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United Preas’Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received June 23, 8.21 a.m. London, June 22. A Belgian force captured and executed at Ville de Bruces, Congo State, the leaders of a tribe of cannibals. A scheme has been initiated for a British National monument at Waterloo to commemorate the memory of the battle. The Bishop of Birmingham has undergone an operation for appendicitis. Pekin, June 22. A great inundation has taken place at Wuchan, China, and the neighbouring villages. The inhabitants are taking refuge on the house tops and many of’the aged are dying of exposure. Berne, June 22. The Village of Zurl in the Tyrol has beeu burned and 1300 people rendered homeless.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9178, 23 June 1908, Page 5
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113CABLES. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9178, 23 June 1908, Page 5
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