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LAWN TENNIS.

THE DAVIS CUP DRAW.

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Washington, March 17.

́CHINA'S LOAN.

INTEREST ARRANGEMENTS.

Poking, Mar. 17. Gea. Dawos, in the presence of The interest to be paid on the representatives of the competing Fourteenth Year Loan will be by nations, made the first-round draw 19 Instalments, after, the fret for the Davis Cup, the pairings five of which amortisation will boing as follows:

begin.

30.

THE BOOKSHELF.

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TRUE STORIES OF THE SOUTH SEAS,

THE WORK OF LOUIS DECKE.

Tales of the more remoto parts of the world have long hold a fascination for the averago Interest and amortiantion will roador, and ovon in those days of Holland va, Czecho-Slovakia, Switzerland vs. Sweden, Belgium paid on March 31 and Sept. extended travel there is a big Va. India, Austria va, Ireland,

following for any writer who can The amortisation Hungery vs. Franco, Portugal vs.

drawings spin yarns about intorasting Italy, Rumania vs. Denmark and will be bold in Peking.

happenings in such placos as tho The sum of $3,000,000 will be South Boa islands, whero romance, Polad vs. Britain.

neoded for the first fivo intorest in- is supposed to blossom in overy If the American zone the draw atalmonts, and this will be handed grove, and not ovon man fe hold is Japan vs. China, Australia veaver to the Bank of China and to bo vile. But the South Sea of Hovati, Now Zealand vs. Canada, the Bank of Communications 15 fiction and of reality are two very Cuba and Spain will play a days bofore tho intorost is due, different placor, and to some poliminary match to decide which The denominations are $10,000, extent this is known to the ots Moxico.-Reuter'a Ameri- $1,000 and $100, which can be modern reading public, so that it rih Service.

utilised as eash in payment of can be said that, the subject has taxes and duties, with the or-almost boon done to death by ception of customs and salt duties, writers of melodramatio ton- and also as guarantoo funds or doncios,

QUESTION OF HOTEL CONCESSIONS.

London, March 17. mooting of the Council of the Lawn Tennis Asoolation har pased a rosolution that any plyor accepting a reduction of me than forty per cont. In the

| rosorvo of banks,

However, there are books to bot Tho regulations will be carried had which rolate adventuros In into effect on the day of pro-the South Pacific in really in- mulgation Daily Bulletin.

formativo mannor, for they are written by people who have lived tharo, and who toll of things which

orquary charges made by hatols MALAYAN LABOUR. they know to be facts, and in

a similar establishments in conection with playing a game in any tournament, match or forfolt hin competition, will

autour status, under rule twety-seven.

bo offer of such a reduction to * piyor in connection with any tounament will ronder the moot ingiablo to have the sanction of the Council withdrawn and any

utto sunotion refused.

Ay reduction which does not axcod forty per cant. which in offded must be extonded without dispotion to all the players coating.-Router.

MORE INFORMATION

DESIRED.

soeking to portray the beautiful; features of their experience they do not overlook the loss inviting. aspects that go to make up tho 09sontial background. Of such London, March 17,

was Louis Bocko, whose fame In the House of Commons, Mr. has grown oven after his donth, Ormsby-Gore, replying to Mr. and whose work is likely to end- Cecil Wilson, said the fact that ure long after all the "thrillers" no largo a proportion of the about waving palms, sighing surf Straits Settlements Labour. Do- and flower bedocked horolnes partmont's annual report was have been forgotton.

Becke has devoted to details of Indian labour an increasing circio of admirers, was no doubt due to the keen and it will come as very good news interest taken by the Governmont that his books' are being ropub and poople of India in the condi- lished in an attractive edition at a tions of Indian labour abroad. prico making them avaliable to:

The firm A copy of the question would the general public.

be sont to the Governor in order bringing ou.this collected edition that ho should see that in futuro aro Messrs. T. Fishor Unwin, and fullor information regarding the volumes are to be had at 5/- TRUBLE IN INDIA. Chinese and Malay labour would net. Well bound and printed,

bo wolcomed.-Reuter.

they form a sorios which should maet with a wide demand.

SVARAJISTS REDUCE

TAXATION.

Delhi, March 17. Ding the discussion of the Finice Bill the Swarajists in the Aseably carried by 61 to 56 a moth reducing the salt tax to ono pee por mound, despito Sir B. Hackett's warning that a loss of reetuo would be involved and monthe abandonment of rollof to th provinces or cortification of unduced tax.

Seval Indian mombors oppos- ed threduction of the tax on potrol two annas a gallon, on the grind that it would benefit the rican, but the reduction was caled hy 50 to 38.

