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GREAT US.A. RAILWAY STRIKE IMPENDING.
EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO-DAY.
GROWING ECONOMIC PARALYSIS OF
IRELAND. '
HOME SPORTING CONTESTS,
LATEST CABLES.. THIDUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] ..
THE U.S. BAILWAY STRIKE. THOUSAND AEROPLANES TO CARRY MAILS
WASHINGTON, July 15th. In the course of a Cubiure discussion on the shopmen's strike, the Postmaster- Genera intimated that the bulk of the mails were carrying normally, although there had been delays at various points. He declared that a thousand commercial neroplanes were being held in readiness by, their respective owners, to asist in the carriage of mails, if required.
CONFERENCE PROVES ABORTIVE.
CHICAGO, July 15th.
The conference between 'representatives of the Labour Hoard, the Railway Man agements and the Shoumeti, regarding the strike, ended without result. The courts have issued numerous orders.
straining strikers from interfering with railroad property, and State troops are mobilised in various districts.
MINERS BEFUSE TO ARBITRATE.
WASHINGTON, July 15th. The Miners' General Policy Committee has anenirarusly rejected
President Harding's offer of arbitration.
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EARLIER CABLES.
25,00 MORE MEN CALLED OUT.
CHICAGO, July 14th.
A strike order has been issued calling out 15,000 stationary firemes, engineers and oilers pathe allways throughout the United States on July 17th,
:
USE OF US. TROOPS.
WELTEVERDES, July 14th.
It is probable that United States troupí will soon be employed to protect the "railways post, interference by striking shopmen. The Federal troops are prepared to reinforce State troops called out in districts where there are disorders.
Meanwhile the Labour Board is enden. wearing in Chicago to find a compromis, buit Jewell, the leader of the strikers, declares that the strike will not be called off until justice is secured.
COAL PRODUCERS' PROTEST.
CINCINNATI, July 14th. Representatives of non-Union bituminous
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 17TH, 1982
LATEST GABLES, INTERNATIONAL SPORT. HONGKONG COMPETITOR WINS ALEXANDRA COMPETITION.
BISLEY, July 5th. Corporal Goodman of Hongkong won the Alexandra competition,
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THE DAPIS CUP. INDIA WINS DOUBLES,"
At Bristol, in the Davis Cup doubles,
LONDON, July 14th. A. A. Fyzer and Ramaswami (India)" beat Gomar and Flaquer (Spair), 948, 75, 119, 8/10 and of
AUSTRALIA'S WIX.
LONDON, July 14th." At Roehampton, in the second round of the Davis Cup Competition, Patterson (Australia) beat Rohrer (Czecho-Slovakia)
61, 63, 36, 5/2; and Anderson (Australasia) beat Ardelt (Czecho-Slovakia) 5, 64, 6/4. Owing to incessant rain, both matches were played, by agreement on hard courts.
A WIN FOR SPAIN. -.
LATEST CABLES,
GERMAN REPARATIONS,
GERMANT SEEKS FURTHER CONCESSIONS
THE HAGUE CONFERENCE. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RUSSIA.
THE HAGUE, July 10th,
It is officially stated that Dr. Patyn, President of the non-Russian. Commission, PARIS, July 15th The Petit Parisien states that the Ger
has sent a letter to M. Litvinof, stating that the presidents and members of three man Ambassador banked to the French Government, a new note intimating that sub-commissions, unanimously agree with Germany is obliged to suspend payments the statement of the president of the third of compensation for private property. sub-commission, that if M. Litvinoff wish. The French Government has forwardeded to make a statement, modifying his a letter to the German Government, Previous declarations, the other sub-com- Broviding that payments of reparations missions would doubtless take into a in kind, should operate from July 20th. count his statement, and the door would
SITUATION DEMANDS INQUIRY,
not be closed to further negotiations. The Echu de Paris says that Premier Poincare told M. Dubois, President of the Reparations Commission, that there can bé no regular moratorium until it is first proved that Germany bas done her utmost to keep her engagements, if on the other hand, it is shown that
gigantic system of evasion has been crented, the duty of the commission is to propose to the Allies, the measures peces. sary on this matter,
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GIFT TO VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM.
