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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926.
COAL DEADLOCK."
SITUATION APPEARS TO BE
IMPROVING.
MR. CDOK MOVES.
Rugby, August 26.
The altuntion in the coalfields
appears to be improving.
Every-
LONG TRIP..
DUTCH SUBMARINE REACHES AMERICA.
SIX MONTHS' CRUISE.
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POLAND'S CLAIM.
PERMANENT SEAT ON
COUNCIL
VIEWS IN GERMANY.
Warsaw. August 25. San Francisco, Aug. 25.
The Foreign Minister, M. Zaleski, ning is reported, as, quiet at the The Dutch submarine K13 aris shortly going to Geneva to attend¦ Natts goalfield this morning. The Irived here on Tuesday, She will the meeting of the League of police at Mansfield report that no
there were more miners returning Holland via the Dutch East generally urged in the newspapers. rickets were on the streets and remain twelve days and return to Nations. Poland's claim to a per manent sent on the Council is
The Sgures for the Indies.-Beute. : American Ser-The Radical journal, Glosprüwdy. | Bolsover group of pits were 2.441
to
work.
Protection for Workers.
¡vice.
which is understood to be in touch with Marshal Pilsudaki, says that it will be better for Peland to with-i drawn from the Lengue than toj accept an empty compromise on the subject of the reorganisation of the
at this morning'e shift. compared
(The KB left Amster morning. with 1,450 yesterday Three pits have been opened in dam on May 18 on a six this area--British Wireless Ser-months cruise to the. Dutch Eaat [vice.
Indles. This is believed to be the
Council. The Dziennik Poznanski, London. August 24.. longest trip ever undertaken by the organ of the Posen farmers It is underdood that the Home!
an unescorted submarine, and it is declares that Poland cannot be Ofee has drawn up plans for the movement of large numbers of expected to arrive at Sourabaya stent with anything less than a ather on December 12. It will go via permanent sent as in the case of police from kondom and anaffected areas to the cuslfields, the Azores. Las Palmas, Carneca, Germany. The Conservative Czas A high official at the Home Once the Panama Canal, San Francisco, says that Poland's position will be stated that the Home Secretary Honolulu, Guan Yap and Manila improved if Spain insista upon determined that the atmost possible and take oceanographical obser having a permanens seat.-Retter.
Germany Anxious, an route. A cable
Berlin, Aug. 25. protection shall be provided to any-vations
Horta, Azores. one willing to work and every effort from
The forthcoming eritien) Assem- will be made to combat with intimi- June 8, reported: The Dutch bly of the League of Nations is dution The Home Office reports submarine K3 has arrived. She showed that the stories of intimida attained a top speed of 18 knots tion, and violence are exaggerated, and is considered to haye behaved but undoubtedly the situation was well. proving that the new very difficult. There was no ques sign is satisfactory. tion of interference by any other bodies than the police Reuter,
A Development?
London, Aug. 26. The miners leaders were con- ferring most actively in London, to-day.
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Mr. A. J. Cook has requested an| interview WRR Sir A. Steel- Maitland,
Minister
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Labour,
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completely absorbing interest in) political and diplomatic circles.
It is expected that the preliminary de-discussions on the composition of the Council, which so far have pro- ceeded smoothly and amicably, will lead to a result enabling the Com- mittee on the composition of the Council, which meets in Geneva on Monday, to frame a proposal agree. able to all parties.
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL.
CONGRESS.
who is on his way to London from Randersteg (Switzerland), Aug. 25.
Scotland-Reuter,
FIRST OPEN. MOVE.
Toward Opening Fresh
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Negotiations.
Rugby. Aug. 25.
The delegates of the thirty-two uations attending the Fourth Inter- untional Congress. of Boy Scouts, being held here this week, are very energetic. They have a fell pro- grumme of lectures. debates, con- jeertą, official dinners and mountain
excursions. ' ...
The general opinion is that Lord: Cecilla plan will be Anally adopted: as there is hardly any better solu tion-Reuter.
WOOSUNG FORTS:
REPAIRS TO BE PRESSED FORWARD.
Shanghai, August 25.
It is reported that instructions have been given to press forward the repairs at Woosung Forts, and new guns are to be mounted." Only the thirteenth, is in Shanghai dis- trict and it is said that this force. has been notified that it may be required for service elsewhere.
A request was-to-day made by
General Baden Powell, in his Mr. AJ. Cook, Secretary of the opening speech, emphasised the im Miners' Federation; that the 'Com-portance of the movement in in-one regiment of the Allied troops. LIST OF SHIPS EXPECTED TO BE IN WIRELESS mittee of Cabinet Ministers which culating the spirit of peace in the COMMUNICATION WITH HONGKONG TO-DAY. has had the coal dispute under ita young, which was the only way to
The remarkable in Pres. Cleveland, Empress of Canada, Tjikini, Fingal Kalyan,special care would receive repre-abolish war.
crease in the membership by over Hinsang, Protesilaus, Tjikembang. Kumsang. Asphalion, Fushimi sentatives of the miners. Mary, Takasago Mara, Hellore, Helikon, Glenamoy, Hanoi, Fooksang, The notification of this request three hundred thousand during thei Daviken, Sunning, Sinkiang, Jeypore.
was at once telegraphed to the past two years, testified to their Ministers, who are returning to successful progress. London immediately for the meet- Many messages of enthusiastic jing, which has been arranged for sympathy with the movement have been received here from twelve to-morrow.
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Yesterday Lu Hsiang-ting. the Tupan of Cheklang, passed through Shanghai on his way to Nanking in | order to confer with Sun Chuan- fan-Reuter.
"Saving Face."
During the last few days, in Governments, including those from
Peking, August 25, his endeavour to delay the return Sir Austen Chamberlain and Boron Chen Chia-mu la believed to, bel to work of men in the Derbyshire Shidehara, whilst General Bruce, of on the point of reigning his and Nottinghamshire areas, Mr. Mount Everest fame, who is here, Tupanship. This action is inter Cook has referred in vague terms is taking particular interest in the preted in Hankow as a "face to impending developments, and Scouts Alpine Club, of which the saving" measure in view of the has urged the men "not to return Prince of Wales is a member-Cantonene invasion of Hupeh.- whilst we are negotiating."
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Unofficial Negotiations..
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sons connected with the mining industry prior to the recent abor- tive meeting between the Miners' Executive and the Mining Asso- ciation were being resumed. The request to meet the Ministers is Dentist.
the first open move in the direc- HARRY FONG, Dentist,
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The Mines Department reports that the foreign coal imported has Increased from 520,000 tons in the week ended July 10 to 916,000 tons in the week ended August 21. Modistes.
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