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Waikato Argus, Volume XVIII, Issue 2906, 19 June 1905, Page 2

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NAVAL ACCIDENTS. London, June 16 It is reported that Lieut. Kenneth Stobart, who was injured on board the Magnificent, is dead. Investigations show that the charge missed fire, and the breech ° . % was opened to ascertain the cause. The cartridge then exploded, and ignited two others in the casemate.

Five seamen on board the war. ship Prince George, at Gibraltar, went to sleep in the bankers, and wore almost asphyxiated. Two of them have recovered. The other three are still unconscious.

ARMY STORES SCANDAL. London, June 16

The Pretoria News says the ugliest feature of the army stores scandal was the press censors’ re* fusal to permit the newspaper correspondents in Pretoria to warn the public, pretending that, the refusal was in the best interests of the army.

PLAGUE IN ENGLAND. Londnn, June JG

The cook aboard a vessel from Buenos Ay roe, which arrived recently at Middlesborough, via Hamburs', has died of plague at Manchester. The vessel, which is now at Hamburg, lias been disinfected, owing to the discovery of dead rats upon her.

the parts bomb outrage Pauls, June 10

The French police assert that Aveno, a Barcelona anarchist, was the real perpetrator of the bomb outrage, directed at the life of King Alfonso Xlll. of ISpuiti in Paris on June 1. CHOLERA AT TOMSK. St. Peteusburg, June 111 An outbreak of cholera has occurred at Tomsk (Western Siberia). The town is in a terribly insanitary condition, and serious results are anticipated. MISCELLANEOUS. London', June 36 Obituary: .iamca Mansergli, F.R.S. past president of ihe Institute of Civil Engineers, and member of the council of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. In the Hammons Mr J. G. Lawson has been appointed chairman of committees, and Mr Jeffreys deputy chairman,