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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTIL'S AUREOT.]

THE RUHR..

FACILITIES FOR FOREIGN TRADERS.

ComENCE, March 17th, The Later Allied Rhineland High Com mission has issued an order with the object of removing the complaints of foreign purchasers of German goods,

THN HONGKONG - DAILY

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THE NEAR EAST,

ISMET ISSUES TURKISH COUNTER PROPOSALS.

LONDON, March 17th.

WORLD OF SPORT.

THE SIKI-MOTIGUE FIGHT.

MONDAY, MARCH 1918, 1935,

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER"

PAINET, Harch 17th, In the International, Soccer Match Scotland defented Wales by 8 to mil

The weather was finy and the attend- anos numbered 20,000. Scotland scored even minutes from the stars and there- after had the batter of the game, although they were playing one man short After the interval the Welshmon seldom go their second goal in the middle of the within shooting range. Scotland added second half.

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BOOTLEGGERS SUMMONED.

SCREEN STARS AND BUSINESS MEN IMPLICATED.

Loa Axoxting, March 17th.

In addition to a number of screen staĀTS

NEWS

CABLE

(THROUGH (REUTER'S AGENOT.}

W - STEAMER FOR THE `OHINA'

TRADE..

LONDON, March " 17th.". who were summoned to-day to appear

The Hole steamor Patroclu baa bean before the Grand Jury, in connection faunched at Greenock The vessel in "of with alleged bootlegging activitias, in- 11,400 tons, 6,000 horse-power, and dictments will be sought against a destined to maintain a regular passenger number of prominent business men, and cargo service between Great Britain

and China" direct

ENDOUS METHUSIASM IN DUBLIN.

LONDON, March 17th Tremendous enthusiasm is being dia played over to-night's fight at Dublin, A long summary of Turkish counter between. "Battling Siki, the World's proposals has been issued by Ismes Panha. Cruiser-Weight Champion and Mike MeTigue, the Irish-American Middle In a covering letter he stresses; firstly. Weight. This is the first big contest is that the definite abolition of capitulations Ireland for fifteen years. Both conic

aata are reported A6 and well. must be recognised by the Allies; Siki, who has been training in Ireland, condly, that relations between Turkey is immensely popular. He has consider and the Allies must be brought to comably improved in speed and technique, and says He feels stronger and better than practice habitually followed between Although a stone lighter than his oppo independent nations; thirdly, the condient, Mcfigue is most confident that he Czecho Blavalca, Switzerland, India *. tious governing the fiscad regime, and can out-point. Siki, as he has already Ireland France Denmark, Spain NATIVE REVOLT IN DAHOMEY judicial status of the subjects of one

bestan thirty blacks

Rumania, Berlin v. Belgium, Argentina, Carpentier and Descampe bave reached | Italy, and Holland have byes. Stato, in the territories of another, mast Dublin for the purpose of taking stock ́ ́ALTELATION IN TENNIS be determined by reciprocal onraations of Siki, whom Carpentier meets on September 10th in Paris. Beckett also)

CHAMPIONSHIP, Ismes declaren thas peace would have been witnesses the fight. concluded if Turkey had been originally accorded the short delay, for which she

ported in a cable message dated Marchformity with the requirements of the bon he met Georges Carpentier.

10th. Facilities are set forth which will be afforded to foreign buyers in respect of merchandise partly or wholly paid fur before February 1sk.

TRAIN COLLISION·IN, CREFELD

DISTRICT.

Baan, March 17th. A French troops-train collided with a goods-train at

district.

are lacking, but it is 40 soldiers were killed and

reported riemeroheim in the Crefeld asked. He goes on

SIKI DEFEATED. "

DAVIS CUP "DRAW.

New Four, March 18th.. The drew for the Davis Cup is as follows: Canada Japan, Hawaiiv. Australasia,

PARIS, March 16th. A meeting of the International Federation has decided to abolish the world championship tities and recognise the

| Australia, and the United States.

MOLLE LENGLEN'S EASY VICTORY AT NICE.

to squmorate the MIKE MUTIQUE WINS LIGHT-HEAVY-wab national championship of England, France,

Turkish concessions, and constudes by saying that if the Allies are inspired with the same pacifio seatiments, a meeting at

A

many seriously injured.

