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BATTLE IN THE SQUARE and stones came from North Frederick-street, which leads off from the square near the City The Clyde strike assumed a Chambers. Polios officers ran graver and sinister character an across the open space into this January 31 (says a Daily Nes street, where a crowd of strikers correspondent) when riotous had completely smashed the scenes were witnessed in George windows of several licensad square, outside the City Cham premises, probably in order to bars, and in the streets leading secure the battles. The rioters from the square. Stoner and retreated as the police advanced, H. K. & S. Banks sa. bottles were thrown by strikers, but constantly assailed them! scores of windows were smash-with these dangerous weapons, ed. the Riot Act was and several of the constables read, bodies of police engaged were injured. in baton charges, and about thirty people, including two or three policemen, were taken to the infirmary suffering from injuries.

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time had now arrived when The Merchistonian announces women should be appointed to that close on £6,000 of the the county bench on the same £10,000 required for the school's

War Memorial Fund has already terms as men. been subscribed.

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No team called "Wales "or"asiding, said it was for the justices Welsh team "is to be allowed to

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the justices agree that it should Private Abbie, an old gosi-go on the agenda to be consider- keeper of East Fife, is defending ed at the next county day? League team of the Mesopor Sir Edward Smith said that, amian Expeditionary Force. $120

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and sorar children, were attracYeil McLean tried an- Trasols ed to the square by curiosity, successfully to secure the release and several of these were in of the prisoners in retura for s nocent victims of the "violence pledge that the crowd would be which followed.

cleared away from the square A farther request that the two leaders should be allowed address the crowd was granted, and from a balcony outside the N. Engineerings b. Town Clerk's office Mr. Gallagher made an emotional appeal to the strikers to preserve order and to leave the square as quickly as possible. Mr. Kirkwood reiterat ed this appeal.

the Sheriff,

The disorder began while the strike leaders, including Mr. Shiawell, Mr. Neil McLean, M.P., Mr. David Kirkwood, and Mr. William Gallagher were in the City Chambers awaiting an in- terview with the Lord Provost with reference to M. Bonar Law's telegram. Meanwhile, the Lord [“ "The time is inopportune to Provcet was engaged in a private do anything else," he said. Don't conference with magistrates and do anything, fellow workman; be advised at the moment, and Just before half-past twelve a we will see what will happen determined attempt was made by later on." Within a few minutes a section of the crowd to hold up a long procession was formed and a line of tramvars which were marched to Glasgow Green. slowly forcing a way through the aquare. Several soldiers mounted the cars and tied up the trolley

Later. ropes used to pull the trolleys off As I write I learn that farther the wire. Presently a strong rioting has followed the arrival force of police officers appeared of the strikers at Glasgow Green, from a side entrance of the City that reany bottles have been Chambers and, pressing the thrown at the High Court baild crowd aside, they marched as an ings, that a number of tramcars advance guard for the first car have been put out of action, and util it was round. the corner, that iron bars and atsves have when the officers returned to been wrenched from railings. perform a like service for the driver of the second car.

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Kirkwood who was also injured in the struggle in George: square, was formally charged at the Central Police Court this afternoon with inciting to riot, and was detained.

Hongkong, March 34, 1919.

HOME FOOTBALL.

Matches played on February resulted as follows:--

SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

1 Hibernians

LANCASHIRE LEAGUE,

the sticks" of the champion

brother of the Heart of Midlothan centre-forward......

A number of the leading cricket clubs in Scotland are so uncertain regarding the future that they are reluctant to take on matches that involve travelling."

L. A. Minnett, a prominent Australian cricketer, has taken to golf. A Sydney writer regrets that so fine a cricketer and sportsman should be going on the

wrong track.

place. Ela suggested that at present the justices themselves should not express an opinion nor excite public interest

Mr.

Nathaniel Hubbard, approving the notice, said that now women were eligible for Parliament they should not be stopped in administering the laws they might make.

Sir Robert Wallace said they were not dealing with the merits Leicester County Cricket Club of the question at the moment, are in favour of two-day matches. but simply whether the notice They have arranged or are should be received for farther negotiating for, fixtures with the discussion. The chairman put Australians, Yorkshire, Lan- the notice to the meeting, and it cashire, Surrey, Notts, Northamp

tonshire, Warwickshire, and was declared lost by 53 votes to Derbyshire.

21.

THE BAR'S CRITICS,

A CLOSE TRADE UNION.

Marshall M'Ewan, the old Rutherglen Glencaim forward, who afterwards went to Bolton Wanderers, and is now playing for Linfield, Belfast, is to have a benefit soon, and MMenemy, Brownlie, D. M'Lean, and Gour are going over to assist.

The Mr. Newton" of Lincoln the Bar and its charges were said Some severe things respecting aged 70, who took part in the at a meeting of the Law Society amateur billiard championship recently, when, after a brief dis- was notable jumper, both high cussion on the admission of and long in his younger days. He women to the legal profession, & is Mr. Charles Mason, and some resolution declaring it to be in 50 years ago could do 5 ft. 9 ins.

the public interest that there should be a complete fusion be- tween the two branches of the legal profession was carried. A poll will be taken on the subject.

and 22 ft.

