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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7822, 15 June 1909, Page 2

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HOME AND F^EJGN. United Press Association—F«tr Electric: Telegraph—-Copyrighf. NATIONAL ART COLLECTION" I FUND. LONDON, June 14. ; The National Art Collection Fund r | which was instrumental in securing; IHolbeift's "Duchess of Milan," received frotft King Edward 100 guineas as the,n«rfett? ,of a reserve to make puri chases in c£4e of sudden emergencies, i JAPANESE: STRIKE AT HAWAII. i TW -Times -Neir York correspondent reports' ike" prosecution of the leaders of the JatMtim strikers on the Hawaii plantations,.'Brt# the discovery at their Union's" headquarters of inflammatory documents which fed, to the unconfirm-ed-report of "a conspimy to ofotam control of the sugar industry and wrest !the direction, of affairs from the whites. , OBITUARY. The de-ath is reported of Sir DanieF. Ctfopter'. ■ '''[ ■ LIEUTENANT SHACKLETON. Lieutenant Shackleton's wife met him at DoVCf, where he was accorded a great ovatiotf, OBJECTION TO THE CZAR. A of the Independent"' Labour' i>arty instructed a committee to organise; ■ a demonstration against the 'CzaFs "visit to "King Edward. . ' THE ALL-RED ROUTE.* OTTAWA, June 14. 1 It is stated at Ottawa that, should the contributors to the Pacific cabledecide in favour of an Atlantic cableas part of the All-Red loute, the Canadian Pacific Railway is willing to permit the use of its right-of-way from Halifax to Vancouver for a special wire for handling this business. NEW SEARCHLIGHTS^ itei^iVed June 15, 10.50 a.m. BERLIN, June-.14/ ■ Germany is trying acetylene",'shells for. searchlights for naval purposes. The projectiles float- for three hours* ,