BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received August 15, 10 a.m.) THE GERMAN NAYY. LONDON. August 14,
The construction of three German sister battleships occupied 31 i to 33i months each. This discounts the German official assertion of 36 to 40 months when replying to the statements made in the British Parliament in regard to the acceleration of the German building. The " Zeit," commenting on the effect of the strike on food supplies, pointedly remarks that Britain has a vulnerable point.
A DUEL. A message from Vienna says that Count Ivarolyi and Count Steinberg fought a duel with swords, owing to Count Karolyi slandering tue Austrian army in a speech in the Hungarian Parliament. Count Karolyi was badly wounded. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CONGRESS.
The International Trade Union Congress at Buda Pesth accepted the Swiss proposal for international support to affiliated Federations' strikes. LAMBS FOR A SHILLING. Owing to tho drought, lambs in Kent are selling at a shilling apiece.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10232, 15 August 1911, Page 2
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