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LITTLE NATIONS.

Serb-Slovene Debts to Britain.

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

War Debt Of £25,500,000 To Be Fanded.

Rugby, Yesterday,

war

U.S. COTTON CRISIS.

Bear Traders Rush Up Prices.

HUGE BUYING ORDERS.

Lull In Rise But Very Strong - Undertone..

THE AIR POST.

International Conference At The Hague.

RUSSIAN EXTENSIONS.

U.S. To Advocate Ship To Shore Aerial Service,

New York, Yesterday.

Washington, Yesterday. Mr. Irving Glover, second An agreement for the settle- Cotton futures, which advanced ment of the Serb-Croat-Slovene $10 a bale yesterday, jumped $5 assistant postmaster general and war debt to Great Britain was more to-day in a scramble by cot- Mr. White, superintendent of for- Buying eign mails, will represent the signed this morning by the Chan-ton trade bear traders. cellor of the Exchequer. The orders estimated at 100,000 bales, United States at the International Serb-Croat-Slovene

debt, which accumulated yesterday dur-Conference at the Hague on Sep- The conference has which amounts to approximately ing a period of inactivity in which tember 1. £25,500,000, will be funded and re-the market was unable to rise, been convened as a universal paid by 62 annuities of the fol- sent prices up with a bound at the postal union by the request, of lowing amounts: In 1927, opening to-day, and the twenty Russia, which has been extending £150,000; in 1928, £250,000; in cent line was crossed in the first her airmail services. 1930 to 1935 inclusive, £800,000 hour of trading, after which the American postmaster general in a a year; in 1926 to 1939 inclusive, upward movement alowed, but statement said that the United remained very States would advocate, inter alia, 2350,000 a year; in 1940 and 1941, the undertone £400,000 a year; in 1942 to 1988 strong and reaction from the top inclusive, £600,000.

was moderate.-Reuter.

"Full Speed Ahead.” ·

An agreement has also been reached for the settlement of the

Rapid City, To-day. Serb-Croat-Slovene relief debt to President Coolidge's approval Great Britain. The amount of of the programme which it is this debt has been agreed at intimated the President considers £2,068,843 and it will be repaid moderate and adequate for the na- in full with interest at five per tion's defence has been followed cent, over a period of 15 years. by a conference with Mr. Wilbur, The total payment amounts to be Secretary of the Navy. tween £100,000 and £150,000 per

It is believed that "full speed annum during the years 1927 to ahead" has been ordered as re- 1931, and thereafter will be ap gards the construction of eight proximately £240,000 per annum additional cruisers sanctioned by for the years 1932 to 1941.

Congress, the keels of two of Annuities in respect of the war which are already laid, and it has debt have been sealed down dur-been decided that the whole eight ing the years up to 1942 in order will be launched within the next to take account of the Serb-Croat-three years, if ready.. Slovene, liability for the rellef debt-British Wireless Service.

GENEVA ECHO.

GEN. DAWES LIMITATION SPEECH.

Mr. Wilbur in a statement said there would be no chance in plan owing to the lack of agreement at Geneva. Reater's American Ser- vice.

WELL KNOWN SOLICITOR DIES.

London. Yesterday.

The new

a shore to ship and a ship to ahore airmail service on the lines of the recent experiment by Chamberlin until aircraft was able to make regular trans-Ocean tripa.- Reuter.

BAD MORTAR,

CHINESE CONTRACTOR

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Hin Woo, contractors, were this

morning summoned before Mr. R., E. Lindsell by, the Building Authority for using defective mortar in the construction of a building in West Point.

A Building Authority repre- sentative said that two briquets of the mortar were drawn and the strain was only 4lbs., whereas the proper, strain should have been 20 lbs.

clients.

Mr. W. D. Owen appeared for SIR GEORGE LEWIS. the defence and pleaded "guilty," but asked for leniency. He said that the defendants had been in New York, Yesterday.

the building business for geven General Dawes' allusions to

years and had never been in this sort of trouble before. In this in- | Geneva in his Peace Bridge speech

Sir George Lewis was killed by stance the mortar was not pro- have caused a stir in the State Department, which has vigorous- falling in front of a train near perly mixed on account of the lazi- ness of a workman who wished to ly dissented against General Montreux.

