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CABLES.
BARLIER CABLES, (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY-]
INTER-EMPIRE TRADE DEVELOPMENT. -SOLUTION OF THE UNEMPLOYED
PROBLEM.
LONDON, December 20th.
Sir William Joynson-Hicka was the guest of the Colonial Institute at lun- choon, on taking over the Overseas Trade Department. Ho emphasised" that the bole remedy for the present unemployment in Great Britain was the development, of iator-Empire trade. He painted, out that British trade was down £200,000,000 worth, and the deficiency would have absorbed over ninety per cent, of the employed.
There was no possibility of the Con tinental market reviving for many years; therefore, a prime essential was to develop Dominions raile, · Ha quoted figures yhowing that all the Dominions imported Ters from Great Britain and more from tho United States,
COLONIAL IMPORTS FROM
BRITAIN DECLINE,-- New Zealand's imports during the past thirty years from Great Britain had de clined from 67 to 52 per cerity whilst her imports from the United States had risen from 6 to 16 per cent.; Australia's im
ports from Great Britain had falien from UB to 50 per cent, her imports from the United States rising from 6 to 15 per cuat South Africa's imports from Great Britain had fallen from 84 to 65 per cent, whilst imports from the United States had risen from 3 to 14' per cent. Canada's imports from Great Britain bad, fallen from 48 to 17 per cent, whilst her imports from the United States had risen from 40 to 67 per cent.; and India's in ports from Great Britain had fallen from The ci per cent, whilst imports from the United States had risen from 2 to
per cent.
There was naturally a strong demand in the Dominions having nascent indus tries for protection against the whole world, including Great Britain, and the latter had got
face the facts. He could only, usk in the forthcoming Economic Conference for suggestions regarding the improvement of inter-Imperial trade, in full realisation that there was no sugges tion of any kind by the Imperial Govern ment that the Dominions should in, any wiso give up the industries they had started. He emphasised the need" of emigration, both from the viewpoint of
Groat Britain and the Dominions. "DEADLOCK "AT LAUSANNE.
TURKS UNCOMPROMISING."
ATTITUDE.
1991. THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, 4 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22ND
GERMAN LOAN NEGOTIATIONS FAR EASTERN CABLE
A LOAN IMPOSSIBLE.”
New Yonr, December 20th. Mr. T. W. Lamont, of Messrs. Morgan's, referring to newspaper reports giving the impression that the German envoy's request for a loan had been refused, anid they told Heri Wiedfeldt that a loan was. impossible because at present the Ameri- can public would not consider buying the bonds and also that Messrs. Morgan's could not recommend subscriptions to such a loan to investors at present,
NEWS.
(THROUGH KEQER'S AGENCY.]|
WESTERN EDUCATION FOR
OHINESE STUDENTS.
"THE SPECIAL ADVANTAGE OF
STUDY IN ́BRITAIN,”\
LONDON, December 21st. When tonating the Chinese Studcats Central Union of Great Britain, at the TOBACCO PROFITS.
aanual dinner of, the union this evening, RATA FINE DIVIDEND,
Mr. Chao, Shin Chu (Chinese Charge LONDON, December 20th.Affaires) emphasised its great value to The British American Tobacco Co.'s net | students, profits for the year total £1,400,000, com- pared with £1,323,000 last year. A divi. dead of 23 per cent has been declared, compared with 24 per cent, last year, the amount carried forward being £3,270,000.
IRISH REBELS FUNDS. U.S. SUPREME COURT'S DEMAND.
Continuing, he dwelt" on the special advantage of studying in Great Britain, which was the most constitutional coun- try in the letter, and the most demo cratic in spirit. »
NECESSITY. FOR PERMANENT
CHINESE CONSTITUTION. ..
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. CASE AGAIN BEFORE THE "COURT.
The hearing of the case in which a Chinese motor-car driver, named "Lai Sik, in charged with manslaughter, WAS continued at the Alagistracy, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Lindsell.
At the previous hearing it was stated that as the result of a collision between the defendant's car and the deceased, who was employed as foreman of a gang of road melders, the foreman, was seriously injured and died in the Kwong Wah Hospital on the same day, October 27th. The collision occurred on the Chin Wan Bond; New Territories.
