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Kohat, a town in the Funjah, found his wi’a dead, with her throat cut, wthile h’s 15%year old daughter had disappeared. The girl is believed to have been abduct- ed by Afridiraiders after they bad com- mitted the murder. Troops have scoured the countryside,but in vain. Two off'eers, Majcr Anderson ard Major Orr, were shot dead a few days ago in the same neighbourhoed by unknown assailants. :London, April 15th.—Ten thousand British emigrants are to sail for Victoria, Australia, within flve years, according to an agreement under the Empire settle- ment act, which was signed here yester- diy. A comprehensive s:heme of emi- gration has been drafted which w .ico t 3(00.000 p u ds to ea ry througk .ni tne Austrahan common wealth Go:ern- ment his underraken to borrow money on the behalf of Victcria. A novel feature of the seheme is that each immigrantis expected to possess 300 pounds on landing in Vietoria. This stipulation is ¢xpeeted tu have th2 eff »et of attracting a ketter class of settlers than might otherwise be the case. London, April 15th, —Every bench ma- gistrate in Norfolk this week will be hearing summonses aeainst striking fiorm hands for intimidation and hird- vances. The strikers, including several women, are alleged to have inflicted bod- ily chastisemen: on non-union workers. After the abortive cunierences of last week a feeling is growing that the strike may fizzle out, for between the strikers and the farmers in certain districts there is a tendeney to make individua' agree- ments. Even the strikers are disposed t . confess their difficulty in maintaining solidarity in the dispute which has spread over dozens of scattered villages, where relatiors between the farmers and the workers is so much more direct and personal than where hundreds are em- ployed in a factory. Some workers have already returned under police protection, .nd with further assisiance from the jolice the farmers are prepar.d (o await the return gradu lly of reguiar help. Tae big farmers, it is expected, are roady to h:ld on, hoping rhe dispute will exert furiher pressure on the Govern- ment, which has already promised relief in local taxation. Washington, April 15th. —A decision was reached by President Harcing and members of the United States Shipping Board, at a two hour Conference yester- day, to proceed at once to the consolida- ticn of the Board’s foreign trade lines and then offer these lines and ships for sale under authorization of the Merchant Marine Aect of 1920, eonditionzl on a suit- able guarantee of maintained servica. The programme decided on further pro- vi®es that if the Government finds itself un%ble to sell these ships and lines with- oat® “unjustifiable sacrifice’’, the policy then will be to proceed to direct Govern- ment operation. -The di-cussions yester- day, which resulted from the failure of ST .BN A 1S Congress to pass tho Administration Shi ping Bill, were said to have develop- ed the * both the President and the ma- jority of the Shipping Board membership were strongly opposed to Government operaiion and explained that such a course would be entered upon only as a | st resort. T.ondoun, Aprillsth.—The Prime Min- ister has no intentions whatever of re- signing, accordit g td a statement is<ued fiom No. 10 Dov nng Street. This con- stituted the Government’s reply to a stutement in several of the Sunday news- papers, which the Government could not allow to pass urchallenged. This cfliciz] denial, howe -r, it is generally agreed in political ¢i. s, does not affect the situation, that M Bonar Law’s re- tention of office depends upon his heaith, The fate of rhe Ministry probably de- pends largely on the nature cf the bud- get statement Mr. Stanley Baldwin will present. A popular budget would bea great asset to the Goverrment. Paris, April 16th.—One of the mest m« viag ceremorni 8 which ":uris hes seen since the Great War cccuirred here tc- azy, when the new ""halis in honour «f the Allied armies”’ at the invalides, wer: forwally thrown open. No discourse marked the ceremony dedication. It was only a silent tribute to the memory of the dead. President Millerand on his arrival reviewed the guard f honour and then greeted the members of the diplo- matic corps. ‘lhen, followed by a numer- ous company of diplomatic and military attaches, the President passed through the commemorative halls, including thcse devoted to the British F are, tie United Stutes, Fortugal, Delgium, Japan, Italy, Roumania and Jugo-Slavia. wsociaurf, April 16th.—The new pen- aliies imposed on the Germ in coal mi e directors oi the Ruhr, because of their fajiure to pay the 40 per cent ¢ al tax to the French and Belgians, threaten to cause serious industrial complications in occupied terrvitory, ‘Lhese venalties, if enforced, it is asserted by the Germar s. would virtually close all the industrial and municipal works in the eotire Rubr di: trict | ecause of the lack of fuel. Berlin, April 16-h. —A huge coalition of major German induswries, 10 be the largest in European ¢coromie Listory. s being organized here today by Hugo Stinnes and his associates. Ariange- nents a'ready have been made by Stinnes and the Rerliner Handels Grosellschait for ihe meiger of the Stinnes, Fursten- burg, Ottowolff and Goldsechmidt inter- este. The new trust will und rtake further ¢fficiency in the development of the Upper Silesian coal iron and steel regions and other groups are expected to be diawn in as soon as the plan is furih- er developed. London, April 16th.- In his budget statement today the Chancelior of the Bxchequer anncunced that the corpora- tion tax wculd te reduced byione half and t e incone tax reduced from five shi'- .ings to fcur shillings and six pence in the round. Tlere will be no reduction in the sugar tax, the Chancellor declared, but he hoped that the condition of the world markets would permit such redue- tion at an eariy date. A reduction wes announced in the duty on beer, so as to allow acut ofa penny per pint in the retaii price. Uiublin, April 16 h.-—De Valera, Dan Breen and P. J. Rumledge are still at large. Austin Stack !when captured by the Free State authorities, according to official information today, was trying to make his way through the Free State lines. A document fourd on Stack re- quested the ''President of the Repub ic to order an immediate cessation of hos- t lities’’. It was in Stack’s own hani- writing and ready for signature by :1l members ¢ f their lerular executive ecn.- mitt-e. Had the decument been con - p:ted it wculd tave ut De Valerain a position of having 1o call off hostilities a d the fact that Stack, when arrestec, nad not secured the signatures to the document, may defer for the present a complete cessation of fighting. The end, however, is§now believed to be only a question of time, &8, and | Glaseow, April 16:h —Scot'and ‘and Eng'and play:d a drawn soccer match at Hampden Park on Saturday, the final score b ire 2all. At half time the score wes 2to 1 in tavour of England. Londn, April 16:h.—Ggeat Britain will inteip se no objection to the Turks r cent ratificaion of concessions to a Uniced Sta es developmen* company, except in the §rvent of their conflicting with privileg=s already granted to Brit- i h subj ets, the House of Commons was i formad tonight by Mr. Ronald Me N ill, spokesman of the Foreign Office. Detfinite information coneerning the pre- ¢.s¢ natur. of the eoncession is still Jack- ing at the Foreign Off'ce, he saud, and the subject has not been discussed be- tween the French and BEriish Gev in- m nts, : Roston Ap il 16.1.—T1e State Com- m ssicn on neecess:i sos 1 fe, reporuing t) the legislatuie today on a special in- vestization of the sugar s.toation, said th re was no shortage at present, or prospeetive, and the. recent advances were due l: rgely to aspeeulation, i ost'y on the New York suguar exchange, 'lhe aciivities of the Exchanze were deelared to be purely specuistive and it was as- seried that the Exchange played an im- por ant part in the rceent thimblerig- ging of sugar prices. Lublin, April 16th, —lt is officially au- ncunced that two very important cap- tures have been made in the Cork dis- tiiet. ‘The men seized by the troops arve F.auk Bar ett. a member of the Irregu- lar Fxeeu.ive and Chrmmander of the liregular Western Divisions, and Sean (-aynor, a prominent kader.