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JAPANESE "DUMP" LOW PRICED COMMODITIES INTO HONG KONG
MOLLISON
WILL FLY
ATLANTIC
Another Ocean Crossing.
BOUND FOR RIO.
London, To-day. Mr. J. A. Mollison is re- ported to be planning to fly to Río de Janeiro via Dakar, French West Africa, prob-
ably leaving about January
7.
com-
Mr. Mollison recently pleted a record-breaking trans-1 Atlantic flight. westward to New York. He is the only man to have flown a light plane across the North Atlantic.
In the last several years, Mr. Mollison has consistently blazed trails, taken strange ways to Australia and the Cape which others have subsequently follow- ed.
former
Mrs. Mollison, the Miss Amy Johnson, has duplicat- ed almost every flight her hus- band has made, with the excep- tion of the ocean crossing. She has just returned from a record- breaking flight to South Africa. Site broke her husband's record for the trip. — Reuter.
MARQUIS LI
ON TRIAL IN
SHANGHAI
Former Colleague In Hong Kong?
$30,000,000, LOAN SCANDAL,
Shanghai, To-day. Considerable interest is being aroused here by the trial, which opened yesterday at the Shang- hai District Court, Nantno, of Marquis W. H. Li, deposed gen-} eral manager of the China Mer- phants' Steam Navigation Com- pany on charges of fraud and malfeasance in office. The
Volunteers assembling at Garswood Hall Colllery, Wigan, to assist in the rescue of their fellow-workers, who were trapped in the pit after an explosion of coal-damp on November 12. Twenty-three lives were lost in the disaster, a full story of which appears on Page 7.
PARLIAMENT RISES FOR
CHRISTMAS RECESS.
Speaker Has Powers To Summon The House.
солт
in the
London, To-day. After a debate in which, besides India, various aspects of the un- employment problems and the question of the working of quote, were discusscu, the House of Commons rose late
on and will not meet again" afternoon until February 7. Power has been given the Speaker, however, to call the House together earller if it is required in the public inter- est. British Wireless Bervice.
Royal Family Gathering
Prepare For Xmas At Sandringham.
were
London, To-day, The King and Queen accompanied by Princess Eliza- beth and Princess Margaret when they travelled to Sand- ringham yesterday. The Royal Family will foregather on 'Christmas Day at the Sand- ringham seat.
RED ARMIES
COMPLETELY
CEMENT AND COAL PRICES SLASHED
COLONY BUSINESS MEN
EXPRESS CONCERN
"SALE* PRICE BELOW “COST'
n
DUMPING OF CHEAP JAPANESE CEMENT AND COAL IN HONG KONG HAS GIVEN RISE TO EXPRESSIONS OF INDIG NATION AND CONCERN AMONG LOCAL BUSINESS MEN. A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION SHOWS THAT THE COLONY
Mr. Compton Mackenzie, whose new book, "Greek Memories," is allegedly contravention of the Oficial Secrets Act, was charged in the Police Court in consequence. The book was withdrawn at the request of the Government the day after publication.
MARKET HAS BEEN INVADED BY CEMENT WHICH IS DE SITUATION
CLARED TO BE SELLING AT LESS THAN PRODUCTION COST, AND COAL, AT A CUT-RATE FIGURE,
Japanese dumping is aided by the fact that the Chinese boycott of goods from Japan is on the wane, Japanese exports into the
DISRUPTED the Colony having shown a considerable increase for last month. The flooding of the local market with cheap goods constitutes a grave threat to local industries, the cement business having been most seriously affected.
Marshal Chiang Reports Full Victory.
CAMPAIGNING FINISHED,
London, To-day.
The Chinese Legation issued
On good authority the China,
Mail learns that Japanese products JAPAN'S BIG
are literally flooding the Colony.
and being offered for sale at ab- surdly reduced prices.
Discussing the situation yester-
CAPTURE IN
TRADE WAR
Takes Cotton Markets From Britain.
THREE MONTHS' ACTIVITY..
IN INDIA
GRAVE RIOTS
OF GLASGOW
UNEMPLOYED
Amazing Rebellion In City Corporation.
10 CONSTABLES INJURED,
London, To-day.
Ten Policemen were injured, five of them so seriously that they had to be taken to hos pital, when a procession of un- -employed fell foul of the law
yesterday afternoon.,
An attempt was made to throw one of the officers into the Clyde..
Trouble followed remarkable: acanes at a meeting of the Glas- gow Corporation. Seven Council- lora and one man in the public gal- lery were ejected after a display of passions because a delegation
¡ceived..
The unemployed paraders were caught between foot police, with batons drawn, and mounted police at the other end of the street. Plate glass windows were amashed and many motor car windscreens.
IMPROVES of unemployed had not been re-
Much Useful Work At Conference.
SIR SAMUEL'S REPORT.
