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FRENCH CHAMBER PASSES 40-HOUR WEEK BILL BY 385
BRITAIN
LEADS
WIGHTMAN CUP SUCCESSES
EASY WIN FOR ·
MISS ROUND
But Encounter Still Very Open
Wimbledon, To-day. Leading by 2 matches to 1, with four matches to be decided to-day, Great Britam have an excellent chance of ending the American se-
quence of five wins in the Wight- man Cap series.
Inspired by Kay Stammers's display against
the leading U.S.
Madrid on the occasion of the most recent fierce outburst of violence
WHAT WILL||
BORAH DO?
AGAINSINGOLD STANDARD
Landon In Limelight Through Hearst Press
COLONEL KNOX NOMINATED FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY.
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Cleveland, To-day.
The Republican Convention has nominated Colonel Knex, a candi- date for the Presidency, to the Vice-Presidency The 1,003 dele- gates voted unanimously for Co-! lanel Knox. -
TO 175
SITUATION RELIEVED ENGINEERING CRISIS MAY BE AVERTED
Strike Of Dockers At Havre Called Off
LILLE FACTORY HANDS BACK
◄ AGAIN AT WORK
Paris, To-day.
After a debate which lasted all day the Chamber yesterday passed the 40-hour a week hill by 385 votes to 175. The bill will now
This picture of the enthusiastic celebration which followed the pro- be presented to the Senate. The name of Mr. William clamation of Prince Farook as the new King of Egypt was taken in Cairo. There is New rioting broke out in Madrid last month, when extremists burned Hearst was linked with both Egypt, was fowa by plane to Friedrichshafen and was then taken over that the Helen Jacobs, and ransacked many churches and colleges. indicting injury on all who successful candidates.
It was
America on the dirigible Eindenberg. player, sought to stop them. Civil guards are here shown dispersing rioters in the boost throughout the coun Dorothy Round. former- Wim-i bledon champion, swept through Mrs Sarah Palfrey-Fabyan in straight sets to give Britain a 2-0. lead.
The
Americans. however. won the first doubles, matchi after dropping the second set..
Results, as cabled by Reuter. were as follow:
Miss K. Stammers (Britain) beri
Miss H. Jacobs 12-10, 6-J.
Miss D. Round (Britain) beat Mrs.
S. Palfrey-Fabyan 6-3, 6-4.
and Miss N. Lyle 6-2, 14, 63, 183
beat Mrs. Palfrey-Fabyan, while) Mary Hardwicke is conceded. a
-
TRAIN BOMBED
PALESTINE
IN
FOUR JEWS SERIOUSLY
INJURED
Jerusalem. To-day.
good chance of beating Carolin GREATEST HONOUR YET FOR accompanied
try in the Heast press that con- verted Governor Landon from
an almost unknown State Do BURTON V MATTHEWS
tician into a national figure, while Colonel Knox acquired contacts throughout the coun- try as circulation manager for the Hearst chain.
As the weary delegates scatter-
ed to their homes the question on
all lips was: "What will Barah
IN GOLF FINAL
GIANTS FALL BY WAYSIDE
unknown
-
Leeds, To-day.
every indication great engineering strike, which is the most seri- ous factor in. the strike situa- tion, will be concluded to-day. Waiters and employees in res
Paris taurants and cafes in have resumed work, but their fellow-workers at Marseilles are still striking. Reuter's Bulle- Itin Service.
COLLECTIVE CONTRACT . Paris: The most important in- dividual strike settlement was
ed a collective contract at the Ministry of Interior.
A Havre message says that the
threatened strike of dockers has
The surprises which featured Thursday's play in the reached on Thursday evening, do?" Senator Borah quitted Cleve-Yorkshire Evening News golf tournament continued to hold sway when the employers and employées land or Thursday night, and the yesterday when Sid Easterbrook, Cox, and Reginald Whitcombe, in the metallurgical industry sign- passibility of his bolting from the all of whom are British Ryder Cup players, were beaten in the Miss C. Babcock and. Mrs. Yan Four Jews were seriously injured and 12 Jews and one Arab party was increased by a tele third or semi-final rounds. Ryn. (U.S.) beat Miss E. Dearman slightly hurt when a bomb was thrown at a passenger train on gran sent by Governor Landon, in The fmal, over 36 holes, will,
which he said that he leterpreted be played to-day between Today Miss Stammers should the Haifa-Lydda railway line yesterday
The man who was wounded the sound money plan of the Richard Burton (Cheshire); a by the British constable who party platform as meaning er British Ryder Cup player, and
the Assistant rency expressed in terms of gold A. G. Mathews, an Superintendent of Police, Mr. and convertible into gold.". Alan Sigrist, when the latter was seriously wounded by two men emerging from a hiding place near the Rockefeller Museum and emptying their automaties at the police, has since died in hospital. Police: dogs are now on the trail of the other assailant.
