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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 81, 10 August 1923, Page 6

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WORD TO THE DOMINIONS. Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, August 9. The Daily Telegraph editorically, says: The peoples in the Dominions in the Pacific, instead of crying out for 20..and*21 knot ships, such as the North Atlantic with its great tnamc supports, r oul d be better acl " "vised to study, the. statistics of the Chamber of Shipping regarding port charges, and see whether they cannot be reduced to a reasonable level •to .their own advantage. Their arraignment, if the term be not too strong, for the friendly criticism. has boon made in good time. for action, before the Economic Conference assembles. The prosperity of. ' the Dominions depends mainly on. cheapening the carriage of goods. It is apparent in this respect that they can do much to help tl»emselves. Madrid, August 9. The dramatic escape occurred 'from San Sebastian of Commandant Alaugary, who is serving eighteen years' imprisonment at Fort Maria 'Cristina, JOr his share in the Melilda disaster in 1921. His wife visited Alzugary in his cell, and later the warder found only the woman there, - the -husband having gone.. ■ The wif e had entered wearing ,'two dresses, and it was Alzugary who left; , dis-' guised in the outer dress instead of his wife. It is conjectured that! tthe Commandant went in the direction of Cape Tresforcas where a motor-boat awaited him. Prague, August ,9. At the Czecho-SlGvakiaii chairjpiohships, Carr. won the hundred and two 'hundred metres in 10 4f5 *and 22 seconds respectively, equal-; ling Paddock's (America) times here in May. . * (Reecived 11.10 a.m.) London, August 9. A manifesto issued by the Transport General Workers' Union and the Rational ;Union of Railwaymen foreshadows the beginning of a dual alliance of rail and road workers. It is not unlikely that it will mean •the rav,ival pf the Triple Labour Alliance, v.'';

[ »The manifesto state v s the un» ited front of the employers can only be .meet „.by,,,a ?united -front of workers, The unipp representatives will cpnfer in London ,on.,September 18, tin the case in which a colored man was .engaged in the cocaine traffic .and s was sentenced to three •years, iprpsecuting tcounsaj stated •that the- .cocaips habit inpleasingly ensnaring victims,,, the Ifpme. Office has raised the. penalties of traffickers to. the maximum of $5000,0r ten years' imprisonment." San Francisco,. August 8. Tlie Leland Stanford University ■has received a 460,000 dollars' bequest from the estate of .the late Thomas Welton .Stanford, Melbourne,, for the ; study of psychic phenomena. London,. August 9., .Sir Jpseph Cook.denies the accju.7 racy of the statement t re yesterday's plenary session of the Man dates Commission by Mr Grimshaw', representative ,pf the international Labor Bureau, that the workers in the mandated territories were often recruited in one district and transferred to another which wag climatically unsuitable, thereby leading to rapid 'diminution of the population. Sir Joseph Cook points out on the authority of .the highest official reports that -experience negaatives Mr Grimshaw's allegations, and on the contrary, recruited natives return to their original district .pecuniarily benefitted and .with additional prestige. Delhi, August 9. A cricket. club on ,the ,lines of

Marylebone .has been inaugurated at Bombay.. Ranjitsinhji is the\fiivt president. s The All-India Olympic committee decided to send the first official In-j dian team to the forthcoming Glym-j pio games in Parisi. Sir D. Tata' guaranteed the team's expenses. Great floods are reported in the Bassein district, Burma, owing, to a breach in the river , embankment. Wide stretches of country are under water, houses being engulfed. Fifty thousand people are taking refuge in the hills. They are short of food, and extensive relief measures have been organised. (Beuter). London, August t). Mr Bonar Law is in much improved health. Berlin, August 9. All the shops excepting the provision stores have been closed as a protest against the refusal of tho authorities to allow the prices to bo fixed on a gold basia. Madrid, August 7. The bank sfcrfE© Is collapsing.. Many 1 of tho strikers seceded from the unions, and resumed duty. Most of* the banks profited by the. strike to reduce the -staffs. - -