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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1926.

AT GENEVA.

PRIVATE CONSULTATIONS... ALL YESTERDAY.

GERMANY'S APPLICATION.

(British Wireless Service.)

Rugby, March 01

To-day at Geneva was mainly

BRIAND BACK!

YIELDS TO PRESSURE

FROM LEADERS,"

PREMIERSHIP REGAINED.

(Reuters Serviss.))..

Paris March 9.

A factor to be reckoned with, however, is M. Briand's aversion to resume office at the present

SCHOONER SHELLE

PROTEST AGAINST CUTTER'S BOMBARDMENT:

CANADA TAKES ACTION;

crew

THE

CHINA MAIL.

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RESULT OF A DOUBLES

EXPLOSIONAA

UNLUCKYFIVE

(Beuter's American heroica).

Blue Fields, March 9 All except L6 of the entombed miners have been resoued. and two are known to be dend.

Those unaccounted for

are trapped in No 5 mine, where nearly 200 miners were killed in a similar explosion in 1914.

NE MAGPIES

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OFFENDERS

CALL-BOX GOSSIP,

Complaints about the length of (Router's American Service,)

time that people, more especially women, spend over their calls in Ottawa, March 9

pubhe telephone offices at Home are There was an uninterrupted The Canadian Department "of

becoming more and more frequent devoted to private consultations stream to the Elysee this morn-External Affairs has referred the

A Daly Mail reporter who visited between delegates and to Commiting wher the Parliamentary lead case of the British schooner

call offices at various main railway tdo work on a number of subsidiary, ers of all parties called to consult Eastwood to the British Embassy

stations, and those at Piceadily M. Doumergue. The latter's in Washington, where the owners

circus Tube Station, found that it .subjects..

"Among the Committees which met decision at noon was still uncer-have lodged a protest against the

was not uncommon to see a queue was one appointed Asterday by tain, but it is believed to favour alleged action of the United

of half a dozen or more persona States revenue cutter "Ser.eca," the Assembly to deal with Ger. M Briand

LA New York cable published outside the telephone boxes wait- many's application for admission.

and the affidavits of the

yesterday stated-Reuter's coring to send urgent messages while to the League. This body decided

have bean sent to the Embassy.

respondent at Elie Fields, West women occupied, the boxes for a to postpone it. activities for one

A message from Lunenberg, Virginia, states that a double long period. or two, thys to permit of the conjuncture both because he physical Nova Scotia, on February 20% explosion occurred in a mine. near Loqking through the glass at tinuance of private, negotiations.. ly needs rest and because he is stated: The British schooner

Eccles Twenty-eight miners these women, it was obvious that politically diagusted at his over-Eastwood, commanded by Cap- were entombed by the first shock numbers of them were not engaged throw on the eve of the meeting ain Spindler, has arrived with and twenty by the second. Escapin serious conversation, bet seurued of the Lengue of Nations at its decks, spare and hull splintering, gas prevents rescue work rather to be gossiping with unseen

ed by shell fre. The Captain de-

friends. They were animated and amiliar and had, apparently, no If M. Doumergue fails to over-clares that the ship was bombard being carried out como M. Briand's reluctance the fed by the United States revenue

idea that othar people were crisis will be prolonged and more cutter "Sereca" twenty miles off

auxiously waiting to use the tele the New Jersey coast and that

phoneniqu 200 rounds were fired, 69 of which were direct: hits. The crew state

USUAL "PROCEDURE

(Reuter's Service.)

'cedure; "iit

Goueva.

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Paris, later....

