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London, May 7. Captain Cresswell, Australian Naval Director, is o visiting the naval establishments and colleges. In lawn tennis the final tie of the preliminary competition for the amateur chamionship resulted in Jay Gould defeating H. J. Hill by three sets to love, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1. The Coldstream Guards, using the new rifles, won the Daily Telegraph and Dewar Cups at Bisley, easily beating the volunteers using the old Lee-Metford rifles. ' St. Petersburg, May 7. The Czar has dissolved the old Committee of Ministers, whose powers are transferred to the Council of Ministers and the Douma. Capetown, May 6. Public opinion in South Africa complains of the Home Radicals successively maligning the Cape, Natal and the Transvaal. The traducers are thereby unintentionally but perceptibly strengthening the feeling of brohood and hastening the federation of South Africa. The Natal Mercury has declared that ex-President Steyn’s recent speech in a travesty of history, designed to arouse racial hatred. Morocco, May 7. The Moorish Government advises the Sultan to sign the Algeciras Convention. Macassar, May 7. The Dutch troops attacked a native stronghold at Bontoe, in the Celebes Islands, but were repulsed, twelve being killed and twenty-four injured.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 36, 10 May 1906, Page 3
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199CABLE NEWS Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 36, 10 May 1906, Page 3
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