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PARIS, Jaad 12th.
A horg of the Left parin in both.. Chambers for, the purpose of aging a candidate for section 72.2
President of the Republic to-morrow, resulted in the Prenner M. Painleve obtaining 300 votes The Daily Herald annans the v-against 14 in favour of the ex-Prier clusion of the London underground. Doune'rque. The sucessful candidate Strike. The joint secretary of the kirike to-morrow must secure an absolute piajori -"committee has informed the paper that
ty of the votes of the 2 Deputies and the men resumed work at the power Senator" who are expected to be prevent. station at midnight.
The break in the strike followed a series of meetings held in various areas at which the position following Lard Ashfield's ultimatum was placed before the strikers by the strikers' committee. All the men then decided to retura.
While the unofficial strike of the rail- way shame has collapsed, the strike
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clined to discredit the report and declare that no news of the fiers has been picked up there for some days.
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THE THE DAY'S WORK IN CHINA, SHANGHAI · OPTIMISM.
The special correspondent at Shanghai of the Times Trade Suppleaigud has ats interesting contributini on the human Aspects of business life in Shanghai. Its optimism is a factor of real significanco. in Ching's foreign trade. On paper thus "
einceros are.
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U.S. WORLD FLIGHT.
The following extracts are made from A report on the Treaty Port of Toihow CLEVELAND (OHto), June 12th..
New Yonk, June 19th. Messrs. Coolidge and Dawes form the Wireless stations throughout the Far Kiungchow:
(Kiungchow) in 1923, by H.31. Konsul at
Republican ticket for the 1024 cles-East have been instrusted to krep on
Conditions, on the whole, were slightly tion. Coolidge was nominated with the grater for sets of the American better in 1923 than in the previous year,
as steamier communication was uninter part has more than once, hèon, as nearly only a ripple of dissent from Wisconsin Biere Reports are current in San rupted throughout, and Kiungehow, with " down and out" as a dominnuity cap and North Dakota delegations, but the Fragriser that, the fliers reached Hasions of brigands and soldiers.
Hoikow, its port, was free from incur
As re be without actually experiencing ruin. I nomination of Dames came after Mr. phung and that Lieut. Smith wrecked his gards shipping, the American flag disapis passing through an exceedingly ha Lowden's refusal, and after a short race motor in a foned landing, bat both-wire by the Chilean, adopted by Chinese vestine just now very few
peared from these waters, being replaced
in the balloting with Hoover as the chief less companies. 25 San Francisco are insels as a protection against seizure making money, many are lusing it. There
their own military authorities. British opponent.
shipping increased hy s0,000 tons, and is no little distress owing to reduction of third ballot
French by 3,000 tons. hut Norwegian de staffs; applicants for work live ceter the others
ereased by 12,000 tons during the year been more difficult to place: Yet the im British shipping lines combined to ma a Details of the accident to Lient, regular service of emigrant- steamers to pression which the tourist or the viatur Singapore and Bangkok, and succeeded from the interior takes away in one of Mr. Butler, Coolidge's manager at the Smith's machine appear on paru 3. }
in cutting out other ag In The Ro Cinvention indicated desire when the [BY COURTESY OF THE DAILY ACULETIN."}
British emigrant ships carried 20,303 gay prosperity, while, auxinas, though emigrants front Hoihow to the above | many behind the stones ares (deteftisara", balloting began that Mr. Burton, of the
JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY." ports, no increase of over 3,000 fares on
is pan-existent. Things will look-up 1022, House of Representatives should be
Tokyo, Jane 19th. Harbour conditions have not improved, sooner or later," says Shanghai: "what's
except for a slight natural derpeaing of Barva Shidebars. Foreign Minister, the anchorage, which permits of steamers the use of worrying ** chosen, but the delegates disregarded the suggestion." Mr. Butler, after Lowden's
That this optimism is worth actes na to-day
Rive! The
toying closer in. Asnone of the lending.
marks appear in the charts. It is only bidy can doubt who has seen the port foreign Pressmed; emphasising that regular ships thun venture within five refusal, again endeavoured to intervekt in favour of Hoorer, but the delegates
Japan't foreign policy was based on refused be swayed.
