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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1926.

HOME POLITICS,

BY-ELECTION FOR CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY..

A LANARKSHIRE VACANCY,

(Reuter's Service.)

London, Feb. 14,

SWISS BLAMED,

FOR FAILURE TO SETTLE SOVIET QUARREL..

FRENCH MEDIATTON.

(Reutor's Service.)

London, Feb. 14.

The Russo-Swiss reconciliation.

any-

COAL COMMISSION.

MEETING OF MINE OWNERS THIS WEEK.

BOTH SIDES MORE PACIFIC.

M

THE CHINA MAIL.

(British Wireless. Service:)

Mr. John James Withers, Con- !

Rugby, Feb. 14. Importance is attached by the servative, has been returned un- ON which depends the Soviets Press to a meeting of mine owners opposed to the House of Commons participation in

the League Biswhich will be held this week to for Cambridge University in wue- armament Conference, is making consider the coal situation. cession to the late Rt. Fm J. P:ttle headway, judging from the Rawlinson who had been Unionist official statement

It is stated that on both sides from Moscow during M. P. luce 1906,

recent weeks blaming the Swiss attitude for the feeling has been displayed in growing [Mr. J. Jewliners, C.B.E. 1918, failure to settle the dispute favour of making a further attempt Fellow of St. Catherine's College, through the medium of France, to secure a peaceful solution of Cambridge, 1920, solleitor, senior declaring

that Switzerland In the problem.. partner.

Arm of Wishers Eisted an eliminating from the Bensons, Currie, Williams & Co., text of its declaration

Mounwhile, the members of the was born on December 21, 1863, thing that could be interpreted Coal Commission, in order that the being a son of Mu: James Tuck. as an unqualified, expression of rs-Prime Minister shall have a report Withors: He was educated at gret for the assassination at the end of the month, have been Eton and King's College Cam Vorovsky and refused to consent working about thirteen hours a bridge, He was married in 1893. tor any formEDİA

day for the past fortnight, establishing te Caroline Gifford daughter of Dr. an agreement to compensate Gord Ramsford. He has for many

Vorovsky's daughter. years been a co-opted member of the Cambridge University Appoint. Bhurch; Director at the escut amit General Aasur anice Society Limited and Han 'Secretary of the Alpine Club, 1909-11. During the way he assist ed the Propaganda Department and Ministry of Information Publica- tions. He has published the Re- gister of Kimir's College, Cambridge 0903). various sections of the

of

The Soxiet statement, however. gratefully acknowledges the efforts: of the French Government.

Rounding on Council.

Moscow. Feb. 14,

M Chicharin's reply to the League's invitation to participate in the prepucntory meeting of the Disarmument Conference says that Ette Soviet cannot attend any conference on Swiss territory

Alpine Club Edition of Ball's Cen- pending a settlement" of

ita leonflict, with Switzerland, It

TIT FOR TAT.

LATVIA TURNS TABLES ON THE SOVIET,

A FRONTIER INCIDENT.

(Beuter's Service.)

Rign, Feb. 14. There has been a development of the "Russo Latvian incident.”

to the

THREE PENALTIES.

HONGKONG LOSES BY ODD GOAL IN NINE.

INTERPORT SOCCER.

(Reuter's Service:)

HOME SOCCER,

SATURDAY'S DOINGS IN THE LEAGUE.

FULL PROGRAMME,

(Reuter's Service.)

London, Feb. 18.. Shanghal. Feb 18 Shanghai beat Hongkong at foct-to-day (home team given first) League football matches played ball by five goals to fours

was a

resulted:

2:

-

Division I.

+1

City: 3.

The football match was very ex- citing. Over 6,000 people were pre-Arsenal S, Newcastle 0. sent. The ground at the start was Aston Villa 2, West Bromwich hard and dry, but there

Albion L downpour all through the second Birminghamiz. Sheffield 0. drizzle in the first half and a

half. ditions unpleasant,

This quickly rendered con- Blackburn: 4 Tottenham Hotspur "Hongkong scored first through Bury 4 Cardiff 1. Charlesworth after ten minutes Huddersfield Everton 0.

Eeicester 1. Notts County 0. play

Shanghat equalised five minutes Liverpool, Burnley 2. later by a penalty taken by Manchester United 2, Leeds 1. Goldman..

Sunderland 5, Manchester When the game was half an hour, West Ham 6, Bolton 0. fold, Goldman again scored from a

penalty.

Shanghal continued to press, but Rodger made several Bas saves.

