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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1926.
MANILA CRISIS.
FILIPINO LEADERS DEFY GOVERNOR.
LEGALITY ISSUE RAISED.
Manila, Nov. 16.
£10,000,000 CONTRACT.
LONDON FIRM AND BUENOS AIRES TURES"
BRITISH INDUSTRY'S REVIVAL.
the
NEW STRIKE LAW.
ENFORCING PRELIMINARY
ARBITRATION.
COURT TO HEAR FACTS.
London, Nov. 16.
The House of Commons by 185 to 82 votes, passed the Arst read- ing of the Conservative Bill to pre- vont strikes and tockouts until pre- Himinary "arbitration had been held before a properly constituted court.
Rugby, Nov. 16. it was stated to-day that The most serious political crisia. of the year arose to-day when contract for the floating dock at Senate Presiden; Manuel L. Quezon, Singapore has been secured by the and Speaker Roxas, who were last rm of Swan, Hunter and Wigham, week ousted from the Board of Richardson of Wallsend-on-Tyne.
The Dock will be built at Wall Control by General Wood's. exevu- }; tive order notified General Woodsend and towed out to Singapore
The introducer of the Bill, Mr. that they refused to recognise the when it is ready. It is to be cap-A. N. Dixey said the Bill did not fegality of the order and would able of lifting a ship of 50,000 tons, remove the right to strike if the
The amount of the contract is arbitration failed. continue to act as a majority of the Board and vote the Government £1,200,000 and it will provide work
Mr. A. Hayday (Labour), oppos- owned stock in the Philippine for many men for nearly two years.ing, and the Bill was mischievous National Bank the National Coal This is the second blg contract and would lead to the breaking up. Company, the Manila Railroad Com-placed in this country within of conciliation machinery-Reuter.
has already been men- pany and other Government enter-week. prisen...
itioned in the British Official Wire-
The first text is expected this less that is London Arm has been week when the National Coal Cem- entrusted with the construction of pany directorate meets. Messrs. the electric under ground railways Quezon and Roxas. intimate" that for Buenos Aires.
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COLLIERY DISASTER.
they will instruct the Secretary of, It appears that this contract in-
Fukuoka, Nev. 16. the company to refuse to surrender volves the work of laying a system
An explosion occurred at the the books to the Governor-General, of tube railways in six sections, thereby forcing the latter to seek linking up the principal railwag Goto colliery owned by the legal remedy against them, terminus and chief business, cen-Mitsui Company, The casualties
probably number fifty-Reuter. tres of Buenos Aires
1 is intimated that General Wend is unwilling to leave the Philippines in January for Washington as scheduled on account of the situa- tion-Reuter.
The railways are to be built on the same system as that of the London Tube Railways, with all their latest improvements.
The contract not only includes the construction of actual railways. but also their whole equipment
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
HE' Undersigned have received
Auction
PEOPLING CANADA, motors, trains, electrical generators T instructions to sell by Eublic
SUCCESS OF 3,000-FAMILY SCHEME.
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THE RIGHT SPIRIT WINS.
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and gear, etc.
An intereating feature will be. that, lifts will be dispensed with, Imoving escalators being used in. {stead. Altogether the work will
mean the expenditure of nearly at £10,000,000.
A third big contract is also an- nouneed to-day. This is an order
Rugby, Nov. 16. The report is issued of the Earl which has been received by an of Clarendon and Mr. Mackagh Accrington Arm for cotton mill ten, Chairman and Vice-chairman, machinery for Melbourne, Austrá- Lof the Over-sea Settlement, the amount involved being
Committee on their recent tour in £1,000,000-British Wireless
více. Canada.
ON
MONDAY, the 22nd Nov., 1926, commencing at 2.80 p.m. their Sales Room, Duddell Street. A Large Quantity of " VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
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The primary purpose of the tour was to study larki settlement EMPIRE CONCERNS. Table Fans, Ornaments, etc., etc. io Canada and particularly" to XMAS Letter Mail via Marseilles for the United Kingdom will ascertain what progress has been be closed in the G.PO. at 5 p.m. the 20th inst. Bera.8. "Katori made by families who went out Maru."
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from this country during the seasons of 1925 and 1926 under: the so-called 3,000 families' scheme.
