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BRITISH BUDGET STATEMENT
(Continuaal from) Page 911.
TO GOLD STANDARD?
BRITAIN'S RETURN TO
Mr. Chamberlain indicated that the Exchange uncertainty pre cluded Britain's immediato return to the gold standard. We knew not when or in what circumstances we might return to gold, or on what level..
ESTIMATED SURPLUS
THE ESTIMATED SURPLUS OF TAXATION IS £208,000.
ON THE NEW BASIS
MR. CHAMBERLAIN ANNOUNCED THAT BOTH THE SUGAR PREFERENCES ARE LIABLE TO ADJUSTMENT IF DURING. THE FIVE YEARS THE STERLING WHOLE. SALE PRICE OF FOREIGN SUGAR EXCEEDS 7/9 PER CVT.
Mr. Chamberlain Bauhed bls. Budget Speech ai 5.10 p.m.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES.
Mr. Chamberlain Teferred to the interim report of the Tam Advisory Committee, containing a number of recommendations and additional duties, details of which will be published later in the week. He estimated the revenue from those duties for purposes of the Budget at £5,000,000.
EDUCATION IN BRITAIN
ABOUT £100,000,000 AVAILABLE
BRITISH WILL.833 96RVICE.)
BuGuy, April 18.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN
THREE HINDUS ARRESTED
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
SP
PRA WAR, April 19, When the Minister for Education,
An attempt to wredit a brain with Sir Donald Maclean, pressuted his Lord Willingdon's visit, here. The It a home made bomb occurred during department estimates in the Holas.
hopib exploded ou "the permanent of Commons day he mid they provided for a Exchequer axpenpassing hetween the City and the way when the frontier mail was diture of £42.302,076, which shows
etonment an economy of £5,500,000 on last
The train was not. your. I 1906 the stimates were
damaged and no one was injured. "Three Hindus have been arrested.
about £12,500,000,
With sums raised from the rates by local Education Authorities bhore
is about 2100,000,000 for educational purposes in Great. Britain-more than half the total national expenditure for the year before the war.
He doubted whether there was any country in Europe to-day whose Budget contained so generous "a provision for education,
SERIOUS INCIDENTS
IN INDIA
MOB ATTACKS ON POLICE
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, April 18.
In a statement circulated in the House of Commona, reviewing the Regarding recent economics, Sir events of last week in India, Sir Donald Maclean said there had been Samuel Hoare referred to are reductions under overy hand except Ferutdusconce of Red Shirt activities teachers' pensions and scholarships in a part of the Peshawar District, Lo students."
TRANCE MEDIUM CASE
HEARING NOW NEARING
· END
(Reuter's Special Service.)
LONDON, April 16
worth of the Kabul River, where large crowds made efforts, with con- siderable success, to interfere with the elections.
The Police had to be reinforced hy troops to disperse stone-throwing crowds armed with lathia.
In one instance, the Police werp compelled to fire and here the A large number of obstruse, but casualties were twelve police in- striking, points engaged the atten- jured, two seriously, and one rioter tion of Mr. Juatica. MeCardie to killed After the poll, the situation day in the course of a long sum- ining-up in the Trance Medium quietened. Case.
Despite the appeinl efforts of the The case is one in which Mrs. National Congress Party, to jouse Meurig Morris, the well-known medium, is suing the Daily Mail public interest in "National
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MANY ARRESTS"
1932
AMMUNITION STORE WHY CHARLOTTE
EXPLOSION
8 PEOPLE INJURED: 300"
HOUSES DAMAGED :
ITDOG BETER'S AGENCY,]
Toxto, April 19
GREE WOOD
IS FUNNY
HAS TO BE SO IN SELF-DEFENCE.
Charlotte
member of the onst a Flyn's High now playing at the Queen's Theatre, confines that she is funny it is Beonure she has had to be so in self laughing at her when she was defehos Philadelphians. started thirteen years old at which period day which is in the proximity of six she was exabtly as tall as she is to feet,
Greenwood, talimat?"
