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Dessau, Yesterday.
MAJORITY IN COMMONS FAVOUR RESUMPTION
MR. BALDWIN DEFEATED
The Prince of Wales will pay an un-
Rugby, Yesterday. aficial visit to South and East Africain which passengers are to be accom ment and
The glant Junker's aeroplane G38, i All the Liberal Members of Parlis- early next year. The King and Queenmodated in the wings, end the speed of with the Government in the House of! three Conservatives voted i have approved of his tour, which wil! which, according to its designers, will follow the lines of the expedition upon startle flying experts," underwent half Commons last night in support of the which he was engaged a year ago, and an hour's trial to-day.
motion proposed by the Foreign Secre which he abandoned when the newa uf the King's illness reached him in Tanganyika.
On this occasion the Prince will go Årst to South Africa, sailing
It is a four-engined machine, with tary, Mr. Arthur 'Henderson, "that, thia 60 yards wing span, and equipped House is of opinion that the resump- tion of full diplomatic relations be
with an electric kitchen.-Reuter.
from England in the Union Castle ROYAL AIR FORCE
Liner "Kenilworth Castle," on January
3.
i After staying for a short while in Capetown as the guest of the Governor- General, the Earl of Athlone and Princes Alice, Countess of Athlone, he will proceed to East Africa, where he will have some big game shooting and will visit sume of the places he was unable to reach on last year's inter- rupted tour.-British Wireeli Service.
OCCASIONAL RAIN
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:
The anti-cyclone over China. has extended north eastward to S. Manchuria.
Fresh monsoon will prevail along the China coast and over the N. China Sea.
Forecast N. E. winds; fresh, cloudy, with occasional rain; probably improving later.
EX-KAISER'S SISTER CRITICALLY ILL
IN HOSPITAL WITH MYSTERIOUS DISEASE
CONDITION ALARMING
Berlin, Yesterday, Frau Zoubkoff sister of the Ex- Kaiser, is dangerously ill in hospi- tal at Bonn with an infectious disease which so far has not been diagnosed. Her condition is alarm- ing-Reuter.
FIRST HAND!
Judge Visits Vermin-
Infested Hotel
Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, Septem- ber 23-In order to obtain frat hand evidence as to the veracity of accuser and defendant In one of the most unique damage suits ever heard before a Czecho-Slovak court a local judge subjected himself to a full night in a vermin-infested hotel room here.
AFGHAN WORK
tween this country and Russia is de-
sirable, and approves of the proceduro for a settlement of questions outstand- ing between the two countries, includ- ing thore relating to propaganda and as set out in the Protecol of October 3."
HIGH PRAISE FROM H. E. THE Jobs
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COMPLETE SUCCESS
Simla, October 7. The complete success which at- tended the efforts of the Royal Air Force In the air operations In Afghanlatan during the rebellion, is recounted by a "Gazette of India Extraordinary," which publishes a letter from His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to the Secre- tary in the Army Department, to- gether with report by Sir W. G. H. Salmond, Air Oficer Com- manding, Royal Air Force. The Commander-in-Chief in forwarding Sir Geoffrey Salmond's letter points out that these operations, (between December 18 1928 and February 25 1929), were carried out with com-
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plete sucer In exceedingly diffi- cult and dangerous conditions.
The amendment, moved by the Lead- er of the Opposition. Mr. Stanley Bald- win, was defeated by 324 votes to 199, and the Government motion was agreed to.--Reuter.
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On several occasions machines LOCK-OUT OF JOINERS
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·OUTCOME OF CONFERENCE
London, Yesterday.
the nature of the terrain added very greatly to these dimculties and dangers. The whole series of operations were carried out with a' skill and gallantry that reflect the
A lock-out has been declared, affect- utmost credit upon the officers and other ranks of the Royal Air Force ing all joiners in Federated shipyards They were not and ship repairing establishments engaged in them. however strictly speaking military throughout the country. operations and therefore this is not a military despatch of officers and other ranks mentioned in despatch. Rewards
Rejected By Ballot The lock-out, which becomes effective on Nov. 23, was the outcome of a
conference in Edinburgh between re- preentatives of the Shipbuilding Emi- The following have already been players" Federation and the Amaiga- recognised by the grant of decora- mated Society of Woodworkers, at tions:-The Air Force cross has which the latter reported that a Trado been awarded to Squadron Leader Unions' ballot had rejected the prope- R. S. Maxwell, Flight Lieutenant als previously agreed between the two of out- D. F. Anderson. Flight Lieutenant executives for a settlement R. Ivolaw Chapman, Flying Officer standing wages and overtime questions, Belfast joiners" wogea L. H. Azness and Flying Officer including
strike, which was in operation for Boven months-Reuter
C. L. Trusk. The Air Force medal has been awarded to Leading Air craftsman G. Donaldson,
Sir Geoffrey Salmond
I The importance of the work of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology to
The Commander-in-Chief recorda the great wheat-growing and other his high appreciation of the ser- crop-ralaing parts of the Empire vices of Air Officer Commanding,
The accuser, an actress, claimed that the proprietor of the hotel should pay her $400 damages for (Continued at foot of next Column) mental anguish, physical torture, and bodily disfigurement sustained during a night spent in his hotel.
Charges Denied
was stressed by Dr. E. J. Butler, who stated that millions sterling a year were lost to the Empire from damage to crops by parasites other than insects.
Provision of more playing space: is urgently recommended as "a Concerning bis experiences dur- growing need la London's 'social ing this night of Sherlock economy." Holmesing the judge has made no remark to
far as
Actitious name he engaged a room The proprietor of the hotel deni- | in the same hotel. ed her charges, at the same time secusing the actress of trying to get publicity by ruining the reputa- tion for cleanliness which his hotel had always enjoyed.
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