GENERAL CABLE NEWS
THE KING AND THE BIBLE. LONDON, February 12. The Council of the School Union has presented an address to the King .thanking him for daily reading the Bible. [King George recently stated that ho daily read the Bible, in keeping with a promise made some years ago.J NICKEL COINAGE. MELBOURNE, February 13. The Federal Government has decided to adopt nickel instead of copper coinage. - SIR GEORGE REID. V LONDON, February 12. Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, who has had an attack of influenza, is better, but is still confined to his room. IMPROVED ARMOUR-PLATE. LONDON, February 12. The Admiralty is testing a Sheffield invention for increasing the resistance of armoured plate while reducing the weight by 15 per cent. HORSE THIEVES LYNCHED. ST. PETERSBURG, February 12. Five thousand peasants at Kharkov demolished the courthouse, and lynched two horse thieves. QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S HOUNDS. LONDON, February 12. Queen Alexandra won first, second, and third prizes for Basset hounds at the Croft Show. Her Majesty also won several other prizes. / A JUMPER SOLD. LONDON, February 12. A horse named Highjumper, winner of prizes at Olympia, was sold for 1450gns. CABLE PRESS RATES. (Received February 13, 11.55 p.m.) PEKIN, February 13. The cable companies have agreed to a press rate to Europe of eightpence halfpenny per word. MISSING BOAT SAFE. (Received February 14, 0.55 ami.) LONDON, February 13. The Paulino’s missing boat is safe, CONGREGATIONAL UNION. (Received February 14, 0.55 a.m.) LONDON, February 13. Dr Adeny, chairman of the Congregational Union, will shortly visit Australasia.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8354, 14 February 1913, Page 10
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256GENERAL CABLE NEWS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8354, 14 February 1913, Page 10
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