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MORE "LIVELINESS" "NOT TO BE TAKEN BETWEEN BRITAIN
IN INDIA
ROWDY MOB
SERIOUSLY"
SEA POWER
THINKS OF MR. BRITTEN
DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH WHAT "OFFICIAL WASHINGTON"
THE POLICE
FIREARMS USED
Lucknow, Yesterday.
The police had to use firearms
A RECENT SUGGESTION
"Washington, Yesterday.. Well-informed, .circles do not ex-
AND INDIA
AIR SERVICE,
AGREEMENT AS TO BASES IN PERSIA
IMPORTANT STEP
London, Yesterday.
Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for
to disperse an unlicensed procession pect that Mr. Baldwin will reply to Air, in reply to a question in the!
official and demonstrators in connection Mr. Britten's proposal, as
of Commons, announced Washington does
not take Mr. House with the arrival of the Simon Com Britten's action seriously.
that an agreement had been rench- mission.
It is unofficially stated that not ed between the Persian Govern- Several were injured, including only will the American Government ment and Imperial. Airways, Limit- Jawn Harlal, Secretary of the Na- almost certainly ignore Mr. Brit- tional Congress, Pundit Motilal ten's unusual procedure, but he ed, regarding the establishment of Nehrus' son, and Govind Ballahg may also be asked to explain the bases in Persia for an air service pant, the Swarajist leader of the correctness of his procedure as a between Gront Britain and India United Provinces Legislative Coun- Member of Congress in taking up and that relevant documents would cil. Reuter..
international matters direct with the probably be signed this week-Bri- head of the British Government in- tleh Wireless Service.
CANCER DISEASE
WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL RADIUM ANNEXE
IMPORTANT, DEVELOPMENT
London, Yesterday, Two important conclusions in regard to the causation of cancer are contained in the annual report of the Imperial Cancer Research fund. They are:-firstly, there, is no reliable evidence-experimental, statistical, or clinical-which - would) indicate causal correlation between cancer and the absence or presence or excess of any particular dietetic constituent.
Secondly, the work carried out in the Laboratories of the fund dis- proves the evidence adduced by a German scientist' to demonstrate the infectiveness of cancer.
STILL FINE
N. E. winds, moderate, fine to cloudy, is the forecast until noon to-morrow.
The ant! cyclone has strengthened. It is central to the north of Korea.
Moderate to freah monsoon may be expected along the S.E. coast of China and light winds with fine weather over the western portion of the China Sea.
The following telegram was received from the Manila Ob. servatory at 9.00 a.. to day:-
(1) Manila 12:15 p.m. 29th: Cyclone or Typhoon W. of the Bonin Islands moving N.N.E. or N.E.
(2) Manila 12.15 p.m. 29th:: Cyclone or Typhoon E. of Luzon less than 300 miles dis- tant moving E.
;
Important Treatment Westminster Hospital, where pioneer work in radium treatment has been conducted and where £20,000 worth of radium has been purchased by voluntary subscrip- tion, is opening a special radium stead of utilising the usual; annexe. It has often been contend-| diplomatic channels.
His action is generally criticised
ed that the middlie classes experl-
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THE WAILING WALL
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INFRINGEMENT OF STATUS QUO?
ANOTHER STATEMENT
London,. Yesterday. Mr. L. M. S. Amery, the Domin- ions' Secretary, stated in the House of Commons that he was not satis- fiod that the new stone construction on top of the Wailing Wall at Jerusalem was a violation of the status quo. According to latest! reports it would appear
that the small wall constructed above the building that surmounts a portion of the Wailing Wall was an integral part of the structure begun many months ago. It was never suggest- ed when the work started that It would involve any infringement of the status quo.-British Wireless Service.
FOR DISTEMPER
PREVENTIVE VACCINE
DISCOVERED
THE "FIELD" FUND
London, Yesterday.
ence difficulty in obtaining the as unwise and unnecessary-Reu- treatment which the poor received, ter's American Service, gratis and for which the wealthy The following telegram from A vaccine has been discovered could afford to pay.
Washington, dated Nov. 28, explains which, it is claimed,' will prevent They will be treated at this new the above message:
distemper in dogs. It is the 're-
institution, where there will be Mr. Britten, Chairman of the gult of five years' research work modern physiciats and laboratories Naval Affairs Committee of the by Dr. Laidlaw and Mr. Duncin at so that emanations can be obtained House
the laboratories of the Medical Re- of Representatives, has search Council. A fund for this for the treatment of deep-seated cabled to Mr. Baldwin, suggesting a research work was raised by the cancer. Very little so far has been joint meeting of committee com-weekly journal "The Field," done in this direction and it is in-posed of British Members of Parlia-! tended to develop the work which ment and the U. S. Naval Affairs! Experiments were carried out on has been so successful at the West-Committee to be held in Canada thirteen hundred dogs and hounds, minster Hospital. British Wireless after March to discuss the subject packs, and show, it is stated, that including some famous hunting of equality of sea-power between Britain and the United States in all classes of warahips unaffected by the Washington Arms Conference and report direct to their respective Governments after the conference.
