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NEWS IN BRIEF. New York, December 29. The Amsterdam correspondent of the “Now York Evening Telegram ’’ states that, according to the Berlin ‘*Vorwaerts, ’’ an attendant at Amerongen attempted to kiil the Kaiser. He fired four shots, but none was .effective. London. December 30. The influenza is steadily waning. The week deaths in London amounted to IS4, compared with 912 a month ago. The total deaths in the United Kingdom were 110,000. Melbourne, December 30. The Director of Quarantine hopes that Australia will be definitely free of influenza at, the end of the first week iu the new year. Sydney, December 30. The New South Wales Alliance has announced that it has planned for 1919 the biggest offensive against the liquor traffic ever attempted. London, December 29. i The newspapers heartily welcome the betrothal of Princess Patricia to Commander Alexander Ramsay, son of the Earl of DalUousie, which is a love match dating from the time that Commander Ramsay- was aide-de-camp to the- Duke of Connaught in Canada? . The fact of the Princess wedding a I commoner is regarded as a happy proof I
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Otaki Mail, 3 January 1919, Page 4
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185CABLED ITEMS. Otaki Mail, 3 January 1919, Page 4
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