Geneva. Murch The Committee of the League Assembly reported on Germany's

Herriol Declines. application for admission and aug.. gested that a Sub-Committee be

In accordance with the expecta-that the "Eastwood" had been off appointed to deal with the matter tion that, for constitutional rea- the New Jersey coast several days E accordance with the sin prosons, the President would summon with a cargo of liquor under the the Seneca." The Committee approved of Sir statesmen other than the defeated surveillance of

Premier. M. Doumergue this American coastguard officiels dis- Austen's Chamberlain's suggestion that the Sub-Committee be com- afternoon offered the Premiership credit. Captain Spindler's state

to M. Herriot who recommended ment. posed of France, Thal Japan, M. Briand The latter was ac Belgium Caba" Norway Jugo- Stavia Bulvaria, Greece, and the cordingly summoned

Elysee.. Irish Fore State with a Chairman and Vice-Chairman

The Sub-Committee. under the chairmanship. of Sir Austen Chamburlady, subsequently mut bub adjourned will to-morrow pend in the subtlement of the question of the composition of the Council

Going Smoothly..

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London, March 9.

to the

Briand Accepts.

Paris, later. M. Briand has accepted the Premiership.

Franc Improves.....

London, March 9.

The French frene in London

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BRUSSELS TO THE CONGO,

A COURT SMILE.

· UNUSUAL APPLICATION.

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lie Impatient Men

On the other hand, the faces of some of the men in the queues bore signs of suppressed impatience! They evidently wanted to make pressing appointments or arrange sudden changes of plan; but they were immobilised and could do nothing but, wait and shiver:

"Acting for my friend I make an application for bail, and acting for Everybody, of course, carries on myself I oppose it." This remark relevant conversations at times- made by Mr. L. D. Turner raised men just as much as women-but smile at the Central Magistraesmen seldom carry them on in publie this morning

telephone boxes. Some women.. Mr. Turner was appearing for the however, without meaning. any prosecution in a charge againas harra, seem to forget that a publie Chinese of theft. of crude oil from box is not the same their own

A3 the AP.C. installation av North private telephone.. Point. He explained that Mr. C.. A. S. Thecretically, nobody is supposed Russ, who had been entrusted to occupy a box for more than three with the duferige. was engaged elsa-minutek per call, and not more than

morning for Belgrade, in an at-therefore meeting the wishes of his but many women do not pay much tempt to fly to the Belgian Congo riend in making the application.. regard to thiagule. Certainly the via Cafro and the Nile Valley, The Magistrate (Mr. R. E. Lind Post Office does notes Even the sell) disallowed bail on Sub-Inspec- three-minute allowance is, în moat. tor Field also offering opposition.. cases, longer than is really neces

Hearing of the case was fixećaary. A message sent over a publie for Tuesday afternoon..

(Router's Service.)

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Paris, later. ing at Geneva.

Though M. Briand has at pre- According to his despatches. Sun-sent only accepted "in principle" day's meetings did much to remove and will announce his definite German apprehension in regard to "Ber position in the Lengue,

It is denied at Germany's application for admission has been shelved On the contrary the pro- cedure for her admission is going ch smoothly.

Spain's Claim

Madrid March

decision to-night, it is confidently Basserved that he has already secured the necessary support hence the personnel of the Cabinet may be expected to-morrow to enable him to go to Geneva im- mediately.

Interviewed on leaving the Elysee, M. Briand said that he In a statement to journalists to M. Douergue that in view emphasising Spain's claim to of the present situation he did not permanent sent on the Council consider himself justified in Seno Yanguas Minister for For-fusing to try to form a Cabinet. eign Affairs, alluded to the

Majority Assured. "tennaigence that had up to the present" been shown by Germany and, Sweden in opposing a further extension of permanent seats.

Paris, later.

IDLE LIST.

BRITISH FIGURES IMPROVING WEEKLY.

(British Wireless Service.)

Rugby, March 9, The official weekly return showa a further decrease of 18,680) in the number of unemployed,

S

COFFIN OF GOLD,

WHERE DID EGYPTIANS ..

GET ITZ

Since the magnificent gold

In the last eight weeks the de-coffin of King Tut-ankh Amen recline has amounted to over 145,000: was brought from the tomb at The total figure, which is 1,107,- Luxor and deposited in the 000, Is: 128,500 less than a year ago.

museum at Ciro it has been inspected by a large number of tourists, who have expressed yur prise, and admiration at the splendour of the relics...

