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The public enquiry into the Submarine Thetis disaster, in which 98 men lost their lives, is proceeding at the Law Courts in London,: · Photo shows Stoker Ar- nold (left) and Mr. Shaw (centre) 'two of the survivors arriving at the Law Courts with Mr. Waters for the enquiry,

FOR WIDOW

CHURCH REVEALS

Worcester, has died a week after Iraq (Mesopotamia) is to pay a WORLD EMPIRE being created a knight. He was lumb sum in compensation to the eighty-four. By serving the first widow of Mr. Monck Mason, British A religious Empire of England Mass every morning for fifty years Consul murdered at Mosul (the even more far-flung than its poli- he set up a record in the Roman capital) earlier this year. The tical parallel.......... That is the most

Catholic world.

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amount is not stated. The British striking revelation of a survey of Government has reciprocated by the overseas mission field by the INDIA MUTINY SURVIVOR DIES withdrawing its claims on account Anglican Church, and now pub-

of the material damage done to the lished. Colonel George Chrystie, one of Consulate when it was attacked.

This volume, called "Partners,” the two survivors of the India Mu- Arabs stormed the Consulate explaing that most of the self- tiny, died at Farnham, Surrey, aged while a memorial service was be- governing churches overseas ninety-eight. He was the oldest ing held there for King Ghazi, also self-supporting. Eleven (the officer in the British Army.

killed in a motoring accident a few biggest) Canadian dioceses According to records, Mr. C. J. hours earlier.

wholly self-supporting, and give Palmer, who lives now in British

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much help to the others. Columbia, is now the only survivor BUSINESS MEN TO BE of the India Mutiny, which took -place in 1857 Colonel Chrys“ tie's first commanding officer in- In- dia fought at Waterloo,

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Brigadier Marling Lund and NO PIT ACCIDENT DECREASE Group Captein George, Military

are:

In Australia seventeen dioceses are self-supporting. Even in Africa and the Far East the churches Io- cally collect half their revenue and we give in all $1,115,000.

DECORATED. “FOR MERIT"!:

France, whose citizens are known as "the most decorated in the world," yesterday established a new decoration for business men. Most reassuring, however, is the and Air Attaches to the British. There has been a big reduction An eight-pointed star, to be enormous growth of native minis- Embassy in Turkey, arrived at in the accident rate in mines since known as the Order of Commercial tries. Istanbul and were welcomed by the middle of last century, but Merit, will be used as a special re The Aboriginals of Australia high Turkish officers.. The British t there has been no further decrease ward for "persons who have dis- have a deacon of their own,...... officers will have consultations with in the last twenty years. That tinguished themselves by their pro- In South America an Araucanian the Turkish Army chiefs regarding was stated by Mr. Duncan Fraser, fessional worth and by contribu- Indian has been ordained, y co-operation in the Balkans. an expert on mining, to the Asso- tions they made to development of The Bishop of Labuan (Borneo). ciation of Miners' Societies in Lon- French commercial activity and has six dyaks among his clergy. don.

foreign trade.”.

The Bishop of Damaraland has or dained two Ovambo priests. An Eskimo priest and two (Red) Indian deacons attended the Bishop of the Arctic when the Governor-General visited the new Al

Cathedral.

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A.E.U.'S MILITIA FEAR

Fears that skilled workmen call- ed up as militiamen might be used in their civil trades and occupa- tions at one shilling and sixpence a day were voiced at the.. meeting of the national committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union at Llandudno."

A resolution was carried direct- ing the attention of the National Council of Labour to the position.

50 M.P.H. ARAIN; DERAILED

Part of a goods train tr elling

50 m.p.h. on the line

ingham to Llanelly was

...: near. Withington Hereford, but no

one' was injured.

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In figures there are 395 ordain- ed East Africans, 200 West Afri- cans, 716 nationals of India, Burma ar Ceylon, 283 Chinese, 225 Japan- ese and 61 felanesians.

AUSSIE ARMY CHIEF

Lavarack, General

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