MISCELLANEOUS CABLEGRAMS
VIENNA, January 25, Hie Government is building a Dreadnought in the docks at Pola, the Austrian naval station on the Istrian Peninsula. BERLIN, January 25. The Zoitung” states that Japan is establishing an arms factory* on the German model. A construction school is carried on in connection with the factory, with German engineer officers as instructors. KINGSTON, January 25. Two sharp shocks of earthquake have been felt in Kingston and other parts of Jamaica. Severe shocks wore also felt in the Island of St. Vincent, 1 whore the inhabitants were panie-etrickon. No damage has been reported. MELBOURNE. January 26. Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, State Governor, presented Joseph Davis, of Bendigo, with the Edward Medal of the first class, awarded by th© King for the heroic rescue of his mate, 'dan. from a.n impending explosion at T* c bottom of a shaft. A cargo of 5350 tons of Indian coal has arrived here from Calcutta, for use on the Victorian railways. English observers report that the brightness of the new comet is diminishing with great rapidity. After undergoing qmrnnfTne. the Khedive ha* returned to Tairo from his pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet, and one of the holy cities of the Mohammedans*
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7037, 27 January 1910, Page 1
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