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THE FRENCH 'BUDGET.

BOMB OUTRAGE

BELGIAN SOLDIERS NILLED.

PARIS, June 30th. A bomb exploded on a train in which Belgian Soldiers were going on furlong, just the train was emerging from

One coach was pulverized, nine soldiers being killed and 23 injured.

"PASSED BY ROTH, HOUSES OF. Duisburg tiation,

“PARLIAMENT, 197

PARIN, June 30th, The Chamber of Deputis has passed the 1923. Builgeł by 457 votes to 93.

The Senate has rejected by 178 votes to 112, the proposal to strike out of the Budget an amendment making the 1923 Budget applicable to 1924. Premier Pgia. care bad opposed the proposal and made it a matter of a voir, of confidence.

FRENCH PRESS JUBILANT.

Paris, June 30th. The Senate vote on the Rulir credity is the theme of admiring comments by the French Press, by which it is hailed as the most striking manifestation since the War of the sacred anion of the various parties,

A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

* BRUSSELS, June 30th. The explosion at Duisburg station occurred at two in the morning, na the troop train was crossing a bridge over

the Rhine,:

A sentry who was on duty at the bridge was struck by a fragment of iron and killed, making the number of deaths ten. Part of the railway track was destroyed.

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY,

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BERARATIONS DISCUSSIONS.

EARLY RESUMPTION PROBABLE,

Loxboy, June 30th.. Now that the Belgian crisia has been settled the way has been cleared for a raumption of discussions at Paris and London on the subject of the German reparations offer.

JULY, AND, 1935.

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REISS BROS. 1923. LTD. MANCHESTER.

NEW COMPANY REGISTERED: CAPITAL £100,000.

LONDON, June 30th.

"AMERICAN PROHIBITION

CONTROVERSIES.

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BRITISH GENERAL INSULTED.. OVERZEALOUS HÈLGIAN OFFICIALS. New York, June 20th,

GA, LANDOS, Juce 19th Lord Curzon's rejection" of "the" twelve

Highly-calonred-rumours are being cir mile liquor limit proposal has apparently Commander, General Godley,

culated alleging that the British - Aline -

grossly eally countered the State Department's insulted when travelling from Cologne to edu. Tu clear away simultaneously the ship officials. A Brussels message states that an London by the over-zealous Belgian custonis Reiss Brothers 1925: Limits, Man.lique controversy and the ram smuggling authoritative source denies the more serious tratto. Speculation has been revivad 20s to: allegavidna, but admits that General Godley, chester, has been "-registered" "with" an

Whether Congress will ravisa, the law in not treated with the consideration to which he was entitled. An enquiry is being initial capital of £100,000. The company | order to pofmit scaled liquors freely to pass instituted. The French Ambassador to Londen hasba nequired the goodwill and traile thruagh Anferican waters, but there is every bad full instructions from Premier marks, and also taken over certain curson to believe that high Goreirent FRANCE AND THE RUHR rent orders; otherwise, it starts early in alicials gravely doubt whether Congress will. POINCARE DENIES MILITARY

LAIMS Poincare for over a week, and was only July free from the obligations of the old farer sich a plan. Meanwhile the proposal awaiting a settlement of the Brussels crisis before calling en Lord Curzon,

While it is expected in London that the reply will be a written one, the French nowspapers are emphatic in declaring that communications will be continued orally,

before, and that the French Ambas!!

company.

VENEZUELAN ASSASSINATION FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT FOUND

DEAD IN BED.

CARACA, June 30th. General Juan Cristostomo Gomez, the sador will reply jointly for France and First Vice President of the Republic of Venezuein and Governor of the Federal District, and who was a brother of Pres- ident Juan Gomes, was assassinated in his

The bomb was apparently placed in the lavatory of the conch which was demolish- Belgium ed. Other coaches were damaged.

SEVERE REPRESSIVE MEASURES.

No arrests have been made up to the present, but the Belgian Minister of

Defence has despatched General Burquoy, Chief of General Staff, to Duisburg with orders to take the most severe measures

for repression.

