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TROOPS IN THE RHINE-

LAND.

QUESTION IN THE COMMONS.

FOREIGN OFFICE REPLY.

(DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rroux, Feb. 9th. The question was asked in the House of Commons to-day whether in view of the fact that the France German frontier had been guar anteed by the Locarno Treaty, the British Government would consider the evacuation of British, troops from the Rhineland.

CINEMA NEWS.

NEXT WEEK AT THE QUEEN'S,

POLICE

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AND VEILED WOMAN.

CORONER ORDERS SEARCH."

CRIPPLED FRIENDS CANCER DEATH.

Two very popular. players, Ronald Colman the hero a" Beau Geste, and Vilme Bunky, the beautiful Hungarian actress, will be seen ati

The mystery of the disappearance the Queen's Theatre next week in of Mrs. du Bouit, a closely veiled The Magic Flame," from Wednes-woman of 53, from a boarding day to Saturday. Ronald Colma house at Addlestone, Surrey, on January 4th, the day before her playa two roles, a clown and a companion, Misa Clara Payne, count, and Vilma Banky is the aged 43, a cripple, was found dead, trapes artist with whom both are inquest on Miss Payne at Addle- was the subject of questions at the in love. Most of the story takes stone. place in Baretti's circus on the coast of the Mediterranean. When the Clown has triumphed over the Count "the scene

moves to the Court of Myria where the Clown is accepted as King.

It was replied: There has been no question of isolated withdrawal

Last Day Of "The Gaucho," of British troops which would not

Douglas Fairbanks, thrilling story 10 my opinion be to anyone's ad of treasure, combat intrigue and "The vantage in present circumstances. love in South America,

the Gaucho, which has been drawing The general evacuation of

crowded houses at the Queen's, Rhineland before the period laid Theatre all the week, will be screen down in the Treaty of Versailles ed for the last time to-day. Fair

The Gaucho can only be the result of an arrange coloured figure. Attention is drawn ment between the Powers whose to "the "special times for perform troops are affected on the cac hand, ances, 2.30, 5.00, 7.15 and 9:30. The sad the German Government on the picture begins promptly after the other. II such an arrangement be possible it will be very welcome to the British Government.

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James Payne, a tramway-car can. ductor, of Tooting, S.W., a brother of the dend woman, said that he last saw her alive 18 yers ago.

Mr. G. Wills Taylor, the coroner When did you hear of her death!-- I read it in the papers. I knew of this Mrs. Boult under the rame of Ellis. I enw her with my sister. Payne sud that about 11 years go he was sold by an elder sister that Miss Ellis, as he knew her, was going to take the sister away with, her. He was cold Miss Ellis was a linendraper's nasistant.

Name In Prayer Book. Mr. Taylor. Can you account for your sister not having been heard of since -The only thing I can say is that my sister was under the influence of this woman, who took her away from her friends and her home

For COUGHS, COLDS & BRONCHITIS connection I would refer to speeches the World Theatre, and "The Man stone, said that he had examined

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At The World And Star, ' Other pictures showing for the In this last time to-day are "Blarney" at regarding the conditions on which Upstairs," at the Star Theatre, antierpated evacuation might take Blarney" is a stirring tale of the place which were recently delivered days when men fought to a finish by the French and German Foreign with bare fists. Sinisters before the French Senate and Reichstag, respectively.

WATER FOR SUDAN.

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QUESTION AS TO THE DAM AND RESERVOIR

the

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)

Rcour, Feb. 9th. Replying to question in the House of Commons to-day, regord- ng the construction of the Dam and Reservoir at Lake Trans by the American capital, Mr. Locker Lampson, Umler-Secretary for For-

go Affairs, recalled that Foreign Secretary had stated ast November that no issue had arieen between the British and the United States Governments on this subject. Mr. Locker Lampson added, "I do not conceive it possible that it should give rise to say difference of opinion. There has therefore, been, do ocasion for any exchange of views between the two Govern ments. The object of the British Government :s to get a barrage constructed and worked on sound engineering lines and on conditions satisfactory alike to the Govern- ment of Abyssinia and the Govera- ments of Sudan and Egypt, our primary interest being to additional water for Sudan.

