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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9118, 10 April 1908, Page 5

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Received April 10, 8.10 a. m. London, April 9,

Mr Arthur Whiney, who has been appointed rceaiver and manager of the estate of W. and A. MacArthur, states that ordinary shares have been subscribed and the success ofgthe reconstitutioned warehouse is assured.

London County Council Loan of £3,750,000 was subscribed over ten fold.

Received April 10, 8.3 a.m. Capetown, April 9, The railway from Bloemfontein to Kimberley has been opened. There were 26,504 Chinese on the Rand at the end of March. Lisbon, April 9.

Two soldiers were shot dead in the street in Lisbon, at night in revenge for the troops having fired on the crowd. The assassin escaped. Yienna, April 9. In the eleventh the International Chess Tournament at Yienna, Schlechter is leading with 9 games, Marvezy 8% games, Dnras 8 games. Sydney, April 10. Obituary : Mr Hungerford, formerly railway contractor in New Zealand and racehorse owner, aged 76, Received April 10, 1.55 a.m. London, April 9. Mrs Hamilton was fonud guilty of perjury in the Druce case, and sentence was postponed pending decision on a point of law.