CABLE NEWS.
(Bi Eleotbio TELEOBAPn— Copxbiqht ; (PEB PBESB ABBOOUTiON.I DRIFTING OVER THE POLE. Received February 27, 8.5 'a.m. NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Captain Baldwin, Arctic explorer, is planning a scientific expedition of several years in the Arctic, starting in 1912. He will probably reach the Pole by REBEL HOLD-UP. • • NEW YORK, Feb. 26. A Mexican Central passenger train was robbed ,by four hundred rebels. at El Paso (on the Texan border). Tho rebels previously looted the railway station and burned a bridge. SMUGGLING ALIENS. Federal officers boarded the liner Athani in New York and arrested twentynine of the crow on a charge of conspiracy to violate the immigration laws by smuggling aliens disguised as sailors. RALLY IN RAILWAY STOCKS. _ . , LONDON. Feb. 26. The. rally in American railway stocks is favonrobly . reflected on the London Stock Exchange, IRRECOVERABLE. Mr Lloyd-George announces that the irrecoverable arrears in revenue through the delay in passing the Budget amount to £BOOO. BURNT AT SEA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26. Tho steamer Hurriett was burnt at e»<v ns reported, but the Maliommcdan pilgrims were rescued.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9452, 27 February 1911, Page 5
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177CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9452, 27 February 1911, Page 5
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