MISCELLANEOUS.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

London, February 14. The Amalgamated Copper Company has purchased Heine's and the United Copper Company's mines at Silvertown, Montana (U.S. )> fc> r .85,000,000, one-half cash. Obituary— The Right Hon. A. F. Jeffreys, M. P. for Basingstoke. The Imperial Tobacco Company's profit for the year amounted to £1,705,647. The deferred decision of the^Arches Court of Canterbury in the case of the Bishop of St. Albans versus Fillingham has been given. The defendant, the Vicar of Boston, was charged, first with purporting to ordain a minister, he" not being a bishop; second, with preaching and administering the Lord's Supper in an unconsecrated building; third, with disobedience of lawful commands of his bishop. The Court ordered thatt unless the defendant expresses regret for his acts within a fortnight, he will be sentenced to deprivation of office. Sir Lewis Diblin,Dean of the Arches, remarked that the case was unprecedented in the Anglican Church. "While five submarines were attacking the cruiser Theseus in the manceuvres in Plymouth, Sound, a passing steamer struck and buckled submarine A9's conning tower The submarine rose to the surface and steamed for Devonport. The crew of ] thirteen had a narrow escape. Tokio, February 14. j The Japanese Lower House has adopted a scheme for defraying the war debt of 1,822,000,000 yen by 1929 and liquidating the domestic debt by 1942. New York, February 14. President Roosevelt has appealed to Americans to contribute towards the relief of the famine in Japan, remarking that nations, like* men, ought to be ever ready to assist distress. Brisbane, February 15. A heavy storm at Longreach did great damage. The Hospital and other buildings, and in some cases •domiciles, were completely razed to the ground.