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TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1926.

COAL CRISIS.

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NEW HOURS BILL IN THE LORDS.

LATEST WAGES OFFERS.

Rugby, July 5.

In moving the second reading of the Coal Mines Bill in the House

RIDICULOUS.

ONLY UNION PRESS TO REPONT A CONFERENCE

N. U. R. RESOLUTION.

FRESH MEAT.

CONTINENTAL SUPPLIES

BANNED.

FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE.

Rugby, July 5,

THE CHINA MAIL.

ITALIAN FLIGHT,

DE PINEDO ARRIVES IN BATAVIA.

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PROHIBITION.

LIQUOR BOUGHT BY W. C. TU.

TO CIRCLE THE GLOBE.

Washington, June 29. The frequent purchase of liquor by special agents of the state with Weymouth, July 5,

Batavia, July 5.. money out of the fund of $130,000 The National Union of Rallway-

The Itan airman, Marquis raised

the Replying in the House of Com-

by

Pennsylvania. men's conference adopted a resolu- mons to a question on the recent De Pinedo, has arrived on a visit. Women's Christian Temperance <f Lords this evening. Lord. Cebion that only representatives of order prohibiting the import ofile is planning a 60.000 mile Union for the enforcement of the

Trade Union papers be eligible to Continental fresh meat into Bri- world flight starting from Italy dry laws, was disclosed to-day be report the proceedings, in spite of a tain, Mr. W. E, Guinness, Parlia-and crossing the Atlantic to North fore the Senate, campaign fund pooch by Mr. J. H. Thomas declar-mentary Secretary to the Minis. America, thence vin the West committee. Senator Reed of ing that such a resolution would try of Agriculture, said that it Indies and South Ameries across Missouri, chairman of the com- only make the conference ridicu-was instituted because of the the Pacific to New Zealand. Java.mittee, said the law was violated lous, adding that the Freas repre- actual discovery of foot and Singapore, India. Cairo, and back in order to enforce it, but William sentatives wore A good Trade mouth disease in three such con- home to Italy-Reuter.

B. Wright, counsel to Governor Unionists as the mover and secondersignments.

Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, of the resolution.

who with Attorney General Wood- ruff administered the funds, de fended the practice of the agents as essential to obtain evidence.— [Associated Press.

emphasised that the Bill was a tem- porary, permissive, and emergency censure, which did not interfero with the seven-hours day principle, He said that the problem which they had to overcome was how to keep the mining industry going, and be could not help feeling that the economic case against the lengthen- ing of hours had been in some res pocta exaggerated. It would be a mistake to treat the Bili as the whole policy of the Government. „Ia was only a part of that policy, and the suggestions of the Coal Com- "miasion would be carried out, with

No case of disease could be Every Press representative left traced to Argentine meat and, in the room after the adoption of the

the absence of definite proof of resolution by a show of hands-disease, the prohibition of chilled Bouter,

the exeption of nationalisation of VILLAGE HOUSING.. royalties and municipal trading. The Government was, eonaidering Lite latter question very carefully,

FRESH PROPOSALS TO

PARLIAMENT.

SLUM CLEARANCES.

He believed that there was a strong.case for the amalgamation of mines in many cases, and that le would mean a considerable saving in working costs, He was also atteneted by the proposal of the Commission regarding selling agen-to make fresh proposals to Par cies. where something materialiament this year dealing with

might be done.

Lord feel complalard of the negative character of the Oppoxi tion's polley. He added that the

Government was ready at any time to resume the work of negotiation and mediation. .

Rugby, July 5. The Ministry of Health intends

village housing, and will next year put forward fresh measures to facilitate slum clearances.

This statement was made to-

and frozen meat from the Argen- tine would not be justified.--Bri- |·· tish Wireless Service.

KING OF SPAIN.

HONOURED BY OXFORD

· UNIVERSITY",

DOCTOR OF CIVIL LAW.

Rugby, July 5.

The Degree of Doctor of Civil Law by diploma was conferred upon the King of Spain in the the Chancellor of the University, Sheldonian Theatre. Oxford, by

Lord Cave, to-day,

Spanish Chair.

day by Sir Kingsley Wood, Par-required to endow a Professorship It is announced that the £25,000 Humentary Secretary to the

in Spanish at Oxford University Health Ministry, at a conference on, child welfare. He mentioned Wireless Service.

has been subscribed, British that in Great Britain the. infant. death rate, which in 1900 was 154 per 1.000 births."had been since reduced to 75 per 1,000. The need for further improvement was being met by rapidly increas ing the number of maternity and.

ECHO OF JULY, 4.

Wage Offers Posted 1p. The mine owners of Scotland. -Forest of Death, and the Bristol ared, as well as those of Yorkabire and Warwickshire, have now pont et new wage offers, all showing a maintenance of presstoppage rates in return for a longer working days Half a million men are.affected by infant welfare centres.-British | PURLOINED FROM ARCHIVES. these offers.

