Daily Examiner from Grafton, New South Wales, Australia • 5

6 i I IlUicPAlLl EXAMLNEli 7JL1 ia? 192th ft WANT ARBITRATION SORDID STORY THEODORE SILENT LIVE STOCK' SEVERE TEST AGAINST WAR Jealous Woman Menacing Demand New Act Opposed Mahony Voluble Question Of Disease Car Experiments Attitude Of rance UMON CONGRESS DISCUSSION JUDGE INDING DOCTOR THREATENED THE RIGHT SEL DEENCE MB OER REUSED INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY chemist BOUND OVER MB ALLEGATION ALLEGED CONESSION TO POLICE IMPORTATION PUBE BREDS MB AMEBY TAKES A HAND a Dr of the 4 ITALIAN REUNION A JOYUL WELCOME NEWSPAPER IN STOMACH LAW IS OOTBALLERS IGHT icebreaker CEYLON had RECASTING CONSTITUTION TO BESTOBE CONIDENCE NEWS THE WORLD CHILD ENDOWMENT DISAPPEARANCE EXPLAINED MARKETING BOARD EDERAL COMMISSION EVIDENCE 3 LONDON CANCER CONERENCE ABDUCTION CHARGE GIRL DID NOT WANT HIM AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIANS Shot her1 brother THE TOLD TO KEEP AWAY QUARTERS IN HOLLAND PICTURESQUE SPOT AT HAABLEM ORD BEHIND HOOVEB PROLONGED BEER STRIKE BIG SUGAR DEAL CONSERVATIVE WINS BY ELECTION 300000 TONS OR BRITAIN would TOUR DE RANCE OPPERMAN DELIGHTED GARMENTS TORN SUICIDE CAUGHT IN REVOLVING DRILL AUSTRALIAN MAILS IN DETERMINED ASHION MAN NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH by the conference EXPRESS ENGINE DERAILED BISLEY SHOOTING OUT WORK GOOD WORK BY BREAKDOWN GANG WANDERING ITALIANS i cross TRAM DRIVER DISMISSED HIT AND RUN MOTORIST COAL SUPPLIES INTERNATIONAL TENNIS Bank and INGERS ALMOST SEVERED DEMPSEY MAY COME BACK LET CAB TO ATTEND INJURED MAKING AN EXAMPLE HIM LOWER QUOTATIONS NARROW ESCAPE a REPORTED GOLD DISCOVERY SAVIDGE CASE JAPANESE VISITORS SYDNEY CIVIC RECEPTION SHOT BY MISTAKE MASONIC INSTALLATION AUSTRALIA HOUSE ROLLED OVER DODGING THE INCOME TAX OICERS TAKEN OR BANDITS IMPOSING RECEPTION MISHAP TO COLLIER PECULIAR £100000 SAID TO BE INVOLVED at 4 4 was that on April 12 residence of the doctor sat but had the and as id house statement from the dock Toplis that he ever threatened Taylor not have a revolver in his posses April 12 When he called on the PARIS Monday The police state that Miss Sylvia An derson the 19 year old Melbourne girl who disappeared mysteriously has been found to have left for London with her father LONDON Monday The Hallam by election owing to Sir II Sykes having been appointed Governor of Bombay resulted: Sir Louise Smith (Conservative) 9417 votes lynn (Labor) 5393 and Hohman (Liberal) 2715 LONDON Monday The irregularity of the Australian mails is causing much annoyance Since Janu ary 30 there have been six lapses The High Commissioner lias held repeated con ferences with shijowners with the object of maintaining weekly mails The Aus tralasian Chamber of Commerce is pro testing and other organisations are com bining with the object of obtaining a re arrangement SYDNEY Tuesday Speaking at a civic reception to Prince Takamatsu and officers of the Japanese Squadron the Chief Civic Commissioner Mr leming said: value the friend ship between our country and yours and we trust it will continue for all PROMINENT PLAYERS OB AUSTRALIA to town seeking work but without sue cess tin regulations are being rigidly REMANTLE WATERSIDE WORKERS 4 COST BUTTER AND SUGAR BOUNTIES governor general as grand MASTER PROTEST AGAINST JUDGE AWARD IRREGULARITY CAUSES ANNOYANCE PRIVATE PROPERTY AT MUSWELL BROOK hi 1 CHARGE ATTEMPTING TO KILL SYDNEY Tuesday Malachite suddenly listed at the coal depot of her to night was installed INJUNCTIONS AGAINST STRIKE EXECUTIVE While he i 4 he road the tram moved off but damage was done PERTH Tuesday Hundreds of Southern Europeans have been thrown out of work and are in a desperate condition as the result of the entering through existing methods gulations would be made to stop it LONDON Monday Czarnikow Limited have completed a record sugar deal of 3u0U00 tons purchased from the Cuban Export Corporation for British refiners The cost is £3500000 aud sixty boats will bring the sugar to Britain from August to December The purchase was due to Budget Changes protecting the British refiners i learing from the Agricultural Industries Assistance Board British born sub jects are eni Tuesday ollowing an inquiry into the cause of tram running awnv on the Perth re mantle road on Thursday driver Roberts has been dismissed for leaving his ear When descending a hill a woman and child were knocked over and Roberts left his car to attend to them While he was no the House of the Ministry to the fact that foot and mouth dis could be brought into the country WASHINGTON Monday Republican leaders believe that tluC alignment of Henry ord with the Hoover movement will do much to raise the pres tige of the movement ord will actively support the Hoover campaign A LONDON Mouday The Cancer Conference comprises 360 delegates including those from the Dom inions of