The score at half time Shanghat two, Hongkong, one..

Two minutes after the restart Fongkong drew level Humberstone Heading in a goalWednesday 2, Wolverhampton 1.

Southampton 2, Port Vale 3. Stockport 1, Preston North Endi 1. Stoke 2. Portsmouth 1. Swansea 2, Derby 0.

was

through.

from a corner...

Hongkong quickly made it three youls to two through Gosano Then Shanghai drew level through Johannsou.

Division II. Blackpool 4. Barnsley 0. Darlington 6, Clapton Orient 0. Fulham 2 South Shields 1.. Hull 0 Chelseu I.

Notts Forest €; Bradford City 0. Oldham 4, Middlesborough 1.

Div. III (South). Bristol City 1. Watford 0. Charlton 1, Millwalk 4. Brentford 3. Crystal Palace 2: endGillingham 1. Bournemouth 2..

Five minutes later Humberstone scored again. Goldman then equalised with a third penalty. Ten minutes from the

trul' Alps, and various articles on hopes shat, the obstacles will be mountaineering in Alpine Jos mah His rerrentings to mountainger-will hold the Council of the League The Latvians have sent a Note Goldman gave Shanghai the lead Luton 4, Swindon 1.

eliminated, "otherwise, the Soviet

ing and rowing.]

Labour MP Death.

The death as occurred of Mr. John Robertson. 1B.E.. about WP for the Bethavell Division of Lanarkshire since 1919

Mr. Robertson who was born In 1867, one worked in the cout mines as a boy of thirteen years, was a Bow Commissioner of the

responsible for its exclusion..

FRENCH FINANCE.

GOVERNMENT NOT YET

SECURE.

Treasury in the last Labour Gov. TROUBLES JUST BEGINNING. ernment, nhe Chairman of the Scabbish Miners' Ungon. |

A DEADLOCK,

FUTILE EFFORTS TO END WIRELESS STRIKE

EMPLOYERS FIRM.

(Reuter's Sergicz.):

have

(Reuter's Service)

Purie, Feb. 13.

The newspapers congratulate: M. Brand Premier, on forcing the Issue in last night's debate word! e- phuxing that thereby a new majority hus, appeared from which the Socialiste dhe excluded The way has been opened for urgent sah- tions, though the "Figaro" is of opinion that Whe Government' woubles are about to begin, and the main difficulty will be to persunde phe Chamber to give

abs and then to secure a work- positive vote on the fresh taxation ing majority..

London, Feb. 14. The protracted negotiations be Sween the representatives of the marine wireless, operators

Le Venis" similarly thinks that strike and the ship owners ended in a deadlock with no in the Cartel is inoperable, it has whilst the vote demonstrated that mediate prospect of settlement not strengthened the Government. according to the Chairman of the Operators Association; who "said three main clauses in the Cartel's The "Matin" declares that as the that the employers simply repeated, faancial scheme was rejected the their terma and gave the Austria whole, scheme may be regarded as tion seven days to accept, threaten-washed out ing. In the event of refusal to offer

certain conditions to the men individually.

Avoiding a

Crisis:

Paria, later. After the uncomfortable experi-

The failure to agree was .con- fined to the questions of wages and fence of being split in three by the reinstatement of the strikers, the debate on the yote of confidence, in cmployers insisting that, the

men the Government, resume at reduced rates

the Radical- and Socialist group has called a Con-

be reinstated only as the employers-gress aiming at renewed unity, pre- are able to offer them service: ferably avoiding a Ministerial

The Chairman. concluded that crisia 130 ships are now going to SEAU without qualified wireless opera tors, of whom over 1,900 are on strike.

Reductions Unjustified.

London, later: The Wireless Telegraphists Association, in a statement, anys that the operators are prepared to

The working of the Mainten- lance Orders Ordinance is published in the "Gazette" regard ing Hongkong, South Australia and Bermuda.

New names have been given; in

Soviet demanding 2 thorough investigation into the frontier incident.which occurred en February 12 when five men crossed the frontier and it is Falleged assaulted and carried off a

policeman

The Note demands: the repatriation of the policeman and the punishment of the cül- prits

DUTCH TRADE.

PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT

WITH TURKEY.

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

I

(Reuter's Service.;

From a pass from the right.. bat there was no further scoring.

Both sides had narrow capes,

MONEY IN TENNIS."

(Reuter's Service.)

Newport 3, Exeter O Merthyr 5. Reading 2

Norwich 2 Northampton 1.. Plymouth 5. Brightor: 3.