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giving whatever the future has in stare.
Baron Shidebara said he left convinced from his long experience abroad that
only received a few votes
The fact that so many rotel in favour
The official vote of the of M, Doumergue is additionally siguias; Dawes, 852: Hoover, Scant, becau- they did so in spite off M. Daumergue's request that his chutid. ature should not be submitted to the meeting, on the ground that it was no calculated iu pre-cut circumstances to pro mote a Republican union, M. Painleve's apporters had reckoned that M. Painlere would obtain a practically uhanimous en dorsement, and the voting manas a syrre blow to his hopes, as 31. Doumergue enn count on the support of the moderate builders, blacksmiths and the algaelements in both Chambers which were not ated engineering sini, who will decide |
represented at the meeting. M. Doumer- zo-night whether to return to work or to
gue, therefore, is at present favourite in continue the strike, «
the race for the Pridency.
is not yet ended so fat as
the shopen belonging to the four trade anions, mely, the, electrival, vehicle
Meanwhile, the underground service is officially stated to he 50 per cent of the noraal." It is expected to be 100 per
cent. by teOTOW.
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Disliking the prospect of the President being elected with a Right vote, im Left parties have requested M. Domergue and
of Mr. Coolidge marked the brief sessión of the Republican Convention last night, a, which the platform was adopted, and
further statement
miles of the landing Lighters frequently pass through periods af depression be- have to le nutside for the greater part fore. Characteristics which secGMPANY of the day or tight other to the case this cheery disposition, and have a de tom Ilouse with imported goals. In case life are a phenomenally short memory of export of live stock the difficulties may
the plank proposed by Senator L Fol there are infinitely more points of dangerous, but it seems to be the rule 19 | world, but in Shanghai they are associa
forts and the insurgents were ejected The Wisconsin insurgents, refused to parti cipate in vating for the platform or for
similarity than difference in human nature among peoples divided by race, religion and language, but these differ-
that a mútual estrangement appears. "He declared that the world was gradually awakening to a broader vision of international solidarity and good-fellowship- The principle of live and let live is more widely recog.
he imagined. Even if properly charted and a tireless capasity" for games and and well lighted, the natural lithenitissements of all kinds. Optimism and of the Hainan Straits would make them a short memory for trouble are by Du means uncommon in other parts of the regard Kiungehow as the Cinderella of ted with special circumstances, partly the China, ports, and it is seldom that historical, partly geographical. Respect- any attempt is made to increase facili ties for local shipping. It is understood able as most of the port's history is
there runs through it is strongly, adven- The plice. after all, however, that the Custenis, ne the in- stance of the French authorities of Indo-turous streak. China, have at last a scheme in hand for originated in adventure: not, of course, placing a light on Taya Island, east of the native city of Shanghai, but this International Settlement, and the French Hainan Head, where it would he of ron-
Concession. The men who engaged in the siderable service to ships approaching Canton trade and whe. ist Ihre und the from eastward. Another light is required four additional parts of Shanghai, further west than the Lamko Eight for ships coming from the west, and ane, on po, Foochow and Amoy thrown open S.W. Point would he of service to ships to them were not the type who ery over. coming up from the south. New charts spilt milk, or who hesitate to make ping- are urgently required, as the present onesettes because they cost eggs. And tha date back to a very sketchy survey of temperament which they brought to the China trade mevitably affected it and nised as bring more successful than 1884 or carlier
A certain amount of road constriction made it une in which fear and repining regard for the rightful positions of and more is projected. On the 20 miles policy of selfassertion without due:
was carried out in the east of the island: have played very small parts,
RESTOCKING WITH ENERGY, of road made between Kachek and the
Further, because climati" makes long
M. Painiowe to withdraw in favour of Mr. Coolidge, and during the demonstra-ences sometimes are unduly magnified
third candidate. The former had r- tion remained silently in their seats, ignor and emphasised se fused, wherriipon the Left or has decideding the jeers, cat calls and bikes. Tevelled
Loybox, June 12th.
A meeting of railway managers and, reolidly to support M. Painleve Canes atatives of the locomotive' engineers
and firemeti proved abortive. The men's
work.