which Australia is preponder ant with Drs Blackburn Dansey Dumbill McKiUop and Parks AGREEMENT WITH BRITISH DEPARTMENT RESULT WA DECISION PERTH Tuesday A stop work meeting of the waterside workers at remantle carried a resolution urging their federation to withdrew im mediately from the ederal Arbitration Court a protest against Judge Reeby Italian reunion was effected the icebreaker Krassin when Italians led by the who Rickard slates Tunney the next London Ritkard would come back the title from Ileenev in London LIVERPOOL Tuesday The Coroner held an inquest to day con cerning the death of Bernard Patrick Sheridan of a blacksmith by trade who took liis life in a determined fashion at bis shop on June 27 Over Sir Granville reception at Aus tralia House to meet the Prince of Wales There was a distinguished gathering re presentative of political social naval and military life Included in the large party were officers of the and Aus tralia the Australian Olympic team and the Australian lady tennis players further period of 12 months of having failed to stop his had collided with another Leichhardt The Magistrate remarked: 1 hd 1 taken against the Hyde Park con in connection with the Savidge TERMS PARLIAMENTARY VOTE LONDON Monday think I had better drive in said Mr Amery after a 20 60 cylinder motor car had double somersaulted down a steep bank at the Luton motor works during a designed severe test to demon strate its suitability for overseas con ditions The chauffeur started the engine and the ear moved through a densely grassed and shrubbed hill It mowed through the grass bumped over obstacles and jumped the first embankment The chauffeur quitted the ear at the edge of the second embankment down which the mechanics tipped the vehicle which landed on its own wheels after a double somersault breaking the wind screen wrecking the footboard and damaging the mudguards Otherwise the ear was unscathed and the chauffeur re started it and drove off He stopped and took Mr Amery on board and then drove A nmi1 fbn ahAflPmff nun LU me WUift auim vMwmig hundreds of people By special arrangement world service in addition to other special sources information is used in the compilation of the overseas intelligence published in this issue and all rights therein in Australia andNe Zealand ars reMrved LONDON Monday In the House of Commons Sir Joyn son Hicks announced that nrt proceedings will be stables case The collier while berthed owners Howard Smith Black wattle Ray this morning rolled over on to a punt laden with timber and is now partly submerged The cause of the mis hap is unexplained and ui the opinion of salvage exports the task the vessel will be difficult NEWCASTLE Tuesday It is' reported that a gold reef has been discovered on the property of Mr McDonald at Muswellhrook The war clerk is besieged with applications for permission to prospect on private pro NEW YORK Monday that if Heeney beats fight will be held in believes that Dempsey and attempt to regain SYDNEY Tuesday Toplis 38 a chemist waa charged Darlinghurst Sessions to day with demanded against Op re ride team 'LONDON Monday Mr William Harrison on behalf of the Invcrcsk Paper Company has purchased a controlling interest in the Lord Reading is retiring from the chairmanship LONDON Monday Mr Ormsby Gore replying to Mr Hurd in the House of Commons said that with few exceptions the 962 Little Bro admitted to Australia between 1925 27 were all very satisfactorily set tled PARTS Monday The Australian cyclist who finished eighteenth after the luxury of a long sleep is all smiles He says lie is de lighted at being able to finish the Tour de rance He pays a tribute to the wonder ful riding of rantz Leducq who finished second and the organisation of the Alycon team and considers the experience will enable him to benefit on July 19 at the Velodrome Buffalo when he begins an match behind pacers Leducq onteii and' Giragandengo perman manager Bruce Small is ceiving offers of engagements to from all over Europe The rest of (he are well and hope to return home as sooi as possit ic MELBOURNE Tuesday Giving evidence the ederal Child Endowment Commission tb day Mr Pringle representing the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures' declared that the butter and sugar bounties schemes were inflating the basic wage by 29 a wook i The total cost to th? community he said was £12300000 The two bounties placed an enormous tax on industry and it should be considered whether an exportable butter and sugar surplus was desirable until local costs of production were brought down The cost of the Paterson butter scheme lie considered was placing a net charge on the industry under the present method of wage fixation of approximately £4660000 It would be fairer all round if a basic wage were fixed on all items By that he meant a list of commodities selected by the Commonwealth