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GABLE NEWS, BY AIR TO THE POLE. AMUNDSEN’S HOPE. ! London, June 'J. j 1 Captain Amundsen, writing to the j 1 Times, announces ids intention tc at-” tempt to lly to tlie North Pole this sununer. lie expects to start trom l Alaska and cross tire Pole, malting for Northern Greenland, and using an entirely metal Larsen 'plane, piloted hy the leading Norwegian airman, G. OmUai. Amundsen will leave his ship, the Maud, at Port Harrow for the attempt, which he expects to accomplish in fifteen hours. FRENCHWOMAN’S TRIAL. Paris, June a. The iainuus cause ceienre, tne Saratoga trunk case, has commenced the hearing in Paris. The notorious Madame Bessaiabo, alter two years imprisonment, is charged, wtilt her beautiful daughter, Mademoiselle Jacques, with the murder oi her first husband, a Roumanian oil broker. GERMAN CONSPIRATORS, Berlin, June 8. At tlie .Von Killinger trial, tiie ac- J cused supplied information regarding a secret society. He declared it was aimed at preventing tlie spread of Bolshevism to Germany. He denied J that members contemplated forcibly overthrowing the Government or as- 1 sassinating politicians, including Herr Lrzberger, who was unpopular overj the role he played in connection with the Armistice and Peace Treaty. It is presumed the society’s iuuds are de- ( rived from agricultural and indus- i trial circles. THE NEXT OLYMPIAD, TO BE HELD IN 1928. Paris, June 8. The International Olympic Committee has finally decided upon Amsterdam as tlie venue for the 1928 games. BRIGHT BUTTER MARKET. \ DUE TO TEMPORARY SHORTAGE London, June 8 - Butter is very firm, owing to a tern- n porary shortage oi supplies pending tlie arrival of several steamers. New g Zealand choicest, 178 to 180/ per cwt; Australian, 170/ to 172/. Cheese lias a strung market too. __ largely due to tlie American purchases* of Canadian. Cheese is now quoted at J 1 81/ per cwt for New Zealand, spot 80 I to 82/. Australian is nominal until* new arrivals next week. BIG PRICES FOR FRIESIANS. London. June '.»■ Kighty-lhree South African Friesian cattle sold at Slough realised fiJiß.tmn, T a. world's record sale. The heifer Melrose Diliuna fetched 1300 guineas. _ FOOTBALLER’S FARE, , w UGMENT for 13/ PER DAY Wellington, June 10. * Alter hearing counsel, Sir John Sul- J moiid this morning gave judgment in £ ' the training camp case, Agatha *■ Downes, proprietress oi the boarding- r: house where the Ail Blacks were ac- >, conmiodated in training for the third. Springboks lest v. New Zealand Rugby Union. Plaintiff claimed for da-, ( • mage alleged to have been done to j [ the building, and also remuneration * 117/6 per man per day. | His Honour held that damages were q not recoverable, and that the Union’s offer of 11/ per day was inadequate, and should be increased lo 13/. AT END OF ITS RESOURCES. SOVIET MUST FALL IN SIX MONTHS Paris, June 9. The Matin's Rome correspondent stares that, according to intercepted correspondence with the Soviet representative, the latter Recognises that his Government must fall within the six months if it does not receive financial help. THE GERMAN DEBT. FRENCH PAPERS RECONCILED TO REDUCTION. Paris, June 9. a It is reported that Mr Pierpont Mur’gan opposes proceeding further with the German international loan if France holds that the London schedule of German payments is inviolable. Mr Morgan regards it as futile to study reparations problems for Bri- * tain, Belgium and Italy, who in the aggregate are only entitled to 40 per: cent of the reparations. ( Most newspapers strenuously oppose the reduction of the German debt, ex- * . cept- La Gaulois, which declares that * France is moving in a vicious circle. j The point is whether it would be more ' 'advantageous for France to reduce the j ’ debt or await further opportunities for f * settlement. The Action Francats be- j lieves reduction is inevitable, and it is useless to grumble. MIFF UF\ &A«C*LE om. SWALLOW