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■».. -, BETTER DEAD THAN SLAVES. *'• , LONDON, May 14 (delayed). , Thd " Daiiy Chronicle's " Berlin correspondent says Hits newspapers claim •' tliat tho Entente cannot fail to bo irm pressed by the unanimity expressed in tho National Assembly. The papers " v givo prominence to tho vehement phrase used by the Prussian Prime Minister, - • r Hirsch, to the clToct"that tho Germans, would rather bo dead than slaves. Wo- '.' men'delegates havo appealed' to their sisteis in Entente 'countries to rcaliso what the terms mean for Germain mothers. The Mayor of a West Pnis- V sian town advised the citizens to go*''*. home, pack their belongings, and'closo ; " 1 M} their Bhops, becauso fighting would start immediately. Many others prodiet similarly. FOUND dead: WANGANUI, Slay 23.','.'.'. , A man named Ryan, apparently aged * between 40 and JO, was found dead un- '.,, der a hodgo at Kaiittngaroj, to-itay. No-' thing is known about him except* tho , ' l particulars given. He was sceii aooiit i' the district on 'iucaoay, when he said'' ' I ho was making for Foretell. A'letter I posted in Mastcrton, addressed "Mi& s, " tex Ryan," is iho only identification. . ' I tho police possess at.present. ~* ■ </" j * > J . JUVENILE COURT? ' < J".' |' A child, two years of "age, having «nd ; means of subsistence, was committed i to (ho Christchuich Receiving Home, to be brought up 'in the Church of . | • England faith. ' \ '!t,. "_; OAMABU RACES. , , J\ PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP." ,' ..,%, JOHN BARLEYCORN - \ ,"-l \ *'■ ' CLAVERHOUSE,.^,.. . '. 2 ',' ■ , BtTREANGONG '3 /.\ ' WAITANGI {HANDICAP. *' ' ,L ' ,' LADY SUPERIOR , . . 1.0-. " REVOLUTION -V. '■ .' ,j THE BOSS ~ . . /8 ' - '
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12637, 23 May 1919, Page 1
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