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Washington, June 15. Mr. Herbert Hoover, who has been nominated as Republican can didate for the U. S. Presidency, has received a cordial telegram of congratulation from President Coolidge, despatched from Superior, Wisconsin, saying:

SURPRISE. :-

LABOUR CHANGE DECIDED THE ISSUE.

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VITAL DIVISION LIST.

London, June 18. Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Home Secretary, the most vigorous opponent of the new Prayer Book Measure, has made a statement in strong support of the appeal of the Archbishops for restraint and the avoidance of any rash action by the disappointed supporters of the rejected Measure.

*IN INDUSTRY.

EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL

WORK PRINCIPLE.

IMPORTANT RESOLUTION BY

LABOUR CONFERENCE.

MINIMUM WAGE-FIXING

FIXING EASTER

SUNDAY.

INTERESTING DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT.

CHRISTIAN OPINION.

London, June 15. The House of Commons to-day passed without a division the third reading of the. Bill fixing the date of Easter.. This date will be the Sunday following the second Saturday in April.

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From the Office Butts, LOW SCORING ON WET chorus girls. It depends largely described, as being semi-attached There is no fixed salary for Lots of married folk might be

WICKETS.

upon the figure,

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couples,

How is it that nearly all these To, judge from the number of

girls who win big, sweeps" are manifestoes which they have SURREY UNEXPECTEDLY LOSE "homely, kind to their mothers and issued regarding the Telnan affair, love to wash dishes, etc. 1 the Nationalists are hot Shantung.

TO SUSSEX.

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Replying to the Chinese gentle- man who offers to bet us money. Many a golfer can't see the wood we would remark that they cer on the Nationalists licking Japan, for the tees.

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NOTTS WIN BAULKED. Geneva, June 16.

The Bill was promoted by Cap-

tainly have had enough practice, Even if China had a represente- After a prolonged discussion on bar for Oxford.

tain Bourne, Conservative mem- rain, scoring had slowed down money.

After ten days of Intermittent and, besides, we'd hate to take the tive Government, we expect it a draft Convention on providing |

would still be full of condicting. machinery for the fixing of a mini-|

Lord Hugh Cecil (Conservative) | field, and Middlesex were the only considerably in the County ericket

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ideas; mum wage scale for certain trade, that before an Order-in-Council series of matches concluded yes-waves may be causing some of the revelations:Will Soviet tricks moved an amendment providing aide to exceed 400 runs in the expressed the theory that radio A meteorologist the other day particularly Sir William declares that if the trades, the International Labour was made under the Bill, the torday.

in home-working

Suggested by the Moscow plot Bishops make the uncontroversial Conference to-day adopted the Secretary of State should certify

bad weather. Maybe the radio x Jix? Nix "You have been nominated to the changes in the Prayer Book which, Convention by 73 votes to 27. to the King that he had ascertained fudged by Lancashire's perform-kind of ether.

The nature of the wicket can be sopranos are taking the wrong most important position in the it was urged in the Archbishop of world. Your great ability and ex- Canterbury's last letter, are noces consisted of all the Government fixed date for Easter would be ning by an inninge after being dis- It is notable that the majority that the proposed appointment of ance against Gloucester in win-

Censorship bas now been perience will enable you to servesary, the Monauro will doubtless be and workers' delegates, while the generally acceptable throughout missed for 318.

exercised In respect of the song Pur Party with marked distinction. passed by the Church Assembly minority comprised all the em by the Convocations of Canter satisfactory for after Middlesex

A contemporary tells us that the "Sweat and Lo." I wish you all the success your and by Parilament without op-ployera' delegates.

price of giraffes has doubled since Christendom and was approved heart could desire. May God con-position.

The Lord's match ended un- the war. Isn't it awful!

Mermaids have been washed. tinue to bestow on you power to do

The latter put forward a coun-bury and York and the National and compiled

ashore at Aden. There must be a The official division lists of the tor proposal that wage-fixing ma-Assembly of the Church of Eng- wickets, their bowlers could not dreaded television because even place,

#5 for four your duty."

An English bishop said he mistake fa the initial vowel of the Prayer Book vote, show the Party chinery should be confined to un- Mrs. Coolidge also telegraphed: positions as follows: Conserva-organised home industries.

The President and I send you tivos, 191 fox, 162 against; L-

Sir Vivian Henderaon, Under

overcome the Essex defence, his bath would be, no longer

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Sussex won a remarkable game private. Of course, he can put it Two women have married in love and best bour, 28 for, 75 against; Liberals,

Secretary of the Home Ofee, with Surrey, whose side with the wishes."

objected to this amendment, on exception of "Andy" Ducat, falled

Slam. What a talk fest! 2 for, 28 against; Independents, 1

the ground that it would give a lamentably. for, 3 against.

power of veto to bodies with whom the Secretary of State would haye RESULTS AT A GLANCE. to negotiate.

