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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 December 1912, Page 2

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.•as $ . __ Cabled News From ud Abroad. 3111 ick (Sydney Sun). : lcr d l o STORY OF AMMONIA BOTTLE, t's LOS ANGELES, Saturday, in, Despite the terrific beating which ug lie took from Luther Maearty, Jim Flynn denies tJic contention that ho lias no further claim to the heavywoight title, ciud declares that ho '• has not yet finished -with the ring II .1' lynn declares that he lost the G( light through the carelessness of his co seconds. One of them spilt a botrfls tie of ammonia in his fact as lie re)m turned to hi.s corner after the eighth I a round. He was unable to see Macartv after that, and suffered exeni- ■ , ■fating pain. >"t Flynn therefore demands anothel ; he fight with M acarty. 111 JL'BOOO AVON IN THIRTY , . ,ns -MINUTES. , p ' p LONDON ,Saturday. io win CBUUO in half an hour at ' die gaming tables at Monte Carlo Has ie pleasant experience of a rich American tourist. 'I he lucky gambler was a mere novice at roulette, the game at f which ho decided to ride a few thousand francs, but placing the. maximum amount of £2(0 on black ■al K> won at the first turn of the wheel, les Thus encouraged, lie went on er staking his money until at the end al of half an hour he had gathered in li- CbOOO, and then thought it was j ?s- time to leave. ' 10 THE LADY AND THE NEGRO 1 ;1 " FOOTPAD. 1 LOS AN(i i'JLICS, Saturday. M'Carthy, a negro footpad, got the surprise of his life last night. f" fie thought to roll Mrs Walter Wal- | ter "Wallace, and, pointing a revolver at her head ordered her to throw 111 up her hands. s Mrs "Wallace did so, hut one hand caught tlie revolver and the other caught M'Carthy by the throat. The lady then proceeded to kick the ncgII ro on the shins. Screaming with pain, M'Carthy bolted. cs AN OFFENCE IN AUSTRIA. BUDAPEST, Saturday. 1 An order has been issued from >'* army headquarters forbidding any " officer to walk in the streets ann-in-s a rni with a lady, even thought she n might be his wire or mother. 0 The order says: "Any officer who is so feeble as to require the assis- I tance ol 1:1 woman is unfit for ser- i vice, and should be superannuat- 1 e ed." I f CM VES AWAY HIS W'EDDLNC 0 BREAKFAST. (f OREGON ,Saturday. Ninety little inmates of the Chile dren'gi Home were made happy yesr tei'day by the sudden determination s of Mr "Walter M'Jvav, a society milt lionaire, .and his pretty bride, to have ; an obscure wedding instead of an ostentatious one. V -^ n elaborate wedding breakfast bad been prepared and ninny guests I 1 u oic invited, but Mr M'av tliouglit, y 'it the last niomonfc, tliafc ho would . lather go away nto the country and j ■v lie, married quietly. j ] The sumptuous "breakfast was ! . Llierefore ordered to be taken to the 'j Children's Home. \