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THE WAY THE WORLD WAGS.
Warships Stopped.
The Japanese Admiralty have stopped, according to Tokyo re- ports, the building of 6 battleships Con account of material shortage.
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Scrapped under the provisions of the Washington Agreement, the battleship "Centurion" has been disarmed and converted into a target ship for the Atlantic Fleet.
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Messrs. R. Lehane, Mackenzie, and Shand, Holmbridge, Huddersfield, have obtained a contract for £781,225. from the Halifax Corporation for re- servoirs.
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Australian Flight.
A citizens' committee in San Francisco is considering the ex- tension to Australia of the pro- posed San Francisco-Honolulu fight, for which a purse of £10,- 000 is being raised. Half the purse has already been subscrib ed.
Janitor To Treasurer.
First a janitor, then a clerk, and then a bank-teller, Edward Kelly, at 45 now finds himself treasurer of the Iron Bound Trust Company, formed as á result of a bank merger, and now the largest financial institution in New Jersey, with assets worth $25,000,000,
It is recorded of Mrs. William Reid, daughter of a sea captain Commencing on July 1 the and wife of Alderman Reid, of Tyne Improvement Commission Belfast, who died on June 29, that has made the following reductions she sailed round the world seven-in river dues:-Oil fuel, dd per teen times, covering 1,100,000 ton, a reduction of 2d; syrup, 5d miles, in wind jammers and that a ton, a reduction of 5d; glucose, she knew every port in the 5d per ton, a reduction of 5d; Pacific.
canned fruit, 1s 3d a ton, a reduc tion of 5d; and raw tobacco, 10d per ton, a reduction of 10d.
Captain J. H. Reed was appoint- ed by the Bristol Channel Ship- arrived at Liverpool on July 2 The "Baltic" from New York; owners' Association, to represent with 1,000 passengers, mainly them upon the Chamber of Ship-holiday-makers. Amongst the ping Committee of inquiry into cabin passengers were Sir Richard seasonal load line marks..
Sykes, Mr. J. Perston Doughten, US. Consul at London, and Mr. Ambassador. Amory Houghton, son of the US
Wireless Record.
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A distance of 7,000 miles be tween London and Cape Town was traversed in one twenty- fourth of a second on July 2 when the Anglo-South African beam wireless was inaugurated.
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Budapest, it is understood that According to a message from
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Mr. Ernest E. Smethurst, chief railway clerk at Darling Harbour railway yards, N.S.W., was the guest at a smoke concert on the occasion of his retirement after 40 years' service in the Railway Department. Mr.Smet- hurst commenced as a porter at West Maitland, and was chief for 20 years. delivery clerk at Darling Harbour
Revolt Predicted.
Buchurin, speaking at a big army Reports from Moscow say that
the Peater Kommercial Bank has been negotiating the creation of A team of 'Varsity athletes which Messrs. A. Mitchell and a new steamship company, in representing Yale and Harvard Polnaur. of Alexandria
are in- from Canada in the "Dorie" on to operate in the Adriatic. Universities arrived at Liverpool terested. The new company is parade, prophesied that the Aus- July 2. They have come over to compete in the International Un- iversity Sports as Stamford Bridge.
A Beethoven monument was unveiled at Vincennes Park, Ber- lin, on July 25, by the Minister for Instruction, M. Herriot. The German Charge d'Affaires attend- ed the ceremony.
The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that Signor Mussolini has declared war on Italy's faked nobility, and has appointed a special heraldic com- mission to draw up a list of in- dividuals who rightfully possess titles, the improper use of which will be punishable as an offence.
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trian revolt will be followed by similar uprisings all over Europe. After Bucharin's address War Commissar Woroshilow reviewed 100,000 Red Army troops and women battaliona.. Twenty tanks and many aeroplanes participated in the show.
The following passengers travelled to South Africa by the Union-Castle R.M.M.V. "Carnarvon Castle," which left Southampton on July 1. His Excellency Sir Ed- ward Grigg, K.C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.C., Lady Grigg, Major Dutton, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Glynn and family, Mr. C. W. Francis Harrison, Mr. H. S. Henderson, V.C., Hon. Mr. Justice. B. A. Tindall, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Weight:
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The retirement is intimated after almost 38 years' service of | Mr. George A. Hunter, the secre- tary of the National Bank of Scotland Mr. Hunter joined the Bank's service as chief of the law department in 1889, and in 1909 he was promot- ed to the assistant secretaryship, Mr. George B. Hart being then secretary. On Mr. Hart's retire- ment in 1915, Mr. Hunter became secretary, a position which he filled with much acceptance to the directors, branch agents, and the Bank's customers at the head office. To succeed Mr. Hunter the directors have appointed Mr. Frederick George Dryburgh who Amsterdam diamond merchants is at present the Bank's superin- have agreed to close down. The tendent of branches. To fill Mr. crisis is due to the rejection of Dryburgh's place, Mr. Alexander the Precious Stones Bill by the Norman M'Leod has been ap South African Senate making pointed. Mr. M'Leod attained the transactions practically impos. position of chief inspector in sible.
1919.
While building a spur track for a bridge over the Hackensack River near Kesmy, N. J., quickṣand was encountered NecesITY precautions were taken, but the first engine over the spur put so much **** weight on the track that it twisted, throwing the engine, into the sand, The crew escaped by jumping, but the engine'sunk nearly oist of sight.
The Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police, Peking, is still persisting in his intention of resigning but Marshal Chang Tso lin has sent a message urging him to remain in office and com- mending his valuable services.
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Bids For Ships.
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The U.S. Government
has For the first time since the given a contract to the Glenn sales of scrapped ships to Mr. Martin Aeroplane Company, of Henry Ford, in 1925, the United Cleveland (Ohio), to build 54 States Shipping Board Merchant | bombing and torpedo 'planes of a Fleet Corporation is understood new design for the U.S. Navy at to be considering inviting bids on a cost of £300,000. The Navy its laid-up fleet. The Fleet Cor- Department has also taken an poration has 129 ships, ranging option for the purchase of 96 from 7,500 to 10,000 tons. These planes of the same type within ships are scattered throughout five weeks. the laid-up fleet.
Thirty-one nations were repre- sented at Birkenhead's jubilee luncheon, on June 30, to membera of the Liverpool Consular Corps, The Major (Mr. J. H. Glegg), in proposing the principal toast, mentioned that the first iron. which ever sailed on the seas was launched at Birkenhead. Mr. Leo J. Kenna, Consul for U.S.A,, gaid the Consular Corps regarded Birkenhead ae. a partner with Liverpool in the ceaseless strug gle for greater progress,
"The Hon, J. E. Brownlee, Prime Minister of the Province of Albert, reached Liverpool on July 2 in the Doric. Mr. Brownlee said [he had come over primarily to meet Mr. Greenfield, the agent for Alberts, and is on a mission of inquiry into questions of trade and emigration. He la accom Fanied by Mr. A. J. WcPhail, the president of the Canadian wheat pool, and, as Alberta exports 70 to 100 million bushels per annum, the Premier's investigations will include close” inquiries into the grain business on this side.
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