BRITISH & FOREIGN.
(press Assn.— By Telegraph — Cppyrjeht;) V .'.V LONI)ON,rMay -i9r . Lord Ampthill, m tx letter • to- the Times, pleads for d distinctive* flag fox India. ' • ? - Sir John Gorst relinquished £1200 pension on4nheritiiig the family estates. .The Orient Steatnshin,- Company's report shows profits of £31,927, and recommends a of 5 per cent on deferred capital. • .. < • • (Received May 20, 8.20 a.m.) Mr Kirkpatrick, l South Australia's new Agent^QcnevaljV lute commenced his duties. ■ ; : ■ : ; Dr. Archibald' Henderson, of Crieff, and Dr. James Henry, of Bury head, luive been elected \ moderators of the United ¥r«e Church and Free Churclu off Scotland respectively. ' (Received May 20, 8.30 a.m.) NEW YORK. May 19. Governor Hnghetf, of New York, htip signed ft bill increasing the Sentence ot five years for blackmail to 15; ve4rs. PARIS* May '19. Five buildings at Lillie, containing 900,000 kilos of sugar and 400,000 ;kilos of flax, valued at a£ 260,000, we're destroyed by fire. ' '■ • "
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11856, 20 May 1909, Page 5
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