The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) MANDAY, AUGUST, 5, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS.
Tine hundred and thirty-five persona were arrested in a raid on belting-houses in Sydney. The Grand National Hurdle Race decided at Caulfield on Saturday was won by Repeater. A raid on a Chinese gaming house in Haining street was made by the Wellington police last night. The official date for the military evacuation of Pekin, except by the Legation Guards, is August 15th. John Roberts, the billiards champion, was beaten in games played at Brisbane by Weiss and Memmott. The Empress Frederick of Germany has had a renewal of her illness and shows signs of failing strength. The football match Canterbury v. Wellington, played at Christchurch on Saturday, was won by the Canterbury team. A prisoner undergoing a life sentence in Lyttelton gaol has confessed to having murdered Mrs Pain, at Miki Miki, near Masterton, in 1898. Mr Chamberlain intimated in the House of Commons that Lord Kitchener anticipated being able to send a number of troops home by the end of September.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4426, 5 August 1901, Page 4
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177The N.Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) MANDAY, AUGUST, 5, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4426, 5 August 1901, Page 4
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