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Geneva, Yesterday.
Kong.
INTERNATIONAL RING.
New Discoveries Reported In Calcutta,
A MIS-TRIAL.
Teapot Dome Case Echo.
JURY'S IRREGULARITIES,
All Evidence Must Be Reheard At New Trial.
Calcutta, Oct, 26. The International Labour Office
Washington, Yesterday. An amazing discovery of an spokesman, Mr. Grimshaw, has international drug trafficking or the counsel for Mr. Harry Sin- A joint statement issued by made a statement to the Man-ganisation has resulted from clair, who with Mr. Fall, ex- dates Commission outlining the recent raids in Caleutta, and Secretary of the Interior, is views of the Native Labour Com-through secret codes found ex-charged with conspiracy to de- mission, namely, compulsory la-cise officers in Germany have been fraud the Government in connect- bour only to be employed on enabled to trace traffickers in the ion with the Teapot Dome oil essential public works and should Indian and Far Eastern drug leases, declares that they have be paid local rates. The work trade. should not exceed 48 hours week-
joined with counsel for the Goy- Information Inid by the Cal-ernment in requesting that ly and sixty days annually, save cutta' officials made possible the Justice Siddons declare a mis- in exceptional cases.
arrest of a Liverpool chemist and trial in the case. Mr. Grimshaw stated that the two go-betweens carrying on The trial was halted while a Labour Office would submit a com-negotiations in Calcutta.
grand jury investigated the! pleted report to the 1929 Confer- Following the recent arrest of charge of attempted tampering a beautiful emigré at Hong Kong with the jury. The investigation [A cable of October 14 stated: having a large quantity of heroin was undertaken largely upon in- The International Labour Office concealed in her trunks, a docu- formation obtained by Govern- decided by 14 votes to seven to ent found on her accomplice ledment agents in a raid on an apart- place the question of compulsory ended in the discovery of corres-vate detectives from New York to a search in a Berlin flat and ment in an hotel occupied by pri labour of natives on the agenda of the Conference to be held in 1929. pondence and the secret code used City. Special Government coun- This decision was arrived at after by the gang with agents in vari-sel in the case presented four the adoption of the report of alous countries, the police of which affidavits to the Court naming committee of experts consisting were informed.-"Straits Times" among others Messrs. Harry of Sir Frederick Lugard, Sir Corr. Selwyn Fremantle, Mr. H. M. Taberer (South Africa) and Mr.
ence.-Reuter,'
H. M. Joynt (Malay States) which
PERSIAN OIL CO.
OF A MILLION.
CHAIRMAN'S WARNING.
London, Yesterday.
Sinclair, Edward Kidwell, one juror and two private detectives. The Teapot Lome affidavits re- fer to the alleged tampering with vate detectives allegedly employ- the jury and the activities of pri-
ed by Mr. Harry Sinclair in main- ¡taining close surveillance over the jurymen. Reuter's American Service.
Charges Proved. The charges of irregularity
unanimously passed a resolution PROFITS EXCEED QUARTER that forced labour should cease at| the earliest possible moment. They also passed a resolution | giving the opinion that the regu lation of forced labour was urgently important for safeguard-} Sir John Cadman, presiding at ing the conditions of certain popu-the annual meeting of the Anglo-brought against the jury in the lations. The Director of the Persian Oil Company, pointed out Teapot Dome case resulted in a Labour Office suggested that the that excessive production in the mistrial being declared and all question be considered at the United States and larger exports evidence hitherto presented must 1928 Conference, but the British from Russia were necessarily dis-be reheard by a new jury-Reu- Government delegate urged the quieting factors, but fortunately ter's American Service. necessity for adequate study and the Anglo-Persian were not im supported the Belgian proposal pelled to overproduce. that it be given first place in the 1929 agenda.]
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ROBBERY AT TRAMWAYS OFFICE.
CHERSKI RANGE.
EXPLORER DESCRIBES A
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GREAT DISCOVERY.
He mentioned that the net pro- fit for the year exceeded a quar- ter of a million sterling but warned shareholders that unless there was a radical change in
ALTITUDES OF 10,700 FEET. were likely to be reduced.
The Persian Imperial Commis-
London, Yesterday. sioner, Mirzae Issa Khanfayz, ex-Siberia last year, which resulted in The expedition to North-East pressed the Persians admiration the discovery of probably the last of the manner in which the Com- SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT. pany had developed that part of great mountain range on the globe, Persia in which they operate and is described by the explorer Serges "Geographical The office of the traffic superin- suggested the Company should Obruchev in the
found schools with the co-opera-
Journal." tendent of the Hong Kong Tram-tion of the Persian Ministry
The mountains are 825 miles long ways, Ltd., in Russell Street, Wan- for instruction in that inaccessi- and 180 miles broad, thus having chai, was broken-into shortly be-ble part of Persia where the bene-a larger area than the Caucasus, fore midnight yesterday by a Chin-fits of education were unavailable. whilst they have altitudes of 10,700 ese who succeeded unobserved in breaking and removing a pane of glass from a window and wriggling through the small opening.