Sir George Lewis, who has been avoid the trouble of going some Dawes' view that inadequate pre-staying at a sanatorium was alt-distance for water. The man has liminary preparations accounted ting on the balustrade of the hotel since been for the Genova breakdown. It is Territet and overbalanced and fell

dismissed by his pointed out that the United on to the railway at the moment States delegates discussed the the Express was passing. Reuter could not take a lenient view of The Magistrate said that he situation with the British repre- [Sir George James Garham sentatives at the League's Pre- Lewis was the head of the wall- the matter as it constituted a paratory Disarmament Confer-known London firm of Lewis and danger to the public. The build- once earlier in the year. This Lewis, solicitors. Born on Sep-ing, he said, might collapse and view is echoed by the Administra-tember 12, 1868, he was educated cause great disaster. tion and the newspapers.

at Harrow and later. at Balliol dants were fined $100. The "New York Times" says an College, Oxford, and was admitted explanation of the speech may be a solicitor in 1894.) found in a pamphlet recently eir- culated by a friend of General Dawes for the furtherance of a movement to make him a candid

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Rugby, Yesterday. Sir George Lewis who met his death tragically on the railway at Territet, In Switzerland, was one ate for the Presidency. Accord of the most notable figures in the pamphlet General London legal world. He was head ing to the Dawes' method is "Smash with of the firm of solicitors, Lewis

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On the application of the B.A. representative, his Worship made an order for the pulling down within 21 days' of a wall which had been built with the defective

mortar.

ROCKS FALL ON HOUSE VERANDAH.

the Javelin of sincerity the smoke and Lewis, which was built up by BLASTING DANGERS. 3.30 p.m. screens employed to conceal, con- his father, Sir George Lewis. Like 4.30 pm fuse and pervert American funda-his father, he was employed in many 5 p..

mentals. Reuter's American causes celebres, and was guard- 5 p.m. Service.

ian of secrets told to him by many famous people. He maintained, Noon

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in trouble and difficulty rather undertaking the Prays East re- than a technical legal expert. His clamation work, were this morning best achievements were probably summoned before. Major C. Willson Bookbinders. in cases which never reached court by Sergeant McTernan for failing and of which no one but those con- to supply adequate covering while cerned ever heard anything.-Bri- blasting rocks on Morrison, Hill on tish Wireless Service.

July 30 last. Fragments of rocks fell on the verandah of Revenue Officer Grimmitt's house, m

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as Bishop of Nagasaki. He is CORNHILL COLLAPSE A toki of the company said that Dentist.

the first Japanese to be made a bishop. Hayasaka will come to Rome to be consecrated by the Pope at St. Peters in great pomp and solemnity at the end of October-Beuter.

OTHER PROPERTY IN DANGER.

London, Yesterday.

the foreman was ill on that day, but as far as he could gather the sub stitute had taken the usual pre- caution of weighing the rocks down' with boards. He said that' fräg; manta flew into Mr. Grimmitt's

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A magistrate at the Mansion house because of the proximity of House has granted orders for the rock to the house." securing the safety of the pro-1 According to Sergeant McTernan, perty adjoining the Commercial if the rock had been properly PASSENGER EXCESS. Unton Buildings in Cornhill. It weighted down fragments: would was stated that some of the pro-have shot upwards and not sideways

as in this case perty was a very dangerous The defendant thèn · pleaded position and liable to collapse. "guilty, and the Magistrate im- Engineers & posed a fine of $50.

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Mrs. Costen's many friends in Kielland, as Joint-owners, were charged at the Marine Court this moderate to light overcant with the Colony will regret to learn morning with carrying more than rain at first, finer later is the that she has received information 12 passengers on their vessel og icial weather forecast until noon from her home in America that

All pleaded guilty and were fined to-morrow, M $100 each

ther mother is about to undergo's Pressure is relatively high in serious operation. All, Including the extreme ast and the extreme the Servicemen stationed here,

The master of a trading, lunk Bout was fined $15 in the Marina Court this morning for being within Har- bour limitate without Lights, He pleaded guilty.

The typhoon is now cent regulation North Korea, moving nort

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