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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 2032, 20 December 1907, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

Press Association— I Copyright. London, Last Night. The National, Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. - Sydney, Last Night. The seismograph iat the Sydney observatory recorded severe earth tremors at 5.43 < a.m. on Monday. The severest part of the shake occurred at 3.52 a.m. The maximum altitude of the greatest phase was 15 H 3 millimeters, y - ■ Received, Dec. 19, 10.6 p.m. _ London, Last Night. Lieut. Woods was summoned under article 477, to resign, or be removed. He resigned, protesting against the decision, which was on grounds that he and his advisers considered insufficient and inadequate to close his military career. .[Lieut. Woods recently charged brother officers with “ragging” him but the enquiry that was held did not result in his favor, it being ■considered that it was n °t the vtftereats of the service that he should remain in it]. There is a movement afoot to bury Lord Kelvin in Westminster Abbey.