TO-DAY'S CONTENTS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16725, 7 January 1920, Page 7

TO-DAY'S CONTENTS.

The following rows appeals on other pages than <> and 7:--"Page. Letters m the Kditor ... S Personal Note; frnni Homo ... J Country lum.- ... ... 3 Wonen's C >n. "r ... 2 L\-nvmhors of N 7..E.1*. ... ... o \t ti:o rniv<-r-it>i ••• ... 2 Amu-oments ■ ••• ••• - Sporting ... ... 8 .•"in pjiing ... ••• (,'omnierci '■ ... ••• ••• 8 Knot hall ... ••• Imperial War Graves ... ... H IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN ITEMS ♦ China 1. :■ contracted to supply the J.iI»rin< -t- G'li-ernmcnt iron works with '/M.ijOll ton- annually. Japan is giving a subsidy of £300.000 to the new ste.unship lines, which are beginning n> trade with the Dutch Last. Indfes. and South America. A trade 11j>t>11 ir.cnt to "The Times" .-tates tiiat North ( hina s output of pig-iron will t-• ta I ~u •J .< ) tens in 1010, Ji./ii,ooo in l-'LM). The deposits at Taveli are estimated at 100,(11)0,000 tons. A message from Ottawa str.tes that Lord Jellieoe's report will repeat the nlreadv m.-.de in his Australian report, and will probably propose a new Pacific naval base, replacing Ksquimalt. A I'nited Service message from London report ihat American financiers are not awaiting the ratification of tho Peace Treaty, but are l.usy in Germany arranging credits preparatory to a great trade push. The Guards' Committor has issued a docree denouncing dinner-coats, and ordering officers to wear white ties and waistcoats, exropt on very informal occasions The committeo is tho high court on men's dress. According to Berne advices from Sofia {capital of Bulgaria), 40,000 people participated in an nnti-dynnsti? demonstration, and attacked tho Royal Palace. Tho police repressed the disorder, one hundred casualties resulting. The Washington correspondent of tho "New York Times" stater, that n Bill is to be introduced in flip Senate contemplating the creation of a Federal Commission, with supervisory power over al| packing and storage plants and stockvards. A message from Berlin says the "Bcr liner Tngebhitt" desired to re-establish its office in London, but the British Government replied that at present il was not considered desirable that Ger man correspondents should resido ir England. The Foreign Office* authorities in Berlin, interviewed, hint at tin expulsion of English correspondents un leas tho privileges are reciprocated. It has been discovered thnt a mothei living in a busy street nt Portsmoutl hns hidden her son, aged 20, nnd hoi two daughters, aged lo and 18. fron the time of their birth. The childrei never left the house, and were entire!; illiterate. They were discovered throng! tho boy at last climbing over tho garde! fence. A message front Copenhagen says tha a Now York hanker, interviewed u Berlin, said Austria nnd Germany woul iiharn largely in tho proposed big loan for Europe, for which America's officii! sanction was not needed. It was a ens of business men lending for busines par poses. The money would bo usabl for tho purchase of foods and raw nin terial. "Tlie Times" states that tho ecor? mical Admiralty is likely to sell t;. famous two-decker Implacable, i money is unavailable for repairs. Th< Tm pin cable is ono of tho greatest his toricnl trensures, nnd is the last mir vivor of Frnnce's Trafalgar fleet. Sh has been anchored for many years a Falmouth. The mnin timbers nre stil romnrknbly sound, nnd £2000 woult mfflcA for licr preservation.