FOREIGN SECRET- ARY RETURNS.

A SINGULAR ACCIDENT,

Messrs. Unwin sond us a copy of "Yorke the Adventurer and Other Stories", which is a collect- ion of Louis Becko's short talos, They are all fino yarns, telling the story of life in the South Soon as it really is, and as the author lived London, March 17, it. Bocko was a koon observer of Though in excellent spirits, Mr.Joharacter, and a lover of nature, Austen Chamberlain doclined to and he paints his poople with d be interviewed on his arrival at euro touch and his backgrounds Victoria station.

with tho realism of a master hand.

Paris roporto a singular ao-The reader who is interested cidant, fortunately not attended in natural history will find in by serious results, which bofol! Backo's work additional pleasuro Mr. Chamberlain while he was and profit, and to read of the travelling to Calais from Paris, delightful fishing adventuros, in It appears a passenger in the which the finny subjects of his express from Calais carolessly yarns are pictured accurately threw an object from a window enough to ploaвo evon tho as it passed the Chamberlain scientist, is to hope that some train, the object smashing the day one's lot might be cast, for a window of Mr. Chamberlain's time, in similar surroundings and to 52, or the Director General compartment.-Renter.

A Brajiat motion reducing the pos rates was rejected by 58

of Poshad pointed out that a reducti' would involve a hoavy deficit. Reuter.

HINU MOHAMMEDAN

RIOT.

Delbi, March 17.

As b result of a fracas amongrupporters of rival can-

AIR ROUTE TO INDIA, trading,

PRACTICAL

DEMONSTRATION.

with similar opportunities. Then there are the bracing stories of sailing schoonors, of pearl-skoll of endeavour and achievement-and the men, fine mon aomo and bad mon others, who lived their lives of adventuro and added their chapter to the records of those regione. Becko writes mostly of the opon air, of the open sea, and the simple

London, March 17. Maj. Con. Sir Sefton Brancker didates the Delhi municipal and Mr. Cobham, who flow to existence; and in bis way of toll- aloction 18 Mohammedans and India, have arrived at Croydon, Ing the tala one senses the salt throo dus were injured, and thus completing an aorial tour of wind, the thunder of the breakers one Mommedan subsequently seventeen thousand miles to and on the coral reef, or the mystic Buccum.

from Burme, for the purpose of twilight of a tropic beach whoo investigating the now air routes. the ship has como to bavan and Their machine and its ongine) the toil and stress of voyage are wero unchanged throughout. loft bebind.

Sir Softon Braneker, inter viewed, expresed the opinion that the air route to India was com

The to the comotory lay throughthe Hindu quarter, whero fublo again broke out, and 16 te persons were injured. four sojusly. Altogether 25 had to thent to hospital.

The peo are at presont pat rolling city, and the situation

is undopntrol-Reuter.

INGAPORE DEFENCES.

NO EFINITE DECISIONS.

London, March 17,

Reuter..

CHINESE SILK INDUSTRY. The March issue of the Chinese Economic Monthly gives a very moroially possible. It was only a informativa survey of the Chineso matter now of time and money.raw silk and silkworm industry. The producing Provinces aro doalt with in turn, and there aro datafla given ranging from the typos of oocoons to exhaustivo statistics of filatures and agencies all over the country. We are told that the neighbouring pro- vince of Kwangtung leads in the quantity of its silk production, and it can look back to a date in To-day's election of ons Zaghtho Ming dynasty for the origin lulist and four others brings the of the industry.

CAIRO ELECTIONS.

HOW THE ZAGHLULISTS

STAND.

Cairo, March 17.

state of the parties to 102 and 109, Other articles in this monthly

In t House of Commons, replyinite Comdr. Konworthy, rospectively-Reuter.

Sie L. Vorthington-Evans said,

the qudion of the defences ro- quired protect the Singapore'

doal with tobacco production in Shantung, the Bhanghai fish markot (illustrated), and irriga-

ying akotoh map).

bazo w still being considered NEW AMBASSADOR. tion in Fukien (with accompan-

by the Committoo of Imperial | Defond.

It is impossible to mako a statement at presont with regard to the cost or the date of com- moncin work thereon.

MR. SCHURMAN'S PROMOTION.

New York, March 17. Mr. Jacob Schurman has boon appointed Ambassador to Berlin,{

The question whether the presenter. ent défonces were suffleient or must be incressed would depend on the commitleo's ropart.

Brigadier General Brown asked, would the Government considor approaching Australia and Now Zealand to help.

HOME FOOTBALL.

V.H.C.J.

U.S. ATTORNEY ̧

GENERAL.

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