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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9370, 12 February 1909, Page 5

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United Press Association—By Elec trio Telegraph—Copyright. Paris, February 10. Renard has been sentenced to penal servitude for life, and Oonrtois to 20 years’ imprisonment for the murder of Remy, a banker, in Paris. Two murderers have been guillotined at Albi, France. London, February 11. The trustees of the late Mr James Dick, guttapercha manufacturer, allocated £BO,OOO to the Royal Infirmary of Glasgow, besides £250,000 to other Glasgow charities. The Times’ Stockholm correspondent reports that both Chambers voted for universal suffrage, with proportional representation. New York, February 11. The formal eleotion of Mr Taft as President, in the presence of members of both Houses of Congress, took place yesterday. Sydney, February 11. The Postal Department is advised from Gomen that a severe cyclone is raging in New Caledonia. Communication was interrupted between Gomen and Noumea. Received February 12, 10.10 a.m. Sydney, Feb-nary 12. " The Labour Council protect agaiusc the Federal Government letting a contract to construct destroyers in England, while every facility for carrying out the work already eixsts in the Commonwealth, The wreck of the JE m has been sold at Frisco to Sydney buyers. It is likely that a small salvage company will be formed. New York, February 11. The Wallabies scored 13 points and Leland Stanford University 3. Received February 12, 8.40 a.m. London, February 11. Consols 84%. Lady Francis Balfour and Mrs Fawcett are appealing to the Suffragettes to attend a service at Westminster Abbey to intercede for the success of the cause in the coming session. A conference of Radical Trade Unions and Co-operative Associations nnanimously adopted a resolution urging the taxation of land values. Several members of Parliament were present and suggested a tax of a penny in the pound on capital values. Paris, February 11, The mutilated body of Oatulle Mendes, the French poet, has been discovered in a tunnel close to St., Germain, a suburb of Paris. It is suggested that the object of the outrage was robbery.