European townD, preferably Con FRENCH ARMY SERVICE PERIOD stantinople, would be able to settle the

Treaty within a fortnight, ... REDISTRIBUTION

EXTENDED.

PARIS, March 17th. The Senat his adopted, by. 260 votes to 4, a Bill providing for eighteen months' service with the colours. GERMAN CITIZENS, AS HOSTAGES ON TRAINS.

Essex, March 17th. la consequence of the increasing sabotage, the French have decided to plaws kuding German civilians on the engines of trains driven by the French, as hostages."

OF MEDITER RANEAN FLEET,”

Maura March, 17th,

CHAMPIONSHIP.

DUBLIN, March 17th. In a contest for the Light-Heary-Weight Championship of the World, the Irish

Battling Siki" the holder.; Canadian. Mike McTigue outpainted

DETAILS OF THE FIGHT.

DUI, March. 17th. The Scala Theatre was packed with a tremendous crowd. Outside, both men had a great reception.

at is "reported that a rodistribution of the floet may be shortly expected, under" Siki opened aggressively, and tried to which the Mediterranean fleet will consist force matters, but McTigne's watchful, of two battle squadrons of ten battle patient and elever ring-craft and foot- ships, and two light cruiser squadrons work enabled him to avoid the negro's of eleven ships.

fierce swinging blows.

THE FISHERIES TREATY.

CORRESPONDENCE TABLED IN CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS,

Ottawa, March 17th.

品

2.

Nias, March 16th. In the Lawn Tennis Tournament here, Mdile. Suzanne Langlon beat the American, Mra. Mallory, 6-0, 6-0.

PARIS DEFEATS LONDON.

DULWICE, March 17th. In a three-day covered-courts tennis match, the team representing Paris best the team representing London by 14 {matches to &

U.S. TENNIS ASSOCIATION TO JW

́ ́INTERNATIONAL FEDERAJON

The executive committee of the United

International

but he skilfully extricated himself, and the

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DHIEF OF JAPANESE ARMY' STAFF RESIGNS.

TOKYO, March 17th. Baron Uyahara, Chief of the Army Staff, has resigned Glenoral Hisab

Kawał succeedr hiza.”

FARI, March 16th. A serious native revolt in Dahomey (N.W. Africa) in February began with a dockers' strike at Porto Novo on February 13th somming in riot on February 16th necessitating the intervention of troops and police. The agitation developed and resulted is a widespread native rebellion. Martial ar was proclaimed, and the local forces being inadequate, the Governor-General M. Merlin, rushed up reinforcements from Toge listed. and from Dakar, restored order, and arrested ten ringleaders and disarmed the rebels The colony in now quiet.

THE LEPROSY . PROBLEM.

Thres generals, six major generals and $70 army offers are waiting to be

MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN CHINA.

Pekino, March 17th.

"It is reported from Chinese sources LONDON, March 16th Speaking before the Society of Arts, that General Lia Chun Ting has left Sir Leonard Rogers estimated that there Naning in favour of General Lu Yung are probably half a million lepers in India, seven thousand in disease, he said, is undoubtedly communic

Europe

1206,000 Ting in Asis and 385,000 in Africa. The

the tatinics show that only three to five per cont. of healthy persons äving in the same house as a leper con- tracted the disease. Sufficient time bas not yes elapsed to say how many ap-

very

!.

It is also reported unofficially that Gozeral Liu Hsien Shib has occupied Kwaichow, forcing General Yuan Tsu Ming to withdraw.

Admiral Sah Cheng Ping and General

MoTigue wax several times cornered, States Lawn Tennis Association, in view parent cures will prove permanent, but Liu Kuang: Hsiang have wired to the hia imperturbability tantalised Siki who, abandonment of the practice of awarding as soon as the outward signs have disan Government stating that they would

towards the end, showed signs of anger and lost his judgment, upon which MoTigue scored with a series of lefta,

In the penultimate round the black rashed the Irishman to the ropes, and steadied himself. for a knock-out, but MeTigue dodged and escaped with a glancing blow.

