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RESCUES FROM KABUL.—In the course of seven weeks, members of the Royal Air Force have rescued 30S persons, each with 201 b of baggage, from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The rescued people represented 12 nationalities.—U.S. LATE QUEEN CRISTINA.—A memorial service to the late DowagerQueen Maria Cristina, of Spain, will l»e held in London. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Austen Chamberlain, will be represented by Air. Walford Selby, his private secretary.—British Official Wireless. HOSPITAL RELIEF.—It is claimed by the Central Bureau of Hospital Information in Britain that the financial effect of derating under the Local Government Bill now before Parliament would be to relieve the provincial voluntary hospitals of the annual payment of about £66,000. —British Official Wireless. INDIAN BOMB TRAGEDY. —T h court of inquiry into the deaths of soldiers when a bomb was dropped from a plane on the training ground at Peshawar found that the disaster was partly due to a failure of judgment on the part of certain officer . who are to be tried by court-martial. The Secretary of the Army announ* < s that generous giants and pensions will be given to the injured men and the dependants of those killed. —U.S.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 587, 13 February 1929, Page 9
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201Cable Jottings Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 587, 13 February 1929, Page 9
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