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London, Yesterday. Extraordinarily violent storms have swept over parts of Central Europe.
Peasant Killed
Berlin, Yesterday. Reports here are that a peasant was killed near Nuremberg and scores of sheep and fowls likewise perished.
Crops Damaged
Berne, Yesterday. Reports are to hand of consi- derable damage to crops, between Lake Geneva and Lake Constance with hailstones as big as pigeon eggs.
Damage in Vienna
Vienna, Yesterday. Many houses in the city were unroofed, windows shattered, trees blown down in parks and streets. There were ten casualties and fire- men were Reuter.
called out 21 times.-
RAIN WELCOME
Drought Broken at Last in. Britain
London, Yesterday. rain, accompanied by Heavy violent thunderstorms, occurred over most of England early to-day, thus breaking the drought which had become severe in many parts of the country. In four hours, nearly an inch of rain fell in London and three inches on the East Coast.- British Wireless Service.
BRITAIN & RUSSIA
MORE QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
London, Yesterday. Questioned in the House of Commons to-day regarding the re- relations sumption of diplomatic with Russia, the Foreign Secretary (Mr. A. Henderson) said he could say no more at present than that the Government were in communica- tion with the Dominions' Govern- ments on the subject, but he hoped to be able to make a statement at an early date.
An undertaking had been given at the Imperial Conference that the British Government would not re- sume negotiations or normal rela- tions with Russia without acquaint-¡ ing the Dominions.
Mr. Henderson added: "That is what we have done up till now. We shall not depart from that under- taking."
Answering a further question on the subject Mr. Henderson said that no suggestion had yet been made to the Dominions Governments as to the conditions on which diplomatic relations with the Soviet Govern ment should be resumed nor had the subject been discussed with the American representative of the GovernmentBritish Wireless Ser-
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DENIAL OF RUMOUR BY THE ADMIRALTY
London, Yesterday,
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DUTCH ELECTIONS
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CATHOLICS LEAD
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Catholics, 80. Socialists, 24.
Anti-Revolutionaries, 12.
The remaining 34 seats are dis- tributed among eight other Parties.
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Mr. A. Henderson (Secretary for Foreign Affairs) enumerated the membership of the League Dele- gation, which is inter alia-
The Prime Minister, (Mr. Mae- Donald) Foreign Secretary, (Mr. Henderson); president of the Board of Trade (Mr. W. Graham) Mrs. Helena Swanwick and Mrs. Mary Hamilton, labour MP. for Black- bura.
The House of Commons agreed to the amended Government resolu- tion to take up private members' time to the end of July.
[Mrs. Swanwick is editor of "For- eign Affairs". She was British sub- stitute delegate to the Fifth Assembly of the League of Nations in 1924- when the Labour Party was last in office.]
U.S. TARIFFS
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DEMOCRATS ATTACKING
Washington, Yesterday. Owing to complicated political and economic problems, it appears doubtful that the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Bill will be completed by the
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GOVERNMENT RESIGNS
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SEARCH FOR MURDERER
Questions amending it, by pró- viding a sliding scale in the sugar tariffs, as suggested by President Hoover and also the desirability of taxing foreign, motor-cars 25 per cont. ad valorem will require at-: tention.
The protests of foreign Govern- ments are also causing disquiet.
The democrats are attacking the bill savagely. Reuter's American
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AIR THRILLS
'PLANE "HOOKS ON" TO
AN AIRSHIP
DARING FLYER
Lakehurst, N.J., Yesterday.
Lieut.
The naval airman
Gordon yesterday succeeded
T
in
A reward notice has been posted attaching an aeroplane to the Navy
at Police Headquarters: announcing rigid airship "Los Angeles" while that $260 will be paid to any person both were dying. giving information which will lead
Gordon came up under the hull
to the arrest and conviction of the of the airship and adjusted his murderer or murderers of Lau Kam-speed to the latter's then made shan (78), ecck, at No. 12, Quarry contact by means of a hook on the Point, and living in the servants top upper wing of the aeroplane, quarters at the above address, who and a rigid trapeze suspended at about 11 pm, on March 3, was amidships under the hall of the found dead in the cook-house, airship.
the
having apparently been attacked and Gordon thrice hooked on strangled by some person or persons aeroplane to the airship, detached unknown, between 9 and 10 p.m., on it himself, and then flew away. the same date.
AMBULANCE CORPS
The Hon. Treasurer of St. John Ambulance Brigade acknowledges the receipt of $437.65, being balance of the part proceeds of a benefit theatrical performance at the Ko Shing Theatre-
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'SORRELL AND SON"
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The stirring story of a man, a financial fällure in life but a great success as a father
MAJESTIC
Kowloon,
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| U.S. “TALKIE ACTORS
TO ORGANISE AS A TRADE UNION
PRODUCERS DEFIANT
New York, Yesterday. The Actors Equity Association, which is the Trade Union for actors and actresses in America, has voted $10,000 to finance a cam- paign organise the "talkie"
actory.organise
The Association seeks to insist that all "talkie actors and actresses must be members of the Association, and work under con- |tracts approved by the Association.
Leading film producera recently decided to defy the Association. Reuter's American Service.
CIVIL SERVICE
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
ROYAL COMMISSION INQUIRY
Londen, Yesterday.
The Prime Minister announced that a Royal Commission is to be isel up to inquire into all matters of general importance affecting the Civil Services,British Wireless Service
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