SEMI-OFFICIAL EMISSARIES APPROACH FRENCH.

Paris, March 17th. Semi-official emissaries of various nationalities are approaching the Govern- anent almost daily. They make soundings on behalf of Germany, according to Lasiated with Hon. Ernest Lapointe, REBELS ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE

The correspondrace tabled in the House of Commons shows that several messages passed between Ottawa, London and Washington, before the Government ob- tained the consent of the Colonial Office affair not to have the British Ambassador naso-

LL.B., K.C., (Minister of Marine and Fisheries), in the signing of the Fishery Treaty, with the United States

Altogether the fight was rather a tame

SPECTATORS.

Federation's rarely inapses have occurred

tournaments in perpetuity to the same citizens, has voted in favour of applying

for membership of the Federation.

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THE LAUSANNE TREATY.

TURKISH. COUNTER-PROPOSALS.

LONDON, March 19th.. Lausanne terms have been received in Lon- The Turkish counter-proposals to the

don, comprised in a very long document, 17th.companied by a letter from Lamet Pasha

A summary will probably be published.

BRITAIN'S BOXER FUNDS."

SUGGESTIONS BY THE CHINESE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN LONDON.

T'emps which says that no less than three such demarchen were made in one day this work. It is authoritatively stated here,

LONDON, March however, that the Government will resent The Governor-General, General Lord may offer of mediation as being unfriendly, Byag, G.C.B., G.C.MO., M.Y.O., cabled,

Dublin was startled by a tremendous and is determined to pay no attention on January 18th, asking for tho confer explosion at the hour fixed for the start to any soundings by Allied or neutral ment of full powers on Mr. Lapointe had detailed troops to guard the Scala of the Siki-McTigus fight. The authorities intermediaries, as it will only examine sign on behalf of Canada. This was up Ceneme, the scene of the fight, and detec direct official German proposals. The parently not dearly understood, for aa newspapers declared that there can be a late as February 28th Lord Byng cabled tives were protecting boxers in view of question of negotiations until German to the Colonial Secretary stating that bis the Bepublicans' decree banning sport, has crased the

and ministers were surprised to receive an while an enormous crowd had assemblexi capitulates,

intimation from Sir Eric Geddes (First outside,

It transpires that á land-mine was ex- GERMAN HOSTAGES "AT BUER

Lord of the Admiralty) in which be said RELEASED.

that he had been instructed to sign in ployed in Moor-lane, within a stone's association with Mr. Lapointe adding, throw of the scene of the fight. Two BERLIN, March 17th. the view taken by my ministers is that, children were injured, and all the win- Advices from Buer state that the Chief the Treaty concerning solely Canada and dows and doors in the vicinity were blow Bargemaster and the. Manager of the the United States, and not affecting in out. Savings Bank, whom the French took as particular any Imperial interest, the hostages for the murder of French signature of the Canadian Minister should

be sufficient." · aficors, have been released. General

economia

war

Faignolot informed them that the town

was not to blame for the murders. STATEMENT BY COUNCILLOR OF GERMAN EMBASSY.

WASHINGTON, March 15th. The Councillor of the German Embassy elled on Mr. Hughes (Secretary of State) and, made a statement regarding Germany's position. He did not request. any action, and no reply is contem plated.

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NEGOTIATIONS FORESHADOWED

that Sir Eric's wiskee had been telegraph The Colonial Secretary repiled stating ed to the Ambassador. at Washington.

LENIN'S CONDITION. PARALYSIS HAS DIMINISHED.

RIGA, March 17th.

A bulletin has been issued stating that M. Lenin shows a general improvement, and that the paralysis has diminished.

CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC. SERVICE BETWEEN HARWICH AND ZEEBRUGGE.

