CONCISE CABLES.
SHUNNED BY STEAMERS. LONDON, Dec. 9. Owing to the prevalence of cholera, the Royal mail steamers are avoiding Madeira. SWEDEN'S NAVY. LONDON, Dec. 8. Reuters Stockholm correspondent says that the Royal Commission recommends the expenditure of £5,180,----000 yearly for eight years for defence purposes, including the construction of four battleships, four destroyers, and coastal development. LEAVING FOR HOME. CAPETOWN, Dec. 8. There was an influential attendance at the Chamber of Commerce's farewell banquet to Messrs Fisher and Fowlds. ABDYN LACE COLLECTION SOLD. LONDON, Dec. 8. Sir W. Abdyn's collection of lace has been sold at auction for £9400. Its cost to Sir W. Abdyn was £20,000. UNEDUCATED RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 7The Government has refused the Duma's recommendation to spend a minimum of £1,000,000 to make universal education practicable. COMIC OPERA SONGS. The High Court has refused Lionel Monckton an injunction restraining the Gramophone Company from reproducing his comic songs.
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Northern Advocate, 9 December 1910, Page 5
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