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(Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) LONDON. July Hi. General Birdwood, speaking at the Colonial Institute luncheon in his honour, said lie always put a full and proper value on the man behind the guns; Tommy Atkins and Jack Tar at home, -the Digger in Australia and Now Zealand. and the Sepoy in India. As long as he lived, he would see in his mind’s eye the sturdy brave British soldier in France and dauntless acts in storming and holding the heights of Gallipoli. These men won the war. It was not too much to hope Unit the same men in commerce and industry, would win peace. The Duke of Connaught, who presided, paid a tribute to General Birdwood, whom he described as a British soldier, gentleman and friend ol the Empire.
WHEAT PRICES. NEW YORK, July 17. Chicago wheat: July 158; September 15-lj ; December 1551. THE' NIAGARA. (Received this day at 11.2 i a.m.) SUVA. July 17. Tito Niagara lta.s arrived trim Vancouver and sails for Auckland at noon. COAL AIINE TROUBLE. .LONDON, July 16. Five thousand strikers surrounded Rock Colliery, Glynneath. Glamorgan, where seven hundred men were still working, and refused to disperse. The police were summoned and in a collision with strikers sixteen were Injured. Tho minors eventually decided to cease work, and tho colliery had lieen brought to a standstill.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1925, Page 3
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