'A remarkable demonstration of the Franco-German amity took place. Versailles on the occasion of the visit there by members of the German-French Society.
Miss Erlene White of Washington, D.C, elected President of the W.S, [National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at the biennial convention, The Australian Government has announced a special issue of postage stamps for October 1 to mark the occasion of the foundation of the city of Sydney.
At the investiture held at Buckingham Palace on July 23, the King ceived Sir Louis Beale, formerly H.M. Commercial Counsellor in China, and bestowed on him the K.C.M.G.
Sir Frederick Maze, Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, left for China on July 24 via Canada.' He is crossing the Atlantic in the CPR. s. Empress of Britain, Sir Frederick came to England with the Chinese delegation to the Coro-
Mr, Julian Bell, 28-year-old Briton, died on, July 21 of wounds received lie diving an ambulance "near Madrid. Mr, Boll, after teaching ata university in China, returned to England in the spring and later left for Spain.
Mexico is threatened with a errol shortage unless the strike of 3,000 el workers at the Poza Rica field of the Mexican Eagle (Agulla) Oil Ca, at Tampico is settled by the end of the month. The strike, has tied up the richest field in the country. Nearly half the national off output ts produced at Poza Rica, which sise is an important source of supply for the British Navy, 'War, clouds in the Far East have caused' Sir Robert Craigie, newly-appointed British Ambassador" to Japan, to hasten his departure for his post in Toyo. Instead of leaving on August 21, Sir Robert, accon= Fanied by Lady Craigie and" their only son, will sail from Southampton inthe s. Empress of Britain on August 8. "They will arrive in Yokohama in the s, Empress of Russia on September 3. less-telephone stations in the British Iles will observe a. two-minutes silence at the hour of his funeral, This will apply to all Empire radio Yelephone services and wirelets.services to ships and the Continent. "All DBC. transmitters will also cease activities for two minutes—Reuter, A Big Fortune
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