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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9441, 11 May 1909, Page 5

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United Press Association—By Blcbtrie Telegraph-Copyright. Berlin, May 10. Obituary: Friedrich Yon Holstein, confidential adviser to four German Chancellors. Sydney, May 10. An order has been made calling upon W. N. Willis to appear within three days to give eviuclenoe in the Daley extortion case. London* May 10. The cruiser Gladiator, which cost £65,000 £o refloat, has been sold for £15,135. Lord "Pirrie has purchased Lea Park, the late Whittaker Wright’s Surrey estate, for £200,000. Received May 11, 8.35 a.m. Rome, May 10. An explosion destroyed a factory at Sant Easebio, Genoa. Four men were killed and 20 injured. Received May 11, 10.45 a.m. Sydney, May 11. The Rev. Mr Allan, a Presbyterian minister, was killed while driving to church at Bilambil. The horse bolted and threw him from the buggy. An unusally brilliant meteor was seen at Stroud accompanied by loud rumblings and strong atmospheric vibrations. Melbourne, May 11. Government h&s accepted Messrs Sleights’ tender at £6OOO per annum for a fortnightly shipping service between Melbourne and Fiji. £Mrs Neate Richmond, aged one hundred.