FIVE COMMITTEES AT WORK.
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OXFORD AND PREMIERS.
Rugby, Nov. 16 Some 1504 families, com-
Five, committees of the Imperial prising 8,381 individual, have Conference were at work to-day aleady been settled on farms and a farther advance was made' owned by the Canadian in the examination of the subjects Government, and although the referred to them..
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scheme only came into operation The Research Committee proceed- in the Spring of 1925, it is con-led to gather together the results of sidered to have so far proved a detailed investigation, undertaken conspicuous success, and promises, by its small expert sub-committees, in the words of the report, to be- and they are being prepared for n come the most successful effort in report to the Conference, which will colonisation undertaken by any meet in, plenary session on Thurs
day. government in modern times.
Greengrocers and Engineers.
That meeting will also have be fore it two reports from the econo- The selection of families in this mic committee, which were com country has proved to be pleted to-day. They deal with the thoroughly competent, though immunity of State enterprises from there has perhaps been too strong taxation; and with the question of a preference shown for familles taxation of non-resident traders. with farming experience, and it
The report of the Over-seas
is a striking fact that inexperi-Settlement Committee bus also enced families, provided they are baen completed. imbued with the right spirit, seem. to succeed just as well as the ex- perienced ones.
Premiers Honoured. Oxford University to-day con- ferred the honorary degree of Cases of a former greengrocer Doctor of Civil Law on Mr. S."M. and of an engineer from London Bruce, Prime Minister of Australia, General Hertzog, Frime Minister of are quoted as illustrations.
Careful analysis has been made South Africa, and Mr. Monroe, of the cases of failures. Those Prime Minister of Newfoundland. who have abandoned the scheme British Wireless Service. hardly exceed five per cent.
Of the remainder some ten per cent, appear to be below the gen- eral average, and success in their case is regarded as doubtful.
HUGE SUMS.
WAR DEBTS STILL DUE TO BRITAIN,
It is believed that, given rea- sonably favourable condition of climate and markets, between WHAT WE OWE THE US. eighty per cent and ninety per cent. of the families settled under
Rugby, Nov. 16.- Winston Churchill, the the scheme will make good, and Mr remain permanently settled upon Chancellor of the Exchequer, reply. the land as farmers-British Ing to a question in the House of Wireless Service.
Commons stated, the amount re ceived by this country on account of war debts in respect of which
A SECRET STILL
Teak Dining Tables, Sideboards, Teak Dinner Waggon, Ice. Cheats, Crockery, Glass Ware, Mitchen Utensils, etc., etc.
Teak and Iron Bedsteads with Wire Mattresses and Mattresses, Teak. Wardrobes with and without mirrors, Teak Dressing Tables, Teak Chests of Drawers, Toilet Sets, etc., etc..
ALSO
A Few Pieces of BLACKWOOD-WARE AND
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3 Porcelain Basins with Taps
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1 Cottage Piano by John Brond
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Electrical Supplies.
On View from Saturday, the 20th THE GLOBE FOOK CHEONG November 1926.
Teras-Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 17th, Nov., 1926...
THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction
ON
WEDNESDAY, the 24th Nov, 1926,
commencing at 2,45 p.m.an
at No. 23, Jordan Rond, Kowloon
(Ground Floor Flät).
A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
Comprising:
Couch, Tables, Chairs, Dressing Tables. Single and Double Ward- robes, Iron Bedsteads, Washstands, Glass Ware, Marble Crockery, Clock, Pictures, Ornaments, etc..
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fonding agreements had been sign One Plano by J. Ramsperger &
To. bei Received
ed and the total further amount of principal and interest dua over the New York, Nov. 16.
total period of 62 years, The Newhaven police have dis
From covered a thousand-gallonati}}
France almost under the earthern walls Italy of the Yale bowl," where inter-Bu Collegiate football matches are
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Katori: Wari NOVEMBER
The distillery consists of an en-
tire two storey house
have seized
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ported; elevant.
Beuter's American Servic
Received $2,000,000
Co., Stuttgart.
AND
Some Plea of Antique, Spanish
Mahogany Furniture (made in
£797,400,000 England).
2270,700.000
81,200,000
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1926
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