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BRITISH &! FOKEIGN United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. : Received 8i55 a.m., January 3rd. FLOODS IN ENGLAND; LONDON, January 2. Great floods are experienced in the West of England. A hundred families at Bath havetaken shelter in the schools, and others in the upper stales of their dwellings, and boatSj alie damage ,at Coventry by ths floods is £53,000; . ■ Received 8.3 a.m., January 3rd. : ARRIVAL OF LORD ROBERTS. Lord Roberts has arrived at Cowes. ILLNESS OF MR ERUGER. Mr Kruger is confined to his bed with f bronchitis. J THE MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN. The Marquis of Dufferin has withdrawn his resignation in order to bis able to meet the Globe Finance shareholders. ■ Received 12.14 a.m.", January 4th. AN ALL FRENCH CABLE, .France projects a system of an all French cable ultimately costing £10,000,000. | I THE DUKE OF YORK. , The Duke of York lias been appointed ' Colonel of. the Royal Marines. THE PACIFIC CABLE. The Agents-General have signed the Pacific cable contract. WEST RIVER. A French gunboat has arrived at West River, owing to attacks on property r belonging to Catholics. FATAL EXPLOSION. V ; A defective cartridge.- - caused ,an. explosion at -ReSang whilst a salute-'.was being fired." Five .Germans were killed: and 14. woundeJf■ five -mortalljh THE FRENCH IN NEWFOUNDLAND., i; PARIS, January 2. " Figarosuggests the cession of British Gambia 1 in exchange for the French shore rights in Newfoundland.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3461, 4 January 1901, Page 2
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228TELEGRAPHIC. Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3461, 4 January 1901, Page 2
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