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DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF PROMISE

A PROTEGE OF. "BANJL” An action for breach of promise of marriage was brought at Cambridge Assizes by Natalia Mary Cuthbert, aged 23, against Herbert Charles-Rush, aged 25, both of Newmarket.

GERMANY RECOVERING,

1926

JAPANESE IN BRAZIL.

EXPORTS NOW ABOVE PRE-WAR OFFER OF LAND AREAS ON THE

VALUES.

AMAZON.

LATEST AVAILABLE STATISTICS.

Taking the German official figures for present foreign trade at pre-war prices, imports are 836 per cent of the 1913 Average and exports are 85.3 per cent.

The recent offer to Japan by the Brazilian Government of an immense tract of land in the upper reaches of the Amazon, comprising some twelve and a half million acres, in arousing the greatest interest in Japan.

Japanese.

and

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of

The Japanese Government has left it to private enterprise to investigate the possibilities of the Brazilian offer.

study of the 1085 statistics recently reased by the German Statistical Office ahwa that Germany is rapidly coming back in her foreign taarkets and is not so far from the export position she had before Counsel said the engagement took place the war, as is often believed, Assistant Already there are in Brazil several

colonies in Septembef, 1922. In the autumn of Commercial Attachó D. Miller, Herlin, strong 1923 the Jam Sahib of Nawansgar visit-reports to the Department of Commerce. ed the defendant's father. "The young As a matter of fact, German experts. The Brazilian climate, as a whole, is man was a good shot, and the Jam Sahib, in value considerably above the pre- better suited to the Japanese than that taking a great fancy to him, invited him wir figures in the case of many foreign of Manchuria, which is, at prosent, almost to visit India as his guest. Travelling countries, including the important mar their only outlet other than Korea and in the suit of the reigning monarch, sur- kits of Sweden, Holland, Denmark, Fin Formosa, which are integral parts of the rounded by luxury, and meeting many land, Japan, and Dutch East Indies, while

Japanese Empire, distinguished men, the young farming alos to South America are almost where student with an income of $500 a year they were before the war. wrote to his lancéo: The Jam Sahib is kindness itself. I am living like a lord and expect I shall get as fat as pig. Of course, I never pay for a thing. The Jam Sahib would think it an insult if I did. It is wonderful travelling with a man like Ranji.'" In April 109, defendant returned to be married,, but in the autumn of that year he went back to India for the visit of the Viceroy to the Jam Sahib," promising to return in Janrary, 1925, when ho asked permission

The increase in imports from the of his fiancée to prolong his visit because he had been made A.D.C. temporarily by averal. continents has been as follows: his Highness. She consulted his father, Europe, 11 per cent.; Asia, 14 per cent.; who said he wished to remain for busi Africa, 10 per Bont, North and South neas reasons, and asked him to return at America, 13 per cent.; imports from the once. He consented, and then broke off United States show 15 per cent. increase. the engagement. In his last letter as imports from Australasia show a decline said he did not love her as much as hoof about one-half of one per cent. had done, but his love was not given to According to those figures, the gain another. The business reasons of which from the United States is greater than his father had spoken were the offer of the general average from any continent, a job in India. He, declared himself In comparing German trade in 1925 dreadfully upset by his fiancée's letter.with the preceding year, it appears that and released her from the engagement,

The defendant did not go into the witness box, and the jury found for the plaintiff, awarding her £750 damnges.

WHAT THE BRITISH GENERAL

STRIKE COST.

COLOSSAL - TRADE LOSS. According to the Right Hon. Walter Runciman, Liberal. Member for Swansen, ex-President of the Board of Trade, and chairman of the Advisory Committee set up for the shipping industry during the recent general strike, the cost of that up heaval in loss of trade to Great Britaîn will approximate to £30,000,000. -

If foreign trade is figured on the basis of money values (gold) and the gold and ever imports are omitted, total imports 23 per cent. above the 1913 figures, while exporta are 12) per cent below,“

COMPARISONS.;

total exports have gained by 4 per cent, the gain by continents being as follows: To Europe, 35 per cent.; Asia, 43 per cont.; Alrien, 30 per cent.; America, 27 per cent,; Australasia, 48 por cont.

The largest increase in exports over the proceding year comes in these countries which have concluded commercial treaties with Germany or have lifted important testrictions. The influence of commercial trasties is quite evident in this gain in Gorman foreign trade.

Although the United States participa- ion in German imports, in the first half of 1925 was over $3 per cent the final gures for the year show the American share to ho 10.5 per cent., or practically

no-fifth

Nevertheless, this figure is about two In his speech in the House of Commons and a half times that of any other coun- on the Finance Bill the right hon. gentry. The United States took 6.8 per cent. tleman took the opportunity of referring of German exports last year.

to the figure of £730,000 given by the The German export position in manu Chancellor of the Exchequer as the factured goods appears more favourable estimated direct cost of the strike to the as compared with former times when it Exchequer. Mr. Runciman was at a loss is remembered that exports of coal have to account for this compulation because fallen oft by about 500,000,000 marka, it seemed to him out of all proportion sugar shows a loss of 150,000,000 marks, to the amount of injury suffered by trade and rye and four a loss of 200,000,000

marka. and commerce,

There was an obvious misunderstand-

ing, and Mr. Churchill quickly, inter- SINGAPORE STREET "BATTLE." posed to explain that he was not dealing

with any question of loss of revenue.