BERLIN, March 16th, Reports from Paris and from London stato that stops with a view to negotiations be- tween Germany, Franco and Felgium are

LONDON, March 16th. imminent, and are receiving much attention Out of the remarkable rush of now from the Press. The Beliner Tagblatt points issues, involving over £5,000,000. public out that France refused to examine Ger many's proposals at the time of the Paris subscriptions, the most interesting is the conference, and asks how Germany can now Great Eastern Train and Ferries Com be d

to make fresh proposals. The pany, with a capital of £100,000, under Lokal

expected to make fresh some demares the auspices of the Anglo Belgian Truck by a third party, and says it is significant Railway Co., for a service between that the Foreign Minister has postponed Harwich and Zeebrugge, thus providing indefinitely his statement on the foreign through traffic for the Continent without situation which he was expected to make transhipment,

next wock,

SABOTAGE IN THE RUHR

PARIS, March 16th

A series of outrages is reported from Dues seldorf. One French soldier was killed, and three soldiers and three railwaymen word injured, in a collision between a troop traini and an empty goods train at Friendsheim, attributed to sabotage at the points. A

SOVIET AGRICULTURE CONCESSION GRANTED TO

FRUPPS

་ ་ ་ ་

M.C.E. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

LONDON, March 10th.

in patients discontinuing treatment

are not senantional, but prevent a far more peared.

Recent advances in treatment important and practical epoch in the history of leprosy. He urged the in auguration without delay of a new effort to prevent leprosy.

EXCHANGE FLUCTUATIONS.

LONDON, March, 16th, The French frane tallied to 73,60, on more to 74.85. Belgian frans were at 85.60, and hopeful reparations news, but latter reacted latar 86.65.

UNEMPLOYMENT IN GREAT

BRITAIN.

"IMPROVEMENT IN SITUATION,

LONDON, March 16th. The number of ademployed in Britain

Addressing a special conference in Eon-again fell by 81,000 in February, to 1,378,000. dón on the question of distributing the

THE 8-HOUR DAY IN Boxer indemnity, remitted to China by

ITALY. Britain for educational nze Mr. Chao the Ham-chu (Chargé d'Affaires) expressed opinion that

mixed British and Chinese committee should be formed to take charge of the matter. It would be advis able for the committed to appiat a joint cómmission to investigate thoroughly in China questions connected with educa-

the

Hoars, March 18th, "The King of Italy has signed- two decrees

relating to the Washington labour agree ments. The first enforces in Italy the agree ments with regard to unemployment and night work for women and youths in fac committed tories, and the second gives effect to an

Australia, in their first innings made 495, too slowly, and he hoped there wouchin ADELAIDE, March 17th. 2000 Purposes and

act upon the commission's report. eight-hour day and forty-eight hour week in In the final match of the tour, South Things had bean proceeding rather all industrial establishments. Arthur Richaldson contributing 230 further delay. He suggested that Chinese Marylebone repiled with 372, Calthorpe students, male and female, should be support- knocking up a useful 98 South Australised out of the indemnity funds to pursue in their second innings made 204 with

A limited of the Chinese students in who are really in need of financial

aitain

the loss of 4 wickets and then declared.ced studies in Britain.

be no

CANADIAN INCENDIARY

CAMPAIGN.

MONTREAL, March 16th. The Roman Catholic home for incurables

hundred patients were safely removed.

Foodbow, but it is not their desire that welcome. General Sun Chuan Fang at

his troops should enter the Province. They reques: the Government to order. his troops to withdraw,

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TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE DESTROYED BY FIRE..

TOKYO, March 18th. The Stock Exchange building was completely burned down early this morning. There were no casualties. The damage is estimated to be yen 100,000.”

ARMS FOR HONGKONG,

CHINESE STEWARD'S "ENTERPRISE" THWARTED.

ليمانية

LONDON, March 18th: A Chinese steward, Woo Kon-dai, of the steamship Glenago has been fined £385 and costa, or ninety-one days' imprisonment, at East Ham; for illegally importing thirty four Mauser revolvers and two thousand | rounds of ammunition. The defendant

pleaded not guilty. They were arms from Antwerp which he intended taking to Hongkong.

{BY COURTESY OF THE " DAILY BULLETIN."}

SUN YAT SEX'S FREQARIOUS POSITION.

