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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 49, 27 February 1913, Page 7

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' »' 6y tfelegraph.— Press Assdeiatlon.-^-Copyright. (Received February 27, 10 a.m.) SUBMARINES FOR GERMANY. BERLIN, 26th February. Thirty-five submarines have been completed and fifteen additional ones will be completed shortly. (Received February 27, 9.30 a.m.) BATTLESHIPS NEW ZEALAND AND MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, This Day. It has been found necessary to rearrange the dates for the battleship New Zealand. She reaches here on 30th March and sails for New Zealand on 4th April. The Australian cruiser Melbourne arrives on 26th March. PRICE OF PETROL. . LONDON, 26th February. The .'price of petrol in London has in« creased to twenty-one pence. ' VICEROY OF INDIA. DELHI, 26th February. Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India, whose life was attempted in December last during the State entry into the new capital, has resumed bis duties, having recovered from his wounds. BETTING ON FOOTBALL > MATCHES. (Received February 27, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, 26th February. The Football Association has drafted an Anti-Betting Bill and appointed a Commission of Enquiry regarding coupon betting. FRENCH PRESIDENT DECORATED. PARIS, 26th February. M. ißVolsky, Russian Ambassador to France, on behalf of the Tsar, decorated M.. Poincare, the President, with the Order of St. Andrew. CONCERT TOUR. LONDON, 26th February. Eugenic Boland, the contralto, sails by the Bteamer Orsova on a concert tour in Australia. THE MISHAP TO THE * INNAMINCKA. BRISBANE, 26th February. The Court found, that the stranding of the Innamincka was due to a hurricane, and that the captain and officers were not to blame. [The steamer went ashore on the Northern Queensland coast during a receht storm, but was subsequently moved Off and docked. The damage through stranding was slight.]