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(per press association).
The King's Speech.
London, February 14.
The strictest secrecy is being observed in referenco to tho contents of the King's speech at the opening of Parliament.
Australian Wine. The Admiralty has accepted an offer of Australian wine to be used in christening warships iii accordance with the suggestion of the South Australian_AgentGeneral. The wine grown within the Empire will bo used on such occasions New Frontier in India.
Curzon has created a new frontier province formed out of the four Transindus districts of Punjaub with a tribal country beyond. Stopping Gambling. Brussels, This Day. The Chamber of Deputies voted for the suppression of gambling houses, including those at Ostend and Spa. New York Harbor Icebound. New Yohk, February 14 New York harbor is icebound. There have been terrible snowstorms in the Eastern states.
The steamer Ehynland took seventeen clays from Queenstown to New York. She was thirteen days battling against high seas and lost the blades of her propellor.
' * ■ The export of coal from We3tport last year amounted to 370,000 tons, which was an increase of over 10,000 tons for the previous year. Prom the latest published returns the four weekly revenue of the Westland railway lino 3 was £5,207 and the expenditure £3,147, Bhowing the second highest percentage of revenue in this Island. The Beefton Herald understands that the racehorse Hotu by Foulshot—Westland has been purchased by Mrs Batchelor of Arahura for £250 and contingencies. The horse hai been entered for the Westport races*
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 15 February 1901, Page 3
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255LATEST CABLE NEWS. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 15 February 1901, Page 3
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