1914-09-05 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

A Ton of Children. The Daily Telegraph's New York correspondent says that Mrs. John Laird of Garfield, Oregon, announces her intention of visiting the White House with her child- ren, described as one of the largest and probably the heaviest families on tlie Pacific Coast. "I only weigh 1361b.," says Mrs. Laird, but I have one ton of children. My heaviest son is 20; years old and weigba 205lb., and three others turn the scale at 245lb. each. My youngest child ~ís 10, the oldest 35, and the total weight of the ten is 20351b, an average of 2081b"

Greatest Wheat Crops in-

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An army of 60,000 harvesters, in addition to the formers them- solves, bogan on June 15th to gether the greatest wheat crop in the history of the United States," says the Outlook. "The wheat belt of the interior States will be a busy place until early fall, gathering and threshing the abundant production. If the

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On the departure of the Aus Stated to be the first caught has been taking in pupile and has tralia from Bundaberg the feet there since 1887, a sturgeon, found girls more adept in the art dispersed, each ship with separate weighing over 2801b. and Dft. of juggling that boys. They seem orders, which tend to an assembly lin, in length, has been landed to be more supple, he said, and he at Sydney by Monday at, latest. in the River Kent estuary at the wonders why more girls don't go The cruiser Melbourne and the head of Morecambe Bay. The in for it. Although first known destroyers Warrego and Yarra are beat-known babitat of the alur as a trapeze artist, the famous to break their journey at Moreton geon, from whose salted roe juggler has been juggling since's Bay, proceeding after a brief! caviare is made, is the River boy at school, when he used to Volga, which flows into the throw up a pen and catch it in Osapian Sea.

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the publication of the proclama tion "by the Governor General dissolving the House of Represen tation and the Senate was adopted.

six weeks ago, when a man and on July 30 at which a minute for his wife, their married daughter, and her child were found dead. They had clearly been killed by a clean blow from an axe, desth being so sudden that not so much as a groan was uttered to awaken the other occupants of the house.

His Excellonay has now issued the writs for the election of the House of Representatives. Nom ination day is August 7 and polling day, September 5.

the cruisers Alelbourne, Sydney, and Encounter, and the des- troyere Warrego and Yarra, have boen strenuously engaged in fleet evolutions, and manoeuvres, pending direct orders as to their destination. Beyond that nothing drastic in the way of preparing the vessels for action has been done.'

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scenes in connection with the short-handled aze brosuse he Russo-Japanese war, is a photo suspected that they had accused graph of Port Arthur in which him of horse stealing. He broke The Japan Chronicle does not can be seen two warships of the jail after, but was again taken spare the Japan Advertiser. It came design as those shown into custody... says:-In view of the contro in the Advertiser picture, and in escaped, and a posse was sent to verey which has arisen over the just the same position. In the search for him. identity of two cruisers reported Diary of the Russo-Japanese A Taiping Tiger. to be damaged in Hongkong har War," published from our own

The Taiping correspondent of bour, the Japan Advertiser office, is another pioture of Port the Times of Malaya, wiring to publishes a large picture of two Arthur in which again can be seen his paper on August 22, saya: warships, obviously badly dam two Russian warships in positions A tiger is creating a scare at Bruns aged, which it is stated was sent astonishingly like those of the Road. It has visited Mr. Nawab to that journal on Tuesday ac- Advertiser's" battle scarred orale Din's estate at the 10th mile and companied by the following ers at Hongkong. No doubt if attacked and killed a pony. It the German cruisers were as badly carried off the carcass for a con-

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Sir Gerald Strickland is issuing Federal detective officers have

a writ for the election of six discovered the existence of Senators for New South Wales. "systematized diamond amuggling, Constable's Bravery.

by means of which it is alleged Adelaide, Aug. 1-O neable at least £10,000 worth of the Richard Gill, one of the youngest precious stones bave illegally and most recently joined members found their way into the hands of the Adelaide police, waa on letter of a New York firm. The dealers, Friday presented with an in- "The Editor, Japan Advertiser battered as were the Russian siderable distance into the jungle. too, of the suspected principals scribed gold watch as a gift from Dear Sir, I have the pleasure ships they would look very much The beast is keeping watch over in this affair are under arrest, the publio in recognition of his to enclose a photo of the two like them, but we do not think the carcass and thus frustrating and it is stated that several firms bravery last March."

German cruisers now lying at that the pictorial evidence pro-attempts at poisoning it. are involved in the practice. The Gill risked and nearly lost his Hongkong which you may duced by Mr. Johnson is sufficient Cassidy and another shikari have modus operandi included the use life in saving a man from being publish in your valued paper, to warrant us accepting Mr. teen after the brute. On their of night trains from Montreal, ran over by n train. The in- received the photo from a friend Powell's highly-sensational story first visit they went up quite close the diamonds being consigned cident occurred at the Morphett- who just returned (sic) from about what he "eaw" in Hong to a ditch in which the tiger had from Antwerp to the Canadian ville race course station. Two Hongkong. The photo is not my kong of the" "battle scarred the carcase. They heard growle city.

trains were approaching from op-property. I would, therefore, cruisers" and the sanguinary and fired a few shots toward the Medals for Scavengers. posite directions, when an elderly ask you to return it to

marks of battle they were alleged sound but could not see anything The Mayor of New York a few man stepped on to the tracks and

to bear. And it would have been on account of the thick jungle. Bai, Queen's) weeks ago pinned silver medals became confused by warning

more becoming of the Advertiser They went out again last night. to have taken some note of Mr.

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on 17 street scavengere whose cries. Gill threw himself in front Care of International Bank." work, he said, unlike that of the of one engine, thraat the man The Advertiser studiously ignores police or fremen, was performed from the rails, and was knocked the letter published in the Kobe Herald, asserting that Mr. Powell without incentive to glory. The down by a second engine, which Herald the other day in which it wrote up his "story" of the war Mayor's action (says the Daily severely hurt him.

was plainly stated that the letter scenes in Hongkong before he Telegraph New York correspon- The constable has been award from Mr. Powell, published in the had even entered that port, before dent) is in line with the recent ed the silver medal of the Royal Advertiser describing the "battle-inserting Mr. Johnson's photo work of the American Metropolia Humane Society.

scarred cruisers," was written be graph of peculiar interest," and to" stimulate all ranks to public Flagship Arrives at Sydney, fore Mr. Powell arrived in Hong-so giving its readers to believe service, not merely fat office

The flagship Australia arrived kong, and says that "in view of the that this evidenco finally disposes holders, but even those who, like at Tarm dore, Sydney in August, controversy which has arisen" the of any accuracy and authenticity the scavengers, perform meritor- Daring the whole run from picture reproduced "is of peopliar of Mr. Powell's highly sensational ious work. It is announced that Bandaberg, on the Queensland interest." We agree that it is of and equally questionable state- New York's 5,000 street cleaners coast, she maintained an average very peculiar interest. Not the mente. will henceforth have two weeks epeed of 20 knots.

lenet peculiarly interesting thing annual holiday at the ratepayers' Bardly had she been signalled about this picture of the battle expense, like the firemen and off the Heads that the coal lighearred oruisors at Hongkong" is policemen, and movement is ter alongside Garden Leland made the striking resemblance it bears also afoot to permit them, like preparations for receiving her, to the photographe of certain

T the firemen and policemen, to and while yet moorings were Russian ships which were sunk

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