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HOME RAIL STRIKE.
XO WIIFTSUNTIDE STOPPAGE,
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THE WORLD'S SPORT.
HOME CRICKET.
SOUTH AFGANS DRAW +
LANDON, June sth.
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FRENCH POLITICS.
M FRANCOIS MARSAL TO FORM CABINET.
PARIS, June 7th M. Francois Marsal, Finance Ministér At Shefeld, in the match between York. in Poincare's Government and LONDON, June 7th.hire and the South Africans, Yorkshire | friend" of M. Misterund, bus consented to
sented 142 for this low of three wickets and form a Cabinet. declared,
The position is officially described as Blightly better.
The Central Londón Railway has re- opened, but the Hampstend Line is still closed. It is estimated that about 7.000 pien are now on strike.
It is officially stated that the executive
Susskind contribuned, 60 runs not our.
, The match was drawn.
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CONGRESS BREAKS UP.
„RESUME OF SESSION'S WORK.
Wasitxaron, June 8th, Congress adjourned sine, die yesterday evening.
The House of Rejiresentatives broke up peacefully, but the Senate's last hours were makes with partisan strife. The. Republican, Spencer, prevented the adop tion of the Walsh oil scandals report and the Danserat, King, doomed the repas- sage of the Naval Bill.
M. Francois Marsal introduces his new The South Africans scored 341 for, six Cabinet on the 10th instant, of which he wickets.
will read the Presidential message to Parliament abating M. Millerand's case, After that a vote of woonfidence will be submitted, and if rejected, as is ron-
The Democrat, Fittman, killed other sulcred probable. A. Millerand will re-pending legislation by continuing to talk Kig
until the adjournment.
VISITORS AT CAMBRIDGE
At Cambridge in fine weather, before of the Analgamated Engineering Union 1,000 people, on a slow wicket, the South will not authorise the strike for its shop-Afrienas compiled 274 for 5, Nourse get. mes members in the London electricting 143 not uit. Rain stopped play just railways because the national claim by the Union for a wage advance for all railway shopwen is in negotiation. Thus the strike remains unofficial except as regarda 'the Electrical Trades Unión.
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after the tea interval.
COUNTY MATCHES,
The President will, therefore be vie
dicated from the standpoint of only leave ing"bis post on a clear vote of Parliament and not at the behest of one group of
The match at Lord's betwven Essex súd party, politicians/n Middlesex was drawn.
Sussex led on the first innings against. The Executive of the Locomotive En Surrey at the Oval. Surrey's first knock gineers' Union, following the railway produced 35. Tate taking for 20 and managers' reinsal of their demands, de Gilligan for 24, and the second innings cided to ask for an immediate meeting 11 for 3. Sussex compiled tas, Peach with the nuinažers before taking drastic | taking 9 for 60 and capturing four wickets action. Therefore it is officially stated ¦ with, successive deliveries,
that there will be no stoppage on the main lines during -Whitsun.
· OTHER UNIONS LIKELY TO JOIN.
LATER
There are many indications that the railway strike is worse to-day. The Electrical Trades Union's official decision to join is likely to be followed by three other raftsmen's unions Cancerned baving shopmen on the tubes, namely, the Vehicle Builders, Blacksmiths and Engineering Unions. These unions, after
meeting lost. night, announced they merely awaited, their respective national executives' confirmation.
-The demands in these eases are an increase of 12s. per week, a week's Holi. day with pay and the settlement of vari
ous shop questions.
The participation of these Unious would mean a totul "cessations of the present. modified services.
EARLIER CABLES.
OBJECTS OF STRIKE
Losos, June 6th. The Railway managers have replied to, the locomotivemen declining to re-open hegotiations." Mennwhile, the Electrical Trade Union has instructel its members employed on the London underground" railways to cease work, thus conferring a degree of official recognition of the pre- gent strike.
Mr. Shaw, replying to questions in the Hour of Commons, promised that the Government would give protection to will ing workery and maintain essential ser-.
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SOCIALISTS: »BUSY,
PARIS, June 6th.
