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London, Yesterday. The Conference of the Represen- tatives of the Cotton Employers' and operatives at Manchester have agreed to the terms of reference to the Court of Arbitration.
Work will be resumed on Mon- day. Pre-stoppage wages will be paid, peading the result of the arbitration.
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RED LITERATURE BRITAIN'S FOOD
FOUR CHINESE AGAIN IN COURT
SYNDICATES ACTIVITIES
The four Chinese arrested in con- nection with the distribution of self- tious literature in the vicinity of Sin- cere's on the might of "Red Thurs- day" (August 1), made another appear- ance before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Central Magistracy, this morning.
Chief Detective-Inspector. Reynolds appeared for the prosecution.
SUPPLIES
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London, Yesterday. Important figures regarding the trend of trade in food supplies
First the case against the three al-¡ within the Empire are given in a leged distributors was called.
White Paper published by the
The C.D.I., applied for leave to with, Ministry of Agriculture. draw the charge against the third man, on account of Insufficient evidence,
The application was granted, and this man was discharged,
Mr. Reynolds then said that there
was a little trouble over the first accus-
The imports of grain, during the year 1928, showed a notable variation in favour of Empire sources.
What is Agreed to
Wheat imports from foreign The conference lasted 11 hours.ed, a Kwangei man. As there was no countries declined by 350,000 tons The result was announced at 10 interpreter in Court who could speak on the year, while barley and oats p.m. by Sir Horace Wilson (Per- this man's dialect, one had been sent showed reductions of 37,000 tons manent Secretary to the Ministry for from the Secretariat for Chinese and 2,000 tons, respectively.
of Labour) who stated that he 0000866339A On the other hand, the receipts
agreed that the employers' applica. tion for a reduction of wages by 12.82 per cent. be referred to ar- bitration.
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While the quantity of beef from Empire sources increased by as compared with
Both sides undertook to abide by the award of the Board of Ar- bitration which will consist of two nominees of the employers and two nominees of the opera- tives with an independent chair- 250006880*S**60*9039 25,000 tons, man. It is mutually agreed that Affairs, and he was on his way up to 1927, the supply from foreign the chairman will have the full Court. powers of an umpire.
countries showed a decline of
Mr. Hamilton said that he could not 91,000 tons. In the event of the other membear the case that morning, and would On the other hand, there was an increase of 3,000 tons of mut- bers of the Court failing to agree. have to fix a date.
The CD.I. then mentioned that he ton and lamb and 44,000 tons of Sir Horace Wilson also suggested would prefer further charges against pig meat from foreign countries that the employers' and operatives' the remaining two accused, and those while the supplies from Empire organisations should agree to es- charges would be the ones upon which tablish a joint Consultative Com-the Police would rely.
sourcea showed practically mittee to discuss any proposals to Mr. Reynolds added that there was change, as compared with the pre- improve the state of the industry another man, who was being charged vious year.
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no
and to strengthen its competitive separately, and asked his Worship to Butter and cheese from cour- position.
allow this man to be tried together tries outside the Empire declined
The representatives of both with the other two. They were all arin quantity by 4,000 tons and 550- sides welcomed the suggestion and rested about the same time. The evid-tons, respectively, while the re- agreed to hold an early joint meet-ence of arrest would be slightly differeeipt from Empire, countries in- ent, but that connected with the trans creased by 17,000 tens in the case ing to consider it.-Reuter.
lations of the leaflets would be the of butter and 3,000 tons in the
case of cheese.
CANTON GOVERNOR
REPORT ABOUT MK. KOO DENIED
GENERAL CHAN TO STAY
Canton, Yesterday. Regarding the report emanating from Shanghai and published in the Hong Kong vernacular papers two days ago, that Mr. Koo Ying-fan is to be appointed Chairman of Kwangtung, our correspondent, on enquiry in official circles, learns that not only has there been no such news received here, but that
vame.
He explained further that the reason for asking that the men be tried to gether was because the Police wanted to prove that they were connected, and that the one man was acting as the dis tributing agent to the others.
The imports of maize and ef potatoes from Empire sources also increased to a notable extent.
Further details show that, in 1924, the imports of frozen beef His Worship remanded the accused in from the United States and South Police custody for 24 hours, at the end America were more
than double
of which time a date would he fixed for these from Australasian countries hearing of the case.
Up to this time the interpreter from but, in 1920, the position was largely reversed, the imports from arrived in the S.C.A. had not yet
апа New Court,
Zealand tions to the Court interpreter to write amounting to about 50 per cent.
the Magistrate gave instruc Australia the information on a piece of paper more than those from American which was handed to the Kwangsi man. countries-Reuter's American Ser- After nodding, he turned and walked vice. out of the Court
The fourth man referred to by Mr.
no official change whatever is anti-Reynolds as the distributing ngont for 1 PUMPKIN 7 DAYS eipated.
Rutchers' Strike
the others, was the one who was arrest. [General Chan Ming-shu is the ed in a room at the Hang Hori boarding Chairman of the Provincial Govern- | house, in Connaught-road Central, after ment.]
the others had been taken into custody for distributing the leaflets in the west- The Butchers' Guild, held a big ern part of the city, between Sincere's meeting yesterday at Wing Wa-and Wing Lok-street. street, which was attended by over When this man's room was searched, a hundred members. Apart from a large quantity of leaflets, pamphlets, determining to continue the strike and even cartoons of a seditious char until the Government has consent- jacter were found.
ed to ameliorate the conditions in
THEFT FROM A HOSPITAL
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"FLOWERS v. VEGETABLES"
A coolie was this morning charged before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Central Magistracy, with the theft. of a pumpkin from the garden of the Victoria Hospital, The Peak.
He claimed that the pumpkin had where he picked it up,
respect to the slaughter houses remit their grievances to the next gulations, the butchers elected three meeting of the Provincial Gover fallen from the garden into a nullab representatives to interview the ment. This is the third time that
Mr. Hamilton said that was non-
Government. It is reported that the Guild has made an appeal to the the representatives were well re-Government for a solution of the sense. If the pumpkin had fallen ceived by an official at the Govern- present impasse.-Canton News ment Office, who promised to sub ́Agency.
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Replying to the Magistrate, Sub- Inspector Logan, in charge of Mount Gough Police Station, said that there was no record against the accused, He added, however, that recently there had been a lot of thefts of flowers from various gardens on the Peak.
His Worship said that he could not accept that statement because there was nothing to connect accus- ed with the thefts. Besides, the Police Hawkers Department would tell Inspector Logan that there was a great difference between flowera and vegetables
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Accused was sentenced to seven. days hard labour."
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