PEKING, March 15th. According to reports from Canton, Sun Yat-man's position is again becoming

Marylebone replied with 248 for 4, Chahould be given scholarships. Research work here has been destroyed by fire. Foar precarious. man making 134 anfinished. The match should be encouraged, prizes should be given

was drawn,

PREPARATIONS FOR THE VARSITY

BOAT RACE T

An

London and Westminister, Auriol and friendship. Chinese lecturers

SOIL IN AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, March 10th. It is reported that oil has been found near Towantin, on the North Queensland cost There has been no flow yet, but indications are mid to be important.

CONTROL OF COTTON. SPINNING.

It is reported that-Sun Yat-sen recent. ly gave Shen Hung-ying the sum of $150,000 for expenses entailed by the moving of the troops from Canton city, and that Shen Hung-ying alleged to have used the money to buy up other. forces and to recruit locally, and that, his future attitude is doubtful.

In spite of Sun Yat-sen's desires for dekmobilization in Kwangsi and Yunnap, the leaders are recruiting Cantonese, thereby increasing their forec

to the best students, and the translation of

bo English books into Chinese should

A A scheme of exchange o

of Univer couraged

Professors should be carried out,

LONDON, March 16th,

doo barean should be established in to assist students. He understood Oxford rowed a full course trial this the China Society was willing to undertake afternoon under good conditions, taking 20 such work. minutes and 45 seconds. They were placed Honest propaganda should be carried out! at various stages by scratch crows from the in Britain and in China in order reciprocally the ideals of culture, and increase Leander clubs. Cambridge's time last week, under adverse conditions was 21 minutes should be sent to England, and English loetur and 44 seconds

should also address

with riow to stimulating trade and co-operation in economic development Schools should established in China for the English educa tion of Chinese Schools worth

supporting the Hongkong University, the

tex included tile and technical schools at Shanghai, and the Hanko College of Technology. The LIZARDS EGGS FROM CHINA succes, and he is urging Hsu Chung Peking evening schools should be supported, and postal courses given obeaply or free. A portion of the indemnity, paid yearly, should be capitalised in order that the schome could be carried on indefinitely..

CAMBRIDGE- EIGHT'S TRIAL SPIN.

LONDON, March 17th. Cambridge, assisted by several scratch eighte, rowed the fall course in a trial the afternoon from Putocy to Mortlake, taking 90mina. 16sees Conditions were more favourable than yesterday.

INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.

LONDON, March 17th. Playing at Inverleith, in the Inter- | Bexar March 17th.national Rugby Match, England v. Boot- The Soviet Government and for land, England defeated Soolland, by 8 The ground was in excellent order, and

673 to China trial bodies

commercial and

CHINESE IN SAMOA REPORT OF A NEW ZEALAND [* SPECIAL COMMISION.

WASHINGTON, NZ, March 16th.

LONDON, March 18th. The Master Cotton Spinners Federation reports that the recommendation to curtail the production of mills spinning American cotton during March has been generally adopted, and recommends similar curtailment ia April

The Civil Governor and Chief of the Finance Department are reported to be anxious to resign,

Sun Yat-sen is also hampered by the split between the moderates and the s tremists of the Kuomintang party.

Sun Yat-sen is attempting to raise Ioan, but he is not meeting with mach

chih to enter Kwangtung.

LONDON, March-18th.

Han Chung-chih is unable to advance The House of Commone has passed the cond reading, by 183 votes to 100, of the owing to the entry or Sun Chuan-fang Merchandise Marks Bill, providing for the into Fulcian, and a threat from Chen marking of foreign meat and agricultural Chiung ming and Hung Chao-lin produb so sa to indicate clearly the country The latter is a supporter of Sun Yat- of origin or the fact that it is imported. Each son, but now his attitude is considered imported egg, must be so maziced. The Ri again to be doubttal.

Pretyman

dealers mixed

SHANGHAI COTTON INDUSTRY,

bamb exploxied under a light railway bridge Krupps have signed agromment Points to d

Kalkum. & French patrol was bred on, regards agricultural concessions granted 30,000 spectators wore present including After carefully reviewing all the availabla ́ story of an old lady who bought eggs for at RESOLUTION TO BUSPEND WORK.

but suffered no casualties A bomb exploded

on the line outside Weddau station. The to the latter.

