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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10417, 1 April 1910, Page 4

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[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Peb Press Association.) SCULLING. Received April 1, at 1.20 p.m. . London, March 01. . Subscriptions to Barry's fund total £7BB Guy Nickalls estimates the total requirement at £lloo'. A special appeal has been started to raise the balance. BOXING. JOHNSON-JEFFRIES. Received April 1, at 1.20 p.m. London, March 31. The Sportsman mentions that there are many rumors of the uncertainty of Johnson and Jeffries fighting, the latter stating positively that he will not take the ring if he is physically unnt. Some professing to be in the know say Johnson could never win, however pronounced his superiority. NEW YORK HORROR.

Received April 1, at 1.20 p.m. . j New York, March 31. Wolter's counsel is endeavoring to establish an alibi. He declared that he was merely the tool of a gang of traffickers in young girls, and protests against the use of statements extorted under the third degree examination. A shopkeeper testified that Wolter purchased a gallon of kerosene on the day of the murder, and afterwards bought a pot of paint and brush to hide-, traces. '' FAJAL FIRITIN CALCUTTA. Received April 1, at 1.20 p.m. Calcutta, March 31. A cotton warehouse was burnt in | Calcutta, and 25 women and children i were killed. __^^_^^___^_