GENERAL NEWS.
(l\r {'reus Association. — < '<>J'yriyht.) London, Kept. 2. A great gale swept along the British coasts, resulting in a number of ?hipwrecks and disasters on laud. Sept. 3. Percy Caviil, of Sydney, beat Russell, the scratch champion swimmer, over a qnrvU-r of a mile by 20 yards. The i)u!;c of Connaught, replying to a toast at a banquet, said he was satisfied with the soldierly bearing of the colonial troops, and was pleased to have had them under his command at Alder.-hot. Pari:?, Sep!. 2. In the Chamber of Deputies M. Boucher, Minister of Commerce, stated that although Russia was anxious to develop !u r commercial relations with Franc,. did not expect France to abandon la r protective policy. Divers have recovered .£9OOO worth of silver from the wreck of a vessel named Skyros off Finistere, on the French Atlantic coast, at a depth of 171 feet. Ottawa, Sept. 3. Of 5000 prospectors who started for the Klondike gold fields less than 50 have crossed White Pass. Pkkth. Sept. 3. Five natives on Gorunna station, near Marble Bar ate honey mixed with arsenic, laid as bait for ants, and four died.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 417, 4 September 1897, Page 3
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192GENERAL NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 417, 4 September 1897, Page 3
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