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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES,

(THROUGH KAUYER'S AUPINOT-]

·REICHSTAGS. FAREWELL "To UPPER SILESIA,

A MOURNFUL SPECTACLE.

BERLIN, May 30th. The Reichstag presented curiously mournful spectacle on the occasion of the doption of the German-Polish agreement whica WAKE regarding Upper Silesia Framed by the League of Nations at

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German flags flow at half-mast on the building and the Silesian colours werP drapel with black streamers and hung in

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THUR§DAY, JUNE 1ST, 1972.

GERMANY BAPLIES REGARD-

ING REPARATIONS,

ALLIED SUPERVISION AGREED TO.

PARIS, May 30th. The Germans' reply to the Reparations Commission, which has now been publish-

ed, points out that by various economies

the 1029 budget was reduced by twenty four-and-a-half milliard marks compared with 1991.

It promises specifis measures to pro vent the increase of the floating debt il is given by means reasonable assistanır

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of a foreign loau. E agrees to a értain over derma with allied supervision national accounts, and promises that the German Government will take steps to prevent the exportation of capital and adic try to secure the return of exported jespital.

THE DERBY.

PROBABLE STARTERS.

SCOTTISH SPORT.

Á RUGBY REVIEW.

MOLTON WING THE SCOTTISH CUP.

[rom ou own CORBESPONDENT.]

LONDON, May 30th. Alterating in Derby probable are sa follows: Irish Battle (F. Fox). Silpho

Eorrason, April 19th. Wing). Lord of Burghley (Whalley), True Knight (Cooper).

It is everywhere admitted in Rugby Additional probables are: Ceylonese circles that the Glasgow Academicals were (Lister), Galway Prines (W. Smyth), the best team of the year. They had a great Lofox (Winter), Double First (Patman) forward side, including R. A. Gallie, W. B. Dr. Quill (H. Jones), Schiehallion (~).

Stevenson, J. Q. Syme, and J. B. White, Swithin, White Sutin, Lord Bilberry,

and had this quartette been available all Royal Laneer, sal Flavius has berthrough the season, the. Academicals scor. scratched.

COURSE BETTING.

WORLD DELUSIONS. DK. CRANE ON FORCE AND

FRIENDSHIP..

"MIDDLE COURSE”

« POLITICS.

LORD ROREET CECIL'S

IN

QUEST.

Dr. Frank Crane, of New York, editor of

Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., has written a Current Opinion, and Mrs. Crane were on letter the chairman of the Hitchin' Diri- April 26th the guests at luncheon of the English-speaking Union, at the Hyde Park'sion Unionist Association wetting out.his Hotel.

views on the political situation and out-

LORD RIDDELL, who presided, said that Dr. Crane spoke to some ten million people every morning. The secret of his success was that he adopted simple methods. Every day be sent out a delightful little ing record, great though it was, would have | sermon, written in a plain, simple way that been even more brilliant. But it in the all- could be easily understood by the onlinary round rather than the individual excellence man or woman. The result was that De. Lesbos, May 30th.

that gave Academicals the Championship. Crane was one of the most potentialluences Epsom Coarse betting is as follows: Then wan a slight falling of towards the for good in the American Commonwealth.

Louis (offered) 100-15 Captain | end of the season, due no doubt to the con- (Cheers.)

and offered); 100-14tinuana strain which Championship ambi- Cuttle (taken Pondoland (offered): -1 Re-Echo (taken

tions necessarily involve, but on the whole and offered); 40-t Villas; G-1 Great they played with rare consistency

Heriot's, who Star (taken).

come second on the Championship table, alwo, did some great work. They were less spectacular than the Academicals, though they run up some telling scores. They have always disclosed good forward play: indeed this is their strong point, and the manner in which they use their feet might with profit be copied by our other leading clubs, Home Heriot's had their first internationalist in W. G. Dobson; they were Champions in 1920, fifth on the table last year, and second this year.

J

TATER

DR. CRANK, who was warmly recsired, said:-It acens to me that the trouble of the world is its continued belief in delusions. A delusion is the result of commonsense without education, and practicality without idealism. Education is but the correction

The child' of the errors of commonsense.

lining what he calls the "general, b. dr of political doctrine which holds promise for the future," Pallowing are puts fou the letter, which in püblished in full on pugė 18: -1

For many purposes the old division between Liber and Conservatives no longer rörre- sponds with the real differruce of political opinion.