WHOLLY UNOFFICIAL.
EFFECTS ON THE FRANC.
cal crisis than London)
THE WORLDS SPORT.
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British
at them as the other delegates formed juto a queue anil marched round the hall før a quarter of an hour. The Wis society has decided to bullor on the ques
The contrast between the cory of consin party, only rose when the crowd tioni of a general strike to enforce their the frans in London and the fall in Newang the Star Spangled Banner." demands relating to classification of York as explicable mainly on paychungi- drivers and minimum raus for Sundaycal grounds, New York apparently taking the platform there was bitter dissension During the debate of the commitue on a more serious view of the French paliter some planks. The World Court others, which was ultimately bound to Dingan River autor Ixises of the Tor leave essential, there is a steady rota- plank was only approved after the mem-yield to the adverse vertet of enlighten-type are already running, and heation of furlough, and every spring sees
motor trucks or lorries are being inquired
a large contingent of merchants and their To the nobler urin-for-unfortunately, far below ed public opinion,
families homeward bound. Then troubles ciples expressed or implied in the Coven prices. Several Ford cars, owned by are almost literally packed away.
local motor company, plied for hire on late autumn brings backia recreated ant of the League of Nations and the the three miles of road between Hollow
stock of energy, which acts quite visibly Treaties of Washington we will adhere and Kingchow, the company having to like a tonic on those who are halfway, maintain the road. Another rad is pro
By more, to their next spell of freedom. Mr. Coolidgy secured 1.065 votes, Meloyally and unswervingly. extending to jected between Kiungshow and Wen-
reinvigorated, new idens, new; hopes, nese emigrants to Singapore, who are fresh possibilities are canvassed in offices, conerned the strike should be called off but it was hoped to start the at La Folletto34, and Mr John-ob.30, Thall peoples the hand of friendship and ch'ang (Vun Sio), the home of the Chi The clubs brighten, social amenities are and, a meeting of the London district with South Africa at four o'clock, flow convention then went into res until the goodwill. We believe that in so doing more progressive than the rest of the and life goes forward enufidently again,
inhabitants.
on overdrafts perhaps~at "the present time very largely in overdrafts-but, courageously and with determination"to" make the best of any opportunities that
nay present themselves.
They critical phrase in the London Un. Berground dispute has passed' as an out.
·"come of a meeting of the, commitice of the Electrical Trade Union to consider the extension of the strike to all "power station men. The meeting decided that so far as ile Electrical Trade Union was!
HOME CRICKET.
RAINS STOPS, PLAY,
Loxaos, June 12th...
At Oxford the wicket was saturated.
"Committee held held to-morrow to consider | ever, "utore rain fell, and the match
the whole position. Thus the strike is abandïned for the day. again wholly unotheal.
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Lospos, June 13th.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP,
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County.
Middlesex. Sussex
Expert burglars stole the choicëst pieces Lancashire" from the world-famed collection of anti-Surry
你
Paints
CCSE558 obtained.
Possibile
was
(bers committer had been informed that Mr. Coolidgy had personaly written, it.
The Republican Convention practically annaimously abnimited Mr. Coolidge it- Presidential candidate."
afternoon, when it will nominate the Vic-President, for which post Judge Kenyon is a strong favourite..
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we will best serve the true and lasting interests of our own country no less than those common to all mankind."
MR MACKAY AT FOOCHOW.
FoоCHOW, June 12th
Mr. Mackay has arrived well.
STONING THE POLICE.
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FRANCE'S NEW PREMIER, A THEMENDOUS WORKER."
དོན་མ་ Mr. G. Ward Prics, writing in the Daly Mail a month ago, said:-
Supreme power in Fraser rems just now to be likely in fall within the grasp of an entirely new man.
