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* A Paris mesEapo says M. Oleihcnceau announces his willingness to accept tho Presidency. A message from London says:—The ■Ministry of Health issues a warning against purchasing Bhaving brushes from Japan. It is reported that soveral rocent casc.s of anthrax, two proving fatal, followed tho uso of the brushes. A Court at Milan has granted an annulment of marriage on tho ground of a wifo's childlossness. It is reported from Rome that tho whole Italian Press supports tho verdict, which has captivated the Socialists, who are proposing legislation providing for compulsory annulment in such cases. A message from Paris states that Anglo-French promoters aro establishing a "market of the World," an immense six-storied block costing £1,000,000, in which there will bo 5000 shops, and also the world's largest banqueting room, a kinemn, Turkish baths, and lecture rooms, making a luxurious club for tho world's buvers and producers, thus facilitating all transactions.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16726, 8 January 1920, Page 7
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154IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN ITEMS Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16726, 8 January 1920, Page 7
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