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ANGLO-IRISH TARIFF WALLS MAY FALL

DELEGATES AT OTTAWA NEARING SOLUTION

BRITAIN SIGNS COMMERCE PACTS WITH DOMINIONS

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NOTTS LOSE BY ONE WICKET.

Larwood 9 For 145,

SURREY, MIDDLESEX AND HAMPSHIRE WIN,

Lancashire Only Draw.

NAOMAL HITS CENTURY BUT INDIANS LOSE.

London, To-day, Leicestershire provided the surprise of the mid-week cricket programme when they

Ottawa, To-day. Conversations between the Rt. Hon. Mr. Thomas O'Kelly, Minister of Local Government in the Irish Free State Cabinet, and Delegates of the United Kingdom, have been directed towards what is termed "an agreement to agree, "accord- beat Notta- yesterday by one ing to a statement from Irish quarters to-day. The attitude of delegates seems to be most hopeful.

wicket. Harold Larwood, the -All England fast bowler, strove desperately hard to keep his side in the running;

for the Championship, but his

9 for 145 proyed unavailing.

over North-

DOLLAR AT 1/4 AFTER SILVER RISES.

Spot Silver Gain 11/16," Closing at 18%,

In accordance with a rise in silver, the local dollar rose to 1/4d.

મ.

Spot silver gained 11/16, closing at 18% Silver for ward also experienced a slight ris to 18,5/16 from 18, (yesterday's quotation),

The value of the pound has dropped, the London on New York cross rate closing at £-G3.47, a 1⁄2 drop, and the New York on London rate going down to £-$G3.47%, & similar drop of 11⁄2.

MITCHELL TO FILL VACANCY.

Surprise Selection,

IAN PEEBLES PASSED OVER.

London, To-day."

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DETECTIVES PURSUE WIFE MAY FLY BACK

VANISHING HATS.

Mystery Solved By

Jimple Ruse.

COURT HOUSE' THIEF,

A series of thefts of hats, one

WITH MOLLISON

BRITISH AIRMAN IS OCEAN CONQUEROR

of the victims being Chief Detec- FIRST EASTBOUND

tive Inspector Reynolds, during the Fung murder trial at the Supreme Court, had a sequel in the Central Police Court this morning, when Pang Chung, employed by Alex Ross & Co, Ltd., was brought be fdre Mr. E. 1. Wynne-Jones charg- ed with the theft of four hats.

Defendant was arrested by a

SOLO FLIGHT

OVER ATLANTIC

St. John N. B., To-day.

Mr. J. A. Mollison, first airman to fly alone across the Atlantic westward, landed safely, but exhausted, shortly before noon to-day. At 3 o'clock this afternoon, "Atlantic Time," he will leave the Canadian Farm field where he landed, for New York. After that his plans are a little uncertain. He intended, at first to snatch food and rest while his monoplane was being tuned and refuelled, and immediately set out for England. Now he says he may wait in New “ York for his wife, the former Miss Amy Johnson, almost as famous The first theft occurred two days pilot as he is himself. He adds that they may fly the Atlantic le- after the trial of Cheng Kwok-yaugether, eastward.

Chinese detective in the corridor

of the Supreme Court on Thursday, walking away with a hat.

opened, a topee, belonging to

Flying a British-built Puss

Landed In Farm, C.D.I. Reynolds, being taken from

Moth monoplane, the top of a radiator out ide the

the "Heart's Mollison landed in a farm Content," Mollison,

field at 11.45 o'clock, in bright holder of re-

sunshine, after having flown for His

They intimate that an understanding is sought by which it will be possible to immediately remove both the United Kingdom and Free State militant Good bowling by Gover gave customs tariffs. Following the elimination of Surrey a narrow win these trade restrictions, the two Governments will ants, and a return to form by J. L. Guise, coupled with the bowling of then proceed to work out in an improved atmos-Sims, spelled victory for Middlesex. Mitchell, the Derbyshire right-Court. The next victim was Deords for flights from England 24 hours and 10 minutes. phere the personnel of a tribunal to consider the The well-varied Hampshire attack handed slow spin bowler, has been testive-Sub-Inspector Rozeskwy who