London, To-day. During a debate on the ad- Journment of the House of Commons for the Christmas recess, the Secretary for India,
Sir Samuel Hoare, made n
siatement on the situation in India and the progress of the
Round Table Conference.
a lengthy atatement this morn-day, a prominent Hong Kong ing making reference to the re-business man stated that the Hong port which General Chiang Kai-Kong cement industry was begin- ning to feel the effect of the im-
He said that so far as he could shek has submitted to the Chinese! mense influx olaj nese cement,
judge, the situation in. India was Government detailing the crush-which was being sold in the Colony
definitely better. The Ottawa ing of the Commists as a result more than 50 per cent cheaper than
agreements had been passed by the of the four-month campaign. the Green Island Cement Company
London, To-day.
Assembly by 77 votes to 25-very The statement says 'that the product, and the situation was Recovery of the world's cotton will between the Indian Legisla
significant evidence of the good success was due to the effective growing more serious daily... industry, not wholly attributable ture and the Imperial Parliament. This dumping in the cement into the seasonal causes, was re-As to the emergency orders, be tary measures. As a result of dustry has been going on, more or corded in the past three months had always hated them and no one the expedition, the notorious Red less, for two years, the informant by the cotton trade Statistical wished to see them imposed unless bandit leaders commanding alto-said, but in recent months, it had Bureau. World trade in plece it was absolutely necessary. gether 130,000 well-organised become more intensive. The less goods rose to its highest level
been completely to the Japanese manufacturers since the beginning of 1980 Government came to the view that forces, have
Some months ago, the Indian defented, the remnants being must be terrific, but the incoming mainly owing to the expansion of it would be much more satisfac pursued and rounded up in the flow of cement is still on
the in-Japanese exports. ravaged areas.
combination of political and mili-
The statement also says that many peasants have been rescued and the government is aiding them in resuming their normal The Children will have a Christ-life. No further extensive anti- Li are in connection with the mas tree, as in the other thousands Red campaigns will be required. $30,000,000 loan arranged for of British homes.
charges brought, against Marquis
There will even-Reuter.
the shipping concern from thebe turkey and plum-pudding. China Realty Company, Federal] Inc., U.S.A.
(Continued on Pagë 4.)
CHINA PRAISES DELEGATES.
Case Well Presented At Geneva.
Nanking, To-day.
The Third Plenary Session of the Central Executive Council, before separating, wired to Dr. W. W. Yen, Dr. Wellington Koo and Mr. Quo Tai-chi, praising the excellent man- ner in which they presented China's case to the League sessions at Geneva.
Mr. Sun Fo is not assuming office as President of the Legislative
Yuan until January-Reuter.
The Prince of Wales is expected
to arrive on Christmas eve. Bri- tish Wireless Service.
BONCOUR'S.
MAJORITY
SECURED
Economical Policy Announced.
PREPARE FOR SACRIFICE.
Paris, To-day.
M. Paul Boncour and his Cabinet are assured of ob- taining about 400 votes In the Chamber of Deputies on the Ministerial Programme read to Parlament yesterday. day.·
A general settlement on war
TASMANIA START DISASTROUSLY.
Lose 2 Wickets For
Against M.C.C.
13
crease.
A comparison in prices be- tween the local and Japanese cements, reveals a startling difference, and shows that the commodity is sold by Japanese firms in their own country at a higher price than is charged in Hong Kong
Cement manufactured by the
Lancashire has regained some of its lost export ground since the abandonment of the gold stand. ard, while Japan by a similar action not only retained her for mer trade but extended it at the expanse of Britain and the Con- tinent Reuter.
Green Island Cement Company is WORLD TRADE
sold locally at $3.25 per 250 lbs. The
price of Japanese cement in Hong
Kong during October ranged from
175 cents to $1.80 pèr 250 lbs., but during November the price rose to ||$1.20 or $1.40. The present price
is about the same... Hobart, Today.
After an enquiry on October 16, Tasmania, after losing their first, match to the M.C.C. by an innings a local firm quoted a quantity of and 126 runs at Launceston, com-cement at Ten. 120, carriage and menced their second match against insurance free, to Hong Kong. In striking contrast to this is the price the tourists in a disastrous man of the commodity in Japan. Buyera ner, Ioning two wickets for only 18
there pay Yen. 1.25 for paper bags runs before rain caused play to be
of 110 lbs, approximately. abandoned for the day.Reuter.
ROOSEVELT
WILL NOT
CO
-
Local authorities in the cement industry declare that the production of cement cannot be cheaper than
¡Yen 2.00 per bag of 250 lbs.
FALLS BY ONE
(Continued on Page 4.)
APPOINTMENTS AT NANKING.
Diplomatic And Political Posts.
