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Land Drainage."
The Royal Commission on Land Drainage, which is now altting at the House of Lords, inspected the Somerset Drainage Commission area on July 12.-
Livestock consignments by the White Star liner. "Baltic,” which left Liverpool for New York on July 9, totalled forty dogs and forty pigeons.
The Prince of Wales at Tidworth, Wiltshire, on July 12 presented new colours to the 1st Bn. Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire) Regiment.
Capt. Mcintosh, one of the Imperial Airways pilots, was forced by bad weather on July 8 to land his air liner, with 12 passengers on board, at Brasted, near Sevenoaks, Kent..
Woman Architect.
Pilfering on Railways,
A woman architect, Misa The delegates at the meeting of Elizabeth Scott, is included in the the N.U.R. at Carlisle decided group of six, chosen from 74 com- that railway men are to become pating architect's from all over voluntary policemen, and to do the world, to submit further de-their best to prevent damage and signs for the re-building of the loss of goods on the railways in Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. transit. Mr. Thomas, in reply to a protest, said the resolution was no reflection on anybody. year, he said, the L.M. and S. Railway Co. had carried 516,000 tons of merchandise and did not receive a single copper profit for it.
Representations are being made in favour of one-way traffic through Wardour Street, W., the centre of the British Alm in dustry."
Attracted by the excited be- haviour of a dog on the canal towing-path at Leicester, a passer-by found the body of the dog's master, Richard Sykes, in the water.
When his aeroplane crashed at Brooklands racing track, Surrey, after hitting a tree, Mr. Kenneth Hunter escaped with a slight in- When a workman's hut injury to his nose. Australian Avenue, Barbican, E.C., was destroyed by fire early on July 10, a large number of fire engines attended as the outbreak was in the "danger zone."
Liner Encounters Bergs.
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Students for Harvesting.
A party of thirty-six university students sailed from Liverpool on July 11 by the Canadian Pacific liner "Montrose" for harvesting work in Canada. They are pro- The White Star liner "Albertic" | ceeding to Winnipeg, Manitoba, on her trip from Montreal, which and will be placed by the C.P.R. concluded on July 9, encountered on some of the largest farms in ice in large and small bergs, some Western Canada. During the har- of which were aground and others vest they will receive about 169. just floating. She hove to for 15 per day, with everything found, hours and then proceeded dead and hope to make sufficient money slow for a further 24 hours, after to pay for their fares out and which she was able to carry on horse, besides gaining much valu- with her normal voyage.
able experience in agriculture.
When a motor lorry driver stop- ped on the Bath Road near Tap- low, Buckinghamshire, to attend to the rear light, two mator cycles and a motor-car crashed
were injured.
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John Knight Wilson, aged 28, a private of the 1st Scot Guards, who had been sent from Shanghai to England by order of the au- thorities, was remanded at West-
minster Police Court on July 14
on & charge of bigamy,
Mr. Alfred Weale, of Heswall, a son of a member of the Mersey Docks and. Harbour Board en- gineer's staff, has been awarded the Oliver Lodge Fellowship at the Liverpool University.
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A party of 250 Canadian teachers, mostly young women, who have planned a 52-days education tour of Great Britain and Europe, landed at Southampton by the Canadian Paci fle liner "Empress of Australia.”
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The new battleship "Nelson" will return from the Tyne.to the Atlantic Fleet. Portsmouth this month to join
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A student air pilot named Wilson, flying at East Perth, his machine crashed across Australia, died from burns after high-power electric cable.
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The price of standard grade flour in the Home Counties, has been reduced by Is. to 468. per 280lb. (68. to 18. less delivered in the London districts).
Ninety-two attempts at revolt against the Soviet Government were made in the Ukraine during May and June, according to the Ukrainian Commissar Balinski.
Charles F. Haime, was fined 20s, with £1 1s, costs, at New- port, Monmouthshire, for selling infertile onion seed-some penny packets of seed were dated 1924.
Mr. George Macaulay Trevel- yan has been appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the room of the late Mr. John Bagnel! Bury.
Matlock Council have decided to scrap, after more than 30 years' service, the cable tramway service and to introduce motor- omnibuses on the steep Matlock Bank.
Empress Engineer Retires.
Mr. A. E. Philp, late chief en- gineer of the Canadian Pacific steamer "Empress of Scotland," who is spending his retirement at Wallasey, Cheshire, has been pre- sented by his colleagues and ship- mates with a silver cigar box, in-| scribed "Presented to A. E. Philp, chief engineer of R.M.S. "Empress of Scotland," on the oc- casion of his retirement after forty years' service, as a token of esteem and regard from his ship mates." Accompanying the gift was a silver cake stand for Mrs. Philp.
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Charged with murdering his wife by stabbing her in the face, Joseph Frederick Stockwell, 81, an L.C.C. fireman, of Amstead Walk, Dagenham, was at Strat- ford, E., committed for trial.
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The 25th Squadron R.A.F. gave an acrial display at Folke- stone on July 18 before the ar- rival of Prince Henry for the opening of the new Leas Cliff Hall and also acted as escort to the royal car.
Following a police raid on the Limberlost Social Club, Butler's Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, 89 summonses were issued, and the club was struck off the regis ter for selling drink after hours..
For perjury in regard to in- come-tax returns and falsification of figures, Charles Henry Haynes, aged 70, a tanner, was sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment in the second division at Manchester Assizes.
The Imperial Education Confer- ence sent a resolution to the King stating that the deliberations had strengthened the belief that education should be one of the greatest factors in fostering good- will between the Dominions. A
For permitting gaming with automatic machines, John Davies Tune, of Cobden. Street, and Albert Tudor, of Anchor Road, "both Longton (Staffordshire), shopkeepers, were each fined £75, while Arthur John Dale, of Marah Street, Hanley, stated to be secretary of an Automatic Slot Machine Association, was fined 4100 fór alding and abetting.
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