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BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ABSOOIATION—COPYRIGHT. A DRIVING ACCIDENT. •' (Ilcc. Fob.-27, 10.36 p.m.) ■■The Hague, February 27. Whflo Prince ■■Henry:- was / driving in a phaeton with ; Queen Wilhclmiiia,, at Tho: Hague, ■ tlvo wheel. of. .'.tho trap caught the tramway, line, and an electric tramcar, colliding with it,sin tho rear;.smashed tlie phaeton's wheels.' Tho.phaeton/was, tilted,, but neithor of, tho occupants 'was; injured. .
PRIME MINISTER'S HEALTH. i • London, February 26. ■The slight ' improvement in the condition of the Primb Minister, Sir H; Campbell-Ban-nerman, who is down with influenza, is being maintained. . . f <:t,. ■ RE-ELECTED. ' London, February 26.'" Mr. J: L. Morgan, Liberal M.P., who was, appointed Recorder of Swansea, lias been reflected for' Carmarthen! West unopposed. j : FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION. : j ; Paris, February 26. , , The French Senates unanimously .sanctioned participation of the Government services in the Franco-British Exhibition to bo held at Shepherd's' Bush, London. OPIUM SMUGGLING. ' . Melbourne, February 27. Some ofi the Customs officials are' not surprised at the' opium-smuggling JraXids, revealed by the arrest at; Port Adelaide. One official estimated i that the Customs losses in the various States totalled £100,000 per annum. . ■■ -. .. -.
GROUNDING OF A STEAMER. ' ; Brisbane, February 27. At an inquiry concerning tlib inislinp to the steamer Maranoa, 1505 tons gross, which grounded off the Queensland coast but got off uninjured, the master (Captain Sharland) deposed that owing to, the illness> of .the Torres Straits pilot he was acting as pilot himself. He attributed the mishap to reduced speed, the current being thus ablo to set the vessel out of her course. THE PLAGUE. Sydney, February 27. A lad named O'Brien, working in Druitt Street, Sydney, is suffering from tho plague. HIDES. Melbourne, February 27. In tho hides market there is good competition. Supplies aro moderate, and prices are firm.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 7
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