It is amounced that as the outrage

BRITAIN AND FRANCE SERIOUS DIFFERENCE POSSIBLE bed last night." REGARDING REPARATIONS" POLICY.

Lobos, June 30th.

STEAMER FOUNDERS

NO TRACE OF CREW.

SYDNEY, June 30th.

The steamer Sumat, belonging to the New Guinea, Administration, foundered in a storm off the coast of New South

in Parliament. It is considered especially significant following the publication of

According to the Observers diplomatic the letter from the Pope, addressed to

correspondent, if France refuses to give Cardinal Casparri, on June 7th, the

a written reply to the British question subject of which was reparations. "The

agonaire, it is most probable that the British letter hoped that Germany would show accurred on the borders of various occupa. Government will publicly declare that the Wales. The crew, comprising 11 whitos are mixing. disposition to pay her debt, and asked tion zones, all the Authorities. concerned present policy of France is leading to the and 35 coloured seamen the Allies to consider whether it was have agreed to take repressive measures, ruin of Europe, and start negotiations Four bodies have been washed ashore. acessary to maintain the occupation of both, at Duisburg bridge-head and in the with Germany on the basis of the German BRITISH TREASURY RETURNS the Rühr as a form of guarantee,

Chefeld and Moury districts. Restrictions reparations offer mado on June 7th. If

LONDON, Jane 30th. This letter was scouted as the time by on the morements of inhabitants will be France refuse to participate Great

The Treasury returns, show the revenue the French Presa, which interpreted it as a carried to the extreme limit,*

Britain will act independently, and poss-of the United Kingdom for the first quar- suggestion to submit Germany's enpacity DRASTIC "MEASURES BY INTERly, conference of neutral states will ter of the financial year at £187,000,000, to pay to an impartial tribunal, instead ALLIED RHINELAND COMMISSION. be enlled for the purpose of making a decrease of £9,000,000 hs compared with

Dersarbour, June 10th.

last year.. Expenditure amounted to '£914,000,000, an increase of £8,000,000, but included

the corresponding quarter

of the Reparations Commission, and other- wise to ravise the Treaty of Versailles.

The arwanapos today hope that the debate in the Senate will show the Holy The British police arrested two men from} | tion that it has made a mistake, and that Bavaria who were carrying parcels of the world will appreciate the Fronth dynamite. Parliament's support of Premier Poingtee. MORE MONET FOR ARMAMENTS.

settlement with Germany apart from The scne of the Duisburg outrage was Franen. only 500 yards from the British zone. TANGIERS CONFERENCE LIKELY TO £15,000,000 interest paid to America.

CORENCE, June 20th.

PROVE ABORTIVE.

The Observer's diplomatic correspondent laq asserts that, in regard to the con ference of British, Frouch and Spanish Drastic measures have been decided on experts now being held at the Foreign by the Inter-Allied Raineland Commission Office in regant to Tangier, there is, up to The Minister of Marine has askell the in connection with the putrages at Duis the present, but little prospect of an age Chamber of Deputies to vote a credit burg, Germs have been forbidden for ment; Great Britain urging the inter- 7,000,000 francs for the improvement of the next fortnight to cross the frontier nationalisation of Tangier and France constal defence and the navy.

between occupied and unoccupied Ger urging the full sovereignty of the Saltun

-PARIS. June 30th.

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FLUCTUATIONS.

LONDON, June 28th. The alump in the principal European var: rencies continues. The mark is now 770,000 to the pound sterling: The French frane is 75 and the Belgian 88. Sterling in New

York ha relapsed to 4.691,000

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to seize vessels bringing liquor to American ports has reached a stage where: tentativo regulations can be drafted. The Treasury

but it is stated that continued "disregard of hope that seizures will not be necessary, the law will rentist in vigorous action BEER AS SHIPS MEDICINE BARRED

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PARIS, June 29th. "In the Senate debate on the Ruhr estimates M. Foincars said that if France wore animated by "political or military sins

Main in order to cut who would have occupied the miles y sie

declared that Germany' in to He reparations pro FOR or not serious and did not deserve

reply. The Senate

voted the credits, unanimously 307 million franes being the cost. occupation of the Rubt up to June 30th.

