BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 26, 2 February 1910, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

, [press association.] "THE SEDDON MEMORIAL. (Received Feb. % 9.10 a.m.)

LONDON, Feb. 1. The Duke of Argyll avHI unveil th© Seddon memorial on the 10th.

THE &GAT.RACE

LONDON, Feb. I. The Oxford-^Cambridge boatoac© will be rowed <on the 23rd Mardh.

OUTRAGE IN KOREA.

SEOUL, FeS. 1. Insurgents at South PhongsSn, Korea, murdered twenty Japaines© settlers.

THE CALCUTTA MURDER

CALCUTTA, Feb. 1. Gupta, the murderer of Sham Wul Alam, refused legal assistance, <and was sentenced to death.

TURKEY'S BRITISH ADMIRAL. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 1. Gamble Pasha has resigned command of the Turkish Navy -on account of ilKhealth, as the climate1 disagrees with him.

MAKING THE GERMAN NAVY. LONDO&, Feb. 1. Tie Daily Mail's Berlin correspondent states that the official number of workmen in the dockyards is 23,----908, compared with 19,G69 in 1902. INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. The arrival of 200 Indians monthly in San Francisco caused the Asiatic Exclusion League to emphasize the steady increase. There are now 10,----©OO in California. LONDON SURPASSED. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. American statistics show that New York was the leading seaport of the world in 1908 with an entry of 12,----154,780 registered tonnage, an increase of 56 2-5 per cent, over 1898. AMERICA'S COST OF LIVING. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The Committee of Ways and Means at. Washington has authorised the preparation of a resolution providing for investigation by Congress of the high: cost of living in the United States. .. SCOTT'S PLANS. LONDON, Feb. 1. Captain Scott, in a speech at London, stated that 'he would start in June. The main journey would begin in October, 1911, and he hoped to reach the Pole at Midsummer—-the 22nd December. NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES. LONDON, Feb. 1. The British Olympic Council, acting without information, fixed the BBst Olympic Games for Athens in April. There' is an impression that the Games s are unlikely to be held, awing to political unrest.

MORE WAGES OR NO WORK. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. The united mine-workers' wage scale committee at Indianapolis has recommended the suspension of bituminous mining on the Ist April unless a 10 per cent, advance in wages and other demands of the miners are granted. FOREIGN EMIGRANTS. LONDON, Feb. 1. , The Earl of Crew© (Secretary of State for the Colonies) has informed Captain Collins, the Federal representative, that the Foreign Office will not issue passports to emigrants in future without a certificate of respectability from the Commonwealth or Agent-General previously granted on proof of nationality.