The unexpected victory of the Radigul Socialists in the French general election last Sunday opens wide the way to the fur their leader, M. Edouard Herriot. heen known to his fellow-countryasen as
The
The divisions of Shanghai's ordinary working day are both cause and result of this buoyant tone. For the majority of employés it is a short day ofsix hours, in two spells of three-pamely, from nines to twelve and from two to five, the long midday interval being necessary to allow of a return home for a meal. Net a few men work longer hours, but very few average more than seven and a half hours a day. For a considerable section
Three officers und 43 men were awept SEQUEL TO DISTURBED GAMING | Premiers for the past 18 years of the British community the day begins
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Three coulies were charged at the the Mayor of Lyons in the with a ride between six and seven, while se that Mr. Joseph Chainter from May to the end of September there. is umple daglight for tennis, cricket, Birmingham.
46.66 battleship si off. San Clemente Kowloon Magistracy yesterday with, (a) in used to be known as the Mayor of bowls, golf, rowing, yachting and 'swin
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que jewellery and ornaments at the Kent residence of Lady Ludlow in Piccadilly. Lady Ludlow was formerly the widow of Essex
Nottinghamshire the Band magnate, Sir Julius Wernher, Warwickshire * The stolen property is rated at at feast Gloucestershire
$100,000.
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throwing stones at the puller, and (2) sisting arrest.
A score of others were injured by the
Inspector MacWalters said that on the back flare carrying a terrific charge Light of the ith inst., a Chinese con- 25.11 through the breech instead of the muzzle.stable suspecting that gambling was The gun crew were preparing to fire a going on in a house under construction broadside when a sailor called for the in Reclamatiin Street, flashed his torch turning on of the electricity to fire, the imo the building, when sons and pieces charge before the breech had been lock of brick thrown at him from ed. A flash followed and the turret was above. { littered with dead and dying.
QUEBEC, June 13th. Ahandoned matches and matches in The es team sailing for Kogland which no result was arrived at in the includes a Chinese sergeant nuned He first innings are not included in the chore few. ન! 15 Calgary machine gun table. brigade. He
Britisher.
Canadian-betu
MONSOON REACHES BOMBAY.
Bousky. June 13th.
The nonsoon has burst.
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PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT.
were
HOW TO RECUPERATE,
From beginning of next month ming. The proximits of all these re onwards, when the new French Chamber creations and the ease with which all myts, British relations with our French who care for games can enjoy them are allies, our joint efforts to make many to no small extent responsible for the. pay, and the continuance of the vigorous healthy vigour of Shanghai. constructive policy by which Franch has been strengthenin
her position through-
There are results less beneficial. cer- out Europ may all become slependent upon the reactions of a fresh. mund, the tainly an over-fondness for humusement. impuls of a personality as yet very litt too mans clubs, in the winter months far known to the
public.
too many dancing halls, great tempta But if M. Herriot does become Prime tions to extraviance. For rich and Minister, his short, thicket, hoary-jawed, poor live very much together, and the curly haired figure will soon be occupy junior bachelor or young married coupin ing a prominent place in our mind easily fall victims to the idea that ther for this Radical Socialist leader is one are entitled in all that their more highly of the
livest wires French politics. M. Poincaré is a cold chisel. M. Herriot aid seniors can afford.
an oxy-nestylene blowpipe. Both are enters into the life of the port an cle tremendous workers, who eat their wayment of recklessness, the economic effects: through formidab problems with when, as is happening cow, firma are of which are only too plainly visible zing ease,
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Thus themL
The constable gave 'corroborative evi The if intesi inunediately raced to port denice, and stated that when being a and wirelessed the news of the disaster rested, the defendant struggled vio to a hospital ship, which rushed out to festly, and enlied upon a number of meet her, but just as the Justsippi let other men in the house for assistance. GLENEAGLE, June 12th -
go her author unotherablast rocked her, | All three defendants pleaded that they
Herriot in fifty. For ten years he has obliged to eat down their overhead A feature of the first day's play for the and a 14 inch shell shrieked past the were asleep when arrested. They had
most prominent coming man in charges. Shanghai is a difficult place in French parliamentary life. An admin which to save money, though in the Glasgow Herald" thousand mines pro-steamer Fafe, which was herowled with permission to sleep at the house."
passengers. The shot, however, plough- Remarking that it was a risky thing trator to whose ability the prestige of past it has been an easy one in which fessional golf tournament, with thirtyed the sea without doing any damage to His Worship (Mr. Hamilton) tits in France bear witness; a Dempsey one of the main elements, rent, being very to use the police as targets for stone Lyons as the most flourishing industrial to make it. The cost of living is high, two foremost professionals, competing, was After the dead and injured had been fined the first defendant $25 on each in debate, an authorite on economie pro- high indeed. So when fortuns, takes tolk
transhipped it was discovered that the defeat in the second round of the another unexploded charge was in the charge, or a month's hard labour, to run blems whose only rival is 3. Lochner of incautiousness, the penalty is heavy.
