GENERAL CABLES.
SUPPOSED FOUL PLAY. LONDON. April 37. A human body has been ujiearthed at the Moat Farm, Clavering Essex, from which place a Miss Holland' disappeared some four years ago. A man named Dougal was recently arrested on a charge of embezzling moneys belonging to Miss Holland, who had lived with him at the Moat Farm. (Received April 29, 1.5 a.m.) LONDON, April 28. The woman's body found at the Moat Farm is at present unidentified. It was found in a fillod-in ditch. A stack of firewood covered the spot, and freshlyplanted trees helped to conceal it. MARRIAGE OF~AN EARL. (Received April 29, 1.5 a,m.) LONDON, April 28. The Earl of Yarmouth has married Miss Alice Shaw, a daughter of the American railway millionaire. The bride has a dowry of twenty thousand pounds a year. [The Earl of Yarmouth visited Australia a few years ago'and made a sensation by giving ‘'skirt dances” in feminine attire at public gatherings,] ' THE BOGUS PRINCE. LONDON, April 28. William Brown, a coachman’s son, has been committed for trial in connection with his marriage to the ex-Countess of Russell, when he stated that he was Prince Stuart of Modena, son of the Emperor of Austria,
PRETORIA CORPORATION. ‘ CAPETOWN, April 28. Members of the Pretoria Corporation are resigning owing to the policy of the Government with regard to town commonages. NEW SOUTH WARES POLITICS. SYDNEY, April 28. Mr Carroll, ex-Government whip, has gone over to the Opposition. A RAILWAY LOAN. LONDON, April 27. A Jean of two millions sterling for the construction of a railway to Benguella, in Portuguese West Africa, has been underwritten. The capita! is entirely British. Portuguese capitalists are applying for shares. IBEE PRESS MESSAGES. MELBOURNE, April 25. It ia stated that the Commonwealth Government intends sending free cable news for dissemination in the European press concerning Australian concerns. (Received April 2S, 10.45 p.m.) LONDON, April 28. A proposal for free press messages for a period of three months has been submitted to the Pacific Cable Board. ‘ ABOLITION OF A LABOUR dOLONY. MELBOURNE, April 28. The Stale Government has abolished the Leongatha labour colony. Provision will be made for the few remaining settlers. -
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 4951, 29 April 1903, Page 5
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