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ACCIDENT TO XI: DURING

DRY DOCKING,

SUBMARINE FAILS ON ITS SIDE!

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.]

LONDON, June 97.

The submarine XI., ons of the largest submarines in the world, while dry docking at Portsmouth this afternoon healed over owing to the shoring collapsing and had to be refloated and now shows a slight list, but is undamaged. Nobody

was burt...

The XI is 350 feet long, has a surface displacement of 3,000 tons, and can remain under water for two and a half days.

She is really a diving cruiser, able to travel to any part of the Empire and capable of engaging any craft short of a heavy cruiser.

She cost over £1,000,000 to build.

NAUTILUS IN DOCK.

ARRIVAL AT PLYMOUTH FOR

REPAIRS.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Rudor, Juce 2.

The submarine Nautilus, in which Sir Hubert Wilkins plans to sail to the North Pole under the ice ar rived at Flymouth today for the repairs which the Admiralty offered to carry out after engine trouble developed.

Sir Herbert Seeking Expert

Advice....

LONDON, June 27. Sir Habert Wilkins rrrived in! London from Devonport this morn- ing and, in an interview, said that he was sailing for Norway to day in order to discuss the situation with experts.

MRS. MERRICK AGAIN."

DRINKS AND GAMING IN

NIGHT CLUB.

SIX MONTHS HARD LABOUR.

Mrs. Kate Evelyn Merrick was at Marlborough strosko

Police-court again sent to prison for offences relating to a night club,

↑ HONG KONG TRADE

· EXCHANGE EFFECT ON COTTONS.

The following reports are con tained in the fortnightly bulletin issued by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce:

Cotton Piece Goods, Prior to the recent violent ex- change fluctuations, fürthor small business was reported in heavy cottons for August/Sept. During the last few days however, oxcopt for isolated instances, business has buon completely disorganized. Toge She was summoned for using the ther with most other commodities cotton prices, show an appreciablo premises, 43, Gerrard-street, W.increase, The latest quotations to for the purposes of gaming and hand are those of the 25th inst, as

Followard betting, and for selling intoxicat- ing liquor without a license at the premises on various dates Inst month.

1

Middling American Spot 5.361. Egyptian Bakel F.G.F.

Spct

8.000,

Woollens.

further decline in Merinos from

Market quiet. Tho & doalors-ap- The summonses with respect to betting were withdrawn.ppear to have fulfilled their season's The accused was sentenced to six requiremonts. The latest prices for months hard labpur for selling in tops on the 18th inst, show a toxicating liquor on April 7. the gaming offence she was senten ced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. For selling in- toxicating liquor on April 24 and 23 she was fined £10 and ordered to pay £80 costs.

The court was crowded.

Mr. E. F. Barker, prosecuting, said that Mrs, Merrick was the oc cupier of the premises at 43, Ger- rard-street, on which observation was kept by the police from 11.30 p.m. until two, three, and four 'a.n." on some occasions. It was scon that intoxicating liquor was being supplied.

Hugh Profits on Liquor.

The promises used to be known as the 43 Club. Intoxicating liquor was sold at iniquitous prices, with à huge profit for Mrs. Merrick. Great caution and secrecy were maintained,

Mrs. Merrick had no right to sell intoxicating liquor at these pre- mises, which were wholly disquali- fied in 1929. She was then con- victed and sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

This is the first time she has added appeared at this court," Mr. Berkor, although it is noto- rious that she has appeared at Bow street time after time. She had also been sentenced for offences at the Richmond Club.

"Champagne was sold at, the pre- mises at 35s a bottle, double whis- kies (which whiskies at 38., and brandy at 45. were really single Cigarettes were sold at twenty for

In the meantime they are doing nl possible with the Nautilus, awaiting certain parts of the machinery from America. He hoped to have the Nautilus..ro- paired in time to make a dash toand 24, oxending April 19, Mrs. "On nine days between April 18

tho Pole.

EXCHANGE RATES.

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Paris

New York Brussels

Amsterdam

Milan

RUGBY, June 27.

194.273

4.66 15/32

34.03

12.09

92.95).

20.5

18.141 Copenhagen......nı 18.10

Berlin

Steeltholm

Oslo Vienna

18.10)

34.02

Prague

1647.

Helsingfors

183

Madrid

51.85

Lisbon

1101

375

817

331

34 13/10

281

-Athens

Bucharest

Rio....

Buenos Aires ....

Montevideó Bambr

Shang-i Hong Kong

Tokobama

1/3 28/39 1/31

1/4

2/-4

Silver, spot & forward 13 13/16

28.

Merrick was supplied with 120 bottles of champagne, thirty-three bottles of whisky, ten of brandy, and eight of gin.. She pays 11s for the bottles of champagne, which she silly at 35я.'

The club' was raided by Chief Inspector Hannaford and other officers. When the occupants knew of the raid a bottle of champagne was knocked over. on the floor. Champagne had been poured on the floor, where there were pools of it.

To Pay Her Creditors.

Mr. L. D. Woolfe, foor Mrs. Mor- rick, snid that there was no excuse. She had been away for some time, and on her return found that her fortune nad disappeared; her ip vestments had gone down and sunk. She was also, heavily in debt. One of her young daughters was taken seriously ill and was, for two This nonthe in a nursing home. entailed further expense. Mrg Merrick took these means in order to pay her creditors. She had not had one penny-picco out of what she had made.

Mr. Woolfe asked the magistrate to try 'reformation with Mrs. Merrick-n method which had not [been tried for a period of years. He would advise his client not to take part in any club in London, and to reside outside London. "Sho. is 65 now, and by this course being inkon. I feel sure there will be `n reformation," added Mr., Woolfe.

Mr. Barker said that Mrs. Mer- rick's age would he dismuted.

Ten

AROUND THE WORLD FOR years appears to have been added,”

A WAGER.

Two Japanese journalists met recently at Croydon, England, after each had half circled the globe. It is understood that they are travell ing around the world for 'a' wager, Leaving Osaka some time ago they both set off in opposite directions;

he said...

Mr. Mend, in sententing Mrs. Morrick, said that she had heen That fined on eight occasions.

as a deterrent; has entirely failed," he observed. This may have the effect of deterring numberless other persons from this nernicious sort

of business, which is so prevalent in these parta.".

the wager apparently being as to. IF EVERYBODY HAD A SAFE

which of the two, after doing the

entire world journey, would return

JOB.

to Osaka first. Any means of" Sir William Beveridge, in the travel as an aid to speed is perfirat of a series of broadcast talks mitted, and so far everything, from on Unengloyment said that sonia

degree of uncraployment, or at least fying by 'plane to riding on some risk of unemployment for in- camela hus been undertaken by dividuals, was probably an easen- either of the pair. After discussing til part of economic health for the

community. their different experiences they A sariety in which every indivi again parted at Croydon, the one dunl was absolutely sure of never "making the return journey over the losing his job would be a society.

route that the other had just body, not a live one..

without any change at all-a dend

traversed. It is thought that a joint book of travel will be the out- come of the journeying he well, of course, as the winning of the bet.

That does not mean that wo

should treat unemployment lightly; real, unemployment is never less than a tragedy to the individual," Sir William added.

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