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DEFECTIVE POWDER

EXPLOSION ON FRENCH WARSHIP

DEMAND FOR DESTRUCTION OF

OLD EXPLOSIVES,

(Received July 1, 8.45 a.m.)

PARIS, June 30,

There is much anxiety over the explosion on the cruiser Jules Michelet last week, bv which four sailors were ■killed and .a 'numhtv of other:., seriously injured, whilst battle practice was being indulged in. The consensus of opinion is that defo'jtivc' ipr.-wc'or err- :i vm tiiii.s.s;on of amylic altohol gases. The* officers are demanding that all powders manufactured up to the present year should bo destroyed. An enquiry into the cause of the disaster has been ordered.

UNITED LsBOUR

A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER

'(Received Last Night, 10.5 o'clock.)

SYDNEY. July

The United Labourers' Union Conference has decided to establish a national newspaper, instead of the tvrn existing State organs.

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Bibliographic details
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10674, 2 July 1912, Page 5

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DEFECTIVE POWDER Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10674, 2 July 1912, Page 5

DEFECTIVE POWDER Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10674, 2 July 1912, Page 5

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