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Evening Star, Issue 22379, 1 July 1936, Page 16

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On the ground that the demand ,'or beverages was heavier in file ammer than in the winter, the crated cordial manufacturers deed the Arbitration Court for an •xtension of hours beyond 40 a. eek. Their application for a 48hour week in the summer was opposed. Decision was reserved Wellington Press Association. Fit ACT f.'RED SKULL. Henry Hooker (70). a retired 'lacksmitTi. was found at the corner of Guyton street, Wanganui, seriously injured with a fractured skull and two broken ankles. It is presumed that he was knocked down by a motor ear. The hospital reported this afternoon that he was in a dying condition,—Press Association. 1 )ESP.A IB ING APPE AL. GENEVA.. June 30. A frail lonely figure, speaking a language none of the delegates understood, Selassie appealed to the League not to abandon his unhappy country. Only his bearing and manner indicated the extent to which he was personally moved, but his words, immediately translated from Amhanc through the automatic inultiphone, confirmed his obvious appeal. “ God and history will remember 1 your judgment/’ he said. Nevertheless the speech was received with mingled feelings. The representatives of 52 nations were visibly embarrassed by the Negus’s taunts at their ineffectiveness to deal with an aggressor. Tho •speech, fiom beginning to (dud sounded a stern denunciation of internal intrigues. The Emperor omplained bitterly of the failure of the League's promise of support. He announced that what>vcr the League did Ethiopia was lot going to bow to force, RUMANIAN PRINCE ILL. BUCHAREST, June 30.—Prince Michael is ill with a severe chill. .SOCCER. ' ' Half-time score: Australia 3, Otago I. i - STOCK EXCHANGE. Sale on ‘Change this afternoon; Mount Morgan. 15s 2d, Sales reported; National Insurance, 18s 8d; South British Insurance. L 4 13s: North Broken Hill. US 12s.