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Lincoln Ellsworth, left, famed American explorer, chats with American Minister Leo J. Keena, just before leaving Capetown. South Africa, for further explorations in the Antarctic regions.
Crinoline Too Dear A Fashion To Last
ENGLISH women are wearing crinolines again-but only for this season, say the fashion firms. It is too luxurious a style to last.
EMPIRE NEWS
Air Progress In New Zealand
Auckland.
Timagine an evening dress that takes sixty yards of net, ten yards u taffeta, and six and a half yards of ribbon to make; this wha A
| crinoline frock made in London this I season.
The simplest crinolines take twelve to fourteen yards of material. Com- pare this with the usual five or six yards for an evening dress, and you will see why a crinoline gown costs anything up to 50 per cent. more than a straight-sklried one.
English women prefer the peti- coals stiffened with horschair net usleud of whalebone, as in America. The Duchess of Kent wore one of The first air ircction-finding wire-these modified crinolines when she less equipment in New Zealand has danced at a bail in Bath last month, been installed at Rongotal aerodrome, London shops are selling a good Wellington. Over 30,000 persons use the airport annually.
British Trade Commissioner-Mr. R. Boulter, the British Trade Com- missioner in New Zealand, is to leave In January on an official vicit and holiday leave 'trip to Englund. INDIA
FALSE CONGRESS PROPAGANDA
Bombay.
The irresponsible methods of Con- gress Press propaganda are shown by the report of the Committee of In- quiry on the Mysore rioting on Jan. 11. published recently.
The report meations the accounts in newspapers to the effect that the pulce fired from Inside a building upon crowds rushing through the narrow bazaar, killing 32. It had been proved to the Committee that
all the windows of the building were covered with wire. netting through which it would be im- possible to pass a rifle.
many crinoline frocks. One, in while brocade, is being made as a wedding and dinner. dress. Others are sold for dances
store, sald. "People tell us they and Miss Chishem, buyers for a big them easy to wear. The only trouble is getting them in and out of cars- and, of course, it's no good expecting to cram into a theatre seat.".
With the crinolines go all the other Victorian fashions-off-the-shoulder necklines, cameo lockets, neckbands, and hair ornaments. A lovely fashion -wile it lasts,
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The Congress leader had she dADY Layton, chairman of the mitted the Impossibility of firing from these windows, explaining the newspaper reports as "hearsay." He mittee of the British Fund (late admitted that he had told a news Lord Mayor's) for the Relief of paperinun that "false reports to the Distress in China, writes: Press don't matter."
The Mysore Government's official casualty ist of 10 dead had been proved correct.
The Committee found that a Con- Kress campaign of "unparalleled virulence, conducted without regard for truth," was responsible for the crowd's attack on the police who were forced to fire in self-defence. After this, "false information broadcast to the world."
COMMUNAL RIOTING
Calcutta,
I am sure your readers will be interested to hear that in a letter written by the secretary of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghal on October 23 he states:
at present in the settlement and concession there must be about 60,000 refugees....Most of the clothing re- eclved from time to time from England has gone to the Chinese, but naturally there are many Items, like plus was
fours, that are of no use to them. These are handed to the B.W.A. or King's Daughters' Society to give to foreigners, of whom they have many on their books--alsa refugees. "HERCULEAN TASK"
A Moslere and a Hindu were kill- ed in rioting between workers and strikers at ajute mill near Calcutta.. The rioting then assumed a con~ munal churacter. Two European police officers and 42 other persons were injured and 150 arrests were mado.
SOUTH AFRICA
TOWN PLANNING IN TABLE BAY
Cape Town.
It is stated that an overseas com pany offered £8,000,000 for the land which is now being reclaimed from Table Bay through the construction of the new £0,000,000 harbour.
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"But everything has been used, "What Shanghai would have done. without the Lord Mayor's Fund I cannot imagine. herculean task caring for all the.
It was really refugees that poured in from up-river and down-stream and all over the country. This effort on the part of the British has been very much appreciated
The Depot has already dispatched 1,465 bales of medical supplies and clothing, but the need is desperate: May I appeal to your renders to doj mais constant or increasing? all they can see that this supply re-
the ceremony. Mr. Nestadt declined to do this.
LABOUR LEADER'S
The offer was refused. The Cape JAMAICA Town Municipal Council will dispose of the land for an ambitious town- planning scheme which will co- pletely alter the face of Cape Town. The reclaimed area will be about Jit the size of the present metro- politan area of the city.
DEMANDS
Kingston.. Alexander Bustamente, the Labour leader, in a Voortrekker Ceremony-Because Royal Commission characterised the statement before the the Mayor is a Jew, Baton Town last, and prosent, Govemore of Council will not be asked to parti- Jamaica, the late Sir Edward Den- cipate in the Voortrekker centenary hat, and Sir Arthur Richards, an celebrations there. The committee Fascists." He wants a minimum. responsible for celebrations asked the wage of a dollar'a day for workers Mayor, Mr. M. Nestadt, to allow a and old are pensions for Jamaica Christian to represent the Counell at workers, at 36.
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