"Owners in other areas wili post their wige offers during the week, It is expected that by Thursday. when the Bill will probably become law, about 750,000 miners will have „ich, offer of work at the old mate | of wages for an extra hour a day.

Meanwhile the miners' lenders continue to Brul the men to refuse to go back until they get the full damands, which are:-No. reduction.

o in wages, no increase in hours, and

no district agreements.

Wireless Service.

NO TOLERATION.

ALL ORGANISED RELIGION BANNED IN MEXICO.

Mexico City, July 5. President. Calles has published 4 decree, effective on July 31, próhibiting organised religion in Mexion,

A Wages Board Asked in the House of Commons

Thirty-three articles, stipulate. 10-day whether he intended setting inter alia, that, all ministers of up a Wares Bound in the coal in-religion must be of Mexican birth, dustry such as had been satisfac- all school, education must be seco- torily established in the railway lar, establishments of monks and and other Industries, the Priniemans are prohibited, all churches Minister stated that the success of are to become national property, auch Board in any industry de-religious bodies are forbidden to pended upon the desire of the in- nequire or possess property or dustry itself to make it sugpeed. | capital,

ment of from fifteen days to six years.-Reuter's American Service.

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„A SIGNATURE TO THE DECLARATION.

Atlanta, July 6. The State Authorities announce

TRAIN SMASH.

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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION***

OF ACCIDENT.

CHANGE TO LOOP LINE.

Paris. July 5. The cause of yesterday's acci- dent is officially ascribed to the fact that the Havre-Paris train was diverted to a loop line. The driver was unaware of the change and maintained a speed of 56 miles an hour, which is too fast for a secondary track. Reuter.

DUTCH WELCOME.

ACCOUNTANTS' CONGRESS

OPENED.

500 DELEGATES ATTEND.

Amsterdam, July 5. Over 500 delegates representing]

a score of European countries and the United States were presenti

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Big Campaign. Staris.

Washington, July 1. Prohibition's army of 4,000 was mobilised to-day in the most extensive campaign against liquor during the seven years of prohibi- tion. General Lincoln C. Andrews, head of the prohibition machinery of the government has planned the campaign on the basis of the appropriation of $29,000,000 by: congress for the enforcement of the laws. The campaign will be waged on "and and sen against the principal sources of supply.

General Andrews promised that within two years there would be more effective enforcement, reduced costs and more populari- ty for the law.-Associated Press,

THE WILKINS EX-

· PEDITION,

MARRED BY QUARRELS AMONG OFFICERS...

Seattle, Wash..June 29.

Lieutenant Carl B. Bilson, pilot

at the opening of the Interna of the unsuccessful Arctic expedi- tional Accountants' Congress. tion headed by Captain George H. The Burgomaster gave a speech | Wilkins, to-day revealed that a of welcome, which contained pas-disagreement between Captain sages delivered in English. Wilkins and Major Thomas G. that they will sue for the recovery French, Dutch, and German Lamphier, the army observer with of the autograph of Button Gwinnett, one of the signatories to the Declaration of Independence. which was sold by auction recent- ly för 322,500.

Reuter.

the party, marred the under taking. At the same time he dis closed that Roald Amundsen, leader of the dirigible Norge ex- pedition and Colonel Nobile, the

It is alleged that the signature FRANCE TO PAY DEBT | Italian builder of the Norge, were

was puribined from archives.-Router-

the State'

[Button Gwinnett was a merchant, born in England, who migrated to the States. He was a delegate from

Georgia

the WAM

4**]]] signatory to the Declaration of Th dependence to die, }

and

SUBMARINE RAISED,

AN AMERICAN DISASTER RECALLED.

FUNERAL OF VICTIMS.

Washington, July 5.

PREMIER INSISTS FRANCE WILL NOT DEFAULT.

· Paris. June 29. Premier Briand informed the press that France intended to pay her entire dèbt to England and America because that was the sole means of obtaining essential credita in London and New York and preventing the French franc from following the German mark. to the "bottomless pit.'

at outs and for several weeks did. not speak to each other white" making the flight from Rome to Alaska via the top of the world. Associated Press.

Shadows Before.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

. IN THE MAIL"

Entertainments.

July Queen's Theatre; "Eve's Lover."

July 6-Star Theatre: "The Fire Patrol,"

July World Theatre; "The Fighting Coward."

California Collegians, the World's Greatest College Entertainers will appear at the City Hall.

