Twenty persons wore injured today as the result of the explosion of a blast furnace in a nitrogen factory at Velsen, in North Holland.
London, Dec. 20.
The judge, in chambers to-day, released on bail of £5,000. Albert Edward Tabor, one of the defendants in the ease against Clarence Harry. and his associates, who are charged with obtaining £209,141 by false pretences.
Tt will be recalled that Harry and his throo associates—Daniels, Dixon and Tabor—were committed for trial on December 16, bail being refused. recess for a general debate on mo-montons questions like finance and Egypt and the question of the Singapore Base, the Opposition had declared willingness to sit on Christmas Eve in order to obtain their rights. The Government took them at their word and now the Opposi tion, really not wishing to sit in Christmas week have hit back by putting down questions to nearly every Minister for to-day.
Coal Mining Bill, going a long way, to moot Liberal demands on the bill, especially declaring that the Government will see that the public is protected against a rise in the price of coal, but this has not healed the Liberal-Labour breach as it was expected to do. On the other hand, authoritative Liberals have already, condemned the statement as vague, thus showing that the Liberals do not intend to abandon their stif Reuter, Router.
—Reuter.
The plum of to-day's proceedings attitude towards the Bill, Meneg
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