Babcock for the vital fourth win.
The encounter is, however, very open and much will depend on the game between Dorothy Round and Helen Jacobs-the British girl won her Wimbledon from Miss Jacobs on the court in 1934.
crown same
Miss Stammers, who beat Miss Jacobs last year in the Cup series, was led 3-0 and 4-2 in the first set yesterday, but then secured the lead at 5-4. when she missed two set points.
FACILITIES FOR SPANIARDS
Naturalisation To Be Made Easier
“CHINA MAIL" "SPECIAL"
Madrid, To-day. Spaniards living abroad wil be given additional facilities for obtaining naturalisation papers in the countries where they are residert by a bill which the Cabinet in a meeting yester- day resolved to introduce to the Cortes.
The Cabinet has also decided that the Spanish Foreign Minis- ter shall himself attend the
session of the League Council
-Trans-Ocean Service.
LEAGUE COUNCIL
CONVOKED
Agenda For Coming Meeting
"CHINA MAIL":SPECIAL
Genera, To-day. The President of the League of Nations Council has convoked the Council for 5 pm on June 26 for the resumption of its 32nd session, The communique announcing this mentions the following Agenda: ~CI) Italo-Abyssinian condict; --
(2) Locario Pact;
(3) Settlement of the Ameyrians who
have emigrated from Iraq:
(4) Report of the last session of the
Commission on Slavery, **.
—Trans-Ocean Service,
BADOGHO
Membership Of Fascist Party
on
of
"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL '
Rome, To-day. After the Jong series honours heaped
Marshal Badoglio. national hero. con- queror of Abyssinia, Duke of Addis Ababa. the Last and greatest was conferred yester- day when Marshal Badoglio was formally received into the Fascist Party as a reward for having, "as commander of the Italian troops in East Africa, won five great victories that-ended in the collapse of the Abyssinian Empire, to the glory of the fatherland"
The Marshal was handed the membership card bearing the date of the capture of Addis Ababa. Trans-Ocean Service,
YUGOSLAVIA AND GERMANY
Special Agreement Signed
~CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Belgrade, To-day.
It is believed that Mr. Sigrist incurred Arab displeasure ow- ing to his firmness in dealing! with Arab rioters. Reuter's | Bulletin Serive.
SETTLEMENT ATTACKED Jerusalem: Another sys- tematic attack on a Jewish set-i tlement in the. Esdraleon Plain was made in the early hours of yesterday morning by an arm- fed band of Arabs. The attack was finally repulsed, but not before losses had been sustain- led CR both sides.—Trans-
Ocean Service,
OBITUARY
Dr. Montague Rhodes James
Muck will depend on Miss Dorothy Round, above, in 10- day's concluding matches in the Wightman Cup series. If she can best Helen · Jacobs for the second time in her career, Bri- tain will win the trophy for the first time in six years.
BORAH RETICENT
player from Roehampton..
Matthews eliminated W. JÌ Branch (Dorset), Padgham's conqueror in the First Round and went on to beat Cox 5 and 4) in the Semi-Final. In the other semi-final Burton beat R. Whit- combe by 5 and 3. Beuter.
H
been called af, folkwing a settle ment in which the men receive a 12 per cent. increase in pay. Lille messages report that 35 factories. in Lille and 38 in Roubaix have again started work: About 16,000 men are still out at Valenciennes.
Situation In Spain
BECOMING MORE SERIOUS EVERY HOUR
DUCKFIELD 280 AT OVAL Glamorgan Total 550 For 6
WYATT SCORES CENTURY
Lozidon, To-day. A new record for the highest in- dividual score for the season. WER made by Duckfield, of Glamorgan, when he scored 260 runs against Surey at the Oval, but the Welsh county "could only win on the first Malaga: The situation innings. Their “total of 550 for 6, quent on the general strike and incidentally, is also the highest the conflict between Socialists and total to date.
Communists is becoming.. more The match produced 1,118 runs seriona every hour. The chief of * for the loss of 20 wickets, Sand-the municipal police was fired on “CHINA - MAIL" SPECIAL ham distinguishing himself with and killed while he was out walk- his first century of the season for ing? A striker was killed and se- Brussels, To-day.
