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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8828, 1 June 1907, Page 2

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Press Association —Copyright. London, May 31. General Bolha was enthusiastically welcomed at Pretoria. lie approved Government’s attitude towards the strike, and hoped that the miners would soon regain common sense. Sailed : lonic for Wellington. Engine drivers on the Baud hare taken a ballot with a result averse to the strike. Berlin, May 31. The Brunswick Diet elected Duke Johann Albrecht of MecklenburgSchweriu as regent. Paris, May 31. The French cruiser JOhanz, which went ashore recently in Chinese waters, has been abandoned. New York, May 31. Forty thousand men are unemployed! in San Francisco, owing to capital for reconstruction purposes not being forthcoming. Adelaide, June 1. The Court of Disputes has declared the return of Senator Vardon void, owing to the failure of the Returning Officers to initial 185 papers. But for the omission the late member, Crosby, would have had a majority over Vardon Brisbane, ’June 1. Two lads employed in a city hotel are suffering from plague and the licensee is affected with a suspicions illness. Sydney, May 31. Arrived—Miowera at 4 p.m. Flour is firm at £9 a ton. Newcastle, May 31. Arrived—Aparimn from Dunedin.