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No. 19,347 # #λ†)~+40+=TλF-X HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1924
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(Reuter's American Service.)
EL PASO, TEX., November 18.
The annual report of the Executive of the
SUPPORT OF LEAGUE SOUGHT,
(Reuter's Service.)
GENEVA, November 18.
On the resumption of the sittings of the second American Federation of Labour declares that drugs conference, the general discussion was open- Industry must solve its own problems or face the ed by the Persian delegats, who asserted that oplum, alternative of State Intrusion, which will lead to came first to Persia from India,
He added that the Persian Government-was- bureaucracy and breakdown. -
The report points out that there are now 21 prepared to adhere to article three of The Hague banks owned by Labour Unions with resources Convention on condition the Conference and League assisted Persia in the difficult task of estimated at $60,000,000.
Hmiting the traffic in and use of opfum.
"Proposals for a General Labour Life Insurance Company have been investigated by a committee, which is of the opinion that it is advisable for the Unions Jointly to adopt some form of proper Insurance, but it is opposed to the Federation itself engaging-in-the insurance business...
AUSTRALIAN STRIKES.
SIGNS OF SETTLEMENT.
(
MORETON BAY" STILL TIED UP.
(Reuter's Service.)
SYDNEY, November 18,
The overtime strike, reported on November 6, has ended. The dispute regarding the s.s." Fem dale" has also been settled, but the "Moreton Bay" is still tied up."
HOW IT STARTED.
•
A Mebourne message of November 6 stated that a general stoppage of work on the water frouls throughout Australia is threatened as a result of the seamen here declining to provide steam for cranes and donkey-engines for wharf, labourers -working overtime.
The Japanese delegates wished the Conference success and declared the guiding principle was the same as at the first Opium Conference-namely one of humanity, public health and justice..
After speeches by the Greek and Polish delegates, the Conference adjourned until to
morrow.
GROUNDED
CHINESE STEAMER ASHORE.
• NO DAMAGE ANTICIPATED.
(Reuter's Service.)
AUCKLAND, N.Z, November 18. The Chinese steamer "Ling Nam," bound from South American ports to Hongkong, ran aground leaving Paprete
No dan age, however, is anticipated. [Note: The Chung Wha Steam Navigation Co Hongkong, are the owners of the "Ling Nam which is a vessel of 3.148 tonnage engaged in carrying merchandise and passengers between Hongkong. Australia and South America.
"
A "Chin Mall" reporter who called at the effices-of-the Company this morning was informed The trouble began against overtime strikes of dockers at Sydney and Brisbane, The position is that no sews of the grounding of the ship had been complicated by the Waterside Workers Federation, received by them. The last they had heard of it was from a message from their agent at Sydney to protesting against unionists working the new Com the effect that the ship had arrived at Auckland on monwealth liner Ferndale," hi cause the Seamen's Monday of this week and had left for Melbourne Union suspended the crew of the Commonweath later in the day with general cargo and nine passen- liner "Fordsdale," while the Stewards Union refused to replace 47 stewards on the finer More gers for Hongkong on board: The ship, as a rule, ton Bay," whom the management dismissed be carried a few European passengers.] cause they refused to attend two insane passengers on the last voyage to London.
COLD SNAP IN U.S.
CHAIN OF DISASTERS.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
(Reuter's American Service)
NEW YORK, Neven.ber 18. The intensely cold weather and violent winds have been responsible for a chain of disasters, Ten people are known to be dead. There has also been a huge loss of property and shipping. Steamers are arriving a day late, many encased in ice.
Firemen have been handicapped in several. serious fires, owing to lack of water.
A million dollars' worth of damage was thus caused at the Standard Oil Company's plant it -Warner, New Jersey Similar damage occurredata fashionable hotel in Atlantic City, which was de troyed. Two of the guests perished.
GERMANY'S PRE-WAR DEBTS.
ALLOCATION DECIDED UPON.
(Reuter's Service.)
Li
PARIS, November 19. "In connection with the allocation of Germany's pre-war public debts in respect of transferred territories, the Reparations Commission has decided the shares as follow.
Belgium
+44
--
Dantzig
GOLD MARKS. 640,609 5:763,729
"Czecho-Slovakia“
-243,879
Poland (For Upper Silesia)...
750,361
Poland (For Other Territories)...17,121,458
EOVIET FAILURE.
ATTEMPT TO RAISE LOAN.
AUSTRALIANS NOT WILLING.
(Reuter's Service,)
NEW YORK STATE.
INCREASING ANNUAL RECEIPTS,
FRANCHISE TAX DECISION.
(Reuter's American Service.)
WASHINGTON, November 18..
A decision, increasing the annual receipts in New York State by $300,000,000 was given to-day in the Supreme Court, which held that the franchise tax on foreign corporations, doing business in the State, was constitutional.
Two cases involved in the suit included a firm of British brewers, who contended that the tax was not estimated upon the firm's sales in New York alone, but upon part of its business outside the United States.
SECURITY DISARMAMENT.
POSITION-OF-BRITAIN.
SBEKING DOMINIONS' VIEWS.
(Reuter's Service.)
PARIS, November 18. The British Government has requested the League Secretariat bot to place the security dis armament protocol on the agenda at next meeting of the League Council to be held at Rome on December 8, because it was necessary to consult the Dominions Governments, before Britain would be able to proceed in the matter.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE.
POST FOR ME. MAC MURRAY, (Reuter's American Service.) ·
WASHINGTON, November 18- President Calvin Coolidge has appointed. Mr. John Van Antwerp Mac Murray, head of the Far Eastern Division of the State Department,'te be Assistant Secretary of State.
NEW U.S. SUBMARINE.
LARGEST VESSEL ON TRIAL
(Reuter's American Service.)
NEW YORK, November 18.
SYDNEY, November 18. Replying to a question in the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Hon. Charles Willin Oakes, Minister, said the Soviet Government's No. 41, the largest submarine yet bullt for the efforts to raise a loan of £200 oca in Australia End United States Navy, finished lis trials to-day. The not been successful. Only £800 had been raised tests proved satisfactory.
COLONIAL BORROWERS, editor of "The Times" says that well as of the lender that prospec-
LACK OF FIANANCIAL
INFORMATION.
there are bright exceptions, but the tusas omit all information regard- general pale is ther to give no in- ing the finances of the former. It formation at all or to give a mini is very unbusinesslike. The sup mum amount which tells the in- pression of information is not only a Mentioning bad example set to borrowers Issa vestor reallylo. London, Defober 23-Drawing particularly he case of recent privileged than in the dominions and attention to what he describes as Queenalar, prospectus ho says the colonics,, but must inevitably the growing, tendency of Colanis! It is an unwise practice which has borrowers to provide less infor tion in their prospectuses, the city
growing up among, Colonial lead investore to diacominate
a contrary to the tween those borrowers giving of the borrower as information and those who do nov
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