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CRITICISES RATING RELIEF SCHEME.
Mr. Lloyd George, the Liberal lender, declated at a meeting last month, at Reading that the Conser- vative Government had promised the nation security, prosperity, and confidence.
They had been in power for three years and a half and what had been doue!
At the present moment you have one hundred thousand more unem ployed than you had this time last year. You have 176,000 more peopls in receipt of parish relief than there were in the first year of the life of this. Government. Is that pro perity 7
The trade returns published for the month of April and for the first four months this year do not com pare with those returns for the first four months of 1023. The exports of this country are down by more than £40,000,000.
Taxation And Rates Up. They may say that prices are down, but if prices are down the volume of trade ought to be more than sufficient to make up for it, The overhead charges are the same, but taxation and rates are up. Be tween rates and taxes you have an
extra charge of £100,000,000 upon the incomes of the people of this country. It is bigger to-day than it was four years ago.
The reduction of the cost of living. does not correspond to the reduc tion in the foreign trade returns of this country.
Mr. Lloyd George next dealt with "Mr. Baldwin's speech to cotton manufacturers at Manchester, and said:-
He did not go to them and con- gratulate them on sharing in the great prosperity of this country which he promised them nearly four years ago. He did not dare to do that because he was facing an audience of men who were perplexed, de pressed, and baffled by distressing conditions.
NAVY AT OLYMPIÁ.
"SHOW A LEG-LASH UP
AND STOW.”
BUT YOU CAN'T SCRUB
DECKS HERE!
CHINESE AND AMERICA'S UNIVERSITIES.
INCREASING POPULARITY,
7,541 FOREIGN STUDENTS.
NEW YORK, June 6th. Of the total number of 7,541 American colleges, 1,298 are from foreign students
attending
400
China, according to a report re-
Br Couba. Fl. 3. DANIEL, D.S.O., R.N. (Au în 1913 trained the gun teams of HMS, "Pembroke which won the Inter-Port Chal lenge Cup for Chatham that year tently made pubic by the Institute at the Naval and Military Tourbia University continues to hold its of International Education. Colum nament at Olympia).]
LONDON, May 24th. Olympia has commissioned-I do not know the equivalent for a bar- racks, but I wish to intimate that hard work behind the scenes at Olympia has begun for the Royal
Tournament.
popularity among the foreign students as is evidenced by the 893) enrolled for courses in its curricu lum...
Canada comes next to China, with the largest number of stud ents with 994 attending universities in the United States. The Philip pines and Japan follow closely with The Navy, as usual, is silent-743 and 610 respectively. However, that is why I did not learn much the rest of Asia and the Orient abou: the naval crews who will once contribute only 478 more to the more perform hair-raising feats total number of foreign students with a field gun. But I did hear here. Of this number 193 are from rumours that "Chatham" has a India, and 114 from Korea. patent method of getting over the walt, and has done a practice ran in amin. sec. But then you cah not believe these yarns-at least that's what the Portsmouth and Devonport teams think.
Stinging Their Hammocks, They were busy yesterday unpack. ing and stowing their gear in the storage provided under the seats of deal to do by way of slinging the audience. Then there is a good their hammocks" as the sailor. ex presses settling down. They do actually bring their hammocks with them, bat- there are no hooks for slinging They spread them out on the skeleton bunks provided.
There has been a great improve- ment in conditions since pre-war days. The Navy men are made
really comfortable. Some of them
showed me their mesa-room.
"It's run on general messing system here, air-just like in bar the table at Pompey." racks-only we don't get Bowers on
Here is their menu for to-day. Lutter, Tea.
BREAKFAST.Fried fish, rolls and
ter, ham and beef, potatoes, salad, DINNER-Pea soup, rolis and but- apple tort. Tem
TEA.-Roll's and butter, cucumber.
Tes
It was a pretty dismal perform.
SUPPER-Rolls and butter, cheese, ance. He cheered them up by tellspring onions. Tea. ing them that he belonged to an industry-the iron and steel, in dustry-which is in a worse plight than their OWN. That is the Prime Minister of prosperity.
On Road To Workhouse, He said, "Do not worry if your cont is threadbare. Cheer up by looking at my rags. Be of good heart, we are all on the road to the workhouse."
That is a different tune to the
ROYAL rollicking jazz of a prosperity which
THEATRE
HONG KONG
he puts on his barrel organ at by- election time,
Not a bad menu, is it? Spring onions, "violeta." as the sailor calla them, are a special delicacy.
Early yesterday morning most of the sailors went riding in the Row under the instruction of a pal. They don't take long to strike up friendships. There are usually a couple of townies" (two mea from the same town) to start an entente, and it spreads quickly.
Scrub-Decks" Shock.
for the sailor yesterday morning.
