THE LATEST. HOME AND FOREIGN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6486, 3 February 1905, Page 3

THE LATEST. HOME AND FOREIGN

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Received Feb. 3, 8.32 a.m.

The Kind's Daughter,

London, Feb. 2 Princess Victoria passed a restless night, but otherwise her condition is satisfactory.

Death of a Famous Racehorse.

The racehorse Donovan met with a serious injury, and had to bo destroyed. He won .£55,153 m stakes for the Duke of Portland. Received Feb. 3, 8.47 a.m.

The Franco-Russian Alliance.

Paris, Feb. 2 At a meeting of fifteen hundred people m Paris, M. Anatole France, a member of the French Academy, strongly criticised the Franco-Russian alliance, and declared he did not believe m the existence of a positive treaty.

A Strange Accident.

Flint, a jockey, while riding m a race at Cannes, turned his head towards where hi 3 wife and child were standing, and struck the winning post, being killed instantaneously.

Another Mining Strike.

A great strike has begun m Silesia. The hour* of the miners exceed those of the Westphalian miners, and the wages are less.

American Wife Poisoner.

New York, Feb. 2 Hock, the wife poisoner, had twenty-six wives. Several women declare he married them and absconded with their money.

A Train Collision.

A Pittsburg train collided with a sleigh at Hornellsville, killing seven women, and further injuring four other?.