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OPENING CHURSDAY,

March 18th, 1920, at 9.15 p.m. WITH

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Hubert Henry Davis' Charming Rural Comedy

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OUR LONDON LETTER. (HOM OUR OWN CORRESPOL/DENTA

LONDON, February Stai

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

THE C.L.B.

of what has recently appeared correspondence about the 'alarm- in this ing epidemic of crime in the country the report is of interest that the Scotland An official communication just issued Yard authorities are to reorganise the on the Prince of Wales's visit to the Criminal Investigation Department.

One rule from which the authorities Antipodes conarms the particulars I sent you several weeks ago as to the probable have hitherto resolutely refused to depart course of the tour. It is hoped that His in that Scotland Yard detectives must Royal Highness will arrive in New Zea-serva as ordinary policemen before they land on April 17th, and will reach are entitled to graduate in the higher Australia on May 18th. The Prince and branch of police work. The idea has been ais party will proceed by way of the that the discipline gained, while wearing Panama Canal on both the outward and the blue uniform, makes for efficiency later the homeward journey, paying a visit to on Barbadoes on the trip out, and to one or other of the remaining West Indian colonies as he comes back.

This official announcement disposes of the statement which has been published re peatedly that India would be included in He the Prince's tour on this occasion. will, in fact, go out to India later, but for this visit a separate four will be arratged

NOT YET A PESS,

The Prince of Wales has done so much already that one is rather apt to forget He camo ho is still a very young man. of age during the war, and he is not yet a Peor of the Realm with a seat in the House of Lords. I understand that it is the intention of the King to confer a peerage upon him sometime during the forthcoming session of Parliament, but not in all probability, until after the New Zealand-Australian tour. His Royal Highness will then be created a Duke, and one of the historic Royal titles will be revived in his favour. AMERICA AND THE PEACE***

"TUKSDAY, MAROH - 16TH, 1990.

【 HOUSING PROBLEM IN

INDIA

OCSTING THE WHITE MAN.

Great Britain is not by any means the sole possessor of a housing problem. In our great Eastern Dependency this pro- 'blem is far more acute.

It is to all intents and purposés a sine qua non of British existence in India that

our officials shall be able to send their

hotweather months wives and young children to the Hills during the

roughly, from about March to September. or for portions of those months, annually. But this condition has kept many chicated men from joining Thor simply Now, what if it should so happen that would not put in a year or two of druid there should ever be more than the pro gery arresting drunks" and diverting vent shortage of houses it for British street trafo which was demanded of them, babitation in the Hill stations, or, worsa

This rule is not enforced in other Euro-still, no houses at alli pean countries. The suggestion is that the war should be clear for men of superior education to enter the E.I.D. direct, and that the general level of intellectual power would be raised in consequence. It is a noteworthy fact that the most brilliant detective which Scotland Yard has ever had started life as a schoolmaster.

IN CENTRAL EUROPE,

All over the country natives are buying up all the houses in the Hill stations: aigual sheaiately to debar Britons from Before long it will be easy, at a given the Hills.

In the light of past happen- Feither, it is not an unlikely event and, if ings, and hot in the very distant past it occurred, would mean the gravest dis comfort to British residents. Even if somewhat unlikely, that is the very reason obviate whas would be little else than a why Government ought to take steps to disaster to the white community in India. PROFITEERING GALORE

As it is, the profiteering that has gone on recently in the letting of houses on the Hille in Ladia almost puts to shame the most adopt profesors of that nefarious art in Great Britain: A house in Cooner, on the Nilgiris, containing three. bod rooms, which the writer occupied a quar- tee of a century ago at 73 rupees per mensen, was, on inquiry two months ago. to let for the senson of 1920 at 995 rupees a month! It is impossible to get a five- Bod-room house at Dotacamund, Nilgiris

Sir William Boveridge, Director of the London School of Economics, and form erly a loader-writer on the Herning, Post, has just completed a series of articles on the condition of Central Europe, respect which he has been conducting an ing exhaustive inquiry. His conclusions, published in the Westminster Gazette, appear at the same time as the official report of Sir William Goode, who has been making an investigation over a wider field!

Both these observers agree

fer much under 2,000 rupees a month. farnished, of course, but with furniture Viscount Grey's letter in the Times as to the appalling state of affairs in

Austria has descended from being one much of which is useless, and all of which described by that paper as a communica Central Europe tion probably, unique in the history of diplomacy is valuable and timely, be of the outstanding Powers on the Canhas seen better days. At Naini, Tal and cause it will help to enlighten the British tinent to a small nation with the populaat Mussoorie, both on the Himalayaa public with respect to the angle from tion of a third-rate State, to bankruptcy rents are proportionately higher, especi which the American people view the Peace of its finances, and to economia depend aly at the last named place Treaty and the League of Nations Covence upon ita neighbours. Moreover, the ant. The American colony in London is remnants of the Austrian people are to pleased with the letter and the cabled day on the borders of starvation. The reports from Amerion show that a favour people of Vienna, in particular, are dying rapidly because there is not enough food abis impression has been created there.