At yesterday's hearing evidence was given by the passenger in the car, the master of the Ying Kee Contractor's shop. He stated that on October 27th at 1.56 p.m. he was proceeding in his car, No. 78, towards Castle Peak, the defendant being the driver. Witness was sitting in the back of the car alone. On the Chan Wan Road the car had just passed a slight bend when he saw about 100 yards ahead a group of men who were tarring the road and spreading sang over the tar. Witness ordered the defendant ta sound the horn. The defendant did so twice. The men on the road divided into two groups, and went to the side of the road, excepting twe men who remained in the road. One of the two was squat ting and the other was standing up. The car was within two feet of them when the deceased picked up a bucket of tar and attempted to get to the side of the road. He was knocked down. The car was stopped within seven or eight feet from the place where the collision took place. The deceased was lying on the ground about three or four feet behind the car.
After farther evidence was taken the was again adjourned until this morning.
New York, December 20th..... The Supreme Court has adjourned He urged China's need of a permanent until December 27th the bearing of the constitution, more complete and more Free State Government's application for an injunction to prevent the rebel suitable than the present provisional one, leaders, De Valera and O'Mara, with. drawing the funds, totalling million and hoped that if some of those present dollars, collected in the United States. reached home in time to help in forming The Fudge demanded assurances from it, they would remember the lessons the Fred State representative that O'Mara, who is now in prison in Ireland. acquired in Great Britain. He trusted aion appointed by the Court had arrived that, in any case, the new constitution in Ireland to take his testimony.. would be made public as the earliest poscan DAVIES CUP COMPETITIONS,sible moment, and that it would become effective, so that China, as a whole, would be able to maintain order, and tran quillity.
would not be exccated until the commis-
NEW ZONING SYSTEM APPROVED.
LONDON December 20th
"CHINA'S EVILS NOT INSUPERABLE."
The speaker reminded the students,
A conference of delegates of various tennis-playing countries, including Mr. Slocum on behalf of. Japan, approved the proposed zoning system, under which the Davis Cup Competition will be divided however, of the impossibility of transport. into two sections, American and Europeaning the civilisation and constitution of Each entering nation will declare the section in which it desires to compete and one country bodily to another, urging the winners in each section will meet to abstention from agitation, intolérance and decide which shall challenge the holders over-pessimism, and said that people, in The rule has been adopted for a more equitable division of the receipts and ex- these times, were only too ready to aug penses of competing nations.
gest that China was suffering from evils which were insuperable; but this was no
THE BAVARIAN OUTRAGES."
FULL APOLOGY INSISTED ON.
PARIS, December 20th. The Faseu, Ingolstadt and Stettin in-
aidents are not yet closed: The Ambas sadors* Confervace replying to the German Note of December 10th, demands that Bavaria and the local authorities shall be included in the German apology, which shall be officially published, and it; insists on drastic punishment of ! those responsible,
, INDO-BURMAH OILFIELDS.
COMPANY REORGANISATION
PROPOSED.
..
LAUSANNE, December 30th The meeting of the Capitulations Sub- Commission. this mornng ended in a dead. lock and the question must be referred to a full commission. The Turks were uncompromising in their attitude, insist
LONDON, December 20th. ing on placing foreigners in Turkey under The directors of the Indo Barmah Oil. the jurisdiction of native tribunals and fields, which bad £7,507 in cash remain the laws of Turkey, rejecting an Allied ing on March 81st, propose a reorgani proposal to appoint European assistantation of capital with the object of writing judges designated by a permanent Court of Jastico,
RUSSO-TURKISH ATTITUDE
CHANGES.
50.
Every nation passed through transitional period.
The speaker finally admonished them to maintain and increase the high pres tige Chinese students already enjoyed in Great Britain.
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CHINESE DELEGATION "IN NEW YORK.
ARMED MAN COMMITTED
FOR TRIAL.
Suspecting three Chinese, walking along Reclamation Street, Yaumali, at 7 pm. on the 19th inst., a Chinese detective, accompanied by a constable approached the party and searched them. In one of the men's pockete a loaded revolver was found. The man was taken to the Police Station and in another pocket sixteen rounds of ammunition were discovered wrapped in paper.
At the Magistracy, yesterday afternoon, the arrested man was charged before Mr. J. E. Wood, with unlawfully having in his possession the revolver" and 1 rounds of ammunition.
