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NEWS OF HAWKER Sighted Half Way Across With the arrival at Liverpool on Fri- day of the Harrison liner Tactician from "New York came the first authentic news iof Mr. Hawker and Commander Mac- fcenzie-Grieve since they left St. John's, Newfoundland, on Sunday evening on their gallant attempt to fly the Atlantic in their Sopwith—Rolls-Royce biplane «(says the "Daily Mail.") The Tactician's wireless operator je- ports that while in mid-Atlantic on Monday morning he intercepted the fol- lowing message which was being sent cut broadcast Dy the cable repairing steamer ^Faraday Red light of aeroplane sighted at 4.1 a.m. G.M.T., on i&th instant, in position 50 degrees 28 minutes North latitude and 30 degrees 2 minutes West longtitude." HALF-WAY ACROSS. I This means that at hve o clock (British I summer time) on Monday morning Mr. llawker was, after 10 hours' flying, ap- proximately in mid-Atlantic, fully PuO miles on a diract course between St. John's, Newfoundland, and Galway, Ire- land, and 100 miles north of the main steamer iane. The same message was intercepted by the Leyland liner Ninian en route from Liverpool to New York. Both these vessels were far north of the usual route at this time of the year, and this 1.,0 doubt is the reason why the Faraday's message was not delivered to the shore stations. A FUTILE SEARCH. I I The flotilla of eight first-class destroyers dispatched to search for the missing air- men, Hawker and Comander Grieve, re- turned to Queenstown to-day, ani re- ported although a thorough search was made west of the Irish coast for a dis- ianoe of 300 miles into the Atlantic, no trace of either of the aviators or the -snachine was discovered. I FRENCHMAN TO TRY. I Paris, Friday (received Saturday).— An aviator of Danish origin who distin- guished himeelf in the French Army during the war is to attempt the crossing of the Atlantic. He will fly a monopLane ,witih a simple rotary engine of 80 h.p. Capt. Madon, the third of the French Aom stated this evening that he was I going to place himself on the list of com- t petitors. His plan is to attempt the cros- sing m an inverse direction taking Brest —-New York as his course.

DIED ON HIS BEAT. I Frederick Charles Tucker, a Metropoli- tan policeman, of Bethnal Green, who was I etated by the divisional surgpon to be one of the healthy men of the section, fell dead on his beet at midnight. A post- mortem examination showed that tie death of Tucker, who was only 29, was caused by indigestion. His heart weighed 20ozs. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned at the inquest on Friday.

HARVEST BEER. I I The Ministry of Food have agreed with I the Board of Agriculture to release a limited quantity of malt for the home brewing of harvest beer. the scheme of distribution being similar to those of 1917 and 1918. Two bushels of malt for each labourer is the limit. The Board of Custom lays it down that there is no objection to the sale of cider by a farmer to the workers on his farm, subject to the payment by him of the duty on all cider thus sold.

MUMBLES ATHLETIC CLUB. I Councillor J. J. Jones presided over a I meeting at the Oddfellows Hall, Mum- bles, on Friday, the object of which was to form an athletic club for the district. It was decided to form a club to include all class of sport, and that a general ap- peal be made to the public for support. l A committee was also appointed to meet the Swansea Corporation with a view to the acquisition of the Uuderhill Fields as a recreation ground, and also for the ex- clusive use of a part of the ground for tho club.

DEARER FOOD? I There is growing concern about the Frospoct of an increase in the price of food later in the year. Food prices on the Continent are generally higher than in Great Britain, and the imminent raising of the blackade will lead to a great de- mand for supplies from enemy countries. I It is understood that, pe-ndiug tjw up"- sideration of the matter by the (labiu, I the removal of control from foodstuffs. will not proceed so rapidly as has been I the case during the last two or three j months. I

FATAL HALFPENNY. r Stanley Fazackerley, the thrce-year-old I son of a Preston weaver, picked up a half- penny belonging to another boy at school, and put it in his mouth. By some aed-, dent the child swallowed the coin and be- came ill. The teacher asked him what was the matter, and he pointed to his mouth, and said. Penny—mouth." He was taken to the Royal Infirmary and operated on. the half-pennv being removed from his gullet. The operation was ap- parently successful, but the child died later from syncope. At the inquest at Preston yesterday, a verdict of death from misadventure was returned.