There has been a good deal of comment to keep them alive. But this is not all. In Anatolis and Armenia, it is reported, 3a the London clubs and elsewhere, on

want of food has reduced the inhabi the American attitude towards the post- war situation. In this connection I am tants to almost inconceivable conditions," referring only to the opinion of the averin Poland and some other parts of Cen- tral Europe "there are grave emergen cies for lack of food, coal, and transport.

Wednes,& Thurs,, March24th & 25th. age citizen, and not to the great, wise and minent persons who move in the sphere The average man in of world politics. this country is apt to think that the United States ought (as certainly could) to do something to help the European Allica to re-establish social and economic security in this sorely smitten Continent America has suffered very slightly from the war by comparison with the European Rowers," is what you hear frequently said, and the rian of business pats his owa construction on American aloofness

Friday, March 28th.

OUTCAST

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BY HUBERT HESRY DAVIS.

Matines, Saturday, Mar. 27th, at 5.15 in the present emergency.

OUTCAST

and at 9.15 p.m.

MRS. DOT

By W. Somerset Maugham.

and Monday, March 29th, MRS. DOT.

THE AMERICAN VIEW.

Lord Grey's letter clears the air. He shows that the American attitude is not dictated merely by selfishness. At bottom, it appears, one very important constitu tional question is involved. This is whe ther the President for the time being can commit the United States to a foreign policy of far-reaching effects without first obtaining the sanction of the Senate,

President hitherto been paramount?" Tues. & Wednes, March 30th & 81st. whose control of foreign policy, has Wilson has done something of the kind AT THE BARN

over the Peace Treaty; hence the trouble with the Senate.

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From what I can gather, the view of Americans in this country is that most of the misunderstanding that has arisen

Per.

BERBIA'S SACRIFICE..

The

PIGGING IT AT POONA.

Nor are things very much better at Poona, which, though not on the Hills proper, is regarded in the light of a health resort during certain months of the year. A friend of the writer's holding a high official position, was suddenly trans- ferred there recently. He sought suitable quarters in Queen's Gardens, which although it in desuribed as an onais sur of the best residential positions for British officers. He was shown over one visit rounded by dirty bazaars, is, or was, ond Serbis sacrificed half. ita manhood in house which was at the time of his

could have it, hinted the native landlord, the war; and in that country there are occupied by twelve Parsee families! He balf-a-million fatherless children.

collected from this crowd of Zoroastrians. people are living on roots, and clothing if he would pay more than could be Malabar Hill, the only residential guar- themselves in sacks sewn together. Yugo-Slavia "35 per cent, of the popaleter in Bombay really, possible for Britons. tion are suffering from clearly recomdisbas ng since become impossible for any able taberaniosis, and the total this white man but the extremely rich,

including incipient cases, afflicted,

If is not for nothing that old civilians amounts to about 75 or 60 per cent.

The point about this state of things over Army men, one by one, are shaping a vast part of Europe is that it presents their sons for any but the service of the amennce to the other nations. There are Government of India. They see the dan- bere all the essentials for plague,

follows sunset. the Indiana are aiming to Since they have no oust us from India. pestilence and famine which so often have ger. They know that, so sure as sunrise.

The Westminster enters vastating wars. followed in the train of great and de

earthly chance of doing so by force of matter how many bombs and revolvera arms, and cannot frighten our race, no they use, they are doing so by a polies shape of making the country as uncom fortable as they possibly can for us- Sunday Times. of passive resistance, which takes the

a powerful plea for action by the League of Nations to try to avert the catastrophe which impends, and it is suggested that as some time must elapse before the anique among the nations of the world in wealth and material resources, League can move in the matter, the United shald come to the rescue of Central Europe-H.B,

SHIPPING CONGESTION.

PORTS.

is traceable to two causes-namely, the breakdown in health of President Wilson; A SERIOUS POSITION AT BRITISH and, secondly, the fact that he under estimated the conservatism of Americans haps, had the President been well be in the matter of foreign politics. might have won over the Senate to his policy, although it is realised that in attempting this he would have had a tre mendous task. But, happily, he has had to give up the struggle; and there is no man or party in sight apparently able or willing to carry on the fight. GERMANY'S HIGH SEAS FLEXT.

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SIXTY MILES OF WINE CAVES REPAIRED. FRENCH FIRMS PREPARE FOR BIG BUSINESS.