Statis tican IN ENGLAND LONDON Monday Lords Earl Stradbroke for Agriculture was LONDON Tuesday The Australian Press Association un derstands that Tilden is unlikely to pro ceed to Australia before the spring' of 1929 aud that he will probably be accom panied by Hunter junior champion Coen and Helen Wills This spring Helen Wills is not desirous of going with the team and has been recommended to take a woman partner in order to give the Australian doubles as well as singles contests SYDNEY Tuesday The engine of the Melbourne express was derailed at Liverpool this morning The breakdown gang however quickly restored it to the line and the train ar The derailment occurred at the points LONDON Monday 1200 persons were present MELBOURNE Tuesday All day was occupied by the All Aus tralian I nion Congress in discussing the ederal Arbitration 'Amendment Act At the outset Mr Crofts read a letter from the ederal Attorney General Mr Latham offering to address the conference on the Act but suggesting that it would be Letter to have a public meeting Mr Rjsscll (Vie) moved that the correspondence be received and that Mr Latham be informed that no good purpose would be served by his attend ance This was carried Conference decided by 90 votes to 80 to admit the press to all the sittings GETTING TO BUSINESS The conference did not take long to get down to the principal business the discussion on the Arbitration Bill i Mr Crofts secretary of the ACTljf submitted the following motion: That until the objectionable clauses of the amended Arbitration Act are elimin ated and in order to defeat the obvious intention to stultify the activities of the unions registered under the Act the ALP unions be advised to refpse to ap pear in open court in auy dispute with their employers (b) That all registered unions in' a dispute with their employers immediately make application under sec tion 34 to bring about a settlement of their claims and failing to obtain satis faction under this section the dispute be placed in the hands of the ACTU with a view to direct negotiations with the em ployers or the taking of such action as the ACTU and the unions called in under its constitution may GARDEN SAYS Mr Garden (Sydney) said no union should go before Judge Drake Brockman The resolution he thought was a mere camouflage He moved as an amendment: congress repudiates the Anti Trade Union Act of the Bruce Government and if any section of the Bill which the movement claims to he detrimental to any organisation of the Trad? Union movement is put into opera tion this congress pledges itself to assist such organisation in the struggle against the imposition of the anti working class Act the tactics to be adopted in each vase to be left to the full council of the ACTU urther that the ACTU im mediately proceed to organise the most effective means of resistance to the on slaught of the employers through this iniquitous APPLAUSE ROM THE GALLERY Mr Garden said things had developed since it was suggested that the unions should withdraw from thor Arbitration Court Now there was an onslaught by thf employers on wagep He was Bshuqied to find the Melbourne Trade Hall Council had been blinded by the propagnndar of the capitalistic press and the Bruce Gov ernment Mr Bruce and the AAVU were responsible for dazzling them 'with the White Australia issue He would point out that the Bruce Government was going to flood the country with cheap coal from Britain as the beginning of their cam paign for the lowering of wages in Aus tralia They meant to flood Australia with cheap European labor Men in the crowded gallery applauded speech heartily BOYCOTT Mr secretary of the Sea Union said that Mr 'Gardea had put forward a resolution whU lt like many others emanating from Sydney was full of ambiguities In urging delegates to al) talk of he qiovQd a further amendment suggesting the ap pointment of State Committees of Trades Hall Councils to ascertain from the em ployers their attitude towards this legis lation and then the scientific use of the boycott weapon compel the employ ers to bring pressure upon the Govern ment to have the Act Mr Gibson (Vic) proposed an amend ment to the effect that the old Arbitra tion Act be restored with amendments suggested by the unions Mr Davies (NSW) said that the Arbitration Court although it was not satisfactory was a bulwark for the em ployees against the onslaughts on wages and conditions Without the Arbitration Court where would the craft unions be? There would be chaos COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED Eventually it was decided that a com mittee of six be appointed to go thorough ly into the proposed motions and amend ments and to report to conference the best method in the opinion of dealing with the Arbitration Act in the light of the motions and amendments submitted This committee will be select ed to morrow