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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 33, 7 February 1913, Page 5

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;: .LONDON, Feb. 6. Collins, charged with sending - threatening letters to King George and to Miss Lilian McCarthy, was found guilty, but was declared insane. A BANKRUPT PEER. LONDON, Feb. 6: The creditors in bankruptcy of the Marquis of Hereford have agreed t<> accept 7s 6*d in the £. The liabilities total £20,750, of which £18,000 is due to money-lenders. A GRUESOME FIND. LONDON, Feb. 6. The police entered a house at Wimborne and found a cloth-covered skeleixm of an old woman in bed. She is believed to have been dead for several years. The old woman and a, companion shared the house for ten years. BILLIARDS. LONDON, Feb. 6. Playing against Diggle Inman made a break of 787, which is a record for ivory balls under present conditions. BANK CLERK'S FRAUDS. LONDON, Feb. 6. Francis Grey, clerk to Dennistown, •Gross and Company, bankers, was sentenced to 18 months' hard labor for frauds aggregating £42 r OOO. Prisoner •controlled securities valued at £750,----•000. • COLONIAL LOANS. LONDON, Feb. 6. The Financial News had a long inieryiew with the Hon.' James Allen on economic conditions in New Zealand. The Financial News estimates that £120,000,000 of colonial loans must renewed or paid before the middle oi 1913. "MARCONI CONTRACT. LONDON, Feb. 6. Mr Herbert' Samuel has written to the Marconi Company statin gtliat the <delay was very regrettable., but that the contract provided for the House of Commons' approval; consequently there was no adequate reason for releasing the company from their obligation. KNIGHT'S ELOPEMENT. LONDON, Feb. 6. .The life of the, Rev. Mr Knight, who shammed death and left with a paramour for Australia, was insured for £500. Sir J. W. Taverner, AgentGeneral for Victoria, • states that Knight left £300 to be forwarded to and made payable by the Treasury at Melbourne. Miss Suffell 3 a friend of the girl Grimes, states that Knight toldlier bo me time ago that he proposed to sham death. CHINESE AERIAL FLEET. PARIS, Feb. 6. China, has ordered twelve biplanes for an aerial fleet trained by French officers and instructors. PETROLEUM TRAIN FIRED. BERLIN, Feb. 6. Prince Eitel'a train in Transylvania collided with a train of petroleum •tanks, which were set afire. The guard was killed and several passengers burnt. Prince Eitel escaped unhurt, and assisted in removing the injured. COLOR LINE IN BOXING. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. The State Commission has prohibited boxing between whites and negroes. INDIAN PUBLIC SERVICE. CALCUTTA, Feb. 6. The Allahabad Pioneer protests against the proceedings of the Republic Service Commission, and says that if it continues investigations* on present lines it. will create bitterness and ill-feeling that will take years to eradicate. With the exception of Gokhale, hardly any of the Council members &eem to have any idea what the Commsision is after. WONDERFUL SURGICAL OPERATION. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. A dog's brain was inserted to replace a portion removed from W. Smith, of Kalama&oo, who was dying from an abscess. He is expected to recover. ATTiftXPT AT ASSASSINATION. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. An attempt was made to shoot Aranjo, President of Salvador, in 1 wh:ch he was Wounded. Mulatilo, a ! Guatemalan, is believed to have been i tho perpetrator. s i CHINESE LOANS. , „ LONDON, Fob. 6; Hie Uunose. Government officially states that the Six-Power loan ha* finally collapsed, through French and iiussian opposition. China can now negotiate with other bankers WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT. VIENNA, Fob. 6. ' A. restaurant-keeper at Hollescho-! witz m despair committed suicide by mhahng gas. Hi^ wife and five ehif(4ien also perished. ' BETTING RAID. LONDON, Fob. 6. 1 As the result of a betting raid at I Wh^ 16 - n c^^on with LelgS mitS f T imZl W **** ~«. thai ihT tnal< he r iden™ £7000 f% Pl' Omoters Profit« were i/000 in four months. One nrofr* sional footballer won £1000