But though the bl party questions are dead, other political issues are rapidly coming to the fore, and on those the present Minister appear to

Le 'pro foundly divided with disastrous results. There are thoë who wish to reviro, as far as possible, to pre-war conditions.... They condemu all reliance on general international cooperation any guiranton of rational security. They are reac

in to was offered against Fondoland. TATEA. betting: 7- St. Louis; 15-9 500 MILES MOTOR CAR RACE.Captain, Cuttir: 15-1 Re-Reho: 10-1

l'ondoland: Tamar: 100-8 INDIANAPOLIS, May 30th.

Craitargower: 9-1 Bucks Hussar, Lord The 100 miles mator-cir ence was wop by of "Burghley, and l'aychology: 91 "and at the conclusion of the debate, the Murphy on an eight-cylinder ear in 5h. Seamp and Simon Pure: 100-3 Dry of which are very poor at dribbling. | But experience does not prove to him, that To all objections or the secre of popular

Tojust: 40-1 Fillam; 50-1 Batelles: 1007 sitpho; 100-1 other

The Chancellor and the majority ministers weer attired in drep, mourning,

rif

President of the Chamber sorrowfully

17m. l.

prize money..

The winner lakes $85,000 in

farewelled the "Gemus who are living in the led portum of Silesia. deputies were standing during the fare SCOTS AND GERMANS PLAY

well.

All

MILITARY, RAİLWAYS IN

GERMANY.

FOOTBALL.

FLAFIUS SCRATCHER,

100-$

Flan was scratched at 9 am, coulay.

DERBY RESULTS.

BELIS, May 30th. Twenty thousand prople witnessed the football mulch bet weet the Glasgow.ngton, MUST BÉ ALTERED OR DESTROYED | Celtic and a German team. The match was draw u. the firgli spores being pne goni BERLIN, May 30th,

A note from the Ambasadors Confer. beach. ener demands the immediate cessation of work on certain railway extensions which are only for a military purpose, and re-

runs

from Germany an undertaking to denizy or satisfactorily alter certain rail.

THE IRISH SITUATION. FIGHTING ON ULSTER BORDER.

LONDON, May 20th.

Captain Cattle Tamar

Craigangawer

3.

LAMBETH CONFERENCE. PRIMATES "HOPES FOR A UNITED)

CHURCH.

LONDON, May 30th.

WETE

cominonsense tells him that the world is flat. It is a most sensible and practical conclusion. Anybody can see that it is flat. There is only one trouble with this belief, however, and that is that it is not true. it is not trus. Somebody has to tell him. That is education.

We find a parallel situation in the realn of social ideas. I will indicate foar delusions almost universally believe in.

tionariós.

fuling their ply is to the male täntu In this they ful-thymaelves in agy, euent with the revolutionaries.

The great mass of the population lies be

tween revolutionaries and ructionariei. Eren those who are fully convinced of the. folly of reaction and the wickedness of re- volution sect doubtful whether there is any intermediate body of political doc trine which is coherent and defcoxible, In bar state of mind they either fall back like the present Government on pare opportunism, a mera hand-to-mouth at- tempt to deal with each pröblem as it becomeu, acute,..or adopt an ́attitude of unmixed criticism without any positive proposals or policy.

And yes it is both dangerous and atwurd to leave the two sets of extremists in possession of the field. For reaction and revolation are equally idiotic.

No reanale being ought to testified

Watsonins were in and out all wason, an unusual experience for them, as no team

YIRTU】 NOT UNPLEASANT. in the last 20 years has equalled them for

The first delusion is that virtue is pa consistent form. They hope, however to put this defect right before next pleasant. Our whole system of theology is based on that, as it teaches that men wast year, and regain their familiar standard. The winner is owned by lord Woolar Stewart's fell of perceptibly in the second to be bad and bate to be good. But this The desire to be good is half, though occasionally they played first is not true. class football. Perhaps the most disap eternal and constant: the desire to be bad pointing side were Edinburgh Academicals is Buctuating and temporary. It is only Blowing bot and cold, they agreeably war for this reason that the world mores prised their friends some weeks and then apward. Our government is based on the We imagine that erine bitterly disappointed them. Edinburgh same delusion. Wanderers seldom sipped the sweets of is repressed by punishment. This is not Facta demonstrata that the more victory but that is the way they true.

