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Greymouth Evening Star, 24 May 1906, Page 3

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[bt electric telegraph—copyright ) [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.j THE SYDNEY MURDER. SYDNEY, May 23.—The man Riley has been found guilty of tho wilful murder of Roso Arnold at Surry Hills on March 271 h. Tho evidence disclosed that tho woman Arnold had boon married, and that her husband was supposed to ho in New Zealand, where it is believed some of her sisters reside. A NOBLE GIFT. SYDNEY, This Day.—A prominent citizen has donated £SOOO to the Y.M.G.A. Extension Fund. EMPIRE DAY. SYDNEY, This Day.—The Empire Day celebrations were initiated by the State Schools Concert in Iho Town Hall last night. Twelve hundred children participated in tho programme. THE CRICKET ROW. SYDNEY, This Day.—Tho Telegraph publishes a telegram sent by Noble to tho Melbourne Cricket Club on Friday afternoon last, wherein ho stated that tho players would adhere to their agreement with that Club. The following Japanese story is related by Lady Lyttelton. A certain English official in Port Arthur, many years before the outbreak of tho Russo-Japanese war, engaged for his children a Japanese male nurse, who, in time, became the "Admire Crichton” of the honsethold. un the outbreak of the war, however, the nurse said he must return to his company, and join *►o Japanese Reservists. .!*j, jjith many regrets on the part of his master and mistress, he departed. Imagine tho astonishment of these latter to perceive, on the victorious entry of the Japanese troops into Port Arthur, their quondam domes-: tic, his breast glittering with medals and orders at tho head of a column. It appeared subsequently that their beloved nurse had been a Japanese general a!T the time, and that the long years of obscure domestic service were but an aspect of that self-sacrificing love of country that prompts all classes to sactiSn everything for their beloved Japam ■ •'