Reuter.
TROUBLE IN INDIA.
POLICE FINDS IN THE NORTH.
SEVERAL ARRESTS.
Delhi, Yesterday.
feet, being the greatest in North Siberia, excepting the Kamchatka volcanoes.
The Russian Geographical Society has called the new mountains, which lia on a great promontory eastward of the River. Lena, the Cheski Range In memory of the well-known geologist-Reuter.
Inside the office, he opened a black tin box and took therefrom a revolver with holster, 49 rounds of ammunition and- a parcel of papers of no great value, the pro- perty of Mr. H. W. Hammond, "of the Tramways. Not satisfied with. Police have searched houses in TAXING A DIAMOND. his haul, the greedy thief searched Lahore, Allahabad and Cawnporej further, and, entering the Superin- and have seized proscribed litera- CUSTOMS OFFICIALS AND THE tendent's office, he searched the ture, revolvers and materials for drawers of the latter's desk, in one the manufacture of bomba.f of which he located half a million Several persons have been arrested:
Washington, Yesterday.. German paper marks in bundles of
Reuter.
Customs officials are puzzled in 00,000 each, which he also appro- November 1 stated:-A number of mond valued, at G$200,000 which A message from Calcutta dated regard to the famous Nassak dia- printed.
houses in Calcutta and North-east is supposed to have formed one of Then crawling back through the Bengal have been searched by the the eyes of the ancient image of 4.30 p.m. window which opened on to Bow-police, who have seized documents the God Shiva, in India.
rington Canal, the thief crossed believed to reveal widespread
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Kumsang.
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10.30 a.m. Noon
NASSAK STONE.
It was at first ruled that the the canal over a plank bridge, and ramifications of a revolutionary depositing his booty on the other conspiracy. The searches were stone was entitled to enter the coun-
executed at the request 3.30 p.m. alde, returned to the
of the try as an "artistic antiquity." duty Tramways Bihar police, following the dis free, but the diamond dealers here 8.30 p.m. office for more loot. He again suc-covery of two pistols and ammuni- Protested that it should be taxed. .5 p.m. ceeded in entering without attract-tion in the possession of a Bengali twenty per cent. under the tariff 5 p.m. ing the attention of the Indian youth at Deoghar last month, Cor-law because it had been cut and
watchman who was on duty some tain ciphers were also seized, and used as a Jowel in England. Rou 60, yards away, but this time he when decoded revealed the names ter's American' Service. was discovered by Mr. J. H. Sim- of a number of persons whose ad- mons, a Traffic Inspector who had ed. No arrests are
dresses were subsequently search- entered the office to use the tale-ported.] phone. Switching on the light, Mr. Simmons, who had already thought
5.p.m.
6 p.m.
it odd that the Superintendent's
door should be ajar, looked behind
the door and found the intruder A
hitherto re-
RAILWAY SABOTAGE.
LABOUR GAINS.
·BRITISH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
London, Yesterday. Big Labour gains are shown in the municipal elections held yes- terday in over 300 cities and boroughs in England and Wales, not including London.
Attempts to Wreck Troina. 8.30 am. crouching there. He was immedi 9 am. Jately hauled out, the police were
Calcutta, Oct. 26. telephoned for, and Sergt. Rozeskwy Bengal Nagpur Railway is grow The gains and losses so far are
The sabotage epidemic, 1.80 p.m. went over from No. 2 Police Staing.
on the 2.80 p.m. tion and took the thief into custody, month an attempt has been made tives 7 and 70, Liberals 12. and 83
For the third time this On the floor of the office the Ser to wreck a train. geant found a chisel and a pair of The latest outrage took place on and Independenty 16 and 25.~Reu- scissors which ilid not belong to the Tuesday near Katni, in the Central ter
p.m.
M
Tramway Company, and were sur
Provinces. The train was derail- mlsed to have been the instruments plates, and bolts had been removed
ed, but no one was injured. Fish with which the thief removed the from a section of the track 4.80 p.m.window pane,
ORGA When the thief was charged bet koki
"Straits. Tines" Corr. fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Cen
PARLANTHERALL tral Magistracy this morning, he entered a straightforward plan of
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