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people: for there is borp to you this day in tne city of David. a Saviour, who is -Christ the Lorl. . e “ Glory to God in the highest, . And on earth pesace among men in whom he is well pleased. (Luke 2:10, 1} 14) b He became flesh, and dwelt among us (and beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) He hath showed strength with his rm; He hath scatterzd the proud in the imagination of their heart. He hath put down princes from their thrones And hath exalted them of low degree. (Luke 1:51-52) Come unto me, all ye that labor and ave heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and iearn of me; forl am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. (Matthew 11:28; 29) : Now .abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest o9f these is love. (I Corinthians 13:13) : ; OCONTREBUTED. 20t eaa BT ECROIX-STATION. Cork, Dec. 19th.—It was brought out by an auxiligry police at the military coirt which-is holding an enquiry into the shooting of Ganon Magner and Timothy Crowley at Dunmanway,that cadet Harte, who firéed ' shots, had been drinking heavily, and that he was '‘absolutely mad'’ at the time. The auxiliary police- men who was in the car of which Harte was in charge, said that Harte had stop- ped the car, got out, walked two hun- dred yards and addressed the civilian and searched his pocket. -The cadet, then according to the policeman, then assault- ed the civilian, who later proved to be Timothy Crowley, a farmers son, who was shot . dead. Harte next went to the priest and meanwhile two other cadets stepped out of the car, but were waived away by Harte, who is declared to have snétched the priest’s hat from his head and throwing it on the ground made him kneei. He fired twice, killing the clergyman and afterwards he went through Canon Magner’s pocket and scattered the contents on the ground, and was finaly prevailed upen by the dis- trict inspector to re-enter the car. Aux- iliaries in the party led by Cadet Harte corroborated. this testimony. The result of the enguiry is to be announced later. London, Dec. 20th.—England is to be thrown back into the ignorance of passing events which obtained in the dark ages, during the three days a- round Christmas. The publishers of all daily . and Sunday newspapers have decided to suspend publication on Decem- ber 25th., 26th., and 27th. -to give the employees a rest and also-the gen- 5 L LRt X ANV S eral public which has iatelv been suff- ering with news mostly bad. This is the first time since the daily newspapers be- gan publication that the country has been three days without. Manila, Dec. 20th.—Charges of mur- der will be filed in court today by the the city prosecutor against Philippine constabulary soldiers as a result of riot- ing o Wednesday ##n which four United States and seven Filipinos were killed, Governor General Harrison announced yesterday. : London, December 21st.—Mr. Lioyd George replying i1 the House of Com- mons today to ecriticisms of Govern- ment schemes to remedy unemployment expressed the fear that the problem could only be solved by resort to emi- gration within the Empire until the world was in more settled condition. He hoped that the Imperial Conference next May would discuss the question. Sir Robert Horne, {Minister of Labour, stated that on December 10th thece were over a half million men regis- tered as unemployed The plans the Govt. have made, which were explained in the debate, included the immeditate benefit under the unemployment in- surance act- by subsidy to the Trade Unions to train and absorb 50,000 ex- soldiers in the buiiding trades, payment of wages in these trades for unemploy- ment through stress of weather and co- ordination and support to the extent of several million pounds sterling of public work schemes. These proposals are now being considered by the trades fed- eration. The House gave a sympathetic reception mingled with some strong criticisms on vame details. London, Dec, 20th.—Farrow’s Bauk, an institution doing business largely with small depositors in the suburbs of ILon- don, where it had numerous branches, posted a notice this morning that pay- ments had been suspended. London. Dec.: 21st.—Two .irrests have been made in conpection with the sus- penslr,ion of Farro’s Bank, says the “‘Daily Mail’". { London, Deec. 21st.—A sequel to the crash yesterday of Farrow’s Bank which has brought misery to thousands of smail depositors just at Christmastide was the appeaiance in the Mansion House this morning of two officials connected with the. bank, Frederick Harts, . accountant, and Crotch, Banker. They were charged by the public pro- secutor ywith publishing, together with Thomas Farrow, founder of the bank, a report and balance sheet for the year end{ng Juue last which they krew to be |false in certain particulars. Both Harts and Crotch were remanded for three weeks nn bail, €rotch in two sure- ties of 10,000 pounds each and 20,000 of his own money and Harts two sure- ties of 5,000 pounds each and 10,000 of ‘his own. Farrow was placed under arrest, but -is reported to be too ill to “be moved. The attorney for the public prosecutor told the defendants that they were charged under the larceny act with publishing a false re- port and balance sheet with the intent to induce members of the public to in- vest their money. The bank, he said. was hopelessly involved. During the last nine years, the Attorney asserted there have been heavy annual losses amounting to upwards of 1,000.000 and during that time the accounts had been manipulated. The crash was due to un- sound methods of finance and reckless trading, the attorney declared, emphasis- ing that the failure was not attributed to the war or postwar conditions. the gen- eral financial position of the country be- ing absolutely sound. Dublin, Dec. 21st. —News of what ap pears to be cne of the biggest encoun ters yet know between the Crown fore- es and the volunteers is coming through slowly from the island. The southern district of Mullana, in the mountains of South Tipperary, was the scene of the battle A party of military ‘was ambush- ed there yesterday by strong forces and an engagement followed lasting for a considerable time. The Crown forces routed thejattackers, ten of “whom are reported ldead and several wounded and prisoners. Another story gives the mili- tary losses at eight dead and seversl wounded, but enquiries trom. reliable sources put the military casualfies at one soldier seriously wcunded. RBig forces have left for the scene. -l . Geneva, Dec. 20th.—Twenty two na- tions signed today the protoeol _giving executive approval to the League of Na- tions, planifor an International court of justice. ; London, Dec. 20th.—K ng Haakon and Crown Prince Olaf of Norway arrived in. London today on a visit to the King and Queen, London, Dec. 20th. —The Jrish Home Rule Bill is now safe and will be placed on the statute books this_week in a form only slightly amended from the shape in which it first left the House of Commons. Montreal, Dec. 20th.—A sailing from fJalifax-to the south every three weeks, departing on Thursday, is provided in the new schedule which was issued today for the combined passenger and freight ser- vice to be commenced next month by the new Canadian Government Mercantile. Marine Steamers ‘‘Canadian Fisher’’ and “"Canadian Forester’’. The former will leave Halifax on January 13th. for Nas- sau, Bahamas, where she is due on the 19th. and will sail thence to Kingston, Jamaica, thence to Belize and from there home. The Canadian Forester will make her first sailing fiom Halifax on*Febry- ary 3rd. maintaining a special schedule. Each vessel has accomodation for 30 passengers. London, Dec. 21st. —Sugar in stock on the 18th. inst. was 186,000 tons. Last year 68,000 tons.