It is not doubted that M. Briand will be able to present his new Cabinet to M.. Doumergue by mid- day to-morrow, in which case M.. Briand will leave for Geneva to- morrow evening or Thursday at the latest.

He said that an obvious reaction of opinion in favour of Spain had appeared at Geneva; and, apart from the previous reasons for sup- port of Spain's claim, a weightier The opinion is generally ex- one had now arisen, namely, in the

other parts between ex-belligerent

pressed that M. Briand will retain

EVE'S ACCOUNT.

books

telephone should be the counterpart of a telegram-brief to the point.. and sent only because haste is. essential

PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

Per AOL ss. "Pres. Grant.”. on Mar 9:-Mr and Mrs F. B. Arthur. Mrs A 1. Brent. Miss Jane Brent, (2) Mr J E Burke, Mrs. P. K.. Coons, Mr P. Clover, Prof L. Fernandez. Mr and Mrs. U G. Frander Mr and Mrs J K. Gold, Mr E O Kallstrom, Mr and Mrs FW. Peckard, Miss G. Reidlinger Mrand Mrs W B Strong, Mr and The gold used in the coffin Mrs R. E. J. Summers, Mr W. E weighs 8cwt, and the question Williams, Mr and Mrs F. Gerber, GOOD HABIT DEVELOPED

Mr and Mrs. A. 5. Machichao, Mr forces itself on the mind as to Rufino Martinez, Mr A. Rivera, Mr AT HOME.

where the ancient Egyptians ob-B Rivera. Mrs A. F. Torrance, Mr. tained such lavish supplies of W. S. Nelson, Mr H. S. Allen, Mrs Looking through my

the precious metal as to be able R O Davis. Master B. Davis, Mr application of the Locarno and the new Cabinet most of his (writes a banker, in the London to use so much of it even for the and Mra K. Yabuki, Miss M. Yabuki, Daily Mall) I find that of a funeral obsequies of a god-king. Miss K. Yabuki, Master M. Yabuki, andred private accounts taken at There is little doubt that it was Miss K. Suyeroshi, Mr Yap Slag. random women and girls are re-gyptian gold a term which sponsible for 42, whereas

is still popularly used to denote majority in the Chamber of years ago the percentage was 15 gold of special purity. Deputies in support of the new This does not mean that women

The coffin, or mummy case, is Cabinet, a large number of the 221 now. posacas three times the wealth indeed a gorgeous object, for it Deputies who voted for the Gov-that was theirs in January, 1980; is not only beautifully chased Senor Yanguas expressed the erment in the crucial division of but it does prove that they have with hieroglyphics and embossed

dark March 6 met this afternoon and developed the banking. habit.

decided to constitute a permanent

Most of these accounts, which with symbolic figures, but also

CONSIGNEES' NOTICE. bears the royal Insignia of the and well-organized majority, which will probably be are fairly evenly, distributed be ancient Egyptian Empire. It is

oined by those who abstained do not run into three figures, must have been of almost child after March 16, will be subject to

tween married and single women

Goods arrived per a "City of at once obvious that the king singapore" remaining undelivered from voting on March 6.

time when the

like stature, for the mummy strange who could not begin with

rent Agents-The Bank Line, sway, but there are few banks follows the outline of the human a three-figure deposit was turned case is only about 5ft long, being

of the traditional form which Ltd. nowadays that despise small

figure. A OR

members of the Council interested parties will not be allowed a deci- sive voice, thus increasing the necessity for the presence of an impartial and influential element and Spain: is the most important

of the neutral Powers."!

opinion that the present

clouds were the prelude to real conciliation pence within the League.

EMPIRE PRODUCE.

AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DOMINIONS.

MARKETING FACILITIES.

(British Wireless, Service.)

retiring colleagues. It is stated: that he will invite M. Caillaux to take the Finance portfolio.

