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Boats Were Launched, But At Least One Of These Upset,

and several persons were drowned alongside the vessel. The number of persons injured by the explosion was also unusually great. It is still not known exactly how many lives were......

La The House Of Commons On Thursday Week There Was

a dis- cussion on the duties of delegates to the Economic Conference to be held in Paris. One demand made was that the delegates should go with precise instructions, and another......

Mr. Asquith, Sir Edward Grey, Mr. Lloyd George, Lord...

and Sir William Robertson have been in Paris for the great Allied Conference, attended by the delegates of eight countries. It is impossible to discuss the subjects which the......

Several Vessels Besides The 'sussex' Have Been Torpedoed...

during the week, including the Dominion liner English- man ' and the Atlantic transport vessel Minneapolis.' The latter, it will be remembered, took part in the landing at Suvla......

News Of The American Column Under General Pershing Which Has

pmetrated so far and so rapidly into Mexico in order to punish Villa is still awaited with much concern. The American War Department fears that President Carranza's principal......

On The Afternoon Of Friday Week The Cross-channel Steamer...

which ran between Folkestone and Dieppe, was tor- pedoed off Dieppe while crowded with passengers. The French captain of the vessel distinctly saw the approaching torpedo, and......

The Position In China Is Extremely Uncertain. The...

Yuan Shih-kai of the sovereignty which he had assumed, believing that his act was agreeable to popular feeling, has by no means satisfied the Republican rebels. Mere......

The Market Harborough Election, Which Took Place On...

resulted in a sweeping victory for the Coalition candidate, Mr. Percy Harris. He polled 7,826 votes to the 3,711 of Mr. T. G. Bowles, and thus had a majority of 4,115. We......

We Much Regret To Record The Illness Of Mr. Hughes,

the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, whose determination and ability have made so great an impression here. He seems to have over- taxed his strength, and is now suffering......

In Regard To The Unrest Which Is At The Moment

going on on the Clyde we desire at present to say as little as possible. This is emphatically a case in which the less said the soonest mended. On Tuesday it was announced that......

Bank Rate, 5 . Per Cent., Changed From 6 P.c. Aug. 8th,

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