SOME FINE EXAMPLES OF JAPANESE LACQUER.
Lospos, July 15th. Another valuable gift of Japanese Jacquer has been received by the Victoris having presented to the nation the whole and Albert Musen, Mr. B. A. Pfungst of the fine collection of medicine cases, which have been exhibited on lean for the
Jast five years
which are complete with their Nessuke The series consists of 256 Inre most of and Ojime. It ranges from the seven- teenth to the nineteenth century, and, in conjunction with earlier examples which BRISTOL, July 15th.
the museum owns, owing to the generosity In the Davis Cup Spain won by 4
of the late Mrs, Geo. Salting, and the late matches to 1.
Alonzo beat A. H. Face,this section of the museum's collections Mr. Alexander And Mrs. Sage, now places 6-3, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4.
in a strong position.
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AUSTRALIANS ENTER THIRD ROUND.
ROEHAMPTON, July, 15th. Playing in the Davis Cup Comperi- tion, the Australasians, Patterson and Wertheim, heat the Carcho-Slovakinns. Ardfelt and Rohrer by 0-7, 6-0, 6-3 They now meet France in the third round, at Boston, U.S.A., on August 10th.
SPAIN AND BRITISH SLES TO MEET IN THIRD ROUND."
BRISTOL, July 15th. In the Davis Cup Competitions, Spain beat Indis, and now meets the British
Isles in the third round.
FYZEE AGAIN DEFEATED.,
THE COURT OF INTER- NATIONAL JUSTICE. AMERICA'S ATTITUDE.
EARLIER CABLES...
NO NEW SITUATION.
Tux Haoux, July 14th. The Credits Sul-Commission at for three hours, this morning. No new situa- tion has arisen and the Conference may be regarded a practically faished.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT PARIS.
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A SINGULAR MISHAP
Pants, Jaly 15th. When a train was entering the Gare du Nord the rear portion becane inexplicably switched off to another line, breaking the couplings. The rear carriagoa dashed into were piled up. Two dead and fifty injured a pillar of the bridge, against which they passengers have so far, been extricated. ACCIDENT DUE TO POINTSMAN'S ERROR.
FAR
EASTERN CABLE DECISIVE BATTLE EXPECTED IN
NEWS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.} SUSPECTED ESPIONAGE.
TWO JAPANESE ARRESTED.
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SZECHUAN. KEEPING THE YANGTSZE OPEN TO TRAFFIC..
PERIO, July 13th, Reports from Szechuan atate that Liu Hsiang is at Fengtehsien, and Haung Koo MANILA, July 13th.
Wu's supporter, Tan Moa Hain, is at A stoward named F. Fujihara, from the battle will be fought shortly, in the neigh Suitingfu. It is expected that a decisive. 0.8.E. liner drizons Maru, and Momota bourhood of Lianghsianghsien. Kanegayo, an employer of a Japanese Chaan Fang has requested both leaders Hotel here, were arrested yesterday,
Sung
photographing the military reservation keeping river traffe open. at Fort Mc Kinley on suspicion of
to avoid fighting in the vicinity of the Yangtsze, in view of the importance, of
SUSPECTS RELEASED.
MANILA, July 16th
Liu Hsiang,, in a circular telegrain sug- geats that he be appointed Commander The two Japanese suspected of photo and be entrusted with the settlement of In-Chief of the Szechuanese defense fores graphing Fort Mo Kinley have been rethe present crisis, fossed for lack of evidence.
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ADMIRAL DUMARESQ'S ILLNESS. UNCONSCIOUS FOR THREE DAYS.
MASA July 18th! Admiral Damar has been wacon. scious for the last threo days.
[Previous cable messages reported that Admiral Dumaresq was removed from a Japanese liner, en route from Australia to Hongkong, suffering from pneumonia. and that he had been conveyed to the State Military Hospital in Manila.]
JAPAN EVACUATES MAINLAND
OPPOSITE SAGHALIEN..
