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NEW PARLIAMENT LABOUR LEADER & COUNTY CRICKET BELGIANS MOBBED. COURT ARGUMENT THE CHANNEL AIR FIRST WIMBLEDON

ASSEMBLES.

GLOWING TRIBUTES TO

SPEAKER.

CAPT. FITZROY RE-ELECTED UNANIMOUSLY.

PLEASING INCIDENT.

The louse assembled in the after-

AMERICA.

FRESH CONVERSATIONS: WITH GENERAL DAWES,

MR. GIBSON PRESENT.

London, Juno, 25. While addressing a Labour Re- ception in London to-day, Mr. Ram sny

RESULTS.

LANCASHIRE BEATEN BY NOTTS.

GODDARD GETS HUNDREDTH WICKET.

MncDonald, the Premier, announced that ho has just had n second conversation with General BOWLERS PROMINENT. Dawes, the American Ambassador, Mr. Hugh Gibson, the American delegate at Genova, being also pre- sent,

Mr. MacDonald gave no indica ton of the substance of the cun- versations but he said: "I am hope ful-1 will not put it higher than that.".

London, June 25. The new Parliament assembled at the House of Commons to-day, but the proceedings were mainly formal, and preliminary to the real, opening of L'arliament, which takes take on Tuesday next, the busincus really beginning with the reading of the Speech from the Throne.

He added that he hoped bofore noon, and before the business began many days had elapsed to be able there was a rather pleasing inci- to announce the method of the dent. M. Stanley Paldwin, the Anglo-American negotiations, and leader of the Cons:reative Party also the venue and objects of the It will be recalled that Mr. Gib. son, who is the U.S. Minister to Belgium, was requested by the State Department to visit London and to confer with General Dawes on the question of disarmament.'

and' Primo Miniater in the laut Government, rose from his seat on the Opposition Benches and held out his hand to, the new Premier, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, who shook It warmly as Mr. Baldwin congratu- lated him on his success at the polis, The members cheered B tho Premier and ex-Premier walk- ed together to the House of Lords where the Commons went to receive the King's Message.

Captain Fitzroy Re-Elected. On returning to the House of Commons, Mr. G. M. Gillett, the Labour member for Finsbury pro- posed, and Lord Hugh Geeft seconded, the re-election" of Cap- tain the Rt. Hon., E. A. Fitzroy, the Conservative member for succeeded Mr. Daventry, who

Whitley as Speaker of the House

of Commons.

had

conference.

London, June 25,

The defeat of both Derbyshire and Lancashire, leading counties in the championship table, forme the most notable feature of the cricket series concluded to-day. Middlesex lost on the first innings against Yorkshire, but remain at the head of the table, followed by Notts, Kent and Gloucester in that order.

SERIOUS INCIDENT IN TIENTSIN.

| HEAD OF TRAMWAY COMPANY HAS LEG BROKEN.

BOUND BY WRISTS.

ABOUT RAGS:

M.O.H. ON THE DANGER

TO HEALTH.

DICTIONARY CONSULTED FOR DEFINITION.

· PROSECUTION FAILS.

· A serious anti-foreign out- break occurred in Tientsin yos

The question whether cotton terday morning, two Belgian re-waste, fragments of singlets and vidente being attacked by a mob other scraps of rags obtained direct from a factory, constitute and disgracefully handled.

rag pickings, as defined under the The affair apparently resulted Offensive Trades Ordinance, was from interference with tramway decided by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith, employcee, which the injured at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, when his Worship held foreigners endeavoured to pre- that the materials referred to did vent.

not come within the menning of the Ordinance.

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Of individual performances, Arsl

Tientsin, June 25. Two Belgian officials of the ranking is that of Goddard, the Gloucester bowler, who took 12 Tientsin Tramway Company were wickets against Leicester and badly injured this morning when

hereby secured the honour of they were attacked by a mob. the taking of a hundred wickets being the first to

The injured men are-- complete

Mons. G. Rouffart, the Direr tliis Benson. Goddard" is ta medium-fast bowler who, his never before met with Buch The American papers suggested brilliant success. He did not play that the reason of the visit was to for Gloucester throughout the bring about, if possible, the fresh whole of last season. This sea convening of the Preparatory Dis-son, he has carried the brunt of armament Commlesion. An at-the bowling on his shoulders. tempt, it was said, will also be R. H. Catterall, the South made to convene a conference of African cricketer, had bad luck the Naval Powers during the pre-to miss a century in each inninga sent year.--Reuter,

LABOUR'S CABINET

POLICY.