movere and burtful the punishments, the The Archbishops of Canterbury and have, they rarely realise the hopes en-

more abundant the crimes The only thing York have issued a statement regarding tertained. Edinburgh University the appeal for Charch unity issued by the a startling success, expecially when they that prevents crime is the development Lambeth Conference in 1990, which says called in their full student strength of the moral inhibitious, which is another. ips officially untainted from Belfast, that that the committes of Anglicans and ways when the occupied portiène, of Ger; 1,000 Sinn Fein forces from the south of Nonconformists appointed in November, Apart from their great successes against name for the instinct of goodness. Our

Queen's College from Belfast, and London same Ireland are concentrating in the vicinity 191, held prolonged meetings in 1999 and Oxford, Cambridge, Trivity of Dublin, economic system is shot through with the unanimously agreed upon the prope Horpitals, they have's capital record of capitalist sach believe the other wants of the Ulster border, from" Castlefin "totions which were approved by a coo- | Clady, where they have comunandeered ference at Lambeth on May 25th. These successes. Glasgow High School, though, to do injustice. They will never arrive declar that the existence of rival de they hurl a good team, were far too unat permatent prosperity until they quit houses. Apparently Strabane and Derry nominations is not in accordance with equal, and often Battered merely to deceive that and each believes the other wants to the purpose of Christ. Both the Epis. The West of Scotland improved slightly do right. You must believe that all men are are their objectives.

copate and the Council of Presbyters on last year's form; wad Kelvinside Acade fair and all women are good. Yon do not be maintaiatd permanretiniels would have done much better but have to believe this if you do not want to. But he that belicreth not shall be dam- The Ular specials after a sharp cer-should

Assent to for the failure of their back play,....... elements of a united Church.

ned." (Laughter.) fet puled the Sinn Fain forces the Creeds should not be understood to EVEN-A-HIDES,

In the third stage of the Border seven- Stra-imply acceptance of same as a complete

expression of faith or as excluding reason.a-side Border Rugby circuit, Heriot's Leat wasabi liberty of interpretation, but as Hawick by 10 pointa to 3.

afirming essential elements of the Christ- MORTON DEFEATS RANGERS IN THE CTP- ian faith and preserving the faith in the

Mortou defeated Rangers by 1 goal to form handed down through history.

There is hope that the large measure in the final tie of the Scottish Gap com | through; it is something that characterizes If we are. To get a healthier state of agreement reached will prove to be the basis of further agreement, leading to practical action

alny are evacuated.

TURKISH ATROCITIES,

BARBAROUS ACTS IN TREHIZOND DISTRICT.

Lospos, May 30th, g In reply to questions in the House of who hail orased the border near Commons, Mr. C. B. Harmsworth, Underbane A large bridge at Clady Herriary for Foreign Affairs, kuid that blown up.

Be Bad received the report of indepen

drat witness who lind just left Trebi

, showing that the Turks are still mitting acts of great barbarity in the Trebizoud District, against the surviving Crevice.

.

It is reported that even little Greek boys are collected in compounds and allowed to die of starvation,

EARLIER CABLES.

SHOULD BRITAIN INTERFERE (

LONDON, May 30th.

JJ

THE COST OF LIVING. A SLIGHT INCREASE.

In the House of Commons, in the course of a series of questions with re- gard to reports of the invasion of Ulster, Col. W. W. Ashley attempted to move an adjournment to draw attention to the refusal of the Government to use British The British Government is doing its troope to defend Ulster, but the Speaker atpost to noodlerate the despatch of the declined the motion on the ground that Commission of Enquiry, but no furtherps must only act at the request of Peaction can be taken till a reply from the

Replying to question with regard to Vaitel State is received, which it is munition factories in Ireland fully work- hoped will be either to-day or to-morrowing. Mr. Churchill said by was informed March, compared with 173 for January.

that certain raunition factories in Dublin

the Ulster Government.

error.

