CABLE NEWS.
(Lnited Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, July 7. Replying to Sir H. Norman, the Right Hon. John Burns said the Board of Trade was negotiating with the Marconi Company to supply installations on British ships under the Merchant Shipping Convention at a reasonable cost, but would not impose an obligation to use tho Marconi system. On Degree "Day at Leeds University, the students assembled in the gallery and pelted tat f'tshionaljle ladies' hats, dangled spring onions in the faces of distinguished visitors, and JielS. up a procession, enveloping the Chancellor and mace-bearer in a blanket. The professors were rescued after a scene of wild disorder. i Sir John Taverner, in a letter, reeajnmends the Imperial Governmentl to osmtiiish !^ sel?-suppoi\cing wrricultural depot to train boys and girls for rural lire, and to co-operate with the over^t t Governments in sending to the colonies all the trainees who can be spared. LONDON, July 6. Mallaby Deeley. who recently bought ! (.'■event Garden estate from the Duke cf | Bedford, has transferred it to Sir Joseph. Beeeham and Alexander Ormrod, a Manchester stockbroker.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20121, 8 July 1914, Page 5
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178CABLE NEWS. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20121, 8 July 1914, Page 5
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