BRITISH AND FOREIGN
» ■United Press A§soci*tk>n— By EUcirio 1 el egiaph— Copyright. (Received April 6, 7.38 a.m.) COCHIN CHINA. PARIS,. April 5. !' France is sending two of the Naiad© class of submarines to defend Tongking amd Saigon. (Received April 6, 8.41 a.m.) THE FRENCH* TOTALISATOR. Pari-mutuel bets in Paris declined £200,000 in the first five weeks of the season, owing to the increase in the Government's commission. (Received April 6 A 7.44 a.m.) SUBMARINES. , LONDON, April 5. Ger iy and Italy are building submarine-. (Received April 6, 9.49 a.m.) THE ST LOUIS EXHIBITION. The steamer Betftania, from Hamburg, carries Hagenbaoh's seven hundred wild animals for the St Louis Exhibition. DIVORCE IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, April 5. Half a million divorces have been granted in America during the last twenty years, or double the number for the whole of Europe. Many churches, in denouncing divorces, declare that the state of affairs is equivalent to progressive polygamy. {Received April 6 L 8.41 a.m.) THE TURKISH BUDGET. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 5. Turkey's deficit is five million sterling.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7978, 6 April 1904, Page 2
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