A continuous stream of politicians coming and going to and froin” the Flyre all day long. The Socialista, are byss desising ingenious formulas, dedged in directly to raise the Presidential issue in
Kent beat Northants at Northampton by an inning-and-100 runs.
the Chamber, sincs the rules of the House) Hampshire beat Worcestershirat Port | forbid a debate involving the President's smouth by seven wickets, Hampshire person.
first scored 104, Pearson taking 8 for 13.| Hitherto M. Painleve has not accepted: and then scored 98 for 3. Worcester com-any formulas submitted, and at present in- piled 9. And then 103, Royen taking is for 36,
Gloucester Ird on the first innings against Ginmorgan at Cardiff.
طبیعت
OLYMPIC FOOTBALL.
PARIS, June 8th
In the Olympic Association football Competition-final, Uruguay beat Hof- Jand by 2 goals to 1.
The Dutch tram pinged first-class foot. ball, thin, forwards being particularly
strong in attacking, and had the better of the play in the first half when they led by an gon so wid but Ceuquay rover during the second half and played with brilliant form. They soon equalised. Thereafter the game was equal until near"
the end, when Uruguay were awarded penalty, from which they scored.
HOME RACING,
OKS WON BY STRAITLACE.
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Losno, June 5th. At Epsom, the raw for the Oaks resulted as follow:-- Straitlace Plack Mink
Twelve ran. Won by a length and a half; a head betwein second and third.
Hetting:-100 to 30 Straitace, 11 to 10 Přúck, and 100 to ? Mink."
Place betting: 2/3 Pinck, 4/6 Strait
vices in the event of the strike spreading. He declared that the Government declined lave. / Mink. to recognise anybody except a body cap-
able of negotiating & settlement.
The object of the present strike is to secure an increase of 10 per week, with a minimum of £3, the consolidation of the existing war bonus of les, ed., and also to demanal,'n guaranteed day holding every work and one week's 'holiday every year
mith par
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HUGE DUNLOP DEFICIT. DIRECTORS SCHEME."
Losnos, June 7th Airory the treasures to wipe off a total deficiency of £1,250,000 Dunlops Diree
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RUNNING RECORD EQUALLED
THE 100 IN 9.3-5 SECONDS.-
At the Woolwich War Memorial Sports the ex-Cantab H. M. Alirahams ran 100 yards in 9.16 seconds, thus equalling the world's record.
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Abrahams represents Britain in the handred metres at the Paris Olympiad.
The record time of 9.36 seconds for the 100 yards is the amateur record. and has been secured three times-by D. J. | Kelly 'nt" Spokane, U.S.A., in 1906 p^H. P, Drew at Berkeley, U.SA, in 1014; and C. W. Paddock at Pasadena, U.S.A... in 1921. This record has been officially autepted by the International Athletic tors, in a scheme submitted to the share-Federation. In 1914 W. R. Applegarth, holiers, suggest writing down the ordi- the Englishman did the 100 yards at
Stamford Bridge, London, mary S1 shares to és, éll. and reducing seconds." the £1 "C" preference shares to 155.
The arrears in the preference dividends will be satisfied by the allocation of ordinary shares, and the nominal capital will be restored by the creation of 32,000,000 mew ordinary shares of os. 8d.
THE IRAQ BORDERS.
NO SETTLEMENT YET.
Beror, June 7th, message from Bagand states that the Constituent Assembly of Leng refused to ratify the Anglo-Iraq Treaty.
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The professional record for the "100" 'is 91 seconds, and was obtained by J. Donaldson at Johannesburg in 1910. Two years later he did the distance in o seconds, and this constitutes the British professional record.
Last year E. H. Liddell (Scotland) took the 100 yards in the British amateur athletic championships in 9,7-10 seconds.
H. M. Abrahams, who has just equalled the world's amateur record has been down from the University about two years. For some while he skippered the Cambridge athletic tohms and put up many fine performances both in sprints and the long jump. He took the smatenr athletic championship in the latter event last year with a distance of 23 feet al inches]
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Meanwhile President Coolidge waited in a room at the Senate and sigued Bills and resolutions.
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MR. MACKAY AND PARTY FREE?
ONE BANDIT CAPTURED,
Foocków, Jane sch. Mr. Mackay "and party have been re- leased without paying any ranson. One balit has been captured.
ASIA AND THE LEAGUE,
PLEA FOR THOROUGEE
FEUBESENTATION."
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JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS.
Tokyo, June 7th.
