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DEATH OF WILLIAM ROUPELL. United Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, March 28. The death is announced of William Roupell, formerly member for Lambeth, who in 1862 was sentenced to penal servitude for life for a self-confessed forgery. ORIENT LINER LAUNCHED. The Orient Company’s steamer Otranto has been launched at Belfast. A MISSING POET. John Davidson, the poet, has been missing from his. home at Penzance for several days. AUSTRALIAN MEAT. ■—s The Smithfield Committee report that 24.7 per cent, of the meat, poultry, etc., marketed in 190 S was Australian. END OF THE FRENCH POSTAL TROUBLE. PARIS, March 23, The French postal trouble, has ended. The Government accepted the assurance of the meil’s fidelity. AUSTRALIAN COMMANDANT IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 2S. Major-General Hoad (Australian military commandant) was cordially welcomed by President Taft on visiting America. The authorites gave him full facilities to visit- the military centres and fortifications. DISASTROUS STORM IN QUEENSLAND. BRISBANE, March 29. A storm'at Pitt worth unroofed many houses and seriously * damaged the Catholic Church and other properties. - “AN ENGLISHMAN’S HOME”—UNPOPULAR IN GERMANY. (Received March 29, 11.50 p.m.) BERLIN, March 29. The newspapers are actively opposing the production of the play “An Englishman’s Home” in Germany on the ground of its anti-German tendencies. GUN-RUNNING IN THE PERSIAN GULF. CALCUTTA; March 29. The British gunboat Lapwing and the special service vessel Sphinx have •aetily sailed jrom Bombay for the Persian Gulf owing to the recrudescence of gun-running; AUSTRALIAN COASTING STEAMER WRECKED.(Received March 29, 10.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 29. The coasting steamer Burrawong was wrecked crossing the Manning river bar. The passengers and crew landed safely. , THE ANGLO-JAPANESE EXHIBITION.
(Received March 29, 11.50 p.m.) LONDON, March 29
The Anglo-Japanese- Exliibition'Wvill be held at Shepherd’s Bush in 1910. The Japanese Government is keenly supporting the schemc.-
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2463, 30 March 1909, Page 5
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299GENERAL CABLE NEWS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2463, 30 March 1909, Page 5
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