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AUSTRALIAN COAL DISPUTE.

UNION WITHDRAWS .MEN FROM RAILWAY.

1,500 MEN AFFECTED.

Sydney, Sept., 18,

MOTOR BANDITS ROB

BANK OFFICIAL.

THEFT OF £700 IN BROAD DAYLIGHT,

Buckhurst Hill, Aug. 7. Flying-squad vans, ordered by wireless, and an army of police are to-night searching for three motor- ists, their livorled chauffour, and a large maroon-coloured salcon car, in connexion with the theft of £700 from a bank official in the street here,

The men are alleged to have af tacked Mr. J. T. Hughes, of Lay ton, a clerk at the Woodford branch

THE FINANCIAL AID CONVENTION,

CASES OF WAR AND MERE THREATS OF WAR.

! PRINCIPLE AGREED.

Geneva, Sept. 18.

the Third Committee of the League Free discussion was evoked at

of Nations Assembly to-day when the draft of the financial aid con-

A message from Newcastle, New South Wales, states that as the first step, in its "all out" policy; the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association has with drawn its members from work on the privately-owned South Mait-of Barclays Bank, who was tem-vention, providing for financial land Railway.

porarily in charge of the Buck-assistance to small States who This step has been taken on ae-hurst Hill sub-branch while the re- count of the dismissal of men who

might find themselves the victims refused to haul trains of "black"

of aggression, was submitted to à coal from unassociated mines,

detailed examination. In all, 1,500 workmen are affect

ed.

It is expected that the dispute mentioned on May 1st will now come to a head.-Reuter.

gular official is on holiday,

The scene of the attack was Queen's road, Buckhurst Hill, the main street and shopping centre' of this small country town, prac- tically a London suburb, on the outskirts of Epping Forest.

Eye-witnesses state that shortly On May 1st, after the parties had before 4 o'clock Mr. Hughes was been deadlocked for a fortnight, it walking from the bank towards was announced that the miners had Buckhurst Hill Station. Follow rejected the Government's proing him were two strangers, one of posals for a settlement of the coal whom is described as "quite oft. industry dispute. The Ministry 3in. in height, well-dressed, wear- then stated that it would no longering a mackintosh, and of distinctly intervene in the dispute, but would foreign appearance." leave the Union and the employers to settle it themselves.

GERMANY BUYS MORE

Knife "Like a Kukri." Suddenly the two men sprang upon him, threw him to the ground, and rained blows upon him with weapon which one eye-witness described as "shaped like a kukri knife. but of solid appearance" (The kukri is a 'curved, broad- bladed knife used by the Gurkhas), "I had attached to a belt," said Mr, Hughes, a satchel containing £700 in Treasury and currency The just published annual re-notes, while over my shoulder I port of the Reich Coal Associa- carried canvas bag containing tion shows, that the hitherto | £100 in silver.

of

BRITISH COAL.

SERIOUS COMPETITION FROM POLAND.

the

Berlin, July 25.

minor coal producing countries "When the men attacked me I have within the last year develop-closed with them and was able to ed most rapidly at the expense put up resistance until a third man

Inajor coal producers, attacked me, namely, England and Germany, "They snatched my satchel, but Poland, in particular, shows a I managed to retain hold of the used this as a marked rise in coal production, canvas bag, and owing as the report states, to weapon." unscrupulous undercutting. of prices. From 1927 to 1928 the coal production in Polish. Upper Silesia rose from 27,700,000 to 80,200,000-tons, that is to say, by 9 per cent., while the exports from from Polish Upper Silesia rose 9,500,000 to 11,200,000 that is to say, by 17.4 per cent,

Germany's coal exports to the Northern countries, as a result, diminished by roughly 600,000 tons, while England's exports to Denmark, Sweden, and Norway diminished by about 1,500,000

tons,

The debate revealed general ap- proval of the principle of the Con- vention, but there was a consider- able volume of criticism regarding the details.

handed in by various countries, Numerous amendments were

while it was fairly generally

greed that the scheme must be linked up with the ultimate con-

clusion of a General Disarmament Convention.

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Several delegates, including 'the representatives of Denmark, Nor- way and Japan, expressed the opinion that the operation of the proposed Convention should be res tricted to cases of war and that it should not apply to threats of war.

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With a view to facilitating a compromise on this point, refer- ence in the First Article of the proposed Convention to threats of war was formally deleted, and the matter referred to a, Drafting Com- mittee-Reuter.

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"BY CANDLE LIGHT.”

HUMOUROUS PLAY AGAIN

WELL RECEIVED.

The attack, attracted many peo- ple to the spot, and would-be re- scurers saw Mr. Hughes struggling

Playing to a rather poor house to his feet and attempting to run after his assallants as they escaplast night, the Forbes Russell Come- ed in their car.

dy. Company reproduced "By Cand- lelight," which received a hearty re- ception. As on the first night of

The Wanted Car.

The manager of the co-operative stores who went to Mr. Hughes's assistance

told me a dramatic story.

"I was in the shop when I heard a scuffle and cries for help. I ran out and saw a man lying on the pavement. Two tall men, both well dressed and wearing mackin- toshes, were running towards a saloon car.

it presentation, the acting through- out was of high grade and entirely. in keeping with the spirit of the piece.

