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■ I ‘QUAKE IN JAPAN. BY CABLE PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT TOKTO, Aug. 15. The sharpest earthquake since Januaiy occurred at 3 o’clock this morning. It lasted four minutes and emptied most of the houses of their occupants. The observatory located the centre of the earthquake as the north-east border of Ibraki and leukushima provinces, where the shock was possibly severe, but no reports have been received, loading to uneasiness. The Prince Regent and the Princess are spending a holiday at Lake Inawashiro, which is within the possible zone of the activity.
ATLANTIC RECORD BY LTXER 5 NEW YORK, Aug. 14. _AH records for the Cherbourg-New York passage were shattered by the Canard liner Mauretania, her time for the crossing being 5 days 3 hours 20 minutes, the average speed being 25.69 knots. The best previous time was made by the same steamer in August, .1922, when the crossing was made in 5 days 9 hours 20 minutes.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 August 1924, Page 5
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