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WATBARE WEDNESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 26,

1923 日六十月八

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"RECONDITIONED CARS,'

Dodge Brothers have bean building Motor Cars for eight years and a lot of people are still driving the Cars they bought back in 1915. Proving that you can buy a used Dodge Brothers Motor Car at almost any

stage of its life and still get dollar for dollar in value provided you buy from the right dealer.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD, Telephone.... ..Central 3950.

"MYLIE” ENQUIRY.

LOADLINE REFORM URGED.

JAPAN'S STRICKEN AREAS.

Storms and Floods Experienced.

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GREAT DISTRESS AMONGST REFUGEES,

Beuter's Service, t

Toky, September 26, The striken ateas of Tokyo and Yokohama were again storm- beaten last night, especially the tow lying districts of the capital, these being flooded and causing great distress to the refugees in temporary belters.

RECONSTRUCTION OF CAPITAL

The Cabinet is drawing up plans and arranging the personel for capital reconstruction. An executive band, unter the sub- presidency of Baron Goto, which will carry out the recommendation of the Reconstruction Commission will take over the practical work of re-planning and re-building the capital.

THE INSURANCE PROBLEM.

Osaka, September 25. The Directors of Fire Insurance Companies in this district, who have hitherto adopted a firm attitude on the insurance question and - who declined the proposals of the conference at Tokyo have at last accepted an invitation to discuss the payment of claims with fior- ernment representatives.

FURTHER BRITISH VICTIMS.

Kobe. September 25,- The fourth official list of British victims killed in the earthquake gives the names of Mrs: Jessie Girag and Miss Katie Gibbs (Sister Joseph of Tokyo).

The following, previously reported missing, are now regarded as killed Mr. Henry Clare, Mr. R.E. GI Mr. John Walker and Mr. G.GJ. Walker.

END OF PASSIVE RESISTANCE.

BUT GERMAN UNITY TO BE MAINTAINED."

• Bruter's Service)

Berlin, September

It is officially announced that the beads of the German tes have unanimously agreed to end passive resistance, but at the same time to safeguard units,

The Premiers of the States came to this conclusion owing to inner political and financial reasons, and decided that unity Ethe destrus it. The Government of the Reich has circulated a telegram Reich must be maintained and defended against any attempt to

to the effect that in the event of internal disorders all the authorities, and officials of the Reich must-strictly obey the orders of the Gov.) ernment of the Reich. The President will in such an event issue the necessary emergency regulations.

HEAVY COST OF THE STRUGGLE

The clinching argument which convinced the State Premierspi. the futility of continuing the Rohr fight was the Chancellor's revelation that this would cost at least eight thousand milliard mark caused the collapse of the mark. The ultra-Nationalists during the coming week, and this drain on the national finanzës furious, but neither they nor the Communists were able to cardiogr a coup de main

HOW THE NEWS HAS BEEN RECEIVED,

London, September 25.

TO-MORROW'S

PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT.

Remarkable Illustrations Reproduced From

Original Photographs Of Havoc Wrought By Japan Earthquake.

With tomorow's issue we will include a four- page Art Supplement containing pictures showing the destruction wrought by the Japan earthquake and also showing many of the principal building in conflagra- tion as a result of the torrible fires which broke out in various parts of Tokyo and suburbs.

All the illustrations published in to-morrow's issue are reproduced from actual photographs. They are not copies of other pictures and are being published by special arrangement with the Shanghai Surday Times, There will be nearly thirty pictures in all

-FREE WITH 10-MORROW'S TELEGRAPH

The new of the tiernan decision has been received with cal NEWS OF GORDON-BENNETT BALLOONISTS. satisfaction in Paris, but there is now tendenes towards prema jubilation, as proof of Germany's sincerity is required before t French military measures will be relaxed.

The decisions have been greeted with much satisfaction A: Brussels; while official circles at Washington consider the European situation presents a more hopeful appearance.

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BELGIAN CREW PROBABLY WINNERS.

(Reuter's Serrived

WIRELESS FOR BRITISH SHIPS,

The Naval enquiry into the loss of the steamer Mylie during the recent typhoon found that the steamer was overladen stove the summer loadline, rendering ber unseaworthy during the typhoon

season.

The Court draws the atten- tion of the Board of Trade to the advisability of reducing the maximum loadline for vessels employed on the China Coast daring the typhoon season to the winter 'mark, especially in con- sideration of the vast open estuary of the Yangtze, where the water i-semi-fresh and less buoyant than sea water.