KING AND BRAVE REPORTER I lib. King's attention has been called to the devotion to duty of the young Green- wich reporter, James Harvey Dale, who, when in great pain after being run over by lorry, handed 1-is copy to a bystander, ca-ve him the address to which to deliver it, and added. It is very important." His Majeety has sent, through Lord Cromer, the following: letter* of sympathy to the editor of the q iiltb Eastern TTemld. "I am to express to Yon his Majesty's deep regret at hearing of the sad ciroum- stances under which your young pupil, James Harvey Dale, met with the accident that unfortunately proved fatal. The Kin? highly appreciates the sense of (..ty with i ?hich this br&v boy &C too at fime when Ij .fee wag so torrivy injured.')  t  ? \?.

I VERSAILLES, o RANTZAU RETURNS AFTER SPA CONFERENCE PARIS, Saturday. Count Brockdorff-Rantzau has returned to Versailles this morning with part of the German delegation. The other part will remain a few daye. longer at Spa, and continue the discus- sion begun yesterday with the delegates from the Soheidemann Cn binet. Ex- I

I NOT WANTED. I Ex-Czar's Brother's Notice to Quit. PARIS, Saturday. The presence of the Grand Duke Boris of Russia, seoond son of the Grand Duke Vladimor, brother of the ex-Tsar Nicho- las. has been judged undesirable. The Grand Duke was invited to leave France. The causes of this decision are mysterious and hare no connection with politics. On his arrival at the Spanish frontier the Grand Duke was obliged to change the course of his journey, as the Govern- ment intimated to him that it was pre- ferable he went elsewhere. Boris de- cided to go to Italy, where eventually he found refuge.

BAILLEUL EXPLOSION. Paris, Saturday.—An important muni- tion factory near Bailleul was blown up just after mid-day yesterday. Among the victims, who nllmheroo 15, are some Eng- lish soldiers .-Exclia nge.

I RUNAWAY TRAMS. Whilst about to leave his stall at the Cwmgwrach Colliery, on Friday night, John Morgan, of Blaengwrach, was knocked down by a journey of trams which ran wild and instantaneously killed.

I DIED IN THE OFFICE. Mr. Alexander Noble, of Swan-street, a hatchway man employed by Messrs. M. Jones Bros., while in the office about to draw his pay on Saturday, suddenly col- lapsed and died almost immediately. He was 66 years of age and a widower, with two sons. The body was afterwards taken to the hospital by the police ambu- lance.

CHANCE WITH A PARACHUTE It was stated at an inquest at Shoreham on Friday on Major A. D. Carter, Cana.- dian Royal Air Force, who was killed while flying on Thursday, that he W84 fly- ing a German machine Had it been pro- vided with a parachute he would have 6tood a chance. A verdict of Death from Misadventure was returned.

BOMB AT A LEGATION. Washington, FridayThe State De- partment reports that an attempt was made to demolish the American Legation at San Jooc, Costa Rica on Monday night, by a bomb which was placed near the entrance. The explosion, however, caused only slight damage, and nobody as in- jurd.-Reuter.

AUSTRALIA BY AIR. The Royal Aero Club announces, in connection with the 910,000 prize offered by the Australian Government for a flight by an aeroplane or seaplane from Great Britain to Australia, that an entry ban been received from Mr. Bert Flinokler (Sopwith "Dove" biplane, 80-h.p, Le Rhone engine), The only control atation on the route of the flight will be at Singapore.

=^- = ELECTION EGGS. I I' Wild scenes are being witnessed in the East Antrim election. At Connor, near Ballymena, the crowd refused to hear Major Moore, the Unionist candidate, or Capt. Craig or Capt. Dixon. All three were howled down by a rival mob. Although extra police had been drafted into the village, they were unable to pre- vent disorder. Outside the hall rotten eggs and stones were thrown, and a motor- car was damaged.

l GIRL IN THE RANKS. A sensational discovery was made dur- ing a parade of American troops at Knotty Ash Camp, Liverpool. A girl wearing an American naval uniform wae found in the ranks. The girl was Elsie- Warner, aged W, of Birmingham, and she had disappeared from a home a month ago. The incident woe robbed of its romance on Friday, when Warner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment at Liver- pool for stealing articles belonging to the .woman superintendent of a home of which she was an inmate.

