NEWS BY GABLE.
LAST NIGHT'S CABLES
Sydney " Sun " Special Cable. By Telegraph—Copyright. WESTMINSTER. HALL. LONDON, July 10. A letter to tho " Times," referring to tho decay of the roof of Westminster Hall, states that tho destructive new stress to which ancient buildings at present are subjected is the outcome of the sulphur charged atmosphere of manufacturing districts. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE. Tho Hull magistrates refused to grant summonses against four aviators for Sunday flying, ao they did not think that the Sunday Observance Act applied to aviators. GERMAN NAVAL MANOEUVRES. BERLIN, Julv 16. Tho second squadron left Kiel for summer manoeuvres in northern waters, meeting the first squadron in tho Skagerack anil practising coaling under war'conditions at Norwegian ports. FRENCH ARMY. PARIS, July IG. The Chamber of Deputies by 376 to 199 decided on the incorporation of conscripts of twenty years of age. SUMMARY VENGEANCE. NEW YORK, July 16. At Savannah, Georgia, Lathrow George found his wifo in company with another man. Georgo, after repeatedly shooting without fatal results, made the man kneel and pray, his wifo standing by in hysterics. Eventually he put a bullet through the man's heart, remarking: "Make your peace with Heaven."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10824, 18 July 1913, Page 1
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