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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8064, 21 March 1906, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

[ CANNIBALS PUNISHED. E London, March ID. The murderers of Dr. Stewart, re- ' cenfly eaten by cannibals in Nigeria, _ were severely punished, many being , killed. \ MILKMEN'S HOLIDAYS. | : Sydney, March 20. i The Arbitration Court declined to ; make an order which limited tho de- ' livery of milk on milkmen's holidays. , At the same time, the Court considered that milkmen were entitled to a lioli- ■ day similar to other employees. 1 GERMAN ARMY BRUTALITY. Bi-mix, March 19. Buksahl, a sergeant in tho German Army, was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment and degraded at Mullieim for assaulting recruits with the butt end of a rillc, striking their frostbitten hands with a bayonet and torturing them with knee drill. He pleaded zeal for the service. CATHEDRAL IN DANGER, London, March 19. Winchester Cathedral is gravely endangered owing to a subsidence. The sum or £IOO,OOO is required for repairs. DEATH FROM THIRST. Adeuihk, March 20. During the late heat wave seven aboriginal women and children travelling < from Oodnadalta to Niddric perished '■ of thirst. ! TYPHOID IX SYDNEY. i Svoxhv, March 20. . There were twculy-l'our frosh cases , of typhoid iu Cobar for the week, i

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