Toma Tomitch, the big Serbian forward, is going back to his own country soon to join his father in in his business as merchant. He is taking a commercial course at the present time. Pity he is not going to the University! He would have made a serviceable scrummager for them.

he was astonished to find that it Mr. Gisborne, the mover, said was more expensive for a solicitor the man in the street. to be admitted to the Bar than for

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Tom Cowley, the Cumberland

Mr. Kennedy contended that beary-weight, who on going to

one of the greatest evile of the America was to be made a champ and exorbitant fees charged by present time was the monstrous ion under the care of Jim Corbett, counsel. In the last sittings of is to be matched against Jack the Divorce Court there were Dempsey.

Corbett found him wanting in the fighting spirit. An we have perforce to employ bar 1,000 undefended cases. And American writer expresses the hope that Fate will be kind to

risters for those undefended "Tommie" when they meet, and is

cases," added the speaker. "Let fearful

us be sensible. The sooner we lest Dempsey will slaughter him.

can knock out this anomaly and stupidity of the Bar and get down to business men serving the inter- ests of the public the better."

The committee of the War 1have not accepted Mr. F.R. wickshire County Cricket Club Foster's suggestion that he be amendment in favour of solicitors Mr. J Dodd, who moved an appointed team

manager

£1,000 a year, with the guarantee Justice equally with barristers, at having audience in all Courts of 1 of not one championship but said: "It is an outrage that we 1 many and of coffers ever full should be excluded not merely 2 They regard his rosy picture as from the High Court, but from 1the product of his exhuberant all sorts of pettifogging courts: 1 optimism. Regret is expressed like the Mayor's Court and) 3 that Mr. Foster will be unable to Quarter Sessions. It is intoler Opassist the county in the field, and able that the Barshould establish 1 his loss is referred to as being

a sort of trade union, which holds 4 well-nigh irreparable to cricket solicitors up with a sort of black-

in Warwickshire as well as in mail to obey it babasts. internationals.

"Talk of the honour of the Bar," Mr. Dodd went on. They have that funny bag at the back of

The strike leaders in the hall, hearing what had happened, le Dense crowds gathered in manded immediate admission to Glasgow last evening in front of the Lord Provost's room, but this the City Chambers. The police was refused, whereupon they made several more baton charges Heart of Mid. 4 Hamilton A. dashed down the stairs and out to clear the crowds away.

Mr. Falkirk into the crowd. A few minutes Shinwell, the chairman of the Dumbarton ✪ Rangers later the Sheriff and his colleagues Strike Committee, has not been Celtic 2 Kilmarnock descended to the front of the heard of since the first baton Patrick This. 2 Morton bailding and the Riot Act was charge at noon.

Motherwell 1 Airdrieonians read, with the accompanying

Ayr United

2 Clydebank David Kirkwood, who with incidents already described.

St. Mirren another strike leader, W. Gallag-Third Lanark 1 Clyda

1 Queen's Park Immediately mounted police her, was arrested is the deportee appeared and speedily cleared a who was sent to prison under the wide apace in front of the ball, Defence of the Realm Act for s were a strong force of constables breach of an order prohibiting Bury

Burnley 4 Southport V. 0 gathered. Saddenly stones and him from entering Clyde munition Everton

1 Blackpool .0 bottles were hurled from the areas ithout permission. He was Manchester U.0 Liverpool

3 Manches. City 0 crowd, and without hesitation the released in February, 1917, as a Oldham Ath. 4 Blackburn R. 0 police responded to the challenge. consequence of his state of health, Preston N.E. 0 Bolton Wand. 0 Hitting out vigorously, they ad- and after giving an undertaking Rochdale 2 Port Vale vanced on the demonstrators, who hot to commit a further breach of Stoke 1 Stockport Co. 0 were closely wedged thgether, the order.

MIDLAND LEAGUE. Barnsley 2 Sheffield Un. 0 Bradford City 2-Notts Forest. 0 Coventry City 3 Hull City... Grimsby Town 1 Lincoln City. 2

Leicester: F. 0 Leeds City Notts County 2 Bradford City 0 Queen's Park 23 9 10 4 40 39 22 the law by its continued, extor Heart of Mid. 24 10 -9 5.37 36 25- shot. Wednes 0 Rotherham C.0

Clydebank 24 79.8-37-47-22-

tions: Third Lanark 25 811 6 45 44 22 84 Mirren 25 6 10 9 28 44 21 of women to the legal

On the subject of the admission Clyde

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and in the scramble for safety people were falling over each other in all directions. Many

went down under the blows of

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their gown in which we are sup posed to drop the fees. He had Goals, a case in which counsel struck rageons refresher. He had to unless he would give an out-

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24 17 25 47 17 39 absolutely certain he could not Morton 26 15 38 60 29 38 get it allowed on taxation, und Partick Thistle 25 13 7 5.44 32 31 Kilmarnock

If that is the honour of the 25 12 8 6:54:45 30 Bar." declared the speaker, the Motherwell... 25 10 6 9 37 28 29 Bar must have sunk pretty low

A maintenance order. was Huddersfield 1' Birmingham0] Ayr United 26 12 10 4 50 45 28 It had ruined, the professiona

the batons, but so far as one could observe in the confusion which prevailed the worst in- granted at Acton recently to a juries inflicted were cuts on the married woman of 18, whose head. Apart from the ambulance' husband at the time of the cere- cases, several men and youths, mony, last August, was 15. He were seen hurrying away with was now living with his parents. blood soaked:" handkerchief The boy had told the Court staunching their wounds, Misionary: "If I do work I'll Although thousands of people contr. te towards her mainten- rushed into the aide streets the ance. It can

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