CRIMES BY WOMEN.
Wives No Longer in Terror of Husbands.
(Reater's Serrics.) ¿Continued from Puga 2.1
London, February 28,
Bill The House of Lords passed the second reading of a introduced by the Lord Chancellor, designed to abolish the sacient. legal presumption that a wife is acting under ber husband's coercion when she commits a crime in his presence. The subject is topical owing to the frequency with which women have been acquitted in recent trials in which the husband and wife were charged with joint offence, provoking criticism from Judges as regards the obsolescence of the doctrine.
Viscount Cave to-day contended that it was certainly untrue to-day, if it ever had been, that every wife went in terror of her busband and would commit any crime under his influence.
Lard Buckmaster dissented, holding that human nature had not obanged because women had been granted the vote, and there no reason to alter & legal presumption which had existed for eleven hundred years.
DARLINGTON BYE-ELECTION.
The bye-election at Darlington, necessitated by the elevation the Right Hon. H Pike Pease to the Peerage resulted as follows:
Alderman Pease (Conservative)....14,684. Me. W. Sherwood (Labour) 11.271.
London, February 28.
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At the General Election, the figures were:-Right Hon. H. Pease (Conservative) 13.286; Mr. W. Sherwood (Labour), 9,048; T. Crooks (Liberal), 4,420.
SILVER STABILISATION.
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TERRIFIC GALE IN -ATLANTIC.
Thrilling Stories of Adventures.
(British Ofeici Wireless Press.)
Leafield, March 1.
A terrific horricane in the At- antic with a wind velocity of 120 miles an hour is reported by the American liner President Arthur, which has arrived at Plymouth.
The Cunard liner Berengaris, which arrived off the Isle of wight yesterday morning, was unable to reach Southampton barbour until this morning.
Passengers and their luggage. were landed by powerful ocean- going tugs which fought their way in the teeth of the gale.
Mystery surrounds the fate of} the crew cf a steamer who report-| ed by wireless yesterday that they were abandoning abip in their own boats 60 miles of the Cornish const
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Washington, February 23. The Sine has ratified and sent to the House of Representatives
■ resolution cuthorising an enquiry into the cause of decreased gold and silver production and the effects thereof on commerce and industry; sithe same time authorising the President to negotiate with forele governments with a view to the stabilisation and wider ase of silver in exchange.
BOARD OF TRADE OFFICIAL'S NEW POST.
London, February 28.
A poteworthy step has been taken by Mr. E. F. Wise, Acting Asalatint Secretary of the Board of trade, who has resigned from the Civil Service and joined the Central Union of the Russian Co-orative Societies as Economic Adviser and Director of the London office of the Russian co-operative organisations.
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL KILLED.
Washington, February 26.
The Senate has killed the Ship Subsily Bill After reiecting a proposal by 4 votes to 35 to kill the Ship Subsidy Bill by recommitting it to the Committee, the Senate accomplished the same result, voting 63 to 7 to table the Bill and take up other legislation.
IRON & STEEL TRADE IMPROVING.
London, February 28.
After closing down for two years. Palmer's iron and steel works
at Jarrow have resumed operations.
Scottish steelmakers have advanced the prices of boiler plates. ship plates, etc.; an average of 13 - pec con.
RESTRICTED COTTON SPINNING.
London, February 2
Uwing to the deptorable state of trade in the American section the Master Cottonspinners' Federation has recommended its mem bera to curtail production in March by fifty per cent.
GOOD FOR AUSTRIA,
Vienna, February 25.
Owing to the situation in the Ruhr, Austrian iron and steel works are flooded with foreign orders and export prices are advanc ing daily.
TROOP REDUCTIONS IN INDIA.
Delhi, February
It is reliably learned that substantial reductions are contem- plated in the present strength of the British and Indian troops in Índia.
THEIR MAJESTIES AND JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR.
London, February 28,
Their Majesties to-day had lunch with Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Ambassador.
DEBT FUNDING BILL SIGNED.
Washington. February 28. President Harding has signed the British Debt Funding Bill.
AMERICAN POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
Washington, February 28. Senator Harry New has been appointed Postmaster-General.
AMERICAN HONGKONG.
Seeing the Sights.
went up the Peak this morning and a party are going round the island this afternoon.
Some se attending the Races.
They have not had much time | to look round yet, but with whatị they have seen so far they are very much impressed. Ona of them told & Tilogrank reporter this morning that they were very much struck by the scenery and the cleanliness of the city.
The Lowestoft steam trawler Richmond landed this morning. six of the crew of a British cargo: steamer ricked
the up bear Borkum lightship in the early morning.
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of their adventures.
A collision occurred in a thick
for.
While 12 of the crew Roi out the port lifebost these six men launched the starboard liteboat. They rowed about for 24 hours. when they had to give up owing to exhaustion.
When rescued they were lying semi-conscious in the host, which was bill-filled with water, and were suffering greatly from their experiences.
The other 12 men were picked up by a Freceb steamer.
Stormy Weather At Home. Lesfeld, March 1. The British isles havares. perienced dunng the last two, days violent gales and heavy rains. The latter have caused numerous foods in all parts of the country,-fourtesy "Daily Bul
letin."
HOME FOOTBALL,
Cup-tie and League Results.
London. Feb. 28th.-Re-plays in the English Cup Competizion resulted as follow:-Bolton 1. Huddersfield..0: Southampton 1. Bury 0.
In the English League (First Division) Newcastle beat Cardif by 3 to 1, and Everton best Mid- dlesbrough by 5 to 3.
In the Scottish cup competition. Dundee and Third Lanark played a goal-less draw in their re-play.
In the Scottish League, Partick
Thistle best Motherwell by 3 to
O; the Hibernians best Hamilton by 7 to 2; whilst Aberdeen and Falkirk drew, each scoring goal.
CHINA.. AND JAPAN,
The 1915 Treaty, Peking, Feb.28th-It is reliably| ment to-day sent a message to reported that the Chinese Gorern-
the Japanese Legation asking the Japanese Government to discuss the 1913 Treaty.-Heuter.
CHINESE POLITICS.
No Quorum. Peking. Feb. 28th.-To-day's meeting of Parliament Wab swaited with considerable interest. There was, however, no quorum present-Reuter,
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