TERRIBLE EXPLOSION IN TURKEY.
THE KING'S HORROR OF CANCER
BRITISH POLITICS,
THE CHARGE AGAINST ADMIRAL
SCHLEY.
Received July 26, 11 p.m
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 26,
At noon yesterday an explosion destroyed the densely-populated centre of Batoum. The ruins are strewn- with countless dead, and it is impossible to approximately estimate the loss of life.
LONDON, July 26.
The King1, in receiving the foreign delegates to .the Tuberculosis Conference, added : "There is one. other terrible disease — cancer. God grant that before long you •will be able to find a cure or to check its course. The discoverer of such a cure is deserving of a statue in all the capitals of the world."
In the House of Lords the Finance Bill •was read a third time.
In the House of Commons, Lord Lansdowne stated that Prince George of Crete had acceded to the unanimous request of the Powers to remain in office for another term.
The Ormuz cases are not bubonic plague. NEW YORK, July 26. The Schley inquiry opens on September 12th.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 27 July 1901, Page 3
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