to Australia and from England landing time was equivalent to All the remaining lost a felt hat. On Wednesday, a question of Land Annuities, over which the whole Southend and the perfect wicket at vacancy in the English cricket Chinese detective suffered a simi- to the Cape, completed the first 5.45 pm. British Summer Time. solo flight across the Atlantic The airman kept to his courge Anglo-Irish controversy of recent date has raged. Edgbaston robbed Lancashire of all team to tour Australia this Winter.

lar loss. The next day, another! hopes of winning, Ernest TyldesReuter.

he landed at Pennfielded by his many hours at the for a full day, and then, exhaust- Chinese detective placed his hat in when ley collected 160-his sixth century Only yesterday Mitchell took 10 the corridor, and kept a watch for Ridge, New Brunswick, about 55 controls, he set the nose of his The Annuities, it will be re- Valern recently withheld these of the season.

wickets for 148 runs against the

miles from St. John. Not only little craft down and circled to a the culprit. called, are fixed by treaty be- Annuities, maintaining that the. The defeat of Notts has now All-India XI at Ilkeston to give tween the Free State and Bri- present Free State Government robbed the North of a further can- Derbyshire victory by only 9 runs.

The detective saw him leave the was this the first successful hop landing. He landed perfectly,... tain, and are annual payments was not bound by treaties sign-didate for honours and the cham He has proved the mainstay of the room, pick up the hat and com-from Europe to America a single with plenty of fael, but too tired

flier has made, but it is the first to made by Free State, farmers into ed by predecessors in office and pionship duel now waxes solely be Derby attack for the past three mence to walk away.

proceed. Altogether he a fund for the repayments of the that the claim of Britain to the tween Yorkshire, the champions, seasons, and has played in "big"

He followed and arrested him. time a light aeroplane ever got covered 2,440 miles, from Port British loans which allowed them right to such a system of col- and Sussex, the Southern Challeng- cricket, but with moderate success, Three pawn tickets were found in across the ocean. It is charac- Marnock to Pennfield Ridge. to secure land of their own and lection had no foundation iners. Yorkshire visit the Oval to his only success being 6 for 41 his possession.

teristic of "Mollison that he Mollison sighted Halifax at break away from the old system law.

day and will find Surrey a tough against the Gentlemen at Lord's.

The facts were related by Detec- would choose the most difficult 5.45 am. Atlantic Time, after of tenure. Mr. Eamon de (Continued on Page 14.)

The Selectors realised that it tive-Sergeant D. Fitches in Court route over which to test the light having become lost for a time in proposition, especially after their

machine. narrow win over Northants yester would be futile taking only one to-day, when the defendant plead- British

He might a coastal fog which is most pre- have flown eastward and been valent at this season." day.

It is more than probable slow bowler, Verity, on an exhaus-ed guilty. that Surrey will do their neigh- tive tour such as that which is The Magistrate queried whether more certain of success...

(Continued on Page 14:) bours, Sussex, a good turn by forc- promised this Winter, but the the defendant was a kleptomaniac, ing the white Rose county to a draw. selection of Mitchell

but Sergeant Fitches, replied that

AH TO NUI GIVES Sussex are playing Warwickshire in surprise. Lan Peebles, the only he did not think so. The man was the first of their two matches at bowler to cause Bradman any married and had not enough money

EVIDENCE. Eastbourne..

anxiety, during the last tour in to support his family, which com- England, seemed an almost certain prised a wife, four daughters and

States: $250 Was ason. He was paid $80 a month. choice.

Mitchell only bowled twice His job was to go and inspect goods

Borrowed. against the Australians during in godowns, and when arrested he their last tour returning the fol- had a number of bills of lading. lowing Agures.