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While the relations between the Baron and his valet at times seem- ed a bit too familiar, when the rea- son was grasped the humour of the situation was increased. well dressed, was in the car, and the great London success "Her A shorter man, also To-night the Company present at the wheel was a liveried chauf- Cardboard Lover" which should feur. The two men, one of whom prove a great drawing card. It is was carrying a weapon shaped one of those plays in which the plat like a kukri knife, jumped into the is simple yet intrigulrg, and which car which drove off at nigh speed. calls for that class of acting of The police have been furnished which the members of the company 1928 with

a description of the four are so eminently capable. wanted men, also' of the car the number of which is stated to be either VY7278for VY2775.

Germany's coal imports in 1923 increased as compared with 1927, by roughly 1,500,000 tons. The import of English coal to Ger- many rose from 3,200,000 to 4- 200,000 tons.. Apart from this amount, England exported a further 1.2 million tons of hard coal to German ports in for bunkering.

When the car drove off towards

In the first quarter of 1929 Germany's imports of foreign hard coals decreased consider- ably, the freezing of her canals | Chigwell, it was followed. for some proventing the cheap transport of British and Dutch coals.

MODISTE'S £40 FINE.

STORY OF ATTEMPT TO

SMUGGLE SILK DRESSES."* Mrs. Marie Coleman, a Folke- stone modiste, with businesses at Paris and Nice, was at Folke stone recently fined £40, and three guineas costs for attempting to smuggle, four silk dresses,

distance by a biscuit maker's lorry, but the lorry found the pace too hot, and after keeping up the pur- suit for two miles it returned.

Mr. James Austin, a Loughton motorist, also gave chase. He saw the attack, but at first thought the men were "fooling." Then he realised that something serious was happening.

"When I saw one man thrown to the ground, and beaten about the head," he said, "I jumped into my car and gave chase. I was hindered by the fact that Mr. Hughes was pushed, in front of my wheels:

"I continued the chase for about Customs officers stated that

a quarter of an hour, and eventual- three times Mrs. Coleman saidly lost sight of the escaping car she had nothing to declare except going in the direction of Chigwell.' some glass ornaments, specially saying that she had no silk articles, worn or otherwise..

A search of her trunk revealed four. silk dresses wrapped up in a coat.

Mrs. Coleman said she had stayed longer in Paris than she intended, and that sho bought the dresses to wear, not to sell,

They would not fit anyone in Folkestone, where I find people require an extra or out size," she added.

ARMED WITH KNIVES.

ROBBERS INVADE WOMAN'S HOUSE.

SLAVERY QUESTION.

LEAGUE COMPROMISES ON BRITISH DEMAND.

Geneva, Sept. 13. The Sixth Committee of the

League has compromised on the British demand for a revival of | the Slavery Commission,

It has instructed the Secretarint examine the exhaustively to situation, and report to the Assembly in reserved. the right to press for a

1930. Lord Cecil.

revival of the Commission if the Secretariat was unable to make a full enquiry-Reuter.

BEPPU TRAGEDY,

CHANG TSUNG-CHANG TO PAY FINE OF YEN 300.

SUIFENHO AGAIN ATTACKED.

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Tokyo, Sept. 13. party in the border districts of General Chang Tsung-chang, Manchuria suffered by Chinese who shot Halen Kal, the fifth son in consequence of Soviet troops of the Chinese Prince Kung at bombardments and also to point Beppu, Was found guilty of out to the Soviet the futility of accidental homicide and fined its propaganda concerning the Yen 800. alleged maltreatment of Boviet It appears that Chang Tsung- subjects In China, inasmuch as chang shot. Helen Kai under the the Powers' diplomatic repre- belief that the latter was a sentatives themselves have been would-be zagassin. It was only eye-witnesses of the absolute afterwards that he discovered his Liberty and effective "protection victim's identity-Reuter. enjoyed by Soviet subjects in China since the beginning of the imbroglio.

ACCUSED, DECIDE TO CEASE

VHUNGER STRIKING..

A report has been received from the New Territories to the effect that un armed robberyTMhas It is stated that all Soviet THE LAHORE TRIAL. occurred in the Shatin district.· subjects throughout China propër The victim was a married woman, have been and still are absolute- named Wai Shu-mul, who lives inly free, enjoying peace and pro- Kak Tin village. She states that tection from the Nationallat three men, armed with knives, Government except. in Man+ broke into her home at about 2.30] churia, where a number of Soviet this morning, and after stealing agitators and suspects have been Jewellery, money and other pro- taken in custody In order to pre- perty to the value of $160, made vent them upsetting peace and their escaper

order, whereas practically all Chinose nationals in Soviet Russla "Five other accused have aban-. Geneva, Sept. 13,. have been arrested and subject-doned their hunger strike and Agenda Committed of ad to much suffering and mal- telegraphed a request to the Gove the League has referred Dr. treatment. Thoso confined in ornment to drop the Hunger Strike Wu's resolution, mentioned yeater-Soviet concentration camps in Bill, now before the Assembly, day, to the committee dealing with Siberia are being treated similar designed to enable Judges to pro- Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY Constitutional and legal questions,ly to the Russian exiles during cood with trials in the absence of ĮRANKLIN, at 1′ and 8. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria

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Lahore, Sept, 18. Jatindranath Das, one of tho accused in the conspiracy case, has died in gaol after a sixty days' hunger strike.

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