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A SUMMARY The following is a summary of news winch did not appear in Saturday's "Star": — A 2iew 'Soudanese battaloin is being formed to st'ieagthen tue Egyptian Army, ihe Arab j battalion is a.so being strrnguienecl, and a : company ol Kordofan .cvrabs is being reciuited ' to strfciigthcn the curnei corps, but the j cavalry is being redxiced by a squadron. j I The Admiralty considers the employment of the Marconi system, gives Britain an immense advantage over all oiher users of wireless telegraphy, and Britain ought not to abandon it at German's request. Japan, Portugal, Italy and, France support Britain. *** A blizzard swept across several States of America.- Eight inches of snow fell in Michigan, where a hunared thousand bushels of grapes were frozen on the vines. The orchards in Ohio were devastated, and immense ; damage was done to fiuit trees in the vicinity of Niagara. *.* Princa Hohenlohe's indiscreet revelations | have stupefied Gc-ianany. It i 3 considered ; that they will discredit Germany's diplomatic . methods when seeking her own ends. The Kaiser is furious, though his personal reputation, except for waywardness, is not discredited. He is suspicious that the revelation is due to an intrigue to damage ths Kaiser. ♦ Owing to the clearly expressed protests of many sections of the Kuasian pecpie, the Lonitou and St Petersburg committees have mutually agreed to indefinitely postpone the visit of the British deputation to present the memoriai address to the Duma. The Monarchist Party at Moscow telegraphed, appealing to King Edward to prevent the visit, which, . they declared, was intended to encourage the "Czar's enemies. *** The trial in connection with the Standard' Oil Company is procetding. The disclosures i of Mr Fiiidiay (Ohio) suggest that the tiusfc had begun to create foreign hoarding companies for the purpose of evading Federal or State laws. Mr Cuthbert, president cf the Manhattan Oil Company, which is a subsidiary concern of the Standard Oil Company, testifying under a promise by the Court of immunity from prosecution, declared that the General Industrial Development Company, Limited. England, was owned by his company. He had not seen anybody connected with the Industrial Company, but had remitted them money.
Recent News.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 8752, 15 October 1906, Page 2
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