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MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1913.
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LANGFORD BEATS
JEANETTE.“
SO-CALLED HEAVYWEIGHT 'WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP.
LONDON, Dec.
the thirteenth round. The contest was styled the heavyweight championship of the world."
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BIG FIRE AT PORTS- MOUTH DOCKYARD.
Lokbox, Doc. 22. A tire At Portsmouth Dockyard yeaterday evening destroyed in Soun- A telogram from Paris states shat phore Tower, and a number of docu -Sara Langford bont Joo Jeanette innt, dating back to the time of Lord Nelson, were barged. The sail loft rigging house was also destroyed. The bluejackets and soldiers worked as hard as possible to extinguish the dames, which were 100 fest high, and which illumianted the whole harbour, The new battle cruiser, Queen Mary mocted to the jetty, was jeopardized by embers falling on the deuke, and had to be tured out of danger.
The fire was controiled by mid night.
Langford had the upperhand through out and knocked down, Jeanette three times in the thirteenth rowed.
FORT OF LONDON LOAY.
Lospos, Dec. 21. The underwriters take 25 per cent of the Port of London loan for £1,000,000
4-per cont. which was recently out- ed at the price of 93.
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JACK JOHNSON IN PARIS. ·
Kas His Arm Broken.
PARIS, Dec. 21. A ten runds contest between nek Johnson and Jim Johnson, which was. described as the beary-weight cham- pionship of the world, snded in a draw) The spacestors became angered and demanded their money back. alleging that the fight was not a serious one.
Surgeons afterwalls certified that Jack Johnson's left sèm was broken.
THE MONA LISA."
LONDON, Dec. 21. Atelegram from Rome states that
FRENCH POLITICS.
LONDON, Dec. 21.
It is stated that M. Delaarse will
retire from the Ambassadorship at St. -Petersburg in January. He is expected- to re enter the Chambér just before the elections.
SEQUEL TO THE ZABERN AFFAIR.
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Sensational Eridanco.
Losbos, Dec. 21.
A legrant from. Strasburg states
SENSATIONAL GER- MAN TRAGEDY.
COUNTESS AND NEPHEW
SHOT DEAD.
LABOUR UNIONS'
LIABILITY.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
LONDON, Dec. 20,! LONDON, Dec. 20,
Reuter's Washington correspondent | Renter's correspondent at Pozen telegraphs that the Supreme Court has telegraphs that at Casele Dakonyokco, decided finally the long-pending nit near Graste, Count Mielzynski, a mom brought by arm of manufacturing. ber of the Reichstag, bearing a,noise hatters at Danbury, Connecticut, who in the night, thought that burglars had rood for damagne for bojeott againet entered the castle. Ho secured a run the Hatters' Union. The decision of and went downstairs, and finding the the Court establishes that Labour Countess and his nephew in the Unions are liable under the Anti-Trast former's bedroom, be shot them both Law a combinations in restraint of dead. The Count then reported the trade. nair to the Public Prosecutor and demanded an investigation.
Suspicious for Some Time.
LATZE. Another telegram states that it Pears that the pephew was staying with the Mielzynskin.
The Count had been suspicicas for some time of the relatione existing be "tween his wife and nephew, who was the son of her half sister.
On returning from a party at four o'clock in the morning, the Count noticed that his wife's room was lit up; and hearing a noise therein be went to investigate, taking a sporting gun with him. He found the couple together.
that a sensation has been caused by {the evidence of Colonel Rever given | at the Foerstner trial.. The Colonel. deposed that he warned the officers LONDON POLICE AND TRADES
| chat if they failed to obey orders to :
art vigorously against the civilians i they would be summoned before the
the famous picture La Gioconda"at of Honour. He instructed the stolen from the Lonere two years ago to commissioned offers 'nfd men and recently recovered at Flarence, has to use their weapons if attacked to bean, brought to Rome and housed in the Ministry of Education, where it has been viewed by King Emmanuel and many notables.
UNITED STATES CURRENCY BILL.
being down" their assailant. Colonel Heuer himself is waiting trial by court-martial.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS,
The Labour Party's Victory,
UNIONISM
A Warning.
POST OFFICE STRIKE AT GLASGOW.
LONDON, Dec. 20. Two hundred auxiliary postal em. ployees at Glasgow came out on strike yesterday, demanding increased pay.
STRIKE LEADER'S FINED.
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An Appeal That Fated.
