Second Edition

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 July 1913, Page 3

Second Edition

TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

[bT ELBCTRIU TELKORAPH—COrYRIQHT] [riR PRKBB aBBOOJATION.] (Received This Buy, ( J.4d a.m.) A ROYAL VISIT. London, July 28. The Pall Mull Gazette asserts that while it is understood tlio King has resolved to 118 overseas dominions, nothing dejinite has been arranged, thougn Canada aud the tnited States almost certainly will be visited first It is impossible lor lum to go in the near future to Austrnlia ami Sow Zealaml, which will require a separate journcj. A FALL IN GOLD.

Pans, July 28. A carriage containing £120,1)00 in gold was overturned m a. collision with a tram car on the Boulevard Sevastopol. lUmoney was thrown on to the pavement, and the police guarded it while the bank employees picked up the coins. l«our cashiers who were 111 the ca - riage were injured 111 the collision. I'EKILS OF THE SEA. The captain of the wrecked barque Yille de Dijon repor s that three of the crew were lost. The remainder are safe. > SCOTT WlLl CASH. London, July Commenting 011 the visit of the iurvmen in the Scott will case to' Lord Sackville's residence, Knole House, the Law Journal states thai it is an unpleasant development oi trial bv iurv. It was in poor taste, ami is likely to influence jurymen in similar cases, "'eatinß suspicions which are like \ diminish regard for the administration of justice. On .Tulv 7th the Probate Divisum nl (In' lligli tiiuil 0 Justice tinished the hearing 0 the objection of Mr Malcolm Scott to the granting of probate „f the will of his brother, Sll John Murray Scott. Iho juij found that there had been no undue influence by the Sackvilles, no fraud by Lady Sackville. and that the will and its live codicils had been dul,\ executed. Accordingly judgment was pronounced for defendants, with costs, which totalled about .£20,000. Subsequently Lord Saekville issued a cordial invitation to the jurymen to visit Knole House, which had figured so prominently in the case. TIIE IIOCSE-ELY. Paris-, July 28. The police have begun a campaign against the house-fly. Half a million leaflets, containing instructions for the pro-, tcclion of food and stating methods of attacking the breeding centre, have been distributed in the schools, where the streets have been placarded with highly-coloured and extreinch 'graphic illustrations of the fact that flies live upon and propagate disease. (Received This Day, 9.4;> a.m.) THE DAVIS CUP. London, July 28. America won the Davis Cup. WATER I'LA.NES. Water plane naval manoeuvres have been held at Cromarty. The demonstrators easily'detected the enemy's submarines. U.N THE HAND. The situation 011 the Hand is not improved. Tom Matthew warned men to prepare for the signal being given for a sudden strike. EOI'ND DEAD. Auckland, This Day. Tom Tarry, employed as a milker 011 a farm at \\ aitiku, .was found dead as the result 01 a gunshot wound. A discharged gun was alongside the body. WATER EUR WAVEKLEY. Wanganui, Tim Day. Waverley Town Jioard last evening accepted tenders for a lighting and a water supply scheme, as provided for under a hydro-electric pumping plant and electric lighting. The successful tenderers were Messrs Turnbull and Jones, Wellington, Eor the water mains, the successful tenderers was E. Burrell, Wanganui, £•.{OB9 12s; water tower, W. (L Jones, Westport, £.1195 10s; concrete wall anl dam, Walpole Darlington and Patterson, Wanganui, £(390.