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HURLEI TO, DEATH."

SHEFFIELD PIT TRAGEDY.

FORTY 'MINERS KILLED.

(Reuter's Service to the China Moft.)

LONDON, December 3.

1923.

THE " DOLLAR. To-day's closing rate 2/3. To-day's opening rate 2/3 til

BLOATERATEDUHA

ELECTION FIGHT.

CAMPAIGN'S CLOSING STAGE..

VARYING FORECASTS.

(Router's Service to the Ching Mail.)

LONDON, December 3

With the election campaign in its last stage party experts are indulging forecasts, including unopposed returas, as follows. The Conservativer. Testato 332 Conservatives, 157 Liberals, 120 Labou

It is reported that forty men were killed in the Nunnery coalpit in Sheffield. Tubs containing 176 men were hired to the bottom of the plushaft owing to a rope breaking. Ambulances and doctors were and six others. The Liberals estimate 248 Conserr rushed to the pithead whare a large crowd hadatives, 240 Liberals, 120 Labour and seven others. gathered. Hitherto two men have been rescued The Labourites estimate 310 Conservatives 139: seriously injured.

Likerala; 160, Labour and six, others. The wide divergence between Conservative and Liberal estimates is due to a difference of opinion in regard to the outcome of the 275 three-cornered contests, Except among Liberal optimists there is a consensus of opinion that there will be a Conservative majority; The only question is whether it will be sufficient to carry out a policy of Protection. All parties in the next three days will strive to win the slight advant. Kgs which may mean so much.

WHEN THE. ROPE SNAPPED. A train of twenty to thirty tubs each contain ing about four men was being drawn up an inclined road conveying the men from the pitbotton to work. When the rope suapped the train dashed backed at terrific speed several hundred yards. The men had no chance to jump clear. Tubs and passengers were hurled together with terrific force. Six bodies have hitherto been brought up, some being unrecognisable. A dozen men are, now in hospital.

RESCUE WORE COMPLETED.

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CENTRE OF GRAVITY.

The centre of gravity remains in the industrial particularly Lancashire where the Unionists are atensifying their efforts. Mr. Baldwin is speak The Nunnery disaster was less serious than had ing pan audience of 8,000 to-night at Derby and previously been anticipated. Rescue work has Lord Birkenhead is addressing a great meeting in been completed and all the bodies have been re-the Tree Trade Hall at Manchester, while Mr. Lloyd covered except two which were literally cut in half. George is making a raid on East Anglia where the. The final list of casualties is 7 killed and 36 injured. Liberals hope to win some agricultural sents from

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LONDON, December 3. The annual report of the Peninsular and Oriental Company' shows that after providing for depreciation and adding £105,000 to the insurance making £3,200,000, there is a credit balance of £17,000, on the year's accounts including £101,000 brought forward. A dividend of five per cent on preferreds and twelve per cent on deferreds, tax- free, had been declared. £123,000 is allotted to the reserve for the redemption of 5 per cent deben- tures, £10,000 added to the provident fund and Ero1,000 carried forward. The report mentions that Harland Wolffs, Hawthorn and Leslie `are building four fast steamers each of sixteen thousand tons; especially for the Indian mail service.

.U.S. CONGRESS OPENS,

A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

-WASHINGTON, December 3. Congress which opened at midday, has to face an almost unparalleled situation owing to the con flicting aims of the groups. The Progressive bloc, which claims to wield the bilance of power, is pre- pared to fight determinediy for the enactment of its own programme which includes the reorganisation of committees. Disagreements in that regard. may delay the opening of proceedings.

LATER.

In the House of Representatives the Progressive bloc will make good its threat to create a deadlock over the election of the speaker as no candidate has received the necessary majority over all others in the first ballot.

LATER,

After four ballots, none of which resulted in the election of a speaker, the House of Reprenta tives adjourned to tomorrow.

LATIN LEAGUE.

SPANISH POLICY, EXPLAINED.

the Conservatives.

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ASQUITH DENOUNCES ROWDYISM.

LONDON, December 3.

?Mr. Asquith in a speech at the Glasgow Liberal. Club denounced election rowdyism and said he was sum it was repugnant to the Labour leaders. While he would not hazard a conjecture in reward to the precise composition of the new House of Commons he was reasonably confident that Mr. Baldwin would not get a majority adequate to dethrone Free Trade in (ricain (cheers).

MR. LLOYD GEORGE"

LONDON, December 3.

In a speech at the Cambridge railway station ex- route to Norwich, Mr. Lloyd George declared that whatever the result of the election was Liberalism would win such a triumph as it had not woa for many a day.

"UP THE REBELS."

There were remarkable scenes at a meeting addressed by Mr. Churchill at Finsbury Park Em pire in the afternoon. A crowd of rowdies tried to prevent bim speaking and their "boos" competed. with the cheers of his supporters for several minutes. Eventually Mr. Churchill obtained a hearing but was | constantly interrupted. Mr. Churchill rebuked the interrupters declaring that they were striking at the foundation of democracy. A reference to Mr. Ramsay Micdonald evoked opposition cheers and cries of good old Mac" and "up the rebels."

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TARIFF TRUST DANGER.

LONDON, December-4.

Hoare and Sir P. Lloyd Greame, speaking at Chelsea- Two members of the Cabinet, Sir Samuel and Hall, stated that the Government has decided that if combines are formed as a result of the tariff they will remove the tariff and proceed against such trusts.

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· INTERRUPTERS.

LONDON, December 3, Mr. Churchill's, London tour, has been characterised by lively heckling, especially on the subject of the Dardanelles, but the 'speaker's next sallies triumphed

neat at Shapherds'. Bush and Walthamstow, notably at the latter, where the audi- ence threatened to eject faterrupters Mr. Ramsay Macdonald at Aberavon denied that his willingness to leave the working out of the Capital Levy to Treasury officials was a weakening of his opinion.

BALDWIN BULL DOG.··· LONDON, December 3.

LONDON, December 3, The Spanish Embassy in London in view of Mr. Baldwin in the final speech in his national the interpretation placed on the visit of their Span-campaign, at Liverpool where he received an isli Majesties to Italy draw's attention to the state of the election is between Liberals and Labour. He

enthusiastic reception, stated that the real dogfight ·

ment of De Rivera that there is nothing mysterious is convinced that if the Labour Party did not exist in the purpose of the visit. Spanish policy, is per the majority of Labour voters would rather vote for fectly clear Consolidation of Hispano-Italian A change in our fiscal polley than a "walt and see" polley: "If I get a mandate from the country I bonds will develop economic connections and in mean to carry it out to in full" fluence in Latin-America and diminish the causes of Hispano-Italian competition. In the Mediter mandan we are only thinking of peaceful defence. Neither France nor Britain bast any motives for

larin."

INTER-VARSITY SPORT.

OXFORD BEAT CAMBRIDGE..

LONDON, December 3. At Oxford fo the inter varsity relay races Oxford beat Cambridge by four events to one... 4

The trick was in bad condition but the thomincluded make. América brilliantly. They won the half-mile in 1.30 Inter-varsity record, the mile in 3:27 115, an inte varsity record, the four miles in 18.4

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MOTOR DEATHS.

AMERICA'S. TOLL.

WASHINGTON, December 31 There were 11066 deaths from motor-car accidents in the United States last year--an increase of 1,498 compared with the previous year, Los Angeles had the highest death rate of 29.5. New York's death rate was 15.3.

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