Nanking, To-day, It is virtually certain that. Huang Shao-Hsiung, the Home Minister, will succeed Lu Ti-ping as Governor
י
-
Members of the Council who were suspended refused to leave |the Council "room. Police were called in and one of the suspend- ed-councillora fainted and was cars rled out unconsciousReuter
EUROPEAN
SERIOUSLY
INJURED
Mr. T. H. Pearce
Cycle Crash.
BLINDED BY HEADLIGHTS.
Mr. T. H. Pearce, manager of the St. Francis Hotel, is lying in the Government Civil Hos pital in a serious condition - As the result of a motor accident early this morning.
Mr. Pearce was driving a B.S.A. motor cycle. In Queen's Road East in a westerly direction. When near the rounding the bend Soldiers' Club; his eyes' were blind-"; ed for a brief spell by the flash of the lights of a car coming in the opposite direction.
Mr. Pearce lost control and fell from tho motor cycle.
He broke his leg and sustained injuries to his head and arms. The Shih Ying, Mayor of Nanking, accident occurred abortly before becomes Home Minister and Shao|8 a.m. Yuan-chang, acting President of the Legislative Yuan, becomes Minister of Education.
THIRD VALUE of Cheklang. British Empire Loss Partly Made Up.
U.S. HEAVIEST LOSER.
London, To-day,
H. H. Kung, ex-Minister of In- dustry; who is at present touring| |America, has been appointed Minis- A report published by the
ter to Italy, while Yu Kuo-tal, who recently drove out Wang Chin-lieb, League of Nations' at Geneva
Governor of Kwefchow, from the yesterday shows a decrease of
Provincial capital, has been appoint one-third in the total of worlded to succeed him. Reater. trade in; the first half of the year compared with same period of 1931
^^ Figures of the imports of Japairso It appears the export trade of cement into the Colony were given by the United States has been affect-
OPERATE Mera Chuwa Trading Company. The ed more seriously than the other
Holland's New debts will be one of the main Refuses To Endorse
Duty Bill
Bound To Injure British Trade.
The Hague, To-day. Bill has been passed by Par- liament provisionally increasing by 80 per cent the duty on all goods not produced in Holland and also incrassing the duty on sugar by 15 per cent
This move is bound to affect the Britt trade with Holland exten- alvely. It is possible.
of mutual advantage may
result ranged as
problems, and the policy will be along the lines of the Chamber's vote of December 14, otherwisé M. Herriot's old policy will be continued in other international negotiations, with the firm inten- tlon of preparing a general roso-
lution.
FORTS INSPECTION.
Nanking, To-da The Lower Yangtae marked out into three
been
the inspection of forte, according to an arder Issued by the Mindstry of War. The Miniatry has appoin ed commissioners to carry out the Inspection which will commence,
ember 26-Reuter
Study Of Debts,
Washington, To-day,
In order to have a free hand when he takes office, President- elect Roosevelt declin- ed President Hoover's invitation to endorse the plan for the pointment of a Co
saion to explore roblems like war lebta Reuter.
principal countries.
number of bags are as follows::
January
57,500
59,500
64900
66,800 40,000
The United States trade dropped in value by 67.5 per cent. German by 60 per cent.
74,000
British by 57 per cent. French by 54 per cont.
Jung
July
July
Nove Expected
The
ing Comp the
сет
Chind
con
RIKISHA OWNERS
-PAY FINES.
Indiscriminate Parking.
MADRID'S
GAMBLING
MADNESS
Madrid, To-day:
The whole country is in the throes of a sweepstake fever and for three hours in the morning it is Impossible to move in the Puerta del Sol, Madrid's Plecadilly, Circas owing to the crowd waiting to learn. of their fortune in the Christmas lottery,
* Resulting from the recent raid
The sitting of the Huesca Court carried out by the Police, 41 sun was suspended for jubilation when monses for failing to provide pro- it was, learned that the court WAS 500 The British Empire's share of per accommodation for their riki- one of the first winners. All trade fell slightly between 1929 shas, brought against owners, were officials, from the presiding judge and 1981, but since September, heard by Mr. Wynne-Jones In the to the smallest usher, had a share. 1981, British exports secured Central Police Court this morning.A queue around the lottery bull large share of import lists of many Five cases were adjourned sine ding started forming 32 days ago. countriesBritish Wireless Ser die Most of the summonses were First place in the quene was sold The answered by the coolles, and fines for 50 shillings by the labourer who
on of $5 were imposed.
guarded it.
Barcelona, won the first prize cof
200,000
of the ChuwA
anead
Continued on
vice.
While the ferry launch Man Bang Police, represented by Sub-In, the was nearing Hong Kong on a fourney spactor Saunders, of the Traffic De- $875,000,
from: Mongkol Brd class Chinese partment, emphasised that owners
nengerfamy Loverhosed
than male
from the starboard eldes In spite of must provide proper accomm
erikishag to the antiar a search that was made in the vicin duction ty no trace of the could tion of the LGP
foun
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