LATE CABLES
BILLIARDS. (Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received Jan. 7. 2.50 p.m. ) LONDON, Jan. 6. In the billiards match Reece. is 4464 (including a break of 382) and Gray 2795, including 512 and 717. all except 14 off the red. A WAR. OFFICE RESIGNATION. (Received Jan. 7. 2.50 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 6. Sir Edward Ward, Permanent UnderSecretary at the War Office, has resigned. -Mr. R. H. Brade, Assistant-Sec-retary, succeeds him. LABOUR TROUBLES IN SOUTH AFRICA. (Received Jan. 7. 2.50 p.m.) PRETORIA. Jan. 6. The Hon. H. Burton, Minister of Railways, declares that only seventy casuals have been dismissed out of a .staff of 35,000. It is stated that the pennanents have been retrenched. The executive has advised the men to cease, work on Thursday morning. AN ANGLO-GERMAN MARRIAGE. (Received Jan. 7, 2.50 p.m.) BERLIN, Jan. 6. Lord Redesdale's son John and Fraulein Friedlanderfield, only child of Berlin's "Coal King"' (whose fortune is f55.O0O.O0O). were married to-day. The function was a most fashionable one.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 7 January 1914, Page 6
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