Bight hundred miles of Jed and unknown country in northest Sudan have been, traversed expedition of eight. Brit oticers led by Major Bagaold 'The party" left Cairo.on Septem-attempt to solve the secrets of Se. 27"In four matorcara. in an South' Lityan desert. The expedition visited the Goraan country on the French frontier and found it unoccupied, although there were {races of sheient human occupation.
here "fe now nothing there. but herds of ostriches and antelopes.
he' party also" made the first ascent "to the London, Nov. "1—Sir Francis Humphrys was received in audience by the King today at Buckingham Palace and kissed hands en his appointment as the first British Ambassador to Iraq.
Since last year air mails carried by British machines have increased }20 per cent. and the total mails carried for Great Britain by 17 cent: The total mail trafic has doubled itself within the Inst three years.
The rush to the new goldfield known as the Granites Goldfield, in Central Australia, continues, It is reported that in spite of the fact that the region is almost inaccessible to men, those who have reach-the field now number more than one hundred.
Sydney, Nov. 2—Much public indignation' has been aroused because bystanders ofered no assistance when three police were attacked 4 busy street. yesterday" afternoon find seriously injured by a gang of iSieves. It in likely. that. the thorities will establish a aystem of prosecuting, bystanders who refuse {o.aid the police when called upon stted in Paria chat ment confidentially With particulars of their experiment vith Colloidal fuel on xx. Seythin on its trans-Atlantic voyages, By agree: tment with them certain potats are being "investigated by "Government Expects: but the reper el set A canal connecting the White Son with the Baltic will be completed in a year, the "Soviet Go according. toa Gaim by ernment. when completed, 11,000,000 tons of goods to be tra ported annually between the two Seas. The new waterway, which will stretch from Soroka, in' the north, to Leningrad, at the head of the Gulf of Finland, will be 140 miles Tong and will use the rivers Vygo and Svir_and the lakes Vygo and Onega. The canal will be used for transport of timber. metallic ore and coal, and the relieving of pres sure on the single track of the Murman railway.
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