The

laboarer and

the

The second delusion is that work is un

The aliction. (Laughter.) It is not. bolk of the happiness of the world is a by- product of work. Happiness is not some thing that comes to life after we get

life itself, the daily business of life. The trouble with all classes is that they consider work as they consider going to guol Work, on the contrary, is a natural forth- putting of human beings, and in it alone do, we find the permanent form of joy. R." Starecson said that the true bles- sadness of mankind was not to arrive, but to travel.

STRENGTH IN VRIENDSHIP.

with international arrangements which ended in the Gnut War, with an in- dustrial organization which cannot work for six month without disastrous strikes or lock-outs, with a bureaucratic machine

which is open to the annihilating strictures of the Goddes Committee, with Imperial institutions which have produced the conditions existing in Ireland, Egypt, and India, or with a system of foreign policy which prepetuates unrest in Europe and has left us with 'scarcely a', friend in the world.

Let us then see whether there is not some middle course which will lead to real pro- gress with stability.

industrial opinion we must realize that`„ Labour has, so to speak, grown up, and working men can no louger. Ee treated na children. They want à voice in their own destiny.

It is impracticable wow to refuse them some voice in the. direction of industry.

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Sourbody representative of all, interests in industry should be asked to think out Bad. formulate plans designed nut so much to succour the unemplyed as to prevent unemployment froni raking

ple

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petition, and gained the coveted trophy for the first time in their career. The up- eriority of Rangers throughout the season in the League pointed to their success, and it was known that they were particularly anxious to secure the Cup on their jubilee year.

When Morton had to take the field without their best man their failure was LONDON, May 3th. confidently prophesied. The ultimate: col- Commodity prices in a number of coun lapse of Bangers, therefore, came as a com- tris have taken an upward turn, The plote surpirse. A strong wind was a The third delusion is that force is effe United States Federal Reserve Board's disturbing factor, but neither that nor a index number for March is 147, compared somewhat slippery turf was responsibe for tive. Every nation is founded upon the with 142 in January. The French efficin! one of the poorest and least credit manis. From the days of conquering index number for wholesale prices is 362able displate of football ever seen in a Greece, and imperial Eome down to the for April, compared with ast for Febru- Sottish Cup final. The opening play days of the Tsar and the Kaiser nations ary. India's index number is 189 for

favoured Rangers, and they ought to have have tried to defend themselves by arms, gone ahead after five minutes. But Mor- and every one of them has been destroyes. ESTHONIA'S COMMUNISM. ton got the goal twelve minutes after play The only nation that has not done this is [A cable message dated May 15th were working, but he had heard nothing

had started, a somewhat easily earned point, the only nation that has continued. That is aftaled that Viscount Curzon had, in the leading him to suppose that anything for

CAMPAIGN OF EXTERMINATION. House of Commons, proposed in inter-midable was proceeding. He pointed out

and this, as events proved, settled the China. The real weakness of every country destination of the Championship for the is its military forces, and the real strength

In regard to the refusal of the Govern- national commision to inquire into the that the Provincial Government, was

Revit, May 30th. Asin entitled to work the factorice, but large

season, At the end of half an hour, of every country in its friendship with other reported Turkish atrocities in

(Cheera.) Wherever British ment to grant him a passport to Turkey," Minor.

The report stated that 10.000 manufacture or importation of munitions

Following a campaign by the authori-Ranger's captain left the field with a frac countries Grocks bad box murdered by the Turks would have to be most seriously consider-ties exterminating Communist Clube in tured jaw, and did not return. Play, never rule has gone it has made justice, and that Sir Charles Townshend, in the House of Esthonia 101 Communists have been attractive, naturally deteriorated, and the is why Britain is strong. Every nation is Commons, on May 3rd, declared the pas

part was not only returned with an ex- tried for treason. Fifty-three were ac-

WAR often little better than a saved by its friendship, not its armies.

