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ENDEAVOUR TO CONTROL BEET SUGAR ALSO
CASH SWEEP DRAW
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St. John Cup To Be Run On Saturday
The cash sweep on the St. John Cup, to be decided at Kwantt next Saturday, will be drawn on Thurs
QUEER METHOD OF REVENGE
Man Burnt To Death.
RESULT OF ATTEMPT TO INCRIMINATE WIFE
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If a project talked about in the City comes into being there will be a £24,000,000 combine of dis- tillers' products, molasses and sugar beet.
day at 5 p.m. at the Chinese Champoured petrol over him and then set him on fire, because he had ber of Commerce.
The sale of tickets is progress divorced her, a native has died ing rapidly. and at present over of burns in hospital here. He 60,000 tickets have been purchas
Hearing crics from his house,
The United Molasses Com-ed. Should the 75,000 mark he neighbours rushed in, to find him pany, already associated with reached to-morrow night, the first Distillers Limited, are, it is prize will be valued at $85,000 stated, to take over control of existing British sugar-beet pro-
ducing companies.
There are some 15 British best-sugar factories with a total capitalisation of approximately £4,500,000 and Debenture issues equal to another £2,000,000.
with his clothes soaked in petrol, enveloped in flames. He was taken to hospital, where he made this accusation against his wife, Investigations revealed that
MUSSOLINI TAKES NO ve bad set fire to himself in
CHANCES
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The capital of the United Molasses Company and the Dis-conference one of Premiers
The decision to make the Strean tillers Company represents an well as Foreign Ministers is wel- other £17,700,000, including De-comed in Paris, as it is felt that bentures.
the conference will thus be more
thus be
FALSE ACCUSATION AGAINST HUSBAND
Jealousy As Motive
REVENGE THAT RECOILED ON THE WOMAN
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order that he might accuse his wife and mother-in-law of "at- 180 tempting to murder him.
SOLDIER. ATTEMPTS
DESERTION
Jumps From Ship But Rescued
AUS UNCERTAINTY PREVAILS
Uncertainty in regard to the A daring attempt to escape from British attitude has prevailed in his battalion was made by a young Paris and Berlin, though the Ger- Chinese soldier, Sung Sang, who man newspapers assert that Britain jumped into the harbour from the has decided against any encircle-deck of the 8.s. Wing Lee as the ment of Germany by alliances vessel was passing through the against her, A harbour yesterday for the outer:
It is understood that M. Laval,
froads. French Foreign Minister, proposes A member of the crew of the 8.8.1 at Ammendorf, near that Article XVI of the Governant City of Ellwood which was proceed- Halle, suspected that her husband's of the League should be impleng in the same direction observed affections were straying.
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To teach him a lesson she told the police that he was engaged in the circulation of treasonable liter ature. He and several of his
friends ware arrested...
Police investigations revealed the
falsity of the wife's story.
Now she herself is in prison for
a year.
MANILA CHINESE WARMLY GREET GENERAL TSAI
(Continued from Page:1).
CANTON VISIT. LIKELY
a man struggling in the water and
mented, so as to define, and render instantly operative the obligations incurred in the event of aggression: a boat was immediately lowered
AT SOVIET MAY JOIN
and the soldier rescued.
The Water Police answered a In addition to the three Powers, the Little Entente and the Soviet call flag from the City of Ellwood should join in this act of defensive and took off the Chinese deserter, preparation, but it should be em- who was later transferred back to passed that the document is open the s.s. Wing Lea for the signatures of all the Powers, · including Germany and Foland.
It is thought that Signor Mussolinf would accept this scheme if he were convinced that it is work- Jable, but it in feared that. Britain, while approving the document, might decline to join. Reuter.
SYMPATHY EXTENDED ¿TO MR. EDEN:
(Continued from Page 1)
"DRESS SMARTLY" CAMPAIGN
Distress In Womens' Trades In Spain
Barcelona.
It is likely that General Tsai may pay a visit to Canton. He has been greatly encouraged by the hearty
Adress smartly" campaign is welcome accorded to him by Chinese
being, organised here, and a na- tional fashions committee may in all parts of the world. In Rome, Premier Mussolini greeted General
shortly be formed to adapt Paris Tsai an "his old friend" whom he],
fashions to Spanish tastes and had read about in the newspapers.
the needs of the textile industry. The Prime Minister said, “I need. The dress shops are suffering Notwithstanding General Tsai's connection with the short-lived Feo-hardly tell the House how heartily from the most severe crisis since I associate myself and my col 1914, and the mayor declares ple's Revolutionary Government" în Foochaw in November, 1933, he is leagues with the regret expressed that something must be done to still acclaimed as a national hero.by Sir Austin Chamberlain that the alleviate the distress of the 20 This gives credence to the post-the Conference at Stress as one of needle.
Lord Privy Seal cannot also attend 000 people who live by the bility that the General will soon the Government's representatives. One of the plans decided upon emerge in the politico-military
STATEMENT TO-DAY NE jarenă.
to smarten up" the women of] Yesterday morning's meeting of Barcelona is a great dress show, the Cabinet was resumed last eve-held in a large square in which YOUTH HOSTEL MOVEMENT ning for further consideration of the fountains will flow with per-
the European, situation in view of fume. (Continued from Page 1) the Stress Conference. It is anti-dopi A-party of walkers, representing cipated that the Foreign Secretary, many nationalities,"" including Sir John Simon, will make a Parlia- Danes, Swiss, Sweden, Austrians, mentary statement to-day regarding Japanese, and several English, are the visits Mr. Anthony Eden," the at present on a walking tour in the Lord- Privy Seal, paid to Moscow, English Lake district.- British Warsaw, and Prague, British yea Wireless Service.
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