The accused mados statement in which he said that he brought the things. From Cautan. He did not know it was against the law, to be in possession of a Hongkong, intending to go back to revolver without & licence. He came to Swatow
His Worship ordered the man to be committed to the Criminal Sessions for
trial.
WORLD'S FLIGHT PROJECT. PROBABLE START NEXT SPRING.
SUBSIDIARY CURRENCY
IN CHINA.
THE EXTENSIVE DEPRECIATION.
Mr. Lansing W. Hoyt, U.S. Trade Com- missioner at Shanghai, in a recent report,
COTTISH SPORT.
FIGHT FOR THE RUGBY LEADERSHIP.
RANGERS DEFEAT CELTIC.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
EDINBURGH, November lat. Glasgow Academicals and Heriot's still lead the (unofficial) Bugby Championship." Their records are
Glasgow Academicals, 8 games and 8 won, 213 points for, and 26 against,
Heriot's F.P.'e, 6 games and 6 won, 93 points for and 20 against.
THS
The bulk of the currency of China is made up of 10-cash pieces. To-day, the entire country is Blooded with thego cop pers and it takes 100 to make dollar, a depreciation in less than 20 years of 50 per cent. Two-fths of this shrinkage in value has taken place since January, 1919. The 10-cash copper coin has an intrindo
Watsonians comẽ thêd with I ́ gama' value of about one-half of its face value. This ratio is much higher than that pre- lost.
The home win of Glasgow Academicals Vailing in countries where coins contain- ing much less copper posa at par. The over their oldest opponents, Edinburgh depreciation cannot be due, therefore, to Academicals was pretty much as expected.
The main Certainly a much" stiffer fight any low content of copper. reason for the decline is because the un-looked for between the rival packs, limited coinage system prevailing in but in the first half especially the China has made then over-abundant. It splendid combination and ultra-metho cal is estimated, on very good authority, that work of the home wight, as opposed to.mere there are at least about 25,000,000,000 forcible scrambling by a few of the Edins 10-ch pièces in circulation. Since the burgh forwards, put the home side in the the price of copper dropped, minting bas ascendancy straight away. When been carried on at a tremendous rate. visiting pack showed signs of improved Mints in China, as a rule, are run not work later on in the game it was then too. only to make money but to make money late--the home lot having their measure on the money, and 10-cash pieces have completely. Ill forture in the shape of been manufactured by the million in order injuries to players continues to dog the Glasgow High School F.,s but their to show a mint profit.
Another reason is that no attempt is greatest blow was when A. Browning, their made by the central Government to bacic sheet anchor behind the scrummage, was up" the face value of the coin or to con- placed hors de combat shortly after the trol the output of the several provincial interval in the
with Heriot's mints. The Government refuses to accept and took no further part. Indeed it is coppors at face value in payment of taxes. quite on the cards that he may not be The Customs and post offices, too, refuse able to return to the field for quite a long, to accept them at other than the depretime, as a knee strain such as ho sustained
Heriot's for. ciated market value." Further; adequate is invariably troublesome. steps have never been taken to prevent wards broke up quicker than the school counterfeiting. Three coins are often un eight, and they came along in the rushes Lawfully made, and although the makers like a pack of wolves, whereas there was generally put the regulat amount of cop unquestionably a tail in this department per into them, the difference between the of the other side. The Royal High school intrinsic and face values is great enough F.P.'s, reinforced by the stalwart R. J. to allow a good margin of profit without Wheatley at centre three-quarter; gave the debasing the coin, because it does not take Watsonians more trouble than they pos- costly machinery to mint them. This fact sibly bargained for, but the Myresider, one makes illegal manufacturo attrac whose back play showed much-needed improvement, won through in the end with something in hand. Gala came an As the great majority of day labourers other crapper at Inverleith, where the in China receive 10-cash pieces in pay Edinburgh Wanderers forwards ment of wages, it is obvious that the pur-charge for the most part. To their credit chasing power of a large group has been be it said, however, that they made the seriously impaired by this decline. The pluckiest of rallies towards the close, and buying power has been curtailed to such scoring twice, reduced their deficit to an extent that certain lines of importa points.
tive.