Both paid a tribute to the un-BREAKING AWAY FROM THE

Mr.

· failing fmpartiality and judgment Captain Fitzroy displays in the chair. His re-election WOR unanimously adopted, and after Mr. Ramony MacDonald, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Lloyd George, as the leaders of the three parties

him, congratulated Gillett and Lord Ifugh Cecil, in accordance with old custom, proceeded to

Captain where Fitzroy was acated on a. back bench and each taking a hand, conducted him to the Speaker's Chair, which according to ritual, he accepted with symbolic

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ceremony.

Unique House,

In moving the re-election of Captain Fitzroy, Mr. Gillett said that he possessed all the qualities of impartiality, firmness and hon- our which had contributed to the success of the Speakership in the past. He would wisely guide the deliberations of the new Parlin-

against Surrey. He made 124 in the first innings and 98 in the second. It will be remembered that he also missed a century in the Test Maich by two runs. M. Crawley, selected Second Test, made 204.

The principal individual formances were:

Batting

A. M. Crawley (Oxford Un.) Wolley (Kont) ....

for

M. J. Turnbull (Cambridge U.), R. H. Catterall (S. Africa) Hardinge (Kent)

PARTY EXECUTIVE.

London, June 20. Anxious to remove all auspleton that they are tied by the Party Executive, the Cabinet has decided to alter the machinery whereby the Shepherd (Surrey) Labour policy has hitherto been set- Bowley (Sussex) tled-namely, by the Parliamen-

Not Out. tary Executivo which has met |

Dowling weekly.

Goddard (Gloucester) Henceforth, an Advisory Com- C. K. Hill Wood (Oxford U.)

and mittee chosen by ballot will replace the Parliamentary Executive and Freeman (Kent) will meet only occasionally, being presided over by the Prime Mini

ater,

At least, this is one of the pro- posla to be submitted to the So- cialist Parliamentary Party to-day.

It should be noted that eleven out of the former members of the Par- liamentary Executive are now in- cluded in the Cabinet Reuter,

ment, which was unique, because FRENCH GOVERNMENT it was elected by universal suffrage and because ita Jargest section was

a new Party throbbing with life and energy.

After Captain Fitzroy's speech of thanks on his subsequent election Mr. Ramsay MacDonald offered the Speaker the homage of the House, heartily commending him to the new Members a blind to party and blind to choice.

personal

NEAR DEFEAT.

MAJORITY OF 25 IN VOTE

OF CONFIDENCE.

Jackson (Worcester).... Wellard (Somerset) Larwood (Nails) Tato (Sussex) N. Haig (Middlesex)

DISASTER.

AIR MINISTRY ENQUIRY REVELATIONS.

“FATIGUE FRACTURE.”

London, June 25. The Air, Ministry's formal” in- vestigation of the accident to the Imperial Airways cross-Channel' airliner "City of Ottawa," which

SURPRISE.

BRILLIANT · VICTORY FOR BRITAIN.

"BUNNY” AUSTIN TROUNCES FRANCIS HUNTER.

crashed thrée miles off Dungeness W. VAN RYN DEFEATED. last week, causing the death of oven passengers, was opened la the

London, June. 25. Law Courts today.

"Bunny" Austin, the young Bri- Sir William Jowitt, K.C., the La-tish international, is the idol of bour Attorney-General, appeared the Wimbledon crowd as the re-. for the Air Ministry, and he said sult of a brilliant victory over that it had been proved that the Francis Hunter, one of the strong. failure of the engine which led to the eat of the American contingent. forced descent was a fracture of the It was the first real upset of the bolts holding the connecting rod to world-famous tournament, gether.

there was no questioning the merit Major Cooper, the well-known of the young Britisher's victory. Air Ministry Inspector or Acel-He outplayed Hunter, winning by It will be remembered that his dente, gave the results of his three sets to one. Worship Intimated at a previous examination of the wreckage The splendid effort naturally hearing that he dentred to hear the after it had been brought ashore put the hugo crowd in high bu Medical Oficer of Health before at Dungeness, he gave his decision in the ease Battery Street was charged with in which the occupier of Mr. 19, carrying on an offensive traile

leur. Mons. P. Gevels, the Chef-without a licence.

