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PRO-TROTZKY UNITS.

Said To Be Bombarding the Kremlin With Artillery.

Riga, Yesterday.

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Indiscreet Wireless.

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London, Yesterday. A revolt at Moscow is the sub- An investigation into the The great new air port at Croy- ject of numerous official and Reichswehr wireless affair result-don, which comes into use on unconfirmed reports stating that ed in the release of the arrested Monday, embodies the result of four pro-Trotzky Soviet regimen except five who were origin-nine years' experience in the ments are bombarding the Krem-ally arrested at Giessen. It has working of regular high-speed lin with artillery, Reuter. been shown that the wireless 'passenger air services. As big operatora were indiscreet and Handley Page Napier and Silver careless in sending out militaryWing air liners of the Imperial messages intended only for the Airways arrived from the contin- TRADE. OPTIMISM. ármy in such a manner that ent yesterday they were taken to foreign stations could decipher the sheds of the new station to and code them.

be ready for their start from the One result of the affair will new ground on Monday. probably be the more frequent Built at a cost of £260,000, the changing of the military tele-new terminus has a huge domed graphic code.-Reuter,

PRINCE ON BRITAIN'S FUTURE.

A SECOND "JOSEPH."

"London, Yesterday.

$26,000 CLAIM.

(Continued from Page 1.).

·His Lordship commented that he saw no reason for disbelieving Mr. Raven on this point.

His Lordship then referred to the items relating to the erection ofį fifty-six doors prepared on the plan and to two of the items charged as extras in respect of fifteen

entrance and booking hall,. cua- toms and immigration inspection halls and a 50-feet high control tower.-British Wireless 'Service.

U. S. COTTON.

PROSPECTS OF THIS YEAR'S CROP.

A stirring note of hopefulness as to a better industrial future was struck by the Prince of Wales in o brilliant speech delivered at the din- ner of the Birmingham Jewellers' and Silversmiths' Association,

"We sat long in the sombre dark. ness of post-war depression and had. been deluded more than once by what had proved to be only a false dawn. We had learnt to mistrust the prophets "and heaven forbid

Washington, Yesterday, that I should try to prophesy," pumping wells and fifteen pumping:

Reviewing the cotton outlook but we never lost hope. We have rooms for flush system at a cost of for 1928 the Department of Agri- held on, grinned and borne it and $7,500 and $3,000 respectively. culture declares that the growers may be we are now going to get The defendant had denied that an will probably meet with the rela our reward. The trade returns for

catimate was ver sanctioned by tively favourable condition of a 1927 show that in spite of the hantained that the digging of the wells and a

or even presented to him and main- 'smaller carry-over than last year. dicap with which we started at the and erection of the pump houses the same as for the last crop.

demand situation about end of 1926 we really wiped out was clearly understood to be in the the deficit and re-started on the contract price. upgrade.

The spirit of co-operation, strik- His Lordship said he had come against an increase of acreage, re- ingly displayed at recent meetings to the conclusion that he must ac- culling the low prices as a result of representative employers and the cept the defendant's version as of over-planting in 1926. General Council of the T.U.C., gave substantially correct, that he must As regards culture, it says that the strongest reason for hope that accept the story of the defendant much will depend on the abun-

of the estimates and find specifical- bidern with respect to the crucial question dance of "

a new era of prosperity was open ing up.

Defendant's Version.

The most uncertain factor is the size of the crop. It warns:

ly that they, with the exception of ous anti

"vils, which have:

"e more numer- er vitality than

An intereating feature of the din-that for the Shanghai plastering, for several years past. It is not

ner was the maiden speech of "the second Joseph Chamberlain," name ly, the 20-year-old son of Sir Austen. Reuter.

YUGO-SLAVIA.

ACCUSED OF LACK OF FAITH.

ITALIAN DENUNCIATION.

Rome, Yesterday.

were never presented to him and yet known how far they have suc- that, he never agreed to the price

in them,

MASONIC SERVICE.

or sanctioned the work referred to cumbed to the low temperatures experienced in the cotton belt.- The result, continued His Lord-Reuter's American Service. ship, was that the only part of the case which plaintiff had made out to His Lordship's satisfaction was that which was admitted by the defendant and that, subject to the counterclaim, plaintiff was entitled to 87,000, the balance remaining due under contract No. 1 and to $3,000 in respect of the claim for Shanghai plastering.

The Counterclaim,

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YESTERDAY.

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The third annual Masonic Ser

"During the past four years His Lordship then dealt with the Yugo-Slavia has displayed no faith items of the counterolaim, suggest vice at St. John's Cathedral yester- ing that the parties submit the day evening was well attended by and no goodwill. On the contrary it has taken every pportunity of question of Hability and amount in the local Lodges, between 150 and organising against Italian

respect of the claim for defective and against Fascist

demonstrations

breeze in order to avert this. The

or unsatisfactory work to an ex-200 Brethren attending in regalia.

An appropriate address was deli- even in the speeches of its poliert. With reference to the omis

Bion to put cokebreeze cement on vered by the Rev. C. B. Shari (Dls- ticians."

the roof, His Lordship referred to trict Grand Chaplain), other clergy This strong indictment is pub. Mr. Raven's evidence that his ex- taking part in the service being:-- lished in the official bulletin of the perfence had taught him that upper The Right Rev. C. R. Duppy Fascist Party in a statement with flats in Kowloon were very hot and (Bishop of Victoria), who is also regard to the postponement of six he provided most deliberately in District Grand Chaplain), the Rev. months' renunciation of the Italo-his plans for the layer of coke G. T. Waldegrave (Past District Yugo-Slav Treaty of Friendship. rendant denied that he had ever Grand Chaplain), the Rev. G. E. S. It says that all the preparations of agreed to the omission of this layer Upsdell (Past District Grand Chap- the Yugo-Slav Army are directed of cement and the plaintiff had not lain), and there was also present against Italy. Yugo-Slavia has six satisfied His Lordship that this Worshipful Brother the Rev. J. months' in which to give a new turn omission was in fact agreed to. Horace Johnstone (Past District to her policy towards Italy, who can He found for defendant on this Grand Chaplain). The Rev. W. R. wait without fear future events-point and suggested that the ques Cannell and the Rev. N. V. Hal- Reuter.

tion of cost should be settled beward, the latter being Bishop's tween the parties by reference to an expert.

Chaplain, were also present.

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With reference to the item in The District Grand Master, Eng- the counterclaim concerning doors, fish Constitution, the Hon. Mr. shown in fr. Raven's plans and Owen Hughes, and the Deputy Dia-Bookbinders. not put in, His Lordship held that trict Grand Master, Scottish Con- defendant was entitled to recover stitution, Mr. E. Edwards, headed in respect of this item.

the procession in which were most His Lordship Indicated that he of the District Grand Lodge officers would not give the form of judge of each order together with mem Oslo, Saturday.

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The Rev. G. B. Shana in the states that the Norwegian Govern- at.

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