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HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE. (Per Press Association, Copyright.) LONDON, January 31. The Cambridge > University Senate Council recommends the acceptance of the offer of the Ministry of Agriculture and other Government Departments of £55,000 for the establishment of a Research Institute for the study of pathology and animal diseases. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council reserved judgment in the NewZealand appeal case, Snushall versus the chairman and councillors of the Kaikoura County. FLOATING TRADE EXHIBITION. The directors of the British World Trade Expeditions have purchased the steamer Orontes for a tour of the world as a floating exhibition. The twin-screw steamer Orontes, which was owned by the Orient Steam Navigation Company, was- built at Glasgow in, 1902 by the Fairfield Company, Ltd. ' She has a tonnage, of 9023 tons. Her length is 513 ft and her breadth 58ft. She has been engaged in the Australian trade for the last 20 years. It was recently announced that the Germans intended sending a floating exhibition steamer to the .dominions. ~..'/ ,{. ; T . . STUDY OF ANIMALODISEASES. ! The"! Cambridge University Senate Council 'Recommends acceptance of the offer of the Ministry of Agriculture and other Geyernment Departments of 155,000 for> the establishment of a research institute for the study of tne> pathology of animal disease. - !/ AMERICAN BANDITS. • ,\ , WASHINGTON, January 30. i At Norfolk, Virginia, bandits kid- . 'napped the paymaster of the Langley >! Field Air Station, tied him up to a i tree, and escaped with the pay-roll off • 142,000 dollars.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIII, Issue 9787, 1 February 1923, Page 5
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