MISCELLANEOUS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 10, 13 January 1915, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

> [Press Association.] ! AMSTERDAM, Jan. 12. • Refugees report a great fire in Brussels. Lonsdale's sentence lias been commuted to twenty years' imprisonment. It is expected that he will be releasedl at the end of the war. LONDON, Jan. 12. i The Chicago wheat market is panicky, owing to rumors of the probable reopening of the Dardanelles. May options are quoted at 139£ to 133*1, and July;at 124* to 119*. Lord Sydenham, i»i a letter to The Times, says: "In" view of the lack of knowledge of our military activities evidenced by the Opposition questionings in the Hous&'of Lords, some cooperation of the acutest intellects available irrespective of party allegiance is desirable."

~;..... '■;' ■'■v SYDNEY, Jan. 12, - Considerable quantities of lead products from the Barrier, which previously largely went to Germany, are now sold and shipped to English refineries. ■