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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 May 1913, Page 2

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AMIOUICAN ARMY

LONDON, April '2$

Tlu< i'nited iStalcs .Secretary o, War. .Mr (..'. (!. (Jarrison. urges th>at ilii , divisions of the army should b< periodically assembled in times o. peace, in oi(|,. r that they may in thoroughly trained lor war. ' .Mr Harrison declares thai there is n< need tor a large army, but that a> army is required that shall be nearl.\ perfect as possible. AMKIMCAN CAOL SCANDAL. Some amazing disclosures have '■een made as the result of an investigation into the conditions prevail plays intended lor representation ni New York State. The inquiry revealed brutality, waste and incompelericy on the part of the officials. X<i fewer than 28 con.victs are dedared to have been driven insane Iμlino; <m( . vo . u . ; n consequence- of the inlmman treatment to which they .subjected. It was fur cher elicited that a woman who had been .sentenced to death was appointed nurse in the lying-in-ward of the gaol. GRAVEYARD OX DEAD BOATS. A commission reports that the Cornish fisheries are languishing. The bants with, no other motive power than sails and oars, have become obsolete, and at the 'lishing village of Hayle alone 800 of these craft art li'id up and aie rotting in the mud. The scene is de-scsibed as being '' i( graveyard of dead boats." BrOGRAPH KTLLLYG THEATRES Six theatres in Rerlin are bankrupt, and a number of others axe verging on financial disaster. The "xtraordinary spread rf the biograph craze is said to he responsible. IRELAND'S SEVERE WINTER. The. wintry conditions now prevailing i" Ireland are of exceptional severity, and have not been equalled for forty .years. Heavy falls >i snow have occurred, and all farming operations have bad to bo suspended. WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING. Vresideut Wilson yesterday open ed i]i Ne-w York what is now tb.p tallest building m u ,o vrorl<l. The new structure, which will be known as the Woolworfch Building, rears itself to a height of 750 ft.