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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 February 1913, Page 2

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Cabled News From Abroad. (Sydney Sun Special.) FIX XlSIt ATHLETE'S RECORD. Nl'/\\ iU'iiK, J'ebruary 8. iiannos liobhiuainen won a fivemile race on a cinder track iu New l'ork. The time was •J-linin 18sec. Hannes Hobhinainen, who is a Finn, won throe fine races at tho Olympic Games, Stockholm—this •3000 metres in 1-lmin 3(3 3-ssoc., the 10,000 metres in 31inin. 20sec., and the 18,000 meti es cross-country race m loniin. 11 3-osoe. The times for the first two distances arc world's records. The time the Finn has done in Now York—2-lniin. 18sec. - is not a world's record. Alfred Shrub'b, as an amateur, ran Iko miles in 2-lniin. 12 2-ssec. at Stamford Bridge, London .on May 12, 1901. Hoblnnainen's 2-lniin. 18sec. may, however, be regarded as a professional record, as thero is no time standing for that distance. Hobhmainen turned professional after tho Olympic Games, and went to America. Ho is one of the greatest runners the world has even seen, and was trained on his father's littlo farm in Finland. FIRE IN A PROCESSION. LONDON, Feb. 8. During the progress of a carnival at Tarassa, in Spain, a masked individual started firing confetti from a pistol, prosisting in this pastime until ho set fire to one of tho cars i" a procession. The twenty boys and girls who were in the car made frantic efforts to extinguish tho flames, and iu doing so tho false beards they were wearing became ignited. Then the light and flimsy costumes in which they were garbed caught fire, and within a few seconds all tho occupants of the car wero in flames. The children wero dragged out as quickly as possible, but ono girl was burned to death, while tho condition of nine others is so serious that thev are not expected to recover. A LA XL OF BAYONETS. LONDON, l'ob. 8. Stones are again becoming current in Vienna regarding tho terrible tortures suffered by tho conquered Turks. At Luena, the Servians aro stated to have perpetrated unmentionable outrages, and to have tied wonin an-1 children together hi batches saturated with petroleum, and set fire to < them. In this way, so it is said, 700 people wero murdered in one tearful funeral pyre. At Ochrida the men who were taken prisoners were stripped of their clothing and driven naked through double ranks of Servians, who stood face to face with fixed bayonets. As tho poor victims ran the gauntlet they were jabbed with bayonets. The Committe of Union an<» Progress is striving to excite a warlike enthusiasm among the Ottoman people, but, instead, aro arousing a spirit of dangerous fanaticism. The committee is publishing horrible stories of Christian atrocities in Macedonia, and alleges that half a million Moslems have boon massacred. TIGHT MONEY. LONDON. February 14. At a meeting of Lloyd's Bank the chairman announced that money would probably continue high ou'ing to trade demands and large capital increases. NEGRO MLR I)FRER'S FATE. Ciirr Mott. a negro, was lynched ai Houston, in Missouri, U. S. A. tie was accused of having murdered a white women. Pleading piteously for his own life, the black was seized b\ an infuriated mob and banged, his body .afterwards being riddled with bullets. THE FI RST COURT. The lirst Court of the sen,son nasi held at Buckingham Palace last night, and, there was a big attendance. The King wore the uniform hi Colonel-in-Ohief of tho Coldstream 4 Guards, and the Queen was in a gown of silver brocade with diamante embroidery, and a train of Honiton applique lace lined with silver cliaffon. Her Majesty also had on an emerald and diamond coronet and a necklace and stomacher of similar jewels. LANDSLIDE IN SCOTLAND. LONDON. February 8. - There has been a terrific mountain slide in Argyllshire. Tens of thousands of tons of rock and earth crashed into a valley and filled tho bed of the River Croe. a huge lako being formed. A shepherd and his family rushed for safety while tho debris thundered past, and were successful in reaching a haven.