British and Foreign

Southland Times, Issue 15057, 28 September 1901, Page 3

British and Foreign

SMALLPOX IN LONDON THE COMING GERMAN TARIFF WOOL SALES TOBACCO THE SUBJECT OF A COMBINE [United Press Association, — By Elkctbic Telegraph — Copyright] LONDON, Sept. 26. There is a virulent outbreak of smallpox in London, 160 cases having already been reported. The London School Board reluctantly allowed the inspection of scholars, where the parents did not object, to ascertain if they had been vaccinated. A Blue Book has been issued comparing the prospective German tariff with existing rates. The Board of Trade notifies that the proposed tariff affects twenty-five out of twenty-eight millions of direct British exports. The Daily Telegraph says the tariff is arousing opposition in nearly every industrial town in Germany. The Times says the increases are monotonously general — some 300 per cent. — while the decreases are almost exceptional. At the wool sales all classes are very firm. The Ngakonui clip sold at s£d and Patoka at 6£d. The American visible wheat supply is estimated at 48,393,000 bushels. American millionaires are moving to secure five great English tobacco businesses and so control the output. Harvard and Yale Universities beat Oxford and Cambridge by six events to three in the sports at New York. Obituary : General A. Fremantle, aged 66.