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(By Cable.—Proeg Association.—Copyright.) THE LATE ADMIRAL BEDFORD. LONDON, February 4. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Newton Aloore represented West Australia at Admiral Bedford's funeral at Walton. Thirty-six bluejackets dragged tho gun-carriago containing the body. Admiral Bedford's collio "Tony" followed the remains to the graveside. RAILWAY NEGOTIATIONS. LONDON, February 4. Negotiations are proceeding between Pearsons and tho Alexican Government for the salo of the former's interests in tho Tehuantcpec railways, which, it is claimed, offor a shorter servico to tho Far East than by Panama. MARINE PERILS. LONDON, February 5. Tho Government is negotiating with tho principal Atlantic steamship lines jointly to bear tho cost of equipping a vessel with powerful wireless apparatus, to be stationed in the North Atlantic, to report tho presence cf icebergs and other dangers.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14583, 6 February 1913, Page 7
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