British troops were called out at Poona on Apr. 24, in consequence of pitched battles breaking out between Hindus and Moslems, Sir Austen Chamberlain arrived in Budapest from Vienna on Apr. 26 with Lady Chamberlain for two Jdays as guests of the British Minister, Sir Geoffrey Knox.
The estate of the Marquess of Lansdowne, who succeeded his father in 4927 and died on March 6 at the age 64, has been proved at £1,404,132,, net personalty is £1.911,282, King Fuad, Egypt's 68-year-old ruler, who is critically il with mouth trouble, is sinking. Members the Royal Family have been summoned to his bedside, Suez Canal dues will be raised and Axed at 38 piastres as the result of a ow agreement which is expected to be concluded shortly between the Egyptian Government and the Suez Canal Ca, according to "Information."
Mr. C, J. Melrose, the young Australian airman, completed yet another flight between England and Australia on Apr. 26 when he landed adelaide safely at 4 p.m. in his new machine, This is his third fight betweens the two countries—Reuter, Mr. William S, Hart, veteran screen seter, who was the chief ex-Ponent of western cowboy pictures in the days of the silent pictures, was awarded $85,000 damages on pr. on 24 in his suit for $500,000 against the United Artists Corporation on charge of conspiracy, The foundation stone of the fourth. town to be created on the reclaimed Pontine Marshes was laid on Apr. 25 by Signor Benito Mussolini in the presence of thousands of workers and peasants from the neighbouring com= munities, Rumours that the Bulgarian Government has decided to repudiate the military clauses of the 'Treaty of Neuilly are emphatically denied by oficial quarters in Sofia, Merely thi general political situation was" dis: cussed at the Crown Couneit, declares statement issued by he' Premier, Gen. Kusseivanoft, Undaunted by the failure of her recent attempt to break Lievt, Tommy Rose's record for the England-Capetown flight Mrs. Amy Johnson Molllson, the British aviatrix, on -Apr, 22 rettirned from London to Colomb Bechar, Algeria, with now parts for her "mystery "'plane." which was damaged during a take-off a few weeks ago, causing the aviatrix to interrupt her flight at the time,
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