WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1918.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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NOTABLE AVIATION JOURNEY.
FROM TOULON TO TUNIS.
THE TRANSPORT FEDERATION AND THE DUBLIN STRIKE.
LONDON, Sept. 24. The National Transport Workers' LONDON, Sept. 24, The aviator, M. Garros, has accom-Folvention, at a meeting in London, plished by aeroplane the journey from lave decided to inform the Dublin Trafes Council that it regards us Toulon to Tunis, five hundred miles futile to afford any help to Dublin strikers except to place the macbi- LATER.nery of the Federation at the tir- The time taken by M. Garros was posal of those desiring to termine the dispute. The Federation are seven hours.
prepared, however, to appeal for funds for the austenance of the suf-. forers.
Oversea.
BRITISH NAVAL POLICY.
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCE-
MENT.
Losnos, Sept. 24.
ALLEGED POLITICAL
labour crisey.
BTRR BEBEL'S ESTATE.
A WEALTHY SOCIALIST.
JOBBERY,
LONDON, Sept. 24,'" The story is being circulated in both The Admiralty bas maide de la Radical and other papers that à pro portant announcement that it has minent Labour loader made £12,000 Been divided to send a detachment sterling bearing on the stock market of the First Flect, under Vice basis of adennes knowledge of the Admum Colville for a cruise in the Mediterranean carly in November. The thichment will consist of four battleships, the third cruiser" sqan- | dron, the first light cruiser squadren and the third destroyer flotilla, and will return at Christmas. The fourth battle squerdron will join the detach" ment at Gibraltar and manœuvres. will be carried out in the Western Mediterranean with the Mediter ram Fleet. Up the termination of these exercises the vorbined doet. consisting of eight Tuttleships, shree battle risers, eight cruisers and eight light cruisers, will procent..on. a cruise as far as Alexandria, visiting The third various parts en route. fotilla, roprishig sixteen modern destroyers, will remain in the Medi- terraneup for a time before returning
home.
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LONDON, Sept. 24. The estate of the late Herr Bobel, the Socialist, is estimated at £47,000 sterling, including £20,000 bequeathed to him by Lieutenant Kollmann.
MORE SUFFRAGETTE "VANDALIS M.
GREAT. DAMAGE DONE.
Loxoox, Sept. 24. Suffragettes sat firo lost, night to
a
THE KING VISITS NORTHAMPTON. large house at Seaforth, Liverpool, which was being resonatiucted for imbeciles. Laxnas, Sept: 21.
Great damage was done.
The King, who is the guest of Earl Spencer at Althorp Teuk, officially visited Northampton, where there
were great jubilation, and then pro- FUNERAL OF MAYOR GAYNOR. ceciled to the scene of the main operations of the Autumn mareusred in the vicinity.
SIR EDWARD CARSON S ORATORY.
ITS PROBABLE EFFECT.
A HUGE PROCESSION,
NEW YORK, Sept. 23. Over 100,000 persons lined the streets at the funeral of the late Mayor Gaynor, and there were 20,000 people in the procession.
MUNIFICENT GIFT TO BOLTON
пречия
LONDON, Sept. 23.
LONDON, Sept. 23. Mr. Fred Maddison, the Labour leader, in a letter to the Times, states) that the fact that Sir Edward Carson is
Sir William Lever, Bart., has given saying, and doing what he admits is illegal without the condemnation of "the £10,000 yearly to build and endow a party of law and order" is having a new Grammar School for boys and girls serious effect on Labour opinion. It is at Bolton. playing into the bands of the disorderly element which is now giving such trouble to the responsible Trade Union leaders.
"CARSON BROTHERS" "
EXHIBITION,
BRITISH POSTAL SERVANTS
DISSATISFIED.
LONDON, Sept. 23. A joint Conference of the Telegraph Clerks and Postal Clerks Associations The Daily New says it is arousing to at Liverpool rejected the Hott Com- watch the efforts of the Opposition mittee's recommendations. Speakers Frees to swell the advertisement ex intimated a probable amalgamation of the two Associations, eventually includ.
bibition of "Carson Brothers" in Ulster. Only the simple expect the Government to choose the hour and method to dealing all the postal servants.
with the offenders. The Government"
can afford to wait, as there is already a
etrong prospect of the Ulster campaign THE "KONGO" AT THE CÀPE. ending in derision.
INEVITABLE RESULT OF
"CARSONISM",
wara
CAPE TOWN, Sept. 23.
The new Japanese battle-cruiser, the Kenge, has arrived at Simonstown on her way to Japan,
LOWEST.BRITISH BIRTH-RATE.
