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THE DAY'S NEWS
Special Features.
The Pvonown is due at Portsmouth
f o-day. Tho Duke and Duchess bade a
formal good-bye to the ship on -Saturday.
Tho United StateB Government lias
inane ic pium mac ic win ne Hin-isiiea wiui
nothing short of equality with Great Bri
tain iu regard to every class of fighting
ship.
A cynical American at Geneva said
that America "called the naval conference
primarily for the purpose of describing
as disarmament the heavy building pro
gramme necessary to supersede her smaller
worn-out war ships."
Dan Bnrhe, the Austral-Irish pa
triot, now living in Tasmania, celebrated
his 100th birthday yesterday. A sketch
of his career appears on page 17.
General.
Jr. Daudot, tiie French Royalist
loader, and two others were released from .
a Paris gaol on Saturday by an extra
ordinarily daring hoax.
Count Ilevontlow, one of the fore
most advocates of German rightfulness
during tiie war, nssertcd in the Reich
stag that Britain, France and Poland in
tend to combine agninst Russia.
A heated controversy is proceeding
in _ Germany on the question of bobbed
linir. Bobbed women are taunted with
being unpatriotic, and in at least one
town they are taxed !
Discussing in a meditative way the
question of railway expansion and a cure
for city congestion, the Minister of Rail- -
ways spoke suggestively of fiat rates for
town and country — 5Vsd. for country lines
and (moro seriously) a threepenny subur
ban fare within a radius of 30 miles.
In an address at the Trades Rail
yesterday Sir John Monash said ho looked
forward to the time when electrical cook-
inp and li'entinp apparatus would bo sup
plied by the K'octricity Commission to
householders on time payment at bedrock
prices.
The State Labor party will meet
on Wednesdny and decide whether it will
nominate a member for the Speaker
ship.
Commenting on the withdrawal of a
migration ofliecr from London, a member
of the Labor Govornmont stated on Satur
day that the stream of migrants had ceased
before Labor came into ofliee,
A crowd of 3COO residents of Leigh-
on-Sea (England) attacked tho house of
a man who, with his wife, was acquitted
of a charge of having brutally ill-troate'd
a. servant girl of weak mentality.
The uncompromising attitude of tli«
Scale faction promises to widen the breach
between the rival factions of tho New
South Wales Labor party.
The Chief Secretary will represent
tho State Government at the National
Council of Safety meeting, with the
objects of which the Premier on Saturday
expressed sympathy.
Appreciative allusions to yachting
as a sport and pastime were made by the
Governor-General at the annual smoke
social of Royal Brighton Yacht Club.
Mavis Williams, seven years, was
killed by a car driven by Dr. Joseph
liingland Anderson, South Yarra,' at
Church-street, Richmond, yesterday after
noon.
While crossing Anzac Park, Tam-
worth. on Saturday night, William Tlior- .
ley, 40 years, was murdered by a blow
on the back of the head and robbed 6!
over £000.
A Chinese was seriously injured
when a motor car struck the waggonette
lie wn3 driving at Cau'field on Saturday
night. Tho motorist was arrested on a
drunkenness charge.
Country Section.
Useful information is given on the
subject of Into wheat sowing.
One potato crop at Koroit yielded
15 tons to the acre. Others were as low
as '1 tons to tho acre.
In some of the northern districts
citrus trees and tomato plants have suf
fered badly as a result of the extremely
sevoin frosts experienced during the
month.
Sporting Section.
, Wciahls for tho Melbourne and
Caulfield Cupa and other springtime turf
events ore published in this issue, to
gether with some notes by Tasman con
cerning them.
By winning the Windarra Hurdle
Rate, of two miles, at Moonce Valley on
Saturday in 3 min. SSVfi sec., Woolpaek es
tablished record time for the course.
Per the first time this season Gee-
long are alone at the head of tho League
premiership list.
The Victoria and Commonwealth
club teams have won the right to contest
the final of the senior golf pennant on
10th July.
The principal event at Moorcficld
(N.SAV.) races on Saturday was won by'
Stormy (10 to 1). who defeated Carrula,
Dion and nine others. ' .
_ Billy Edwards (Canada) obtained the.
verdict over Al. Karasick (Russia) in the
wrestling match at the Stadium on Satur
day night. The only fall recorded was ini
tho seventh round, and it went to Ed
wards.
The liont race between Harvard and
Yale was won by. Harvard- for the first
time in seven years.
no , .?y oovei;ing half a mile in 1 min.
.8 sec., the Achilles team in a relay
race broke the British record hy 1 2-BtU
sec.
At the Wodonga races on Saturday
a pony, its owner and its rider were dis
qualified for six months following an in
quiry hy the stewards. Notice ot appeal
was given.
The Two Cups M
Sportinj .. 5-G-7
Football g.9
Country Section |g
Commercial and Mining .. 15
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