SHOT DEAD,

The £750,000 referred to represented the NOTORIOUS ́CANTONESE GUNMAN total State disbursement in respect of extra polico, civil police, and liko expenses.

After a battle, lasting for nearly half Mr. Runcimen took the point that an hour, a notorious Cantonese gunman what the country had lost in trade and was shot dead in Sago Street by two industry must be reflected in due course Chinese detectives who were attempting upon the revenue of the State. Taking to effect his arrest, says the Straits the known values of the great industries, Times of the 18th inst. he proceeded to give the result of hi own calculations as to what those loss well known to the police as a member of might be expected to be. In the firs place, he said that the figures in regard to the great power industries would be almost impossible to estimate. The other might be put at the following

Rusounts! Coal trade (at rate of

£14,000,000 a month) £7,000,000 Railways

Steel

8,000,000

Fig iron

1,250,000

2,500,000

Textiles

5,000,000

Chemicals

500,000

Engineering and metal

goods

2,500,000 Other industries (approx.) 3,250,000

Total

£30,000,000

It appears that the dead man, who is

a secret society, and as a gunman, was riding down ago Stroot in a ricksha, when he was stopped by the two detec

yes who intended to search him.

He jumped from the zickiha, drew an automatic pistol, and then ran into a house near-by.

On his way, he drew another automatic, and once in the house, sheltered. himself, Lebird a window, and kept up a brisk fira on the two detectives.

During the shooting, one of the detac tives had a marvellous escape, a bullet passing through his cheek without severe ly wounding him.

ABRUPT ENDING. ...- In the face of these igures the right

Eventually the fight was concluded in hon. gentleman thought the Chanceller an abrupt manner, the Cantonese, who would find that the taxable body from was putting up a determined resistance which the revenue of the country to capture, being killed by a bullet in the drawn had shrunk.

head..

Of the position created by diversion of

The fact that this man was armed with British contracts during the strike. Min

two automatic pistols plainly illustratos Runciman took an equally, stave via the increasing monaco of the illicit traffia Instances which he quoted were confined

to coal. Immense cargoes were being in arma

taken by the Rhine barges to Continental A few days previously one of the Singa- markets usually fed by British mina pore Magistrates, sentenced three Chinese The contract of a very good friend of to the maximum penalties provided for ours the Finnish State Railways-bad traffic in arms. They were in possession of a large number of automatio pistols gone in bulk to Germany.

Whatever view mombers might hold and a large quantity of ammunition. to the affect of these figures onto revenue of the country, they were late

ed to with a good deal of interest in the

House. It is thought that the Chan

collor of the Exchequer may..have some

WONDERFUL WIRELESS.

observations to make on the subject when REMARKABLE CALL TO BELFAST.

he

comes to reply to the debate,

Earlier in the day, in reply to a que Mr. Frank R Neill, Whitehead, Bel- tion, it had been stated on behalf of the fast, a well-known Ulster wireless ex- Ministry of Labour that the cost of the perimenter, had the rather unique strike in waxes would probably not boxperience of being asked to give details. ¿vailable until the end of the month..

of Captain Amundsen's dash to the North Pole, his interrogator being the operator aboard the steamship Chantier, the ship ANONYMOUS DONOR. of the Byrd Arctic Expedition, now lying in King's Bay, Spitzbergen. Mr. Neill had £10,000 FOR HOUSING SCHEME

just finished a talk with Brazil, when ho was surprised to hear a strange call come The governors of the PeabodyTen across the ether. Mr. Neill learned that. tion Fund have received from an aray the newcomer was the Chantier's opera- mous donor a gift of £10,000 to enable tor, who said he had bad no news of the them to purchase from the Ecclesiastical outside world for quite a while, and Commisioners A site of about conspreially asked whether Amundsen had acres in that part of the borough of discovered land at the Polo Hammersmith which lich to the north of Mr. Neill gave him the nows he de Uxbridge Road

sired, and was cordially thanked, this It is hoped to erect on the site three-operator adding that their ship would be storied blocks of flats, and provision will leaving Spitsbergen in a few days for

London. be made for about 245 families.

COVERED WITH FORESTS. The Kanegafuchi Spinning Company. ona of the largest of its kind in Japan, at a meeting of its shareholders, has just appropriated the sum of 80,000 yen (about £7,500) for the purposes of send ing a commission to examine the terri- tory, and report upon its suitability for exploitation.

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