from 13 who were nomin ated 1 LONDON Monday The Commission deputed to visit Cey lon and examine the working of its con stitution has furnished its report In its opinion the present system has outlived its usefulness and is now a source of delay and inefficiency and calls for drastic action ull responsible Govern ment they consider is impracticable at the present time They recommend that the Legislative Council be replaced by a State Council to deal with executive as well as legislative business The Commissioners make commendations designed to fidence in civil and public SYDNEY Tuesday While working on the top of a theatre in the city to day Robert Adair 29 of Lek hliardt lost his footing in his efforts STANTHORPE Tuesday Legal action has been taken in connec tion with the beer strike at Stantborpe which began on May 23 last following a refusal by the licensed victuallers to re duce the price of beeif and spirits ive separate injunctions extending to July 29 have been granted out of the Supreme Court by Mr Justice Macrossan to the Stanthorpe hotelkeepers to restrain the executive of the Beer Strike Com mittee and its agents in that centre from continuing to interfere with the plaintiffs in the exercise of their business LONDQN Monday In the House of Commons Mr Ormsby Gore informed Mr Hahnon that the Em pire Marketing operations were limited by the terms of the Parliamentary a vote to publicity on behalf qf the Em pire products in Australia It activities did not embrace manufacturers In view of its limitations Mr Amery said he would not hesitate 4e aaU a con ference of municipalities and Chambers' of Commerce aiming a a joint publicity effort The terms of thg Parliamentary vote were settled after consultation with the Dominion Prime Ministers and the Government did not at liberty to depart from the arrangements spending the next Imperial Conference Mr 'Alexander asked could not the re enits be improved by asking the Domin ions to reduce their tariffs against Bri tain) There was no answer SYDNEY Tuesday At a meeting of the Council of Pure Bred Cattle Societies the Chief Common wealth Veterinary Officer Mr A Rob ertson outlined steps that were being taken in England to permit of the export of live stock free from foot aud mouth disease He pointed out that it was in tended to establish quarantine depots ucar several of the ports of embarkation Under the agreement between the Brit ish and Australian Departments of Agriculture Australia could suspend the agreement under which stock is permitted to land in Australia after beiug quaran tined in England and this had been done I'c cause of the number of outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in England during the present year A resolution was carried by the meet ing supporting the Commonwealth Gov ernment in its refusal to accept cattle through the quarantine depot until such time as the veterinary officers feel that no risk is being taken and asking that the Government careruiiy waten situation and endepvor to allow importa tion at the earliest moment in order that high class cattle of any breed may be introduced OOT AND MOUTH DISEASE PBE CAUTIONS injure his urife Under cross examination the admitted he had gone for walks defendant but denied that he very intimate terms with her The case was adjourned until several re restore eou services and propose several important changes in lo cal government AMSTERDAM Monday The Australian flag already is waving at tlie Elscrbeek Hotel Haarlem in an ticipation of the Australian Olympic arrival Although the quarters are somewhat cramped and are more than an hour distant from the Stadium there are many compensating features not the least being the quietness spaciousness and beauty of the surroundings Indeed a more picturesque spot could not be imagined The hotel was once a private chateau extending for hundreds of acres and there is every chance that the Aus tralians when exercising will be undis turbed Unfortunately the Australian and other swimmers will not be allowed to practise in the Olympic bath owing to the large number to whom permission have to be extended LONDON Monday At Bisley Harrison with 11 successive bulls won the shoot Association Cup and £25 Bapty was second EMPIRE MATCH In the Empire match the scores in the competition at the 800 yards range were: Britain 1479 India 1477 Australis 1470 Canada 1456 Individual Australians: Pavey 50 Nelson 48 Robinson 48 Ray 47 Gare 47 Green 47 Walker 46 Quirke 46 Evidence was given that Sheridan after taking two days to get a razor keen edge on an old knife jwured a bottle of herosene over his i lothvs sot them alight and cut his throat with the knife His screams brought neighbors to his assist ance but he was so badly burnt that ho died in hospital had become ignited As he was falling Adair clutched some corrugated iron the sharp edge of which gashed his