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TRAGEDY IN ITALY..

DEPUTY CASALINI KILLED.

ASSAILANT UNDER ARREST.

TO AVENGE MATTEOTIL.

(Reuter's Service.)

ROME, September 12

A workman; bamed Corvi, fired four shoes with agrevolver on a tram-car in which Deputy Casafini, Under-secretary of the Fascist Corporation, was travelling, Casalini was fatally, wounded in the head.

Corvi was arrested: he declared he was a Com munist and wanted to avenge-Matteotti.

WIDE-SPREAD HORROR.

The whole of Italy is horror-stricken at the crime, which bas further increased the tension of the nation's nerves.

I

Was

The assallant, Glovanni Corvi, who is a carpenter,

formerly a porter at Signor Casalini's villa. He fired three shots. Casalini was wounded in the forehead and in one of his temples. He sank into his seat in the tramsgar, against his fourteen-year old daughter, murmuring:

They've killed me.".

Carvi threatened the conductor and the passenger with his revolver. He tried to escape, but was caught by some passing Carabiniers and soldiers, who had some difficulty in protecting him' from the crowd, which threatened to lynch him..

Corvi-appeared to be unbalanced, and border ing on insanity. He said he had killed Casalini li order to avenge "my brother in idealism, Matteoti." Signor Casalini was removed to hospital, but died on the operating table.

CABINET MEETING HELD.

The Cabinet has met and is taking measures to ensure public order.

The whole press of the Directory and Fascist Party is exhorting the nation to exercise restraint.

The poet-deputy Benelli, the leader of the new Italic League, publishes an Impassioned appeal to the whole nation to lay down arms and end the martyrdom, terror and threats which are stifling the nation's civilisation.

Signor Casalini was a popular and important member of the Fascist Party. He leaves a widow and five children,

EVICTION OPPOSED.

CROWD SIDE: WITH WIDOW.

SHERIFF AND POLICE STONED..

(Reuter's Servies,)

LONDON, September 12. There were exciting scenes at Clydebank this morning, when a crowd of 500 persons prevented the Sheriff's officers and a party of police from evicting a widow and her family for non-payment of arrears of rent.

They pelted the officers and police with cloda and stones etc.

Subsequently several of the Labour Town Councellors addressed the crowd.

A local committee has been established to organise a campaign of resistance. If the house factors decline to join the rent tribunal, a general rent strike may be declared throughout the district,

--DAVIS CUP.--

AMERICANS RETAIN TROPHY.

DEFEAT OF AUSTRALIANS, (Reuter's American Service.)

PHILADELPHIA, September 12,

W. T. Tilden and W. M Johnson (U.S.A.) de feated G. L. Patterson and P. O'Hara Wood (Australia) in the doubles for the final of the Davis Cup.

The United States, who had already won both the singles matches against Australia, have thus. retained the Davis Cup Trophy by winning the doubles.

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MR MACDONDALD INTERVIEWED."

NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS

(Reuter's Service.)

LONDON, September 14, Comment has been excited by the fact that £30,000 in shares, in Messrs. McVitie and Price have been állotted to the Premier.

Interviewed on the subject at Lossiemouth, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald explained that the capital was not his

TECHNICAL OWNERSHIP.

He only technically owned the shares, which had been allotted to him for the endowment of a' motorcar presented to him by Sir Alexander Grast, managing director of Mc Vitle and Price. and which he felt he could not afford to keep if he went out of office. The shares at the Premier's death would revert to the Grant family. The matter had nothing to do with polllics.

Sir Grant, said the Premier, got his baronetcy. for public services including his gift to the National Library for Scotland.

·ANOTHER FAILURE.

ATTEMPTED REVOLT IN LISBON.

SITUATION WELL IN HAND.

(Reuter'a Service..

LISBON, September. 12. Afrother abortive attempt at a révolution has been made Parties of Communists, including soldiers, attacked the Ministry of War, telegraph. station and customs hause

The revolt falled the revolutionaries, including officers, sergeants and sailors, were arrested.

The Government has the altuation thoroughly in hand The revolutionaries, who occupied the customs house, fled. Perfect order reigns,

THE PREVIOUS ATTEMPT,

HE PREVIK

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The Radical Communists attempted a revolus tion last evening. They were, however, quickly overpowered by the palice, after a few bombs, which did no damage, had been thrown

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the city--

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SOUTH AFRICANS FINAL MATCH.

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FINISH

(Reuter's Service.)

LONDON, September 12.

At Scarborough to-day, the weather was fine and the wicket good when the South Africans brought their tour to a close with a match against Mr. C. L. Thornton's England XI.

Needing 318 to save a single innings defeat, the South Africans had scored 45 without loss overnight

To-day they remained at the wickets until just before time, when the England team captured the last wicket for a total of 273, giving them a single innings victory.

Towards the score of 273, Nourse contributed 84. He was at the wickets for 31⁄2 hours, and hit eight foura.

CASE OF MEGALOMANIA. residence of the President of the Chumber. He informed members' of the staff there that he liad come FRENCH COUNT ARRESTED, to ensure the security of M.{ Painlevé." His manner and'assur."; ance were much that his orders for

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VISCOUNT GREY'S CALL FOR ECONOMY.

A curious story has been made the careful examination and test- London July 30:-During the public through the arrest of Comteing of all locks, and etc., were second reading of the Finance Bill carried out without hesitation, Hein the House of Lords last night, Felix Ernest de Segalai, member of re-arranged the routine of the Lord Midleton declared that un- one of the oldest Provencal aristo sentries on duty in the Palace, and less our taxation, which was far arutic families, who is accused of gave orders for the turning out of higher than that of any foreiga the guard, whom lie carefully country, were reduced, unemploy- falsely representing himself as a

inspected before giving them his ment and other flis would contluce. member of the Secret Police Force orders for their future duties. He

Viseman Grey of Fallodor of the Republic. Count de Segalai,also entered kitchens and carefully described, the Budget as an im- because, the who is forty-three years old and a investigated the arrangements provident one,

made for Speaker's meals. He chincellor of the Exchequer man of exceptionally fine presence,also gave orders to the chauffeur as would next year be faced with is alleged to have a mania for to the time table he was to the question of imposing now haunting official residence of mem- observe. All this went on amid taxation. The present high rate bers of the Government, He has for respectful awe of the Palace ser-of direct taxation was pressing solde time pest, it is said, made it vant, who eagerly obeyed the heavily on trade and Industry,

The question was, how the his practice to walk coolly into Comte's lightest word...

One of the servants, however, Government were going to meet Various Ministers casually inform naisen os qulyadintheking one who uppers to have been rather the gap betweef revenue and de Segalai, Inspector of the Secret more suspicious in the fellows, expenditure setiyar Police Department," and proceed thought it to mention the facts in met it by Increasing direct to investigate the official spartan authoritative quarter, with the tion they would deal a blow from menta in detail. In response to his result that the Count was arrested which the country would have demands all doors have been opened in the Palace itself. He was decolty in recovering. Unless to him, and be has not, so it is recognised as having bead previous, the Government could economie said, hesitated to investigate the ly convicted of illegally wearing and keep the national expenditu decorations and uniforms, AUG.

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