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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

ITASCA QUEST FAILS

Searches Till Dusk Without Avail WATERFRONT LITTLE HOPE NOW

STRIKE RUMOURS

Strike rumours are going about the waterfront in con- nection with the Douglas Steamship Company and Williamson and Company, arising from the negotia- tions for an increase in pay in view of improved trading conditions.

These negotiations are

still

proceeding, but restiveness is re-

ported owing to the failure of the Company to implement a promise alleged to have been made that

HELD OUT FOR

MISS EARHART

New York, To-day.

PARIS EXHIBITION

BLAZE

Paris, To- day.

The Pavilion of Peace

The flickering hopes roused by the numerous at the Paris Exhibition, radio messages alleged to have been picked up from which was nearing com- Miss Amelia Earhart, who has been missing some-pletion and was to have where in the Pacific since she left New Guinea last been officially opened to- Friday for Howland Island, are now fading upon day, was partially des- investigation.

troyed by fire yesterday,

For the second time the coastguard cutter Itasca was reported to have sighted the missingments of the League of Nations was plane, the report being later proved unfounded.

was contained in a radio from Yesterday this information Galveston, Texas, the message

A tableau glorifying the achieve-

almost completely ruined by the flames..

Although an investigation into the blaze was immediately starte the cause has not yet been

"something will be done as from later being found unsubstantial RANGER TO DEFEND tablished.

April 1"

gladate

The search has already cost the

The annual meeting of the Dou- United States Government $450,000

Co. was held on May 19, but and is now costing $250,000 daily.

it is stated, there has been no indication of the expected increase being granted.

up

JUNE-DISAPPOINTMENT

The officers were disappointed at the end of June when they be- lieved the promised advance în sa- lary would be paid.

The "China Mail" under- stands that some conflict in the negotiations arises from the fact that the Company has of- fered 10 per cent, which the officers are disposed to regard as insufficient.

It is also understood that all the officers are anxious to avoid forcing the dispute to a strike, about which there is some disagreement among them.

In Washington, President Roose- velt at a press conference yester- day, expressed concern for Miss Earhart's safety.

He said the Navy and other

AMERICA'S CUP

Newport (Rhode Island),

It is believed, however, that it was an act of sabotage. Ocean.

against the British challenger, Mr. T. 0. M. Sopwith's Endea-

To-day. The New York Yacht Club your II

Ranger was chosen after ex- Government agencies were doing race committee has elected Mr.

Harold Vanderbilt's yacht Ranger haustive tests against Mr. Ger- everything possible and the search which had been ordered, to defend the America's Cup ard Lambert's Yankee. Reuter.

covered as much territory as pos sible.

The Chief Executive added that in regard to the progress of the he was receiving frequent reports

search-Reuter.

HOPES DWINDLE

WASHINGTON, TO-DAY, "WE HAVE BEEN SEARCH- ING SINCE DUSK YESTER- DAY EVENING AND THE RE- SULTS.. ARE NEGATIVE,” SAYS THE LATEST REPORT FROM THE CUTTER ITASCA.

The United States battleship Co- An official of the Company told lorado, says a report from Honolulu, the "China

Mail" that they had has change course in order to speed heard nothing whatever of any pos- towards Winslow Bank, 100 miles sibility of a strike. He understood east of Howland Island and on the that the points in dispute

were northern fringe of the Phoenix Is-

lande.co

practically settled.

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