It is reported that following the Japnuosa allegation that Soviet
gents were very de foncho A number of persons were in hiting the railway,, causing Japanese troop train dianator last Jured, litty houses were partially week, wholesale arrests of Soviet wrecked, and the whole neighbour officials of the Chinese Eastern hood was thrown into confusion Railway have been made in the last and partial panic this morning low days.
when so" army ammunition store, on the outskirts of Tokyo blew up. The oxglesion was terrifle and it was a wonder that the damage Miss Greenwood's extreme mea was not greater. Tho cause bition to go on the stage and a surements could not stiffle an am- not definitely known, but it ap period of hard training in vands pears to have been due to sponsville wan. its reward wheir stage aneous combustion, "
The Soviet Government is aware that these arrests are the sequel
to the blowing up of the Japañero troop train and warmly deny that the outrage was carried out at the instigation of the Soviet op by Soviet 'officials.
TOKYO REPORT
The Moscow newspapersi niso pub. Ash a report from Tokyo in cons. nection" with the measures taken by the Foreign Commissariat in regard to the Chinese Consul at Blagove
schensk.
LATER.
Eight people or injured and over 300 houses damaged, mainly confined to the shattering of win
The Tokyo message states that adows. representative of the Japanese
OF JAPANESE: DIET
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]|
Foreign Office interviewed the EXTRAORDINARY SESSION Tass Agency correspondent end declared This measure undoubt edly entirely dissolves suspicions of any connection between the Saviot and General Ma Chan, Sham"
W WOMAN LEADER
HARDIN, April 19.
It is reported that a young Chi. nese woman, a graduate of a Com. munist Military Academy, hag arrived from the U.S.S.R. in order
quarters at Hengtaohotze. to take the position of Chief of the Partisan Detachment, with head)
The old Kirin Army, supported by
hotze this morning. an armoured train, commenced to advance on Harbin from Shiktao-
Government troops pulled up the railway track near Weisbaho, but the track was repaired by the rail- way anthorities. All traffic on the line has been interrupted for mine hours.
SEIZURE OF BRITISH
*FUNDS GERMANY IGNORES BRITISH PROTESTS
TOKYO, April 19,
The Cabinet has decided to call an extraordinary session of the Diet on April 23, fon a fortnight.
BRITISH AGRICULTURAL
· INDUSTRY
TWO COMMISSIONS TO BE SET UP
(ONITISA WIRELESS. HERVICE.]
Ruasy, April 18. The Minister of Agriculture. Sir| John Gilmour, announced in the House of Commons to-day that two reorganisation commissions are to be set up for the agricultura) industry-one for milk and milk products, and the other. for pigs and pig products,
EURIDISK WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RuGay, April 18: to-day hother arrangements had over the Arst and Colonel Lane) Asked in the House of Commons Bir Edward Grigg will preside been made for the restoration to Fox over the second which, inter belonging to them, recently desain talia, will consider the quantita British owners of the remittances ed in German banks while in tive, regulation of imports of pigs transit from Budapest to Lontor, the Under-Secretary for Foreign and bacon. the Foreign Secretary had made it Afairs, Captain Eden, stated that clear that the British bondholders | have a very strong claim to the release of those funds,
The British Ambassador in Ber lin has again been instructed to press this viewpoint strongly on
he German "Goversmelt.
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The German Government taken no step to prevent the deten. tion by the Dresdner Bank, Bery, made by the City of Budapest and lis, of the remittance, which was
RUGBY, April 18. which was in transit to England
Mr. J. N. Young, an ex-Air for the service of the City of Force pilot, intends shortly to y Budapest's. obligations to British to South Africa in an autogiro subjects.
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the genuineness of her manifesto small. A renewal of disturbances tions. The hearing has lasted several days and has now reached surred in Allahabad, where owing the final stages.
Mr. Justice MeCardie pointed out that while a great deal had bean ligard in the case about good spirits communicating with living people, a minimum Bad been heard about evil apirits, which were said to exist.
to continued brick and stone throw- ing, thirty"rounds were discharged, two rioters being killed and twenty injured. The situation was oon- trolled within two or three days.
