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Grey River Argus, 24 April 1913, Page 7

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( By Electric Teiegraph-rCopyright). (■per Press Association). %M\ '■■''. * : - ,i ; - AVIATOR KILLED. '%'■ - ■> PARIS, ApTil'22. -J, Lieut, de Blamont, a militay aviator' was killed while flying a; Villa Conclay.. The centre party 'in the Reichstag are moving for- the appointment , of a committee of enciuiry into the ..armanient cohtriact: ' ;A • ce.rtaiii section of thfe pr.ess charged. General Von Hee-niVg-ierridf bargaihing with Dr'; ; -Lieb-, kriecht/; .'-.l The z newspaper -German ia, : hints Vthat. ; the army ■is plotting- for General Von Heeringer ; s downfall. , ; ' ■ SOLDIERS RUN. AMOK:^v BRUSSELS, April' 22. Two drunkerj soldiers -with sixty cartridges apiece deserted .and ran. through the streets. They- kept uio shooting' for hours, shouting "Long liv« the strike." They killeid achas.sclvr and escaped •t'O'the^ wopdSj. "i ■'■ IMPERIAL DEFENCfe : " ■ ; ' LoNDoN^^ptil.^2.- ; 'In the House of Commons Mr. Churchill "declined to discuss?- during question- time, whether it was mjpre effectual for the Dominions: to provide additions to the 'Imperial Nayy 1 , or a local navy.' ,'■ '. ' : - ';.'_ „' ]:■ ; ; . ■[ -MARCONI 'DEAL. LONDON, April 22. . The Hpri H. H. Asquith.mo^ed^thatSir Stuart Samuel's" seat .."be 4 e ' c ti£r.eii'' vacant. ' : -, . • A DEFIANT DUCHESS . ; LONDON, April 22. Distraint has been levied on the I Duchess of Bedford for. refusing pay-. I merit •of tnxes for a period of eight /months' as a protest for "non-en-I fr-anchisement. • l

Prince Louis of Baticnburg at a mcctinff of the Union Jack Club, u'rgj led harmonious action between the army and 'navy. There was no more foolish and mischievous. statement ■hem to say that the _ fleet, alone was sufficient to keep the enemy from our shores. A sufficiently trained professional army was quite as i.» cessary as the navy.