LONDON, Dec. 20. The Dublin Court of Appeal has confirmed the decision of the King's Bench Division in awarding £200 damages against Larkin and others for inducing the dock employees not to work.
FRENCH CONVENT SCHOOL
Distribution of Prizes..
The annual distribution of prizes to the students of the French Conract school took place on Saturday afternoon. His LONDON, Dec. 20 Lordsbip Bishop Pozzoni presided and
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THE ST JEE AT LEEDS. Men Resuming Work.
of parenta attended,
The Rev. Mother Superior presented the following report upon the year's work:
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teaching staff which is now composed of four English teachers and ove local testbar, the school attendance for the year has show substantial increase from the average number of 76 scholars for the past five years to 108 last year. The proportion of English teachers to scholars in 25.7 to 1. The discipline of the school's reported as i LONDON, Dec. 20,
| rarỳ good, while the building and equip A Washington telegram statem
A telegram from Sydney states that Out of 4,993 municipal atrikers atment ser quits adequate for the school's that the Senate has passed a Cur of the five outstanding elections the Leeds, 2,028 resumed work yesterday, needs. At the annual examination it was rency Bill very similar to that intro Labour party won two, the Liberals and an arrangement has been made to found that the class work was well done on Auced in June, but with amendments two and the Independents out. The replace the others, It is expected that the whole. As might hava bean expected work hand, to persevere and to obtain good i
Laspos, Dec. 21.
BONDON, Dec. 20.
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designed to prevent the undue in Labour party have therefore an ab- all the departments will be working op flation of the exrrency predicted by splute majority of ten. The Govern Monday. Senator Lodge, Senator- Root, and ment's success is largely due to Premier other pyniment Republicans. The Holman's personality and energy. It Bill provides for the increase of the is estimated that he travelled over two gold reserve on which the currency thousand miles and addressed over
70,000 cicators.
is besel, and also for a graduated tax
on the issue of notes.
A Conference of the two Houses
on the Bill follows.
RUSSIAN IMPORT DUTY ON CEREALS.
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Retaliation Agalast German Bounties.
Losons, Dec. 21. The Minister of Commerce pro- poses an immediato import duty of 74. per 36lbs, on corp and all cereals in grain except ricë, peas, and beans. The Minister contends that the German export bounties are hinder- ing the development of Russian agriculture.
A MAP OF THE WORLD.
LONDON, Dec. 20, The second International Congress for drawing up a map of the world, upon a scale of sixteen miles to the inch, closed yesterday in Paris. The map has now received practically permanent
form.
THE KRUPTIONS IN THE NEW HEBRIDES,
500 Natives Perish.
LONDON, Dec. 20.
A telegram from Sydney states that the steamer Pacifique has arrived here, LABOUR CONFERENCE IN DUBLIN. bringing harrowing stories of the erup. tions on Ambrym Island, New Hebrides. It is stated that 500 natives perished.
Fruitless Meetings,
LONDON, Dec. 21. The Labour Conference which was renewed in Dublin has broken up after three days withet result.
There had been hopes of a settle- ment before Christmas, but the par- tics are still sharply divided on the question of the reinstatement of strikera.
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"GERMANY AND AYLATION. ...”
Largo Bums for Instruction.
LONDON, Dec. 20. Prince Henry, presiding over the National Aviation Fund Committee. announced that the contributions to the fund totalled £301,725, thus per zitting the devotion of large sume for instruction, salaries to sirmen, the establishment of base, and prizes for competitions.
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BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPÉDITION.
Thonsands Ready to Explore.
LONDON, Dec. 20. - Thousands of applications have been received to join the British Antarctic Expedition of 1914. In order to give the expedition in Imperial character, Australia and New Zealand have been invited to provide two geologists, South Afriss a meteorologist, and Canada a physicist,
THE HOME RULE CHISIS.
Volunteering Instead of Football
LONDON, Dec. 20, The North of Ireland Bugby Foot
rowded meeting held
and dril witht
NEW ZEALAND LABOUR TROUBLE.
The End of the Striko.
LONDON, Dec. 20. A telegram from Sydney states the New Zealand that owing to Labour Federation declaring the strike at an end, the Australian em- burgo on New Zealand trade is. with drawn.
Work to be Resumed.
The strike is practically ended, states a Wellington telegram. The semen have decided to resume works and the Coal Miners' Union is the only other important union still on strike, but it is expected to follow the lead of the others.
