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Evening Star, Issue 17225, 15 December 1919, Page 12

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L. AT B CADLIB ( *»«sa-. ♦- : r.. ,-,.. T . ~. , LONDON, December 13. Sir Oaver Loage ridicules the prediction of a Michigan professor that the £ ™ December 17. He .says it is "bosh." The position of the planets to be reached on Wednesday recurs about once in every century and nothing ever happens. J J •>' An Imperial Institute bulletin states that, even without Russia's production, there is enough wheat to meet the world's requirements.—Reuter. Captain Wilkins, in his Kangaroo aeroplane, had a bad landing at Sud; Bay, Crete, but no one was injured. Delay is likely. Cabinet has approved of a provisional expenditure of £15,000,000 a yea on the Royal Air iforce, which will eventually consist of 28 squadrons. The Downing Street Conference—Lloyd George, Clemenceau, and Scialoja—has ended after three days' work. 'Satisfactory agreements have been reached on. all outstanding points. Tho official bulletin does net refer tc 'Le Matin's' statement that the Allies will inform America that, to facili tate solving the United States Senate deadlock, they will accept the Unitec States reservation to the treaty to the utmost extent. The Ceramic, with 18,000 tons of foodstuffs from Australia, will probably not be able to unload before Christmas, owing to the London docks' congestion. The Committee on Meat recommend licensing of dealers, examinations ci their books, etc., as measures against meat trust control, but state that general legisiation and international co-operation will be needed to combat the trust. T , „ , , DUBLIN, December 12. Lady Carbery secured a divorce on grounds of misconduct and cruelty the latter occurring during two wild-beast hunting tours in East Africa' Petitioner was once" beaten severely with a sjambok. Lord Carbery is a noted airman.