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- TRAIN SMASH. LON HON. November s.—The tooonil t r;iin smash within AC hours oceiirreil at Gretna junction tonight wl l <■ 11 the London express collided uitli a freight train. Two were killed and 1C seriously ini,n red. AMERICAN T. LECTIONS. NEW YORK, November 5. ■ Nation-wide reports indicate a record poll. Tin' minor Presidential and Vicc-Proidontia! candidates arc:. Socialist. Mr X. T. Kruger; Socialist Labourites. Mr J. AV. Altkcn and Air J. AAL Ford; Prohibitionists, Air R. A\ . liabson and Mr K. A'. Afounnan : National “ Green hacks,” Air J. Zahnd and Air ,T. E. Yates. There are 102 candidates for the • - >5 Scnuto seats and 970 candidates for the (32 House of Representative seats. . FOFRTEEN CHARGES OF ARSON. As a sequel to the fires in the Hotel Nelson on the night of October 21. when the GovernorGeneral was a guest, also the recent fires in the Royal Hotel (Palmerston North), the Nurses’ Home at the Rukeora Sanatorium AVaipnknran). and a dwelling at Ponsonby (Auckland). 14 charges of arson, attempted arson, and one of theft were brought against Alonica. Edna Cann (2S) in the Nelson Magistrate’s Court. The hearing is proceeding.—Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 23726, 6 November 1940, Page 12
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