Paris, May 24.
Imports into France' in the firat four months of 1928 totalled Fr. 17,674,000,000, showing a decreas Fr. 19,000,000 as compared wit the same' period last sear.
Exports totalled Fr, 17,049,000,- 000, decrease of Fr. 1,086,000,0 There is an increase, however, of 4,600,000 tons.—Reuter, Loxoox, May 24:—Parliament has adjourned for the Whitsun holidays, the House of Commons to June 6 and the House of Lords to 7.—Reuter.
Ssarrur, May 24:—Const-puarda report that all aboard the Alaska Rue vessel Star of Falkland saved, The have been Star of Falkland, with 40 white men, and 280 Chinese, went ashore on rocks near Akunhead io the Behring Sea yesterday, Her forward dock Was under water.—
Reuter, New York, May 2 wares sing for the merger of the United Light & Power Ca., and the American Light & Traction Ca, rth together is understood that. of Pittsburgh, in which the Mellon family: is largely interested, behind the negutiae May 24:—In the course of an anti-Italian demonstra. tion in front of the Italian Consulate fon the occasion of the celebration of the entry of Italy into the Grea War, tw youths climbed the front of the Consulate and hauled down the flag. The Austrian authorities mediately rehoisted the flag on the daniand of the Italian Consul and embed to punish the culprits, terowts are prevalent in Rus-military citoles that Ataman not has secretly come to his whereabouts are Ins. Joanna Ah Kirby, widow of the late Mfr. RJ. kirby, of Tokyo, died May 18, at the Kobe tine tional Hospital after a short She underwent an opora-May 8 and was found to be from a serious internat Mrs, Kirby returned tly ty Kobe from a visit England. She had lived a groat ies in Japan and is sarviv~ cly three daughters. These are Mrs, R. E, Kozhovar and Mrs. J. 1 ye, and Mrs, Dorothy:
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