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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 01 1993.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

Revier's Service to the China Mail.)

GENMAN UNREST.

DRESDES, October 30, After ejecting miniera from Coverren-building the Reiclis-i wehr drapied the Post Office i suppressed Communist newspapers. The Communists are trying to organisen general strike, which is opparel-by-The-Sevialists.........

SUPPUCSS SEPARATISM, AIN-LA-CHAPELL1. fetcher 80. Wale a nuasher of Separatist leaders wore busy issuing, proctau- tion alleging that the Rhinland High Commission bad geknowledged the Bem-li Republic, anoeing tl plunderers woull be shot of sight, ondering shops to keep open, and promising the formation, of crope boards with a view to posting work and fox for pea- tant tha Rifel, district adoj ted destie methods with a view to

As clearing out the Sepuratists. pa example the Separatist village burg-mster was dragged out of his Just and marched through the village. He was compelled to kneel at inter- Varyant 19 swear to “niver, more The Separatist commit trea:4511.

ader in another village was thrash. ed, stripped and his to a tree and tærred. Separatists in many other villages were unable to leave their! houses except under įle pivotovljon of the French troops.

APPEAL TO CATHOLICS.

COLOGNE, Celuher 30. Archbishop of 'alogue ins appealed to Catholes everywhere to help to relieve distress in the Rhine- laid and Ruhr, especially by gifts of foodstalls, ' He has also regested alorities 10 the nation arange for free transport pro- ferential freilities for relief supplies.

EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE.

OSAKA, October 30.

Japanese insuratur exupanies in Be Kanto districts inhaling Tokio į and Yokohama recently anisounced į

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THE TIMES."

WHERE IT IS PRINTED.

The City Corporation have fixed

a plaque on the wall of Printing House Square bearing the follow- ing inscription:→→

Site of the

Blackfriars

Playhouses

1570-1584 1596-1555

The first important building on

their willingness to pay len per cent. the site now occupied by the offices of the plains against them totalling approximately 7,500,000,000 ven in of the Times was the Blackfriars the devastated aren, the Govern Monastery, founded in the last ment assisting financially and guar-quarter of the thirteenth century. anteeing the exiging cincerns to King Edward II. stayed here early enable them to continue in business in the fourteenth century and held Thus the interests of policy holders a Parliament on the spot. Another outside the devastatel area will be Parliament, known as the Black the Parliament, was held here by King protected. The underwriters Kansi districts, including Osaka and Henry VIII. in 1523, and the divorce Kobe, mel yesterday but did not trial of Katherine of Aragon took reach an agreement. They will place in the Great Hall. meet again November 1, when it is. On the dissolution of the monas- believed they will agree to take the same course as 1 Kanto com panies,

U.S. AND BRITAIN.

LONDON, October 30.

terries the conventual buildings were sold or leased in portions. Among the buildings which took the place of the monastery in Queen Elizabeth's reign was "private" (roofed-over) theatre' the Blackfriars Playhouse. When Burbage constructed the theatre the A gatement significant of Anglinhabitants of Blackfriars objected 'American relations was made by

to its use as a playhouse, and as a Ambassador Harvey at the Savoy result it was leased to the "Queen's Hotel at a complimentary banquet Children of the Chapel." Here to celebrate Mr. T. P. O'Connor'e the "children" performed plays seventy-fifth birthday. Mr. Harvey and music. Later Shakespeare's declared that many settlements had company bought them out, and already been mul-and-believed-used-the-building-as-one-of-its- that the two or three outstanding regular playhouses. This was in would be disposed of before he saile 1608 or 1609, by which time Shake- His successor speare had ceased to be an actor. on November 3. would have an absolutely clean Here were acted the works of great sheet between the United Sintes Elizabethan dramatists-Ben Jon- son, Marston, Fletcher, Massinger, nail the British Empire.

and probably of Shakespeare him self. The theatre has hitherto been commemorated in the name of GENEVA, October 30. Playhouse Yard, just north of The closing sitting of the Inter-Printing House Square, which is national Labour Conference adopt occupied by the publishing offices ed resolutions, firstly, on behalf of of the Times.

The Great Fire of London devas. Switzerland concerning the auto- matic coupling of railway carriages; tated the Blackfriars region in 1666, secondly for Jupan relating to the and a year later there was built on mercantile marine; and thirdly this spot the King's Printing House, motion by the workers group con- whence Printing House Square cerning working conditions in the takes its name. In the new Print- ing House John Bill, the King's Saure

Printer, printed the London Gazette, which was the only paper in Eng- land for thirteen years. The King's printers moved to another place of business in 1770.

.LABOUR CONFERENCE.

QUAKE AT MANILA.

MANILA, October 30. A heavy earthquake shoek was felt, followed by a shock in the pro- vinces northwait. No damage was done here, but details from the pro vinces have not been received. It was the worst tremor here since 1906.

DOCTORS: FATE.

For fourteen years the Printing House remained unoccupied, and in 1784 it was taken by the first John Walter, founder of the Times. Here, on January 1, 1785, appeared the first number of the Daily Univer sal Register. Three years later the title of the paper was changed to the Times, and this journal has been printed on the same spot ever since.

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The Bedford coroner has been notified of the death of Dr. H. Beckton, a local practitioner, who telephoned to a colleague that he thought he was suffering from ap-

The Federation-of-Master pendicitis. He then went to a nursing home and was attended by Printers have issued a protest his colleague, who declared that against the transfer of the printing there was no indication of appen- of the London Gazelle to one of the dicitis. The patient was left alone State establishments.

It is pointed out that during the 250 years the Gazette has been in existence it has been printed by under contracts private firms obtained by tender.

for a short time, after which it was found that he had died. -- An inquest will be held. Dr. Ronald Munro, aged 22, of Ibstock, Leicestershire, was found dying in a spinney near the village "Now for reasons which are in- with a deep wound in his chest. comprehensible," the federation Near by was a pointed steel for say, the Stationery Office have sharpening knives with which it is decided to take over the work, believed he stabbed himself, and a though they cannot promise any syrings which had apparently been reduction in the cost of production, recently used. In the doctor's und_it_is_certain that the works pocket was a bottle which had con under their control are not better tained morphine.

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The tida-tihlo kiven below has been sompflod st the National Almanac Odier in Londen trop the result of the azairsi of observations taken by means o at Automate tide-recording machine in the Water Folloo Basin at Tsim Sha Tan! fering the yaary 1903-9.

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Hongkong. November 14, 1922.

The sare of the table corresponds with THE KEY TO GROW RICH.

the zero of the sounding in the Admiralty Chart, which has been found to be 4 teol "Inchon below mean nos-level

To obtain the depth of water on the

t'de gange at the Victoria Naval Yard sid Feet 4 Inches, and on the gange a) Lamont Dock, Aberdesa, add 10 for faches to the boight given in the table.

October 29 de Novembar 4, 1913.

Efast WATKAA

LOW WATER

Bangkong Bandar Belab Aland Heigh;

feat

14% pa.

per. ..x pm 196.60% dis 8% pm. 6% pm..

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