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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14, 17 January 1914, Page 7

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[Pbess Association.]

MOTOR-CARS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

SYDNEY, Jan. 15

Last year 2600 now motor-cars wer registered in New South Wales. The cost over £1,000,000. The total c cars registered during the year wa 8072. A GRUESOME EXECUTION. PERTH, Jan. 15. A gruesome mishap occurred at th execution of Od'gers for the lnurde of Mrs Molineaux. Though, only i short drop, the condemned man head was completely severed from th< b°dy" BATHING FATALITY. MELBOURNE, Jan. 15. A boy named Godfrey, while .-bathint in the Campaspe River, got mt< difficulties. . His sister wen to his assistance, and both were drowned. WRECK OP A SCHOONER. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The gales have not abated on th< North Atlantic coast, The schoonei Grace Martin foundered, and seventeen men cruised for a day in an open boat. The steamer A. W. Perry resoued them in an exhausted condition, owing to -a terrific blizzard encountered off- Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. A TRYING VOYAGE. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. _ The steamer Oceanic arrived! with' her bridge torn off by a gigantic sea. She -had 312 passengers aboard. The captain reports heavy gales and snowstorms in the North Atlantic. The steering gear was also damaged. . THE "DIVINE" SARAH. PARIS, Jan. 15. The Cross of the Legion of Honor lias been conferred on Madame Sarah Bern'hardt>. AMERICA CUP CHALLENGER. LONDON, Jan. 15. The Daily Telegraph uin^erstands that Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger will be fitted. ,with a centre-board. EARTHQUAKES AT, LEGHORN. ' ROME, Jan. 15. , Several violent, earthquake shocks, with severe agitation of the "sea, have been experienced at Leghorn. The population were panic-stricken, and encamped in the streets. There were no casualties. TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS. LONDON, Jan. 15. The battleships Royal Sovereign and Royal Oak have been laid down at Portsmouth and Devonport respectively. Each will be of 25,000 tons, with a speed of 21 knot®. They will be armed with eight or ten 15-inch guns. SHAOKLETON'9 EXPEDITION. LONDON, Jan. 15. _ AHI'classes are contributing to Sir Ernest Sliackleton's expedition. Many old comrades have applied to accompany; him and applications have been received from France, Germany, America, and the Overseas. Mackintosh and Marston, members of the previous expedition, have been enrolled. .. OLYMPIC GAMES. BERLIN, Jan. 15. The Budget Committee has rejected1 a vote of £2300 as the first instalment towards the preparations for the Olympic games.