The fourth delusion is that happiness is planation which he and many other men- quitted and the remainder sentenced to

bers of the Hou

ou regarded as offensive, "Turkey

obliterated and periods of imprisonment varying from scramble. For a short period after the

resumption matters took a turn for the obtainable. That is, that you can get it. Tobers of the two to ten years.

better. Rangers gradually wore down their accomplish this we are all busy amassing cther countries to which he might be He asked did opponents, and there was a long period of things, nowithstanding the fact that in all allowed to go inserted. pressure that yielded only barren corners and the thousands of years of human experience Mr. Chamberlain thick this a grateful. numerous tre kicks. On three occasions nobody has ever got together enough things and proper way to treat him in retur

to make him happy. You do not get happi- for the services he performed in Turkey Horton's goal escaped marvellously. As

Mr. Chamberlain embodied the reply a display of football the game, was o Doss. Happiness is a matter of adjustment,

Charles Townshend received almost of the weakest on record, and also ofte

not of possession. As Thomas Carlyle said,

textually in his answer. Hə

THE

and.

RECENT GOVERNMENT

DEFEAT..

SELECT COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

LONDON. May 30th.

COUNTY CRICKET.

THE CHAMPIONS DEFEATED.

LONDON, May 30th. At Leyton. Essex beat Derby by nine wickets. For the losers Morton "scored The defeat of the Government, men-100 not cut in the first innings.

At Cardiff, Worcester beas Glamorgan

ins, has been recalled by the report of ing twelve wickets for 166.

BRITAIN'S REPRESENTATIVES AT THE HAGUË.

LONDON, May 30th.

ge

A PASSPORT TO TURKEY.

REFUSED TO SIE CHARLES TOWNSHEND.

Bir

Bir

Licard in a cable message dated the 16th by 44 runs. Gilbert, for the winners, tak berlain said Lieut.-Comdr. Hilton Young of the roughest. The loss of Rangers happiness is na the value of a common frac Housa would see it was not of fought the At Leicester, the home team won on the Britain at the Hague. No other Minister captain was undoubtedly a serious handi caution, of which the numerator is what you Charles Townshend occupierasted wind

se select committee, "mentioned in a cable message 17th inst, which has now decided to recommend, by a bare majority, that there was not an implied. Government Sbligation to continue the contributory

ystem of pension. 5

The foregoing decision was arrived at after the Chairman's report, in the

pposite sense, was narrowly rejected.

{The cable message of May 16th an moaned that the Government had been defeated, in a thin attendance, on motion of adjourmmeat carried against it on the Teachers' Superannuation Bill. The message of 17th insk stated that the Government had decided to defer to

first innings against Yorkshire.

At Bristol, Surrey bent Gloucester by 89 runs For the winners, Hobbs secred 10 in the first innings, while Fonder, the Burrey captain, obtained ten wickets for

123.

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At Bath, ante beat Bomerset by seven wickets, Kennedy, on behalf of the win- ners, capturing fifteen wickets for 116.

At Manchester, Lancashire beat Middle sex by nine wickets ·

in the House of Commons, Mr. Cham-

and Sir Lloyd Greame would represent would attend.

£7,300 FOR A POSTAGE STAMP.

and probably cost them the Cup.

TUE CELTS AND THE CHAMPIOSBKIT.

Celtic surmounted perhaps their most difficult hurdle in the League by defeating Albion Bovers, a tom that has been doing remarkably well of late; and as they followed this up by a victory over Thistle, The sum of 300.000 franca (£6,200) was their chance of the Championlip looks

Paris for 1 cent particularly bright. Bangers have still recently paid in postage stamp of British Guians issued

pro

→ position in bave, and the denominator is what you think Turkey which Deccarily you ought to have. Fools are busy trying attention to anything he did, and it was to increase the fraction by multiplying the on those grounds that, after the numerator. Wise men buy themselves posals he had made to the Government, he could not go there without embarras dividing the denominator.

sing the negotiations and the prospects of peace. Therefore, the Government In the House of Commene, on May 4th,

passport folt bound to refuse the

You notice I do not argue any of these points. They are not matters of argument or of proof. They are attitudes of mind. The only way we know whether a thing is Lain Gee asked leave to move the

At Notts, the home team beat Suvex in 1856. This stamp, which, is the only fighting change, but the odds are admittedly true or not, as William James pointed out, and way to call attention to the re

by ten wickets, Hardstaff scoring 117 in specimen known to exist, was the gem of against them.

the winners' first inaings.

F

CROWN COLONY LOANS. PRESENT SYSTEM DEFENDED. LONDON, May 30th.

tière, which was sold in Paris by auction.

is whether it will work. I know these four fusst of a

dolusions are false, for the simple reason Towns a pasport to General Sir Charles

The

Speaker disallowed the motion onl that they never worked. (Cheers.)

the ground that it was not urgent, so Sir Charles Townshend had received the re fusal in March and the matter could have been raised last week.

the

WHY A WOMAN MARRIED A MARQUIS.

