The Nien -Anisterdam, 17,000- ton steamer belonging to the Hol-Amerika Line, was sold on Jan, 28." Te was bought by a firm fof Japanese ship-breakers, A competitor with the Irish Hospital Sweepstake has appeared, in the formation of the "World Blind Subscription and," which has relecived a concession to conduct a Sweepstake in Danzig on behalf of! blind persons. The promoters an; Jnounee that they have renounced all claims to profits under the concession, Lapallices, (France) January '28,—Fire today destroyed a wares house here, which contained 2,500, tons of Chilean nitrates. The'damage is estimated at 2,500,000 francs, Tnguiries as tothe cause of the fire are being 'The London County, Council has been informed that if they' decide to replace Waterloo Bridge across the 'Thames swith @ new bridge car~ vying six lines of trafic, the Government would make \a' grant of sixty per cent, of the cast, London, Jan, 28.—The Gouneil lof "the League of Nations day "adopted "a _ieport approve} ing the -neseptance of Iraq. as a member of the League ax soon) Jax the British mandate could end. The debate will accordingly ter minate at the next League Assembly. nieeting, when Britain, will recom mond Iraq for membership surprising discovery was made in Stockholm after the closing} of the recent exhibition of Chinese fand Japanese idols, As the work: fen were "removing the, figures preparatory to packing, innumexable silver coins were. found behind some images of Buddha, Since no Orientals had been observed among the visitors to the exhibi-jon, it was assumed they lad been placed there as offerings by. European devotees of Buddha in. Sweden An order for four squi rons of a new. type of bombing plane, described as "flying tanks," has been placed by the air ministry with the French aviation works, aceording to French press reports, These new terrifying instruments of wary Whose exact" measurements have not been revealed, will be able to jerry over a ton of explosives. They will be armoured and carry ov twenty men in- addition to ten machine gunners, to handle the five Beary guns mounted on the wings and underneath the cockpit, Equipped with three "powerful " motors, the planes vill be able to attain an altitude of over 32,000 fect and average speed of 260 miles an hour. Their cruising, lading is 800 miles.
A boycott of all: German goods was proposed on Jan.
26 by the central elution of Finnish agriculturists crowded public meeting which resolution calling upon jail other agricultural organisations support it. The boycott is to remain. in force until the German government. repeals the new tariff, promulgated recently, which pro ides for additional duties on iplets, two boys and a girl, were born on-Jan, 27 at Alexandria to the 27-year-old wife of a nonagenarian, event which is believed to be without precedent, The marriage took place only year ago-and was the first matrimonial venture both, of the man and the wean, In Anzin, a small Ttalian fishing [statue in their mets on Feb. 2. vilege, "fishermen hauled up a Hnvestigation by experts, it was, found to be.n very fine example of the work of "Loghios, a Greeke sculptor of the time of the mirth century ne, The statue was taken to the national museum at Rome.
Dr. Bruno Taut, one of the leaders Jof the younger school of ayshitects Germany, has. se cepted the posi tion of technical director of the office of works in Moscow. He will bbe in chavge of all municipal bull ing activities. According, to "the official announcement, Dr. Taut hax been authorised {0 reeriit his staff in. Germany, between Poland and Soviet "asia A pact of military non-aggression was initiated in Moscow on Jan. cis expected that shortly the trouty will ber signed and in force, as 19 that "secantly. negotiated Yetween the. Soviet. Union and Finland, Moscow. yemeins Topetul that eventually Japan will accept. the foter for a similar pact of non-on Tondon, Jan, 0.—1t jx rumour leq to-day that the Cunard Steamship Ca. is negotiating, Hor financial Prodential Assurance Ca. Such ald, Aiatance "from the grated, would enable them to resume the building of their giant liner, "534", which they have desired to do ever'since construction on Tt. was suspended recently, because of economic conditions.
Finland's dry era ended ofically, lon Jan. 27 when parliament, with a Hlurge majority, parsed the govan ment, bill abolishing the prohibition It is understood that a report of sproveetings wil ip, sabia $00 8 of [dere Kingeford-Smith announcement cheveful about i
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