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AUSTRALIA'S NAVAL

MEASURES.

Admiral Suggests Port Darwin Base.

Sydney, April 10.

SHANGHAI TELEPHONES.

EXTENSION OF

AUTOMATIC SYSTEM.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY

RIL 11, 1924.

WORLD THEATRE.

A GRIPPING PICTURE..

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He would indeed bo a critical porson who would not onjoy" The Official Panction has boon given Woman Who Fooled Herself," tho Shanghai Municipal the feature attraction at the Mr. Bruce, speaking at a dinnorby

Council to the local Talophone World Theatro, with lovely May to the Admirals and senior officers Company for the extension to the Allison in the title role and her of the Special Service Squadron, 1907 Agrooment and for the re-hushand, Robert Ellis, also declared that the Govorament's decision to lay down two ten- vision of the tariff of charges, bo-featured.

Charles A. Logue, a writer of thousand ton cruisers was in the ing satisfied that the automatic

telephone system is suitable and may successful photoplays, interests of Australia's Own

Tho knows what the public wants and desirablo for Shanghai. dofence, in order to provide vory

ho knows how to give it to them. useful co-operation

tariff of clurgos is to be revised, with the

This coníos as a result of an In The Wonian Who Fooled British Navy. The Government was convinced that in the inter-informal conference of Council Herself" he has put on a gripping exts of world-poace, the British and Telophong Company repre-story that has charm, action and Government's Singaporo devision sentatives and the exchange of plot ho has introduced som

letters. The first automatic interesting and some fascinating) was not final.

Vico-Admiral Field, replying, stem to be installed in Shang-characters and he has placed it Haid if the Dominions provided bai has been completed at the against a background that in sufficient cruisers to guard their Lay Road exchango, and will be alluring.

Miss Allison, who has hereto. coastlines while the muis flest wired up to subscribers in a work

Afterwards, it is the furo charmed as comedienno, was doing its propor business, or two. they could fool porfectly safe. Company's intention to extend essays a heavy dramatic role and The

the system to the whole of Shung-oakes the transition with the mont perfout have

ense of a trio artist. At first, Australian cruisers would be Portai, says the local Times,

when she is introduced as Eva Lee, Inte of the Follies and late with the runt," it suggests a comedy rolo, but you are spon plunged into a business intrigue into which the pretty chorus girl Is innocently drawn and then the action piles up swiftly, hearts Somo axenilent tennis was soon become involveil and fortunes are yesterday when, in the Club threatened. The pictura rambains Singles.. R. E. Worthington inotat the World Theatre until and defeated (3. W. Sowell. The Saturday. former obtained victory by throe sets to love, but his opponent put up a good fight and it was by no means pu easy win. The scoros were 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.

for

Darwin, and there was excellent ropair huse at Sydney. Reuter.

PIRATE FLEETS.

DISPERSED BY CHINESE GUNBOAT.

Shanghai, April 18. The Chinese gunbout Chaowu returned to Shanghai An Wednes. day after dispersing. two pirate junk Boots which have been infesting Chekiang wators

The first floet, of nine junks, encountered off Szefolitu

Was

and

LAWN TENNIS.

YESTERDAY'S MATCH.

To-day's Match.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY,

Fady Torrington who has join-

On the stand court to-day, I. E. after two-hour Sight | Worthington and F. A. Redmended the cast of "The Green God..

the gunhout sank

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junks, killed 24 and captured five Williams in 211 open doubles Lady pirates. The chief of the gang, match.

peerage is full of these templa tions to error. There is an Ear! although wounded, jumped over Ng Sze-kwong v. Honda Match of Dysart and an Earl of Desert, board and escaperl.

Weather and ground permitting. The gunbant met and dispersed the play of the match betw Lord Sudaloy and a Lord Sud- another floot of six junks oil Kai-X Sze-kwong and T. Honda willy, an Earl of Lindsay and on Earl of meng, but the casualties are un-take pher on Monday afternoon Amherst and a Baron Amherst.

Earl of Lindsey, an known. Reuter.

Commencing at 'clock. Seals on the stands bary boop reserved. Many people still fail to dis

tinguish between Viscount Grey The last rally in Wednesday's

jand Earl Ciroy and the toatel was fined af mins., 2

various Hamilton and Howard and Douglas titles, primary and secondary, are only to bo undor- stood by a member of the Heralds" College. Many, again, have.trip. ped over the two Curzons.

OUTLOOK IN THE COALFIELDS.

Baptist Disciple of Marx.

Loudon, April 10,

Mr. A. d. Cock, a miner's agent of Rhondda Valley, who has beon. elected secretary of the Minors" Federation. WAS formerly Baptist preacher and fhecht aponker. He is a disciple of Kari Marx, and an active participant in the so-called miners' minority

movement.

5004,

CLERKS DIE SOON.

Doctor Urges Healthier

Offices.