Activity also occurred at Cawn-
DE VALERA?
MR. FORD'S APPEAL TO FELLOW IRISHMEN
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pore but improved quickly when the York to rally the whole body of Police were reinforced, and in Irish-Americans to the cause of SCOTT "LEAVES ON ATTEMPT
Ele-to Britain.
where throughout India, the effecta
It seemed to him that if avi Bombay National Week proved Eamon de Valera, in his challenge spirits could communicate with almost a complete failure. living people as efficiently as could the good spirits, the jury would see how grave a question was raised by the spiritualist creed.
Central Figure.
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and in several provinces, concludes the statement report, it passed al most unnoticed."
Mr. Ford, the President of the paper,
of National Week were negligible Irish World, a New York newe-
Irishmen in the United States to has appealed to follow.
organise an Irish Race Convention in New York,
..
In his article, Mr. Ford declares:
England will back down when she finds that Irish RepublicanS are determined to hold their own and when" she learns that the Irish in America are in every possible way aiding Ireland to netieve complete independence." It will be recalled that a similar
COMMUNAL RIOTING NEAR CALCUTTA was delivering messages from some discarnate spirit named Power who must be regarded as
(THROUGH AFUTER'S AGENCY.]" the central gura of the one-or whether whc. was speaking from
"CALCUTTA, April 18. momorised sermone or speaking, ex- The discovery of a dead pig out tempore on ideas derived from her side the Mosque of Naihati, near carly life.
Calcutta, was followed by a serious It was
s curious, feature, His outbreak of communal rioting, in Irish Race Convention was held in Lordship added, that Power refused the course of which one man was New York in March, 1900, akter a to disclose his identity.
killed and 22 injured.
*|| similar appeal by Mr. Ford;
His Lordship had not concluded his summing up when the Court adjourned.
NEW INDIAN GOVERNOR
SIR R-GRIFFITHS INSTALLED
- [BRITISH WIEKLESS SERVIOL"] -
Bugsy, April 28.
The police made thirty-seven arrosts before the disorders were quelled....
The trouble appears to have originated in the refusal of a Hindu landlord to allow his Moslem tenante to- sacrifice a cow during the Moslem festival, Bakrid
An Unlawful Association.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY ]
BIMLA April 10
| The Easter Weef rising in Ire.
land occurred six weeks Inter LAWRENCE'S "RED BOY
£95.000, REFUSED FOR FAMOUS PICTURE
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- Eurr Apr Art experts from iturous and America were present at Lambton Castle Durham when many world. famous works of art from the col
TO BREAK RECORD
(THROUGH. ZEUTER'S AGENCY.]
Latonon, April 19. The airman C. W. A. Beott left Lympne at 5am to-day, in an attempt to break the Englanti- Australia flight record
KING'S GODSON
MARRIED
· WEDDING ATTENDED ́BY KING AND QUEEN'
[RAUTER AND BRITISH WIRELESS;Ĵ
LONDON, April 18. The King and Quaen to-day-at- tended the wedding at Westminister Abbey of Lord, Hyde, the King's godson and heir of the Earl or Clarendon, and the Hon. Marion Glyn, daughter of Lord and Lady Wolverton.
Thoir Majesties, who signed the marriage register, were loudly cheered by a large arowd outside the Abbey,
Lord Clarendon, who is the Governor-General of South Africa, was unable to leave his official duties bab Lady Clarendon travell-
The Viceroy of India Lörd The Government of Jadiu his Willingdon, who few to Palawar docmed the Reception Committee from Delhi Last wook, to day of the Indian National Congres an lection of Lord Durham were aus formally inatsiled Sir Ralph uniantul association on the grounds: tioned to-day, not TH ed from Cape Town to see har sON Griffithe first Governor of the that its objects are an interference Lawrence's portrait Bed Boy" qarried. North West Frontier Province the administration of the law, was withdrawn at £5,000, the The King and Queen specially * taiking him was taken of the maintenance of order and endan-largest bid ever made for picture drove up from Windsor Castle to
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