BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
(United Press Association.—Copyright.)
LONDON, June 30
The London publicans will raise the price of beer to-morrow by a halt-penny per pint. The Eight Hours Act has come into force in the Black Coxuvtry without iuction. The City Corporation is considering the construction of a new Thames bridge to be named St. Paul's. It is proposed to be erected between Soutliwark and Blackfriars, at a cost of £1,647,000. It is officially announced that Sir Edward Girouard, Governor of Northern Nigeria, has succeeded Sir James Sadler as Governor of the East African Protectorate. Commenting on the success of^ the Church pageant, the "Financial News' suggests the holding of a realistic and impressive colonial pageant. NEW YORK, June 30. Cincinnati has adopted a Daylight Saving Bill. MADRID, June 30. A house party was dining at Senator Mergador's castle, at Navia, Spain, when a. bomb was thrown through a window, and fell on the table, killing six, including Morgador, his wife and daughter. The crime was the outcome of a political feud.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12256, 2 July 1909, Page 7
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