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Loxpón, August 23. The Westminster Gazette correspondent in Belfast, reports an outburst At the City Hall yesterday everting. of disorder yesterday evening in a number of streets in the Catholic quarter holders of marine lots interested in near where a bomb was thrown on Sunday night. It is alleged that a the Praya East Reclamation Scheme Unionist mob with rifles and rerolvers made an organised attack as the met to consider the draft of a Bill to Catholics. A fierce fight ensued. The curfew regulations were disregarded.be submitted to the Legislative Alter the firing bad inlled the Catholics retreated, but the Unionists attacked Council in connection with the their dwellings, smashing windows. The Catholics again emerged and arrangement already reached between found the streets in dariness. The police arrived and fired on the opposing the Government and the lot holders! crowds. Order was restored at midnight.
regarding the terms under which the project shall be carried out.
COLONIAL (RESEARCH.
WHAT THE UNIVERSITIES CAN DO.
LONDON, August 23.
The Hon. Sir Paul Chater, C.M.G., | presided and there were present | Messrs D. G. M. Bernard, M. J. D. { Stephens, L.S. Greenhill (representing the Land Investment Co.) A. S. The committee appointed by Viscount Milner to investigate the utilisa. Gubbay (representing Mr. C.-S. tion of the assistance of the universities in carrying out research with a view | Gubbay), J. C. Pank (representing to protecting the inhabitants of the colonies and protectorates from disease Messrs Garde, Price and Co., F. A. Mody, Lam Woo, and-Li Siv Yuen. and the development of colonial matural resources, has issued a report reject The Rev. G. Waldegrave (represent. ing the suggestion to form a separate colonial research service and recoming the Mission to Seamen) and many mending that the universities encourage post-graduate, study and make others, including several Chinese
gentlemen. provision for facilities and laboratories for training students in the principles Mr. John Duncan, executive and methods of independent research. The report expresses the opinion entiseer of the P.WD, who prepared that candidates for research appointments should not be selected by com- all the plans and diagrams and petitive examination but should be chosen by the Colonial Office from a list supervised all soundings and surveys in connection with the scheme, was recommended by the universities and colleges whom the committee advises present to elucidate any point that to co-ordinate the results of investigations by individual colonies în keeping might require explanation. watch over the whole development of the Empire and preparing a supply of investigators to deal with pressing emergencies and undertake special investigations.
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STOCKHOLM, August 23.
The Svenskadagblad publishes a message from Helsingfors stating that
the Soviet commissary at Astrakhan has informed the Moscow Government that Astrakhan is so full of filth that it would be useless to try to fight cholera.
Mr. L. S. Greenhill, who acted a secretary of the meeting, read the
notice consening the meeting.
The Chairman said: Gentlemen.~ | Or. May 4 last year, we met to con- sider the Government proposals 'with regard to the praya East Reclamation! Scheme. Those proposals bave Dow reached a more concrete stage and at the request of the Government I sent you each the other day a copy of the draft of the bill which it is proposed You have now had several days'in to lay before the Legistative Council
which to consider these proposals
He recommends that the inhabitants leave for Siberia and that the town be and I shall be glad to hear when er destroyed by fire.
WAR IN MOROCCO.
COMMON FRENCH AND SPANISH ACTION?
MADRID, August 23.
you have any suggestions to make as to alteration or addition so that we may ocw consider them and, if thought advisable, lay them before the Government. Before going fur- ther, however, it might be as well that I should point out that under Section 8 of the proposed Ordinance all those who are entitled to par
A message from Melilla states that General Berenguer considers the ticipate in the scherne must, within' men and material at his disposal sufficient to start a new offensive before the Ordinance, deposit at the Hong three months of the commencement of the rainy season begins. Meantime the Moors are resuming hostilities and kong and Shanghai Bank, a sam are persistently attacking Spanish food convoys.
equal to 25 per cent of the amount Senor Leon, the Spanish Ambassador in Paris, has arrived at Madrid. it is estimated they will eventually His visit is much commented on. It is believed that France is making have to pay on the portion allotted to them and then attend at the overtures with a view to common French and Spanish action in Morocco. Land Office (Sab. Sec. 5 of Sec. 4)
HOME CRICKET.
AUSTRALIANS DEFEAT GLOUCESTER.
LONDON, August 23.
`At Cheltenham the weather was dull. Gloucester made 175. Krigwin, playing confidently, made 65. Malley took ten wickets for 66. The Australians won by an immings and 136 runs.
and enter into’an agreement similar to the draft Schedule on page 8 of the paper you hold. Later, various calls (Sab. Sec. Z of Sec 8 and Sec. 10) will be made and these must be paid within seven days of the notice sent to each owner
Under Section 9 of the proposed Ordinance a Crown Lease (Crown Rent being at the rate of $500 per acre) for the term of 99 years will be Kent won by ten wickets, Middlesex by an innings and 13 runs, Hamp-granted with option of a further term shire by 251 runs, Notts in the first innings, and Yorkshire in the first of 99 years to commence as soon as innings.
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LONDON, August 23. Importance is attached to the discovery of copper in Shetland. Experts declare that the supply is inexhaustible and superior to Spanish copper Plant is being laid down immediately and mining is expected to begin in September.
STORMY SOUTH AMERICA.
PANAMA-COSTA RICA WAR.
WASHINGTON, August 23,
the commencement of building opera- tions. The latest plan is to all intents and purposes similar to that which you inspected last year. If any gentlemen present wish to saak' ques) tions I shall be pleased to answer them to the best of my ability or to discus. any suggestions they may have to par forward.
The speech was then translated into Chinese for the benefit of the greater part of those present.
No questions having been asked, the Charman por to the meeting a motion approving the reclamation scheme and the draft of the Bill to be submitted in the Legislative Coun
Mr. M. J.D. Stephens, who second: ed the motion, took the opportunity to thank Sir Paul, 'on behalf of the
A Note forwarded to Panama yesterday declared that the United States various lot holders; for the part be would not permit hostilities arising from the occupation of the Goto region had played in the negotiations with by Costa Rica. The Note was sent in response to a communication from the Government. It was largely due Panama indicating that if Costa Rica attempted to reoccupy the disputed direction, he said, that the scheme Ito the Chairman's efforts to this
territory, force would be used to resist such occupation unless the United | had been made possible. The speaker States made it clear that the government would prevent it.
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