Queen's Park Rangers 2, Bristol

Rovers 1.

Southend 0, Aberdare 1.

Cannes, Feb. 13.

Division III (North). Mlle. Lenglen has summoned Ashington 6, Doncaster 1. presanien aid photographers to Berrow 4, Wrexham 3. Carlton courts, and made a stape- Bradford 3. Rochdale 1.. ment that she was not connected Chesterfield 4, Tranmere b with the agitation for barring Grimsby. 2, Hartlepool 0. photographers and einemato Falifax 1, Accrington 1. graphers from the courts. "She Nelson 4. Coventry 1.." desired all photographers to be New Brighton 5, Lincoln 0. alowed to enter and if there was Rotherham 2. Durham 0. any further bother on the matter Walsall 0, Crewe Alexandra 3. ahs would feel inclined to with Wigan 3 Southport 1.1 draw from the tournament.

Scottish League.

H

Latest News.

At a meeting of presamen, photo-Airdrieonians 2. Hearts 2. raphers and cinematographers at Clydebank 2, Morton 1. the Carlton Hotel in the evening. Dundee United 1, St. Mirren 2. M. F. M. B. Fisher, presiding, anFalkirk 1, Celtic 1. Amsterdam, Feb. 14. nounced that rights of filming the The Foreign Ministry announces catch were now open to purchase,

Hamilton 0 Dundee, 0: that provisionul Turen Dutch the original option, having been re- cluded, and will come into force Trade Agreement has been

Hibernians 3, Motherwell 1. con- turned

Kilmarnock 3, Partick, 3. Queen's Park 3, Cowdenbeath 4. Jon Monday for six months, where-

by both countries will

Nice, Feb. 14.

Rangers 4 Raith Rovers 2. enjoy most favoured nation treatment.

At a stormy meeting of pressmen St. Johnstone. 1, Aberdeen 1. kand einématographers agreement have already begun..

at the Negotiations for a permanent Carlton Hotel: Cannes, presided over by Mr. F. M. B. Fisher, it was announced that no bids had been received for the exclusive cinema rights of the Lenglen .. Wills match, and that the manage- ment of the Carlton Club were pre- pared to allow cinematographers to enter on a payment of £25 each,

The cinematographers, however, flatly refused to pay.

SOVIET DEBTS.

4:

DELEGATION ARRIVES IN

PARIS..

(Reuter's Service,}"

Paris, Feb. 14. The Soviet debt delegation has arrived here. It will be headed. by the Soviet Ambassador, M. Rakovsky.

JANUARY'S WEATHER.

The rainfall for January at the Botanical Gardens was 31 inch on 4 days; at the Matilda Hospital, it was 85 inch on 3 days; and at

submit the whole dispute to the the current issue of the "Gazette"the Taipo Police Station, it was a Industrial Court but they are not to streets in the Colony. Moet of blank both in inches and days. prepared to prejudice the case be- these are on the peninsula. One fore the Court by accepting a

The lowest reading of the baro- 'totally unjustified reduction." such name is "Wong Tai Streetmeter (meansea level) was 29.027

It points out that the wireless which means "Yellow Emperor" inches at 3 pm, on the 18th. operators accepted reductions in Street; another can be translated .The maximum squall velocity, sa 1922 and 1924 additional to any "Green Dragon" Street; they ap-recorded by the Dines-Baxtendell reduction accepted by other sea-propriately have the same june-nemograph, was at the rate of 44 faring men..

tion.

miles per hour at 6.19 a.m. on the. 3rd.

PRETTY CHINESE WEDDING."

Group photo taken

wedding,

opean style, of Mr. Cheuk Tuon jeung (you

and Mari

The mean temperature for the month was 61.1 degrees. The highest was 75,6on the 18th and the lowest 51.6 on the 22nd...

There were. 172.9 hours of san shine during the month.

The Observatory recorded a total rainfall of 216 inch

the

con-

After a long discussion, management yielded and sequently cinematographers will be allowed free entry to the match on Tuesday.

A

BOXING.

(Reuter's Service.)

Berlin, Feb. 12. ten round fight between: Puolino of France and Diener of Germany resulted in a draw.

BOXING EXHIBITION.

"Kid" Alfred, the Filipino fly and bantam weight boxer now in: the Colony (who bert Harry Major at the City Hall will be giving an exhibition, at the Lee Garden at 6 p.m. to-day, He wil spur with partners, and go through various stages in training as well ishadow box.

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