hand He managed to keep his hold and eventually swung himself io safety Ho was con veved to hospital where it was found that three fingers were almost severed The Magistrate remarked: do not think you arc a proper person to drive a car You have no regard for life There are too many hit and run motorists and I am going to make an example of i SYDNEY Tuesday When Valerie Lowe who is 25 years of age left her place of employment in the city on July 4 and met outside she alleges that she was follow ed by Alfred Messenger 26 a dealer who threatened to cut her face with a knife and then with the aid of another man pulled her along various streets asking her to marry him while she told him she would not do that if he were the last man on earth A sequel was the appearance of Mes senger at the Central Police Court to day on a charge of having abducted Miss Lowe with intent to marry her The girl told the police she did not want Messenger to go to gaol but only to be bound over to keep the peace The Magistrate (to the accused): This girl says she docs not want anything further to do with you Messenger: And I want auyfliing further to do with her The Magistrate: See that you or you will get yourself into serious trouble You are discharged and keep away from her OPERATZOmSPBOIICALLY DEINED John at the bavins fjom Dr Leonard Dock The Crown case Tonlis went to the and said want £500 for putting me in a reception house or I will blow your brains He then thrust his hand into his pockets but Dr Taylor grabbed his arm and he rolled iuto the gutter A policeman was called and took Toplis away During the past eighteen months accused frequently rang up Taylor abused him often getting through many as twelve calls in an hour In renlv to the Crown Prosecutor Taylor said he did not have anything to do with the detention in a re ception In a denied He did bion on doctor he had been frequently with a nurse whom Dr Taylor engaged for his own private hospital and Taylor would not allow him to communicate with her The jury found Toplia guilty and tak ing into consideration their recommenda tion for mercy Judge Curlewig bound him over to be of good behavior for three years 3 rfl 'In said alive pase by blood from carcases but there was less risk from South America owing to the long voyage than from the Continent Experiments showed there was greater risk from frozen than chilled meat and the suggestion that chilled should be quarantined for a fixed period was not likely to be a success from a commercial viewpoint Australian and New Zealand meat would be hardly hit as the journey took 50 to 60 days after slaughter It would be wrong to act on suspicion only If thev were satisfied that the disease was re PREPARING OR OVERSEAS CONDITIONS PARTS Monday When Staff General Zoki Bey Air orce Commander and Nibat Bey passed him near Kilizman a gendarme thought one of them resembled a notorious bandit for whom he bad been searching The gen darme whistled a summons to stop the 4 ear but the whistl was not heard as he firedf ahotne bujlt went through the bqih lHs superiors inflict bo 1 POLICE TAKE PROCEEDINGS ALBURYj Tuesday During a football match on the Albury Showground! on May 26 two opposing players Neil Mau and John McInerney came to blows and rolled about the ground The police intervened and stopped the fight but the umpire ordered them off the ground Inspector Constantine told the Magis trate that the defendants were eminently respectable men and prominent players who had come to blows on the impulse of the moment The object of the prosecu tion was to prove that the law was su preme and that the police could and would enter a football ground to maintain order A fine of £1 was imposed in each case MOSCOW Monday un the Norwegian were sent to succour A 'V SYDNEY Tuesday At the Police Court to day George Jeffries was fined £20 and his motor license suspended until its expira tion on August 7 and he was also dis qualified from holding a license for a further period of 12 months on a charge car after it vehicle at BRISBANE Tuesday The alleged confession of the accused woman in the razor slashing case was told in the Police Court to day when 9 1 Mrtfh Lj 11 evil lwlli3dj nao having on July 2 at Kelvin Grieve Bris bane unlawfully attempted to kiU Jsabel Maiiug Macdonncll The exhibits tendered by the polko eluded a razor and a claw hammer Constable Bock giving evidence said the accused admitted writing a letter found in a diary which was addressed to Guard Macdopnell care of the stationmaster at Roma street Witness asked whether the Maedonnell referred to in the letter was the husband of the woman seriously injured that morning and the aeeused replied: Yes the cow I hope she is dead I will tell you ahouP it now as I do not want to see him get into any trouble I meant to kill her I care what happens to me as long as he is free $he has been cruel to him