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CAN ADLAN SHOT BY BANDITS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association). NEW YORK, October 30. (Received October 31, 7.5 p.m.) A despatch from Mexico states that bandits entered the home of C. D. Todson, the Canadian manager of the Mayapil Copper Company at Yacatecas r and ahnt. him dead. OTTAWA, October 30. C. A. Matthews, a former Deputy-Treas-urer of the Province of Ontario, was convicted of conspiracy in taking a secret commission and was sentenced to two years in a penitentiary. BIG FERE AT TOKIO. TOKIO, October 30. Il all 21 persons were killed and 30 injured as the result of a fire which this morning consumed over 600 barrack buildings here, housing refugees from the great earthquake. About 3,700 persons are again homeless. Rescue work is proceeding.
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Southland Times, Issue 19389, 1 November 1924, Page 5
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