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Sir Chartres Biron, the famous Bowstrect magistrate, told a good' story to prove that women are The clerk class require more the unsentimental a9x A womau

chup recreation some real canie to him when he presidad change beyond pushing the pramat East London Palje : Court and and going to Ramsgate and sitting said that she wanted more time on the sands for 14 days in the to pay a fine. She handed hịm year, says a Landen paper, documents to prove that she

Interviewed, ho said it would be difficult to avert a stoppage in These were the words of a dis-would shortly have, plenty of the coalfiolds, unless the miners tinguished physician, Dr. Charles money. Ono was her husband's demand for a living wage be. Thomson. medical officer of will. is he dond?" asked Sir conceded. Reuter, 2

Deptford, in a lecture on "The Chartros. "No," she answorod, Health of the Clerk," at the coolly. "hut he's going to be Institute of Hygiene, recently. hanged on Wednesday."

GERMANY MUST PAY.

Industrial Magaale's Views.

The clerk stood almost halfway!

down GN the health list of

bccupations, he said. Conditions should be improved.

Generally speaking the Italian

"I am convinced that the clerk woman works in the first instance Berlin, April, 10, should, for his health's sake, for herself, her home and her. Herr Sorge, a director of Krupps receive a three we Rs mimum family, and the work is faithfully and Chairman of the Associusuramor halfday, in addition to carried out for its own sake re

presenting not only the worker's tion of Industrialists, interviewed the usual statutory holidays. by Reuter, opined that

"He should not be haunted all technical skill and artistic ability, reparation Exports Reports must his days by the fear of penurious but the customs, and traditions of ho accepted, despite the enorold age. A compulsory pensioner village. Even yet in, tho better-known tourist contros of mously heavy burden imposed. [schome is essential.

Umbria,

the

Ho thinks better terms are Many clerks seemed to be Liguria. Sioily, and unlikely to be obtained. An either verging on neurasthenia, whore women's crafts have be absolute pre-requisite was full or were actually the victims of come almost entirely commer restoration of Germany's Benna-this distressing condition. The cialised, the mort exquisitely ox- mic sovereignty, The expertselerk was twice as likely to die ocuted specimens of handiwork proposals would only he possible of consumption as the school are totally unsuited for modern if an International Loan could be teacher, and three times more life, and fit only for a museum, whilst amidst the modley of sup- raised, on which point he is likely than the clergymata, - scopitiual-Renter.

Many clerks were working in per cloths and bedspreads tho oye badly ventilated, badly lighted will encounter some rare needle- and unwholesome offices, and he point only to discover it adorn- urged the application of the pro-ing perfectly impossiblo shirt or In visions of the Factory, Act to an entirely useless apron. officos. Clorks did not stand up spite of the war and the ever- and fight unitedly as they ought. increasing progress of machinery, The clerk should aloet reproson-hand-mado work is stendily re- The House of Loids his dis- ftativos to wait upon the Minister turning to its own, thanks largely missed the appoal of the Duff of Houlth. They should point out to the initiative of certain Italian Development Company in a claim that their consumption death-women, who, under the title of has do- to enforce the award against the rate is above the averago for all the "Societa Cooperative della

Kelantan.ales, and that experts have industrie Femminill

Informed them that their standard veloped various languishing cott- of health is not, what it ought to go intlustrior, and opened out fresh sources of interost and pro- sperity.

MALAYAN COMPANY LOSES APPEAL.

Government Reut r

London, April 1o.

of

NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY.

The Hague, April 10.

The Second Chamber has ap. proved the Commercial Treaty

Slovakia. Reuter.

bo.

They should follow the fashion set by the suffragetto, and com- monce, with a "spring offensivo."

BRITISH LEGION FINED.

It is the great hoist of Messrs. Krupp, the famous Esson firn, that they "never dismiss -work- men." The straits to which the sooncorn was onco reditced to

Huxley said

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"To teach your children to read, and send them out with no 'provision as to what that reading should be, is as the use of the kuifo senseless

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pawnshop in Essen or marked the end of the firm's

between Holland and Czecho British Legion(MetropolitanArea), for the first time in "Krupp's Dusseldorf was willing to give, troubles, Since then it had "nover

Mr. John Honry Price was fined Monthly Magazino," Early in So Herr Krupp had to gather looked back."

forks, spoons, £25 and £5.5s. costs by the West-1848 the Horr Krupp of that day, together every scrap of silver ho

had-dishes, minster magistrate recently for the son of the founder of the firm,

nedals, &o melt them down, publishing a lottery on the Grand often had to send his silver plate and sell them, in the form of bars, National Steeplechase. Mr..Her-to the pawushop in order to obtain bert Muskott, prosecuting for the sufficient money to pay wages, to the Dusseldorf Mint. That was Commissioner of Police, said the As ofton.too the pledged articles done; too, on his birthday! Not sweepstakos was on a vory large were redeemed with the greatest till many years later did Horr

PEACE WITH TURKEY.

London, April 10.

The House of of Commons has unnainsy

the

reading of the Ratification of the Lausanne Treaty Bill-Router.

COMING SOON

scale, and 23,000 packets relating difficulty::. But in April of that Krupp to his work the boto THE GLOBE. TROTTERS to it had been oponed and stopp- your things got very much worso; and when he did ho, was able to òd in the post.

nora money was needed than say that that miserablo birthday.

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