NEED FOR REFORM.
g&me
held
have been seriously affected. Bocont In the first of the Scottish Schools strikes have been brought on largely by Championship engagements Glenalmond pressure resulting from the fall in the offered the pluckicat of fronts to Mercbia silver value of copper coins, with a correston, and it was only in the last minute that and clothing. This collapse of the buying which might better have ended with divided panding rise in the price of foxxxdstuffs the Castle boys earned a victory in a gane power of the vast majority of Chinese, bonours. coupled with the very rapid drop in silver exchange, more than absorbed any gain from a return to normal in the gold value of imports. The bumper crops reported this year throughout the country may in cross China's power to buy in the near future, but a thorough reform in the copper currency of the country is essential before the full purchasing power of the country can be realised,
DECLINE OF THE RICKSHAW.
VIEWS OF JAPAN'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER.
TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL MATTERS,
NEW YORK, December 20th.
In the current number of the Bulletin Theex-Premier, Mr. Chow Tau Chi, of the Air League of the British Empire, and twenty-two other Chinese have there is an interesting statement in which full details are given of the round- arrived here. Mr. Chow denied that hotho-world flight, which is being organie intended to negotiate a loan, but aded under the auspices of the League and which it is hoped will start about March mitted that he would talk to American 18th, 1993, and finish about the end of
June. The most difficult part of the ar half the issued amount and raising bankers on the subject,
rangement is the question of finance, it
A Tokyo correspondent writing to 165,000 by offering preference shares to shareholders proportionately to their
appears £6,000 is still required. This is the one remaining long-distance fight London paper says:-The ricksha ia holdings, the whole issue, to be provision- CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN THE now to be attempted, and it is hoped it home to long who should ally underwritten.
will be accomplished by a British expedico-Daisuke Akiha, largest manufac tion. The fight is organised by Captain turer of rickshaws in Japan, exporter of F. Tymms, M.C., who will have, Captain the vehicle and heir to the business of E. K. MoCloughy, D.S.O., D.F.O., and Mr. R. H. McIntosh to assist him. Capt. Tymms will be the navigator, he being one of the fire people who hold the Air Ministry licence as aerial navigator.
POLAND'S NEW PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR ELECTED.
LAUSANNE, December 20th. "Fears that the conference would and in a rupture were dissipated after a moet 1ng the No. 1 Commision lasting for uly an hour and a half. Lord Curzon
WARSAW, December 20th. returned to his hotel and looked most "The National Assembly of the Republic, pleased. When questioned, he smiled at by 208 votes against 227 cast for Morawski, the idea of a rupture and said, on the the candidate of the Right, elected contrary, that the Turke had displayed Wojoichewski, as President. The latter most conciliatory attitude, whilst the belongs to the party led by Witos and he Russians were silent at the sitting.
was a member of the Paderewski Cabinet. Morawski is a Professor at Cracow Uni versity.
"TURKEY ACCEPTS MAINTM PROPOSALS.
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M.C.C. IN NEW ZEALAND. -N.Z. MINOR TEAM DEFEATED-
WANGANDA, December 20th.
[BY COURTESY OF THE CHINA MAIL"},
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
IMPORTANT CHANGES.
SINGAPORE, December 20th.
At a special meeting of the Legislative Council, the Governor announced that it was proposed to enlarge the present Coun il from ten officials and eight unofficials
DETAILS OF THE ROUTE.
No
In the first of their home-and-home Border League matches Selkirk were ex- pected to get the better of Hawick, but the Greens, who wers, as usual, ably served by their forwards, lasted out the game better, and ran out gallant winners by a couple of tries.
Heriot's, 13; Glasgow High School,
F.P.'s, 8..
Edin. Wanderers, 18; Gala, 9. Royal High School, F.P.'s, 6; Wat
sonians, 12
→
Stewartonians, 25; Glas. Univ., 8. Glas. Academicals, 18; Edin..
Academicals, 2.
Kelvinside Acad, 6; Hillhead H.S.,.7. Hawick, 9; Selkirk, 9. Meirese, 8; Kelso, Ó.
CIATION LEAGUE.