I conclusion, a word of warning to concurrently, in each enae in default a man of many parts, who diarted liby British open champion, Ilavers, by the gun chamber and likely to explode at The second man was found guilty of as a profesor and won his first fame as those who are attracted by China. It im
any moment, so the Wiccssippi hurriedly
no longer a country to which to American, Jius Barnes by and 1. Barnesxterned out to sex to obvinte the posthe second charge, and final $25 or the biographer of Madame Recamier, the
terary daught of Lyon in go on spec" Those days have passed. 'An extraordinary career has been in hers for the open championship. He sibility of the shell ploughing into Sanonth's hard labour, while the sentencoleon's day of whom David made a Neither Shanghai uar Hongkong can find.
famous picture.
room now-a-days for the man who comes ended by the suicide, for an unknown played very cautiously being out drives Pedro and injuring many of the inhabit on the third man was identical with, that
of 1910 out on the chance of obtaining werk. spason, of 31. Deperdussin, the contractor by Havers, but his studious short againe
he was Minister of Food in one of M.. Briand's Cabinets; otherwise the Premier- of the Famous Deperdussin aeroplane,
ship, if he reaches it, will be his first "xperiens of office. In 1017 M. Herriat once a multi millionaire, but who has
Tu foreign affairs, though the manner MARKET SALESMAN" CHARGED visited Loudon, Manchuster, and Liver may be milder; the substance of Frencie aied in penury,
policy unlikely to be altered. M. Her WITH CRUELTY:
Should the Fernch President call on M. riot has criticised the occupation of the When a Chinese was charged at the Herriot to from the next French Cab tuhr as having benefitted all countries Kowloon Tugistracy, yesterday with net, it will be by his domedia polier except France, and his strongly expres
that thon who
supported his party in the ed views on the importance of Alliet cruelty to some chickens by depriving sections will judas bim. M. Poincaré co-operation will doubtle cause him to shin paine has the Chicken & reproached in Franc with having the welcome the uy plan fouth by the one The bandits uncoupled the locomotive, said that when he saw the chickens at the
affairs of the country side scheme recently put forward forced three of the mail cars and arized the market, they were in a very bad con- and inder the burden he has had to perts. But no responsible party in Franc 40 mail pouches. They escaped in adition. The defendant had some recepteur as both Premier and Foreign in-can relax that insisfraces on French surf
MONEY IN PETROL.
ROYAL DUTCH PROFITS.
AMSTERDAM, June 12th.
The halance sheet of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. for 1827 shows a profit of $1,550,000 guilders.
was the chief factor in his victory,
Ray, Duncan, Mitchell, the Spaniard De La Torre had the Parisian Aubrey Boomer are also amongst the last eight left in the competition.
CHINESE FOOTBALLERS FOR:
AUSTRALASIA.
BUANGHAI, Jane`12th. A Chinese football team of 18 members leaves Shanghai to-morrow on board the Tanga Maru on a tour of Audralia and New Zenland.--Daly Bulletin.
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DARING TRAIN HOLD-UP.
'HANDITS"- $1,000,000 LOOT,
CHICAGO, June 13th. To a daring train hold-up in Illinois honds and currency valued at $1,000,000 were stolen by bandits who overpowered the crew of the Chiengo-Milwaukee-Sit
Paul train near Rondout, "
motor car. One of the gang was killed by a bullet from a companion's pistol "
of the first defendant.
THIRSTY CHICKENS.
tacles for water but these were empty. Mr. Hamilton imposed a fine of $10.
For a month or two at
Ister, way nlmost beyond human capacity. (Continued at fant of next filumn),
y upon which the very life of the wo try depends