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eral

In the House of Commons, later, Gen Bir Charles Townshend raised the question of the Foreign Office refusing

to Turzy. him a

Mr. Chamberlała replied that Sir Char

The struggle at the foot of the the collection of M. Ferrari de la Reno- table continues intense. The death Dwin barton · and Clyde- The collection was one of the finest in the warrants of

are already signed, but what world. It was begun in 1860, and con- bank tinued until the outbreak of the war. M. club is to accompany them into Ferrari then left France, after placing dark of the Second Divisiou? A week

One reunit of the house shortage agonis his collection in the care of friends in ago, Hearts and Queen's park had about Paris He died in 1917, and bequeathed equal chances, but since then the Heartsing Europe has had its sequel in the the wish of House, and appoint a Balect In the Hour of Commons, Major the his stamps to the Berlin Masrum, but the have the better hope of remaining among Vienna court of law, being the outcome of Committee to enquire whether "the Hon. R. F. L. Wood (Under-Secretary French Government confiscated them, the seniors, and the amateurs the dread of matrimonial advertisement of thy Government had given an undertaking for the Colonies) replying to Col. Wedg and the proceeds of the mie will go to being relegated to the juniors. The game widos, Rosa Rosenbaum, which drew the past three years, offered his seriet that the teachers' experamustion abould wood, said that he did not saticipate the reparations accounts An offer of between Hangers and the Queen's Park was reply from the impoverished Marquis Bace to the Fonsign Offins to conduct not be altered.].

that any Crown Colony would default in

d default in 15,000,000 francs (over £300,000) was the reason for this upset, and it was Madel, with a family tree six pages long, negotiations privately on behalf _the the interest on its loans.

by a dramatic incident. He married Ross, who promised to pay Government with Angors or Constantino- desirable to discuss what stops should be made for the collection come time ago, marked

but the Treasury refused it, and the Fifteen minutes from the close, the 90,000 krone (worth £32) she paid 50,000, ple, and he continued to press for s stamps already sold lave realised over Queen's Park goalkeeper canie out bounc. The Marquis sued for the balance which is passport, although he knew that the He was not

not perpared to urge a Government Lonna. Mr. Churchill, in supplement stamp is a small red octagonal piece, ing. the ball, endeavoaring to send now worth 26 shillings. The Magistrate Government did not desire his interven sence would coadure, to the end the Government had in view. Lord Carson At the annual meeting of the Finery reply, said that they had been most bearing the picture of a ship. It is signed clear. Bat the refered noticed him and thought Road shabby to haggle over so tion because it was not felt that his pro-

awarded a free kick. The ball was then lady spiritedly replied that the Marquis had informed him on the 23rd March Spinners Association at Manchester, Mr. Stel is placing loans on the credit by the postmaster who issed it. The disting beyond the prescribed area and small sum after receiving a title. The

of the colonies under the cxisting systera. persal of this collection 'attracted many Thand H. W. Lo stated that in his opinion the 200 one The Marquis had a fiat. You

wont a long way towards creating famous American experts on accoäng of driven into the net. Apparently the could stick to his title I wanted, sorgé, visit by Bir CharlenkTownshend m worst in over. They are now able to pro-any desire to injure the credit of the

having touched the ball this was no goal, know it is impossible to get a flat in by our Allies and the Turky as so othelal but the Rangers protested, and after con Vienna." The crowded court applauded mision and consequently would prejudice Elute yarns at a price which should cum-

Col. Wedgwood explained that he want

saltation with the linesmen a goal was this but the Magistrate mid the title was the negotiations and further delay peso

with Turkey, ed to got the money as cheaply as possible.

cheap at the price.

MANCHESTER SPINNERS. REDUCED COST OF PRODUCTION.

LONDON, May 30th.

canada uile.

Colonier

་

for Crown

The British Guiana

chirded in the lots. With the 17 per cent. State tax added the total paid for the British Caians comes to 351,2008. (nearly *£7.7001. Bidding begno aà 50,000€.

awarded.“

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