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SUBMARINE PROHIBITION.

BRITISH FOREIGN. OFFICE VIEW.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE. Į

RUGBY, Feb. 9th." The declaration of the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Kellogg, that his Government would be prepared to sign a treaty with all other Powers prohibiting the use of the submarines was the sub- jext of à question in the House of Vommons to-day.

Mr. Locker Lampson. Under- Secretary for Foreign Affaire, ro- red: "The views of His Majesty's, Government in favour of the general abolition of submarines were made known at the Washington Confer- ence of 1921, and repeated by the First Lord of the Admiralty at the Naval Conference at Geneva last summer. They are therefore fami Har to the United States Govern- ment. It is, of couree, essential that the condition, as indicated in Mr. Kellogg's declaration, that the abolition must be universal,

Asized whether the matter was going to be brought up at Geneva at the end of this month Mr. Locker Lampson said he did not know but the British Government were per- fectly ready to reaffirm declarations which they had already inade̟ át Washington and Geneva.

"R100" FLYING BEFORE

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"The Man Upatairs is an excit ing story concerning the adventures of a young couple who meet in London via the personal column of a newspaper. The girl ask the man to write her a series of inter- esting letters. When he invents a marder and is arrested for this innginary criate the results are both thrilling and amusing. Monte Blue and Dorothy Devore are the leading players.

RUBBER AND MINING SHARES.

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HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS.

FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 4TH.

Plague. Suez: & cases, a deaths. Adea: 54 cases, 3 deaths; in-

fected rats in zone 3. Bombay 3 deaths. Rangoon 6 deaths. Colombo: 1 case; 2 rate in zone. Macassar: 1 case.

Cholera.

Bassein: 1 death. Calcutta: 38 deaths.. Hangoon: 1 death. Bangkok: 28 cases, 26 deaths.

Small-pox. Bombay: 10 cases, 7 deaths. Calcutta: 23 cases, 10 deaths. Madras: 20 cases, 2 deaths. Mohazmerah: 2 cases, 2 deaths. Negapatan: 2 cases, I death. Hangoon: 18 deaths. Vizagapatam: 5. casee Pondicherry: I case, I death. "Colombo: 1 case.

Singapore: 1'ense, 1 death. Belawan-Deli: & cases. Bandjermasin 4 cases, 1 death, Pontianak: 1 case, Bhangha: s deathe. Lacon caser. Dairen: 4gBOM,

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But why I really cannot say Police-Sergt. Brown, of Addle- the room in which Miss Payne was found dead. He could discover no correspondence of any sort. In a Prayer Book was the name A. Gowler, with the date 1918. Mrs. Boult, in May 1927, was a house keeper at Chertsey. She was also enretaker. She and Miss Payne were always together.

"I believe I saw Mrs. Bount once," he added. "She was a thin woman, about 5ft 8in, and not over wall dressed."

Mrs. Liddiart. ♫ widow, of Chertsey, with whom they stayed last year, and that bides Payne-Weg- i, but Mr. Boult said that she would not see a doctor if one were called in Mrs. Boult once said that she had shares in a gas com- pany and had a large house at Yarmouth.

Dr. Armstrong-Dash said that due to cancer of the death wa liver. The immediate cause was Pneumonia. There were no marks

of violence.

Mr. Taylor: I shall adjourn the inquest. I want the attendance of Mta. Boult, or Ellis, or whatever her proper name is I ask the police to take further steps to find her.

DUCHESS OF YORK'S DEBUT AS HOSTESS.

LONDON.

The Duchees of York bas decided that when she makes her debut as a bostess she will give a series of Piccadilly amall dinoera in her residence, instead of a big formal banquet. After dinner, there will be inusic in the drawing-room, where the Duchess will play the Larpsichord, on which she aevo panies herself in singing old Scot- tish ballsds.

