BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 170, 26 July 1910, Page 4

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[PEEBB ASSOCIATION.] DAMAGED CROPS. (Received July 26, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, July 25. Rain and want of sun are damaging,; the English crops, especially fruit. MORE AMERICAN HEAT. NEW YORK, July 25. The temperature in the Eastern States is 100 degrees. SPREAD OF THE CHOLERA. ST. PETERSBURG, July 25. The town of Novorossiysk has been declared infected with Asiatic cholera. FLIGHT OVER THE FLEET. LONDON, July 25. Mr Graham White flew in an sereplane over the fleet at Mounts Bay,. LIGHTNING FATALITIES. BERLIN, July 25. There have been 65 deaths from lightning in Germany this summer. THE QUEEN MOTHER. LONDON, July 25. Queen Alexandra, is expected to '< visit Ymunden, in Austria, on the ! 30th, arid to stay for .some weeks. SWISS PASSENGER MROS. BERNE, July .25. _ The first passenger airship iti Switzerland made several successful trips across Lake Lucerne. HORS DE COMBAT. NEW YORK, July :25. President Taft, while playing golf, sprained his ankle. lie is suffering considerable pain. DISASTROUS COLLISION. ALGIERS, July 25. A train at Groha collided with ai stage-coach. Ten people were MUed,,. and eleven injuredFAVORABLY CRITICISED. LONDON, July 25. The newspapers give favorable** notices of Clutsam'f^ opera, "A Sum-*----mer Night," which is being produced at His Majesty's Theatre. QUITE A PAUPER. NEW YORK, July 25. The inheritance tax returns dis~* closed the fact that Mr Harriman, th^~ late railway magnate, was worth only: £14,250,000. IN A BAD WAY. MADRID, July 25. The strikers at Bilbao have t£Br funds. Troops have been massed* and the employers decline to discus^.. terms. THE CANADIAN CRUISERS. LONDON, July 25. The Admiralty are inviting 91 meW> with active service ratings to volun-»-teer for the Canadian cruisers Niobg' and Rainbow. THE GERMAN STORMS. .BERLIN, July 25. Storms spoilt the harvest in manyf places. It devastated the park ay Wolfsbrum Castle, Brunswick. Thd*roof of the castle was destroyed. THE GRAND TRUNK STRIKE* OTTAWA, July 25. Efforts are being made to induct' the Grand Trunk Railway strikers 'to*accept a joint Canadian and American^ Board of Arbitration. " 'IGH HART." LONDON, July 25. The art sales in London are producing unusually high prices. Ther>total amount of the purchases already exceeds £1,000,000. FRIENDSHIP *0R FLEET? BERLIN, July 25. The Socialist newspaper VorwaertSurges a mighty agitation in favor oi an understanding with Britain as ai£i alternative to a fresh Navy Bill ivi . 1912. INQUIRY WANTED. LONDON. July 28. Mr Bowles urges that a special Bilt^ should be brought in to enable thejPresident of the Board of Trade tor order a public inquiry into the affairs^ of the Law Guarantee Trust. NEW FISH. LONDON, July 25. The Norwegian fisheries steamerMichael Sars, carrying Mr John Muxy ray, a hydrographer, who has beexi engaged for several, months in explora* .tion on the west, coasts of Europe an<3;J Africa, found 150 new species or fish* "AN INTERESTING DEPARTURE. 5' ; , LONDON, July 25. The Times comments on the Mer* chants and Shippers Steamship Line^ which, it states, is an interesting de* parture, constituting the first Com* monwealth-owned overseas shipping.. company. CANADA'S PURCHASES. I LONDON, July 25. Mr Buxton, President of the Board? ■ of Trade, stated in the House of Com* mons that the exports in 1909 tot - Canada of products manufactured inj the United Kingdom amounted tc| <■ £15,700,000, compared with £5,350,* 000 in 1907.