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AN AUTHOR COMMITS SUICIDE; .
LONDON, June 21. St, John Hankin, dramatist, committed suicide in the river Thou,, in Wales*, because he feared chronic lllhealtJl,
RADIUM. .
Lord"'lveagh and Sir Ernest Cassel have ordered the Cornwall Company to supply ?l grammes of radinm at a cost of 30,000 -otmds sterling for the use of the Radium Institute.
A STABLEMEN'S STRIKE. ,-
Received June 22, 8.35 a.m. PARIS, Juno 21. _ - A stablemen's strike against their non-recognition by trainers senotialy delayed tn<? Grand Steeplechase Anteuil'. The spectators broke the barriers, set fire to the grass, .and clamoured for the return of their money. The military repressed the mob and several were injured. The. programme was ultimately fulfilled. ,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7828, 22 June 1909, Page 2
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