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• [Fb'ess Association.]: 'REWARD OF HIS CRIMES. \'■ ,-; S. March 23. /.I •■"Karl Kopf,. who poisoned his wife, -.and child and mother-in-law, has been •executed. NEWS ABOUT ROOSEVELT. • NEW YORK, March 23. Mr Anthony Fiala, a member of tlie ( Roosevelt exploration expedition, reports that they lost everything m the "rapids of a tributary of the Amazon. The party was .saie. The latest news . was''that the party had been engaged around Santa Remo. ANOTHER THEFT FROM THE •■■ "■ LOUVRE. .*.■■■;■.-■ PARIS, March 23. A magnificent twenty feet papyrus Egyptian book is missing from the Louvre. . ' ; . , .. ' 60,000. BALES OF COTTON BURNT. BOMBAY, March 23. Sixty thousand bales of cotton were ."burnt, the damage being estimated at ,£600,000. : AN OLYMPIC YACHT. ■ ■■, ' ■.. SYDNEY, March 24. I A fund has been opened to build a ■ yacht to represent Australia at the -Olympic games. # . The sum of £900 .".has., been subscribed.
RxIILWAY ELECTRIFICATION:
MELBOURNE, March 24; The estimated cost of the electrification of the suburban railways is £3,991,360. It is anticipated ; that the; service will be in operation(next year. ■■■■■:":' --'- ''--■■'" ■' '■:'(■ ■ ■ ''■
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 8
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172LATE CABLE NEWS Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 8
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