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WILL IT BE DISCUSSED AT OTTAWA CONFERENCE?

BRITISH WIRELESS AKAVICE

Ruany, April 21.... Asked whether bankern or other nathorities on monetary affairs, would attend the Emporial Confer encovat Ottawa: for discussion and formulating of a common imperial monetary policy, Major Elliats, Secretary to Treasury, in the House of Commons to-day said ho did not know what steps, if any, were being taken by the Dominions, but so far as the United Kingdom was concern. en it was not proposed to issue such invitations but their delegates would be wall acquainted with the views of bankers and economists on the subject,

KING'S REGIMENT" RETURNS HOME

AFTER 18 YEARS! SERVICE ABROAD

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}|

Ruary, April 21.- EM the King sent by wireless a message of greeting to the Tirst Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, of which he is Colonel-in-Chief and which arrived at Southampton to day from Egypt after 18 years sen vica abroad.

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MAN OF IDEAS.

Cooper, is a man with original Bideant Hatis norslave to convention, and although he is familiar with all the rule of thunab method of dealing with orime, he never hesi By obmmon consent one of the tates to introduce, and employ now noblese harbours in the world is moves to baffla, criminala: Sydney Harbour. Its natural This was illustrated early in his beauties have buen most highly career, for se a detective sergeant he praised by almost everyone who was able to track down the Cammy has been privileged to see, thom Grizzard gang when they had stolen Now to those attractions has boon the £100,000 pearl necklace while it added a triumph of engineering was in transit between Paria and skill which is the pride of AustraHatton-gordon

ans, sad of everyone in anyway concerned with the work of con- struction. That is the magnificent. bridge connecting the north un south shores of the harbour, which was formally opened on the 19th | March..

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He disguised himself as a uni

formed policeman, and so busy

were the gang looking for: ditec- tive shadower when they aAASIN- bled in Ely-place for their daily conference that they took no no- tice of the uniformed "bobby" on ordinary street duty,

When it was first proposed in build the present bridge objectiona

On another occasion, in the role wore raised by some of the inhabi-of a doctor, he visited the haunts tants of Sydney. In some cases of one of the most dangerous gangs was claimed that it would serious in London, and in this way disco- ly impede navigation in one of the verod whores thron jewel thieves had grontcat ports in the world, infled and exactly whore a famous others it was said that no bridge collection of jowels was hidden. however designed and constructedfaisure hours and loves to enlarge In private life Cooper enjoys his could fail to detract from the beauty of Sydney. Both types the circle of his friends. He has objectors, have now been silenced.many friends in Society, and can The finished structure, with accusionally be soon as the guest of worthy ornament to the harbou every phase of life in the West End majestic arch is admittedly In fact, he knows at first hand titled people at various functions.

and in a battle, of wits he tarts. "odds on...

International Competition.

For nearly a century suggestions He can make a very effective bave been made that a bridge speech, and if the subject happens should be constructed on or near to be trimo he is positively sloquent, the present site, but, not until 12 His lectures on this subject to wore any definite steps taken in the Dominion police ohiols

оп their matter. Then the New South-visits to the Yard are favourably Wales Government issue invita comumented upon. They are eagerly

The message read Since, the Battalion left these stores in 1914 it has seen much active service and I am proud to think my regiment has won fresh laarole by ita conductions to finns interested in ridge sought, and his audiences have been

in war and peace. I wish all ranks a happy return to their homes and families."

OIL CONCESSION IN TRAK

*SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS CONTRACT

(Reuter's Special Service.)

LONDON, April, 23..

building for touders for the design and construction of a bridge in accordance with specifications pre- pared by their chief engineer, Dr. JJC Braddeid: These specifios tions laid down location, spam and loading of the proposed bridge, but left the design to the Arms tendering. Twenty tenders were subsequently submitted by six... Arms, British American, and Con- tinental. They included designe for many types of cantilever, arch, sad suspension bridge..

Dr. Bradfield recommended to the Government the tender of the Britian Arm, Mossri Dorman, Long and Company, Middles brough for an arch bridge, costing. 84,218,000) and ultimately it was accepted Rising wages during the post-war boom, and the introduction of the 44-hour week, added to the cost; however, and the total for the

A contract for a new oil eonces son in Trak was formally signed in Bagdad yesterday between Nuris Pasha, the Prime Minister of Irak, and a representative of the British Off Development. Company, bridge and the approaches was fin- Not only British, but Italian, ally £3,000,000. Including the "cost French and German interests are of land, compensation and other concerned ip this Company.

outgoings, the grand total will be It is stated that the terms of the approximately £10,000.000. contract involve the whole of the The design, detail drawings, and western bank of the Tigris, the the scheme of erection were pre- zone povering two hundred squarepared in the London office of the miles.

The Company obtains the right of ful exploitation of the area con- cerned for a period of seventy-five years.

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EXTENSION

TWELVE MONTHS RESPITE POR GERMANY

[TEROCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BERLIN, April, 21. An agreement, has been signed extending from November 10, 1939 to November,, 10, 1988, the exedit of one hundred and twenty-five mill lion dollars granted to Germany by a group of British, American, Swedish and Dutch bankers

SEQUEL TO AUCKLAND RIOTS

MANY RIOTERS SENTENCED

TUBOCOH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

AUCKLAND, April 2 Sentences up to three months were passed on rioters who took part in the riots on April 1,

A hundred were arrested, a third of whom were charged.

LONDON-AUSTRALIA FLIGHT

SCOTT LEAVES BASRA

[TUROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY.].

BABEA, April 22, Seats resumed his flight to Avs tralia at £30 p.m..

[contractors; by, on under the direct supervision of, their consulting on- ginoer, Mr. Ralph Freeman. Tho total tonnage of stealwork in the contract, was 62,000, of which 13,000 are in the approaches and 39,000 in the main span of the bridge. Three-quarters of this, including all the silicon steal and the heavier carbon steel, had to be rolled in. Dorman Long'a. Middlesbrough and Redcar works in England, and shipped to Bydney. The remainder was supplied by the Brakon. H Proprietary Company, Australia,

1650 Feet Arch

The foundation stone was laid Fin 1925, and the narrowest part' of the Harbour-the width. there being twice that of the Thames at London Bridge-is now spanned by a noble arch of steel, 1850 foed across the water,and 440 feet above 1 From this, is slung a roadway carrying four tracks of electric. railway, with a road 57 feet wide in the centre and broad footpaths on both sides. The apan, of tho urolt across the diver, is the grantest) single span in the world. The headway for water traffic beneath it is 170 feet, giving ample room for the tallest ships to pass. With its approaches the whole bridge is two and a half miles long,

The excavations and building ope rations were or so, vast a scale that. not until 1997, was the drection of d the steelworld begun. As there could be no obstruction of naviga- tion allowed, the bridge had to bu built, so to say, upon itasli, with- out the aid of any scaffolding. The two arms of the mighty aroti, ex-of ceeding 30,000 tons in weight," were gradually built up. They were sup ported by powerful steel cables, 128 on each side. In August, 1928, the cables were slackened until the bot tom chords of the arch mot with: mathematical exactitude.. The main task of one of the greatest engine. ering fente of the age was ended.

All the labour employed in the construction, both skilled and un skilled, was Australian, and the apaning of the bridge was a memor. sola occasion both fan England and Australia. In the words of The TimeUnique in so many of ite fastures, the bridge in one of the most remarkable triumphs of Bri--- tish, engineering sa wall as of Australian enterprise, and Austra Flian workmanships”.

known to sit in wrapt attention for as long as two and a half hours

And on more than one occasion the audience has included the Com- missioner himself,

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