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GENERAL NEWS.

"The Youths' Association.

Berlin, July 8-A Vienna die- patah says that Prince Maximilian | Hohenberg, son of the murdered archduke, Terdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, has founded the "Youths' Association of Prayer for Speedy and Favourable Pesos. "The association already has 14,000 members. Prince Maximilian is 14 years old. He is the son of the Princess Sophie Hohenberg, the morganatic wife of the Archduke Ferdinand, who win' sassarinated with her har- band at Sarajevo,

Calcutta's Promenade. Calcutta, July 20-The question of a river promenade for Calcutta will be considered at a meeting of the General Committee of the Corporation this evening, when the Committee will have before it the proposal of Mr. O. H. Bompas that negotiations should be opened with the Port Commis sioners, with the object of secar- ing ecme length of the river bank north of Howrah Bridge for public use. Such a resort is badly needed in Calcatta, as for months the riverside is one of the few cool spots in the city,

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High Prices for Dyes.

Calcutta, July 17.-Tho exira- ordinary demand for aniline dys was again demonstrated at] a second suction sale on Saturday, when prices were not up to those obtained a few days previously. The reason for this was that the dyes catalogued were the mann- facture of Master Luisis and John B. Grgey, while thomB sold on Wednesday were by the Badische Soda Fabriken, whose dyou have had a grest requíation. Notwithstanding this, there was keen competition, and dyes that were sold before the war at about Aa. 8 pound fetched as much as Rs. 6-12 and 5 14.

Fire Losses in the Half-Year. The cost of the principal_fire losses in the United Kingdom during Jane may be estimated at £168,700, which compares with losses of as much as £191,500 in Jane of last year. The comparA> tively light loss ratio last month may be attributed partly to the wet weather, for whils there were a few claims on socount of live-

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ty, as I did the other night, Pringle, Mr. Peto, Mr. Gershom' ontiny of £50,000,000 in the first

Bat while the Unionist chiefs the Member of Parliament who Norton Griffithe, Mr. Houston, pointing the socusing finger at Stewart, Mr. Nield, Colonel year, partly owing to the in- creased cost of material and or silenced by office and shared had the courage to demand a Bir J. Walters, Mr. W. Book, Mr. St, Macao, labour. While admitting that terial pool, there were yet men of Lord Kitebener, it might have Mr. R. 'Neill, Mr. Cowan, Mr. the sweets of power in the Minis public inquiry into the tragedy Newdegate, Mr. Shirley Bean, the matter would have to be dealt who refused to sell their right of been with, he could hold out no hope free speech. It is these men, fear Richard Cooper-was not the Brooks and Mr. Montague Barlow. thought that he-Bir Pratt, Mr. Strauss, Mr. Warwick that it would be dealt with sill loss and frank in criticism, who critio but the scoped; not the Thoss namesrepresent constituen after the war. The Municipality have averted the perils of inaction, promontor, but the prisoner, ciss in England and Bootland-- of Glasgow has insugarated an who have hammered away at the I entered the House while from North, South, Eust and interesting experiment by provid-Government until they have bees Dr. Macnamara was thumping the West of Great Britain comes the ing furnished apartments at da, a week. This is believed to be the heartedly, but yet to set, accordtion demanding to know what representatives, for a public lo forced to acmalowly, balf-table and in splattering indigns- demand. through the nation's first caw of a municipality letting ing to the national will and in the Sir Richard meant by his speech. quiry into the loss of the Hamp: furnished lodgings.

national interest. Cotton! Who He knew well enough. Bat it hits. And because Sir Richard will ever forget the infamy of de- united him to play the sugry in Cooper dares to bring the matter lay which meant that the enemy, nocent, to pretend that in muggest- to the test of a brief debate he in IF you have lost your appetite under the eyes of the Brille ing that the Hampshire sank de clamed among the criminal erition

one of the big waring of Navy, was able to provide himmelf the result of foul play he dainty dales at the KAN” with an sesential and governing nookning sacrosanct, Ministers of Thank God, wo kaya auch man Wa and is denounced in the Hoans. DRA CAFE is sure to tampl" ingredient in the making of those a hand in the murder,

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