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HAGUE, Aug. 4. " ON SPEAKS." Received 4th, 9.45 p.m. Queen Wilhelmina and her consort visit the Netherlands* colonies in the coming winter, the Queen's mother acting as Regent during her absence. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 4. NOT PARALYSING. Received 4th, 9.45 p.m. J One of . Russia's new battleships will be of the same type as the recently launched British battleship , King Edward VII. Her tonnage will be 16,5p0,' speed 18 knots. Her armament is to consist of four 12-inch, twelve 8-inch, and eight turret guns, and the cost eleven million rouble*. She will be the largest and swiftest vessel in the Russian fleet. VIENNA, A-utj. -1INEVITABLE SMASH. Received 4th, 11 p.m. „ Twelve waggons?, laden with stones, became uncoupled while ascending an 'th-line, rail back and crashed into a passenger train at Sueha, in Austrian Silesia, killing 30 passengers . and; seriously injuring 50.
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Southland Times, Issue 19116, 5 August 1903, Page 3
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