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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7067, 29 July 1901, Page 3

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[By Elecfcrio Telegraph—Copyright.]. (Per Press Association.) PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL. , London, July 26. The Eight Bey Dr Montgomery, Bishop of Tasmania, has been unanimously elected Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, ARMY REFORM. In tho course of the debate in the House of Commons on the Army Bill, the Eight Hon TV. St. J. Brodrick, Secretary for War, said that three Army Corps would be created at the end of tlie year, to be located at Aldershot, Salis- ■' bury Plain, and in Ireland. • Each corps, said the Minister, would have independent powers in regard to finance and the execution of military works. TUBERCULOSIS. _, _ , July 29. The Tuberculosis Congress has unanimously reconjmended the extension of the notification of the existenie of phthisis cases, the establishment of.sanatoria, and-the. special inspection of markefs and dairies. Ihe next congress will be held in Paris. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY •■-.:■■ COMPANY. , Melbotjene, July 27.\ At the half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, it was shown that the profits amounted to £87,600, while £120,000 had been dis- i tributed in dividends. The Chairman stated that the directors did not consider it desirable at present to declare a dividend, but at the next quarterly meeting they would be in a better position to judge of the possibilities of the future, and would act accordingly. THE PLAGUE. - New Yoek, July2G. The steamer Schinf eke, from Calcutta, has been quarantined at New York, as one of the stokers on board is suffering from plague. FIRE AT FOOOHOW. Melbourne, July 29. A private cable message has been received here announcing the destruction by fire of the leading Foochow tea merchants' offices, including the premises of Ramsay and Co.. Thomas and Fraser, Odell, Anderson, Getting and Cave. WRECK OF A BARQUE. . , . Noumea, July 28. The barque Alexa has been totally wrecked at Surprise Island, where she was loading guano. The passengers and crew have arrived at Pam. -■'.. "TITLES OF THE KING. London, July 27. Lord Salisbury announced in the House of Lords that the addition to King Edward's titles will probably be " King of the British dominions beyond the sea." ' . ■ x The Times says the title indicated by Lord-Salisbury is not beyond criticism. Possibly it is not included, in the Bill because the precise form- is not determined. Generally speaking, however, the title is approved. The Titles Bill allows the King to select and proclaim, within six l months of the Bill being passed, any title he sees fit with a view to recognising the "British dominions beyond the Seas."

CRICKET. ■ Maclaren- will take A. 0. Jones in his team to Australia. ■, „■ .'.. ROYAL ESCORT.. London, July 27. The cruisers Diadem and Niobe will replace the St. George and Juno as escort to the Ophir at St. Vincent, and escort her to Halifax, Nova Scotia. - GERMANY'S TARIFF. Owing to a socialist paper publishing an incomplete German tariff the Government has published a complete draft of tho Bill, which concedes the demands of the agrarians, and considerably increases the duties on agricultural products. In ■commercial treaties the minimum tariff on rye and oats is fixed at five marks, on wheat at five and-a half marks, and on barley at three marks per hundred kilogrammes. - A VICTORIA MEMORIAL. The Queen Victoria Memorial Committee has accepted the design of Mr Thomas Brock, R.A., the famous sculptor, for. the national memorial of the late Queen, and the proposals of Mr ! Aston "Webb, A.R.A., 'the eminent architect, for the treatment of the space in front of Buckingham Palace -where the statue will be erected. MINING SWINDLES. . London, July 27. Mr T. Barnes, Official Receiver, has made startling'revelations in connection with the London and, Globe Finance Corporation handing shares to the British-American Corporation, with a view to covering its indebtedness prior to publication of its balance-sheet in December last. He instanced the transfer of two hundred thousand Westleroi Mining Company's, shares ex dividend. The Westleroi Company had five undeveloped claims costing 38,000 dollars and representing issues of capital to the extent of 437,000. Secondly, the London and Globe Corporation paid the BritishAmerican Corporation 200,000 by giving a half interest in five claims which cos I 35,000 dollars. Mr Barnes was invited to liquid;;i.u the London and Globe Corporation, in. conjunction with a committee of inspection. ■•■.■•■. The Westleroi is an American Company, registered in 1898 to purchase from the British-American Corporation j twelve claims in the Kootenay district of Canada. ■.-. ■ ■■_