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It was officially stated at Craig- well House, Bognor, this evening that the King had passed a satisfac- tory day,
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RAILWAY DISASTER
IN U.S.A.
5 MINERS KILLED
TRAM PLUNGES OVER AN EMBANKMENT
LARGE NUMBER INJURED
Sir Austen Chamberinin (secret- ary of State for Foreign Affairs) in the House of Commons, denied the statement attributed to the Afghan ambassador in Turkey that British
Peoria, Ill., Yesterday. Five miners were killed and four aircraft other than those engaged in the evacuation of foreigners from i Kabul were daily flying over Afgravely and 150 less seriously in- hanistan. He added that these air jured in a railway accident near craft were flying with the full con-here when four coaches of a train sent of the de facto authorities in conveying 500 miners to their work plunged over a 24-ft. embankment. Kabul.
Asked by whom British polley In-Reuter's American Service, Afghanistan was being determined, Sir A. Chamberlain said its direc tion rested with the. Government who sought advice of the Govern- ment of India and of their minister at Kabul.
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A Filipino named Filipe Abuloyan (72) was this morning charged be fore Major C. Willson, O.B.E., at the Central Magistracy with being a vagrant.
He understood that King Amanul lah had expressed willingness to receive foreign diplomatic represen- tatives at Kandahar bat, so far.as
Abuloyan told the Magistrate that he was aware, no members of the diplomatic body at Kabul had ache was an ex-seaman and had been cepted this Invitation.
to sea for 40 years. Until recently The British Government did not he had a job in Hong Kong as propose to maye their mission to watchman in charge of the rooms in Kandahar-British Wireless Ser-the old Grand Hotel-building, No. 2. Queen's-road Central, the ground
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