London, Apr. 5.
Quite a stir was caused by the declaration made by Mr. A.V. the First Lord of the to-day that the Economic ry sory Council had informed the Gover minent that wages must be cut tariffs applied on goods the workers consi Mr. Citrine, the General Secretary Jef the Trade Union Congress, who is em the Beonomie Council, prom-Fly denied that the Council' had so uivised. He added that the Lobo members serving on the Council would never recommend wage cats.
My. Alexander himself Jater plained that he did not wish to i timate that the Council had preuentéd a report in the above sense, lent he expressed the opinion the here was a widespread feeling Among economists and industrialists that costs of production were too high and that the standard of living must be reduced by either wage cuts Cotton.
Arrangements have been ¢ompleted between the British Post Office, the Ministry of Air and the Imperial Airways, Ltd. to open to experimental return airmail between England and Australia.
A new device has been demonstrated "by laboratory. techcians of the International Telephone and. Telegraph Company. The invention isa new, ultra [short wave radio telephone and teleraph advice which will increase the Available radio broadcasting chan-
Comrade Rykoff who had been away from office for some months in' order to have a rest, has now een appointed Russian People Commissary for Posts and Telegraphs in place of Comrade Antipot Who takes over the Position Commissary for Labour.
Two days after his acquittal on charges of fraud and abuse of confidence, M. Pierre Audibert, former-Editor of Mme. Hanau's "Gazette Franc," died of heart failure.
A suit for the dissolution of the Sugar. Institute and a. permanent injunction against the "American Sugar Refining Company and 49 defendants charged with violation fof the Sherman anti-Trust Law fave been fled in the Federal Court on behalf of the United States Attorney-General. ist, has died. He was 63 years of The death has occurred, at. the of Lord Stamfordham, was Private Secretary to the King since 1901. He had previously Jacted inthe same capacity to the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria.
In a despateh to the Governors of and the Windward and Leeward Isler, Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Colonies, states that he has been carefully: considering tHe question of some form of closer union between those Islands and the many Issues which such "an administrative change would involve,"
Agencies of the U.S. federal gov Jernment have begun an income tax collection drive bootleggers and other de the underworld who are believed to be withholding statements showing. thole earnings. Through their drive. the agents hope to collect no less, than $10,000,000 in delinquent ite bearing on world trade.—Reuter.
New York, Apr. 5.
"Phot the decline in the silver is mot among the causes of the world dept the opinion expressed by the bankevs, Mesers. GIN. P. Murphy Cor They suggest that a rise in the price of silver might cause China Snore hardship than resulted: from drastic dectine—Reuter.
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