Controleur

Mr. J. M. Remedios appeared for the defendant.

It appears that, agitatore at- tempted the arrest of three work era of the Tientsin Trainways and Electric Light Company, which is under Belgian control, and a serie gus acuffle had ensued when the foreigners objected and interfer- ed.

M. Rouffart, who is the head of, the company, was seized, his hands Atied behind his back by the mob, the and then dragged through the na- tive city to the Chipcae Police per-Station.

204

155

135

124

116

113* 105

8 for 89

7 for 68

6 for 24

7 for 63

6 for 21

4 for 47

E for 84

5 for 40

5 for 42

LANCASHIRE TROUNCED.

Larwood Bowls Billliantly.

Lancashire ind the unusual ex- perience of being sent back for less than a hundred runs. In their first innings, and in consequence,

they were defeated by Notte at

Manchester by six wickets,

Some brilliant work by Larwood brought about Lancashire's down- fall. They were skittled out on batting first for D4 runs!' Larwood took 6 wickets for 34 runs,

Notta replied with 222, giving them a lead of 123 on the first in- nings.

He WBA ultimately released through the efforts of the Belgian Consul, M. A. van Cutsem, and removed to hospital where it was discovered that in addition to other minor hurts, Mons. Rouffart had sustained a broken leg.

Dr. H.. A. Fawcell went into the witness box and at the outset mentioned it was more a question of the definition of what was rag pickings than whether the subject of the charge offensive or dangerous.

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Harmful to Health. Witness condemned the material as being offensive under the sec- tion and pointed out that although the rage, were clean, there was still the presence of organic dust which was harmful to health.

His Worship pointed out that after the last hearing he had visited the premises and was im pressed by the cleanliness of the house.

He said that a pair of studs on fatigue." The metal had no fault the port side had "fractured in

under ordinary tensile stress.

The fatigue crack" was the. primary Саиве of the whole damage. There was no ovidence to suggest that the bolta had not been properly tightened.

All the internal parts of the engine, he added, were in excellent conditiop and adequately lubricat ed-Reuter.

WASHINGTON STORY

EXPLODED,

BRITISH MINISTER OBSERVES FORMALITIES.

Washington, June 25. Officials of the State Department have disclosed the fact that the or

Sanitary Inspector Seddon men

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our, the packed stands at the can- tre court appinuding him raptur- point in the fourth set. ously when he scored the winning

Greatest Since the Dohertys.

Austin, who first came into pro- minence at Cambridge, ja only twenty-two years of age, and some time back had a long spell off from singles play owing to a slightly strained heart. There sign of any trouble in his exhibi tion to-day, and the critics hail him as the greatest Englishman since the Dohertys.

Was no

Against Hunter, Austin exploit. ed overy known stroke of the game, playing with a confidence and aureness which could have only one ending.

M. Gevela was subjected to the toned that when he first visited Department was fully informed victory against Tilden to ha

CHINA STATION C.-L.-C. KNIGHTED.

Gets K.C.B. Decoration In the

Birthday Honours.

Home papers to hand, con- taining a full list of the King's Birthday Honours, show that H. E. Vico-Admiral Waistell, the Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, was amonget those who received the K.C.B, decoration (Military Division). Sir Arthur K., Waletell has been in command of the China Station since early this year, having succeeded Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt.

He became Commander of the Order of the Bath in ' 1916 and now becomes n Knight Commander of the same Order,

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Another U.S. Setback. America suffered another seri- ous act-back boforo the day was out, Van Ryn losing to Jacques Brugnon. Van Ryn is an Ameri can Davis Cup player, and has a the place there were seven beforehand of the conference credit. It will be recalled that hb eight people working on the rage, between Sir Esme Howard, the defeated. Tildon in New York in Dr. Fawcett pointed out that al-British Minister, and Senater the American Davis Cup trials. though the rags were direct from Boral, the former having followed the factory, they might have been the usual diplomatic procedure in handled by people suffering from

notifying the Department. infectious diseases. The M. O, H. defined what was clean and dirty from a medical point of view. Anything that carried germs, he described as being dirty although it might be clean from the point of view of having been washed..

