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GENERAL SCENES OF DISORDER.

STONES AND STICKS USED

READING ROWDY 'CATCHES A "TAR

(Reuters Service),

LONDON, October 23.

• Rowdyism and disorder at meetings is fncreas ingly marking the election campaign in London," Glasgow and other centres.

Mr. H Hogbin, National Liberal candidate at North Battersea, was struck in the face by a stone and a woman spat at his wife.

Wild scenes and stormy interruptions forced Sir Robert Horne for the second successive evening to abandon any attempt at a speech at Glasgow. He confined himself to answering questions.

The singing of the red flag" and constant ⚫interruptions and disorder marked Mr. Asquith's

meeting at Paisley.

CATCHING A TARTAR. '

Aman struck Mr. Williams, the Conservative. candidate at Reading, with a stick. Mr. Williams subsequently left the platform and himself evicted his assailant......

LAST WEEK: OF CAMPAIGN.. Not excluding the Liberals, who had previous ly regarded their own prospects soberly, all parties open the final week of the campaign very con- fidently.

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SENATOR DEBONO.

ITALIAN CHIEF RESIGNS.

MATTEOTI MURDER RECALLED.

GOVERN SOMALILAND..

(Reuter's Service.)

-ROME, October 22,

Senator Debono, Chief of the National Militia, against whom there was a serious outcry following the murder of Deputy Mattootf, has resigned.

He alleges that the ground for his resignation is the completion of his task to instil the spirit of discipline and devotion to the intereats of Country and King in the Fascists.

Signor Mussolini, the Premier, has Informed Senator Debono that he will submit his name to the Cabinet for the governship of Italian Somaliland,

REICHSTAG DISSOLUTION.

**SIGH OF RELIEF."

"MONARCHY VS REPUBLIC."!

(Reuter's Service.)

BERLIN, October 22. The dissolution of the Reichstag is greeted with a sigh of relief; for it is recognised that it is. properly with Government always at the mercy of impossible to conduct the affairs of the country the votes of one party. "

"EXPERT FORECAST.

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Mr. MacDonald's reference yesterday to a "whiff of victory" was re-echoed by Mr. Lloyd George at Rochdale last night. He did not doubt that the Labourites would be defeated at the poils, where-after the King would summon the leader of

Political experts prophesy the Left parties the next largest party,, which he hoped would bell score at the expense of the Right. the Liberals,

spite the probable combination of the Nationa Colonel Jackson has returned from a tour of lists and Peoples party against the Socia- the country, and expresses the opinion that Con-lists, the issue-of-the-election will be the servative prospects are most hopeful. He declared continuance of the Marx Government's policy The Conservative policy of cementing the Empire was proving a great counterblast to Socialist inter nationalism, es,ecially among the women. ?'

"ALL BLACKS."

NEW ZEALAND RUGBY TEAM.

CONTINUED VICTORIES.

"(Router'e Service.)

LONDON, October 22. The New Zealand Rugby Team, the "All Blacks" scored a run away success against. Lan- cashire to-day.

The game was played at Manchester, the final score reading 23 points to nil in favour of the visitors.

SOCCER INTERNATIONAL. ENGLAND DEFEATS IRELAND

(Reuter's Service.) ·

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LONDON, October 22. The association..international-football-matcirt between England and Ireland took place at! Liverpool to-day.

versus a new orientation-particularly in home affairs-by a reactionary Government. A manifesta of the nationalists says the Party remains Monar- chist Nationalist. "Our Glorious colours are black, white and red your will is firmer than ever to create a Germany free from Jewish and French domina- tion." The Nationalist newspapers declare the majo issue is Monarchy versus Republic.

COMMUNISTS SCATTER

One of the results. of the dissolution of the Reichstag is the abolition of the immunity of members, consequently the hasty departure from Berlin of the majority of the sixty-two Communist deputies, against whom warrants of arrest have been issued on charges of treason and conspiracy, etc. Some also are accused of the manufacture and forgery of passports and other official docu- mente recently discovered by the police in a raid on a Berlin fat.Ex-Deputy Hollein has already been arrested.

FRANCE AND GERMANY.

EVACUATION PROCBEDS SMOOTHLY.

(Reuter's Service.)

--MAYENCE” October 23. The French troops have evacuated the zones of .Dortmund, Remscheid and Vohwinkel and the The result was a victory for England by 3 town of Limburg. The withdrawal was accom goals to one.

.plished without incident."

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SIR WALTER RUNCIMAN

About three o'clock one dark December morning, more than sixty years ago, from a cottage in the small fishing village of Cress well, on the Northumbrian coast, a boy aged twelve, known as "Young Walter," ran away to sea. He left good parents, a comforta ble home, a household of book lovers. But three old sailors, who had fought at Trafalgar, had been there, and fired the boy's ambition

'with their talk

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railway fare for 750 miles (about London, September 17,-To save £5), William Baker, aged 18, who had yielded to wanderlust, had himself packed in a drygoods box and shipped as an express pack American Railway Express Com- age, says a publication of the

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FORGED NOTES.

POLICE HUNT FOR CLEVER.

CRAFTSMEN. $3

months Scotland Yard detectives London, September 17-For have been on the track of ao expert gang of forgers who have been circulating counterfeit £1 2000 and 108. Treasury notes.

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Harold Jacobus was sentenced on Monday at the Old Bailey to 3 years' penal servitude, and

Big Spring, Texas, B. B. Neeley, Bradley stated in court that the Qa his "run" from. El Paso to Divisional Detective Inspector

That boy became Sir Walter express messenger, working at his notes were of the highest work- Runciman, the shipowner. He has felt that there was another person of forgeries yet discovered.

desk in the express car, suddenly | manship and the finest examples just published the fascinating story in the car, though nothing was Daily Mall of his life," Before the Mast and visible bat piles of luggage. A informed by a

reporter was After" (T. Fisher Unwin), a fife as

bank manager romantic, adventurous, and suc- certain large.. box attracted him yesterday that it used to be a cessful as any amblulous boy could somehow-by telepathy, he thinks, boast that not one forgery could

wish for.

I shook the box a bit," says remain in circulation long without coley." And I said aloud: Am being detected. The manager one to this box 122 99% Nowadays the evidence Lseeing things, or is there some-added;

There came a muffled reply:shows that forgeries are remain Open the box and give me a ing quite & loog time in

drink of water."

It was a terribly hard life for a small boy, but Sir Walter says that It was first-class training for youngsters who managed to stand. the Spartan rigour of it. Here is an incident of his second-voyage.

circulation. The skill of the when he was at the wheel: N

Whan Neeley opened the box forger has increased by leaps and The captain was walking the out, crawled a tousled tooking bounda deck uneasily, and each time he the proffered glass of water, clumsy workmanship, with silly youngster, who eargerly gulped

No longer are the notes of came towards me he kept caring Young Baker had gone to Los mistakes that even the uninitiated In growling fashion, on off Angeles hoping intet Work with could detect; they are the work of the wind, sir,for You're too near the wind, biggo Aprried and an nocle Grover Wood but he sport craftsmen and only the possibly did not ser in the lourd Wood had remove to pallas, trained eye can detect the forgery eye of the needle. The more he way on vidio sell holeached, in 1,000,000 notes in circulation Texas.” So he set out, heating If used to be said, that only one sudden the blasts, the moro Prescott, Arizona 750 ml west a forgery. This is not so violent were his tongue efforts at of Dallas There he met a lamp, today. There are hundreds of me but when he overheard me who suggested the luggage box them in circulation all over the say that I could not help the wind shifting, he sprang at me trick,

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