A MOVING MOUNTAINSIDE.
SEVEN VILLAGES DESTROYED. ROME, April 15. A colossal landslide has taken place on Mount Corona, near t'ndine. Advancing on the valley it destroyed 70 mansions and seven villages. BIG GERMAN_ FAILURE. PRINCES TRUST PAID. LONDON, April 4. The great emporium. W. Wertheim, Ltd., has failed, says the Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle. The liabilities total £900,000.. and the assets £12.1.000. The firm recently liquidated its heavy indebtedness to the "prince's fund"' The trust has been ended owing to quarrels between the two princely partners, and its numerous undertakings have been transferred to the Deutsche Bank. EMPIRE DAY. LONDON. April 5. The Karl of Meath. in a. letter to the Press, suggests that .Tune 22 (the anniversa.ry of Quoen Victoria's diamond jubilee) should be constituted Empire Day. FRENCH PACIFIC STATIONS. PARIS, April 5. The Chamber of Deputies has voted a sum for the installation of wireless telegraphy in the. Pacific colonies of France, including New Caledonia. The Senate, has adopted a bill which has already passed the Chamber for tha construction of a coiling station at Papeete.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 82, 6 April 1914, Page 5
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180A MOVING MOUNTAINSIDE. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 82, 6 April 1914, Page 5
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