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MARRIAGE RATE {SLIGHTLY INCREASED.
JUSTICE BUCKNILL ABOUT
TO RETIRE.
LONDON, Sept. 23, The impending retirement is nounced of Mr. Justice Bucknill
ALBERTA BONDS.
INCREASED RATE OF
INTEREST.
an.
LONDON, Sept 24. The legislature of Alberta bäs pas.
AISGILL, RÄILWAY DISASTER INQUEST!
VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER,
Losuox, Sept. 24.
At the adjourned inquest on Sir- Arthur Douglas nad the inquest upon other victims of the Aingil! railway disaster the jury returned a verdict of Danslaughter against the driver of the second train.
THE IRISH QUESTION.
sed a Bill increasing the interest on PROSPECTS OF A SETTLEMENT. Government securities from four to four and a half per cent, "The opposition supported the Bill, but arged that bonds should not be sold at less than par, The Promier did not accept the sux-
gention.
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ALBANIANS ATTACK DIBRA
20,000 MEN IN THE FIELD.
LONDON, Sept. 24.
LONDOS, Sept. 24. The Evening Standard" states that the belief is growing in political circles that the visits of Ministers and leaders
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in a Conference 'upon the Eome Role -question, and adds that undoubtedly there has been a friendly exchange of views.
The Pall Mall Gazette” says that important communications or conversa- tions hare informally passed between Ministers and Opposition leaders on the Irish question, and the prospects of the attempt to effect a compromise bave The sensibly improved.
A telegram from Belgrade states that it is reported there that 20,000 well armed Albanians, led by Austrisa and Bulgarian officers have captured the Serviau fortifications at Dibra. Government is hastily sending re-in- forcementa thither.
BRITISH BEA FISHERIES.
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NEW SOUTH WALES AND THE Great Growth of the Industry at Home.
WHEAT CROP,
LONDON, Sept. 24.. The Government of New South Wales has determined to cheaper and facilitate the constal transmission and exporta tion of the wheat crop by opening new ports and introducing the bulk system of handling.
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MORE TROUBLE IN MEXICO. DESTRUCTION BY REBELS.
LONDON, Sept. 24. Mexican rebela dynamited a train at Saltillo, killing forty Federal soldiers and ten passengers.
The annual report on Sea Fisheries for the year 1912 issued by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, says, 1012 will staral na a coord year for the value of
fish landed,at English and Wejst ports; and as regards the value of the fah "in that markets. The total amount inrded was more than 14,500,000 eat, and the total value nearly £3,250,000. The in éresse is accounted for by unprovementa. in the machinery for taking fish and the geographical expansion of the enterprise of British shermen, with other factors,
such as the growing popularity for table purposes of such fish as the lake, the codfish, and the mysterious dogfish, all of which are progressing in favour as food.
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the botter opportunities thus offered for East Coast, and té a corresponding all the distribution of fish the crab and lobs. ing off in the mackerel fisheries of the ter fisheries developed extensively, and One is this development has been accompanied West und South coasts.
in soage districts by the abandonment of bound," the report sys.." to apprehend certain primitive forms of fishing gear the possibility that a point may be reach and the adoption of now and more effec ed-many perhaps already have been five instruments. Some porte now reached as regards some species of Esh additional facilities afforded by the in
For prospects and full pärtlenlare apply to at which the faberies may be ever stallation of motors in the boats, and to meet varying circumstances. their appears to be some prospect of the exploited. To foresee and forestall, this general adoption in this country of the danger and to facilitato the development French penotice of using large sen-going and improvement of the stock and the boats designed both for fishing und för LokDon, Sept. 23., capture of a reasonable proportion of the keeping the catch alive. The agreement between the busmen total stock available is the him" of the and the Companies, which averted an scientific investigations, which must be omnibus strike throughout London, regarded as vue of the most important provides for the recognition of the functions of the Board of Agriculture sed Basmen's Union, besides permission to the employees to wear the Union badge and the re-instatement of the strikers. The busman undertake to refrain from sympathetic strikes.
The Conference was conducted in a very friendly spirit, and the Company provided buses to convey the men home from the midnight meetings at which the settlement was announced. .
CHINESE NEWS,
AN EXTRAORDINARY RUMOUR.
PERINC, Sept. 24.
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It is estimated that the total capital in vested in fishwice and allied industries, such se fish caring and marketing, cannot of hands employed at 850,000. fall short of £60,000,000 nor the number.
