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GALLIPOLI DEFENCES:

LONDON, March 25th:

A correspondent who has just left Galli poli, states that light milways have been thrown out in all directions from the camps, where 15,000 British troops across the plain from Kelia are housed în Nissen kuta." The railway runs across the Peninsular Anzic to 'beach. If there should be hostilities Anzac would become the base. The work on the cemeteries which was held up for tinie owing to the Greeks' flight, has been re-started with Italian and Russian labour. Five permacut confeteries in the Anzac area bay been comploted, with the exception of bend-stores.

NORFOLK FARM DISPUTE.

WELL-KNOWN SINGER'S LAW SUIT.

Løypos, March 26th.

In an unprecedented case in the King's Beach; Miss Phyllis Lett, the well-known contratto is suing Messrs. "Pathé Frères for alleged libel and breach of contruct, and is also asking for an injunction in re- spect of phonographie records of her voice, taken ten years ago, which are advertied with orchestral, necompazi.

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The plaintiff's counsel, Sir E. Marshall- Hall, asserted that the original accom- the paniment was pianoforte, and asserted that of

new record wal 1 travesly the plaintiff's voice. He suggested that a mechanical process was responsible for this, and declared that her provincial en- gagements bad fallen off. He also inti-

mated his intention of having the record played in Court and calling witoesser, including Sir Edward Elgar, to prove that it was out of tune.

Counsel for the defence declared that the accompaniment had not been changed.

Counsel for the defence later said that be bad ascertained that the accompaniment of plaintiff's songs was both organ and piano and should not be described as orchestral.

A inusical critic from Glasgow, testified that there was no resemblance in the recoril to the plaintiff's voice.

LONDON, March 25the A strike of farm labourers is at present. in progress in the County of Norfolk as the result of dispute about hours and wagen. The farmers who have had a bad your demanded a fifty-four hours work weekly for labourers for the present wage of twenty-Eve shillings instead of fifty hours, while the labourers declined to work the extra four hours without pay. This trouble has found a mediator in the person of the Bishop, of Norwich who yesterday reerived the delegates of both sides in his drawing room, entertained them to lunch and endeavoured to promote a compromise

After several hours the

delegates agreed to submit to their executive the offer of the labourers who

promised to observe a three months truce at the present wage and to join the Counsel for the defendants sant that his fartiere in impressing Government clients had offered to put the date of sing- the necel of measures to relieve the industry. ing on future records, and it was suggest. Relief is sought by the farmers in respect ofed that the plaintiff should re-sing four the heavy burden of local taxation.

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Sir Landon Ronald testified that he thought the record awful, and that it would seriously affect the plaintiff's engagements.

Plaintiff testified that she did not thick that any decrease in her receipts was due to any slump in the musical profession.

Sir Edward Elgar, giving evidence des- cribed ous record as a wretched noise " and said what was really a sustained note appeared on the record to be "dismal ululation." (Laughter).

Rongs for the defendants, who would with. LONDON, March 26th. The general strike of farm labourers in draw the previous records, Sir E. Marshall- handled Hall, however, said that she might have to the County of Norfolk is his action get another Company's permission. by the leaders of their Union. is unexpected and is apparently due to misunderstanding of the outcome of Sunday's conference at the Palace of the Bishop of Norwich where the farmers agreed to submit to their executive the proposal of the labourers delegates for a three months truce. There are some 20,000 labourers in the country and the estimated number of Even affected men

considerably. Vary Labourers' Union officials, however, do not estimate the number of inen idle at more thin about 10,000, while farmers' officials put it at only 3,000. The Ministry of Agriculture is making efforts to end the deadlock and has suggested to both sides that an independent Chairman should be appointed to arbitrate on the matters in dispute.

BRITISH RACING AEROPLANE.

LONDON, March 26th.

It is announced that the Gloucestershire Aviation Company is hailding a tiny racing aeroplane with a single 400 horse power engine with the intention to attempt to re- in for Britain the worki's speed record.

that Company. calculates.

this

machine will attain a speed of between 250 and 260. miles, an hour Larry Carter, who won

been retained to pilot the new machine.

Another witness testilied that the record was out of tinte.

LONDON, March 27th. The Lett case has been adjourned to the next sittings.

EXTENDED USE OF E.AP.

LONDON, March 28th. Captain Frederick Guest, in the course of a letter to the Daily Mail says: *If only the military authorities and the Govern- ment of India were not so obstinate, the extended use of the RA.F. would save India millions yearly.”

PUBLIC HEALTH IN INDIA.

LONDON, March 28th. Mr. W. G. King, Mr. Ronald Ross, and Mr. W. J. Simpson, in a letter to the Times, criticise Lord Inchcape's proposal

the Aerial Darby Handicap last year, has to, abolish the Public Health Commis

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THE SAFETY OF INDIA

LONDON, March 26th. Lieut.-Colonel Repington, writing in the Daily Telegraph throws considerable doubt on the wisdom of the measure of Indianising the Indian Army, as announced by Lord Rawlinsoo. He

sioner, and declare that anyone with

of knowledge

the conditions any must condemn the proposal, when applied to the Chief Sanitary Officer, for the work of safeguarding sanitation over a million square miles demands the employment of a whole time oficial.

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CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

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ways that a change of auch tremen-HONGKONG SHARE MARKET. dous import should have recived the open' sanction of Parliament, the Cabinet and the Crown. He thinks that the system of the King's commission for Indians should have been given a much longer trial and refers to the prejudicial effect of the now measure He on the recruiting of British officers. questions whether there will ever be an Indian army fit to defend India alone and remarks that this dream of creating an army and defending India without the British will pass, like other visions, in the night. He is of opinion that the self- govenment fundertaking must be given at least a century before Indians are fit for it. Colonel Repington asks for a definito Assurance from Viscount Peel that there will be no further experimentation in Indianisation without the approval of Parliament and that the new battalions Le tested on tho Frontier before fitness for their mission is assumed.

BRITISH ARMY REFORM.

Lovos, March 27th.. The decision of the Army Council to abolish Field Punishment Number Ons was announced in the House of Commons by the Hon. W. Guinness, amid cheers.

PROPOSAL TO TAX BÉTTING.

LONDON, March 27th.

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