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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 21 April 1920, Page 3

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NEWS IN BRIEF. London, April 19. The "Daily Mail” correspondent at San Romo says that Marshal Foch has prepared a report concerning the. occupation of Turkish territory under the Treaty. lie estimates that, at least dno.OPii troops will be required. This I- likely to come as a bombshell to the t'oitference. as the question is, Who will furnish the men.' i'li, "overnors of Middlesex Hospital have agreed to the amalgamation of lb., cancer research department, with I lie sui km Institute of Pathology, with tlie' object- of more closely invostigatil -g the cancer scourge. The dean of file medical school dwelt on the terrible character of the scourge and the importance of concentrating their i tlorts. This would be better realised when if r\as known that one woman in eight and one man in eleven died ot cancer in England and Wales. The "Daily Mail” states that if is understood that the price of imported mutton will be further reduced to ease ib.. congestion in the dock stores. New York, April IS. • 1::.tor Hitchcock, in a speech at Omaha -aid that President Wilson was an invalid. He was broken in health, depressed in spirit, and bitterly disappointed at the failure of the Senate t" ratify the Treaty. Sydney, April 20. The factory employees are demanding a forty hours ’ working week of .five days without reduction of wages. The Employers’ Federation, in a statement, reiterates its intention to oppose any reduction of working hours.

Breslau, April 19. The miners and iron and steel workers are joining the general strike in Silesia, owing to the action of the French authorities, who threaten that if the strike is effective they will permit Polish troops to cross the frontier. Perth. April 20. A motor 'lorry containing a picnic party numbering twenty-nine got out of control twelve miles from Perth and crashed into a tree. A woman and two girls were killed, and all the other occupants of the motor were injured, several criticallyWashington. April 19. •Storms and blizzards of an exceptionally severe character have been experienced this winter. In the middle West twenty persons have been killed.