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Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 61, 9 September 1904, Page 5

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[vhkbs association.] NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSIONKIISniP. LONDON, th September. The Times bespeaks a general welcome from Britain for tho High Commissionorship of New Zealand. DEATH OF AN ACTOR. (Received September 9, 9.8 a.m.) LONDON, Bth Soptembor. The death is announced of Air. John Billington, actor. * [The lato Mr. Billington was ono of the best known theatrical men in England, his connection with tho English stago .dating back considerably over half a century. He will bo remembered in this colony as a friend ami companion of Mr. J. L. Took), witom he accompanied on his Australian and Now Zealand tour in 1890. Recently ho published his mejnoirs, which contained exceedingly intorestiilg record of a past era.] • ENGLISH CRICKET. LONDON, Bth September. Kent was third in tho County Cricket Championship, then comes Middlesex, Notts, Sussex, Leicester, Warwick, Gloucester, Derbyshire, Surrey, Somerset, Worcester, Essex, and Hampshire BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. LONDON, Bth September. Tho Board of Trade votums for August show that tho imports decreased £321,513, and tho • exports increased £694,996. EXPLOSION ON A GUNBOAT. LONDON, Bth September. , During gun practice at Spithead an explosion occurred aboard tho gunboat Comet. A 4.7 in gun blow off its breechblock. Three Boamon wero killed and three seriously injured. THE LATE M. DE PLEHVE'S SUCCESSOR. ST. PETERSBURG, Bth September. M. Platanoffa appointment to succeed tho late M. de Plehvo as Minister of tho Interior has been abandoned. PLAGUE-INFECTED RATS. (Received September 9, 9.66 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Further plague-infected rats nnd mice have beon discovered iv the vicinity of Darling Harbour. A VALUABLE NUGGET. BRISBANE, This Day. A nugget weighing 2700z has been found in the Doe River.