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CHAMIONSHIP SPRINTS
DONALDSON DEFEATS POSTLE
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
ADELAIDE, November 18
Donaldson defeated Postle hi throe championship sprints over 100 yards by 2ft in 9 7-10secs, 110 yds by Ift 1:1 lOlsecs, and 130 by 3ft in 12 o-lOsecs. Hoi way also started, but was quilo outclassed.
THE PLANET MARS
DISCOVERY OF FROST
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
NEW YORK, November 18.
Professor Lowell has announced that from a Hag-station at Arizona he has discovered that there is frost on the . planet Mars. He adds that close observation for a fortnight aeords a complete proof that tho old theory that the polar caps on Mars are due to carbon dioxido is discredited.
GERMAN STEAMER FOUNDERS
THE CREW PERISHES
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.}
COPENHAGEN, November 18,
The Russian steamer Herncaun Lercko foundered in a gale on the North Sea.
The crew of twenty-nine perished
CRYSTAY PALACE
THE SALE CONFIRMED
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
LONDON, November 18.
The sale of Crystal Palace to a syndicate, which was announced some days ago, has been confirmed. The price was £210,000.
THE SYDNEY TRAGEDY
A SUPPOSED CLUE
SYDNEY, November 19
The police are in possession of information which, leads to the belief that .the murderer of Trevascus (who was found dead in his room in a suburb of Sydney) is in Queensland.
A new arrival went to work on a farm, and his actions attracted attention.
When the police decided to make further enquiries, they found that the man had mysteriously disappeared.
WOMEN'S FRANCHISE
MR ASQUITH'S VIEWS. DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, November 18. The Right Hon. H. H. Asquih. replying to a deputation of suffragettes, stated that personally he had never seen his way clear to support women's suffrage, because he was unable to persuade liim&elf that it- was good for the State. The majority of his colleagues favoured women's suffrage, but the Opposition was as much divided as the Ministerialists.
FOOTBALL.
WIN FOR AUSTRALASIAN TEAM
THE MAORIS DEFEATED. Received This Morning, 12.40 o'clock. LONDON, Nivember 19. The Australasians scored three goals aud six tries against Wakefield's two goals" and two tries. Gilbert scored two of the tries. A Welsh team at London defeated the Maoris by 13 points to nil.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10482, 20 November 1911, Page 5
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386VARIOUS CABLES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10482, 20 November 1911, Page 5
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