FURTHER FRENCH

New Yons, June 29th. Docter Sprague, of the Federal Health Service, has received instructions from Washington barring beer na ship” medicine. The representatives of the Italain and French lines announce that they will protest against this ruling, as their respective laws provide... for the use of beer

to

SANCTIONS.

MAJESTY, Jane 29th. Seven Germana, convicted "at a court

death.

COLENCE, June 29th.

A peruit has been issued to the American ship eviathan, spiling on July 4th, to carry martial of sabotage, have been condemned a odnsiderable enount of liquor in its! methicine chest. The amount is not disclosed. Other Anterican ships have applied for per inits. Ur. Sprague says the amounts allotted them will be limited to their actual medicinal needs.

The French Invere occupied Limburg in consequence of the German police, arrest- ing and transporting two Germen railway- men working for a French battalion. They baving also occupied Langen and Eschborn. mitted at Wiesbaden and on the Mayence- auction because of sabutage coin- Worms railway line.

AMERICA'S INDUSTRIAL

POSITION

BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST TWO NEW PEERS,

June 20th. LONDON, Only two peorages appear in the con paratively small Birthday Honours list

HELENA (Montana), Jane 20th. The Hon. Charles Napier Lawrence, a son of the 1st, Lord Lawrence of the Punjab In a speech justifying the Government's and chairman of the L. & N. W. Railway policy of hekling the scales even between and of the Loudon bear of the North capital and labour, President Harling de- British and Alercantile Insurance Co., and clared that the country's credit had been the Hon. Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, fourth preserved and its industries had been son of the 1st, Baron Aldenham, partner in crowded to the point of car scity of its baronies

of wagen was the highestia the world. The

Councillors the fire of Antony Gibbs &Sons, receive people who were employed, whilst its scale

include Mr. Privy

"ANOTHER FLIGHT ROUND Montagu Cottes Norman, 1.S.D, Governor of the Bank of England; Mr. Bruce, the

FRANCE Australiah, Commonwealth Urime Minister; and Me. Fielding the Canadian Minister of Financa.

A

baronetcy has ben conferred on Mr. George Alfred Willa, J.1." chairman of the Imperial Tobacos Co, who is also a director of the British American Tobacco Co., and of the Great Western Hallway.

INDIAN NATIONALIST

BR MOVEMENT.

Lrous, June 20th. Captain Giria has become the provisional holder of the Michelin Car by completing a fight round France in pogradi,minates and 60 second. --

DEATH OF SIR JAMES REID..

Fognos, June 20th The death is announced of James Kriel, GOV.D., etc., Physician-in Ordinary to HIM. the Kingen

The descenset had been also Resident Physician to Queen Victoria and Physician- in- Ordinary to king: Edward VII.]

GETTING UP.

SOME HARLY BIRDS AND OTHERS. several writer in Home paper saya :—

The Finance Committees of the Chambery xcept in connection with food of Morocco, which would virtually mean EXCHANGE MARKET DEPRESSED.nhibited area. Sevesicles were. Many years ago a man named Buckland).

BUDGET STILL UNBALANCED, PARIS, June 30th. The Chambers' passage of the Budget

and

700 VOLUNTEERS; ARRESTED,

Sex, Jane 29th. The political situation is quiet, except for the continuance of passive resistance at Nagpur and the carrying of the Indian Nationalist fing in a procession through a handred volunteers Fare been ans

been arrested French "predominance."