RETENTION WOULD NECESSITATE
· REINFORCEMENTS.
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He also suggests that his opponents shail join him in a military conference to select civil and military governors for Szechuan.
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It is stated that Hsiung Koo Wa's troops are holding strong positions along the Yangtze.
It is reported in military eireles, that a portion of the troops at Huichingfu stated to by Chin Yunao's men) mutinied yesterday. but the muting was immed iately suppressed.
The losses to civilians are reported as light, JAPANESE NAVAL AND MILITARY ESTIMATES.
ALLEGED RETRENCHMENT,
"Toxyo, July 15th. The naval estimates, which, according to the Press, have been submitted to the Finance Department, provide ordinary expenditure yen 120,000,000 extra- the programme showing decreases of yea 198,000,000; 15,000,000 in ordinary expenditure and
TOKYO, July 14th. The Government announces, the with- drawal of all troops from the districts ordinary expenditure sen IMTER
opposite the Island of Saganlien by Saghalien will be evacuated as soon as September 9th.
The northern half of the Nikoievsk affair is satisfactorily
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The railway accident was due to pointsman's error. Three were killed and six seriously injured.
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H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
DINNER AT DOWNING STREET.
LosDos, July 14th. Members of the Cabinet and Overseas representatives were present at a dinner given at Downing Street by Mr. Lloyd George in honour of the Prince of Wales.
The Premier, in a speech welcoming the Prince, said that many were doubtful
Highneas rightly felt it his duty not to wait conditions then existing, but bis Royal until the glass was high and until the roses were blooming before visiting the country in order to learn and understand the people over whom one day he was to reign.
settled.
The explanation given for, the decision
en 60,000,000 in extraordinary expendi- The War Office submitted estimates for
ture.
to evacuate the mainland is that a re-approval to the Finance Department. duction in the area of occupation, in view according to the press, providing for of the changes in surrounding circum en 183,000,000 ordinary expenditure and stances, is desirable. It is further gen 33,000,000 extraordinary expenditure; thought that the occupation, if continued Lahowing reactions of yen +5,000,000 and after the evacuation of the maritime en 25,000,000, respectively. region, might necessitate, the despatch of Morcover, the region ill be closed owing reinforcements, which is undesirable.
oth to ice, by the determined date, September,
OF FINANCE,
This alleged new plan of retrenchment former scheme, under which there was is offered as a reply to criticism of the
only a yen 33,000,000 aut.
The new military cuts are reported to be obtained by the withdrawal of troops
ganization yen 17,000,000, and from read.. justment of administration ren 8,500,000 against this must be placed the increased. expenditure account for pensions and new
WASHINGTON, July 13th. Replying to a question by Renter's curresponder.t. Mr. Hughes solid ho sawarding the visit to India under the RESIGNATION OF FEKING MINISTRY from Chini yen 21,000,000, from rear no prospect of the United States sharing is the maintenance of a permanent court of international justies, until provision was made whereby she had an appropriate voice in the election of the court's judges without membership of the League
He denied that the work of the Wash- ington Conference would be accomplished Degoma brat A. A. Fyzer, 61, 63, the League, and he also denied, that sooner, if America had been a member of 3-5."6-3,
America had abandoned the Allies by making a separate treaty with Germany. OUTRAGE IN CAIRO, LIEUT.-COL PIGGOTT SHOT.
CAIRO, July 15th. Lieut. Colonel Piggott, of the Army Pay Department, was shot at and wound. e it is believed fatally, in the centre of the city. His assailants escaped
PATTERSON AND ANDELSON VICTORIOUS.. ROEHAMPTON, July 15th. The two remaining Davis Cup ties. were played out. Patterson beat Ardelt 6-3, 6-2, 2-4, 6-. Anderson beat Robrer
matches to 0.
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producers have telegraphed President Hard-4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. Australasia winning a ing protesting against his plan to settle the coal strike, declaring that grants at the expense of the public for a special wage privilege to Unionists were not based on economic conditions.
LATEST CABLES.