A GERMAN OFFER. Copenhagen, Friday.—A Berlin tele. gram of to-day's date deals with the cor- respondence at Spa between Marshal Foek and the German Armistico Commission regarding the destruction of the mines in Northern France. It says that the Ger- man Government has declared its wil- lingness that German experts acquainted with the localities should meet the French mine managers and give them all particulars of the material in German hands in order to assist in the restoration of the mines. The French accepted the offer. It is proposed that the meeting shall take place at Si)a.-Reuter.

— BOY POISONED BY WHISKEY i A seven-year-old boy was reported, at Portland Urban District Council meeting, to have died from alcoholic poisoning. A councillor said the child died in 12 hours through drinking a large quantity of whisky, and he asked that there should be an inquiry. Thoee who interest them- selves," he said, in the preservation of young life ought to have something to say in repard to a scandal of this kind." It was a very bad case," said another councillor, and we ought to prevent similar cases if possible." The council unanimously decided to ask why the coroner did not

PRINCE'S VISIT I SUGGESTED CONFERMENT OF THE FREEDOM. ——— The following letter has been received by Mr. E. J. Davies, the secretary of the Swansea Branch of the Comrades of the Great W ar:— Dear Sir,-I am desired by the Prince of Wales to thank you for your letter of the 20th inst., in which rou ask that the members of the Swansea iirancn of the Comrades of the Great War should form a guard of honour for his Royai Highness during iris visit to the city on the 27th June. In reply I have to inform you that all local arrangements for this visit are in the hands of the Town Clerk, to whom I have forwarded your letter, expressing his Royal Highness's hope that it may be possible to comply with your request. —I am, yours faithfully, Godfrey Thomas, Assistant Secretar," SUGGESTED CONFERMENT OF THE FREEDOM. Letters have been reaching the 'Leader* this wet-k-anki many personal suggestions have been made to us by prominent Swansea citizetis-that the town should not. allow the occasion of the Prince of Wales's visit to pass without conferring upon H.R.H. the Freedom of the Borough. As our readers know, the Prince has al- ready accepted the proposal of the Car- diff Corporation to make him a freeman of the city, and, if the Council of Swan- sea decided upon a similar procedure, it would be a move welcomed by all the re- sidents of the town. The Prince has been, during the last, five years, f^ more than a figure head. lie has identified himself with the hard- est work of the Army. He has taken his fair share in the heat and the burden of I the day. It would be a most appropriate act on the part of Swansea to offer the Prince of Wales the highest distinction it is in the power of tlt. town to bestow, and we hope that steps will be taken to render his Swansea visit on June 27th notable in this respect.

THE NORTH MAIL. I Improved Swansea Delivery I Arrangements. The delivery of the North Mail letteft at 10 a.m. which hits been restricted to the oentre of the town d-urine the war, will, on and from Monday next, the 26th inst., be extended to include the whole of the town ae in pre-war times. A delivery of letters and parcels com- mencing at 6 p.m. will also be v ade throughout the town 88 soon as the re- quired number of postmen a/re demobilised.

GEN. NOTT'S GRANDSON. I The death ha$occurred at Bromley, Kent, of Colonel Wm. Candabar Jas. Ferrer Nott, grandeon of Major-General Sir Wm. Nott, G.C.B. to whose memory etands a fine bronze statue at Carmar- then, where the General had lived, died, and was buried.

REMANDED ON BAIL. I Thomas Bowden (38), driver, and Wm. Riordon (62), warehouseman, were re- manded on bail until Wednesday next at I Swansea on Saturday, on a charge of being concerned together in stealing and receiving a sack of oats value £1 17s. 3d from Messrs. Weavers' Mills, Swansea, on May 23rd.

I WAUNARLWYDD NURSE. I With reference to the resignation of Mrs. Jane Evane., who has served the Waunarlwvdd district as maternity nurse for over 35 years, "Well Wishes" nrges that after such a creditable record it is duo to the lady that some appreciation of her devoted services should be made in some tangible form.

HOCKEY. All interested in hockey are asked to attend a meeting to be held at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, for the purpose of dis- cussing the future. There is a keen de- sire in Swansea, Cardiff and Newport to revive the game, and the prospects are said to be verj bright. Mr. P. J. Adams, of 19, oodland-road, Barry Dock, is the hon. secretary.

