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AFTER TWENTY YEARS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright). NEW YORK, March 19. Andrew Tosh, who was sentenced at Pittsburg on a charge of murder, has been liberated after serving twenty years, having now been proved innocent of the charge. CATS CONVEY DIPHTHERIA. LONDON, March 19. An outbreak of diphtheria at Rundlo was caused by the introduction of germs in It) houses by cats which had eaten infected pigeons landing from France. ALASKAN COAL LANDS FRAUDS. OTTAWA, March 19. It is stated that the Toronto citizens accused before the Chicago grand jury in connection with the Alaskan coal lands frauds are not extraditable. It is expected that the case against them will be abandoned. THE LASH FOR PETTY THIEVES. NEW YORK, March 19. A law is being enforced in Wilmington, Delaware, under which petty thieves are punished with the lash and embezzlers imprisoned. CHINA’S OPIUM CRUSADE. PEKING, March IS. Prohibition of opium smoking is being enforced at Kerin. All opium stored in Government warehouses has been publicly burned. GALES IN NEW GUINEA. SYDNEY, March 20. Received March 20, 9.30 p.m. Heavy gales are reported from New Guinea.
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Southland Times, Issue 16691, 21 March 1911, Page 6
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186VARIOUS CABLES Southland Times, Issue 16691, 21 March 1911, Page 6
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