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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 931, 1 February 1924, Page 2

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\t Chamonix, Britain defeated France by 48 to 4, thus winning the curling tournament. Sweden was second and France third. At ice hockey, Britain defeated Belgium by to America defeated France 22 to> nil; Canada defeated Switzerland by 30 to nil. In the skiing marathon of oO kilometres, Hung (Norway) won in three hours 44 minutes and 32 seconds. In tiie junior tennis championship of Australia, H. Coldham (Victoria) defeated B. Dunlop (Victoria), 6—3, 4—6, 13—11. Miss Jewson, who set out to walk to Norwich to address her constituents, rather than use a train during the railway strike, arrived m Norwich accompanied by Miss Murray, a fellow trade unionist. They got lifts occasionally, and used motor buses and tramped the muddy roads the rest of the way. Not satisfied with an oil 'investigation alone, the Democratic members of the United States Congress promise a progressive investigation into various activities of the Republican Administration, including the shipping board and aircraft. Arne Borg, the swimmer, states that after the Olympic games and a tour of Canada and' the United States, he will settle in Australia. A delegation representing the Barons in the Japanese House of Peers called on the Premier advising his immediate resignation. The Premier is uncertain whether to support either House. Nearly 140,000 arc idle as the result of the closing of the mills in Bombay. In the Lake Eva oil case, in West Australia, Thompson was committed for trial on a charge of false representations. A State mining engineer gave evidence that there was as much chance of finding oil at the place of the reported discovery as of finding nectarines on a gum tree. Fire in the Hardware Chambers, Elizabeth street, Melbourne, gutted the two tot) floors occupied by Morris, Aarons and Sons, boot warehousemen. The other floors were badly damaged by water. The damage is estimated at £50,000.

The number of unemployed receiving relief in the unoccupied territories o? Germany has risen to 1,500,000. It is semi-ottieially estimated that there are from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 unemployed or on short time in Germany. A meeting of Dominion representatives in London convened by Sir Geo. Buchanan, the British delegate to the permanent health committee of the League of Nations, decided to request the League to allow the Dominions at least one direct representative on committees and pointed out that the Dominions contributed considerably to the League's expenses in comparison with smaller European nations, which were already represented. The view was also expressed that tho Dominions support of the international health office in Paris should be continued. In the debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on the War Damages Bill, an instance was given qf a company which bought a wrecked sugar refinery for £335, claimed £10,000,000 damages from the Government, and actually received £7,000,000.