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She sings the curious rising and falling strains, of Rimsky-Korsakow's famous "Chanson, Indous" with almost uncanny case and smooth-
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PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
plays the great entr'acte from Moussorgsky 5- Khowanichina," one of the most aumptuous and tragic of all Russian operas. Hear the great bell in the tower of Ivan Veliky, ***
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Yorkshire won by an innings and Robinson scoring 96 and R. Kilnertaking 5 wicki for 32 in the second lanings.
Lancashire won by 125 runs. Make peace sc 80, and Parkin took 7 wickets for 24 in the inaloge. K
Gloucestor won by five wickets. (Gloucester) took 5 wickets for 46 and 7 Geary (Leicestershire) took 6 wickets for '1) First innings.
Hampshire won by 144 runs. Mead scored s and 87 and Kennedy took 6 for 58 and 5 for 43-
INDIAN OCEAN EXILES.
EGYPTIAN EXTREMISTS RELEASED.
CAIRO, May 31.
Members of the Egyptian Wafd interned in the Seychelles will be released to-morrow. Their future movements will not be restricted.
The Wafd is the extremist Nationalist society. The Seychelles are a group of thirty small British islands in the Indian Ocean] !!
HOME MINERS' WAGES DISCUSSION ADJOURNED.
LONDON, May 31.
Mr. Neville Chamberlain the House of Com- пода...
The bill provides that the rent restrictions act of 1920 shall continue in force until June 24, 1925.
"AFTER WHICH?
AMERICA'S LIQUOR RULING.
DATE NOW FIXED.
LONDON, May 31.
It is officially announced that alcoholla liquor for beverage purposes aboard foreign ships sailing to America before June 10 will not be seized at Amer-.
STRIKE NEARLY OVER.
BOMBAY
The Ahmedabad mill strike which began on April shows signs of ending:
The workers at two mills are returning to work, ccepting a 20 per cent cut in wages.
JAPAN'S TURK CLAIMS
LAUSANNE, May 31-
The Japanese delegate has informed the
mic Committee that Japan had some claims against-Turkey which she would privately with the Turks.
The miners' conference at Blackpool, by a large majority, adopted the executive's resolution in favour of adjourning discussion of the nailonal wage agreement until the annual conference at Folkestone in Jaly, pending action by the House of Commons with regard tot bill providing a minlinum Flying wage for miners based on the cost of living
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YESTERDAY'S COUNCIL
VOTES.
After the close of yesterday after noon's meeting of the Legislative
DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
provided for later.
They are. two small-motor-rollers, weighing about 8 dons, for the New Terri tories and country; roads.
One is now employed in New Territory and the other on Stubbs Road.
'Approved.
TAIFO RECLAMĂTION.
USSELS, May 31,
herang Wal
EGYPT'S SUNKEN-
TREASURE.
SALVAGE EFFORTS TO BE
MADE
Stockholm, April 7.... Salvage Company of
Council the Finance Committee met Council to vote a sum of $2,000 in The Governor recommended-the under the chairmanship of the Acting Colonial Secretary and the aid of the vote Public Works, Gothenburg having contracted with following financial recommenda Extraordinary New Territories, the underwriters at Lloyd's to un tions by H.E. the Governor were Miscellaneous, (113) Miscellaneous dertake the salvage of the gold and
considered:-
KOWLOON CEMETERY SITE, S The Governor recommended the Council to vote a sum of $10,000 on account of Public Works, Extra ordinary, Kowloon, Buildings, Sex ton Quartos, Kowloon Cemetery. -The Colonial Secretary: These are quarters for the sextons in the large new cemetery which is being set aside by the Town Planning Committee at Kowloon.
Works
The Colonial Secretary: This is silver in the coffers of the P. & Q. in connection with the reclamation steamer "Egypt, sunk in her coll!- at Taipo Market A urge number sion with the Seine in May last, of lots on the second reclamation the company is, preparing its lar were sald last November at a big price, with the ordinary proviso that gest salvage boat, the "Frithiof" for they must be raised to the Public this expedition. Works Department levels. It was According to the journal anticipated that that would be a Dagens Nyheter, the expedition matter of a few inches or a foot at will be ready to start shortly. the most. In the meantime the Over one million sterling is known Public Works Department have to be sunk in the wreck, and the The Hon Mr. Pallock In con altered, the levels considerably. salvage company is to receive 55 nection with this point, I do not They have suised the Invel several per cent of all values recovered know whether this is the particular feet and that, of course, was not The principal difficulty will be cemetery I have in mind, but I anticipated. It is considered fair to determine the exact spot where understand, Sir, there is a move that the Government should ex- the wreck is to be found. The only ment on foot to suggest to the pend money on putting the lovele datum to go by in this respect is Government that the site of this to the new height.
the deposition of the mate, and cemetery. be removed to à more re
crew of the "Egypt as to the post- mote position and to develop this
tion of the liner when she founder particular site for building purposes.
ed. The company, which has a large experience in such salvage undertakings, is hopeful of success, and feels that even if the gold can not be salved the attempt in itself will be a feather in its cap.
Approved
"CHINESE BEGRETARIAT..
I have been in communication, ne The Governor recommended the Chairman of the Housing Commis Council to vote a sum of $1,000 in sian, with Mr. F. P. de, V) Scares, aid of the vote Secretariat for who has certain plans which be Chinese Affairs, Other Chaeger, In- desires to bring before the Councilcidental Experhees
The Colonial Secretary Mr. The Colonial Secretary There Soares has been in communication have been a number of expenses in with the Government of great connection with the removal of the length
Department to Beaconsfield Arcade.
Approyed
The Grotermor recommended the
As far as is known the wreck is lying, port side upwards, about twenty miles north of Usharit, where there is a tide variation of twenty-four feet and a four-knot current. Her crashed in how may facilitate access to the holds.
is
The Hon. Mr. Pollock By bie letter. I understood he was to com municate farther on the subject. 1
: The "Frithjof motor boat, builtat should' like the question to stand Council to vote e sum of $425 in aid, the Gots works în 1921, over, if there is no objection of the vote Land Offon Personal of the most modern, type of | The Colonial Secretary, intimated Emolumenta
Pa salvage Srcraft, - 157, *- feet in that be bad nó abjection, and con- The Colonial Bearstory This is length by thirty-fivi sideration of the recommendation: simply n-question, of a Clerk who bread was postponed.
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