Bomb store found under Tiflis with 100 completed bombs
A large subterranean cache of bombs was discovered in Tiflis. Authorities report the finished bombs numbered 100, hidden beneath the city.
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
3
A large subterranean cache of bombs was discovered in Tiflis. Authorities report the finished bombs numbered 100, hidden beneath the city.
The Grand Vizier calls Bulgaria’s action spoliation claiming Turkey owns the railway line and the company merely leases it. Germany and Austria-Hungary protested the Bulgarian occupation of the Orient railway.
The Pioneer reports in Calcutta that Tilak’s sentence commutation stemmed from Viscount Morley’s pressure. The September 28 dispatch attributes the action to external influence shaping the case.
At Casa Blanca, 200 Foreign Legation soldiers deserted. Five deserters were seized by gendarmes at the sea shore as they prepared to board a Hamburg steamer. A horseman interfered and was released. German accounts accuse a French captain of menacing a secretary and horseman.
A French anti militarist journalist and cartoonist has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment and heavy fines for portraying General D Amade and his soldiers as murderers and Apaches. The United States Sweden and Italy have accepted a Franco Spanish note.
Dispatch from Paris dated September 28 reports papers claim captured deserters accuse Germany of egging them to desert and reveal an agency for desertion and fomenting mischief has operated for some time in Casablanca.
Fire officials in Sydney reported daily slight earth tremors recorded by the seismograph at the Sydney Observatory over the past week. The notices provide no reports of injuries or major damage.
The Loch Finlas wreck near Adelaide leaves one body recovered and survivors unconfirmed after a voyage from Melbourne. Wheat cargo valued at £27000 noted. repairs cost £1000 during port layover. The crew list includes Captain Lonnen and officers Lovan Rogers Petersen Maher Cowan Solberg Levenson Jenson Sanger Kanuti Petersen Leger Philip plus apprentices Luslington Parkes achlison. Captain planned to end his seafaring career at England.
A Loch Jinlas survivor describes leaving Adelaide on 16 with 30 000 bags of wheat. Heavy weather forced hove to and later a ship strike left crew with two boats smashed. Only nine men survived in a lifeboat, with mates and officers lost. They drifted fifteen hours to reach a fisherman’s hut as chaos and delirium struck the crew.
The Loch Finlas, a 2170 ton iron full rigged ship, arrived Melbourne May 15 with cargo from Hamburg and later Port Pirie. New crew members Gustisen Fiskari Hagerhind Ahlgra McCarron Libilish and Neil replaced Syemson Kamuti Leger Kilp after several seamen left. The ship, built 1885 in Southampton as Shia, is owned by Liverpost firm Sproat & Co and was commanded by Captain Lennon. It sailed Port Pirie on August 3 and was 15 days out when disaster struck the Tasmaninia coast.
At Christchurch Magistrate Court on September 29, firms Simpson and Williams Whitcombe and Tombs Fountain Barker and associates faced charges of selling immoral literature. Accused sold titles Amy Lewedale The Yoke Six roman Five Nights. Defence cited seller ignorance and prior home sales. magistrate convicted but deferred penalties.
The weekly sale saw light attendance and small overall stock entry though yarding quality improved. Fat sheep and hoggets sold to fair demand with selective prices. store sheep showed brisk bidding but many lots passed in. cattle volumes were light with varied prices for fat and store pens.
Describes a large property in the Dominion containing 164 acres at Chertsey with 20 acres and 4 acres council reserve. Includes a 4-room house and outbuildings, small rental, and a road access. Prices described as reasonable for the area.
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