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THE DOLLAR.

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HOME POLITION.

EMBARRASSING MINISTERIAL MISHAPS.

LONDON, March 5, Parliamentary circles are-freely speculating ss to the consequences of the Ministerial mishaps at Bait Willesden and Mitchum. While there is no question of a otitis it is agreed that the Government has been nastily relmfled and revision of the decontrol proposals and framing of the building schema on wider linse has been necessitated,

The Opposition parties anticipate that the debates in conanotion with the passage of such legislation will pat the Goremment in an embarrassing position. Mean while the past experience of the Poet Master General Mr. Neville Chamberlain mark him out as the successor of Sir A. Griffith Boscawen, Housing legalation as regands Scotland has not been rendered easier by the fact that the Lord Advocate of Scotland (Mr. Williams Watson). has not yet found a seat. His absence from the house is inconveniencing the Government, especially no no qualified Conservative substitute is available,

1923-1924 ESTIMATRA.

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LONDON, March 5,

The estimates for 1925-1924 are $814,000,000 as compared with £412,000,000 for the previous year.

QIVIL SERVANT RESIGNS.

LONDON, March 5. Colonel G. F. Stanley, who was defeated at East Willesden, has raighed from the civil service.

CABINET MINISTER DEFEATED.

LONDON, March 5. At the Mitsham by-election the Minister of Health Bir A. Griffith Boscawen was defeated. The result was:-

Ede (Labour).

Grillith Boscaweng« «

Brown" (Liberal)....

Catterall Ind. Conservative).......

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EMPIRE WERELNIS:

GOVERNMENT'S SCHEME.

LONDON, March 5.

In the House of Commons in reply to questioni Mr. Bonar Law stated that in view of the devolopment of wireless and other circumstances since the late Goverz ment decided on a State-supported wirelais obain it was not considered necessary longer to exclade private enter prise from participation in inter-Imperial wireless com- munication. The Government had therefore decided to license the erection of private wireless stations in Britain? for communication with the Dominions, Colonies and- foreign countries subject to Government control. It had also decided that it was reosary in the interests of national security that there should be a Government wirelem station in Britain capable of communicating with the Dominions, The latter would be erected as early as possible and would be available for commercial traffic when necessary.

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CAIRO BOMB.' OUTRAGES.

BRITISH SOLDIERS VENT-FEELINGS,

CAIRO, March 5. In consequence of the bomb outrages on February 27 and Match 4 six member of the Wafd were arrested and intersad because" their actions were of a nature to destroy public order and security."

All the arrested men were recently summoned be- fore the Military Governor and watned for siguing a manifesto.

British soldiers when they heard their comrades had been wounded in some instances vented theke feel 3214.ing on paning Arabs but military, police soon controlled .2884. the altuation.

The election was fought on the question of de-con- trolling house from the Rent Restrictions Act in regard to which Sir A. Griffith Boscawen's statements of the Goveni- ment's intentions were regarded as conflicting.

FRESH RUHR OCCUPATION.

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MADE WITHOUT AUTHORITY:

LONDON, Marob 5. Questioned in regard to the Franco-Belgian occupation of the territory between Mayence and Coblence and the Coblence and Cologne bridgeheads Mr. Ronald MoNeill aid the Government was advised that under no provision of the Treaty of Versailles or the Rhizalsad agreement could the Rhineland Commission: claim jurisdiction over it and the attention of the French Government had been called to the matter.

PROTEST.

HEBR.QUNO'S

- Begura, Maruh 5, Herr Cano has cancelled his proposed viait to Bavaris as the "new and outrageous brease of justice by France" compele him to voice the German protest at the special sitting of the Reichstag on Tuesday, NO BRITISH ARMY MONEY SPIZED.

LONDON, March 5. Reuter learns that it has been ascertained to be antrue any money recently weised by the French on the Ruhr, was intended for the British army.

WORLD TANNIS.

CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE ABOLISHED,

LONDON, March 1.3

The Lawn Tennis Association has vnanimously earried a resolution abolishing the title

***World's championships" after Janary 1, 1924. Hitherto they have been granted at Wimbledon.

At the meeting Earl Deborough, presiding, said that no Jong as one country had the world's championships in perpetuity America found a difficulty in joining the federation and would not sand an allicial team to Win bledon. The Association handed over the right to meka and mesend lame to an international rules board.

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M.C.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA. -

CAPETOWN, March 5. The MOQ made 236 runs. Hann and Kennedy soored 47 and 89, respectively.

Western Province made 163 for 6. P. Handa noored a splendid 94, including one six and ten-four.

DRAW WITH NEW SOUTH WALES.. The H.CC. made 275 (Chapman 91). In the South Wales scored 314 Bardsley and Taylor con soond innings. they made 298 (Calthorpe, 110), Naw

102 for 5 and the match was drawn. tributing 90 and 73. In the second innings they mado

ROYAL COURTESIES.

SWEDISH KING'S VISITS.

THE KAGUE, March 5. The King of Sweden has concluded his wait to Holland. He was warmly welcomed by the Hague, Delft and other towns and was farewelled at the station by Queen Wilhelmina, Prince Henry, the Premier and Ministern. His Majesty proceeded to Brussels where the King of the Belgians walocmed him at the station and drove with him to the Palace where he was received Ministers and high State diguilarios.

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