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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8893, 13 August 1907, Page 2

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ijOndom, August 12. The British War Office has abandoned the carrier pigeon section. Ottawa, August 12. -

A cartload of nitroglycerino explodod and wrecked the township of Essex, Ontario. Nine persons were killed and many injured. Memioiikne, August 12.

Arrived : Tarawera. ISkkxin, August. 12. Germany is adopting tho Plimsoll line for slapping. London, August 12.

Obituary: Sir John Davison Millburn, senior partner iu Millburn and Co., aotatoG. Oaby, a Sydneyite, has been awaided the Joulo studentship by tho Royal Society. Joshua Lnko, of Melbourne, has arranged for the loan of an art exhibition for Australia. It will comprise corporate exhibits by the Royal British and Colonial Society of artists, a collection of notable works by distinguished men from tho whole held of art, and a British loan collection. IiOMT., August 10. Obituary : Cardinal Svampa, Archbishop of'Bologna, agod 57. Thursday Island, August 13. Arrived : Surveying ship, Fautome, to join tho Australian squadron.