BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10304, 8 November 1911, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. " BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. ; LONDON, November. 7. Tlio Board of Trade returns for October show imports to have by £2,804,498, experts by £5,850,071, and re-exports by £673,516. MEDICAL INSPECTION OP EMIGRANTS. Regarding Dr Woihen's complaint. the Sydney Medical Congress of tlitf lack of proper medical inspection of emigrants leaving England, Mr T. A. Coughlan states that all assisted emU grants are examined at their homes by doctors, and also at tho ship's sid© by the' Board, of Trade officers and th.fl ship's doctors. LIBEL. Mrs Mabel Atherton sued her stsfntn in-law, Lady Dean Paul, for slander, ini stating that she had been expelled) from a hotel at Cairo, and also was a, disreputable woman. A verdict wag given for the plaintiff for a farthing damages on the expulsion ißsue, and for defendant on the disreputabl* count. ROBBERIES OP MAIL BAGS. There have been extensive robberies of mail bags between places jln North' Carolina and New York. The latest occurrence is tho disappearftnoe of : £7OOO. The authorities have no cine.