BUSINESS IN WELSH. At Llandovery Board of Guardians on Friday— Ald. Watkins: I find that in Carnar- von the business of the board is con- ducted in Welsh. I fail to find why we should not do the same here. The Clerk: If you are going to have the business of the board conducted in Welsli;, I shall have to apply for an in- crease of salary. ?J'' B .U'? B&' .'I. '—J."il"-

THE FINAL MEETING. I The closing meeting of the Swansea Evangelical Convention was held on Fri- day evening, the meeting, which was well attended, being a short one, as many visitors wisht'd.ol:o leave by train, and there was but one speakor, the Rev. F. W. Ainley, M.A. The Rev. W. W. Lewis presided. The Bev. H. C. Mander announced that the financial contributions had not yet met expenses, but he was in receipt of a let- ter from one who wished to make a thank- offering. Mr. Mander also pointed out that at the 1918 eonventiftn, it was only I at the Itst meeting that expenses were met, and he hoped their experience would be similar.

I COMPULSORY PILOTAGE. I Captain Davie?, of Swansea.v represent- ing the Bristol Channel Pilot's Associa- tion, has secured the co-operation of the labour Parly in inquiring of the Board of Trade whether it is considered policy to allow foreign shipowners to pilot their chips in home waters now that hostilities have ceased, and whether it is not doasi- rable, in the intereete of the nation, to make the pilotage of all aliips entering and leaving British ports compulsory, and whether measures will be adopted to re- quire every ship entering or leaving a British port to employ a registered and certificated pilot, and the question of whether the shipowners are adopting the practice of only using pilots in b&d weather is to be gone into. It is probable the Labour Party will put the matter into the hands of Mi', r Hartshorn.

THE ITALIAN CABINET ORLANDO'S SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENTS PARIS, Saturday. The Petit Journal writes that since his return Signor Orlando has several times consumed his colleagues in the Italian Cabinet who are now in Paris. In well-informed Italian circles a crisis is expected, after which Signor Orlando will reconstitute hi6 Cabinet. A Rome telegram in the came paper announces that, according to advices from Paris, Ennor Crispi, Alinister of Sup- plies, and Marquis imperial, the Italian Ambassador in London, have been ap- pointed Italian delegates to the Peace Conference.

HEROES ALL. -0 Abbey Service for Dead Soldiers. There was a crowded congregation at the memorial service for officers and men of the Overseas Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in this war, and of thanksgiving for a victorious conclu- sion, at Westminster Abbey at noon to- day. The IJing and Queen, Queen Alexandra, and Princess Victoria drove up to the Abbey in open carriages. There were also present the Prince of Wales, Duke of Con- naught, Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur of Connaught. The Navy and Army were strongly rep- resented, the former by Mr. Walter Long and Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyts and other naval offioers, whilst the Army was represented by General Sir Julian Byng, General Currie, Sir Ian Hamilton, and Mr. Winston Churchill. The address was given by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. The Recessional and National Anthem having been sung, the Last Post was sounded, followed by the Reveille.

JEW IN THE WORLD. Swansea Zionist Secretary's Con- gratulations. Mr. W. Goldberg, hon. secretary of the Swansea. Zionist Council, wishes to thank the ladies and gentlemen who helped to make the Zionist meeting in the Theatre Roya.1. addressed by the Very Rev. Haham and Dr. M. Gaster, the unqualified suc- cess it wpa. He especially thanks the Jewish section for their sympathetic attitude, which shows that we are approac-hing that brotherhood of peoples which is the only i guarantee of a happy future.

BOXINQ AT PLYMOUTH, Bert Ware, of Treorchy, beat Curly Os- borne, of Islington, in the ninth round of a contest at Plmyouth Cosmo, on Fl rlay night.

THEFT OF A DOOR. A steel worker, natned David J. Davies (31), at Swansea on Saturday, pleaded guilty to stealing a wooden door value 7s., the property of the Berthlwyd Colhery Co., on May 21st, and was fined So or one month.

MOTORIST WHO CARRIED ON. A fine of 40s. vras imposed on & cottier named Thomas Williams (32), at Swan- sea, on Saturday, for driving a motor car to the danger of the public at Penclawdd on April 30th. Defendant was also fined 20s. for failing to stop when requested to do so by a police officer.

STOLEN POP. A boy of 10 years of age was summoned at Swansea County Juvenile Court on Saturday for stealing four bottles of mineral water, value Is., from a motor lorry at Kingsbridge, the property of Emanuel Thomas, Swansea. The boy and the parent were each bound over in the sum of 410 for 12 months.