and has not been a wife to him for years He told me ho is a dif ferent man when he is in my company I have no regrets for Anything I have Witness said: that letter you said you were going to do and accused replied: and I meant every word of it Witness questioned the accused about her movements on the morning of July 2 and she replied: will tell you all about it I left my residence at West End early in the morning I took the razor sad hammer with me and walked all the way to Kelvin Grove I had been thinking this over for a long time and I was going to act I knew her husband would bo at work and that the boy would be away from home aud that she would be by her self When I got to the house I opened the door and wcrit inside I then locked the door took off my coat and hat and went quietly to the bedroom I think she was asleep I then pulled down the blP' on the front window and she woke up and spoke to me but I cannot remember what site said I then caught her by the throat and I slashed at her with the raeor There was a struggle then and I really forget what happened but I remember hitting her with the hammer She then broke away from me and jumped through the window I then put on my coat and hat walked out into the street and was coming away when a young fellow caught up with me and caught hold of me ahd tnnlr mn tn the nnline rt Shortly afterwards' the accused 4 I 1 sain: 1 couuin'i oear io nee was suffering' I did ifrfor lus sake vnen txyd love one another like we do therf is no power on earthj to keep us apart not even marriage ZI have been thinking over this for a long time and it "had to come to an end at Robert Maedonnell husband of the in jured woman said he had known the de fendant a little over three years and she was friendly with the whole family He did not know why the defendant should SYDNEY Tuesday While working at Dorman shops Point to day James But ler was seriously injured us the result of his clothing being caught in a revching Hiill His garments were gradually torn from his body and Butler himself was be ing slowly drawn into the machine when the elei trii power was switched off Butler was admitted to hospital suf fcring from a compound fracture of the ft leg and bruises about the head and body SYDNEY Tuesday It is reported that the officers of the ederal and state Taxation Office in Svdnev have dftcovered a remarkable case of alleged fraud involving the loss of nearlv £109000 to the department It is stated that one of the biggest and most reputable firms hi 'the eity isHn 1 yoked Inquiries are proceeding I kA' vd SYDNEY Tuesday The Governor General Lord Stonehaven as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of ree masons of New South Wales Represen tatives of lodges all over the Common wealth attended the ceremony which took nlace in the Town Hall and manv dis of righting tinguished personages were included in the assembly I PARIS Monday I' reply to Mr anti I war proposal states that rance will be I happy to agree to the new provisions of I the preamble which provides that all the I signatories renounce war as an instrument I of natiraal policy and that those infring I ing the clauses from national motives I shall be denied the benefits of the treaty I The rench Government also notes I with satisfaction the explanations appeud I ed to the American proposals whereby the I American Government recognises the I rench contention that nothing in the I treaty restricts or compromises in any I way the right of self defence by any I nation against an attack or an invasion I' each nation being the sole judge as to I whether the circumstances warrant re I course to defensive warfare I in the treaty conflicts with I the provisions of the League of Nations I or the Locarno continues the I rench reply any violation of the I treaty by one signatory shall release ail I the other signatories of their engage I xnents towards the I The reply then pointed out that the I proposal that the Locarno agnatories I shall sign the neutrality treaties which I will also be' opM to other States confers I npon the proposed part a wider scope I fitting in entirely with the rench views I is happy to see the propo'sed I the reply adds is keep I ing her obligations under the existing I treaties to which she is compelled to ad I here loyally and is therefore prepared to I sign forthwith a pact so entirely in I agreement with the deep aims and am I bitions of the American and rench I peoples feeling that international soBd I arity is becoming more REPLY I LONDON Monday I Sir Austen Chamberlain announced in I the House of Commons that the reply of I Great Britain to the United States pro I posal for a multi lateral pact for Che re I nunciation of war will be sent on Wed I nesday 8UPPOET IRISH REE STATE WASHINGTON Monday The Irish ree State has unconditionally accepted the invitation to sign Mr Kel L' anti war pact