As regards the question of a

There was

things.

six

Socialist Policy________ The Socialist group rejected a motion in favour of supporting the new Government. It adopted la resolution by a small majority declaring that the policy which

PERFECT MODEL. To her intense surprise, our the group is prepared loyally and

modern mise has discovered that the spectator. after recovering The first feature which strikes wholeheartedly to support, and her banker is not the dry-as-dust from the magnificence of the which would include, particuarly old stick she once pictured. He dazzling object itasif, is the head financial reconstruction, can only now stands revealed more as a

New Cabinet.

Why is the banker willing to

Dr. and Mrs. C. E Jefferson, Mr. R.

E. Manly, Mrs A. C. Kincome, Miss 18. Kincome, Mrs C. R. Applegate, Mrs E. Blauvelt, Miss F Davenport, Mr H. C. Ruse Mr. C. A. Gunn: Mr Poon Chung, Y. Mr C. S. Rowe.

HONGKONG TIDE

The tide table given below haa

be carried out by a majority fairy godfather who pilots her and face, which are perfectly been obtained by aid of the Tide- Rugby, March 9.based on the Radical Republican through Europe with letters of modelled in the likeness of the predicting Machine, which in- It is understood that an agree and Socialist Parties.

credit, introductions, and advice. King. The eyes are missing, and cludes 40 components for the better ment is in a fair way of being

This is milady's overdraft season. the empty orbits lend an uncanny prediction of tides, from the re- reached between the Dominions

Paris, later, Of the 42 fair financiers referred air to the otherwise life-like face,sult of the analysis of the tidal Office and the Dominions as to the The Premier, M. Briand, will to a dozen have been allowed to framed in the well-known head observations, taken at the Kaulung method of "utilising, a sum to be retain the Foreign Ministry in the overdraw their accounts, and an- dress which closely covered the tidal observatory under the direc set aport for faelitating the

new Cabinet, which will include other 15 have reduced their hung down on ether shoulder.・・ marketing of and stimulating the M. Raoul Peret, Finance; posits to within a few pounds to The arms are brossed, and in for Kaulung; but they may be used. head, leaving the eara clear, and tion of Dr. Doberek during the

years 1887, 1888, and 1889. demand for Empire: produce,

The times and heights are given, Malvy, Interior M. Painleve, At the last Imperial Conference War M. Laval, Justice; M. Leon allow Eve these generous ad the hands, which emerge, from for the Victoria Naval, yard and in 1923 the Conservative Govern- Perrier, Colonies; ard Myances? Probably, the delighted the plain gold of the case, are the Aberdeen, the differences being ment then in power agreed to ask Lamoureux, Public Instruction. winter sports girl neither knows sceptres of Osiris into whom very small. M Parliament to vote an annual sum The last-named has up to now nor cares: she is content to take it each Pharaoh was absorbed in The times of high-and low-water of one million pounds for a series been Reporter-General to the and be thankful. Actually it is death. These are the crook and must not be considered to coincide of years for this purpose, but the Finance Committee of the Cham- all a matter of mutual confidence, the fail. The crook is of gold Conservative Government went out ber of Deputies.

Madam has entrusted her capital with narrow Bands of turquoise, of office as the result of the Gan- M. Briand returns to Geneva to the bank for one year, three and the thongs of the flat, three eral Election at the end of that to-morrow night

years, five years, and has always in number consist of elongated "year, and nothing was done.

been in funds. Why distrust her beads alternating with smaller Mr. L. M. S. Amery Dominions MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. when she requires a little extra for round ones of gold and some Secretary, has now been in com

her trip to Switzerland or Nice? black material, perhaps onyx. A few days or weeks and the The golden mask which cover balance will be once more on the ed the head right side, for experience has mummy taught the banker that

womenme Too

munication with the Dominions re- The P. & O. ss. "Kashmir" left presentatives on the subject, and hopes to be able to make a definite Shanghai for this port yesterday statement in the House of Commons at 4 pm and is due here on March

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