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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1935
COAL MINES DISPUTE
Ballot Vote On Wage Increase
London, To-day.
The Delegate Conference of the Miners' Federation, after a "pro- longed discussion, yesterday adopt-) ed the recommendation of the Na tional Executive that a ballot vote! of the coalfields should be taken on the question of action to en- force the claim for a fat-rate ad- vance in wages.
In the meantime, the Executive was empowered to conduct zego- tiations on the claim.
The actual date of the ballot has been left in suspense pending a meeting. arranged for Monday, between the Miners Executive and the Secretary for the Mines. Captain Crookshank. British Wireless Service.
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Berlin, To-day, A series of important laws promulgated by the Cabinet- yesterday. one of the chief being the State banking
·legislation.
were
Supervision of the State banks has now been transferred to the Rexh the Reich Economic Minister now being empowered by the new law to take all the necessary,measures to transform State bank organisation and adapt it to the practical neces- sities of the times-Trans-Ocean Service.
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“TIN CAN” ISLAND MAIL
Cessation of Unique Postal Service
SWIMMERS-DEMAND FEE OF $10 PER TRIP
San Franciscq.
The tin can postal service has come to an end-'
For nearly 15 years brown-
skinned natives gladly consented to swim the treacherous stretch of sea between lonely Tin Can Island, in the Tonga group, and mail-steamers passing through the South Seas
Recently the natives demanded the equivalent of $10 per swim per man. The market was not there and as result the ss. Mari- posa has arrived here with the last of the letters from the har- bourless, reef-bound island,
THREE POWERS situated 2600 miles south-west
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T
LEAGUE OBLIGATIONS
of Hawaii.
The letter reads: "Kindest re- gards from the last day of tin can mail, Niaufu Island, Tonga, W.. G. Quensell, T. C. M. Man
Naiufu, or Tin Can · Island,
The
It has been stated over and over again by British spokesmen that gained fame for its postal service His Majesty's Government are by means of the tin can. Gloucester, Massachusetts.
actuated entirely by their concep-natives would swim nearly a mile The title, if such it can be tion of their obligations under the to the ships sides, pushing be ¦called, of the World's Largest League Covenant As was pointed fore them a tin can containing Baby, held at present by three-out by the Prime Minister, letters for the outside world and year-old Leslie Bowles of Rams-Kr Stanley Baldwin, in attached to a log. They deliver- gate. England, is in danger of be-his speech at Bournemouth re-jed letters to the island in the ing lost to three-and-a-half-year-cently this is obvious.from the same way.. old Joe Randazza, Jr. of Glouces-fact that the Government has The island is sparsely inhabit- never had any intention of tak-led by natives and white copra! Joe, who now weighs only one ing individual action against traders.-Reuter, pound less than Leslie, has reached Italy. They have repeatedly in- 131lb.. and at the rate he is going sisted that if risks for peace have ENGLISH TEACHER should Soon pass the English to be run they must be run by all child's mark, says the New York Action for security must be col- Herald-Tribune.
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Joe, born on Christmas Ere Britain has never suggested, 1931, weighed 81h. at birth, and as some Italian newspapers have¦. almost immediately started to implied, military sanctions or the gain about 1 lb. a week. He is blockade" or closing of the Suez one of six children... AN the Canal, and at Geneva the British others are quite normal-Beuter.delegation has done no more
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Salzburg Singing lessons" by Madame Mildmay-Cappiani, the well-known collaboration with the other na English teacher, will for the first tions than is dictated by the post-time be a feature of the summer LOCAL DOLLAR
tion of Britain as a loyal member school for conductors and musi- of the League, one of the great cians held here during August STEADY
Powers, members of the League Council, and a country with large under the auspices of the Mazar- Forward Silver Down interests and wide experience in
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The local dollar is steady, British Wireless Service,
Bruno Walter and Sir Henry Wood opening on demand this morning
are members of the Academy Comell, and the services of Jat.2/0."
eminent - musicians from countries have again been secured for the school-Reuter.
“Spot" "silver. was steady at 29 5/16, but "forward” declined 11/16 to 29.
The London on New York cross- rate was quoted at £-US$491. as compared with £-US $4.921⁄42.
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BRITISH AMBASSADOR. INTERVIEWS DUCE
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In this connection considerable
while the New York on London attention has been aroused by the at report of the Paris correspondent the semi-official Giornale ¡d'Italia last night, which declared that M. Laval was still continuing
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COPPER VERBOTEN
FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IN GERMANY!
Berlin.
with the object Farther restrictions .on the DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH bis conversations ions and that use of copper are announced by
PASSES
to
there are some indications that the oficial Neutscher Reichsan- the efforts are now taking a zeiger.
favourable turn
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It is now forbidden to Kise (Continued on Page 9)
This is considered to be signi- copper for certain forms of high || ficant in view of the fact that up tension cables and wires, for Torthorwold and Ross, and Baron to now the Italian press has re-
wireless aerials and lightning Douglas, (cr. 1684). Born in presented M. Laval's endeavours conductore, and for a wide range March 1864, he was the son of as having absolutely no prospects of electrical fitments. the sixth Duke, who married of success..
The use of lead for insulting Lady Louisa Jane Hamilton, Mis- SURPRISE POSTPONEMENT piping is also forbidden in cer- [tress of the Robes to Queen Vic- Geneva: After a two and a half tain cases.-Eeuter
toria. He succeeded
the hours session yesterday after- Dukedom in 1917.
noon, the economic sub-committee. Educated at the Royal Naval had still failed to reach a definite College and: Christ Church, decision. It was finally agreed Oxford, he entered the Royal to draw up a draft resolution that
Mr. M. Obira, director general Navy in 1877 as cadet: midship-the respective Governments be of the Sumitomo Goshi Kaisha, man 1879: Lieut. 1883: left BN.asked to communicate by October has been formally appointed a 1886. Was MP. (Unionist) for 28 what economic sanctions they member of the National Policy Roxburghshire, 1895-1906.
are prepared to enforce, which is Coundi, Japan's "brain trust,” in son, tantamount to postponing the succession to Mr. K Mochizuki, practical effects of the sanctions who has been appointed Minister for a fortnight.
of Communications. The sub-committee – proposed that a boycott of Italian goods be Geneva: The Soviet-Russian put in force at the same time as Government has notified the the prohibitions. ---The question League of Nations that it will London, to-day-His Majesty was discussed how goods on the execute financial sanctions against the King has approved the approhibited list could be prevented Italy. The Swedish, Soviet Rus pointment of Mr. William Hamil- from reaching Italy Trans-sian, and Uruguayan Governments ton Fyfe, Principal and Vice- Ocean Service
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He is succeeded by his the Earl of Dalkeith.
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