But there was one terrible shock The boan's mate called the hands, At last they are "getting near an "Show a leg-lash up and stow." election, and they hear the roar of Everything so far was ship-shape, the rapids. They say to themselves: Then they were going to scrub "We must do something." When decks. "You can't do that 'ere, a man who has made a mess of his came a cry in some alarm. "What, affairs says that he must do some not scrub decks?" said Jack in
Monday, July 2nd-thing, he always does the wrong some disguest. No," said the
at 9.15 p.m.
JACQUES THIBAUD
(The Great French.
Violinist.)
FAREWELL PERFORMANCE.
Prices: $4, $3 and $2.
BOOKING AT MOUTRIE'S. -
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THERE'S A LONG, LONG TRAIL
#f
Bugs, Fiess, Flies, Beetles,
Mosquitoes, etc.,
all · killed by
KEATING'S
HIZITINH
MADE
Mr. Lloyd George declared that the Government displayed lack of knowledge when they dealt with the rating problem, and added:-
What the Government's pro- posals mean is that the money they are going to spend is going for the most part to those who least need it...
I took the trouble to make, some
In Europe, Russia leads with_340; students from the U.S.S.R. Eng land comes next with 999, Germant with 193 and France with 183, Bel. gium with 40, Holland with 4. Switzerland with 66, Sweden with 54. Spain with 42, Poland with 60, Austria with 38, and Norway with 71 conclude the number of students from the larger European nations.
Central and South America sent a comparatively small number of Brazil had only 43, Bolivia 13, students to the United States.
Chile 34, Columbia 50, Guatamela
Peru 35, Argentina 27, Uruguay 4. Venezuela 19.
Neighbouring countries. islands and territories contributed almost 2000 students. Following Canada rame Porto Rico with 261, Mexico with 21, Hawaii with 173, Cuba
with 100, the British West Indies
with 38. with a total of 121, and Panama
Next to Columbia University. in nonularity, are the" Universities of California and Harvard University with 376 and 380 foreign students respectively.-United Prese
SHARK GOD OF SOUTH SEAS.
IMMUNITY FROM ATTACK.
· NATIVES' BELIEF IN CHIEF'S CLAIM.
SUVA, Fiji
In spite of all the teachings of the missionaries, the natives of Fiji
cling to their barbaric supersti
tinas.
Of these none are so intense as the witchcraft of an enemy making his caemy die by placing a speci ally prepared potion wrapped in a or under the bed of the person loaf, and which placed at the door
known to miss its objective. who has to die, has never been
In spite of Government and mie- tinues, especially on Vanua Levu. sion protests this old witchers con But the moet live superstition is that ofDakuwaqa. (pronounced added as impressively as possible, the shark god. It is implicitly be- Do you know," be Dakuwanga). That is the name of that underneath here is a ceiling hered in by all Fijians, no matter worth three thousand quid?"
custodian.
sailor with score, as he sadly re-
Ceilings-garn," retorted the how devout they may be, as mem-
hers of the various missions. placed the scrubber and bucket-King Cakshau's kingdom, the whole In Bau, the ancient capital of Daily Mail.
of the population in devoutly Methodist, but nowhere is the superstition of Dakuwaga belioved
investigation of conditions in Read. FIREMEN WADE IN WINE more seriously Ratu Pope, the
ing. Out of the whole of the rate- payers in this town only about a hundred will receive any relief from Mr. Churchill's proposals. I don't blame the people who will receive it... They never asked for it, and if they are going to get a cheque why shouldn't they accept it
•
Relief Not Wanted.
The chief recipients will be Messrs Huntley and Palmer. They afe a very prosperous firm who
don't want relief.
BOTTLES BURSTING LIKE GUNS.
RIVERS OF PORT IN ROADWAY.
chief of the island, says he is speci ally favoured, ar head chief, in being able to bar any, shark from touching any Bau man or woman, when in the water....
The natives aleo believe firmly that the chief has some occult power over the shark.
Hundreds of people living in
The superstition lives in many Bancroft-read and Moody-street, other places in the Colony. At a Stepney, E. were ordered out of town called Caseava on the Rewa, their homes when a fire broke out the inhabitants claim that only they in Stowers' lime juice warehouse, can swim in the Rewa River with Bancroft-road. 5
immunity against. shark attacks. What is the good of saying you So great was the excitement. At certain periods they prepare a are going to give money to de- that it was an hour before the topon, or wooden bowl," of kava, pressed industry when you are people could be marshalled in some and pour it into the river with cer giving it to a prosperous concerneemblance of order.
taim invocations, and thus, they like that?
The fire broke out suddenly half eay, they have immunity. With regard to the relief which an hour after the workers had left. brewers will get, he said that it Flames were seen by children play- was like giving a £5 note to sing in the streets and they ran to NEW RECORD FOR U.S. millionaire and passing a staggering tell their parents. wayfarer oppressed by his burdens and not offering him & lift.
Brewing is the only one of the old industries which is more pros- perous to-day than before the war. Then their aggregate profits were just under £10,000,000. Their profits last year were just under £23,000,000.
