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A,
THURSDAY,
IZre
JUNE
1924,
for
the
famous
beach
of
Lo Touquet,
wh-ra
ha
will sp2nd
the
woakend.
Honolulu,
June
7 h.—The
Special
Squadron
of
the
Biitish
Navy,
head-d
by
the
baitle-eruiser
‘"Hood,”” arrived
here
yesterday
for a
visit of
one
week.
Winnipez,
Mann.,
June
Bth.--The
North couniry of
Alberta
with its miil-
jions
of
acres
of
timber,
is
ablsze
for
one hundred
miles
North
of Mc Murray,
with fire coverinz
a territory
from ffty
to seventy
miles
east
and
west
of that
place,
according
to
word
received
here
fiom
Col.
Cornwall,
I'orestry
Superin-
tendent
who declares
it the
worst fire
in
the
past
25 years.
The blvze
originated
on the head
waters
of a creek
where
bea-
ver hunters
had established
camps.
Prac-
tically the entire
beaver
country
%as been
destroyed.
1t will be
necessary
to
shut
down
on
beaver
trapping
for the
next
five
years.
The
loss
in timber
is up
in
the
millions
of
dollars aiready
and
the
fire is stiil raging,
Belfast.
June Bth --Word was
received
here
today
that Viscount
Perrie.
Chair-
man of the Harland
and
Wolff Shipbuild-
‘ing Company,
has
died at
sea
near
the
Panama
Canual.
Lord Perrvie,
ageompan
ied by La‘ly Perrie
sailed
on
Mareh
20th
for
Southampton
for
a three
months
vi-
sit to Brazil and
Argen'ine,
to make
an
inspection
of
! arbour
conditions
and
facilities
for
new
steamers
of
the
Har-
land and Woltf Company.
Ottawa,
June Bth.—The
debate
on
the
Lausanne
Treaty
in
the
British
House
of
Commons
on
[riday
is
to
have
iis
counterpart
in
the
Canadian
House
on
Monday.
The
estimates
of
the
exter-
nal affairs department
are
to come under
fire and
the Premier
is
expected
to make
a formal statement
of
the
Government’s
position
on
the
Lausanne
Treaty
and
the
reasons
which
led
him
not
to
ask
the
Canadian
Parliament
to
approve
that agreement.
London,
June
9ih.— leaders
in
the
anti-American
movement,
which
has
sprung
up i Japan
as
a result
of Ameri-
can exciusion
of
Japanese,
are planning
further
demonstrations,
accordiug
to
a
Tokio
despatech
‘o
the
Central
News.
The
despatch
reports
that
demonstra-
tors
planned
to
vi it
foreign
churches
last
night
to
protest
from
the
pulpits
against
exclusion.
Kingston,
Jamaica
June
10th--Serious
riotiag
occurred
in Kingston
yesterday
arising out of the
pay accepted
by
some
labourers
being engaged
by the Kingston
and St.
Apdrew
Corperation
for
the re-
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TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROIX STATION.
New
York, June 6:th—Raw
sugar
was
quieter
today
and
in
the
absence
of
new business
prices
wepe
unchanged
at
477
for
Cuban,
duty
paid,
Trading in
raw sugar
was of an evening up
charac-
.
ter,
but
the undertone
was steadier.
Pri-
-
ees
at
best
showed
advances
of 9to
11
';t)“pomts
on covering,
but eased
off partially
%in the
late trading
under
realizing
and
* were finally 4 to 8 points
net
higher.
Ju-
ly closed
3.26, September
3 38,
December
3.25,
March 3-05.
Refined
sugar
was
un-
changed
at 6 390,
to
6.40, for fine
granu-
lated.
wiih only a slight inquiry
report-
e@>
Recfined
futures
were
nominal.
"Reuters,
Melbourne
June
6 h—An
Air
Mail Service
between
Adelaide and
Syd-
ney,
a
distance
of over
7509
miles,
was
- ipaugurated
this morning,
The first aer-
oplane
in the
new service arrived
ar Syd-
ney
from
Adelaide
a day
behind
the
schedule
time, owing
to misty
weuthor,
London,
June sth—Mr.