The Court also urges the com- pulsory installing of wireless on sea guing British ships registered at Shanghai, similarly as in the case of the United Kingdom-- Reuter.

BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES.

HENDREN AND RHODES LEAD.

London. September 25, The Snal averages of the eneket season ate?

BATTING.

Hendren 300 runs, average 7.1. Mead 2.94, and 59.18)

Challenor (West Indies) 1,556: SING. Makepeace 2,310: 49.14.

Hearne 1,519: 47.48.

L. G. Crawley 801: 44.30 Payton 1,570; 43.61.

Hallow 1.438: 43.57.

J. L. Bryan 940; 42.72." Sandham 1,894: 41.IT. Sutclife 2,20:41.11. Woolley 2.091; 41,00.

Hubles is Sixteenth, with 2.0st : 31.94.

BOWLING.

Bhodes 134 wickets, average 11.54. Roy Kilner 138: 12.91. Macaulay, 166: 13.83. Tate 219: 13.97.

Matthews 115: 15.30.

J.C. White 149: 13.50.

R. Tyldesley 140 15.5%.

Francis (West Indies) 82: 15,58.

Robinson 96; 15,61.

Horsley 63: 16.17.

Bestwick 91: 16.29. Bettington 61; 16.55,

CONTRARY VIEWS IN THE LEAGUE.

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THE SCOTTISH MINE DISASTER.

GALLANT RESCUE WORK.

Brussels. September 25, The Swiss balloon Helvetia landed on the Schleswig frontier, the French Picardie at Osnabrueck, and the Belgian Belgica at Cerebro, í Sweden.

Brussels, September 23. Belgium is assured of being the winner of the Gordon Bennett Balloon Cup by the feat of the acronaut De Muyter, who landed in |Sweden, covering eleven hundred and fifty kilometres. There is no news of the Belgian balloon Prince Leopold. The pilot of the British Rescue brigades rushed to Redding began pumping the winlloon Banshee the Third encountered a raging snowstorm at 6.300 out, and rescuers succeeded in reaching the bottom of the shaft but feel. lowing to blackdamp it was impossible to keep the lights burning. Nevertheless they persisted in their efforts to reach their victims. though there is little hope that any will survive. Crowds of grief- stricken relatives assembled at the pithead

London. September 25

The disaster occurred e: five in the morning. One survivor had a very lucky escape. He was swept off his feet by a cataract of water. but managed to reach the shaft. An old man whose son was in the; pit telephoned to him from the company's office. The son replied that the water was rising fast, and had already reached his waist, and that several of his mates were drowned. Shortly afterwards the telephone was interrupted."

Later.

The deathroll at Redding is not so heavy as was feared. Twelve entombed men had a miraculous escape. Their cries were heard at noon from an old pitshaft, 35 fathoms deep, half a mile from Red- ding under a potato field. Rescue operations resulted in the twelve: man being brought up alive. some unconseinds,

Later.

The rescuers at Redding have brought up twenty-one men alive. I and three dead bodies, leaving forty-one men entombed.

BRITAIN'S SILK INDUSTRY.

SUGGESTIONS FOR STOPPING THE DECLINE.

London. September 25. The growing demand of certain industries in Britain for protec-i tion against cheap foreign competition is exemplified in the avidence of Mr. Farrell, representing the sils industry to-day, before the Board of Trade committee enquiring into the causes of unemploy- | ment in the silk industry.

Mr. Farrell attributed the decline in the silk industry in Britain

THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE CIN MA.

RUSHING THE FILMS TO NEW YORK.

New York, September 25, America in an effort to be here first with the Japanese earthquake Cinema concerns are engaging in an aeroplane race across

films. It is understood that one dyer has started from Seattle and the Great Falls, Montana, where he trans-shipped his cargo to 3 another from San Francisco. The former is reported to have reached flyer who undertook to deliver it at Chicago to-day.

· RECONSTRUCTION IN JAPAN.

Tokyo. September 23. An Imperial ordinance announces the immediate appropriation of a hundred million yen to relieve the homeless sufferers in the earthquake disaster. The Privy Council has decided that three hundred million yen be spent in the purchase of supplies abroad.

Other Telegrams on Page 2.j

KOWLOON HOTEL.

