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[By Professor Arturo Marescal chi, State Secretary in the Italian Ministry of Agriculture.]
Vienna, June 26,
more
itinerant lectures, these groups, of -teachers having been, augmented by the Fascist government. by
than 300 sections and having, reached a total of 618 to-day, moreover 2,500 pro- fessional poular courses of lectures have been instituted which were Aid attended by .84,000 farmers.
was given for cultivation, oll for!
THE CHINA MAIL.
DARING ROBBERY,
OPIUM COMMISSION BACK.
"Much Has Already Been Done."
ARCHBISHOP O'DOHERTY.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1930.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
AT THE NEW SILK STORE.
Sailing on Trip to U.S.
and, Rome. >
Michael J.
Archbishop
The oplum problem cannot be
ved in a day, but, a solution can O'Doherty of the Philippines ar te found. This is the opinion pro- rived here on Monday, by the 8.8. nounced by Sweden's Minister In President McKinley, on the first Argentine, E. Ekstrand, on his reap of a trip that will take him turn from on. extensive tour to Rome, after erosalng the Unit- through the Far East as the Chaired States. to make the "ad
mn of the League of Nations'!
| Himina" visit to the Holy Seb und Anti-Oplum Commission. The
final results and the proposals as to request the approval of Pope to how the opium-evil should be Pius XI. of the sale of the exterminted will be embodied in Dinalupihan Estate.
Archbishop O'Doherty w411)
the report of the Research Commis- sion to the League, but Minister! Ekstrand has told the Swedish board the Empress of Japan here press some interesting facts con- and proceed to the United States, cerning the research work now where after touring some of its
completed:
The Commission headed by Mr important cities he will board a Ekstrand and with a Swedish liner for Italy. He expects to secretary, Mr. Renborg. also in-stay in the United States from cludes a Czechoslovakian and three to four, weeks, spending
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Archbishop O'Doherty will also Soldiers Mow Down Poppy Fields. make a report to the Vatican on Minister Ekstrand - emphasized the progress of the Catholic that he is not pessimistic about the Church in the Philippine Islands. eplum problem... Governments and The archbishop expects to return officials have done mach to eradie- to the Philippines in December. ale the vice. In some countries or January. During his trip the growing of poppies has been abroad. he will also visit his strictly forbidden, and soldiers brother, Monseigneur Joseph have even been sent out to mow O'Doherty, rector of the Univer- down entire fields of them. Insity of Salamanca, famous Spaniel ather countries the opium has been centre of learning.
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triar estate in Bulacan Unusual. New Designs must be exterminated, and Mr. that he considered the Ekstrand thinks that this can be lupihan estate in Bataan virtually achieved through efficient measures settled, and that he is starting dis- ARMED DACOITS' COUP AT and by means of international co-cussion with the archbishop or ble
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the motors being furnished exempt Revolution" received by Seth N. N. from taxation; in the last four Gadodia, a municipal Commissioner The Mussolini Government has years more than 4 million lire here, was the prelude to the theft of An attempt is to be made to ing to Representative Santiago, the made agriculture the chief task of worth of subsidies were granted Rs. 16,100 from his swadeshi shop secure the restoration, of what legislators reiterated the intention its programme which provides for for the mechanical cultivation of the exploitation of all those waste land, help was also granted. domains in any way suitable for for grain sowing; premiums and Improvements and by means of subsidies awarded for fruit grow which cultivation is to be augmenting, prizes of 7 million lire worth ed to the greatest measure possible, have been distributed within the making of Italy an agricultural Inst three years for the promotion state. The conquest of the soll is of cattle.breeding in connection with to-day the so-called "Bonifica In-
the whole agricultural equipment of
Grain Battle.
The dacolte fired several shots to
an
in the heart of the city last night. was at one time Britain's oldest of the tenants and their backers to
Five young men,
two of whom museum. It is a wall in Oxford, comply with the requirements set appeared to be Bengalis and another designed by Sir Christopher forth by the archbishop in the option of sale given to a Sikh, entered the ate e about 10 Wren and provided with niches p.m., held up the cashier at the point for the reception of 150 classical the tenants requiring payment of
F660.000 of the total selling pricé| of a revolver and demanded the keys statues.. of the safe.
The proposal is sponsored by of P2,512,000 on or before Septem-
ber 18. They seized currency notes and Dr. R. T. Gunther, the Curator cash, amounting to Rs. 16,100, cut of Old. Ashmolean Museum, whose Mr. Santiago said that the ten- interest in some recent repairs ants already have on hand F200,000 tegrale" a complete recovery of the farms.
