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HOME ELECTION SURPRISES.

ELEVENTH HOUR, NOMINATIONS.

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BUGLER LAKE BEATEN ON POINTS.

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LONDON, November 26. "To-day's nominations led to some surrounds contest for the bantam-weight championship At the National Sporting Club, in a twenty

For example, the Labour nominee for Bridgát. withdrew at the last moment leaving Lt Cast RA. Sanders & stright fight with a Liber the Abbey division of Westminster Doctor Flan Cane, (Liberal) retired leaving General J. S. Nichol son nuopposed. Chelsea produced a Liberal cd date at the last moment, making a three-coppered fight for the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoards Mr. Ramsay Macdonald now has a straight fight with a Conservative at Aberavon. The Liberal dominee retired at the eleventh hour. Two unexpected cane didates appeared at Birmingham-one Liral, won by a narrow margin, against Sir Francis Lowe in Edgbaston and a second Labourite against Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland sa the Erdington division. A woman, Journalist, ligga Fenny, provided a surprise at Berwick, being ther nominated Labour candidate against Mbel Russell." The Laboursplit at Paisley has not healed. Thas Mr. Asquith will have three opponent a Labourite, a Co-operative and a Conservativer the most dramatic nomination was the Conservative Major Brajiwalte who arrived at Pontefract Anterica three seconds before the closing g

of Europe and Great Britain, Johnny Brown of St. George's beat Bugler Lake, the holder, on points.

Lake, who weighed in ato-stone-434 lbs; against Brown's 8 stone 5 lbs was favourite at the start. Brown won the first round but then Bugler began to force ahead and led on points at the half way stage... In the fourtheenth round Lake'floored Brown and near the end of this round shook him with a left and a right. In the last four rounds, however, Brown, who attacked fiercely and had the better of matters,

THE WALK OVERS

SCHOONER SEIZURE

AMERICAN DIFFERENCES.

NEW YORK, November 26. Interesting differences arose between the treasury of, the State Department in connection with the seizure of the "Tomako," The former contended that the capture was made under the Know Anglo-American' agreement, the principle whereof was accepted by both Governments, but the State Department announced that this case was

LONDON, November "

The total unopposed returns are fifty, compuntenable. The schooner would be released unless ing thirty-five Conservatives, eleven, Liberals three Labour and one Nationalist.

LLOYD GEORGE IN SCOTLANDO.

LONDON, November

Mr. Lloyd George had a greassecrption the Waverley station at Edinburgh a route fos Now- castle from Glasgow. Addressing a húgu from a lorry platform he said this contest was most momentous for many years. The life of the country depended on the issue, Referring MD, 1 Baldwin's statement he said they could be con the people would wing Mr Flord, Georg that Mr. Baldwin really hoped the pap

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In the election there could be amajority millions against Mr. Baldwin's ill-conceived, haßty and sedangeropid proposalkoja j

LIBERAL REUNION

LONDON, November 26.

Sir Walter Runciman, whe has hitherto been at political variance with the ex-Premier presided at

the seizure was justifiable on other grounds. The treasury subsequently decided to proceed with the case on the charge of illegal landing of liquor in small boats.

MÜRDERED BELGIAN OFFICER.

POUND OF FLESH TAKEN.

BRUSSELS, November 26.

an Government not having satisfac- Did the ni itimatum requiring payment of the one and a quarter million Trance no and tin-1 pensation fa respect of the murder of Lieut. Graff | isst January, the Belgiin "Government has seized. rolling stock about to be delivered to the German Government by Factories at Duisburg and Hamborn and has also placed an embargo on rail- way carriages and wagons. The seized material will be sold until the total fine is paid off.

TWELVE-MILE LIMIT.

NEGOTIATIONS STILL PROCEEDING.

