Horizontal Component of Magnetic Field Calculated Rome, Aug. 7.
General Not lo, in the course of an interview 7, declared. that the Italia expedition had been saved and they had finally succeeded in cealeulating the horizontal component of the magnetic field. Professor Malmgren's notebook had been found intact amid the wreckage of the Italia, His notes were decipher able, All the photographie material of the preceding expedition was safe, but that from the recent voyage had been lost, except a photograph showing the throwing down of the Milanese ting at the Pole—
Reuter, Tue Vague, Aug. 2—The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has issued a statement that, in consequence of declarations made by the Minister. of the Colonies during discussion in the Chamber of Deputies of a Bill authorizing certain contracts with the Netherlands Colonial Petroleum Ca., for the exploitation of petroleum in four properties in the Dutch East Indies, negotiations were opened with the American Legation for reciprocal treatment in the matter of mining legislation. These Negotiations have resulted in the Reales Reuter.
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