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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8899, 20 August 1907, Page 2

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Press Association—Copyright. London, August 19.£ The Duke of Devonshire is nearly convalescent. London, August 19, Pinkerton, the head of the famous American detective agency, died Am the voyage to Europe. Georgetown, August 19. Captain Oalder, commanding the British Guiana frontier force, crossed the border near Barima River, aud compelled the Venezuelans at the point of the revolver to surrender four thousand pounds of ballata rubber, said to have been obtained from a British forest. The Venezuelan Consul at Georgetown has protested against armed invasion. Melbourne, August 20. The total production of land, industries, mining and manufactures of Victoria last year was £36,549,000, an increase of over 30 per cent over 1903. New York:, August 19. Mr. Pierpont Morgan’s stud and pedigree stock have been destroyed, owing to an outbreak of anthrax.