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CENSURE MOTION. ·
Leadership of the Commons.
MR. BALDWIN'S DEFENCE.
SOVIET SPIES.
Sweden Now Up in Arms.
PLANS EXPLOSED.
President Of Board Of Trade And Tampering With Servants Of Two
The Miners.
Rugby, Yesterday.
Legations.
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Stockholm, Yesterday.
The newspapers state that the
TASTE IN FISH.
Report of the Food Council.
UNATTRACTIVE NAMES.
Popularity Of Fried Fish Shops.
Rugby, Yesterday, The Labour Party's vote of
The Food Council, which was censure arising out of the Prime Soviet Legation tried to suborn the Minister's attitude during the de- servants of the Italian and British set up two years ago to watch the bate on the problem three weeks Legations, but a Swede who was interests of the public regarding ago when, instead of replying the go-between exposed the plans. the retail prices of food, have com- personally to the Labour attack, The Labour daily newspaper, thepleted their examination of the this task was entrusted to the Pre-"Social Demokraten," joins the non-fish trade which does not disclose sident of the Board of Trade, was socialist organs in urging the So-
debated last night in the House of viet, if it desires friendly relations any grounds for believing that Commons and was rejected by 347 with Sweden to be continued, to excessive profits on the average votes to 142. The earlier debate ensure that. Its representatives are are being made. was interrupted by Labour pro- not. compromised in espionage af- tests and four members were sus- fairs.--Reuter.
The public taste in fish and pended, but the debate last night [A Stockholm cablegram of Decem-changing conditions in trade are was orderly and quiet.
ber 6 reported:-According to the contained in the Council's report,. Mr. Baldwin. defended his Svenska Dagblad a young Swedish which notes that there is a far action and after pointing out the reserve officer has been arrested at larger demand for the best quality need of leaving to Ministers the door step of the Soviet Lega- of fish than before the war.' technical questions with which tion on a charge of spying on be they were fully, acquainted, he ex-half of Soviet Russia. An enquiry pressed the view that the duties is proceeding.]
lof leadership in the House
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fast that ultimately
these would
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capacity of one who was also COPING WITH FLOODS
Prime Minister.
DOLLAR SCHEME.
The President of the Board of THREE HUNDRED MILLION Trade, Sir Philip Cuncliffe-Lister, later announced that the Govern- ment had decided to set up a small committee to assist unemployed PLANNED BY ENGINEERS.
workers in distressed areas to secure migration to the Dominions. It worth while to
might be send men,
Washington, Yesterday. President Coolidge has trans-
for example, to Canada when six mitted to Congress a three hun- months work was offered with a dred million dollar engineering guarantee to bring them back scheme, planned by the Army En- when they so desired.
gineers Corps, fog controlling the Referring to the general out- Mississippi. floods from Cairo look in the coal industry, Sir (Illinois) to the Mexican Gulf, by Philip Cunliffe-Lister said that introducing new flood-ways and more coal was now being produced strengthening and raising the and more was being exported and existing levees.
more miners were employed than Only a small part of the cost, in. 1925; Prices were low but which will amount to nearly three combined selling arrangements hundred million dollars, will fall would raise them and, in the on the Valley States-Reuter's meantime, low prices were en- American Service. abling the industry to recover its old markets. General trade was improving and that was bound to help the coal industry. The Eight Hours Act had reduced the costs of production and less than a quarter of the reduction of costs had come off wages. Wireless Service,
British
M.P.'S DEATH.
GENERAL SIR ARTHUR HOLLAND.
KEEN BY-ELECTION?
Rugby, Yesterday. The death occurred in London yesterday of General Sir Arthur Holland, the Conservative member of Parliament for Northampton, where at the last election he had a
"MISS MEGAN.”.
TO CONTEST WELSH SEAT NEXT ELECTION.
less known varieties should be The Council suggest that the
purchased and to this more at- tractive names should be given to such fish as meṛgrims, witches, and catfish.
Fried fish shops, it is stated, dispose of more than a quarter of the fish landed. The sale of her- rings by such shops is recommend- ed as this fish, in spite of a 125 per cent. increase in the price compar- ed with the pre-war price, is still the cheapest fish in the market.— British Wireless Service.
BOGUS CLAIM.
EYE SPECIALIST'S BOAST REFUTED.
HEAVY FINE IMPOSED
A Chinese named Au Lau-hang, living at No. 35, Stanley Street, was this morning charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy with claiming to be an eye specialist without any qualifica- tions.
The accused admitted the offence. Detective Sub-Inspector Andrews told the Magistrate that the secus- ed published a pamphlet in which the accused stated: "I have been Rugby, Yesterday, thought secret European methods. Miss Megan Lloyd George will, I am not boasting or lying." it is stated, stand as a Liberal can- The Inspector added that eight didate for a seat in Wales at next years ago the accused was employ. General Election. She has had ed as a "boy" In Dr. Jordan's office wide experience as her father's and was dismlased on account of constant companion on his big his activities outside. political engagements. Wireless Service.
British
MOON'S ECLIPSE.
The accused, whilst admitting that he had no qualifications, told the Magistrate that whilst he was in Dr. Jordan's office he had assist- ed in putting drops in cases of sye disease.
Mr. Lindsell: Do you call that
small majority in a three-cornered INVISIBLE IN LONDON OWING studying Western methods?
contest, over Miss Bondfield, an ex- member of the Labour Government. General Holland had a distin- guished army career,
TO FOG.
Rugby, Yesterday. Lieut-General Sir Arthur Hol-in London to-day, of the total Little or nothing could be seen land, K.C.B., K.G.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.,
Accused: I have used eye lotions in some cases with good effect.
Inspector Andrews said that on Wednesday, he sent a Chinese de-! that he was suffering from his eyes. tective to the accused to pretend
was nothing the Although there
M.V.O, late Commander Royal Mili eclipse of the moon owing to cloud tary Academy, at Woolwich, was and mist. It is possible, however, matter with the detective's eyes, born in 1862 and entered the Army that better conditions may have the accused told him that he was
In 1880. He served with die prevailed in the provinces. tinction in the South African War British Wireless Service. (1900-1) and European War.}
BALTIC DISPUTE.
LEAGUE COUNCIL HEARS PARTIES.
MEDIATOR APPOINTED.
heard
PEACE PRIZE.
DIVIDED BY FRENCH AND GERMAN PROFESSORS.
auffering from trachoma. Accused
asked for $35 to cure the detective and said that the treatment would take two months.
The Magistrate imposed a fine of $100, or, in default, aix weeks' hard labour.
U. S. SHIPPPING.
MR. C. E. HUGHES NOT A CANDIDATE.
Oslo, Yesterday. The "Aftenpost" understands Rugby, Yesterday. that the Nobel Peace Prize will be The League Council yesterday divided between the French Pro- a long statement on the fessor, Ferdinand Buiseon, and the Polish-Lithuanian dispute from M. German Professor, Ludwig Quidde. Valdemaras, the Lithuanian Pre-The former is President of the mier, and M. Zaleski, the Polish League of the Rights of Man and of State, has published a statement Mr. C. E. Hughes, ex-Secretary Foreign Minister,
the latter is a well-known pacifist. denying that he is a candidate for
Reuter.
Feeling that the services of some important mediator would be op- Portune the Council requested thej Netherland Foreign Minister to act as rapporteur and the matter will be considered further-Bri- th Wireless Service.
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