"Favours The Favoured,”
||
The firemen arrived to find the building well alight. Hundreds of bottles were exploding like gune. A district call was issued and 20 fire engines.soon appeared.
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DIVORCES.
FOR EVERY 100
MARRIAGES. ·
PEP-DASH-AND THRILLS
IN
ONE MAD NIGHT
and ONE MAD DAY-
DENNY
PLAYING CROOK
To win the love
of the most
beautiful girl
in the world i
REGINALD DENNY'S FASTEST COMEDY,
GOOD MORNING JUDGE
with.
Beautiful Mary Nolan, Dorothy Gulliver Otis Harlan,
ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION
At 9.20 p.m.
THE FAMOUS JUVENILE STARS MISS CHERIE VALENTINE MISS TOMASITA BIRDWELL
in a series of
ACROBATIC
AT THE
and MODERN DANCES
QUEEN'S
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
Usual Times and Prices
RIOTOUS comedy, strange intrigue and keen suspense in the story of a stage waif who starred in a real and thrilling drama!
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With
BEATRICE LILLIE
AT THE
WORLD
Orchestra 5.15 & 9:20.
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SHALL a wife and mother leave home and family
to build her own career ?-
MARY ALDEN
IN
A WOMAN'S WOMAN
With
DOROTHY MacKAIL and HOLMES HERBERT.
AT THE
STAR
NEW STYLE IN 'COURT GOWNS.
PRETTY GIRLS AND FILMY, FROCKS.
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
Continuous 280 to 11.15.
dresses owe their charm to light- weight materials and intricate needlework.
Pearls were the favourite ornaments, especially for the débutantes, and several brides who were presented on marriage were wearing the family jewellery. Princess Ingrid wore a simple white dress trimmed with silver beads, and a train to match.
Debutants's Gowns,
The third Court of the season, at A pungent smell of burning essence came from the blazing
Buckingham Palace was notable for NEW YORK, building, and lime juice, port, and Divorce in the United States con- the number of pretty, girls who sherry flowed into the roadway,
tinues to increase. There are 15 made their curtsuya
Lady Mary Lygon; third daugh When the Bremen climbed into for every 100 marriages.
ter of Ear and Countess Beau They are going to get £500,000 Jews which they had smashed they states the Census Bureau, for more the Horse Guards and the Queen a corsage was trimmed with lace, and The King wore the full-dress champ, wore a charmingly youthful" the burning building through win-
Divorces have been increasing uniform of the Colonel-in-Chief of frock of white silk tulle.
The relief from rates.
The workman pays rates to his had to battle through rivers of than 25 years at a far greater rate gown of rose and gold shaded the full skirt was decorated with
lime juice and wine into the pack than the growth of population, landlord, but he will get no relief. ing and bottling department, where The latest figures-for 1926-sue with an overdress of metal tiny motifs of miver Ince. The If he produced beer and whisky in the fire broke out. Half the build reveal 1,909,574 marriages and Lace embroidered in rose and gold lovely tulle train fell from the hips his home instead of running a ing was burned out and the roof 180,883 divorces. Both marriages lined to match. She wore a Russian gown was of white and silver lamé and a train of rose and gold tissue in cascades. Countess Boaudiamp's household, he would get about £10
and divorces touched new high *Ba year from this munificent
levels in that year, but whereas the shaped diamond tiara, a diamond Miss Ammo Wood, daughter of the budget. What will he get now!
divorce rate increased, the mar collar and ornaments, and the Viceroy of India and Lady Irwin, Not one penny.
riage rate declined from the high Order of the Garter
had a gown of delicate green chiffon penk of 1920.
The Crown Prine of Sweden, scattered with tiny diamonds,' The majority of wives obtaining Princess Ingrid of Sweden, Prince and was accompanied by a train of divorces got their decrees, because George, the Duke of Connaught, green and silver lame,
Lady Patricia Ramany were in the Astor wore a charming and th Prince Arthur of Connaught, and Misa Joyce Phipps, niece of Lady
There is no justice, no equity, be fair play in a scheme of this kind It favours the favoured, gives privileges to the privileged.
crashed in
The Liberals were ready to tackle the rates problem and would have taken off the burden in such a way as to give the most relief to the of the cruelty of their husbands or I don't suppose the Conservatives most improvished and struggling in because of desertion are doing it deliberately. They are dustries, although everyone would Nevada, in which State Reno 15 royal circle. doing it because they don't know in have got relief. The Liberals would situated, had the highest number of their ignorance what is at the seat make Pool Law administration a divorces. New York State had the of the trouble,
charge on the Exchequer and also a lowest, owing to the strictness of (Continued at foot of next column...great deal of the cost of highways, its laws.
usual head dress of white camellias. The lovely diaphanous gowns with her white chiffon picture worn by the débutantes illustrated frock. The flowers were repeated the reaction that has taken place in on the dress and trimmed the Court frocks, and modert Court, chiffon train mounted on net