MISCELLANEOUS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 101, 19 June 1911, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

EX-DICTATOR DIAZ. Madrid, June 17. Ex-President Diaa has arrived in Vigo in good health. Ho will reside in Spain. NATIONAL MORTGAGE DIVIDEND London, Juno 18. The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand has declared an interim dividend of 7.V per cent. PERSIAN PREMIER VANISHES. Teheran, June 17. There is excitement over the sudden departure of the Prime Minister for Europe, without explanation, after a qiiitrrcl in the Parliament. COLONIAL INSTITUTE. London, Juno 18. At the Colonial Institute conversazione the Duke of Marlborough, Mr. Harcourt, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Sir J. G. Ward, Mr. Buxton, Sir Rufus Isaac, and many distinguished Indians and Australians (attended. ■ HARBOUR WORKS AT ST. JOHN. Ottawa, Juno 18. The Public Works Department called for tenders for a dry dock, ship-re-pairing yards, and the construction of steamship berths and a breakwater at St. John, Now Brunswick. The works will probably cost £2,000,000. AUSTRALIAN LAND TAX. London, Juno 18. The “Economist” states that the Australian land tax as it stands is in many respects contrary to the elementary principles of justice. Mr. Fisher’s reply to the deputation was entirely unsatisfactory, MR. ROOSEVELT VILIFIED. New York, June 18. Ex-President Roosevelt is vilified by the Los Angelos “Times” for doubting that the “Times’ ” building was dynamited. BAIL UP! 1 1 New • York, June 18. A mail car, hound from Portland to San Francisco, was hold up by robbers and looted. The passengers were umiiolested, and the booty was small.