The meeting of Celtic and Bangers was
the lending event in Scottish football, bat
we have seen many better games between these old antagonists. Celtic made a bright beginning, and then Rangera, by more. his father, who is given credit by the skillful methods, gradually took the lead, Japanese for having been the inventor of add eventually scored three goals. Then the "maa-pull-cart. The late Daisuke Celtic lost Cassidy through a facial injury Akita, founder of the family business and in accidental collision with M'Candless, and fortune, ia ranked by the Japanese public interest passed out of the game from that with the half-dozen great men of the "Meiji
erth
The height of the rickshaw's point. Rangers contented themselves with The route proposed is as follows:-
Athens, Basra, popularity and usefulness was twenty- an exhibition of the finer points of the game to the Governor and thirteen officials and England, Bordeaux, thirteen unofficials, adding to the un- Bombay, Bangoon, Hongkong, Tokyo, two years ago, when 300,000 were in use the last half-hour in a manner that officials two Chives, one Malay, one Petropavlova, Aleutian Islands, Van 80,000 in Tokyo alone. Now, there are captivated their supporters. Apart from the Eurasian and one Indian
couver, Winnipeg, Newfoundland, Azores, about 100,000 in Japan at the most, 70,000 big game at Celtic Park, general interest was directed to the doings of Dundee, The unofficials are appointed by the Lisbon, England. The time of start has of which are in the greatly enlarged Hibernian, and Aberdeen, and with the Governor except the Chambers of Combeen selected to avoid the bad weather capital city.
of Hibernian, results were exception LAUSANNE, December 20th.
seasons on "all parts of the route. merce of Singapore and Penang to whom other time of the year but the spring is rickshaw it was a rude chair on two heary and interesting. Joint leaders with the When Daisuke's father invented the obtained that kept the League race open Turkey, has accepted the Allied pro- posals as regards the passage of the
the right of election is granted
suitable. The scientific information which wheels. For years it rattled over the Edinburgh club a week ago, Dandes Straits, except the point connected with
Two uncficials are added to the Execu will be obtained from the fight will be stone or gravel roads of the city, the obtained a victory which, coupled with the ships' signalling." She still objects, how- The M.C.C. boat the Minor Associative Council. They need not necessarily of great value to the future of aircraft owner conscious of the attention he was defeat of Hibernian, placed the northern ever, to the Straits Commission contral-tions by in wickets. The Associations be members of the Legislative Council, and aero-engine construction. Para attracting. The improvements in the club at the top with a clear margin of one knocked up 120 and 200, and the M.C.C. His Excellency explains that the modily valuable will be the data obtained from Akiha kuruma, were mostly made by point. Dundre's opponents were Raith Boored 206 and 34 for 0. Calthorpe in fications do not go as far sa sus might the fact that the machine will cruise with the father and son. Rubber tyres were Rovers, and the substantial victory at the engine running at half horse-power. the first innings compiled 117.
wish, but they represet an advance in Tha mashian proposed is a Fairey twin-popular at first because the noise, and Kirkcaldy cannot but cause a revision of constitutional development in the Colony-doas seaplane specially designed for the a part of the conspicuousness of the opinion as to Dundee's merits. Aberdeen He suggested that in view of deficiencies fight by the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., display, was eliminated, but geisha liked also won, and stand second on the table, in Government offices, the new Council on the lines of the Portuguese Transit because it did not disarrange their but their victory over Hamilton Academicals meet at Government Honso where the first atlantic seaplane built for Capt. Sacca carefully dressed hair. Now It is as per- at Pittodrie was not impressive. Hibernian meeting will be experimentally held on daro Cabral. This machine will be fitted fect se a modern motor car, with pncu failed before the promoted Alles, who with a Rolls-Royce 670-h-p. Condor matio tyres, waterproof, top, horn and obtained their first victory on home ground. February 17th.
engine, nod is so designed that the engine ball bearings,
ling the demilitarized zone.
AMERICAN DELEGATION'S ATTI- TUDE DEFINED.
LAUSANKE, December 20th.. In view of the inaccurate reports and doubts regarding the American attitudo in respect of the control of the Straits, the American delegation has issued a statement emphasising the opinion that freedom of the Straits is better served by reliance on treaty rights than on an inter national commission.
WASHINGTON AGREEMENT. FRENCH NEWSPAPER EXPRESSES DISSATISFACTION,"
PARIB, December 20th. Discussing the Government's decision to recommend Parliament to ratify the Washington agreement the Echo de „Pari complains that the agreement does
M. CLEMENCEAU IN FRANCE, ANOTHER DENTAL.
HAVEE, December 20th. M. Clemenceau has returned from New said he was opposed to the occupation of York. In an interview he denied having the Ruhr district,
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FARM WEALTH OF CANADA.
