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Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42767, 19 August 1905, Page 3

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London August 18. Sir Paudel Phillips, acting ns Loni-* Mayor, in place of Princess Louise opened the exhibition. There me all torts of New South Wales produce a the Guild Hall. The exhibition is ® be transferred to Bradford next nonth. New York, August 18. The National Convention of Chicago ■epresenting 200 agricu’ tural industrial md commercial associations urged Congress to adopt a dual tariff of jow duties on goods to nations favourng the United States, and high duties »n goods to countries discriminating gainst the United States, and recomcended the formation of an American Reciprocal Tariff League. Capetown August 18. Many subjec ts at the British Assocition Meeting were of special interest > South Africa - Paris, yesterday. It is semi officially stated in Paris lat Germany’s spontaneous formal ssurance on several occasions, coupled ith Prance’s sincere desire for settlesnf, leave no room to doubt e speedy id satisfactory solution of theMcr <cco onference. Washington August 18 The Peace Conference are unable to Jiee to the indemnity or interned lips clanses ; both have been shelved tnpornrily. Tie discussion on the mtation of the Russian naval power reshadowed a disagreement, but the uestion was resumed toi-day. •. .. London, August 17. Northamptonshire won the toss jainst the Australians and went in, sing 8 wickets for 127, the chief ores being East 40, A. Thompson 1, and Thompson 20. The weather as fine and wicket good. The first innings of Northampnshire realised 149 Howell as the chief destructive agent, Igging 6 for 45. When the umps were drawn the Colonial team id lost 3 wickets for 240. Gehrs id Gregory made things lively for p start and the first wicket did not U until 157 was on the board, and esecond went down at 209. Gehrs ored 82, Gregory 96, Hopkins not it 55. t

London, August IS. T o Australians have lost 4 wickets r 301, H( p' ius noi out 84. Wicket, ft ■■owing t» overnight rain, weather ■ Sydney August 18. Christ church, George street, one of e oldest Anglican churches in the fcy was destroyed by fire this morns' - The roof, organ—loft andinruments were burnt. While the steamer Prince Walder. ar was at Kobe, the body of a urdered Japanese woman was found i deck pinsoned and strangled with towel. A search led to the discovery -4 Japanese girls as stowaways for ong Kongv Two of the Malay crew ?re arrested on suspicion of being ncerned in the inuroer, and together ith theisiowaways were landed at a ipanese port.