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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 91, 20 April 1914, Page 7

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[Press Association.] THE PERNICIOUS CIGARETTE. OTTAWA, April 16. "Witnesses before the House of Commons Committee on the Cigarette Bill asserted (that most society women throughout the Canadian cities were •confirmed cigarette smokers, and that the habit was increasing to a_n alarming extent. Of 3000 .delinquent children 65 per cent. used, cigarettes. A suggestion was made to the coinraittee tp prevent the use of tobacco to girls and boys throughout Canada. A REPORT DENIED. ■, , HOBARTy April 17. •-. The' Governor's private : .tates tthat there is no ; trutlr whatever, in the report of Sir Ellison Macartney's" resignation. ' v PLAGUE AT HONG KONG. / ; SYDNEY, April 17. .: The steamer .Changsha, which has arrived from Hong Kong, reports a serious outbreak of plague there. Two hundred cases and-160 deaths were reported the week previously to . her-departure. '■-'.' REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIANS. ST. PETERSBURG, April 17. One hundred people-were arrested at Kieff,- including members of the,! „ learned professions, students, and "* school-girls. Much revolutionary propaganda literature was seized. A MOUNTAIN FEUD. ; ROME, April 17.' Owing to a feud the mountain population of- Umito and Valechia - fought with rakes, scythes, guns, and axes for two hours. One farmer was decapitated and another battered to death, and fifty were wounded. A force of infantry quelled the disturb&HC6 ■ ' SOCIALIST CAMPAIGN. .-,.■..■".■. BERLIN, April 17. As a* result of a, week's campaign the Socialist party increased its membership by 70,000, .bringing it up to 1,052,850. INTERNATIONAL IDENTIFICATION BUREAU-. . \ . ■ ,--. PARIS, April 17. The Police Judiciary Congress at Monte Carlo proposes to establish an International Identification Bureau. A resolution was passed in favor of an international system of secret.reports on international criminals. KAISER'S BUST PROHIBITED. PARIS, April 17. The Society of French. Artists refused to exhibit the Kaiser's bust'by Herr Beznf, on the ground that it > might cause hostile manifestations. I