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END OP THE HAPSBURGS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, Feb. 3. The Conference of Ambassadors has informed the Hungarian Government that the re-establishment of the Hapsburg dynasty would be a violation of the basic principles of peace and couM not be tolerated. A GERMAN SPY. Paris, Feb. 3. Louis Gauspere, also of the German espionage service, was to have been shot with Funck, but at the last moment adopted the ruse of 8010 and Lerioir, declaring he had important revelations to make. His execution was therefore deferred.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BELGIAN GOVERNMENT. Brussels, Feb. 3. The Government has prohibited traffic in foreign Bills, except genuine commercial transactions. This prevents the gambling which is prevalent owing to the exchange crisis.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Association. MAKING AN OPERA. ■ Milan, Feb. 2. Puccini, the musical composer, who wrote the operas "La Boheme," "La Tosca," and "Madame Butterfly," has shut himself up in a lonely tower near Ortobello for the purpose of concentrating on a three-act opera with an English Elizabethan setting based on the story of Christopher Sly from the Induction of the "Taming of the Shrew." The heaviest part is the tenor, but there are also big soprano and baritone parts. Puccini receives a daily ration flung from a passing train. AMERICAN NAVAL DECORATIONS. Washington, Feb. 3. Mr. J. Daniels, Secretary for the Navy, before the Senate Investigation Committee, said that Admiral Sims, owinj? to personal spite, omitted Admiral Wilson's name from the decorations list, while recommending junior officers under Admiral Wilson's command. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. EARTHQUAKE IN BRAZIL. Received Feb. 4, 1.30 p.m. Buenos Aires, Feb. 2. An earthquake of unprecedented intensity is reported from Brazil.—Reuter Service.
BOMBAY STRIKE OVER. Received Feb. 4, 1.30 p.m. Bombay, Feb. 3. The mill strike has collapsed, and the bulk of the mills have resumed, presumably on the terms offered by the millownens.—Reuter Service.
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