JUDGE'S JOKE. I should have thought it (unemploy- ment pay) would hare gone on whether the man was in prison or not," said Mr. Justice Coleridge amid laughter in the Divorce on Friday. The Judge was re- ferring to a man's unemployment pay, which was said to have been stopped when he went to gaol for not maintaining his wife and child.

FWJN<5 ^EATH KNELL.  KNELL." St. John's, May 23rd.-Cr.ptain Morgan, the navigator of Air. itaynham's Martin- svde-Rolls-Royce n ach;ne, in a statement to the people of St. Johns to-ni^M, says u The Times correspondent, announced his forced retirement from the flying "game." He Fnid The doctors have rung the death knell on my flying again, bnt the Raymor built anoTr, will start again on the groat adven- ture, guided by Raynham and navigated by another, perhaps better than myself. He -,dlci that he would have the sati- sfaction of greeting the aeroplane at Bnxikiands as th? conqufrror of the Atlantic." Oaptarn Morgan has probably loet the use of his left eye as the resit of his crash last Sunday, when he and Raynham tried to follow Hawker on the great flight. I

RENT QUERIES. Further rent queries are dealt with as under:— Slion.Sorry but no increase is j justified by law at the present time. The pre-war rent stiil holds good. Neath-road, Motristoll.Unless any structural alterations have been done to the premist-s your rent as from May 5th should be 28s. 10d: per month Marlboro'-roa<?.At present the landlord is not justified in increasing the rent, and he canwt enforce you to leave on the ground of Irour refusal to pay the extra rent demanded. Light."—If the last tenant paid C30 prior to hostilities, the ingoing tenant should also pay the same. As the rates are paid separately there is no increase justified on that fcore. r V «

BRITISH FLEET I STEAMING ON TO KRONSTADT. The British Fleet is said to be steaming on to Kronstadt. This statement, made last night by the Russian Liberation Com- mittee in London, coincides with the Bol- shevik admission that the Soviet forces are fighting a defensive action less than 25 miles from Petrograd. General ilaynard reports a further im- portant suc-fesi, at the north-western end cr Lake Onega. The troops of the Arch- angel Relief Force are temporarily held up at Murmansk owing to the ice condi- tions at Archangel. 5,000 PRISONERS. I Cossacks Rout Bolshevik 8th Army I bkat,erinodar, Wednesday, delayett (re- ceived Saturday).-The Cossacks have compietely routed the Bolshevik 8th Army on the Middle Donetr. First ac- counts state that 5,000 prisoners have been taken and that the pursuit is continuing. General Denekin has delivered a vic- torious attack on the whole Monitch River i front. Torqoroya has been occupied, and the Bolsheviks are now in disorderly flight northwards towards the fords. Gen- era-1 Denikin's cavalry, a part of which swam the Manitch, are pursuing them along the both banks of the river. Some I thousands of prisoners have been cap-I tured.

RUN OVtR. I Inquest on Llansamlet Child. I I An inquest was held at Swansea on ¡! Saturday on a child named Donald Pearce (4), of Station-road, Llansamlet, who died at the Swansea Hospital on May 22nd as the result of injuries received the same day, through being knocked down and run over by a locomotive and trucks. Thomas Pearce, the deceased's boy's brother, stated that he and his brother w-pre crossing the line to go to a football field, when he saw an engine poshing trucks coming along towards them. He jumped off the line, but his brother in following him slipped, and the wheels of the trucks went over his legs. He shouted to the driver of the engine, but he did not hear him. He then went to fetdh his mother. The driver of the locomotive -taid he did not see anyone on the line, but soon after he saw a 'man gesticulating and shouting, and then the deceased's brother also shouting. He pulled up and got off the engine. Dr. McCall gave medical evidence. The jury returned a verdict of deaii. from injuries accidentally received."

OUR BIGGEST AIRSHIP. ¡ R 34 to Attempt the Atlantic Flight j R 34. Britain's biggest airship, is now prepared to attempt to fly the Atlantic. For that purpose she has been fitted with extra petrol tanks. These facts were ascertained yesterday 1 at Inchinnan, near Glasgow, where Col. Hicks is expected to arrive during the week-end. If the airship is, as is expected, I taken from her shed on Monday, she will probably be steered to the Government's aerodrome at East Fortune, where she will rest until instructions are issued to begin the Atlantic flight.