The State Depart ment has issued the Irish note which I reads: effectiveness of the proposed I treaty as an Instrument for the suppres sion of war depends to a great extent upon its universal application wherefore the ree State hopes that the treaty will eventually be accepted by all nations I which sb far have not been included in I the NEWCASTLE Tuesday Quotations for the supply of coal tp the Railway Commissioners indicate that a split has in the ranks of ttye Coal Association 'f In some instances th? prices were from 11 to lower than last figures It is believed this position has been brought about as the result of South Aus decision to buy coal from Eng land because of the high cost of local coal orty six companies tendered the Railway Commissioners and it is stutd that only three adhered to last sear money with menaces Taylor of ive An board three Chukhnovsky from Braganza arrived overland aud boarded the icebreaker where they were joyfully welcomed by and Mariano ROME Monday The correspondent narrates that after the Italia crash the Nobile party cut up a bear which Dr Malmgren killed and were astonished to fiud iu its stomach the fragments of a newspaper printed in Italian and bits of material which had evidently been torn off the envelope MOSCOW Monday Behnounek the Czech professor rescued from the Italia says that after the gon dola became detached he saw smoke but heard no explosion Personally he is con vinced that the members of the Allesandri party are still alive CHARGE UNLAWUL? ASSART JURY INDS WOMAN NOT GUILTY id MARYBOROUGH (Q) Tuesday In the criminal sittings of the Circuit Court before Judge Brennan and a jury May Ellis was charged with unlawfully assaulting her brother Simpson of Aiamara on May 22 It was alleged that Mrs Ellis shot her brother in the arm as a result of which both Ellis her husband rederick Ellis were arrested and charged at the police court with having conjointly at tempted to kill Simpson The charge against the male accused was not proceeded with The evidence given suggested improper relationships between Simpson and Mrs Ellis the accused The police gave evidence that rederick Ellis advised his wife to shoot her brother The jury returned a verdict of not guilty and Judge Brennan advised Ellit to take his wife and leave the district Tuesday Mr Theodore MHR would make no comment when questioned regarding the finding of Judge Scholes that money had been paid to Mr Mahony to get him to resign his seat MB INTENTIONS Mr Lambert MHR referring to Judge report said that having exposed the corruption in the Labor party he (Laiulert) had decided to contest the West Sydney seat at the next elections as a White Australian Labor candi against Mr Beasley president of the Labor Council who had been selected on a piebald policy of the introduction of black white and brlndle labor into the country Mr Mahony to day referring to the findings of Judge Scholes that he had been paid several thousands of pounds to vacate his seat in favor of Mr Theodore said: report shows clearly the mis use to which a Royal Commission may be put for the purposes of political pro He said the Commission ignored the vital fact that before Ida resignation he had unconditionally made an offer to Mr Lang to make way for him Ho added that the vital evidence clearly supporting the truth of his statement before the Commission was deliberately suppressed by someone of his own party for poli tical purposes and personal spite ALL ABOUT AN AIDAVIT He produced an affidavit signed by an Adelaide solicitor which he said would have had a material effect on tho finding if it had been placed before the Commission According to the affidavit the soli citor was present at the lemington race course on November 1926 at the Mel bourne Cup and he said that several friends told him that Mahony had the Mahony remarked later that he stood to win well over four figures if Spearfelt was successful Mr Mahony said this affidavit was in the hands of Mr Scullin a few days after his evidence was given be fore the Commission The affidavit was signed by John Daly who in a letter to Mr Scullin while the Commission was in progress reiterated the statements ne already made iu the affidavit Mr Mahony said the Commission for at least a fortnight after that it was not until after the evidence closed and on the day addresses began that he had any knowledge of this im portant evidence 1 PROSECUTIONS UNLIKELY CANBERRA Tuesday The Prime Minister Mr Bruce indi cated this afternoon that it was extremely unlikely that the Government would initi ate prosecutions over Judge brib ery report He said that the Attorney General had not yet seen the report which would be considered by Cabinet next week It is understood that the Govern ment has no power to take further action and will not setk legislation to that end I I witness 4tl with the was on 1 July 24 I.