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VOLCANIC ERUPTION.

THE JAPANESE DISASTER.^

Tokyo, May 20. From eye-witnesses it appears that the third eruption of Mount Tokachi was the worst, ns the live. freed a mountain lake which swopt a thirty-foot wall of water down the hillside, wracking and obliterating farms and houses, whilst the laya pourod down from two engulfing farms, vildgos and the railway.

craters,

THURSDAY

"A LIBERAL SPLIT."

LORD OXFORD AND MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

London, May 26. A dofinite brenk among the Liberal leaders is marked by the publication of corespondence be tween, Lord Oxford and Mr. Lloyd George.

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The former regrets the course pursued by Mr. Lloyd George when the Liberal party united agains! The muin erator is on the summut of Mount Tokachi, but it extends "the anti-social campaign of the aspur called Mount Iwo, from general strike." and rebukes him th of which lava bolched forth for his declaration of disagreement and rocks rained down throughout with the statements of Lord x- Monday night, though the volcanoesford, Lord Grey and Sir John Simon,

quiescent, with only publisted in the British Gazette are now. voluminous clouds of smoke issuing and also deplores Mr.

Lloyd from the sulphurons crater,

George's contributions to the American press "containing a des pending, though highly coloured, picture of our national straits."

Relief Work."

At last reports many bodies were floating down the Furand River, which overflowed its banks, adding to the misery, whilst con- siderable anxiety was felt for the remaining villages connected with the Hirayama Sulphur Mining Company.

Mr. Lloyd George's reply is couched in moderate terms.

He defends his attitude during the general strike, and declares his American newspaper article on the strike was misrepresented in Eng- land, although he admits he mis- calculated the course of events. He concludes by offering to meet Lord Oxford and other Liberal leaders to discuss the position

Relief corps, including doctors. nurses, an infantry detachment ex-servicemen. Eter rushed to the scene from Asahigawa as soon as news of the catastrophe was learn ed, but the work was severely || Reuter." hampered by the condition of the 'countryside, resulting from the fond, whilst several feet of lava covering the railway tracits pre- vented a train reaching Biel, though everything possible was being done to help the injured and thousands of homeless,

Timely Warning. Warned by preliminary rumbl- ings, many escaped before the several The food eruption. hours later was also a calamity of the daytime. Many farmers in the fields and were working were saved, but lost their whole families in the villages and are demented by their loss.

A train from Asahigawa, warn ed by rumblings. turned back thereby avoiding being engulfe by flowing lava.

Though the food rushed down at a furious speed, upon the vil lage of Die the embankment near the entrance checked it, thereby enabling most of the inhabitants to escape, but it is reported that at Kamirano some two hundred villages were, washed away, and it is feared the Matuyama spu is a total loss, though no definite news is available.

The Governor of Hokkaido pra

THE BOXER INDEMNITY.

FORMATION OF A BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

Tientsin, May 20 The Boxer Indemnity Commission has issued a communiq:e stating that Sir Austen Chamberlain has authorised Lord Willingdon to announce his consent to the prin ciple that a Board of Trustees be established in China, to which the control and administration of the fund will be entrusted, and the Advisory Committees will there- upon bé dissolved.".."

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The Board will have complete power to apply the fund to eluca- tional or other purposes, and make investments for perpetuation of the fund, and will annually report on receipts and expenditure to the! British and Chinese Governments, Si Austen Chamberlain, while desirous of further demonstrating British goodwill, emphasizes that the change makes an amendment of the Indemnity Act and approval.

of Parliament necessary, which he

fecture reports that a handret¦ will use his utmost efforts to secure. dend and over two hundred injured-Reuter have been recovered from the

Java.

A thousand persons are missing

Further Eruption Feared.

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The latest reports from Hok. kaido are that 144.bodies have beer, recovered. It is estimated that there is two million yen damage.

Rescue work is hampered "by Thick mist.

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The volcano is still emitting ashes intermittently, and a further eruption is feared.-Renter

AVIATION.

TO BEAT THE TRAIN,

Paris, May 26.

It is officially announced that D'Oy has arrived at Warsaw.

ANOTHER JAPANESE

DISASTER.

BURST RESERVOIR SWEEPS THROUGH TOWN.

Tokyo, May-20.

A report from Akila states that his afternoon, with a tremendous roar, the Mayama irrigation ser voir in, Akita prefecture, Northern Japan, burst its bank, sweeping away half the town of Kilaura, in elling the post office, bank, theatre. and other buildings.

Details of the casualties are not yet available, but it is feared they are lieavy

The population is 7,000,

Later.¡

A semi-official report received D'Oisy's ultimate destination is in Tokyo, states that about 400 are Tokyo. He intends on this occa- believed to have been killed, but slon to rival. the trans-Siberian accurate details are unobtainable. railway; necesitating a daily owing to the interruption of com- average flight of 500 to 600 miles. minications. hitherto not nehieved by aeroplanes over vast distances-Renter.

Danish Airmen in Pekine.

Peking, May 25. The Danish airmen have arrived here.-Renter.

Seventeen bodies have been re covered. It is feared many are Ins jared.

Eighty buildings were completely wasted away, including the Town Hall, et cetera-Reuter-

MAY 27, 1926.

COMPANY REPORT,

GENERAL ASSURANCE. CORPORATION LTD.'

Tho Directors of the General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corportation, Ltd, resolved to recommend the payment of the fol lowing dividends, subject to Income Tax: a final dividend of 21%. (mak- ing 5%. For the year) on the Pre- ference Shinres, and'n final dividend of 17% on the Ordinary Shares (making 32. for the year, and in. oroase of 91%, on the Ordinary Shares compared with last year's dividend, both payable on 1st May

1020.

The transfer books of tho Corpora tion closed from *17th to 30th April, both days inclusive.

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FURTHER MEASURES FOR

PROTECTION."

Paris, May 26,

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