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A London cable message announces the death of Earl Howe, aged 66. Tho death of Earl Howo creates a vacancy in the House of Commons, as Viscount Curzon, M.P. for Battersea, succeeds to the peerage.
A junior national scholarship ha 3 been awarded to Ralph Armitage Holmes, of Hokowhitu school, with 524 marks. Ralph is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Holmes, of 8 Knowles street, Palmerston North.
A cable message from Melbourne states that the late Dr. Harrington Lees, Archbishop of Molbourne, had been confined to his bed for several days with influenza, but he had no*, seen a doctor until yesterday morning. Dr. Lees was having luncheon when ho collapsed. Mrs. Lees was with her husband at the time. All attempts to revive him failed. Death was due to heart trouble, from which he had suffered for many years. Dr. Lees was formerly a prominent athlete, and strained his heart during his university career.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6809, 12 January 1929, Page 8
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