LONDON, June 30th. being hired dapes who apologised DISASTER ONUS DESTROYER At the week-end the foreign exchange subsequently released. It is expected the

wrote a book ențiled Letters on the far- were quoted at 800,000 be reinforcere, unless the volunteers portance, Duty, and Advsutages of Bathy

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to the Hearts of I to £1, French franes at 75 to 65, 'bers of the National Congress have been artising, adoreature the Hanorami Belgians at 88 to 85, and Italian lire at rested at Narsinghpur and charged with the Lover of 103 7/8. Sterling quoted on New York conspiring to indues soldiers to join the ab 4/37 5/8.

jured is expected to recover,

STEELWORKERS STRIKE. SERIOUS AFFRAY IN A NOYA SCOTIA.

of Deputies have approved in their report supply or for a strong family reason. regarding this credit. The report em Pedestrians have been forbidden to ciret phasiers the advantages of linking up late within the area of the outrage at

FOUR MEN KILLED BY France with North Africa by means of night time, and motor-cars, motor-ercles

EXPLOSION. and bicycles are similarly prohibited in Airships.

the day time. Cafes and places of enter-

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, Jane 30th. tainment will be closed, while officials and A steamblower in the destroyer, William- other prominent persons will be arrested. son exploded at sea. Four men wore killed For 1923 in nowise clarifies the financial Exceptional measures of control regard and four injured. Only on of, those-in- situation. It merely shows that both ing the circulation of persons on land, Chambers were determined to vote it, railways and the rivers will be inaugurat If possible, the Budget will be duly ed. A message from Brussels states that balanced before July 1st, thus avoiding twenty hostages have been already taken. GERMANS APPEAL AGAINST DEATH recourse to a seventh monthly roku ne-

SENTENCE

SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA, June 30th. count.

DUESSELDUNK, June 30th, Troops have been despatched to Capo The position is that the Chamber of

were Breton where 4,000 striking steal-workers Deputies voted on the Budget and sent it sentenced to death at Mayence has apstoned the police, and knocked down and to the Senate in January, but it was not

stunned the Magistrate who was reading balanced, showing a deficit of nearly four

tha Biot Act." milliards of francs. The Senate decided

to show the Chamber of Deputies how to' balance the Budget, assigning the task to its Rinance Committee, which, after four months of trimming and pruning, con- verted the deficit into a surplus of a miliard packs..

The Senate last werk voted the Budget, which was was returned to the Chamber

Seven of the Germans who

pealed.

BELGIUM'S CABINET. RECONSTRUCTED, WITH OLD

MINISTERS. -

BRUSSELA, June 30th, „A decree has been published announcing that the King has declined to accept the the resignation of the Theunis Cabinet.

LAZER.

a

The strikers

raided and

seriously damaged the Empire Steel Cor poration Works.

LOSS OF THE "TREVESSA:" SECOND ROAT IN DISTRESS WHEN

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MAURITIUS, June 30th The Treprana's second life boat was in distress when discovered off the coast..

Sixteen of the crew of twenty-four haya

Tho reconstituted Belgian Cabinet in of Deputies, whose Fiusate Committee clude all the Ministers who resigned restored the credits suppressed by the There has been no distribution of port- Senate, including the air force estimates folios, and the foreign polity, including landed. Eight died at sea

219 millions, thus reconverting the reparations, is unchanged. surplus" into a deficit of six hundred

millione

FRESH "CONVERT.”

TIKHON'S CHOICE!! OF

RESIDENCE. FOLLO

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'SURVIVORS' GREAT HARDSHIPS.

LONDON, June 20th.

The dramatic story of the sea reached its

market closed

| German : marks

in a depressed state movement will

MOTOR-CYCLE GRAND” PRIX-

BRESCIA, June 30th. Roger, riding a Harley-Davidson, won the motorcycle grand prix, over a course of 340 kilometres His time was 153 minutes 23.45 seconds.

TENNIS AT WIMBLEDON.

GREAT DUEL BETWEEN AMERICAN

PLAYERS

WIMBLETON, June 30th.

movement.

