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Tidal Wavo in Klushiti.

A Tukuoka mewage stars that a tidal wave broke over the town of Omud on June 9 at about 7.30| a.m. when the tide made, Eichtg i boases were subarged.

The occupanti, numberia three hundred and fifty, ere reported | to be to a pitiable plight.

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How a miner of BU years of age in all probability gave bie life to eave a boy of 15 is told in the story of a serious accident which als for the further carrying out ITALIAN INTERVENTION. oscarred early on the moring off theme vo ke, returning from June 4 ai Frys'ou Colliery. Some South Africa by Aden, I proceed- timber ball-a-mile from the bottomed to B ghdad to meet the ste of the shaft caught fire as the Nigm Pasha, then Vali of result, it is supposed, of a fored Baghdad, with whom I made a wire. The alarm was promptly contract for constracting. The given, and the men rashed out, untract being agreed, we took but Theophilus. Smith, 80, and over the work from Fir William The Dadeagath correspondent Ben Addy, 15, were unable to Willcocks in February, 1911, and of the Tempo, telegraphing ic-day, escape. It was stated Smith and the Hindia Barrage was com-ays that on the declaration of hd sustained in the Dardanelles coult have escaped, but remained plated and inaugurated by the war by Italy the Young Turke in men and warships.

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after the enormous losses they Eastern Extension "Australasia PEACE & WAR IN EUROPE, G.

Sir Howard Grubb, who has and carried out other works at jast resigned his post as one of Faloj. As Habbonis we com- the Commissionera of Irish Lights menced the constrnation of the to send reinforcements to the to become scientific advisor to his Escape Works, by which through Allies in the Dardanelles, her fleet late colleagues, is the founder and a canal cut from the Ephrates to at the same time setting free the Mra, Oronan beard her little head of the famous Dablin firm of a great depression in the ground French fleet which is at present granddaughter orying, as if in astronomical and reientific in-water can be held up and resore-engaged in watching the Austrian great pain, and hastened to the strument makers. Now in bised, and in the dry months passed Fleet in the Adriatio;

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garet. "It w•wasn't un nœoidant. ing of giant telescopes has attain Throughout the dirt in Thirdly, that the Austro-Ger M-mother did it on-purpost ed is in large measure due to him. which our work lay we found the man invasion of Servía, which Grubb telescopes have been Arab abeikha generally favour-might have saved Constantinople erected all over the world, and able toward the English, while could no longer be realised,

Enver Pasha's attitude wa

our knowledge of the stars of the it was common knowing in severely oriticised by the majority Twen southern hemisphere has been on a rale the Germans in ermously focressed by the great connrotion with the Baghdad rail- of the members of the Commit you have lost your arstite four-fest reflector which he de way were in anything but favour tee, who declared that a pro- dainty dishes at the ALEXAN

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