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LONDON, Jan. 3.—The Liquor Control Board prohibit the sale of whisky, brandy, rum and gin unless reduced to thirty degrees under-proof, representing a further five por cent reduction in strength. SHANGHAI, Jan. 3.—The Japanese steamer Hakakamaru was wrecked in a blizzard off Cliefooo owing to terrible seas. Those of the crew and passengers who escaped drowning were marooned for three days. Captain Stamp of the Netherlands Harbour Works, with a number of Chinese and a tug, gallantly rescued fifty out of four hundred. EarthquakesROME, Jan. 4. There has been violent earthquakes at Abruizzi, with the damage specially heavy ’at Avezzano, Peschina and Ajelli. A Train Smash. LONDON, Jan. '4. Eleven were killed and forty injured by a crowded passenger train crashing into a light engine at Rablue station between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Train Accident. London, Jan 4 The train was crowded with holiday makers, including suldiers and sailors who climbed to the windows and rendered assistance. Forty were seriously and 60, slightly injured,
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