Another member, Major Birch-innings and five runs.

Sussex defeated Surrey by all, opposed the amendment for the reason that it would be beyond

Derbyshire won on the first the power of even the present var innings, Leicester. patile Home Secretary to ascer tains view which would be. acceptable to Christian people throughout Christendom.

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off until Sunday, morning. Japan and India Abstain,

The Government delegates from Stacks of Telegrams,

India abstained from voting on the Mr. Hoover arrived at his office

The figures show that the Con Convention resolution,

but Mr. early, and the Staff, with whom he servative Party gave greater sup- Morarjes, the Indian employers' is most popular, stayed a surprise port to the Measure than in De- delegate, cast his vote against... demonstration in the corridors, cember, and that the rejection is Similar action was adopted by Mr. Hoover, smiling happily, hur-chiefly due to a change of opinion the Japanese Government dele. ried to his room, where he found on the Labour Benches. The De- gates, only Mr. Yonokubo, the atacks of telegrams and messages cember figuros were: Conserva-Japanese workers' delegate voted of congratulation from all parts of tive, 1.7 for, 100 against; Labour in favour, while Mr. Fujita, the the world.-Reuter'e American Ser. 35 for, 64 against; Liberals, 2 for, employers' delegate, voted against. vice.

23 against; Independents, 3 for, 8 against-Reuter.

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Debt to America.

Kansas City, June 15.

At a meeting of the Republican

National Convention, the Chairman (Senator Moses) read a personal message from Mr. Hoover, thanking the Convention for selecting him as candidate for the Presidency,

In his message, Mr. Hoover em- phasised the groat debt which he, As an American citizen, owed to the country which had given

• Mr. Hoover added that

SEARCH FOR “ITALIA” PARTY,

'CAPT. AMUNDSEN'S PLANS

OUTLINED.

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Retrospective.

The amendment was withdrawn The draft convention provides amendment was submitted by Sir and another and more practicable that a worker who has been paid Henry Blesser (Labourite) that |wages below the minimum rates before making the Order: fixing fixed shall be entitled to recover Easter, regard should, be had to the amount underpaid;

any opinion officially expressed" The long, discussion was con-by the Ghurch of England, the cerned largely with the employers Roman Catholic Church And other desire that the wage-fixing ma-Christian bodies. chinery should be confined to

This amendment was adopted.---- home industries which are not or- British Wireless. ganised, though another feature was provided by the success of women's advocacy with regard to

home industries in which women RODEO FOR SHANGHAI. and children were "sweated."

votes to 9, in

ELABORATE JULY FOURTH CELEBRATIONS.

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A Chinese General's chief trouble now," in to find the same revolution he used to know.

Notta won on the first finings,

The street Hampshire.

orator who said. Cambridge U. defeated: North- he was only ants by: an Innings and 37, TUND., 7. solling pluma

had • Glamorgan, defeated Somerset by

very 45 rum,

frulty excuse.

by an innings and 29 runs.

Lancashire defeated Gloucester Middlesex v. Essex. Drawn Yorkshing -- V. „West Indies:

Drawn,

Japan evidently deter mited. In a very literal seggbe kill the Com

HONOURS LIST. The principal individual formances are as follows:

Batting.

munist move-

might.

per-

Watson (Lancashire) Payton (Notta)

140

120*

Hendren (Middlesex)

126

Worthington (Derby) Lee (Middlesex) Ducat (Surrey) Wensley (Sussex)

121

105

101.

97.

Bowling.

... 8 for 50

• Not Out.

8 for 64

Peter Grimsby of Chungking. Sen A recent photograph-of "Mrs

joho:is 101 to-day, and remouin

bere when there was no fight, ing in China.

Two young men af Kowloon told

There's quite

- lot of sick- Bess in Hong- kong just now, Even omitting

those suffering from I strain.

"What kind of husband does a wife mING → most?" asks Sa `inagazinė,,? The one who can duck, quickest.

This strike of Australian marine cooks

has put the fat Into the fre

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According to the Marine Magis

the police they had been forced to trate, the final toot with a depart-

walk home after taking a couple ing pal is forbidden.

of young Indica out for a ride.

The boys shouldn't take such In view of the showing of chances.

"Sunrise! next week it is just as

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"Enquirer:"We like ambition of our young, "bloods" have often..

well to make it clear that many

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him.

but the only way of getting to the seen it. before. front in Hongkong is to become a chauffeur.

You can't eat an Adam's apple. Judging by recent elections, in

200 "Worried:"Suck

No good cookboy ever cleans a sink. that way. He should have used

the toasting fork.

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5 for 40 Chicago and Seattle, it's neither & Consternation was caused in a

5 for 27 good thing to lift the lid nor to Peak household late last night

Oslo, June 15. Captain Amundsen, who is to fly him education, independence of to Spitzbergen to attempt the res- action and unbounded opportunique of the "Italia" party, is to tios.