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The star of "The Big Parade” in a stirring romance of the days when men fought to a finish with bare knuckles-

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ITALY'S BIRTH-RATE DECLINING.

FASCIST BLOGAN: "MAKE MORE CHILDREN."

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£2,000,000 FROM MONT BLACK BOTTOM REVUE secretary of the British Sable Rab- article which shows that, contrary

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report presented to the National Economic Council by M. The Secretary for Air was asked Leon Auscher states that in 1913 whether he could give definite daten (and there is no reason to suppose. for the launching of the airships that the number has since diminish

.100 and R.101. He said that he ed) 400,000 4ourists visited the

including

THE TOTEM POLE DANCE "FROM BOSE MÁRLE"

Wednesday, Feb. 15th.

The Brilliant Musical Comedy

hoped both these airships would be French slopes of Mont Blanc, HIRLED INTO HAPPINESS terested in these rabbits, and many

dying before the end. of this year. 276,000 the Italian slopes, and The R.100 would be flying before the 330,000 the Swiss slopes Suppos end of the summer. Replying to ing that each tourist spends & sum another question Sir Samuel Hoare of 50 gold trages in the district. said that erperiments, in the United for tranport, hotel accommoda.. Statee with the neon gas beacon, tion, and purchase of souvenirs very modest for the purpose of emitting rays far this is -which-penetrate-fog-for the guid-estimate), the conclusion is arrived ance of aircraft, were being closely at that in 1013 the bumnees torn watched by the Air Ministry. A over" of Mont Blame was neaa beacon was in fact in regular 52,000,000 gold francs (more than use as part of the landing system £2,000,000).

From the Lyria Theatre, London, BOOKING AT MOUTRIE'S.

TIK XIV ÉLÉNUR, KAMEDY.

THERAPION No. 1 THERAPION No. 2 THERAPION No. 3

SAARES & PEMANAS, PAINT 15 MAKANI, DL. UN, LE QUIO.

nt Croydon. It was installed as Few industrialiste-Mi Ausches 1 for deg Coderria. Ws. 3 for Moss & Fidia long ago as 1994 and was the first points out, posetas a capital cap beacon of its kind to be used for alle of yielding such a turnover. aviation,

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Two of a new variety of rabbitä, called sable rabbits,.stated to have great commercial possibilities, were

Professor Coletti has contributed on. view at Minthead (Somerset) Show yesterday. Mr. G. A. Drake, to the Curriere della Sera an bit Club, who was one of the to the general belief, Italy in judges, said it was impossible to suffering from a decreasing birth- distinguish their fur from real rate, The Agures of the number and the white hairs in their of births over deaths from 1994 to ccats defied the dyer's set.

date reveal a steady andua} It takes about thirty rabbits to diminution, and the Profesor aug make one sable cost, and I am get gests that this should be countered ting six guineas each for two. by an infant and maternity health month-old-able rabbits. The campaign under the alugan, Save

children. Prince of Wale is very much in. more.

To this Signon Mussolini's well-known people are breeding paper, the Pupula d'Italia, replice

admitting that at the present rate: them.

re the nation's ɑbirth-rate would in Another judge said it was re- wiarkable the way in which ability twenty years balance with its rabbit-breeding was becoming an deaths, but calling for larger familise as the real remedy. Its industry in the country. Women especially were breeding Angoras, countercal de Make more evil-

drea." The wool cannot be imitated by anything elec" he said, and the price per pound has risen from 208. to 428 Angora wool production is & fine commercial proposition at the moment. The spinning face tories cannot get enough, and many new uses are being found for it.

The paper quotes such recent laws as the Maternity Welfare Law and the Bachelor Tax as evidenco that the Government is alive to the problem to which Professor Coletti draws attention, bat denounces his solution as "absurd illusory, in Buficient, and non-Farist.!!