Apart from Austin's victory, Britain did not have a good day. G. N. O. Crole-fees, H. G. N. Coop. It was at first alloged that Sir er, the Oxford University cap.' Esme Howard and Senator Borah tain, R. Lyceit, and Hughes, a discussed naval disarmament and Davis Cup player, were all de- that he had disregarded the rule fented.

There requiring the representative of a

much bigger foreign Government who is attendance to-day than yesterday, desirous of communicating with no doubt due to the attraction of a member of the Congress on the Anglo-American. Austin- There was no scientific defini-public affairs to arrange such ex- Hunter duel, and the first appear changes through the State Departance of the women competitors. mont-Router's American Service. Mrs. Neavo and Miss de Smidt.. two South African challengers lost to Americans.

Dictionary Consulted,

tion of a rag, said the doctor, and ail they had to fall back on was the dictionary. After reading the meaning given in the Webster's dictionary, Dr. Fawcett pointed out to his Worship that there was no mention as to whether the material should be clean or dirty.

His Worship pointed out that the prosecution's argument would therefore apply to new singlets as well.

Dr. Fawcett said it would, to a certain extent. He pointed out however, that new singlets were

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FRENCH POLICY IN MOROCCO,

PEACEFUL PENETRATION STILL BEING APPLIED.

Parla, June 25. During a debate in the Chamber not pulled to bits as rags were, on the Allyakub disaster in Moroc

Paris, June 25, The Government to-day had a

Lancashire made 288 (Barratt, narrow escape from defeat arising for 72) in their second laninge, from an interpellation regarding and Notts compiled 161 for 4 wick-Anne, treatment, but was less It was this pulling to pieces co, M. Painleve, the War Minister,

Government's banning of ets. an ex-Servicemen'a demonstration Mr. Stanley Baldwin ald he against the payment of war deble.

Democracy on Trial

government

the

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considered danger said the situation had been com-

The principal results were:-. MEN'S SINGLES.

Second Round.

H. W. Austin (Britain) beat F. T. Hunter (U.S.A.), 6-3, §-2, 4-6, 6-3.

G. Lott (UB.A.) boat. Borman

(Belgium), 6-1, 6-1, 6-27

J. Brugnon (France) beat W. Van Ryn (U.S.A'),' 1-0, 6-3, 6-8; 6-4.

0.G.N. Turnbull (Britain) beat Hughes (Britain) 1-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-0 ..

seriously hurt. He was taken to that was the polles station and released ous, because of germs being re-pletely restored.

C.H. Kingsley (Britain) leased and also because of the dis-. He added that the local comman- later-Reufer,

It is learned from Chinese charge of dust. Bources that agitators in Tientsin

have been endeavouring to induce

The Real Point.

ders were entirely free from all responsibility for the reverse, and denlod that there was any ques

LOW SCORES AT LORD'S. M. Tardieu made a postpong- welcomed Captain Fitzroy withment of the interpellation

Yorkshire Hold the Balance.. confidence because democratic question of confidence.

Rain upset the match at Lord's тав оп trial in

the tramway workers to come out His Worship remarked that it tion of a general advance into the The defeat of the Government and Yorkshire gained first innings on strike in sympathy with the was before he had seen the pre-Atlas mountains. A policy of Europe and the world generally, and more than over the respon- appeared so certain that members points against Middlesex.

Batting first, Yorkshire made 197, Shanghai tramway employees. mises that he had intimated, his peaceful penetration was still be sibility for its success rested on were already discussing the re-

the Cabinet. A to which Middlesex replied with A number of the Tlentain desire-to-hear the Medical. ing. applied. ---- the British House of Commons and casting of

100. majority of only 25 saved

In their second innings, workers have obeyed the call. 'Its Chair,

Yorks made 227 (N. Halg, 5. for Presumably the incident reported Government-Router.

42) and Middlesex had scored 80 by Reuter developed from forcible for 8 wicketa- when stumps were persuasion of tije remainder, drawn.

Mr. Lloyd George said that he was speaking on behalf of the smallest party in the House which, therefore, especially needed the protection of the chair, He hear- tily rejoiced in Cantain Fitzroy's ro-election,

The House adjourned till to- morrow when the Commons will be summoned to the Lords to hear the King's approval of their cholce. The swearing-in of mem. bers also begin to-morrow, and the rest of the week will be simi- larly occupied,

Now Labour Peer.

the

LATE SIR MORTIMER SINGER.

