BRITISH AND FOREIGN
By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. "THE TIMES." LONDON, February 24. The "Times" is reducing its price to Id. JOHNSON HOOTED. PARIS. February 24. Jack Johnson, in a restaurant quarrel with an American boxing manager, came to blows, to the great amusement of the other diners. Johnson's wife fainted, and the crowd' on the boulevards hooted him. - FRENCH CRUISER ASHORE. PARIS, February 25. The cruiser Waldeck Rousseau is ashore in the Gulf of Jouan, deeply embedded in the mud. • Her machinery is seriously damaged. NEW SHIPPING COMPANY. LONDON, February 24. The British Empire Steam Navigation Company, an offshoot of the Empire Transport Company, has been formed and has acquired ten steamers now being built by Irvines, of Hartlepool. A share capital of £250,000 has been subscribed and £250,000 in 5$ per cent debentures at 97 is being offered.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16485, 26 February 1914, Page 7
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139BRITISH AND FOREIGN Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16485, 26 February 1914, Page 7
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