BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
UniUd Prew At»odaiiaa--'Pn El»ctrio Ttiezraph—Copyright. PREVENTION OF ADULTERATION. NEW YORK, June 25. The House of Representatives, by 140 votes to 117. passed Mr Hepburn's Food Bill instead of the Senate's Pure Food Bill. Those engaged in the preparation of food are not compelled to use-standard weights or measures. OFFICIALS FATAL MISTAKE. CALCUTTA, June 25. A prisoner was executed at Bengal owing to an official committing a postal oversight., thropgh... which the reprieve arrived after the" execution. Received 31.56 p.m., .We 26th. A SHIP-BUILDERS PROPHECY. LONDON, June.. 26. Mr Beardmore, the builder of the battleship Agamemnon, speaking at the launch of the ship, said that improvements were so rapid that in five years the bulk of the fleet would be obsolete.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13012, 27 June 1906, Page 5
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