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A FAST PASSAGE.
Received June 23, 8.15 a.m. LONDON, June 22. The Mauretania made the passage from New York to Plymouth m 5 days and 8 hours.
A JOCKEY'S ILLNESS.
Wootton has occasional lapses of unconsciousness, as the result of his recent accident. King Edward receives a daily bulletin concerning Wootton's condition.
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CENTENARY FUND.
The Primitive Methodists have secured two-thirds of the quarter-million centenary, fund wanted before 1910.
CAIRO-TO-CAPE RAILWAY.
The building of the Cairo-to-Cape railway is advancing ten miles weekly, and has reached Khartoum.
TIME-SAVING APPLIANCES.
HAMBURG, June 22. The Kaiser inspected the new Vulcan yard at Hamburg, where, by the latest labour-saving appliances, half-a-year m the construction of a battleship is gained.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7829, 23 June 1909, Page 2
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