BURNING FATALITY. I The two-year-old child of Alfred Munn, collier, of Melyncourt, Resolven, died on Saturday morning from the effects of "urns received the previous evening. The I mpther put the child to sleep with its brother, and on hearing screams rushed I upstairs to find the child in flames. t

A FATAL SEIZURE. í At the inquest held at Neath on Sat- urday morning oiL Lauretta Pullman (53), wife of John Walter Pullman, of 93, Lon- don-road, Neath, it was stated that the deceased lady was found dead in bed by her daughter. Dr. Lewis in evidence said death was 1 due to apoplexy, and a verdict accord- ingly was returned.

PENCLAWDD MARKSMEN. I Three Penclawdd boys, Glyn Rees (17), j Bernard Ellis (16). and Griffith ThomM (15), collier boys, were each fined 10s., at I Swansea on Saturday for throwing stones l at telegraph insulators at Penclawdd, on May 8th. ¡ Supt. F. W. Smith said that 51 insula- j tors had been broken recently. ===== I

UNCLAIMED MONEY. I The total unclaimed moneys in the I hands of banks, corporations and com- panies is estimated by Mr. Bottomley at I £lOU,OHO,OÜO, and he wants to hand over this tidv sum to the Chancellor of the j Hxchequer. j In the House of Commons on Friday he j moved the second reading of a Bill pro- riding that hanks, etc., should hand over sums lying unclaimed in their possession for a period of six years, to be used for j the benefit of the State. t The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not think the amount of these dormant balances was anything approaching ?CO?OO.OOO. He wac, however, pre- j pared to agree to the second readng of the Bill, and then refer it to a Select I Committee, where it could be moulded | into a practical measure.

3,700 MILES OF KHAKI. Asked as to the number of yards of khaki material held on behalf of the Gov- ernment, and whether, in view of present prices of clothing material for covilian wear he will release any portion so that it may be re-dyed for civilian requirements, j Mr. Forster says in Parliamentary j papers: "The stock of material suitable for dyeing for civilian wear is approxi- mately 6,500,000 yards. The amount of this material that can be handed over to I the Ministry of Munitions is now under consideration, having regard to the set- j tlement of reserves to be maintained and ) the upkeep of the existing and future ] force* in the neld" I

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TO-NIGHT'S EVENTS. ,30i-h Wales and Xonmouthchirc Colliery Officials' Union meeting at T.M.C.A., Neath, at 4>.&. ii&gfed School meeting, 7.30. Ziir-ZM; at the Empire. Oinderelis Man at Elysium. De Luxe Annie" at Royal. The Christian at the Grand. "Sandy" at the Picture Honee. Shame" at Carlton. Forbidden Path at Caetle. TO MORRO-W. Rev- J. Philip Boeers at Walter-road. SeT. W. Pedr Williams at St Paul's. Half-yearly Senicetl at Mount Calvary, Han- sel ton. Sunday School Anniversary at Brune-wick. Band on Mumbles Pier 3.45 and 6.45. MONDAY. Sunday School Anniversary at Brunswick: tea 5..50. public meetinu 7.50. 31 r. J. E. WiUmmb Cattle Sale at Pontar- dawe Mart. 11.0. G T. Pattmao at the Empire Oarl Rosa Opera Co. at the Grand. The Pedlar" at the Elxsium. Mr. Aøtlev Samuel's Sale at 11. Kinc's-road, Kiimbles 12.0. Mr. Joseoh Harris' ftle at Hotel Oameron. at 3.30. The Empty Cab at the Carltcn. "The Broken Tiles" at the Boyal. THE WEATHER. (From the Meteorolorieai Office.1 General Inference. The barometer ohanees are slight, and no important cbacres in the present weather are antici- pated. To-day'a Forcctofct Lie%t indefinite breesea: (air or fine, warm, eomc islirt oil | COMV

TREATY WITH AUSTRIA PREPARING THE MILITARY CONDITIONS is PARIS, Friday (Received Saturday). The four heads of Government met this morning and dealt with, the military conditions to be embodied in the T reaty with Austria and the question of Aus- x trian prisoners of war. In the afternoon the five Foreign Ministers met and adopted the findings of the Czecho-Slovak Commicvsion fil favour of the union of the Ruthenes ip Hungary with Coecho-Slovakia. The Council of Five also discussed the activi- ties of the Germans in Upper Silesia, and came to a decision regarding the re- victualling of the Baltic Provinces. L

PONTARDULAIS PITS. Extensive developments are taking place at Graig Merthyr Colliery, Pontar- dulais, just now.