The Cabinet has resignedi. Da
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VISCOUNT KATO TO RES PREMIERP
Tokyo, June 6th. With the Imperial Wedding festivities completed. attention is reverting to policis, and the Cabinet changes, which the opinion is ananimously beld are in- minent.
While nothing official is available, state- LONDON, June 8th.. ments claiming reliability declare that Addressing the Chinese mind-Asiatic | Baron Kiyoura is determined that the students at Christ Church" College, Ox purpose of his Ministry is completed, ford, Can-Chao-Hain dwelt on the under and that he will resign, noc, later than representation of Asia on the Council of June 10th, and perhaps earlier, the Council should be made up with suis- the league of Natious, and urged that It is understood that this determina
stantial reference to the numbers of tion was taken in spite of attempts of L people comprised in the nations belong-section of the Cabinet to win Over
A review of the work alone by Coning to the League. It was essential. thất gress shows the passage of the Suldiers Bonus Bill, the Immigration Law and the Tax Revision Law, the termination of the teapot, donis" and "Daugherty enquiries, and the approval of American. adhesion to a World Court.
Cougress did not enact legislation tu help the farmers or to ratify the Lausanne Treaty, and has delayed the operation of the Soldiers' Bonus" Bill by failing, to provide the necessary funds.
EARLIER CABLES. NAVAL HILL BLOCKED.
WASHINGTON, June 8th.. Senator King blocked the repassage of
tres centres in the builden homeward dethe Naval Bill. The Bill had passed the partare of M. Steeg, the Governor of Hottes and the Senate, but Mr. King's Algeria, a radical senator and persone motion to reconsider measure was pead Friend of M. Millerand, who is regarded ing, and owing to the adjournment of Congress to-day, the final passage of the Bill was prevented.
as a candidate for the Premiership.
"ITALIAN ROYALTY AT
MADRID.
MADRID, June. 7th. Their Italian Majesties and the Crown Prince have arrived and were accorded a great reception
COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN
PENNSYLVANIA,....
This Bill authorised the construction of eight scout cruisers and the conver sion of several coal-burning battleships into oil-burners.).
TO SUPPRESS SMUGGLING. A Canadian-American treaty has been signed, designed to suppress muggling of liquor and reotes aeroes the border. AMERICAN WHEAT SUBSIDY. The farmers' bloc in both Houses is sup. porting the Barum Biti conferring i bounty of thirty-five cents on ench bashel of wheat and wheat pipdueki
sented, because it might have to speak try, which, apparently, failed, ini spiter Asia should be very thoroughly repre-sufficient support to maintain the Minis
with no uncertain-voice on aur vast of a protest by the Government party, isates raised from time to tinue. Nearly all problems of first-class toportance te Seiyuhonto, that the Ministry should germinated in the Far East, where many meet the Diet and announce its policies, great issues were springing up,
The League should be sufficiently which have not yet been made miblie, authoritative and catholic and ethene and deciding afterwards whether it ing to deal with all the new and "some- times conflicting ideals which were being would or fall. advanced.
U.S. WORLD ́TLIGHT.
GOOD TRIP TO AMOY
The story of political manœuvring since the elections has been as usual com plicated with the three principal parties so evenly balanced that any combination SHANGHAI, June 8th. was considered a possibility, and rumours The American fliers have left for Amoy.
of different combinations and splits ha Axey, June 7th.. been rife The planes landed at Ping Fong Is- There has been fairly constant ond ther and and excellent trip. He says it Baron, Riyoura, but whether the Ciusiget land at 11.20 for fuel and food,
Lieut. Smith reports very good weacount Ento, of the Kenseikai, succeeds confident predictina, however, that Vis-
was the second good day since leaving will he purely party or coalition remains Amoy at about 8 nm to-morrow if the Americi. The planes intend leaving to be seen. weather allows. A typhoon has been re-registered in the Diet gives the Keisei- The strength of the respective parties ported about 200 miles south of Hongkni, 153; Seiyahonto, 119: Seiyukai, 101; cong, though its intensity and direction the Katashin Club, 29; Business Men, 8; are unknown. The weather here is clear Chusei Club (which is a new combination and the planes are running smoothly.
of neutrals), 39; and absolate Neutrals, [A. special description of the aviators' arrival in Hongkong appears on page 5.)
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FRENCH · FLIGHT.