Beferance is made to the sardine osno, in which the pilchard Ashermen are upa- corned. It is stated that the success of the Norwegians in placing on the marked under the name of "sardines" a pre Served fish which is not an immature pilchard suggest possibilities in other
aiscations. It is understood that the co
DEATH OF & TAMOUS DOG.
DANGER TD-HXALTH IN MUSHELS. During the past year the total number of crabs and was early 5,750,000, of Vysters 33,000,000, of lobsters between 00,000 and 7000, and of other shell: fish, roma 20,000 teas. The report states that the consumption of mussels is at tonded in some cases by danger to health. teroray is not to be allowed to rest, and This danger saves from pathogenic bac that further proceedings to establish the teria, which, belog carried to the sea in exclusivo right of the immature pilotard sewage, recurn to attack the human race in be placed on the market as a "sar. through the medium of the mussel. Wits dine may be expected before long. the growth of towns in number and population and the increasing praotion of, drainage into the sea and its estuaries the danger has bodome more widely spread. In dealing with this danger of infection by shosh, the two things which it
The Royal Horse Goards (Blue), atation- A rumour is current in Peking to appears most desirable to ensure are the the effect that a big secret society cedercement of
uniform regulatione ed at Windsor, have lost their dog Bob," a the regimental pat. When the regiment has been formed, Sun Yat Sen and throughout the country and such Worg Heing being among the me treatment of the problem as will secure sailed from Southampton for South Africa bera, to organise a joint movement. by Chinese, Japanese, Russians and the immmmits of the public against sheil-in 1899 the dog, then about fourteen Ashirmers of ameans of livelihood and with them. Es was sent ashore twice" Indians against Tuan Shih Kai, fish borne disease without depriving the months old, went on board the transpek monarchial government in Japan and the industrial population of a popular but refused to stay, and eventually was Hussis, and. British rule in India articles of food. Some hope of a natieinwed to remain on board. He w It is intended also to ask the Siamese factory solution appears to be afforded by present at several battles, and twice he was to 'participate.
u mathod employed in France for the spared by, or weat over, to the Boers ALLEGED MURDER BY JAPANESE.
purification of oysters. This method obat rejoined his comrades again. On one sists in placing the infected fish in pure occasion, he was absent for some weeks, Eighteen members of both houses of the National Assembly have asked water for a certain period, after which He was general favourite with all, from the government to furnish particulare they are found to be innocuous. Pre the Cramanding Officer to the little child LONDON, Sept. 23. of the murder of Chinese police by firmary experiments upon the applicaran. Latterly he becacze rather deal,
Japanese at Chanli station.
tional aystem to mussels have a owing to age, and was knocked down in Knightsbridge by motor-car a few months The Washington correspondent of
ready been conducted in this country ago. Ha la to be staffed and kept in the the Times says that the concessions re ported to have been obtained by Lord
Chun Hsun attended at the Japan and should further experiments prove regiment, with his collar and modal ri
that complete purification enn be brought bons, Marmy, on behalf of the famous firm of a consulate at Nanking yesterday about by this method, there is russon to and tendered an apology for the murticipate the this provision of properly Messrs Pearson, Ltd., are exciting der of Japanese by soldiers ander his designed a quipped basins in which CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY curiosity as to whether they are in cop command on the occupation of the ass and possibly other choll-Bah may flict with the Monroe doctrine.
city. Chan Hsun will be relieved of a poribd of quarantine, subject to his command this month and given constant spotion and frequent and sozno other posts-
thorough tests will pross the most effec tive moms of avolding a serious, danger a poblis, health without proindies to the
The Westminster Gazette" strong- ly endorses the sentiments expressed by Mr. Maddison, the labour leader, in his Aetter to the "Times," The journal says that supposing. “Carsoniem" established as a recognised method of British politics, how would it fare with the Tories when in power if they st.
LONDON, Sept. 23. tempted to impose Tariff Reform, repeal
The birth-rate for 1911 was the lowest the Trade Disputes Act, or par othe, degislation distasteful to a powerful on record, being only 24.4 per-thousand section of the wurkers? Suppose that--2.8 below the average for the preced Mr. Lloyd George and Sir John Simon ing ten years. The marriage rate was joined forces with the miners, transport 15.2, which was a slight increase. workers and railway unions, and drilled and armed them in preparing for a generai strike, backed by physical force Bach a dangerous, bypothesis was un thinkable. The "Westminster Gazette" declares that "Carsonism" will in. evitably lead to a repetition of the fate of Unionists in 1909.10. It was the businers of the Government to stand firm and fearless against threats, while renewing or repeating the offer of a conference, which had been on record since the conferenes of 1910.
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