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T.-5E EMIR WRECK
MOROCCAN LABOURERS
DROWSED
(Received Friday, 8.5 a.m.)
MARSEILLES, August 10.
The Emir, which came into collision with the Silverton near Gibraltar, sank immediately. There were no English or American passengers on board. Most of thor:o drowned were Moroccan labourers.
The Silverton lowered three boats, ■but was only able to save twelve of ■(he Emir's crew, and fifteen passengers who were on dock.
THE KING'S PORTRAIT,
FOR VICTORIAN SCHOOLS
(Received Last Night, 9.40 o'clock.)
LONDON, August 11
His Majesty the King is presenting the Victorian primary schools with sevent-y-fivo portraits of himself and the- Queen.
RUSSIAN BOY SOLDIERS
A GROWING MOVEMENT
(Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11
The Czar and Grand Dukes reviewed 5681 boy soldiers, representing a movement on the lines of, the Boy Scouts. It practically means the militarisation of the Russian elementary schools. The movement is growing rapidly, and embraces nearly three, and a half million boys.
PLAGUE AT SHANGHAI
FOURTEEN DEATHS RECORDED
(Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.)
PEKING, August 11. Fourteen deaths from plague havo occurred at Shanghai. *
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1032, 12 August 1911, Page 5
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189VARIOUS CABLES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1032, 12 August 1911, Page 5
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