BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12259, 6 July 1909, Page 7

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

(Cniied Press Association. —Copyright.) LONDON, July 4. The Master of the Rolls at Dublin set aside a deed wherein John Boyct., formerly of Naples, -but now an inmate* oi a Dublin institution, conveyed it large fortune to St. John Brenon, wlu was for many years a journalist in London . As a sequel to the sugar frauds in Japan, 23 dopties havo received sen*, tences ranging from three to ten months. A thief disappeared after snatching from Gokk'chinKlt, a French diamond merchant, in the Cafe Monaco, Piccadilly, a bag containing £100,000 sterling worth of pearls and diamonds. A confederate tripped up the pursuers. It is believed that tho thieves shadowed Coldschmidt from Paris. OTTAWA, July 4. A largo section of Cobalt, Ontario, has been burnt, the damage being estimated at half a million dollars. NEW YORK, July 4. Mrs Meixel, an aeronaut, made an ascent at Lowell, Michigan, in the presence of 1000 persons. Tho l>alloon became entangled in some high-tension electric wires. Mrs Meixel came into contact with tho wires, and" was electrocuted, and fell from the car to the ground. The Senate at Washington voted for a two per cent, duty on tho net earnings of corporations, stock companies and stosk asscciations organised for profit, and also on the earnings-of insurance companies. The" balance-sheet of tho International Mercantile Marino Company shows a deficit for 1908 of 1,729,000 dollars.