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THE IRAK BORDER.

MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1928

DRASTIC MEASURES.

DANGEROUS WORK OF THE OIL TANKS SHELLED TO SAVE

AIR FORCE.

Basra, Mar. 10,-

It appears that the disturbances

THE PLANT.

Midland, Texas, Mar, 11.

a terrifle Lightning started

A ROYAL VISIT.

MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION FOR AMIR.

London, Mar. 10, When the King and Queen 'of on the South-west frontler of Irak blaze in a barrel tank at the Mag-Afghanistan, who will be accom are more serious than ordinary (nolia Petroleum Company's plant, panfed from Dovor by the Prince tribal forays but thanks to the Air and in order to prevent the des-of Wales. reach Victoria Station Forca operations, which are now truction of the whole refinery on Tuesday afternoon and are met being carried far into the desert, three-inch gun was fired at four by King George and Queen Mary, and to the settled population of the other tanks.

they will be escorted to Bucking- country not yet retreating, thero is

At. a close range, forty shotsham Palace by a brilliant caval. no sign of apprehension in the aufficed to drain. off the tanks. cade.

The two kings will ride in the A few Indian troops recently The only casualties were one man moved towards Shaldah but the severely burned by premature first carriage, and in the second Irak army remains in barracks, explosion of ammunition, and two will be the two queens. The casualties include an Air Force slightly injured.-Reuter's Ameri pilot whose machine was shot down. [can Service. He managed to set fire to it before he himself was shot,

towns.

Another pilot whose machine was shot down jumped into a rescuing aeroplane and was carried off to safety. The cruiser Emerald, the

loop Crocus and, the vessel Trind) have landed parties-Reuter.

Now Delhi, Mar, 11. Reuter is authorised to contradict

the rumours of troops moving from India in connexion with the recent

raids on the Irak border-Reuter,

SIMON COMMISSION HAS MIXED RECEPTION.

SHANGHAI STRIKE.

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ALLEGED POLICE ACTION RESENTED.

The cavalcade will consist of a sovereigns escort with two standards of the Royal Horse Guards, Six battalions of Grenadier, Coldstream, Irish and Welsh Guards will line the route to the Palace, and at various points will bo six Guards, banda, while the Royal Horse Guards band will be posted opposite Buckingham Palace.

Shanghai, Mar. 11.

On Wednesday the King and Thirty-five thousand operatives, Queen of Afghanistan will receive mostly females, belonging to eighty n address at the London Guildhall, aix filatures in Shanghai, struck and will be guests to luncheon of yesterday morning demanding the Corporation of London:: severe punishment of a number of A sovereign's escort with Chapel policemen, who are alleged standard will escort them to and to have beaten a filature worker from the city.

DISORDER AT LAHORE. to death with their rifle butts The State visit will concludo or when breaking up a demonstration. March 16. The Royal visitors will Delegations Interviewed the De- then be the guests of the nation fence Commissioner's Chief of for the remaining twenty days. Staff, who promised Investigation, Two entire floors of Claridge's but the strike continues.-Reuter. Hotel have been reserved and have undergone elaborate preparations for their reception. Special de- corations have been undertaken for them, their suite of fifty bedrooms. | drawing and reception rooms, Hbrary and writing rooms, having been equipped to provide the maximum of comfort and luxury,

Lahore, Mar. 11. The Simon Commission has arrived and has had a cordial re- coption. Its members were enter- tained very successfully at an At Home by the Punjab chiefs, at the residence of Sir Zulkar Ali Khan, representative of the Eastern Punjab Moslems in the Indian legislature. A thousand guests were Invited, including the Governor, Sir Malcolm Bailey, and Lady Bailey, the Ministers and Judges of the Punjab, the Council- lors and members of the Chamberal of Commerce and Trade Associa tions.

A party demonstrated at the

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the Commission, carrying black flags with placards, "Simion go back." Subsequently a party of demonstrators attacked the house of Mr. Lalalachmandas, a popular figure who opposed the hartal. The police dispersed the crowd. Three inmates of the house and one. demonstrator were injured, but not seriously-Reuter.

LAME DUCK SESSION.

EFFORT TO AMEND U. S. · CONSTITUTION.

Washington, Mnr. 10.

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What this country needs is less talk about evolution and more of it.

On March 23 the French Minin- ter of Commerce will inaugurate at the Zappeion in Athens a

Exceptional public interest is bring displayed in the forthcoming visit.-British Wireless.

MEXICAN LABOUR.

[MINING COMPANIES TO CLOSE

DOWN.

Mexico City, Mar. 11..

It is reported from Guadalajara that the American-owned Piedra- bola silver and gold mining com-

pany has closed down its works at Ahualulico in the state of Jalisco owing to labour disputes,

The newspapera declare that many

mines in the state of Chihuahua may be forced to close down unless, the price of metals rises-Renter's American Service.

SAMOÁN ISLANDS.

French industrial exhibition, for İSUGGESTED ANNEXATION BY

the purpose of increasing French rade with Grecce. Special faeili-

The House of Representativeses will be given to visitors,

UNITED STATES.

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Washington, Mar. 10 Senator Hiram Bingham has in- has rejected the proposed amend there will be a weekly air service ment to the Constitution abolishing between Paris and Athens during troduced a resolution in the Senate. and certain other the so-called "Lame Duck" Sessions the duration of the exhibition, and that the chiefs of the islands of and changing the presidentin various excursions will be ar-Tutuila, Manua

ranged. Greek plays will be per-Samdau islands having agreed to inaugural date.

[Note: The "Lume duck" sassion formed either here or in the an- cede to the United States absolutely all rights of theatre at Epidauros; without reserve is the short session interval between clent the election of the President in French dramatic companies and a sovereignty, the cession should be States.-Reuter's Office in March when real legislative French football team will visit accopied and the islands annexed

the United American Service. activities are necessarily suspendod.] Athens, and eminent French auto

thors will deliver lectures: --Neuter'e Aquaviran, Service.

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