He was on his way to the Kowloon Godowns and had dropped in to the Ah To Nui, implicated with Court to hear the case.

the gang allegedly responsible Defendant had been in business for the murder of George Fung, before but had been the victim of gave evidence at the resumed European heat wave and yesterday

big swindle.

hearing of the trial of Cheng a higher temperature was reached" His Worship suggested binding Kwok-yau at the Criminal Ses in London than at any time dur the man over and remanded him to sions yesterday afternoon. He Monday morning.

ing last 21 years, stated, in reply to Mr. Lindsell,

BASEBALL.

SENATORS REGISTER

DOUBLE.

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In Double-Header.

In

ouble-Leader,

YANKEES BREAK EVEN.

New York, To-day.

SUCCESS CERTAIN AT OTTAWA.

Mr. Thomas' Cheerful Optimism.

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BINDING THE EMPIRE BY

RADIO.

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London, To-day. The Dominions Secretary, Mr.

The following were the results. H. Thomas, who slipped away

of yesterday's Baseball games:-

R. H.

for a few minutes from the final negotiations at the Imperial Con- ference to speak from his room E. in Parliament House, Ottawa, to listeners at the Radio Exhibition,

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National League.

Chicago Cubs Boston Braves

5

1

Cincinnati Reds

0

6

1

Brooklyn Dodgers Mungo pitched

@ 12

Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants

4 14 .10 13

St. Louis Cardinals

.18.

'Watkins hit a home run. Philadelphis Phillies

Game went to 11th innings.

American League

New York Yankees

49.

Ruffing hit a home run, Detroit Tigers

New York Yankees

6. 10

Babe Ruth and Comba hit home runa..

Detroit Tigers

8

Rogell and Hayworth hit home

rung.

Philadelphia, Athletics

Hass hit a bome;"

Cleveland Indians

Philadelphia Athletics, 'Cleveland Indians

Washington Benstors

12

Servi

Olympia, London, 4,000 miles dis-

tant, made during his remarks,

cheerful reference to the pro-

gress of the Conference.

He said: - "To-day, with our

HEAVY FALL IN MIGRATION.

Imigrants Exceed Emigrants in Britain.

FIRST RECORDED TIME.

Unfavourable Effect of Depression.

London, To-day.

In view of the uncertainty of the

colleagues from other parts of present position and the pending

came aa 8

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R. 34.5 10 78

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Don Bradman was playing in that game and succeeded in scor- ing 44. Peebles, on the other hand, played in two Test matches with the following results: 0. M. R. W. 55 : 9 160 8 6

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8 204 In these two Tests Australia totalled 1,040, so that Peebles' 9 for 354 was an excellent performance. He dismissed Bradman for 14 after

the Empire, we are taking deci- deliberations of the Ottawa Con 3sions, and to-morrow we shall beference Annual Report of the Over his record Test score at Lord's

signing agreements which we seas Settlement Committee

∙now

The following have been select

E. &. Duleepsinhji (Sussex); F. R. Brown (Surrey),

R. E. S. Wyatt: (Warwick)

Nawab of Pataudi (Worcester)

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· A BUSINESS MANI

LONDON SUFFERS IN TERRIFIC HEAT.

Temperature Reaches 99 Degrees.

WORST IN 21 YEARS.

London," To-day. Britain continues to share in the

for the Crown, that he borrowed In the middle of the afternoon EX-CHANCELLOR OF $250 from the witness Taul Yum- the temperature in city reached 95

Įsham, on April 5. AUSTRIA DIES.

degrees in shade, while at Green- Mr. Lindsell: Since your ar rest on June 20, you probably ture of 90 degrees was recorded wich Observatory'a shade tempera- Dr. Johannes Schober, know you have been held under the highest since August 9, 1911,

a detention warrant and I think when it was 100 degrees ge Served Since 1898.

you probably also know you are A huge anticyclone still covers Vienna, To-day. Yes, I am in doubt whether I can and except for scattered thunder- now awaiting deportation? Britain and most parts of Europe, Dr. Johannes Schober, a leading be bailed out

storms fine weather is expected to Mr. Jenkin Prosecuting continue-British Wireless Ser-

vice.

