GENERAL NEWS.
Former Turf Agent's Fortune.
Mr. Henry Steel, of Sheffield, one of the founders of the well- known firm of Steel, Peech, and Tosar, steel merchants, and in his earlier daysons of the best-known turf agents in the kingdom, and a leading member of Tattersall's, left £652,418,
"Clonesky."
Glaneaky, who will be remam- bered as one of the speedient horses of his day, has best sold by Mr.J.H. Taylor to Mr. Muskar, and he will stand at the Melton Stad next season.
The son of Lesterlin is a half-brother to Fly- ing Orb, and he has held court near Kallingar for the past three seasons. His yearlings and foals are very promising.
Unbeatable Tommy."
Recently, in ons of the many sections of car west front where the enemy's trenches are very near our own, the Boches stack up a board on which they had chalked "Gott Mit Uss". There was no linguist on our side, but the enemy immediately got a written retort which must have puzzled them a good deal. It was
We're Got Mittens, Too".
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A Chinese Executed in London.
London, Jan. 1-A Chiness It would appear as if Heerd. Robinson and Clark, the well-seaman, Lee Kun, aged. 27, was known Australian ownere, are executed at Pentonville Prison parting with some of their horses, this morning for the murder of for fish of Steel, Red Dennis, St Elsie Goddard, otherwite Clara Spass, and Half a Glass were ad- Thomas, by stabbing her with a j vertised for sale when the last large sheath knife at the back of mail left, Flash of Steel, who won a house in Lime-house, the Futurity Staken at CaulEeld bred in last February, was Ireland, and the other three have
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Suicide in the lolaad Sea. à message from Takamaten reports that an Indisa cabin pas- Benger on board the 0.S.K 2.9. Uwajima Haru No. 10, who booked Lis pasuzge at Kobe, was discovered to be missing on
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for the body. A later report
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Daring a recent debate in the
have always been issued to confine attacks to points of military im-MA portance and every effort is made by flying officers to avoid bomb- dropping on residential quarters.
Concealed German Frads at
Tsingtao. The Japan Times states that House of Commons Captain Herr Kittmuller, formerly Mass
The Case of the Wilhelmina. Campbell rose in his Highland ger of the Teingtan Branch of the
A message from Washington military bilt and sporran, and German-Asiatic Bank, and aeren derounced the "voluminous ver- other Cermana, who have been announced that the State Depart~ biage" of certain Labour mem- tried on a charge of concealing ment, yesterday, sent the Am- bers. He was wounded a few war funds to the amount of T1,-, bassador in London evidence sub- months ago, an arm being bro-000,000 when the forts were sur-mitted by the owners of the ken in several places by a shell. rendered, were sent back to the Wilhelminas's cargo for the pur- from pose of proving that the carga. "Get on with the war," he cried Osaka detention comp in his impatience at the perpetual Tsingtao, where they were taken was not subject to seizure. The talk. If I had & man like the same time ago, on the completion State Department suggest that The anlees Great Britain has sufficient hos, member for Hapley (Mr. of the trial at Tsingtao.
were grounds, which hitherto have not Cathwaite L) out at the front be concealed funds, which would be strang up by the buried in orange boxes, have been been advanced, for acting other thamtsin half an hour" be cried discovered by the Military Ad-wise, the ship should be permitt
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the cargo to her destination Labour man asked: “How many
London, January 12.-At Govan (Hamberg). It is also stated that to do it?" And Captain Campbell Police court, Glasgow, to day, the owners hare satished the replied: "I would reserve that workman named Robert Duncan State Department that the cargo task to myself, although I have was charged with malicious mis- was not intended for the German only the use of one arm-having chief. It was stated that he had Army or Government, lost the use of the other in a task been employed in an important which the hon. mer ber for Government factory, and had Hanley would never risk (load been changed from one machine cheers)."
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to another. The change did not please him, and to show his de- approval he cut the wire of s planing machine. It took eight 1 one of the biz variery of caused, with the result that the in the capital. The work of build.
Fyou here lost your appetite honra to repair the damage thus dainty dishes at the ALEXAN-firm lost valuable time. Duncan ing has already commenced. One DRA CAFE is sure to tempt was fined $10, or 60 days' im- of the wards is expected to be
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