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Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 February 1914, Page 3

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Cabled from Abroad. (Sydney Sun. MURDERED BY BABES. London, January 24. . the kindliness and wL : , h was lavished on R c , their sister, 18 mgn'ihs old, f two children in Pans yesterday aged three and four, poured some red-hot coals inside the baby's olothing. Fatal injuries were inflicted. JOHNSON GOES UNDER. Jack Johnson was defeated in a wrestling match with the German Marcusen. The bout, which took place in Berlin, was catch-as-catch-can style, and lasted 23 minutes. - THE FATE OF ABSALOM. rv , Granville, January 24. D. M'Kinlay, of Eveleigh, the , driver of No. 1225 passenger train from Sydney to Picton yesterday afternoon, after passing Cabramatta had occasion to mount the tender of his engine in connection with certain duties. A loose telegraph wire, which - was hanging over the line at the i time caught McKinlay under the chin. The train was travelling at 30 miles an hour, and'the driver was dragged from the tender and suspended in mid-air while the train passed on and M'Kinlay fell on to the platform of the third carriage. When picked up he was found to have a bone of the right arm broken and a badly lacerated throat. The train was stopped and M'Kinlay was taken to Liverpool. After being treated by Dr. Pirie, \ he was sent home to Eveleigh. IDEAL WORKER. New York. Jan. 24. I Although he has not slept for f more than a year, Mike Youbouse a mill-worker at Duquesne, Pennsylvania, is in good health. The doctors at four hospitals have iiad him under observation, and lie has also been examined by several s prominent specialists. ' He does a full day's work every working . 4 day, but iio treatment has beeu " found which, can send him lo sleep. According to Youhous 3 , he drank some kincSsof a liquor made by a foreigner a year ago ; and since that time he has never been to sleep. JAPAN AND U.S.A. London, Jan. 24. Japan considers that the arguments from Washington in connection with the Californian Bill are unsatisfactory, and hae intimated to President Wilson that other plans will have to be elaborate!. ' The Immigration Committee which is-considering the Asiatic Exclusion Bill has postponed its sittingsruntil it can be ascertained what "other plans" means.