The King of Italy has conferred the Collar of the Order of Annnuneiata, the highest Italian order, on the King of Afghanistan, who, in turn, has conferred the highest Afghan order on the Crown Prince and on the Premier, Signor Mussolini—Reuter.
Unemployment continues to show jolent fluctuations. The latest weekly return shows that the number of unemployed on January totalled 1,233,100. This was 104,208 fewer than the week before, when there was an increase of 282,00° as the result of the discharge of workers who had been employed in Christmas trade.
As compared with the same tim last year, the latest returns show a decrease of 199,914 in the number of unemployed.—British Wireless through Reuter,
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