MORE BUTTER SOON. Copenhagen, Friday.—The Extrabla- det learns that the export of butter to England on a considerable scale begins immediately; an agreement has been reached regarding prices.-Reuter.

U.S. 8-HOURS BILL. Washington, Friday —A national fight- hours working day, beginning on January 1, 1921, is proposed in a Bill introduced JY Senator Moses (Republican). The measure applies to mines, quarries, mills, canneries, workshops, factories, and the manufacturing establirhment6 engaged in the production of articles entering into inter-State commerce.—liter.

BOY AND DADDY'S BEER. George James Saunders, 15, a lift-boy, of Manor-park, has made an unpromising start in life. On May 15 he took another lad's bicycle to a general dealer and said it belonged to his father, and his sister's gold wristlet watch he took to a jeweller's shop and sold it for 6s. At East Ham on Friday, when he was charged with stealing the bicycle and watch, the lad's father said he had given trouble ever since he left school. A detective said he had poured liniment into hi* father's beer, and added, feel- ingly. that he seemed a most callous boy. The magistrate decided to send him to a reformatory until he is 19 years of age.

HUN IN THE TOWER. Commander Keiserwetter, the Gorman U-boat officer who was arrested by the British Navy at Falmouth on his way hack from Spain to Germany, is still in the Tower, and his case is now under ex- amination. He has boasted of having sunk hospital ships. His name appeared m the list of 150 German submarine offi- cers who had been killed, taken prisoner or driven into neutral countries, and where they had been interned, which the Admiralty published last September. He was stated to have obtained a safe- conduct from the French Government. He is accused of having violated the Laws of war and huminty by his U-boat crimes, and there is doubt as to the validity of his safe-conduct in face of this charge.

CHAPLAIN FINED. 1 An Army chaplain named George Law- rence was charged at Folkestone on Sat- urday with attempting to defraud the Customs by smuggling tobacco. A Cus- toms officer said that on the arrival of a steamer from Boulogne defendant said he had nothing liable for duty, but oji searching his baggage vritnem found 18 packets of cigarettes, three tins of Caven- dish tobacco, a box of cigars. Defendant said that, as an offioer, be bad often travelled and had not been asked to "declare" before. The Customs oifioer said the defendant aleo told him that he wae able to get them fairly cheap, and, being demobilised, he wanted eome* thing to go on with. He was ordered to pay double value and duty, SS 26. 2d., and the tobacco and cigars were confiecated. = ————— 4

COCOA FIRMS COMBINE. In connection with the registration at the British Cocoa and Chocolate Com- pany, Ltd., which is a combination ot Cadbury Brothers, Ltd., and -Fry and Sons, Ltd., it was ascertained in Birming- ham on Friday that, although the scheme had not been finally completed, the two firms have been working in combination for some time past. It is intended to keep the names and the goodwill of the -wo concerns in existence, and the busi- nesses will be carried on separately, al.. though the directors will meet to consider matters affecting their jbint interests, that the combined experience may be available in effecting economics in maftU- facture and selling organisation. American competition, already great, is oonsidered likdy to increase, competi- tion from Switzerland is also anticipated on a big ecale, and the proposed working arrangement would enable these British firms more effectively to meet it. The capital will be £ 2,500.000 in El shares-

STRUGGLE FOR A RAZOR. II The story of a mother's struggle wi nêr frenzied daughter for possession of razor, her failure to secure the weapon. and the daughter's suicide before her mother's eyes, was related to the West Ham coroner on Friday. Ethel Burton, aged 28, of Trinity-etreet, Tidal Basin, wife of a soldier now inGer- many. on Wednesday morning sprang otft of bed, knocked her mother down, atia. taking a razor from a cupboard, ran into He irden. The mother followed and closed wit" her, but her daughter threw her down agrnin, and also felled another woman who -vent to the mother's aid. She then drew the razor across her throat and inflicted terrible injuries, ti'03* j which she died immediately.. Medical evidence showed that wa suffering from consumption.. The coroner entered a verdict o Suicide whilst of unsound mind."

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