GENERAL CABLES.
VIENNA, December 24. The Hungarian Premier and Her Polonzi, ex-Minister for Justice, fought a duel at Budapest, owing to a Parlamentary quarrel. After two bloodless bouts the combatants were reconciled to each other. ROME, December 24. A wealthy engineer of Verona was found dead in the Rome-Ancona express. He had been stabbed thrice in the body, and his clothes had been rifled of title deeds valued at£l4,ooo. NEW YORK, December 23. The Sabbatarian restrictions in New York have failed, and Sunday entertainments have re-commenced at the theatres and dancing halls. VIENNA, December 24. An imitator of the Kopenick "hero" gained access to the regimental safe at Vienna arsenal, and abstracted £1,200. (At Kopenick, in Germany, a cobbler dressed up as an officer, and ordered some soldiers to arrest the Mayor of the town. When this was done the cobbler helped himself to the funds. He was subsequently arrested and imprisoned). Received December 26, 9.38 a.m. CAIRO, December 25. Mr Winston Churchill has arrived at Khartoum.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9014, 27 December 1907, Page 5
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167GENERAL CABLES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 9014, 27 December 1907, Page 5
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