THE IRISH FIGHTING. NATIONAL ARMY MAKES FURTHER PROGRESS.
DUBLIN, July 15th.
A communiqué states that the Irregulars hold the barracks at Waterford and have mained the roads to the city.
Fighting. has been in progress at Timerick since Tuesday, and the position of the National army there, is tnost satis fartory.
PRISONERS REVOLT IN MOUNTJOY.
The guard fired on the prisoners in Montjoy Prison, Dublin, for not heed- Sng: varning to desist from signalling to persons outside. Two of the, prisoners were wounded.
COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS.
ANOTHER CENTURY DY HOURS.
LONDON, July 14th- At Leyton, Essex and Hauts drew. the Hants first innings Mead scored 179 not out.
At Birmingham, Surrey beat Warwick by ten wickets, Hobbs scoring 169.
At Pradford, Yorks led Worcester on the first innings. FRENCH MOTOR CAR GRAND PRIX. WINNER'S NEPHEW AND A MECHANIC KILLED.
STRASBOURG, July 15th.
won the French Motor Car Grand Prix Felix Mazzaro, driving a Fiat car, of five hundred miles, at an average speed of eighty miles an hour.
Vizcaya, driving a Bugatti car was second, and Marco, also driving a Bugatti was third.
Another Fint car overturned, the driver and the mechanic both being killed..
The British entries dropped out before the end of the race.
Biaggo Mazarro, a nephew of the win
The correspondent of Freeman's Journer, was the driver killed. nd says that 2,000 inhabitants of Limerick are, on the verge of starvation In cousequence of the siege, whilst hundreds are fleeing from the city.
THE ECONOMIC PARALYSIS OF
IRELAND..
LONDON, July 15th. Paralysis is slowly creeping over the economie life of Ireland, and is becoming
The Irregulars control the approaches to Cork City, and have established a blockade. The citizens are suffering great privations in consequence of the blockade and the exactions of the Irregulars,
EARLIER CABLES.
increasingly grave in aspect. The presont REPUBLICANS CLAIM A SUCCESS
epuditions in some places, more especially
in Limerick, place civilians in peril of starvation.
MORE REBEL REVERSES. Ambulance" trains are arriving in
Lonzos, July 14th."
The Republicans claim to have captured the Free State barracks at Kilmallock and 110 men. to have takes prisoner the garrison of
ENVER-PASHA DEFEATED, ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN REPORT
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A NOVEL STRIKE.
ATIS.
Pisa, July 16th. Following the assault on Tung Kang The Premier continued: We rejoice he yesterday, by a crowd of discharged went. Every report from India speaks in employees of the Ministry of Finance, thrilling terins of gratitude of the beneficient outside the Cabinet Office, in which Tung troubled provinces. effect of the tour upon even the most Kang was roughly handled and his coat some of his Majesty's other Eastern posses: Finance have been submitted to
The Prince visited torn off, the resignations of Tung Kang
and both of sions, and also returned the Japanese President. The employees of the Ministry the Vice-Ministers of the Prince Regent's visit. We are all delight-held a meeting and resolved to call a ed at the splendid welcome given him by strike, until a mandate is issued provide the publice Laa gat so accustomed to doing our old Japanese allies. They and we haveing for the protection of government always been firm friends.. Nothing on the part of British statesmanship will ever make us otherwise."
THE PRINCE'S REPLY. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, replying, declared that after meeting representatives of all classes, many native rulers, and
into unfamiliar fields, conflicts of ideas others. he left India an optimist With the advance of civilisation and education were inevitable; but the wise hand of the result of the fighting, the complete over facing the tasks with energy, patiener, and ∙A Moscow conuuaique states that as ad, and the new Legislatures were distinguished Governor-General was at the throw of Enver Pasha's Bokharan adven-courage. ture is imminent.
LONDON, July 15th.
GERMAN CONSULATE AT PETROGRAD,
LONDON, July 18th. A German Consulate at Petrograu was
opened on July 9th.
GERMAN INDEMNITY. JULY INSTALMENT PAID.
