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Peshawar, Yesterday. The Shiahs continue to hold the main positions and have seized the Manikh al Darrah valley, Bat re- sistance is weakening and there are signs of an early collapse.

The Sunnis have apparently over- come the difficulties of bringing up supplies, and are now pressing their opponents very hard.

The Chief Commissioner of the North-West frontier has sternly warned the Afridis and Orakzais against treating inhumanly Shiabs falling into their hands, especially at least the hundred families still living in the Orakzais country

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[A telegram from Calcutta, dated April 1, stated that serious trouble threatens to break out on the North- West Frontier, and the British au- thorities in the Frontier Province the tribal are apprehensive that fighting may spread into British territory.

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Fighting is now going on on a small scale just over the border be- tween the Sunnis and the Shiahs, two Mohammedan sects, at Tirah, in Afridi country.

It has been well-known that for a long time past. the Shiah tribes- men have been engaged in building forts along the border of the "guar- anteed area" north of Kohat-Thal Pass on British territory.

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will Afridis,

launch a big counter-drive against the Shiaha, a move which would probably involve the invasion of British territory, which would necessitatte British intervention.

The Kohat column is standing by ready for immediate action, while R.A.F. aeroplanes are con- stantly reconnoitring.]

KING'S HEALTH

NATIONAL THANK-OFFERING FUND OPENED

100,000 GUINEAS NUCLEUS

London, Yesterday.

An anonymous donor, under the pseudonym of "Audax," has written to Lord Stamfordam (the King's Private Secretary) undertaking to set aside for over seven years a total sam of 100,000 guineas to form the nucleus of a National Thankoffering Fund, to express joy at the King's return to health.

The fund will be administered by King Edward's Hospital Fund for London.-Reuter.

TOC H MOVEMENT

NEW BRANCHES FORMED LAST YEAR

London, Yesterday. The Prince of Wales welcomed the delegates of Toc H branches from all over the world at a meet- ing at the Church House, West- minster. He also lighted 56 Lamps of Maintenance for new branches formed during the year.

The Prince pointed out that this was twice the number won in any the previous year.. He alluded to "very significant beginning" of

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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1929.

UNIFORM IRKSOME GERMAN DYE TRUST

EX-CHINESE ARMY OFFICER

IN COURT

"IMPROBABLE" STORY

Wong Yuen-tax, who claims to have been an officer in the 19th Army Division at Hankow, and is at present living in Room No. 4, Ping On boarding House, West Point, was charged with theft before Mr. E.. W. Hamilton, at the Magistracy, this morning,

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Amsterdam, Yesterday. According to the "Telegraf," re- presentatives of the German Dye He was alleged to have stolen a Trust, who recently returned from jacket belonging to a foki of a the United States, conferred with Chinese shop occupying the ground the Standard Oil Company of New ftocr of No. 158, Des Vœux-road Jersey with a view West. He coolly walked into the operation and also with regard to place yesterday afternoon and, go the production of synthetic rabber, ing to the cockloft, helped himself in which, it is reported that the to the garment. Another foki of greatest improvements have now the shop saw him as he was about been made, gas and petroleum being to leave. He seized Wong and used in the manufacture of the raw handed him over to an Indian con material.---Reuter. stable.

Wong, who appeared in the dock in a khaki military uniform, denied the theft. He said that he had for- merly been in the Chinese Army, and was now in Hong Kong looking for a job. He was a native of Wan Nam, Kwangsi, and when he first

DON'T WASTE WATER!

BRITISH POLITICS

WHAT MR LLOYD GEORGE WANTS TO KNOW

LABOUR CAMPAIGN

Was

London, Yesterday. A direct challenge to Mr. Bald- win to say whether, if the Govern- inent were defeated, he would ad- vise the King to establish a Social- ist administration, was made by Mr. Lloyd George yesterday.

Haven, he Speaking at Milford came here a few days ago he looked said he believed that a Government Inevitable. If the up a fellow villager named Chiu defeat Chi-man, who was connected with Socialists were not in the majority the shop and was the Chairman-which they certainly would not of the Yunnanese Association in be-it depended entirely upon Mr. Baldwin himself as to whether Hong hong

under those conditions the Social- As he (Wong) was a stranger in ists would be called on to form a Hong Kong, Chiu had promised to government.

that a If Mr. Baldwin advised give him every assistance which he might require. Yesterday accused Socialist Premier should be his the Liberals would found it uncomfortable wearing his successor thick military uniform in the heat neither countenance nor encourage if Mr. of Hong Kong, so he went to the the idea. It looked as shop to get a change of clothing. Baldwin had already made up his He took the jacket from the cock-mind to do it, and he ought to oft thinking that it was the proper-say

Helped Hintself・・

ty of his friend Chiu,

distinctly before the General Election what he meant to do.

Mr. Baldwin was not entitled to

The complainant in the case, în reply to the Magistrate, said that say to the electors. "If you won't that you bave there was no man named Chia Chi- have me I will sec

to put up with the Socialists." man connected with the shop.

Labour Rally

His Worship remarked that the accused's story seemed improbable,

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in the

but decided, in any case, to give him Labour Election campaign, launch-

a chance to substantiate it if posed a big Labour rally at the Albert sible.

was

He accordingly remanded Hall.

Mr. MacDonald said that the first Wong In Police custody for 24 hours, and instructed Divisional Inspector point in Labour's programme

"We propose to Bloor to make

inquiries at the unemployment. Yunnanese Association with a view organise a brain for thinking and to finding Chia Chi- man.

acting for the industrial state," he said. Further be thought the time had come to co-ordinate all spend- committee ing departments, by a over which the Prime Minister would preside, having as a nucleus the Chancellor of the Exchequer, President of the Board of Trade,

Minister and the

of Labour, "modelled exactly on the basis of the Committee for Imperial Defence."

FOR THE BLIND

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MOTOR SPEED

CAMPBELL'S RECORDS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Capetown, Yesterday, The official speed of Campbell's

This Committes would be the centre of the seeing, thinking, in- vestigating, and gathering of in- formation regarding unemployment, employment markets, and currency, and also "everything relating to the this of active co-ordinated life country."

Mr. MacDonald declared that a Labour Chancellor would tax the "poisoning inanities of a class .... "economic parasitism." He went on to say, "Our opponents may rest assured that their tremor that we eball lay waste the land and call a nightmare

Toe H in Germany which had an- records were: For five miles, 211 it progress," is only nounced that its endowment fund miles per hour; five kilometres, 218 after a much too heavy supper." had reached £64,500, and money miles per hour and for one kilometre

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Mr. MacDonald also emphasised the international importance of a domestic industrial policy, and said the Labour Government would ain at the establishment of a powerful and authoritative International La- bour Office at Geneva.

A second point was that of inter- national peace, in which respect Labour wanted peace in Europe, including diplomatic relations with Russia, settlement of the freedom of the seas. and a Naval Agree- ment with America on the subject.

Mr. MacDonald wanted Great Britain to be in the forefront in proposals for peace and disarma- ment-Reuter.

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Owing to numerous cases bribery and mismanagement in the Soviet trusts and other enterprises the Russian Government has re- solved to reorganise the methods of State central and to appoint "a special Bribery Commission.

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