Only in America, he said, leave for Bergen to-morrow on could a boy from a country village, route to King's Bay, which will be without Inheritance or Influence, hia base.

To Apply to Women. look forward with such unbounded His machine cannot land on the The result of the argument re hope.

ice, but if humans are sighted near gording woman labour was the ha water "lancs," the machine will

passing of a resolution In the

Shanghai, June 16. endorsed absolutely the principles descend and pick them up. Other afternoon, by 69

A unique spectacle is promised of the Republican Party pro-wise, it will drop provisions and the form of a recommendation em- for the Fourth of July, as Ameri gramme, and said that if elected equipment.

bodying certain general principles can marines are arranging real | J, C. White (Somerset) he would do his utmost to assure Captain Amundsen declares that calculated to produce satisfactory Rodeo feats of horsemanship and W. T. Greswall (Somerset) 6 for 40 the nation's defences, promote the wide sphere of action which the results in the application of any lassooing, recalling the era of the Larwood (Notts). foreign commerce, develop the scuplane offers will allow him to minimum wages-fixing machinery, pony express and the covered Iddon (Lancs.) country's resources and protect plan an easterly course in search and an amendment moved by Mr. wagon in the Great West regions Slater (Derby) workmen, farmers and business for the party which has drifted off Nicholson, the representative of of America.

Tate (Sussex) men alike from competition by with the "Italia." lower standards of living abroad.

Intensive preparations are be- Captain Amundsen confirms the the British Ministry of Labour,

BAD SURREY FAILURE. He asserted that it was vital report that the Arctic explorer, substituting the words "in which ing made with a view to importing that the Republican Party should Lieut. Dietrichsen, is accompanying for the words "in which the work. phere.

women are ordinarily employed" the requisite "Wild West": atmos-

Ducat Offers Only Opposition continue to administer the Govern-him--Reuter,

To Sussex Attack. liment.

ers employed are generally wo In the ranks of the US, marines

now stationed here are many ex- "Andy" Ducat, who last censon This substitution referred to a cow punchers. The principal dif-indicated his intention of retir-to parents. trade in which the minimum wage.ficulty being encountered is Shang-ing from cricket, but who has

..... fixing machinery should apply. hai's shortage of really wild ponies come back in great form, was the "26 to Marry 78," says a news-

to render the stunts thrilling.only Surrey batsman to offer any paper heading. Our Own Carrespondent.

effective resistance to the Sussex at exactly three each. attack at Horsham, and Surrey were defeated by an innings and. 5 nuns.

Mr. Curtis for Vice-President.

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The Convention has nominated Senator Charles Curtis as didate for the Vice-Presidency.

Mr. Curtis, who is a native of Kansas, of Indian descent, was adopted by the overwhelming majority of 1,052 votes to 34.- Reuter's American Service.

CONTRACTS FOR OIL PROSPECTING.

IN SUMATRA AND BORNEO:

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KOWLOON AIR PORT SCHEME,

TENDERS FOR WORKS NOW INVITED.

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Equal Pay Principle.

The recommendation of the Conference concludes by drawing the attention of the various Goy. The scheme for the construction ernments to the principle affirmed of an air port on the Kai Tack in the Treaty of Versailles, that reclamation at Kowloon City Is be- men and women should receive Ing proceeded with, and matters equal pay for equal work.---. have so far developed that the Reuter. Government is now calling for cer- tain tenders in connexion there- with.

One of the tenders calls for the covering in of the open nullahs with concrete beams and decking, Alling, levelling, grading and roll- ing of the air port area, with any contingent works.

The Hague, June 15. The' Second Chamber has passed

Bill authorising the Government to conclude contracts with the Bataafsche Petroleum

A further tender is for the con- Maatschappij. "controlled by the Royal Dutch Company" and the atruction of a seaplane slipway and Shell Transport Trading Company certain nullak, and contingent for prospecting and exploiting works in connexion with the air petroleum in the Palembang and port. Atieh districts of Sumatra the south and cast districts of Borneo. -Reuter.

THE WIGHTMAN CUP TENNIS DUEL.

BRITISH LADIES LEAD IN EARLY STAGE.

London, June 15,

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PIRACY SCARE.

FEARED ATTEMPT ON BIG LINER.

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4 for 45 nail it tight. The ideal seems to when the son and heir returned

bo bo just leave the lid on-kind home with dirty knees, of loose..

Ducat contributed 101 not out in Surrey's first innings, the three. figure innings being, his third in succesalve matches for Surrey, Maurice Tate bowled capitally in

innings.

The scores were:

Rumours were current in Hong-both kong yesterday afternoon that pirates had seized control of a large trans-Pacific liner bound for Hongkong.