EVIDENCE CAUSES INQUEST ADJOURNMENT.

NINE RUNS DECIDE. '. Hampshire. Just Beat

* Warwick.

Hampshire defeated Warwick-

NATIVE LABOUR IN TROPICS.

Officer of Health. As he had said, he was rather impressed with the cleanliness of the place and was rather inclined to hold that the material was not rage. As Dr. Fawcett had aald, it was not a question of being harmful but of getting a definition of what was rag-picking.

shire by the narrow margin of 9 UNIFORM LEGISLATION NOT was rather against the prosecution.

runs at Portsmouth.

Warwick gairied an advantage

London, June 25. The inquest on the Inta Bir Mor- on the first innings, scoring 197 timor Singer, son of the Inventor as against 178 for Hants.

POSSIBLE.

Brussels, June 25.

His Worship remarked that the phrase "rag storing" in the section

He said that he was sure that that applied to old rage that were Hikely to be offensive..

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Dr. Fawcett pointed out that if

The Chamber passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 347 votes to 207-Reuter.

MEERUT CONSPIRACY

TRIAL.

PROCEEDINGS STAYED UNTIL NEXT MONTH,

Meerut, June 25, Plans for a country-wide gen. A meeting of the International the defendant was not required to of the Singer sewing-machine, In their second innings, Hamp- whose death was reported yestershire made. 285 (Mayer G for 77) Colonial Institute discussed the got a licence there was nothing to stal strike on May 1st, 1920, and day, has been adjourned for an and though Warwick made a big organisation of native labour in now a non-tenant house; from general Instructions in regard question of the regulation and prevent the premises, which were a long letter from Moscow giving analysis of his remains.. 'It was announced′in the course

effort, they fell short of the re-tropical countries

being tenanted. If the premises thereto; were among the indict This step has been taken in con-quired total, making 237.

A resolution was passed that the were licensed, there was a clause menta made by the prosecuting of the day that Iis Majesty the King had been pleased sequence of evidence that the de-

evolution of labour legislation prohibiting persons from living on counsel on the resumption of the

cbpapiracy trial here. ought to proceed in a manner the floor... to confer a barony on Mr. Sidneycensed never really recovered from Webb, the Secretary of State for an air crash In 1910.

corresponding to the degree of the Mr. Remedios suggested that a development of the native popula-bye-law should be made to cover re-tion. It could, therefore, not be the storing of materials such as uniform for all Colonies, but must were found in the prosent case.

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the Colonies,

As to the cause of death, Sir The new Labour Peer will be Mortimer was found dying beside Baron Pessfeld-Reuter and Bria glass containing a white sediment, tish Wireless

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ÉSSEX RECOVERY,

Another Tight Game, Essex, thanks to an excellent covery in their second Inninge, de

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The defence has filed an applica- tion that the case be transferred elsewhere, and proceedings have accordingly been stayed until July 9th.---Router.

beat Kleinschroth (Germany), 6-1,6-1, 6-2,

M. Boussus (France) beat G.R.O. Crole-Rees (Britain), 0-4, 6-4, 6-5.

W. Allison

B.A.), beat H.G.N; Cooper (Britain), 6-3, 8-6, *** 6-3, 6-2.

L. Raymond (South-Africa) beat R. Lycott (Britain), 6-3, 6-3, 6-0,

Wilbur Coen (US.A.) beat Rob- bina (South Africa), 6-1, 6-1, 7-9, 6-1, -

W. T. Tilden (U.S.A.) beat C.H. Campbell (Ireland), 6-1, 6-2, {~()).

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· WOMENĖ SINGLES..

. First Round.

Miss Helen Wills (USA) beat Miss Tómblin (Britain), 6-0, 6-0.

Mrs. Mallory (U.B.A.) beat fan de Smidt (South Africa), * 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, Mre, Watson (Britain) beat Misa E. P. Colyer (Britain),

7-5, 6-2, 19 Mademoiselle Barbier (France). best Mina Sandison (india). 6-2, 6-3.

Mies Helan Jacobs (U.S.A.);beat. "Mrs. Neave (South Africa), BD, 68.