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results, they must occupy yourselves less the needlework moale xad drawing with then personal misirs and think classes rendered very good accounts of mors of them duties must remember that arestat No.
scholar are of a good
**!! themselves. The school has "gain the two qualities of presented scholars
restraint and obedience readiness to subject, for the Oxford Local Examination, with the roacht
and cheerfulzem to carry out their com- that is of the candidates obtained pre-mands. If they were obedient they could
This is the third year of the present beat liminary certificates and noe the junior,
mi-tress' regime at the school, which has
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add that sure of those questres. In con not fail to succeed, and he was pleseed to in this school had already given examples of
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This old established and world-renowned Compan been very greatly improved, so much that clusion be thanked, on behalf of Beverend policies under all the best and modern methods of Lils Am the Director of Education returned it Mother Superior and the teachers, all
thorougly afficient" kod awarded it the thore who had shown their interest in this to meet varying circumstances,
While the requirements of highest grant. the school curriculum have been smlously met the teachers have not neglected the nhysical and moral parts of their duties Regular physical drill has been ocnducted with the resultant effact that the good health of the children has been woli main- tained.
Bishop Parton after presenting tha prizes, addressed the parents and pupila. Littlemained to be said after the good report they had heard read, but he wished
school by their kind presence and wished Christ very success, both to teachers and papila, in the coming year, and to a merry mae and a happy New Year.
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There was only a small attendance ab the mosting, called by Mr. W. Wilmer. Secretary of the Chins Coast Officers addreng a few words, to the parents, Guild, in the King Edward Hotel in Sun. few words of congratulation to the day. The proceedings were private, bijt is Reverend Mother Superior and the is understood that there is no intention teachers; and he wishes o el sentime of making any representations the pupila to continue their studies with to the Shipping Companies, though there asidaíty and DEISSTCTED68.. To the in dis-antisfaction that the six months' leave. parents, he would say that fact offered should be after six year nervide
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of their sending their children to
that establishment showed that they instead of five year. appreciated the teaching and sound
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education given there. They desired Inspector McHardy who has bean in The shipping offices are now be that, their daughters should receive an the Government Civil Hospital suffering sieged by seamen wanting ships. education and training which would fit from bronchial trouble resumed duty to The applicants largely outnumber them for their cutise in alter life; and that day. the berthe vacent.
by their good conduct and the sccomplish menta which they have acquired, while at The Foline have received a report to The Splendid Patriotiem" of the New boot, they might be happy themselves and the effect that between 15917th and 19th an honour and consolation to their parenta instine furniture, including dressing And they were right. One of the question tables ober and a bedalead was greatly discussed at the prosent day wastolen from Dia 46 Jardins's Batasz, that of education and not without reason, Wanchai. The goods were tread by the for it was upon the education of the young that the happiness of nations and com- polics to a furniture dealer's shop in munities dipended. With regard to this Wington Street, and inquiries are being some people advanced that the education of 'madu se to whether the seizure was a legal boys was of far more import, toe than that one.
of giris But this was only true-Ea
At a meeting at Wellington held for the purpose of acknowledging the services of the special constables, the Attorney-General said he could not say what might have happened but for their splendid patriotiem.
The Hon. Mr. F. W. Massey, the certain extant for me is not destited The November export of rubber from
to live and to work alunian Prime Minister, warmly concurred, are called to not and to as moplast 106 L. making s and said that nothing had ever im- grest things in life it is neccmary total of 20,888.08 tome during the eleven pressed the Government more than that they should be conded by women months of the your: This is an inoresss who have toceived a thorough education of 7.010.45 tons on the export during A the response of the citizens in town which will wasble them to do so, Education simbar period last year. The duty ool- and country.
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baina faculty, draws out and develops catural gifte and talents, and partly stocks for them where they are lacking They saw, therefore of what great importance it
to send their children to school re- Sir Frank Bwettenham welcomed the gularly and to keep them there until they appearance of the Rance of Sazawak's had acquired a knowledge suitable for their
We have received doper of the oflcislation in sila In this book they had book in the following words. It is
programme which we intend publishing in every facility for learning all that well well for say of the Malay racs that they to-manga's" iseds of, the. “China Mail adusted young girl was expected to should find sympathecia witor to tell khale, little life, In addition to the eleven taom each day now. Besides the ordinary glass work the world something
the fine art damely music, drawin- Low: they (mantioned by as in a recent inne) we no and the femin tice theord" inaladan two TRON to be ad rum on the Off Day (Saturday, Tab. Just).
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