Dr. Schober hes *been Vice-

hope and believe will bind Great issued by the Dominions" Once ed to visit Australia this Winter:-political figure in Austria both be- 1 Britain still more closely with makes no attempt to predict the D. R. Jardine (Surrey) (captain) fore, during and since the Great Counsel, in opening this case,

our Dominions and Colonies over future of migration.

Last year

War died to-day." He was described you as a "dangerous seas. During these hours we was a bad one for migration and the

former Chancellor and served in and worthless scoundrel." 0 are setting a seal on the success first recorded time, the outward

the Government of his country in of our Conference which I will flow of persons proceeding from the

Witness: I don't agree, I am many, capacities. now say is certain. That, I know, United Kingdom to settla per-

a business. man, will be good news to every citi-manently overseas, fell short of the inward flow of persons intending to zen of the old country."

Mr. Thomas said that the one remain in the United Kingdom.. ideal of all the delegates from all The inward balance however is parts of the Empire had been not due to any appreciable increase to help all parts of it out of the in the number returning, but to the 1 industrial turmoil and economic heavy fall in numbers going over-

difficulties of the moment. In scas,

I

so doing they had never lost sight Outward figures fell from 136,777

0 of the world position. They in 1921 to 27,151 in 1881. On the realised that the Empire, import other hand the number who return- ant as it is, could not be and had ed in 1981 was 58,161 whilst the no intention of being outside the corresponding figure in 1921 was osphere of world, influence. practically identical, namely 52,547. On the subject of radio, Mr. The report makes comparison Thomas emphasised its import- of the economic conditions in the ance in maintaining contact be last sixty years which indicates that tween distant parts of the Em-the rise and fall of rigration cor- pire. He said that British Radio responds closely with the degree of was admired throughout the prosperity or depression world not only for its broadcast the

ing system, but also for its high economie

technique of manufacturerem-m

ployed in the construction of Bri

tish Radio Receivers. *—***

Wireless Service.

British

gene

G. O. Allen (Middlesex) Sutcliffe (Yorkshire). Hammond (Gloucester) Larwood (Notts) - Voce (Notta) -

Duckworth (Lancashire) Ames (Kent) Tate (Sussex)...

Leyland (Yorkshire) Verity (Yorkshirs) Mitchell (Derby)

FAIR.

To-day's weather report" from the Royal Observatory

Pressure fa hazhest over the acific to the NE of Hok

ression" covera's Man

| Chancellor and Minister of Foreign

Mr. Jenkin: Depends what

[Affairs since 1980. He was only your business is

Mr. Jenkin (to witness): Mr.

58 and his death came very sud-Lindsell said you and Teul would

denly,

He joined the Public Administra- give evidence of how the mir der was planned and committed? tion Service, in... 1899, first in the Magistrate of Vienna and then in about it. I am unable to tell you

I don't agree I know nothing

auge Anticy

FUNERAL PAVILION

PROPOSED

Tung Wah Board

Project.

At the meeting of the committee

the Imperial Police Administration. how it was committed of the Tung Wan Hospital yester Later he served in the Home Office,You have never heard of a man day, suggestion made by Mr. Chan

in the Ministry of Interior.

He was made Police Preside Vienna in 1918, was Prime and Minister for Federal Chance resigned in office

called Ah Kwan Now Lim-pak for the constructs

Cheung Ka-mo, landlord of 17, funeral pavilion between the Hoa- Man-Chung-Fong, had not-con-

pital at East Point kid thể Con cluded his evidence when the fuelous Court adjourned until Monday agreed

at 10 am

the

was

unanimously