Service.
NOT THE SAME
BELGIUM'S NEW TREATY WITH CHINA
GIVES UP EXTRALITY
Feking; Yesterday. The text of the new Sino-Belgian Treaty has been published.
It differs materially from other new China treatles, Belgium agree-
ing to the abolition of extrality.
CONSUL'S MURDER
ASSAILANT CONVICTED -IN PARIS
LIGHT SENTENCE
www.
the animals can be completely im- munised.-British Wireless Ser- vice.
WAR BONDS
TREASURY CONVERSION
OFFER
£200,000,000 INVOLVED
London, Yesterday. Nearly £200,000,000 of maturing obligations is involved in a Trea sury conversion offer affecting the The anti-Fascist Dimodgnu, wha'5 per cent. and 4 per cent. War Treaty will be published to-morrow. shot dead the Italian Vice-Consul Bonds and the 4% per cent, Trea- --Reuter.
The text of the Sino-Italian
Farther Detalls
Shanghai, Yesterday.
Paris, Yesterday.
Reuter.
WANTED
EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS AT CENTRAL COURT
KIDNAPPED BOYS
Nardini in September last year, sury Bonds, all maturing in Febru has been sentenced to two years' ary, 1929. The offer provides for imprisonment and fined two hun-an unlimited cash issue of 41⁄2 per The new Sino-Belgian Treaty red francs, The jury found that cent. Treasury Bonds at 99 to be recognises the complete tariff the accused fired but did not in- repald between 1932 and 1984-
tend to kill.-Reuter. autonomy of China, but with the [The assailant of Count Nardini most-favoured-nation proviso, and called at the Italian Consulate in it abolishes Belgium's extrality as Paris on September 12, 1927, in from Jan. 1, 1980.
connection with a passport. The Annexes to the Treaty declare Vice-Consul was unable to fasuo! that Chind will promulgate the this because the applicant lacked civil and commercial codes of the necessary documents. Dimod-| China before Jan. 1, 1980, and that gnu then drew a revolver and fir from the date of abolition of ex-ed three shots at his victim.
The startling story of how one trality Belgian subjects shall be allowed to live, trade and acquire when he was seized by a police of the two sons of a wealthy money- property in any part of China man on permanent duty in the Con- changer of Canton, who was kid- Rauter.
sulate, but he bit the policeman napped by his own servant, "was and fired twice in the air, and was later released at the headquarters of escaping when Consulate em-the "village scouts," was related by ployees appeared and overpowered a witness. at the Central Magistracy him. He was then taken to the yesterday, before Mr. R. E. Lindsell. police station.
The Canton authorities have ap- piled for the man's exfradition of
LEAGUE COUNCIL
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9 a.m.
Amby
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A CHANGE OF LOCATION
Siberia
Haiphong Manila
SUNDAY,
Bangkok via Swatow Shanghai and Dalny Bwatow, Amoy and Formosa Haiphong
Chenonceaux Tonkin President Harrison DECEMBER
Kwaiyang Luchow Hozan
Geneva, Yesterday,
1.80 p.m. .5 pm.
Caravellas
MONDAY,
Swatow
DECEMBER
Hydrangea
*Correspondence bearing vassal's name only,
8.80 a.m.
9. am. 9.
2.80 p.m.
The
assassin was departing:
The organ suddenly stopped dur- the alleged fugitive...
ing & service recently in the chapel Questioned by the Court, witness of the Nottingham Poor Law In- said that he first saw the fugitive, Out of consideration for Dr. stitution, and it was found that the who was a former cook of the Stresemann, who for health rea-organ blower, John Boardman, aged money-changer, at Machaf village sons is unable to go to Geneva, 65, an inmate of the institution, where the two boys were Imprisoned. the secretariat of the League is had collapsed and died. arranging the next session of the
Council at Lugano.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, M
Briand and Dr. Stresemannhave
already agreed to this and replies
TO-DAYS DOLLAR
from the other members of the ~ The closing rate of the dollar on Courell are awaitedIteuter, and demand, to-day was 2/05/18.
After a ransom of $9,000 had been pald, one of the boys was released. Witness again saw the fugitive at the Central Police Station, when the latter, addressing him by name, asic- ed him what he was doing there..
* The hearing war, again adjourned.
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