Second Edition

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 December 1913, Page 3

Second Edition

British and Foreign.

[Ei.ECTItIC TELEGItAPH, COPYItIGHT.J [PEK I'KESS ASSOCIATION.] (Keceived This Day, 8.50 a.m.) SENTENCE. OF THE [COURT MAIITIAL. Berlin, December 14. A Court Martial has ordered the UlHh liegiment to go to Casel. . Colonel Yon lieuter retains command, but Lieut. Foerstner lias been transferred to another regiment. A MEGAPHONE SPEECH. London, December 14. The King and Queen visited Convent Garden, The suffragettes from the box opposite the .Royal box displayed a banuer stating that women were being tortured in the prisons, and made a megaphone speech protesting against the Parkkursts , arrest. Others in the gallery threw down leaflets. The audience angrily objected to- the demonstration, and the management ejected the women. A CAGE GETS AWAY. Vienna, December 14. A cage in a mine at Erna fell 950 feet and killed seven men. SPIKITS BANNED. - Christiania, December 14. The Parliamentary Committee of the Norwegian Parliament decided to introduce a bill prohibiting the importation of spirits. The leading politicians of Sweden who are in favour of teetotalism alsc propose similar legislation.

STOWAWAYS ltOUttH TIME, liome, December 14. returning immigrants

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boarded the AVhitc Star steamer Asiatic, paying , 2b dollars apiece to a number of the crew to conceal them as stowaways. They were locked in a hold, and were without food and water for three days, but they then broke out and confessed to fraud. Ten of the crew have been arrested. OXLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. Crowds, including*' many notabilities, are flocking to the Uffizzi gallery. The only damage to the picture is a slight abrasion on the check and a tiny -scratch on the left shoulder. . THE KUSSLUi WAY. Paris, December 14. The Matin declares that liussia requested France and Britain to formally demand that Turkey shall remove the German commander. Kussia expects Prance to immediately exercise, financial pressure on Turkey, otherwise l'ussia will consider the attitude of France unfriendly.