GENERAL CABLE NEWS
LONDON, July 28. Commander E. E. G. B. Evans and Mr F. B. H. Drake, 8.N., will shortly leave England to rejoin the , Antarctic ship Terra Nova. Dnke de Lorge, a well-known French nobleman, while visiting Mr John Arthur James, M.V.0., at Grafton street, fell down a lift well and was killed.
BEELIN, July 28. A volunteer corps of airmen is forming in Germany. An aeroplane fell at Munich, killing two persons. CAIEO, July 28. Wahid, the conspirator against the Uvee' of thq Khedive, Lord Kitchener, and ths Premier, and his two accomplices have been committed for trial. NEW YOBK, July 2S. A feature of a balloon race at Kansas City, to decide the selection of representatives to take part in the international contest in Germany, was the marriage in mid-air of Dr Hartman, to Mias Violet Davis. The couple are wellknown in society. Dead orabs are floating on the surface of the sea. and covering an area of hundreds of acres, at Point Eeyes, California. In every instance where the crabs have been examined it has been found that the claws have been torn off. The phenomenon haa not been explained. OTTAWA, July 28.
A valuable find of diamonds and rubles is reported from the James Bay district, south of Hudson Bay. It is declared that the formation da similar to the strata in Indiana, in which gems are found in considerable numbers.. MELBOURNE, July 29. Mr IT ns worth, the secretary of the Melbourne Rifle Club, scored fifteen consecutive bull’s-eyes at 700 yards with 20in bull. This is claimed to be a world’s record (Received July 30, 0.50 a.m.) SYDNEY. July 29. All hope of the safety of the ketch Candidate has been abandoned. The scarcity of prime stock at Homebush markets continues to enhance i rices. Beef has ad\ anred 10e to 15s, and mutton Is to Is 6d per head. Bullocks to-day sold up to JE3O, and sheep to £2 —both records. Retail prices are exceptionally high-
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8186, 30 July 1912, Page 7
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