Surrey:'226 and 156. Sussex: .387.

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A hole4n-one la luck, of course, An American lad, denied the use but; after all, you'll have to admit, of the family car, killed his father according to the player, that be and mother and brothers and was shooting right for the pin. sisters. That should be a lesson

This week's simile:-"As neatly. as applying a lip-stick",

D That works out In reply to a correspondent,

MacWhirter, he says that while. there may be much to learn from Acroplanes can now be bought the classics, he prefers to enjoy on instalments. That's better himself. than crash on delivery,

0.0 Hey, move over. How's your Calcutta Sweep query:-"What dog?' Hongkong dog? did you do in the Great Draw?"

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Some of these motor car drivers. Free Ford publicity has fallen are like meteorological experte off considerably since the standard whose forecasts are always, "no joke got switched to cigarette- change.”. lighters.

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There have been plenty of You A atray bat from the belfry: transactions in Peking during the Can a cat dog a man's foot-steps? past week.

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Now that the mails close `at In a recent action it was mention- 6. p.m. there should be a fresh ed that golf induced "serenity of lease given to the "detained at expression." Vocal?

office" excuse.

The report however, happily. Although Ducat punished Tate's proved to be unfounded. It was bowling, the Test bowler took based on the fact that the captain dive wickets for 82 runs. of the liner had, sent out a wire-

The Sussex batting was even, less message anying there was the outstanding performance being BI unusually large number, of that of Wensley who had the mis-, In beautifully fine weather, the first-class-

口口 Chinese passengersfortune to lose his wicket when

"Sunrise" at the Queen's comes centre court presenting a picture aboard his ship, and it was sus-wihin three runs of his century.

"Enquirer:No; the defeat of before the "Dawn." of vivid green, the Wightman Cup pected that mischief might be in- Surrey, going in a second time America by England at Bunker's competition, between British and tended.

with arrears of 161, gave a poor HUI has nothing to do with golf. The Taipo Associated Anglo American, Indy tennis players Certain naval precautions, were display. Tate took 4 wickets for

Asiatic Amateur Anopheles An- 13 opened at Wimbledon to-day, Great, taken, and lator in, the day the 45 runs, THE ANTI-WAR PACT, Britain leading at the end of the limer sent out a message stating

Appropriately enough, some of glers and Amihilators. Associa- these Soviet bank employees who tion are not at all satisfed with day by two matches to one. that everything was normal.

BIG MIDDLESEX STAND.

supplied funds to Irish gunmen the manner in which Dr. Koch In the first singles, Mine Eileen Bennett, fresh from her French

have been fired

was treated by the Sanitary Board, But Essex Defy The Home triumphs, defeated Mrs. Mallory

on the question of teaching "Attack.

Some Hongkong people will Hygiene in the schools of the in straight sats, 6-1, 6-3,^,! London, June 15. -

Mias Helen Wills (U.S.) 'defeat-

Middlesex, thanks to a fine part-probably see/ Sunrise for the first Colony. It was decided, in view The Foreign Ofied to-day issued ed Mrs. Watson (Britain) easily,

nership between Hendren and Lee, time next week-at the Queen's of his position as Assistant the text of the Union Government's by 6-1, 6-2.

were able to declare in the first Theatre.

Anaesthetlet to the Association, to The Hague, June 16. reply to the United States Invita

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write instructing im not to allow In the doubles, Miss Harvey and.] QUEEN WILHELMINA GOINGinninga with only four wickets Direct Hispano-Dutch telephonic tion to become an original signa Miss Saunders (Britain) defeated

TO NORWAY.

down, but inclement weather allied According to a contemporary, the "Chairman of the Banitary communication has been opened. tory of the Anti-War Treaty.Miss Goss and Miss Jacobs

with stubborn resistance by Essex one of our magistrates imposed a Board to pass the buck to him General Primo de Rivera and Heer The reply states that the Govern (America) 6-4, 6-1....

Amsterdam, June 15,

prevented them from forcing home fine of two months' hard labour" again. Otherwise, crime In the van Blokland, as well as the Post-ment will gladly participate in the

on an anti-Japanese street orator, district la normal, To-morrow, the remainder of The Queen of the Netherlands their advantage.* masters General of both countries, Treaty, and takes it for granted the matches, three singies and one and her only daughter Princess The match was played at Lord's, Finel have exchanged conversations that its League obligations are un- doubles, will be played off Juliana, are leaving fo Norway to- and Essex did not complete an in- Router

affected. Reuter.

Reuter.

morrow for a holiday-Reuters: ↑ (Continued on Page 10.)

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DUTCH ROYALTIES ON HOLIDAY.

In Shanghed, a' talk on angling | Today's great thought? “A spot was broadcast recently. Needless in the tumbler is worth two on to say, it was on a long ways. the nose.

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