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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 143, 19 June 1913, Page 7

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[Peebs Associations A BATTLESHIP ASHORE. LONDON, June 17. The battleship Magnificent weni ashore in a fog on a reef at th« entrance to Plymouth, but was refloated undamaged. AMERICAN HEAT WAVE. NEW YORK, June 17. At Chicago five deaths occurred, due to a heat wave. The temperature reached 98 degrees, with great humidity. It is proposed to furnish free ice to the poor. Six deaths occurred at Philadelphia, and Indiana is beating all temperature records. DISASTROUS FLOODS AT BOMBAY. BOMBAY, June 17. Sixteen inches of rain fell in six hours. The damage done by floods is estimated at £60,000. An unofficial estimate states that, 450 people perished. OUTBREAK OF BUBONIC. PORT AU PRINCE, June 17. A serious epidemic of bubonic plague is. prevailing, and scores are dying. The Government has surrounded; the town with a cordon of troops, preventing egress, so as to avoid' spreading the infection. THE FRIEDMANN CURE. NEW YORK, June 17. ]>r Friedmann has returned to Germany. The Board of Health has W ordei-ed the closing of the Friedmann Institute established here. Medical men generally discredit Dr Friedmann's claims. The Montreal mediooes are particularly denunciatory. "UNCLE SAM'S" PUNCH. NEW. YORK, June 17. \ At the celebration of the Bunker's Hill victory at Boston Mr Roosevelt favored a big navy. He said that 'the United States would never consent to arbitration on questions of national honor or vital, national interest. "Uncle Sam" - would never consent to arbitrate. The army was a slap in the face and in the last resort the navy was "Uncle Sam's" punch. • , RIOTING CARBONARIOS. LISBON, June 17. A mob of carbonarios stormed a charity performance organised by the aristocracy. They battered in the theatre doors, which the police defended, using their swords. A diplomatist present sent a request for protection to the civil governor, and troops were sent to disperse ■ the carbonarios. FALSE PRETENCES. LONDON, June 17. Lionel Henderson, educated at Harrow, and a captain in Paget's Horse in the South African Avar, was cbajrged at Liverpool with obtaining seven badges for the Royal enclosures at Aintree under false pretences. He was remanded without bail. j CHARGE OF ROBBERY. 'LONDON, June 17. James. night-porter at the Berkeley Hotel, has been charged with complicity in a robbery from the hotel on May 29th. A PRINCE'S EDUCATION. LONDON, June 17. The King is sending Prince Henry to Eton in the summer. EARTHQUAKE AT TIRNOVA. LONDON, June 17. The earthquake killed upwards of 100 people at Tirnova and the neighboring towns. FLAX AND HEMP SOCIETY! LONDON, June 17. A Flax and Hemp Society has been formed to promote the revival of flax growing. Two areas at Selby and; Yeovil have been planted. A COLLIERY FLOODED. LONDON, June ±7. A sudden inrush of water occurred at the CarrhoiTse Colliery at Rother- , ham. Eight miners were drowned, .j and there were several exciting escapes. BRITISH MINISTER TO TURKEY . LONDON, June 16. Sir Louis Hallet, Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, has been appointed British Ambassador at the Porte. ATLANTIC FREIGHT RATES. OTTAWA, June 17. The Government is considering the formation of a Commission with international scope with the object of controlling Atlantic freight rates. The question was ventilated in Parliament, when it was asserted that the Atlantic pool was steadily increasing the freight rates. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. HOBART, June 18. A railway accident occurred near Zeehan. A passenger train left the rails and bumped along a short distance. Some of the carriages were almost overturned. The train tore up the permanent way and tilted up, the carriages being at an angle of 45 degrees, with the footboards embedded in the earth. No one was injured. RONALD-HARPER CASE. MELBOURNE, June»jlß. Mr Murray, Acting-Premier, replying to a deputation regarding the Rev. Mr Ronald's case, said that the courts had no power to grant a new trial. He promised to consult the AttorneyGeneral regarding securing a fresh trial. There must and' sihould be some means of granting that.