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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 1, 3 September 1923, Page 6

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Australian "■> and N. Z. Cable As sociation. (Received 10.5 a.m.) ; -London, September 2. The* 'Government -has notified the British '} representatives ; at Moscow that it had withdrawn objection: to Rafeoyaky's as head of the Russian trade delegation in London. : The Earl of Craven and Countess Cathearf eloped to South Africa aboard the Balmoral Castle. The departure was kept a close secret, and Was only known to their families. :

The Countess said they were goto' aiay on Craven's estate at Hermanns, and would return to England In 1924. The Daily Express' Constantinople corespondent says the British Consul-General, who is aged over sixty, swam across the Dardanelles from to a point north of Nagara, 11 miles, breaking the army record by twenty minutes; , .' Berlin, September 2. Herr Raumer, Minister for Economy addressing a meeting, drew gloomy'pictures of Germany's economic position.- He said there was a complete lack of foreign orders. The situation was aggravated by the dearth of, capital, and the position was critical. He proposed a goldnote bank, but admitted it could not be launched without international assistance. "«■. I* '*•''" s "•■' tCopenhagen, September 2. ' A Russian »co*operative organisation is establishing'a base at Reval for the export of wheat to Scandinavia and ; Englanrt. The organisation has. leased 'a huge elevator for a dec""* ";id a building with a storehouse 1 vivacity of. f 60.000 tons,

(Argus). (Received, 9.15 a.m.) London, September 2.' Tlie Central News' Berlin: correspondent learns that the Prussian Cabinet has given the' ex-Crown -F'fince peraiitesifon tot reside near Breslau. (Reuter). Madrid, September 2. •Four strangers armed with revolvers entered the G ijon branch of the Bank of Spain, fired at and wounded the manager, and tarried off 600,000 pesetas in cash in a motor car. Rome, September 2. It isHsemi-officially stated that the despatch of twelve carabineers to Tangier has no "political significance, the object being solely to safeguard order in the Italian Colony there, in view of the serious incident between the Consular guards and Moroccan police.

The Italian destroyer which transported the carabineers has apparently already loft Tangier. Geneva, September 2.

The Council of the League of Nations, decided to refer the Irish and Abyssinian applications for membership to the committee. Berlin, September 2.

In conformity with the recent order "regulating the dealing in foreign currencies!, a large force raided "the premises of currency dealers in the region of the Bourse and arrested 692 persons, of whom eighty-one were detained. A large amount of foreign currency was confiscated. Delhi, September 2.

It is announced ' that Viscount Peel, assisted by Mr Dalai (High Commissioner) and Mr Innes (Minister of Railways) will represent India at the Economic Conference. Unlike the Dominions, the Government of India's view s are not disclosed, but Indian opinion is vigorously opposing Imperial preference, from which it declares there is nothing to gain and all to lose. - ." /..:;

Ivondbn/' September 2

I Admiral Sir Percy Cgk, reviewing the condit|ion,<r in Irak for eighteen months to March 1923, says the per-iod-epened with strife, uncertainty, and a partial break-down of the Administration instituted during the military occupation, and closes with a national government under ian Arab'constitutional King chosen by a referendum of the people. Feistnl has steadily consolidated his position in the people's confidence. ; ; „ Admiral Gox paints tout that Issi|c offers immense possibilities, cultivation of cotton, but' progress will be slow. Flax-growing is in-creasingly-attracting cultivators' attention. ■ % __ jpy Sydney, September 3. Dr. Pigot, of Riverview, wag sihowing t>r] Omorij one of the Japanese delegates to the Science Congressy and one of the greatest authorities in the, world on seismographv, his hefy T mographs 4t the time the Tokio earthquake records, were being Te#e*vedA Both /saw at a it wp£> a big earthquake, ' but not until bmori had departed did Dr. Pigot ascertain 1 the locality. Dr. Pigot states he ha» five seismographs and received a complete record of the disturbance on all five. He states the disaster is grave and i serious for the, Japanese attending the Science Congress, as, many of their relatives and friends are at Tokio.

Sydney, September 3.

1 A mass" meeting of miners; adopted a resolution viewing with horror the appalling disaster at Bellbird, and extending heartfelt sympathy with the dependents of theiir, late comrades* jThey also passeu a resolution expressing their appreciation of the noble mariner in which the rescuing parties performed their duties. The meeting also recommended to lodges that the miners of the district give their first day's wages, and the minej-owriers give their first day's profitsi to assist the dependents of the victims. Copenhagen, September 2. Enormous damage wjas done by a hurricane at West Jutland. The dam at Soudanaese was broken and forty workers are believed to have been, drowned, while sixty, who endeavored to escape on a raft have not been , heard of. ' i

A steamer with two hundred holi-day-makers' on board i s drifting seawards, and fisbjing smacks are missing.

As a result Of the hurricane the harvest is| practically destroyed. Corn, dead cattle, timber, farming plartt and furniture are drifting where prosperous farms formerly stood. "Manoe is not completely submerged, but practically destroyed.