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WE ANNOUNCE" THE
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OF THE
ITALIAN ART EXHIBITION
OF FLORENTINE MARBLE STATUARY 67 BUSTS, LAMPS, GROUPS, PEDESTALS,
· VASES. 21O,, ETC,
TO-DAY,
12th of February,
AND CLOSING IRREVOCABLY THE 24th of February, 1923.
Exhibition at the ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL BUILDING, "13, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 2ND FLOOR
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LATEST CABLES, ĮTHROUGH = NEUTER'S "AGENCY.] DEBT FUNDING BILL.
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ORDERS FAVOURABLE REPORT.
WASHINGTON, February 10th
The Senate Finane, Committee has or-
BRITISH INDUSTRIES FA LEAFIELD, February 8th.
The British hustries: Fair, established by the Department of Overseas Trade with a view to encouraging British manu- facturing firms to extend their exports, will be held from"February 19th to March gad.
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The Fair will be in two sections run- ding concurrently in Londonu and Bir- mingham, the former having light goods such as chanicala, fancy goods, stationery and pottery, which will be displayed at the White City, Shepherd's Bush.
The Birmingham section will show
THE ORIGINAL HAIG WHISKY,
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Good Whisky should be old and
dered the Debt Funding Bill to be fav heavy commodities such as machinery, thoroughly matured in wood. This is
ourably reported, with minor amend hard ware, metals, furniture and indus
ments.
LATER The voting on the debt agreement was 301 in favour, 44 ngainst. The Bill now goes to the Senate.
EARLIER CABLES.
RATIFIED BY U.S. REPRESENTA-
TIVES.
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WASHINGTON, February 9th.
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invitation of the Department of Oversons Oldest Distillers Of Scotch Whisky In
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Admission to the Fair, which in by Trade, is restricted to bond-fide buyers for the home and overseas markets.
All the cost of construction and main- tenance of the Fair will be borne by the exhibiting firms,
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Judging by the number of applications received, very satisfactory business results
are anticipated here.-British Official Wireless Press in Daily Bulletin.
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The House of Representatives has
WAS INITƆCT. EATIES ratified the debt funding agreement with Britain almost unanimously. The De- |
ROME February Oth mocratic leader, fr, Garrett, declared he Italy has ratified the Disarmament would support the measure because it Treaties United States Official Wireless made for stabilisation of the world.
Pross, in the Daily Bulletin. ANTI-FASCISTI CONSPIRACY.
Rous, February sth. The police say that as a result of num- erous arrests of agitators and Com- munists throughout Italy, they have dis- covered a vast conspiracy for the over throw of the Fascisti Government.- United States Wireless Press in the Daily Bulletin,
THE SMYRNA INCIDENT.
TURKS EXPLAIN THE NOTE.
CONSTANTINOPLE, February 9th. All the newspapers are
most appre honsive with regard to events at Smyrna. Authoritative Turkish quarters How declare the pots, with regard to Allied warships was in nowise an ultimatum, but simply a cirealer informing all the States, including neutrals, of the decision of the Turkish general Staff to forbid Vessels of over thousand tong to be stationed in Smyrna harbour, in accordance with the Turkish maritime regulations.
MYSTERIES OF NATURE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF FAIRIES.
A tendency to disbelieve in the reality Loyoos, February sth.cf fairies showed itself in the questiona A Constantinople telegram states that asked at a meeting" arranged by "tho agreement has been reached between Theosophical Fraternity in Education, at the Smyrna authorities and the Allied the Conference Educational Associational December naval commanders of the warships in at University College on port, sanctioning the status quo for the 9th. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Gardner, how- ever, who spoke on "Real Fairies and fleets until matters are diplomatically the Imagination," are profoundly con-
arranged.
THE NEW FRENCH BUDGET.
DEFICIT OF 3 MILLIARDS
PARIS, February. 9th,
vinced not only of the "objective exist- ence of fairies." but of the genuinenesa of a number of photographs taken by two children near the Yorkshire village of Cottingley in 191% nnd 1020. Slides made from the five photogrups, showing In order to meet a Budget deficit of tho fairy Sgures playing round the 3 milliards of francs, the Finance children, were thrown on the screen, and Minister, M. Delasteyrie, intends to Mr. Vardner declared that such exhaus modify the proposal to increase taxation tive investigations had been made by by twenty per ccnt. The twenty per cent, himself and others that the possibility of increase will apply only in the case of faked" negatives seemed to be eliminated certain direct taxea. There will be entirely. He acknowledged, in answer to general increase of sen per cent from questions, that adults had not succceded which the Customs dues, business turn-in obtaining photographs of the Cotting vers luxuries ud, salaries will be "exempt. It is estimated that this will produce 1,500 millions of francs. Half a milliard each will be secured from the nature spirits." na she preferred to call surplus revenue on income tax and pay them, consisted of looking after grass ments to the State by the railways. It is and flowers, attending to the sap of trees hoped to obtain the remaining. milliard.certain periods of the year, and seeing by measures preventing evasion of income to the tree trunks themselves. tax and by economies.
MINE ACCIDENT IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
CHINESE MINERS WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
VICTORIA, February 10th. Twenty-nine bodies have been removed but ten are still in the mine. Six miners have been seriously injured. The dead include twenty whites, the remainder being Chinese one of whom walked two miles through smoke-filled pasanges be... Tore reaching mfety,
VICTORIA, B.C., February 0th. Nineteen fatalities resulted from an explosion of fire damp in a mine, near Cumberland.
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BECKETT 7. DEMPSEY.
LONDON, February 9th. It is announced that Beckett has signed articles to meet Dempsey for the world's heavyweight championship in July or Augustin New York. The match is conditioron Beckett beating Dick Smith at Holland Park Hall on February 18th.
ABBOT ASSASSINATES
ARCHBISHOP.
WARSAW, February 9th. Abbot Latyszenk has assassízated Archbishop Georges, the head of the Polish Orthodox Church. The assassin favoured dependence of the Church on the Moscow Patriarchate, while the Arch- bishop Inst year proclaimed Tinderendence.
AUSTRALIAN MINISTRY.
MELBOURNE February 9th.
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A Cabinet composed of Nationalists and Country Party has been formed, with Mr, Bruce as Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs and. Mr. Page as Treasurer.
BOTH DOING WELL
LONDON, February 9th. Princess Mary and her son continue to progress satisfactorily. Further daily bulletins are to be issued
EGYPTIAN CABINET RESIGNS.
CAIRO, February 9th. The King of Egypt has accepted the Cabidei'a resignation.
ey fairies, although a "medium" had been able to see them. Mr. Gardner de cleared that the work of the fairies, or
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