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MINERS' RIOT
IDOCTORS REFUZED ENTRANCE | TO ATTEND WOUNDED POLICE
A HEATED DEBATE
COMMANDEERED
IRONSIDES FIRE ON BUSES
NO SHIPS TO PIRATE
Sydney, Yesterday. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Pakkai, Kongmoon, Yesterday. "Call that peaceful picketing?" Indignantly asked the Minister of
Calmness prevailed in the four Mines. Mr. Weaver, at the Assembly districes of Sae Yap white news debate on the disturbances at Roth- poured in from Canton about the bury, asserting that although a vast attack of the ironsides. Although have not been attack occurred in the morning, the people here demonstraten would not allow the directly affected, however, they have doctors to enter the grounds and nt-expressed much annoyance because tend the wounded policoman until communications have been almost four in the afternoon.
The debate which was very heat- ed, terminated by the rejection by 44 votes to 41 of a Labour motion censuring the Government.
Many thousand miners attended | the funeral of their mate, Brown, killed yesterday. The Anglican Bishop officiating, said that Brown was a man of whom any nation might be proud.
The demonstration passed off quietly, although police dispersed batons a party attempting
with
to approach Parliament House.
Degrees
suspended.
The war zone is some, distance
TURKISH PACT
NEUTRALITY IN THE EVENT OF MILITARY ACTION
GIFTS FOR KARAKHAN
Constantinople, Yesterday.
On the occasion of the signature of the protocol of the Russo Turkish Friendship Pact, Mustafa Kemal presented Karakhan with a number a mark of friendly of gifts a
esteem. The Pact thus renewed was concluded in Paris in 1925, when the fate of Mosul was being debated at the Lausanne Conference, and was due to expire on January 2, 1930,
away but junka, steam-launches and It provides neutrality in the have been com event of military action against the other river craft mandeered wholesale by the local other party; agreement of non- military authorities for use as trans-participation in any political, mili porta. Cooltes have been roped in tary, naval or economic coalition by semi-ofletal press gangs to work against the other party, and com- with the service corps. Even little plete freedom of action in neutral motor-boats used as
ferries have relations with other Powers in so been inken away. There is one far as they conflict with the specified
All those undertakings. consolation, if it is such. vessels have been kept behind the firing line; Canton's 'buses have been unluckler; they were subjected to heavy fire by the Ironsides while
rushing reinforcements out from Canton and some of them were badly knocked about.
That inconvenience has been felt is evident from conditions as far inland as at Kungylck and Sun- cheong.
But this has proved to be an in- direct blessing. The garrison hav- Ing proceeded to the front the area is left open to bandits and pirates. The latter, however, have no ships to pirates because there is
none here!
`Temperature, 10 a.m., to-
day
67
Temperature, 4
yesterday
p.m.
67
Humidity, 10 am., 10-
day
90...
Humidity, 4 p.m. yes-
terday
95
was that of the "Nam-Shui" tow-boat, in which the gang claimed to be adherents and Bubordinates of General Cheung Fa-
100 Bandits Arrested The last case
Karakhan will spend two days in Constantinople before leaving for Moscow on December 19.-Reuter
OVERCAST
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:
The anti-cyclone over 'N. China has weakened slightly.
The depression has deepened and passed into the Pacific.
Fresh monsoon along the S.E. coast of China and over the N. China Sea.
Forecast N. E. winds; fresh; overcast at first, finer later.
Protest Meeting
kuel, commander-in-chief of the with the officers of the corps in Sydney, Yesterday. Volunteers began preliminary work Ironsides. Arrests of this band by directing the activities of the at the Rothbury Mine this morning,
the militia now aggregate over a militia. Since responsibility de- very quietly. A huge Trade Unionist hundred. The leader, Wong Yuen- volved on the militin of maintaining demonstration is to be held in Hyde lung (sometime regimental com- order, a quiet war (merely by exèrt- Park this evening as a protest against mander under ex-General Hsu ing unremitting pressure) has been the shooting of miners on Monday. | Chung-hai), who is not unknown to waged successfully against “un- The compulsory Conference has re- the Criminal Investigation Depart scrupulous landed gentry" (who commended that the mines be re-open-ment, Hong Kong, has paid the have been the favourite "game" of ed at the old wage tes. The Federal Government will subsidise the produc- others, after conviction by a military words, local bullies have not now the supreme penalty, in company with agitators since 1925). In other tion of coal in the Newcastle area, pending the award of the Arbitration tribunal.
facilities with which to shield bad characters, hence the decrease in
Court, which will begin a heating of The militia has proved itself, the dispute not later than January 22. Men of this (part-Government, part-outlawry,
The price of coal is temporarily republic) body work hard at night [duced 4/- a ton, the owners and the Federal State Government sharing the cost. The Federal
Government has agreed to the recommendations,
A Melbourne message says that Mr. Scallin criticised Mr. Bavin's refusal
to attend the compulsory conference. and said that the New South Wales Government's attempt to re-open the Rothbury mine contributed day'a rioting-Reuter
to Mon-
A disturbing element, on the other giving protection. Vessels are not hand, lies in rumoura that that allowed to approach any township notorious outlaw lair, Ka Tau after sunset; this is strictly adhered Mountain, which was scoured by the to because of, the fear of pirates. military not so many months ago, Kawkong, a port above Kongmoon, is again giving sanctuary to pirates has not been so peaceful, unfortun-who have been in hiding for some ately, and there have been robberies time. So soon as more urgent even in daylight there.
(political) matters have been at- tended to, it is hoped, another raid Civil officials are now co-operating will be made on Ku Tau.
Unscrupulous Gentry
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VIOLENT SHOCKS
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8. AFRICAN DEATHS
Padua, Yesterday. Violent earthquake shocks 5,500 miles away, lasting for three hours, were registered by the University seismographa. PINAYEN "At Seattle a severe earthquake, apparently centred in the Aleutian. Islands, off Alaska, where volcanoes were recently active, was recorded by seismographs throughout the United States The shocks, which were of three hours duration, began at 3.07 Dm. (Paciño time) and were so severe that the needle of the
Jobannesburg, Yesterday. Heavy falls of rock occurred in a village, and a deep mine followed a severe earth tremor. Three natives. were killed and -21 infüred. One European was injured.--Reuter,
CORRUPTION
Governor-General
Korea Indicted frogsking me
evento Tokyo, Yesterday. General Haino Yamanashi has been 'on a charge of corruption duri his Governor-Generalship of Koreni