the telephone wires, and decampeded to the interesting discovery of the P660,000 required, but that] land which provides for the drain- age and dessication of the, marsh-
In order to gain an idea frighten off some people who had that the original atructure is in he believed the rest of this amount excellent condition. It is conceal- could be raised within the life time land and malaria districts and the of the favourable resulta obtained gathered at the entrance. At ed, however, behind
of the option. He said he 'was so general improvement and modern-
we may quote the "Battaglia del Queen's Gardens they jumped into Eighteenth Century wall guard-certain that the tenants could put izing of obsolete agricultural pro- Grano" (the grain battle) which a car and sped away." cesses, so as to attain higher re-
was started by the Premier in 1925. Mr. Gadodia stated he had recent-ng the Sheldonian Theatre, also up the necessary funds for the pur- turns and to improve the economic The harvest of 71 million doublely received two letters, one of which the work of Wren. The history chase of the estate that he did not] situation of the farmers, thereby
of the "museum" is best described hesitate to start negotiations for the giving them better standards of life metric, quintals of grain obtained on stated:
in the words of John Evelyn, the purchase of the Buenavista estate. "If we succeed we will pay your diarist, who was closely associat- He explained that it is expected and obtaining an increase of an area in the last year which
formerly produced at the utmost money with interest, otherwise you ed with the whole project and the Pope would have no objec population in the rural districts. 50-55 million quintala signifies an should forego your money, which is was personally responsible for tion to the sale of the friar estates This programme, besides the 2,305, uncontestable progress and brings nothing as compared to the lives we the gift of the Arundelian marbles in view of the fact that the arch- 000 hectares of marshland which Italy up to nearly the level of the have sacrificed for India. It was to the University made in 1667 bishop himself finds no objection to still awaits complete drainage, average output per hectare of the signed "Long Live Revolution."
by Henry Howard, later Earl of such sale.
It was understood that the arch- gress-worker. He was Mr. Gandhi's Norfolk.
Mr. Gadodia is a prominent Con Arundel and seventh Duke of
bishop gave assurances that the hoat at the beginning of the year.
"When I saw these precious Holy See also would have no objec monuments miserably neglected,"tion to the sale of the Buenavista begins the record, "and how ex-three municipalities and covering estate in Bulacan, conslating of ceedingly the corosive air of
also comprises 3,583,000 hectares of soil on which amelioration is pos- sible and finally more than 3 million hectares alpine land which still awaits exploitation. Altogether it.
fact
big northern countries, a which formerly appeared unattain able. Italy in former years with an average harvest ranged seventh in rank; to-day with 14.7 double
Is a question of nearly one third of metric quintals she ranges fourth
Preventing an Exodus.
On General Motors American London impaired them, I procured an area of 28,000 hectares, if the testing ground cars covered 8% him to bestow-them on the church was offered a good price for million miles during 1920.
University of Oxford. This het.. was pleased to grant me.
Mr. Santiago said the Buenavista and I sent iramediately letters to estate may be bought for P8,400,- the Vice-Chancellor, that if they 000 which is believed to be the ments are introduced in general re esteemed it a service to the sum quoted to him by the church dignitaries handling male negotia- garding the life of the rural popula-University (of which I had been a
tiona. The Buenavista eštųte haš tion; besides better roads, drinking member) they should take orders
about. 17,000 tenants, according to water and sanitary housing a for their transportation."
the area of the Kingdom of Italy and is only surpassed by Great 4 Testing Ground. By means of drainage marshland Britain, Germany and Czechoslova- has been dessicated or covered by kia." better soil; 778,249 hectares can already be considered as reclaimed
re- Every possible device la 1.188,378 hectares are still being worked and 428,382 hectares still sorted to in order to prevent the remain to be attacked. The en exodus from the rural districts to
Negligence of land actment provisions of the law pro- the towns. vide for work representing a value lords is punished by compulsory of more than 10 milliard Lire, dis-measures, they being deprived of the tributed over 14 years,
State Subsidles. “
To which extent the whole of the
Bonifica Integrale will reimburse
permission to run their own estate minimum of social comforts is also There followed a decree of the Rizal solon.
which is entrusted to persons who to be spread in these strata of the thanks, and two years later the guarantee ⠀⠀ for better results. population: telephones, electric diarist was present at the in Furthermore everything possible sight, pastimes and amus augural celebration at the Shel HONG KONG HEIGHTS in being done in order to free the ments such as wireless sets, donian Theatre. He dined, so he
For the information of visitors the state the sums advanced cannot season workers, these vagrant, cinemas, Itinerant libraries, tells us, with the Vice-Chancellor, yet bo; stated in so many figures homeless elements from the un- sports, housewife clubs aim- and spent an enjoyable afternoon the following Hat of some of the But we have an example. For the satisfactory situation in which they, Ingat domestic training, etc. Inspecting "the noble marbles and highest points on the Island and “Bonifica" of the Island of Arlane are placed in the more populated dis. In this domain women can do a lot inscriptions, now inserted in the Mainland is published:-- In the district of Polesine the state tricts and to direct them towards as the wish to live in the country walls that compass the area of gave 3 million subsidies. Now, fixed agricultural work on the often emanates from them.
the Theatre, which were 150 of ten years after the conclusion of the formerly waste land which the That the measures of the Fascist the ancient and most worthy trea ameliorations, it draws more than "Bonifica" has recovered, and where Government in favour of the im- sures of that kind in the learned 22 millions worth of taxes from the now tracts are being cultivated provement of agriculture in Italy world." same district. The whole of which require fresh labour. Great are successful, is proved by the "Observing," he continues, Italian cultivated land is suitable pains are being taken to repopulate fact that the rough output of the that some idie persons began to for intenser methods of agriculture. these districts and one, tries to give Italian soil and its agricultural scratch and Injure them, I ad-
every family their own house and undertakings has risen from 8% vised that a hedge of holly should. bit of land without hindering the milliard gold lire at the time Muse be planted at the foot of the wall agricultural cultivation on a large solint assumed the Goyerminent, to to be kept breast high only, to scale which is for the greater part 12 milliard gold fire to-day protect them: which the V.C. conducted by machinery. rove- Uta Preer Service
promised to do the next season.”
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