel. Possibly'he will not compete at the Australian championships. CANADA'S OFFER OF BATTLESHIPS. LONDON, Jan. 29. Mr G. Roberts, M.P., presiding at a conference of the Labor party at Lambeth, criticised Canada's offer of battleships, which, lie -said, would greatly add to Britain's annual expenditure. If Mr Ohurchiirs assurances were to be accepted that the defensive forces were sufficient, these vessels must be in -excess of requirements. Moreover, giving the colonies representation on''the Defence Committee was fraught with far-reaching consequences^ and must be subjected to searching inquiry, PUTUMAYO INQUIRY. LONDON, Jan. 29. Arana has cabled to the Putumayo Committee that lie is coming to p-ive evidence. , & HOLDING UP A TRAMCAR. ■ PARIS, Jan. 29. Six youths, armed with revolvers and daggers, held up. a tramcar and stole the takings. A sharp fight ens sued with the officials and gendarmes \ m which the youths fired at the tram ' Four were arrested. AMERICAN WOOL SCHEDULE. • NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Opponents of the wool schedule point out that the country is "actually taxed 8s 9d per head of population yearly to maintain the wool industry m its present state of prosperity At present the combined ad valorem and specific duties are equal, -according to Democratic contentions, to 128 per cent a wholly unnecessary figure. Ihe Democrats hope to reduce the tariff approximately to the revenue percentage only. LARGE MEAT WORKS MELBOURNE, Jan. 30. +i. a plfns,.of %> freezing works of the Australian Meat Export Company, which has been alleged to be connected with the Meat Trust, show nve blocks of buildings. The main works will be of eight storeys. Four hundred men are at present engaged in preparing the ground. ! EXCHANGE OF OFFICERS MELBOURNE, Jan. 30. fcsir brerald Strickland suggests the periodical interchange of naval, military, and educational officers between Great Britain and the Overseas Dominions. Mr Fisher warmly ap--proves and adds that the proposal might almost include judges GEORGE RIGNOLD'S ESTATE. SYDNEY, Jan. 30. George Rign old's Australian estate has been sworn at £1132. FIRE AT FURNITURE FACTORY PERTH, Jan. 29. Povey's furniture factory was damaged by fire to the extent of £8000. The insurances amount to £5500. BOXING. SYDNEY, Jan. 29. Jack Read won on points :n 20 rounds from Herbert McCoy, for the resident lightweight championship of Australia. DISASTROUS FIRE. BRISBANE, Jan. 30." A fire at Manango destroyed a block comprising the Palace Hotel, Palace Theatre, Goff's fruit shop, MacNamara's stationery emporium, Stuart's tailoring establishment, and

the shop of the South Burnett Importing Company. MacNamara owned the block. The insurances on the buildings was £1950, and the loss is estimated at £5000.