US shoots down Palestine’s bid for full UN membership
An isolated US has shot down Palestine's bid to get full UN membership using its veto at the Security Council undermining the keystone of a two-nation solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
NEWS ITEMS
A MARRIAGE PARTY LOOTED
Dacoits Dressed In Khaki
(From Our Correspondent)
Lahore, June 11
A daring dacoity is reported from Jullundur Cantonment. A local marriage party returned from Sialkot, but could not proceed at once from want of conveyances. The bridegroom&’s brother was sent in the only carriage available, in charge of ornaments and cash, accompanied by two or more persons. About five hundred paces from the railway station, the carriage, it is stated, was stopped by some men in khaki, who seized all ornaments and property, and mercilessly belaboured the occupants of the carriage. The bridegroom&’s brother is lying in a precarious condition.
The following interesting statement regarding the progress of work on the Lower Ganges bridge near Saraghat appears in the Railway Administration Report issued last week: “More than two-thirds of the total quantity of earthwork required for the approaches has been completed; also the pair of stone pitched guide banks flanking the bridge, and three-quarters of the Raita Ghat guide bank. The five well foundations started in 1911 were completed in the same working season and two piers built. Of the six other well foundations which have been started, two are nearing completion. Work was delayed in 1912 on account of the late arrival of materials from England due to the strikes.” The formal sanction of the Secretary of State has just been received for an estimate of four and three quarter crores for the bridge and it immediate approaches.
12 June, 1913
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