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News in To-Day's New Advertisements.

Robin Hood" The historical super-film, is being screened the Coronet Theatre.-Pages: 4 and 12.

Powell's have new stocks of *Jaeger" wear.-Page 7.

"Secrets" is being played by the Forbes-Russell Company to night. Page 47

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Mackintosh & Co. are the sole agents for the famous "Summit" collars.-Page 8.

Particulars of forthcoming suction sales appear on Page 4.

FIFTY DOLLARS GIVEN AWAY.

"Telegraph" Football Competition.

THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE TEN.

to the removal in 1860 of the duty on Foreign, silk goods. He in-proprietor of the Kowloon Hotel. Geneva, September 25. There is much surprise and considerable comment among dele-tarift wall a silk industry which now consunted over eighty percent, the Public Works Department, goal scores of three Hongkong Football League Matches to be tanced the United States, which was rapidly building up behind its was summoned at the instance of We will give a prize of $50 to the reader who sends in the correct gates to the League Assembly caused by the manner of the wind-of the whole production of raw silk. The British silk industry was before Mr. C. D. Melbourne this played on Saturday next, September 29th, as detailed in the coupon ing up of the debate on a Canadian resolution interpretative off at present supplying only twenty per cent. of the silk goods con-morning. for failing to obtain the to be found below. Article Ten of the Covenant, propesing that when the Council sumed in Britain, ear half the silk-workers were unemployed. He necessary certificate from the recommends military measures in order to preserve the territorial asked for the imposition of a 33.13 per cent. ad valorem duty on Building Authority before occupy- integrity of members against aggression it shall take special ac-pun silk yarn and manufactured silks, a 15 per cent. duty on ing. or allowing to be occupied. count of the georgraphical and other conditions of each State, and thrown silk, and a ten per cent, one on waste silk drafts, while raw the building as an hotel. each member shall be allowed to judge of the extent to which Psilk, waste silk, and artifical silk yarn should be imported free:

ployment of his military forces shall be involved. The vote resulted in 29 countries favouring the proposal and one, namely Persia, being opposed. Thirteen abstaiped. The President thereupon declared the "resolation neither adopted nor rejected, but should be referred to the Council.

THE JANINA MASSACRE.

GREEK GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTORY GUILT.

Paris. September 25.

INDIAN COTTON MILL CONDITIONS.

NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT DECLARED.

Simla, September 25,

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that in his view the offence was a ruler of attempts may be went in, but serious one, due to the fact that the building offered a high rate- juble value for the assessor. Before the building could be used as an hotel, certain minor but necessary alterations or works had to be effected for fire emergencfes, and these had not been carried out.

The defendant stated that he

A report is published by the expert. Mr Maloney, who officially investigated the atmospheric conditions in the cotton mills with a had been assured by his architect view to effecting an amelioration without serious detriment to the that the certificate would he The Ambassadors Conference has considered the Inter-Allied operative is much lower than that of other workers of similar castes and that meanwhile he could go industry. The report points out that the physique of the average forthcoming as a matter of form Commission's report on the Janina massacre. stated that the Commission has reported the Greek authorities wore gests a reduction of temperatures by more effective ventilation, roof hotel He had applied for this It is semi-officially and the wage-earning capacity of other trades. Mr. Maloney sug ahead and use the building as an guilty to a certain degree owing to negligence before and after the praying, prohibition of the use of idle steam, and increased valocity certificate in July. crime. The Italian Ambassador at the conference, supported by M. of the air in the weaving department. Jules Cambon, demanded payment of fifty million lire before evacua tion of Corfu on September 27th. Lord Crewe preferred to await the result of a more complete enquiry. The conference adjourned until to morrow, to enable Lord Crewe to obtain instructions from London.!

THE INTERNATIONAL HORSERACE.

London, September 25.

It is now practically arranged that. Donoghue will ride Papyrus

America.

FAILURE OF BULGARIAN COMMUNISM.

Sofia, September 25,

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His Worship agrend with Mr.

It is announced that parties of Communists, numbering from Vergette as to the seriousness of forty to four hundred, attempted on September 23rd to cause trouble the case, and imposed a fine of everywhere remained masters of the situation. The Communists carried out and completed within in various localities, and proclaim a Soviet Republic, but the troops $100. ordering that the works be had heavy losses, while the casualties to the troops were light month.

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