London, July 4.
A total of nearly £80,000 has been realized through" the auction of Colonial stamps from the collection of the late Arthur- Hind Among the disposals to-day—the ftth and last day of the auction— was a block of ten Victoria penny ted stamps, which fetched £410.
The remainder of the Hind collection will be sold next season and expected {0 realize about £50.00.
Berlin, Jul The main attack on Nanga Parbat, the heretofore unsealed Himalaya slant, is about to begin, according to telegram received here to-day from the leader of the German Himalaya Expedition, Herr Merkl. It is further stated that the expedition 1s, proceeding towards the pinnacle in two separate columns after the last lcamp, in a height of 7,000 metres, has been erected. Everything is, well in the camp, the participants being in good spirits and weather conditions favourable, the telegram fadds.—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,
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