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FOREIGN SALT.
CHINA'S "DUMPING TAX.”
Nanking, Saturday. The Legislative Yuan to-day passed regulations regarding the importation of salt, sauce, and other food flavouring products.
Under the regulations, foreign
POISON.
Amazing Herb Found in the Transvaal.
LEAVES NO TRACE
Pratoria, Mar. 14. The deadliest poison in existence salt cannot be imported to China is claimed to have been discovered without special permission from by Dr. H. H. Green, the expert at the Chinese Government, while the Oneratepoort Laboratory.
The poison, which, is known as foreign sauces must pay the tax
was discovered in a bul- collected on Chinese salt in addi- adenin, tion to the regular import duty.
The salt tax is $5 per hundred standard catties. Moreover, if imported foreign sauces are sold In China at exceptionally low prices, the Government may col- lect a special "dumping tax' thercon, in addition to the import duty and salt tax.-Reuter.
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IRISH HOPES.
DUBLIN WEARING THE £1,000,000 LOOK.
HOSPITAL SWEEPSTAKE.
This is deadlier than
FLIGHT TO JAPAN.
FRENCH AIRMEN ARRIVE AT TOKYO.
19 DAYS FROM FRANCE.
Tokyo, Saturday. The French fliers, Burtin and Maench, arrived at Tachikawa, on the outskirts of Tokyo, shortly after three this afternoon on a non-stop fight from Seoul, Reuter.
[The airmen took off from Le Bourget serodrome for Athens en March 2, with the intention of boua herb growing in the Transvaal, flying by day and night with the object of breaking the record for It leaves, no trace in the organs of a flight from Paris to Tokyo. its victims, and it is declared that their ultimate destination. They one-thousandth part of a grain is
were severely buffeted while sufficient to kill an adult.
crossing the Gulf of Alexandretta and were about 5,000 times
forced down. Their strychnine.
propeller was damaged but was The discovery was made when repaired the following day, en- some labourers, who were working abling them to resume their flight near the Pienaars River, tasted the to Basra. bulba in order to quench their
The airmen reached Kai Tak thirst. All of them became violent- Aerodrome at 11.15 on March 14, ly ill and one died.
and arrived at Shanghai on Dr. Green, who examined the March 17. They left Shanghai organs of the dead man, obtained for Tokyo on March 19, but were some of the bulbs and ordered two detained at Seoul by the Japanese natives to cut them up.
authorities until March 21, as they took the Moppo route, which was not permitted, instead of the Mukden route which had been sanctioned, in apited of warnings from the French Embassy.]
This strikingly demonstrated the London, Saturday. deadliness of the poison for both is wearing natives were evercome by the smell Everybody in Dublin
million pound took" for it is and their lives were saved with the ofially announced that the prizes greatest difficulty-Reuter Wire in the Grand National Hospital less. Srepstake will amount to £1,250,- 000. The first prize will be £374,- 000, the second £187,500 and the third £125,000.
The other eighty-three horses will have $1,355 each, and there will. be 360 consolation prizes of £1,250 each.
Hospitals will receive £450,000, and the coat of organising will be about 2300,000.-Reuter.
BATAVIA TO CAPE.
REGULAR SERVICE FROM THE THE DUTCH INDIES,
DIRECT MARKETING.
Batavia, Saturday. A regular shipping service be-1 tween the Dutch East Indies and South Africa is being promoted for the direct marketing of East Indian produce in South Africa and Bri-
tish East Africa.
The service will be opened by the
Royal Packet Steamship Company In mid-April. The Une will run from Hong Kong, via Mauritius, Reunion, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town.
To begin with, the service will be once every three months.- Reuter.
IRISH MURDER.
POLICE CHIEF RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
REPRISAL SUSPECTED.
SHOT HUSBAND.
MOTHER'S RACE TO SAVE HER DAUGHTER.
EX-KAISER SON.
BADLY BEATEN BY POLICE IN BERLIN.
TRUNCHEONS USED.
New York, March 14. "Tell mother to come immediate-
Berlin, Saturday.. ly" was the message flashed across
Prince August Wilhelm, the the Atlantic by the United States fourth son of the ex-Kaiser Wil Consul at Nice at the request of helm II, and the Berlin Nazi lead. Mrs. Nirdlinger, a beautiful younger, Dr. Goebbens, were badly. American, formerly the actress beaten with truncheons by the Miss Charlotte Nash, who has sur Police who cleared out from the rendered to the police declaring railway station 800 Nazis who that she shot her husband in self-were bidding farewell to Dr. defence.
Goobbens and Prince August "Mother," namely Mrs. James N. Wilhelm who were
going to Nash, is accordingly leaving for Koenigsberg to address a mass the Riviera as soon as possible.
meeting of Nazis which the Police: had forbidden.
She will be accompanied by her son, Mr. Wesley Nash, and they are
Three of the Police were injur» taking with them letters from Mrs. ed in the scuffic. Reuter. Nirdlinger describing periodic out-
[Prince August Wilhelm is 44 bursts of rage, threats and even vio-years of age, having been born on lence indulged in by the husband.
January 29, 1887.]
These letters will be produced in support of Mra. Nirdlinger's plea of self-defence-Router.
R.A. GARRISON'S ESCAPE. Danger Of Explosion From
Fire.
London, March 14.
FATAL AIR SMASH.
CHINESE 'PLANE STRIKES TREE NEAR HUNGJAO.
Shanghai, Saturday.
A Chinese Naval flying in- structor and a Chinese Naval
An ammunition store packed with student were killed when a small two-seater training 'plane crash- sheils and other explosives at ed six miles from Hungjao Aero- Shoeburyness Royal Artillery gardrome this morning.
rison was in grave danger of blow- It is stated that the student, ing up at dawn to-day, when fire who was operating the controls, broke out in the neighbouring struck the branches of a tree. stables.
Both aviators had fractured their skulls and were found un- conscious. They were removed to hospital, but dled shortly after-
The 'plane was smashed beyond | repair-Reuter.
wards.
A score of frightened horses London, Saturday.
were released, And trampled Superintendent Curtin. of the through the garrison. Ten others Tipperary Civic Guards, who con- were burned to death. ducted the case for the Free Statel The flames obtained auch a hold in the recent charge of illegal that the fire brigade was unable drilling in County Tipperary, was to control them, and the stablea shot dead this morning outside barned themselves out.. his home by several unknown per- precaution had been taken to pro- sons. His body was riddled with vent sparks reaching the ammuni bullets. Reuter.
tion building, whore large num-MANILA REPORTS LITTLE HOPE bers of shells were kept for tar- get practice with heavy guns.—— Beater- Wireless.
UNITED EUROPE.
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AUSTRO-GERMAN AGREEMENT
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BROPHY'S FATE.
FOR HIS SURVIVAL.
Manila, Yesterday. Hopes of finding Brophy dwindled when seven destroyers searching be- first step towards the realisation of tween the coast of Luzon "and- M. Briand's pan European federa. Pratas Reef wireleased to Admiral tion. The customs and administra McVay, Commander-in-Chief of the tions will remain separate, but the United States Asiatic Fleet, that Berlin, Saturday. revenue from duties will be pooled they were encountering heavy seas. An Austro-German⠀⠀ economic and divided. The agreement is for Until the early hours of this morn- agreement has just been concluded three years' duration, and is sub-ing there were no signs of Brophy. which the German Foreign Minis-Ject to six months' notice on either and little hope is held for his sur
vival-Reuter. Eer, Dr. Curtius, claims to be the aldo Reuter.
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