Labyrinthine wine cellars beneath the citics of Rixins and Epernay are being rapidly put in order by the big cham page firms of the two cities -

A telegram from London, ahead of the mail, says: There is a serious shortage of passenger accommodation for Australia

These cellars, which would form a sub- and New Zealand, and all the companies are overwhelmed with applications from would-be passengers, for whom no berths terranean gallery sixty miles in length, will be available for months. The trouble hold hundreds of millions of bottles of is almost entirely due to congestion at precious vintages, and notwithstanding suffered comparatively porta, and the consequent inordinate delay the fact that this region was for four in discharging the cargoes of refrigerated years under fir Losses incurred by the will place a We used to chafe under the censorship steamers, by which their efficiency has little

wine industry, while they during the war, but it was as nothing bean reduced by fully 33 per cent. The heavy burden on firms for a while, will compared with what prevailed in Ger- Demosthenes, which arrived on December be recouped in a short time, according to many. In "The Sea War" a book by 30th, has not yet commenced to discharge statements made to the Associated Press who is visiting the former The Euripides arrived on

correspondent, Captain Persius, the well-known navad

permission from which appears in an English her cargo. translation this was, the German author January 4th, and will not commence to bar tone under special

German soldiers took very little wine rities are arraigned for their childsh discharge her cargo before March. The the French Government, efforts at suppresion. He says the Ger- delay in respect to other steamers is bar man people were bluffed and deceived The work of reconditioning and rofitting from the cellars when they swept south. until they lost all faith in their rulers; steamers used as troopships is also very ward over this district in 1914. Probably and be gives chapter and verse in sup slow. The Peninsular and Oriental Co. their confidence that their advance mennt port of this statement. By contrast Cap steamers Narkunda and Naldera, which permanent occupation of Champagne Lain Persius praises the British Ad should have been finished by now are unsaved the cellars from pillage at the time miralty for their amazing franknesa.'

likely to be ready before April. The and when the re-action came they were The British, he says, reported naval Suevic and Persia will sail without re forced to retreat so rapidly they had little

stores of wine. engagements and the loss of warships; Etting, and will only carry 50 phasengers opportunity to invade the underground but," we never experienced anything like that. Even to this day nothing has been each instead of 450 and 350 respectively. Four years of bombardment destroyed of ships from Australian voyages to otherings erected by the wine companies, but published officially about our own actual The Government control of and diversion the greater part of the handsome build casca"

oritic, the parts, notably India, are other causes that the most damage done to the stocks is According to this German critic, Revolution broke out in the Navy, and have reduces the passage facilities, and attributed to French and Allied soldiers Fantoms and these cost the then spread ever the land. During the excite much antvourable comment. Some Fighting men made unofficial zequisitions war, officers and men became estranged ships have been diverted after all the termed 100 pairs Ladies and Gent's Tennis Shoes. The former lived, in wicked luxury, bat berths have been booked for Australia cellars about 325,000 bottles, including

the latter were on war rations and scidom The liners Malwa and Macedonia, in many rezerved! vintages. dozen Rose Soap.

allowed leave although the Fleet was addition to the Moren, are still on fullFrequently irresponsible soldiers would coddled in the Kiel Canal-

Government requisition, and other P. & bore holes in huge ensics of unbottled 0. vessels well known in Australing wine, and after filling & bucket, would When the end approached, the entire waters are still making voyages to India.leave and permit the remainder in the German Fleet was ordered to proceed to Business men point out that India and task to run away and be wasted. It is sea and give battle. There was no illu the Far East, are well marved by other believed 1,000,000 bottles were lost in this sion as to what would happen, but the British and foreign lines. It is under Champagne firms, however, took their stood that the ship owners are endeavour losses, cheerfully, believing. the Allied. German Admiralty thought such

the destrueing to obtain from the Government soldiers were entitled to the wine

The in

Six months time will be required to tion of ceart mye the fermandorizeraga on weat steamora.

The sailors gut pression is that the position i not ikrir collect scattered colabelled bottles the nation now heroism.

propocть devilish

to improve until Australia and New are, of which exports must determino wind of the ordera ""

There is, however, a large reserve which Persius calls it and he adds: The Zealand lessen their meat shipments,

plants are being con- news spread from month to mouth like Additional projected sailings from is ready for the market Burface build- wildfire They are going to murder us, London to:-Berrima, on February 20th;ings and bottling one and all, in the last moment of the from Liverpool and Bristol, Surrey, structed rapidly and in a few months the wards

But it was too much to expect. The March 6th: Hororata, March 18th; all for German sailors refused to be murdered. Adelaide Melbourne, Sydney and Bris They mutinied instead. The Revolution bane The Surrey will also call at began, and the whole structure of Ka Newcastle, and the Harorata for F

mantis. Berzam collapsed in ruina.

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So dozen Sandal Soap.

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