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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 2035, 24 December 1907, Page 5

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Press Association—Copyright. Received Dec. 24, 10.50 p.m. St.Petersburg, Last Night. _ Four mutineers of the Brist regiment at Sebastopol were sentenced to death and nine to penal servitude. Yienna, Last Night. The Hungarian Parliament has passed all the Bills relating to the Ausfleich. , , Morocco, Last Night. Owing to alarmist reports spread by the Uledelhadj tribe, a mob sacked the grand bazaar at Fez, and atttacked the French post office. Received December 24, 7.57 a.m. Rome, December 38. A wealthy Veronese engineer was found dead in the Rome-Ancona express stabbed three times and the body rifled of title deeds valued at £14,000. . A man, believed to be Pamtza, was arrested at Guirgevo, but escaped and committed suicide by jumping under a train. London, December 28. George Thompson and Co. ’s 'twin screw steamer Pericles of tonnage between' 11,000 and 13,000 , built by Messrs Harland and Wolff for the Australian trade, has been launched. Received December 24, 10.13 a.m. Sydney, December 24. The boiler of a flour mill at Narribri burst, wrecked.,the building and considerably damaged the gaol opposite. No one was seriously injured. Arrived, 2 a.m., Moeraki. The State Parliament has been prorogued till February 4th Japanese naval officers and crews who recently visited Sydney 'have donated £143 towards the building fund of the Royal Naval House in appreciation of the kindness received

Newcastle, December 24._ Two men were carried out while swimming in the surf and in danger of drowning. Prince Kadavu Levu, of the Fijian cricket team, swam out and rescued them.