Coblencs Duesseldorf telegraph lines have been wrocked over a stretch of three kilo. metres. It is estimator that the repairs will

K2 months. The Intar Allied"

Commis

has decreed that telegraph and telephone sabotage henceforward will be punished with penal servitude for life. It transpires that only one German' was killed in the aflair at Becklinghausen,

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GERMAN TREASURY

CERTIFICATES. SUBSCRIPTIONS BEING RECEIVED BY NEW YORK BANKERS.

Naw You, March 17th.-

A local banking house is receiving subscriptions to a 650,000,000 issue of German Government ana-interesting. bouring Trazzury Certificate at par, guaranteed by the Reichsbank and pay able in 1926 at 120.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY...

BIO:

DEMONSTRATION

NEW YORK.

IN

New Yonk, March 17th.

OBITUARY,

distributed among the docsa crowds line, MacLaren registered try for securing-imported labour, and the "indus of Cholmondeley, following a recent fall only half their spindles from March 19th

Eight thousand police detectives were watching the St. Patrick's Day parade, in which 20,000 people participated, but nothing of moment occurred.

MISSISSIPPI STORM, DAMAGE TO LIFE AND PROPERTY,

Birteon

Mademie, March 17th. persona were killed and a

BANDA, March 18th. The Evening News learns that the Shanghai Chinese Cutton Mill Owners Association have passed a resolution that, several of the local mille suspend entirely, that others should stop their night-shifts, and that others should work In order to alleviate the effect of the unfavourable market condition.

The cotton mill owners in Wusich hav passed a similar resolution

It is reported that the Shanghai cotton magnates intend organising a Chi Otter Industry Association and issuing debentures totalling Tie. 30,000,000 in Chinese and foreign markets.

The object of the proposed association

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alleged that Raging the second and foreign eggs, and he told tha HRH the Duke of York and Lady evidence collected in the Pacific Islands the ting, four of which hatched into lizards, Bowes Lyon. The Scottish pack pat in special commission appointed last year by Apparently they were lizards, eggs from

China good work in the tight serums, and the the Methodi Conference with regard English wore excollent the loose to indentured labour in the Bouth scrutas. After a Scottish try hind bean Sea Lelands has concluded that indigenous, disallowed, owing to a forward pass by free labour in Samco is impracticable in this Smallwood, a try for England was regeneration, and that climatic considerations THE MARQUIS OF CHOLMONDÉELEY gistered but not converted. Then from All confiderations compel acceptance of some prohibat the employment of white labour.

LONDON, March 16th a serum in the vicinity of the English just form of contract system as a means of

The destit has occurred of the Marquis Scotland. At the interval the scorey stood trial and spiritual uplifting must go hand in in the hunting field, a at 3 all.

[George Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, F.O. exare half contra os the country at present, M.C. frish Viscount Cholmondeley, us On the resumption, after even ex- are changes, Gracie scored a try for Scotland, clock of progress now would leave them born in 1858. His heir the Earl of Rock who failed to convert. Two minutes from 1 tragically without k

savage, is married to a mister of Sir the end Voyos secured, and scored a try, The commission

abort contract. Phillip Sassoon.] Luddington converting amidar tremendour system for Chinese labour in the case of enthusiae.

ingle men if married men are unprocurable, and declares there is no foundation for tha

A writer of a book on "The Unknown assertion that the introduction of single Chinese has resalted in the moral degration Eskimo," commente on the ferocity of of the Samoant The commision conciniles the Aretio mosquito whose concentrated by acknowledging the New Zealand Govern-

et attack has done both men and board promoters or to cotton mille.

The organisere have requested the ment's sincere effort to carry out the terms to death. It might well be wondered how ultimately, Chinese Labour will be unneces every spring brings them out in their Customs surplus a security for the of the mandate over Sampas. It hopes that they survive the ice-bound winter: yet Government to earmark & portion of the

ary. The mport has been adopted.

proposed frsue of debentures.

·BRITISH TEAM FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

hundred injured in a storm which is

Edinburgh, March 17th, sweeping the delta counties of the Missisippi. Many house have boon decided to send a British team to South The International Rugby Board har rated, and hundreds are homeless, Afrim in 1826

The natives of

“malignant millions."

is to advance capital to coti-mill