ATTEMPT TO REMAIN IN THE AIR FOUR DAYS. SUPPLY PLANE FOR REFUELLING.

the Student, and the Christian states an English contemporary /* The. book ran into

a fifth edition. But by the time that fifth edition had appeared its sather was dead.. He died at the age of twenty-five. Poor Buckland! He had performed you see, the "duty of early ring, but had failed to resp any of its advantager." data

Une thing seems

certain, which is that success in letters is by no means the

to work

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, June 20th Lowell Smith and Lieutenant Richter, who in the early hours of the started yesterday morning in an attempt to great authors have cherished a palmble remain in the air four days, and nights, over fondness for their beds. We find, for i

kilometre triangular course on a Destance, Alfred de Musset writing to n friend

The American army officers, Captain invariable reward, of aflatorning. Most

SOD

Diego

I bore

Haviland aeroplane, were forced to lond at I generally sleep tilt, I have portf DA DADS to fog. Their plane till live in the short work of

was overturned and damaged, but the avia the care of the The crowded centre court saw the down- iors were tot injured. A supply plate had Dr. Johnson,

previously four times successfully got into this round, Norton beating Bozotra 6-3, 7-5, thus was thrice fuelled and ones fed. 63, and Campbell defeating Lacoste 1-6, 36, 63, 62, 62 Campbells magnificent THE RHODESIA'S” CARGO. recovery made him the hero of the day.

Hunter beat Capt. Dicks 9-7; 64, 80.

PORT SAID, June 20th. Gordan Lane beat Col. Berger 6-4. 30, The Surveyors recommend the discharge 0-1, 8-8. Mile. Lenglen eliminated her of the cargo of the Föderin, which met with compatriot Mile Tlasto in the fourth a mishap on June 28th, fire breaking out in round, 6-1, 6-0. Mrs. Mallory beat Miss the forehold, with a view to reconditioning Lidderdale 6-8, 03. Miss McKane beat all the cargo forehold Mrs. Clayton 64, 6-1. Miss Ryas defeat-} ed Mrs Barron 6-1, 6-1

fall of two French stars in the 6th contact with the De Haviland machine/ which Why to bed, oarly to rise fetish.....

Lycett and Godfree, in the second round, disposed of Greig and Woonam 4-8, 9-7, -2, 8-6. Degomar and Finqner bent. Davson and Marvogordato 97, 53, 26, 4-6, 64 Mlle. Lenglen partaered Washer and Mrs. Mallory partnered Vincent Richards in successful ürst round games,

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LONDON, June 20th. At Wimbledon to-day there was a brilliant scene. Their Majesties the King and Queen, Princess Mary and many other distinguished

were amongst the 14,000 personages we

specta The chief attraction was the fifth round

play,

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Chinks of going to bed before twelve in scoundrel," bo said on one occasion. Johnson, however, had quaima. He was always intending to get up early In the morning,': but nover, apparently, succeeded in carrying his intentions into effect. On March 28th, 1782, he enters in his journal a resolution" to rise early." The same resolution is repeater on Faster Eye of 1764. Later in the year the following pathetic entry, occurs:

To rise early; not later than six, if I hope IRISH SEDITION CHARGE but as soon as I can. But the ingrained

habits of years

proved top strong of years pron FAILS

top strong for the old hero.

poet of "The James Thomson, th LONDON, June 20th

Seasons, Was a notoriously late" riser. Patrick Fleming, one of eight Irish de

but this, as his friend Robertson has portees being tried at the Old Bailey with It is true that he was often up at dawn Art O'Brien on a charge of seditions cons piracy, has been discharged for lack of pennando, cause he bad not been to D'Annunzio, too, is one of those wri- tors who find a morning în

bed

a source of much inspiration.

The idrocates early rising can claim Wealey Kenerally began his day's work at John Wesley, as one of their adherents. about are o'clock, and he once preached u sermon on Tho Daty and Advantage of Early Biring

anticipating the unfortunate Mr B

evidence.

ORICKET MATCHES 7 GLOUCESTER PLAYER COMPILES

252, NOT OUT.