Hareourt
John-
stope,
a Liberal
member
of Parliament,
S(:&)f
Sir Alan
Johnstone,
has
won
the
second
prize
in the great
Caleutta
Derby
Sweep.
He
shared
his
ticket with
a
s iend.
Its
amount
is
expected
to
be
ahout
20,000
pounds.
Tokin,
June
9th.—Captain
Doisy,
the
K'rench
aviator,
successiully
com-
pleted
bis long flight from Paris
to
Tokio
this morning when
he arrivad at Tokoro-
sawa,
about 30
miles
northwes:
of here.
He
left
Osaka
at 830
a.
m. completing
the last leg
of hls
flight in
tliree hours
and
one minute.
London,
Jupe
Tth.—The
Prince
of
Wales
is
enroute
1o spend
another
holl-
day
in France.
He
left London
Friday
N 6 133
|
construction
of
the
Kingston
strecte.
.
Hundreds
of others
mostly of the
booli-
gan
class
shouting
for higher
pay
took
.
away
the tools
from those
accepting
the
!
lower
day rate
and
soon
get
out
of co
I
trol and
rushed
towards
the
reconstruc
!
tion
offices
wreckiaz
them
severeiv
wounding
some
of the staff.
The police
wete
called
out
and
1n the
melee
ensuing
tow of
the rioters
were killed
and fort:
|
wounded
and
seven
policemen
are
in the
.
hospital.
Free
use
was made
of stores,
'
bricks,
botiles,
ironpipes,
shovsls
and
.
pickaxes
and it
is said
revolvers,
Aftc:
.
firing
over their
heads
and
not
despers-
|
ing but
answering
with a redoubled
fire
|
of
bricks
ete
the police
in
self
defen-.
|
charged
with batons,
bayonets
and rifles
'
and
were
it
not
for
the
meritorousiy
prompt
action
easualties
would bave
been
.
heavier.
The rioters
fled inall directions
|
as
soon
as
a
real
volley was
fired
into
-
the
ecrowd
and
screams
of anguish
rent
|
the
air.
The
City
remains
perfectiy
|
quiet
and
business
was
carried
on
as
.
usual.
London,
June
9th.—The
anti-Ameri-
.
can demonstration
at
the {mperial Hotel
\
in
Tokio
has
focussed
attention
afresh
.
on
the
immigration
troube
and
the
.
comment
ol the morning
newspapers
1s
|
tinetured
with
anxiety.
i
London,
May 26th
- (Delayed
in trans-
i
mission)
The bye eiection
for the
Kelv-
|
ingrove Division of Glysgow resulted
as
|
follows.
Eiliott,
Conservative,
15,483,
.
Ferguson,
Labour,
11,167,
and
Pratt,
|
Liberal,
1,372.
London,
June
10th.—The
holiday
|
crowds
at
the
Wembley
Ixhibition
|
yesterday
(Whit
Monday,)
exceeded
all
|
expectations,
numbeiing
no
less
thun
|
821.322.
The
West
India
regiment
ban
|
|
beaded
the
Bristol
pageant
performers
'
round the
grounds
and
taroughout
the
|
day
the
Wesi
Indies
pavilion
was
so
'
densely
erowded
that
it
was necessary
to
.
form the throng
into cueu-s
outside
the
|
Jamaica
coffve and
planters
punch
room
|
and
the
‘l'rinidnd
choenlate
lounge.
'
During the afternoon
hundreds
of people
.
picnicked
in
the
Wesc
Indian
Gardens.
;
Over
thirty five thouand
persons
visited
'
the
Bermuda
pavilion during
the
day.
!
New York, June 9th.-
The
raw
sugar
|
market
was firmer
today
and
pr.ces
ac-
'
vanced
516
to
the
basis
of
5 (09
for
'
Cuban, duty paid.
A better
inquiry wi
s
|
reported
for
refined
sugar,
but
wiu
|
prices unchanged
at
6.30
to
6.40 for fine
I
granulated.
Refined futures
were
nonii-
nal.