PARIS, July 15th
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LATER.
officials.
MACAO NEWS. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT:}
twenty rickshaws for public hire have RE-APPEARANCE OF RACKSRAWS. After an absence of six weeks' some made no appearance on the streets, but
meagre. Many shops also have recently without them that patronage is now. resumed business, though in some cases the doors are still closed. Barbers,
The President to-day declined to accept the resignations, sending a personal retailors and shoemakers are still on strike. presentative to express to Tang Kang his but the public suffers no great inca regret.
Chinese barbers, and, as for our other venience. Filipinos take the place of the requirements, they can be obtained at Hongkong.
Seven of the rioters have been arrest ed and will be placed on trial to-morrow. (Continued on next column.)
BRITAIN'S FINANCIAL
waa
POSITION.
THE DEBT TO AMERICA.
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A CITY OF DARKNESS. The storm put the electric light supply out of gear and on the nights of the Jeth and 13th inst. the city was in darkness, Sign boards and windows of wenk con- structioh suffered considerable from the
storm.
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THE LATE BLSHOP, D. José da Costa Nunes, the Bishop
LONDON, July 14th. After referring to Ceylon, Malaya, and An important statement on Britain's Hongkong, concerning which he promised fuancial position was made by Sir Robert to speak in greater detail Inter, the Prince Horne, in the House of Commons when of Macao, has requested the parish said that he spent a most interesting replying to Mr. Asquith. He said that priests to invite their parishioners to month in Japan, where he was delighted to the British debt to America at the present contribute to a fund for a memorial to return the Prince Regent's visit and to rate of exchange, was £938,000,000. The the late Bishop. D. Joao Paulino, and learn at first hand something of a country floating debt had been reduced since July to defray the expenses of sending his bound to us by tips of traditional and in last by 2409,000,000, and the internal debt remains to his native land (The Azores). timate friendship. He could never forget of £155,000,000 maturing in 1922-3 had The late Bishop was 14 years in Macao the hospitality of the Imperial Family, been reduced by conversion to $44,000,000. and was greatly beloved by the Catholic the Government, and the people of Japan. The Government was constantly giving community so that a generous response COMPLETE BEST NEEDED AFTER
-to-the-appeal is confidently-expected. attention-to-the-debt to America which EASTERN, TOUR.
soleum obligation "which the
EARLY CLOSING, Government would undoubtedly meet. From Monday last till September 15th H.E.H. the Prince of Wales has written to-day than at any time since the Armistice. business from 7.30 am till 10 am.
Britain's Enancial position was stronger the public offices will be open for public a letter to the City Corporation suggesting He believed that ways would be found to a date between October 15th, and 31st, for avert the grave-nancial perils of the world receiving the Corporation's congratulations and that Britain would play a very great on his tour in India, and the Far East.. He part in that connection. says he needs a complete rest from public BILA, July 15th. A message from Yatung states that the the longest and, climatically, the most try- engagements at present, as the tour was third and final attempt to reach the suming of those he has undertaken during the mit of Mount Everest has failed. Seven last three years. coolies were killed in an avalanche, and a European narrowly escaped.
THE PARIS SENSATION. ASSAILANT A WELL KNOWN 'ANARCHIST.
It is understood that Germany has paid the 32,000,000 marks due on July 15th. CLIMBING MOUNT, EVEREST. FINAL ATTEMPT FAILS:
Pazis, July 15th. The would-be assassin is Bouvet, a well known anarchist. The outrage was evi-
BETTER THAN VACCINATION. ABSORPTION OF VACCINE.
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PAXIS, Joly 14th. Le Malin states that French doctors have carried out experiments conclusively against typhur, dysentery and, cholera is showing that the absorption of vaccine much more efficacious than vaccination. and, and has evoked numberless cou-absorbed anti-typhoid vaccine, only fire gratulations on his escape.
suffered from typhoid, while there were "eight per cent. eases of typhoid among 754 unvaccinated (vaccinated).
PROPOSED DUTY ON GERMAN
FABRIC GLOVE. LANCASHIRE ENTIRELY OPPOSED
TO TAX
FATAL QUARREL.