THE Krabi But in the case

somet

- LONDON, Jane 29th As the Oval, Oxford Uniremity best The Chamber of Depulics after two ANOTHER PATRIARCH TURNS

HOLSHEVIK,

the second innings compiled 154 The

the exercise of this unattractive e sittings, voted the Budget in face of

climax with the arrival at Rodriguez Island battle between the American giants, Jobn-i by by the wickets For Surre, Ducat of Wales then have WARSAW, June 30th

and Mauritius, respectively of the two boats ston and fichards Jobnates, who has notaxonian Jardine, in the second

second innings virtue.If I had been married to Werley," Bey, W strong Radical-Socialist opposition, also

According to the Moscow Press, the containing 34 of the crew of the steamer been playing with his usual brilliance, fuccked up.

won by 64,

iddlewho beat Somerent by eight wickets Watkinson, I should have been in my stud the propons) made by the Government to

For Somerset ານ, Trence, which foundered in the Indian / surprise fought ata"terrife pace. at."

the2 first four o'clock in the morning," extend provisions of the Budget of 1923 to imprisoned Patriarch Gour has adopted Ocean on June 4th. The search for the match

MeBryan scored 108, and John800 spart from that, there was always boats had previously proved in vain, and is out : Johnston, bit harder, ausd was 108 For Middlesex, Hearne took 6 for little inhumen about Weeleysistently the Sovint platform 1924, which Premier Poincare, in a letter

hope was almost given upa

The survivors experiented grean hardship baseline and gave him no chance of volley Gloucester

"more: sccurate. He kept Richards on the land 0 for 97% - Shine hypoléon was at one time a consist

Bristol

early-riser but towards describes as an exceptional measure de

owing to the shortage of food and water

tan wickets For Gloucester Dipper is the

Laly her to her migned to avoid a dangerous return to the

-it and. the heavy csens.¦

subsequent fourth round tira were first innings scored 259, no1 out, the hi beri a onda on me up end of his lifes Tozative fremen

hand, 1Qns, the oth comparatively, Gordon Lowe defeated

score of the season, Packer took 6 for papulted to his carly-riting babit. of genion have monthly votes count.

Lycett 6-1, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, and Colonel and 5 for $1.

best Godfres 0-4, 7-5, 6-1, thus Berger

Lancuallife beat the West Indies by Are Meterlinck art early riser; so, too, were eliminating the last British Davis Cup lekets at Manchester. The Lancastrian, Goeflin, Tolstoi, Björnstjerne Bjórgun

»; the Duke player. Hunter beat Dr. Fyses B-6.6-2 Makepeace, in the first innings cocopiled 111 Victor Hugo Anthony Trollope the 7-5. Greig and Charle

Small, kaccked up 94 and of Wellington, and the late Lord Northelife gistered victoriese oer also re- The West Indian,

ith ten Beas the Navy by 318 + Forthe Miss Hyan and Mian MeKane entered the

by the night watchman in the 1hours of fourth round. The former, partnered by Army Captain Jameson knocked up. 85

Thin; however, is a height to Malls. Lenglen, won an easy, victory in and 65, and Captain Willams in the second the moor

few of us can be expected to rise) the second round of the doubles.

innings compiled 97.

PARIS, June 30th. The Senate, by $92 roten to-2, passed the Budget as a whole, and returned it to the Chamber of Deputies, where the Flunnce Committee has it under conside.

Moscow: June 30th,

The Patriarch Tikhon has elected to succumbed from exposure. The others: aru reside at the Donskoy Monastery, where | recovering rapidly. ho' was detained before be was placed in à

LONDON, June 9th. Soviet prison..

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It is styresent believed that eight or ten of the Trevcen's crow have not survived their experiences,

A Port Louis message states that the second bost, already mentioned, landed at Belombre, thirty-five miles from Port Louis All the men are progressing except two, cle who are refr woul

vow Harros, June 28th.

Although the Patriarch Tikhon has been released The Moscow Tribunal states that his tris will still proceed.

remember too, Nauling that.

which