Surrey
veral seriously injured in a clash After King Leopold, has given
R. E. 5. Wyatt, the Warwick between rival organisations. Two audience to the ex-Premier, Mshire captain and a candidate for children were accidentally shot van Zeeland, yesterday for over the English captaincy, took 107 off dead, and the death roll for the two hours, it was announced the Northamptonshire bowling at part three days now stands at 12. that the latter would make one Peterborough, but the match end- The members of the National more attempt to form a Govern-i
POLITICS IN
BELGIUM
M. Van Zeeland To Try Again
-
conse
The
ment of National Unity. It is ed with Warwick securing only Federation of Labour have called off the general, strike, but the believed that M. van Zeeland first innings points, ultimately consented to do this! A feature of the mid-week pro- General Union of Workers have because the King urged that the ramme was the fact that most of refused to return to work. interests of the country de- the matches were decided on the outlook is ominous and obscure Mr. Borah on reaching Wash-manded the formation of the first innings, and in the case of No newspapers have been publish ington, declined to say whether new Government without any the Worcester-Leicester game ated in the past five days. he would support Mr. Landon. He delay, especially in view of the Leicester, rain interfered to such . VISITORS MOLESTED declared that he was not clear on disquieting way the strike an extent that no play was possi-
Gibraltar: Bioters have been PROVOST OF ETON COLLEGE the meaning of Mr. Landon's removement was spreading..
ble yesterday
molesting visitors on the outskirts ference to gold. “Hit means M. van Zeeland is expected to
Results, as cabled by Reuter, of Malaga. Police and armoured: London, To-day. that he is for the gold standard, announce the formation of the were as follows:-
fears have been conveying the The death has occurred of 1 am wholly in disagreement with Cabinet to-day. It is taken for
At the Oval, Glamorgan beat mails for Gibraltar, and reinforce Yugoslavian National Bank re-Dr. Montague Rhodes James that "
Surrey on the first Junings. granted that the Premier-elect organ: 550 for 8 dec. (Dackfield ments of the Civil Guard and gulating the settlement of ac-OL, Provost of Eton College He added that he had no objec-will not negotiate any further 280, Brierly 04) and 168 for 4 counts between the two coun- since 1918. Reuter's Bulletin tion to the selection of Colonel with the parties as such.
shock police have arrived at Ah Surrey: 402 (Sandham 104). tries, and
gericas from Cadiz, owing to the for facilitating Service.
Knox as Vice-President-Beuter. "Trans-Ocean Service.
At Peterborough, Warwick beat fear of disturbances on the occa- tourist and other travel, was Dr. James, who was born on
Northamptonshire on the first in-sion of the annual fair to-morrow. initialled last night by Dr. August 1, 1862, was educated at Schacht and the President of Eton College and at King's Col-j the Yugoslavian Bank Trans-Ocean Service-
An agreement between the German Clearing Office and the
STOP PRESS
Medan, Sumatra, to-day., -The All-China World
[lege, Cambridge. He was also a trustee of the British Museum, a Commissioner of the Exhibition of}
Government Appointments
Mr. Marcus Theodore Johnson
zings..
Warwick: 228 (R. E. S. Wyatt. 107)
COAL STRIKE THREATENTAD "Madrid:" and 179 for 6 dec..
́ ́A ́strike. throughout Northanta: 179 (Hollies 5 for 65) and the Spanish coa) industry id
159 for 7.
threatened. It is understood that At Cambridge, Essex beat the the demands include the replace- University by 5 wickets. 1851, a member of the Royal Cam- The Hollowing Government ap missions on Public Records, on pointments etc. are notified in the to be temporarily an Unofficial Cambridge: 207 and 220 (M. Tindall of the Ministers of Finance
87).
|and Labour in the recently-formed the Universities of Oxford and Government Gazette:—
Member of the Legislative Coun-Essex: 175 and 254 for 5 (T. N. Cabinet. Representatives of the Cambridge, and on Historical Eric William Hamilton has eil in place of the Hon. Sir Henry Pearce 110 not out)...
province of the Asturias informed Monuments, and-was awarded the resumed duty as Superintendent of
(Continued on Paja 12)
the Government that "a strike Gold Medal of the Bibliographial Imports and Exports, as from June Edward Pollock, who is tempor-
would commence forthwith unless Society in 1929 He published = 13;
arily absent from the Colony, with.
WEATHER FORECAST
their requests were complied with, COAL STRIKE IN BELGIUM Brussela: The coal strike has
་
weather,
very large number of books, pam- The Hon Mr. William Henry effect from June 8; Olympic soccer team con- |
[phieta and articles dealing with Bell to be temporarily an Un- Risalder and Honorary Lient- Fair to showery tinued in winning vein books and prints, and his univer-official- Member of the Executive anant Miran Bux, Bahader, with moderate south-east spread to the large fields in Hain, yesterday when theysity career was an endless succes-Comment in place of the Hon. Bir LDSM, Hong Kong Mile Corps winds, was the weather forecast salt province around Mons, where beat All-Medan by 2. goalssion of scholarships and prizes. Henry Edward Follock, who is to be an Honorary Aide-de-Camp for to-day, as issued by the over 1,000 men have struck. Five to 1 after leading at the He was decorated with the Order témpoarily, absent from the Co-to His Excellency the Governor. Boyal Observatory this morn-collieries in the Liege district zre
of Merit in 1930.
lony, with effect from Jume 8; with effect from June 9.
Jalready out-Beute
interval
ing.