HIROSHIMA, June 8th. Capt. Doisy arrived at 10:10 this morn. ing from Taiku roule for Osaka, where [he is expected at about to'clock this
afternoon.
OSAKA, June 8th. Capt. Doisy arrived at 2 p.m.
THE FORTUGUESE FLIGHT.
15 KILLED MANY INJURED.
WILKESBARNPS (Peunsylvania),
June 7th At least 15 people were killed and many injured in a gas explosion at the Loomis THE PRESIDENTIAL " CAMPAIGN. noon.
colliery..
BARLIER CABLES. GERMAN: REPARATIONS.
BERLIN, June 8th. The Reichstag passed a vote of confu ence in the Government's declaration, re garding the Experts Report by 247 votes
to 183.
SHIPBUILDERS” WAGES. INDUSTRIAL COURTS AWARD
RANGOON, June 8th The Portuguese aviators arrived at
They took 4 hours to get here from
CLEVELAND, June 6th. Akyüb. President Coolidge's campaign manaThey hope to proceed to Bangkok to ger states that Senators Johnson and Lamorrow,
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SERIOUS ANTLES. DEMONTRATION
TOKYO, June Sch.
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BINO-GERMAN "AGREEMENT.
ALL QUESTIONS COVERED.
PEKING, June 6th. The Senate's opposition undoubtedly surprised the Government, as arrange- ments had been made to sign the Agree- ment immediately after the report: had been submitted to Parliament, 2
A special meeting of the Cabinet was held at 10 o'clock last night in demand- ing the submission of the Agreement be fore signing. The meeting, therefore, resolved, to go ahead without delay, and the representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the German Bank initialled the Agreement at: 11 o'clock, ter
Signed copies of the Agreement will be exchanged between the Waichiaopi and the German. Legation at toon to- day
Both sides have agreed to withholdi publication of the Agreement.
Follette have withdrawn their candidatures D.S. IMMIGRATION LAW. to the Republican Convention, leaving the President the sole Republican nominee.
EARLIER CABLES. ¡AMERICAN OIL SCANDAL FINDING OF INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, June th Lospos, June 6th....
The Walsh Investigation Committee The award of the Industrial Court in found that the Tra Put Dom Leases were the shipbuilding dispute grants a general negotiated secretly, and that the Govern ment in effret" paid $1,000,000 for worth increase of 78 weekly over the prevailing less claims in order to clear the way for called on Japan to rise against all for banks to meet, liabilities on the Reorgani Tates, parable in two instalments on Mr. Sinclair, and that the recommend June 14th and September 20th, with an tons of the navy experts were ignored. additional . daily to men engaged on repair work at Southhampton.
The Agreement covers all outstanding Sino-German questions, including German. private property in China, settlement of. A demonstration which brought the the German loans and bonds questions anti-American feeling closer home to, the and rehabilitation of the Deutsche- foreign community than ever" before | Asiatische Bank. occurred at the Imperial Hotel, the nerve-centre of foreign and Japanese social' contact... when" a. band of thirty As regards the Reorganisation Loan Japanese invaded the usual Saturday according to unofficial reports, Germany night dance and broke up the affair by will hand over to the Chinese Legation menacing speeches and gestures Their at London drawn" bonds coupons to the
which speeches,
were reinforced by value of $9,000,000, which, the Legation handbills, urged the boycott of all Ame will present for payment, to the banka Reserve of KOTO rican goods, the deportation and future holding the Salt exclusion of Americans from Japan, and $15,000,000, the balance remaining in the eigners.
NEW LS. COLF CHAMPION.
WIN. FOR EVIL WALKETİ,
The Committer further stales that the corrupt character of the loan of $100,000 to Senator Fal, ex-Secretary of the In terior, by Mr. Dobeny does not require any comment and it condemns the De: partment of Justice for negligenze in failing to prosenta claims for the recovery of the California oil reserves obtained by
DEMOT, June 4th. The New Jerseyite, Cyril Walker, won the American golf championship at Michie Standard Oil Company." gan with a score of 207 for 72 holes.
Bobby Jones, last year's winner, turned in score of -100.
AMERICAN BASEBALL.
NEW YORK, June 7th AMERICAN LEAGUE. Detroit, 0; Washington, 2 Cleveland, 7: Philadelphia, 11. Chichgo. 3 New York, 5. St. Louis, II: Boston, 4. St. Louis, 6; New York, 3. Detroit, 11; Philadelphia, 10. Chicago, 1; Boston, 3. Cleveland, Washington, 0.
"NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boston, 4; Cincinnatti, 3. Philadelphia, 7: St. Louis, & New York, 1 Chicago, a Brooklyn, 4; Pittsburgh 11. Philadelphia, 4 || Cincinnatti, 10. Boston, 13; St, Louis, 7.
US 1 TENNIS PLAYERS FOR WIMBLEDON
New YORK, June 7th.
The finding also declares that the end re-ing of Marines to the Tea Pot Dome
estate for Mr. Sinclair was an out- rageous use of the armed forces of the United States."
iation bonds held by other nationalities. The demonstration was so menacing. It is understood that the Government that the foreign women (about fifty) have already received advances from thes were compelled to leave the dance room. Chinese banks on this Agreement, thum
The men stayed, and a fight for a ¦ tiding over the Dragon Festival: time was threatened. The police did not
interfere.
The American Chargé d'Affaires and members of the Embassy were among the witnesses of the demonstration. Thu band was anally persuaded to withdraw Ly more suber minded Japanese,
-PRESENT- QUOTAS EXTENDED."
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SINO-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT.
JAPAN NEXT?
Moscow, June 8th. The Premier, M. Rykoff, in an inter- view, said the Banjo-Chinese Agreement would make the Soviet an active power in the Far East, and would open urs unlimited opportunities for trade.
WASHINGTOK, June 8th. The Senate has passed in the House a resolution in favour of admitting a car tain number of aliens in excess of the present year's quotas.
An earlier draft of the Agreement was not signed owing to pressure on the OF THE DALLY BULLETIN. Chinese Government from France and, [BY COURTESY OF THE
America, but public opinion in China JAPANESE RACE AGAINST TIME.realised the urgent need for the Agree- ment. The document recently signed TOKYO, June 8th-differed from its predecessora inntinuch BURIED TREASURE.
The ordinary shipping services not bring as the Soviet avoided all clauses likely suficient for the transportation of the to huminte Eastern peoples. Though hidden treasure may have lain large numbers of Japanese who wish to 31 Rykol added that it would soon buried for a thousand years in one's own return to America before July 1st, when he lustrated whether Japan would show freebold garden, it does not belong to the new Immigration Act is to be enforced an equal indifference in foreign pressure- the finder but to the Crown. One is an arrangement has been muze hetsk ken bound to report the find the coroner; the Government and
steners
and he will hold an inquest on it as whereby three, additional companies i
were a dead body. It is a crime.to con
leave for America immediately en pably ni
Nippon
£20,000 MEMORIAL
ceal it. A ploughman who turned up a 65 1,200 passengers A competition open to ex-Servicemen,
Yawn Kahn tramer Wishi quantity of old gold in a field and sold im Aura, the Osaka Show Kaisas for design for a memorial to men it as old brass at d. a pound was confanti Maru and the Toro Birn Kaiba posted as missing in France, and Flanders victed. A more famous case was that of Persia Mar, are sailing from Yokohama has beeh won by Major G. Hartley Gold another ploughman who unearthed golden o
12th, 13 treasure of great value and beauty in
18th and 14th
and 14th instsmith, C., who before the war was for
practice as ad architect in Manchester.
Seld near Loch Foyle; in Ireland. It expectively the extent The competition was organised by the
The
to
of Yes 1,200.000
Patrick and consisted of golden chains, torques, collars and a model boat of who
that the majority of th
of those The memorial, which will cost £20,000 boen.onfurlough in
ancient Celtic workmanship. Eventually those America comers and contain the names of 6,000 officers
The tennis players Messrs W. M. Warh
this treasure was bought by the trustees Japan. Under the regulation, they could and men, will be erected at the bridge of the British Museum, and as the result stay in Japan for three years before head of La Ferte-sous-Jouarre, on the bun and IL A Williams, sailed on the of an action in the High Court in 1903 turning, while others have been granted Marne, marking a point at which British Majestie to participate in the Wimbledon they were compelled, to deliver it up to their aporte efore the immigration troops crossed the river by pontom oriais occurred, such passports being vad bridge after heavy fighting on September for dix months from date of issue,
9th, 1914
tournament...
the Crown.