OTTAWA, December 20th.
The Federal Bureau of Statistics esti mates that the value of Canada's grain crop this year will be 984 million dollars
BELGIAN DUEL INCIDENT. BRUSSELS, December 20th.
The Franck-Hymans duel incident not favour France, because on December (mentioned in yesterday's cable messages) 16th, 1921, the French delegates wore has been amicably settled. suddenly confronted by an Anglo-Japano. American socord, which had been negot
fated in the greatest secrocy.
LONDON FRESS HOLIDAYS.
LONDON, December 20th. The newspapers will not be publishing cession to which France is asked to agree, on Christmas Day and Boring Day.
The paper hopes that Britain and America will truly appreciate the con-
and says the debate on the agreement. in the French Parliament will probably ocinolde with an important phase in re- parations, and thus Frasics will have an opportunity of judging the bettevolence duplayed towards her.
PRINCE GEORGE BETTER. Losmos, December 20th. HH. Trince George is progressing satisfactorily.
TENKIS.
MLLA. LANGLEY STOPS PLAYING.
will be running on the average at about Mr. Akiha, looking for other channels 320-hp., thus making for long life and to direct his enterprise and money, is of done by consultation between employers A striking example of what may be economy. The machine will have a cabin opinion, that Japanen women are no longer and trade unione (says the P. & O. Co.'s providing accommodation for a crew of satisfied with their lot of being wife, magazine Blue Fater) has recently been five. Normally the crow will consist of four (two pilote, the navigator and one mother, narse and servant of the family; afforded by the agreement with the repre News from Le Touquet, France, states mechanic), but if necessary a skilled cine they desir, he says to go out more and sentativos.or quay-side labour reached at that Mile Longlen has had a recurrence matographer will be carried. The average to me more, in order that they may have the table of the National Council of Port of her heart ailment and in consequence arising speed at 320-h.p. will be 73 broader, outlook and more properly Labour Employers ander the joint chair- lost her match there by default to Mrs. m.ph, the total weight. 12,020 lb., endur bring up their children. Moreover, ha manship of Mr. 70. Allon, a director of E. M. Hannan of England. It will be anco 201 hours, range 1,406 statute miles. thinks that they are becoming unwilling the P & O. and British India Steam remembered that two years ago she simi- For the ses part of the route, harbours to carry their children on their backs, in Navigation Companies, and Mr. E. Bevin larly lost the championship of the world frequented by ships will be used, with a fashion similar to that of the North on the side of the Transport Workers to Mra Mallory, the American woman the exception of Simashir (Broughton American Indian Baby carriages are the Federation. That settlement should en champion, on account of an attack of Bay), Atta (Chichagoff Harbour), and answer, he believes, and he is planning to sure hence and continued industry at heart trouble. On returning to Paris Atka. (Nadan Bay), Im all the other flood the country with them. after the Le Touquet tournament it was places mooring facilities exist, and it will stated pablicly that Mille Longlen, bad be necessary when petrol is deposited to announced at Le Touques that her heart arrange for a suitably beltered berth. It was troubling her again and upon the is intended to approach the Japanese and advies of her physician and of her father Canadian Governments with a view to who has followed his daughter's career on their patrolling parte of the Pacific the courts very closely, the great Ocean, and it is hoped that if the flight Suzanne decided that her tournament is successful so far, the British Admiralty days must be terminated. This means will detail soms boat or boats for this that, the greatest woman lawn tennis purpose in the Atlantic No reliance, player the world has ever seen will not however, is being placed on receiving this defend her title at Wimbledon in 1923,
assistance.
the quay-side throughout all the ports until the end of 1923 on terms acceptable to all parties. The men will presently be aware that, as a consequence, their LONDON HEALTH STATISTICS.pound has become worth mors than the twenty-shillings of to-day: This is no The health statistics for London show achievement which truly deserves to be that the past wet summer has been renowned as one of the victories of peace. singularly free from epidemic. The death, and it says much for its stability that it exte has remained very low, ranging from was reached in consultation with such re 8.3 per 1,000 in the first week in doubtable champions of labour as Mr. September to 0.7 in the Inst week in Gosling, Mr Ben Tillett, Mr. Sexton and September
Mr. Robert Willine. "