July 12, 19. 21-Brick Morse's

This was recognised by the Royal Criticism of this decree by any

He said that a delay might be "Commission whose comment was

publication is not allowed.

sought in putting the terms of that there might be advantages in

The penalties for violating the

the Berenger agreement with haying a Board of this sort if the decree range from fines of Ave It is officially announced that Secretary Mellon into operation two parties agreed. As thin cendi hundred to several thousands of Submarine S51, which sunk in 135 but that this "would only be a tion was not at present fulfilled, he pesos, with or without imprison-feet of water of Block Island last means to an end." The first act did not think that it would be

autumn, has been raised to the of the new government, he said, necessary to pursue the proposal

surface and will probably be tow-would probably be to hasten a set- ed to Brooklyn Navy Yard. Ittlement with England. will be opened to remove a score Once this is accomplished. Min- July 7-At Lammert Bros.' Sales of bodies of the crew for a funeral ister of Finance Caillaux will un- Room, Duddell Street, 78 cases with full naval

honours.dertake to negotiate several huge Lager Beer and 20 cases patmeal Reuter's American Service.

loans in New York and Londonstout, 11 m. which will not be "prejudicial, to

for the moment-British Wireless Service.

"AGIN" EVERYBODY.

BITTER SPEECH BY RAHWAY PRESIDENT.

"BALDWIN DENOUNCED.·

"KOREAN REBELS.

PLANNING OUTRAGE IN SHANGHAI?

Shangbai. July 5.

FRENCH FINANCE.

The Japanese Consular authori CAILLAUX AND THE EXPERTS

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FINDINGS.

FULL APPROVAL.

Paris, July 5. At a meeting of the Cabinet, M. Caillaux submitted 题 statement

ties at Shanghai are much exer. gised over reliable information that. certain ringleaders of the Korean independence movement have ar Weymouth, July 5." rived in Shanghai from Canton, The Railway Companies, the with the intention of taking revenge Government. - and Mr. S. Baldwin, for four compatriots who were are Prime Minister, were bitterly at-rested for complicity in the bomb which he will make to the Chamber tarked by Alderman W. Dobbie outrage a month ago, when they on Tuesday showing that he entirely

Forktr The President-of-the--threw-a-bomb-in-front-of the Japan-approves of the finding of the Com.. National Union of Railwaymen, in ese Consulate.

One of the prisoners hanged him self in gaol.

mittee of financial experts and in- tends to have them fully carried out.

The men, now in Shanghai are' The Cabinet, approved of the believed to be intending to bomb statement.-Reuter. the Consulate again. Heavy guarda have been placed round the bulla-

a speech at the annual Conference of the Union. He said that the general strike had roused the class consciousness of the workers, whose spirit on the ninth day of the great Aght was better than on the first. The Railway Companies were de-ing, and every precaution is being termined to make the railwaymen tüken to protect the Consul and his. pay the penalty for their strike losses, but, before long we shall demonstrate that the temporary victory of the employing class is only the prelude to a great work. ing-class triumph.

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Mr. Dobble denounced. Mr. Baldwin as a dangerous hypocrite. He (Mr. Baldwin) talked of his rural contemplation of the pig, but

staff-Reuter.

CHINA'S TARIFF.

CONFERENCE REGARDED "AS

FAILURE.

Tokyo, July 5.

he appeared to have learned more This morning's papers devote from the fox, gaining his enda by much space in commenting on tha posing as a friendly disposed op adjournment of the Peking Tariff ponent-Reuter.

Conference, which is interpreted as a failure.

Paying For The Strike.

London, July 5,

Å White Paper publishes a Supplementary Estimate of £3,000, 000 to meet expenditure in connec tion with the general coal strike.

The figure includes:-- Food Organisation Transport..

Coal Consumption and

distribution-

British Gazette

Police

.£197,000 20,000

35,000* $16,000 165,000

The cost of the purchase of im- ported coal in als Jncluded- Reutor:

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SYRIAN WAR.

FRENCH REPORT ANOTHER ADVANCE.

RINGLEADERS SUBMIT.

Beirut, July 5. Thirty-five rebels were killed during the French advance, in Southern. Jebeldruze,

Melha

The French reached without incident. Many of the ringleaders submitted.-Hevas.

'QUAKE VICTIMS.

RELIEF FUNDS OPENED IN HOLLAND.

Amsterdam, July 5.

Funds to relieve the victims of the earthquake in Sumatra have been opened 'ail 'over· Holland,—. Reuter,

Another Shock

Padang, July 5,

Three causes are mainly blamed, firstly the Chinose chaos, secondly the Fowera attempting to uphold their own claims too stubbornly, and thirdly Japan's attempt to ex- ceed the scope originally contem," plated, instead of co-operating with the other foreign, delegations for the adoption of the Washington. treaty decision as regards surtaxes.

Prominence is given to allered A new and heavy earthquake oc- statements by the Salyukai oppo- | curred at Fort de Kock Several sion party leaders, that the resul buildings were anverely damaged cant situation must be regarded as and panic prevailed everywhere. a great defeat for the present | The total fatalities are over 400 --- Ministry's foreign policy”-Router- Reuter.

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