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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9377, 22 February 1909, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Loudon, February 20.

Lord Chelmsford’s appointment to succeed Sir Harry Ravvson is gazetted.

The statement of public accounts show that the King's coronation cost £309,000.

The official correspondence referring to the formation of the Imperial General Staff has been published. Only Canada has, as yet, replied giving a general acceptance and expressing satisfaction at local control being safeguarded. Samuel Roebuck, wire manufacturer, of Brooklyn, United States, reputed millionaire, left half a million sterling to his daughter, Elizabeth Bird, who is the wife of a small baker at Northampton. Roebuck deserted his wife and child 50j years ago.

Argentina has'signed an'agreement with a syndicate banks for five per cant, loan of ten million sterling, with a sinking fund of one per cent. Rome, February 21. King Menelik sent has sent 30,000 Abyssinian dollars to the Italian earthquake fund. A landslip at Arezzo, Italy, overwhelmed ten farm hands. Launceston, February’2l. A burning tree fell across a buggy load of picnickers, killing a schoolmistress named Miss Cronin, and a girl named Nesbit. Four others were injured. Sydney, February 20. A Socialist named Holland has been arrested at Broken Hill for using seditious language. Brussels, February 20. Belgian anarchists state that Seilegor’s bomb outrages were organised by agents acting under the Provocateur’s orders, so as to give an excuse ttf Belgium to drive refugees into the hands of the Russian police. Received February 32, 10.0 a.in. Perth, February 22. The Parod’s small-pox patient, a coloured member of the crew, has succumbed. Buenos Ayros, February 31. The steamer Presidente Roca, running between Southern Argentina and Buenos Ayres, caught fire and sank. Twenty people were drowned and 330 saved.