BOXING MATCH ABANDONED
Action Of Burma G.O.C.
(From Our Correspondent)
Rangoon, July 11

The boxing contest between Private Crone, Border Regiment, and Bill Fisher, Calcutta, for the lightweight championship of Burma, fixed for tomorrow night has had to be abandoned under the orders of the General Officer Commanding, who has prohibited Crone from taking part and has ordered the Jubilee Hall to be placed out of bounds and Crone and other intending competitors to be confined to barracks. People in boxing circles want to know how the General Officer Commanding Burma came to this extraordinary decision on the eve of the contest. 

THE TRAINING OF CIVILIANS
Mr. Stanley Leathes’ Evidence
A Comparison With The Home Service
London, July 11

Giving evidence before the Public Services Commission today Mr. Stanley Leathes, Civil Service Commissioner, said that if the Commission decided that the lowering of age was desirable, he would then be inclined to fix the age at eighteen and nineteen, with two competitions spread over one year, instead of one competition spread over two years. Witness was of opinion that the examination could easily be adapted to the curriculum of any public school. A foreign language should be compulsory. He opposed separate training and instruction for Indian Civil Servants, which might have a narrowing effect. Mr. Leathes partially endorsed the views of Dr. Warren.

SUKKUR BARRAGE PROJECT
A Committee Of Engineers
(From Our Correspondent)
Bombay, July 11

The Bombay Chronicle understands by the last mail that the Secretary of State is about to convene a committee of engineers to consider the question of the Sukkur barrage project. The scheme was sent Home last autumn, and ever since the project has been lying before the India Office. It is an open secret that Sir John Benton, lately Inspector-General of Irrigation in India, was strongly opposed to the idea of forming a barrage at Sukkur, of which Mr. Hill, lately Chief Engineer to the Government of Bombay, was a strong advocate. There is much to be said both for and against the scheme, and the Secretary of State has been well advised in summoning an expert committee. The composition of the committee is not known, but there are several well-known irrigation engineers now in London, and possibly Lord Crewe will find no difficulty in securing the services of Colonel Sir John Otley, R.E., as president, and the members may very well include Sir John Benton, Sir Lionel Jacob, Mr. Hill and Mr. Summers and several others. The Chronicle thinks that Colonel Sir Colin Scott Moncrieff should also be invited to join the committee.

THE KHOST VALLEY
Affairs Still Unsatisfactory
(From Our Correspondent)
Allahabad, July 11

A Frontier correspondent states that affairs in the Khost Valley are still in a most unsatisfactory state. The Manchals, Jadrans, and Jajis have openly announced that they will in future pay no revenue to Kabul and admit no Afghan officials into their villages. They claim that their status should be the same as that of the Afridis and Mohands, and that tribal allowances should be granted to them by the Amir. No official can move without a strong escort and the collection of revenue has been suspended. There was a rumour last Monday that the Amir was about to visit Khost, and troops  were concentrated at Ghazni for a march into the valley. His Majesty went to Ghazni, but no forward move was made, and he contented himself with the inspection of the local irrigation works.