Mr. Lloyd George's meeting at Newcastle. After a speech of welcome Mr. Runciman said he wanted to shake hands publicly with Mr. George who rose and both clasped bands armid cheers. Mr. George in a speech said the heart had been taken out of the party by distressing family rows. Hundreds of thousands voted for Labour at the last election in sheer despair. Now the Liberals were reunited they were going to have an effect on the country's des- The Foreign Office has so far had no news of tinies unprecedented in history, The only good American captures of British ships but it is pointed thing in the Labourite programme was borrowed out that there have been cases in the past where from the Liberals whose gigantic policy would com- British registries proved fraudulent Negotiations pletely reuolutionise the conditions of the people, in regard to the twelve-mile limit are still proceed. after expatiating the evils of protection. He coning at Washington.. cluded by dramatically declaring that free trade

won the war,

CANDIDATES CLASSIFIED.

Excluding Oxford and the Welsh Universities, which nominate to-morrow, the following are the totals of candidates nominated.

529 Conservatives.

454 Liberals.

434 Labourites.

7 Conservative free traders.

LONDON, November 26.

SUGAR 'MARKET.

· HOME PRICES ADVANCING.

LONDON, November 25,

Owing to scarcity, the price of Clyde crushed sugar is advancing daily. It rose to a shilling a

| hundred-weight to-day making an advance of

16 Independents, the latter including 3 Nationa-between £5 or £6 a ton in the last few weeks. A lists, two Communists, one Prohibitionist, and one reduction is not expected until the Cuban crop Sinn Feiner.

Farrives in February.

FIREMAN'S DEATH.

YESTERDAY'S CORONER'S.

INQUEST.

RAW, OPIUM SEIZED.

FOUND IN CÁŠES OF .

DRIED FISH, M.

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WOMAN WITH DAGGER.

BUT ACCEPTED AS GOOD CHARACTER.

Pathos in Mr. E. W. Hamilton's

The circumstances attending the A seizure of goo tals of raw death of Chu Yun, the Chinese toplum was made by the police in Fireman who was killed on the Mongkoktsui yesterday, from one of Court this morning was relieved by moming of November 10. after three cases which appeared to con- a touch of humanity on the part of falling from the top of a ladder on tain dried fish. The cases were.

a fire tender outside the Central being wheeled along, Sam Chun the police when a Chinese woman Fire Station, formed the subject of Street on a truck. A foki was with a baby on her back was a Coroner's inquest held by Mr. arrested and he is alleged to have convicted on a charge of posses J. R. Wood, yesterday afternoon. stated that his master, owning a sion of a dagger but was released Evidence was given by two re-shop at No. 2, Landhurst Terrace, with a caution as the police were men who were working with sont him with the cases to a house, of the opinion that she was a re decessed at the time, cleaning the in Shanghai Street. The "master spectable character and had not ladder: The driver of the engine was not to be found when his shop been actuated by any bad then testified to the ladder having was visited. S

intentiona. beeing elevated at half-speed to a This morning, the feki was haled height of 86 feet at an angle of 72 before a Magistrate, when the case

was remanded till to-morrow, non

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The woman was arrested on board the as, Kwong Ying, "yea- terday prior to the boat's departure for Wuchow. According to Detect ive Sergeant Fallon, the woman's husband was a Malay who had been a watchunan in Hongkong but was now employed in Wuchow, His in accordance with instructions: climate, adding that wood warped wife was going to join him and she Mr. Moss also said that guides quickly In Hongkong and had taken the dagger from among ropes were Introduced four months that, in his opinion, this the household property." Her bona ago to steady the ladder in case of type of turntable ladder was uns, fides were not doubted, hence the wind, as it swayed. He could not suitable for use in the Colony request to His Worship that she be attribute_the_nocident __to_any | The Coraner, who at the outset reigated When His Workblo had said that there was no reason reactiered a conviction but sold hey that she could go with a caution,"

Mr. G. C. Moss, Station officer; was the next witness. His evidence was mainly to the effect that the to the accident would not have ladder had been properly elevated, revealed its condition. The was at a safe

angle and deterioration he attributed to the

Mr. Robert Hall, Government to suspect foul play, and that the Marlos Surveyor and Engineer arquiry was held to discover if Spperintendent of the Fire

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