TWO CHINESE CHARGED WITH MANUSLAUGHTER.
The spilling of some water was the cause, Friday night in which a Chinese was so of a fatal quarrel on the Praya East on Badly injured that he died some hours later in hospital. Two Chinese have been arrested in connection with the affair, and, on Saturday, they were brought before. Mr. Lindsell at the slaughter. Magistracy, and charged with man-
London, July 14th. Lancashire's case against the imposition of a 33 per cent. duty on German farbie Committee enquiry by Mr. William gloves was explained at a Board of Trade Howarth, of Bolton, representing the Cot. In asking for a week's remand of the said it would seriously interfere with their two prisoners lived on the first floor of ton-spinning employers and workers. He case, Inspector Blackman said that the trouble started over some water. The
machinery of the country would not compen Japanese curio shop... man market. The entire glove-making ground floor of which was occupied by sate for the loss of Lancashire's trade with The prisoners drew their water from Gezain gloromakers, as 14,862,000 lbs. of the tap on the ground floor and hauled Jarn were exported to Germany in 1921, of it up to the first floor through the air which 40 per cent, were of the kind used for well. The water was muddy and instead. farlic gloves.
. Dublin with Nationalist casualties, prin IRREGULARS REPORTED TO BE RE- dently directed against President Miller. Out of 1,236 persons in one.district who trade. There was no alternative to a Gera house at No. 10, Praya, East, the
cipally from the South, which is the scene
of the Government's most formidable
task
TREATING FROM LIMERICK Appearances point to great activity in The Irregulars are concentrated in south Limerick. The capture by the Free Jarge cumbers in the counties of Limerick, State forces of Wexford. has seriously. BEVAN'S EXTRADITION, Cork, Kerry, Waterford,, and part of threatened the Irregulars. A wing of the Tipperary, but apart from rounding up latter is reported to he evacuating Water-
CASE REACHES AUSTRIAN the marauders, the revolt in Donegal, ford City, and to be falling lack on Co. Mayo and Sligo is now suppressed...
Waterford. Free Staters have advanced
SUPREME COURT. The most striking Free State success: terminated, the ten days fighting at
VIENNA, July 15th The official demand from Great Britain Collooney, County Sligo, which General that de Valera is commanding operations in reached the Supreme Court. The work It is reported upon trustworthy authority for the extradition of Gerard Bevan has Hekeowas troops captured, taking seventy prisonors, after a four hours the Cork area, foreshadowing a definite of translation, and the propagation of the battle. The Irregulars at Thurles vainly attempted an encircling movement, losing
Prisonore.
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to a point twenty ailes north of Limerick, clearing, out the marauders.
quarters.
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Collins; as expected, advances from head-week, and the final decision regarding the clash between the two lerders when Mr. Inaan of documents, will occupy at least a extradition will possibly not be reached Two thousand applied in Dublin to day for some weeks. for enlistment in the first Dublin brigade. Bevan's application for bail
The court has refused
'GERMANY'S FINANCIAL
PLIGHT.
BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE CONSULTS THE CABINET.
sion, has arrived in London from Paris
Losbos, July 14th. Sir John Bradbury, the Britiah Be presentative on the Eeparations Commis to consult the Cabinet with regard to Germany's request for a moratorium.
(Continued at foot of next column.)
The ingary was adjourned.
THE COST OF LIVING IN BRITAIN.
A RISE AT HOME.
LONDON, July 14th, cost of living rose four points last month. For the first time for many months the It is now 84 per cent above the pre-war
staridárð.
of pouring it down the drain, the pris oners tilted their buckets over the air- well. The muddy water fell on a Chinese. Toki employed in the curio shop. There was a row and a fight followed in the curio shop between the prisoners and the foki in the shop, the men on both sides receiving minor injurica. One of the prisoners is alleged to have picked.
The man's skull was fractured and he fokis a heavy blow on the head with it. up a baseball bat and dealt one of the
died, a. few hours afterwards.
"The case was romanded for a week