NEWS AND NOTES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3401, 2 August 1932, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES

A committee of the Canadian Cabinet has nearly completed a careful examination of the tariff schedule and is preparing a list of concessions which could be granted to Britain, particularly on cottons, woollens and steel.

The Buenos Ayres correspondent of the New York Times says the century J old boundary dispute between Paraguay and Bolivia over the possession of Gran Chaco, the vast wilderness between thfc inhabited parts of the two Republics, apparently has reached a virtual state of war.

Nazol Pastilles to relieve Sore Throats, Catarrh, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice. 1/3 box everywhere. (2)

The Sunday Times says it expects an early trade agreement between France and the United States as an anticipatory counterblast to Ottawa, forestalling the possible loss of trade with Bi'itish countries.

The Independent Labour Conference in England has resolved, by 241 votes to 142, to cancel its affiliation with the Labour Party.

Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Trenchard, on Sunday unveiled a memorial at Arras bearing the names of 34,921 officers and men of the British Empire who, between the spring of 1916 and August, 1918, died in the Arras region, but whose graves are not known.

After years of Scientific Research. Nazol Pastilles —the surest relief for Colds, Sore Throats, Catarrh, etc. 1/3 box. (1)

The Victoria Racing Club has taken action against 12 leading riders, including N. Percival, who rode White Nose, the last Melbourne Cup winner. Reasons are not stated.

Nearly all the inmates at a home for the aged at Canton perished in floods, which resulted in more than 200 deaths and over 1,000,000 dollars' worth of damage, through the rapid rise of the river, augmented by by a torrential deluge which submerged many suburbs.

No surer remedy for Colds, 'Flu, etc. Nazol 1/6 bottle. Free samples of Nazol Pastilles now included. (16)

The disorganised units of the "bonus army" staggered out of Washington on Sunday. Their erstwhile commander, "Walter Waters, of Portland, issued a militant appeal to all the unemployed, as well as veterans to join in a "khaki shirt" movement. The avowed purpose was to clean out the high places of Government.

Thirty thousand tons of Ruhr coal will reach Dublin next week. Probably 50,000 tons a week will be delivered after that.

The triumphant success of the British War Loan conversion scheme is now assured. Well over 2,000,000 apnlications out of the total 2,600,000 have been received, 1,900,000 being in favour of conversion.

In response to a Spanish Government decree recognising only civil marriage Archbishop Eijo, 'of Madrid, has broadcast a decree to the effect that such marriages mean living in sin and that the offspring canonically are illegitimate,

The Prudential Assurance Company has promised £10,500, in seven annual instalments, to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to assist it in carrying out its work of teaching and research in preventive medicine.