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BOMB-THROWING
FOLLOW
ARGENTINA TAKES
THE LEAD
DEMAND FOR LEAGUE ASSEMBLY MEETING CALLS FOR ACTION AT GENEVA
Geneva, To-day.
Argentina has requested an extraordinary meeting of the Assembly of the League of Na- ¡tions in June to consider the sanctions problem and also the situation created by the annexation of Ethiopia, and the reform of the League. It is understood that the Argentinian Government
The inauguration on April sounded the other Latin-American States and is
Eleazar Lopez Contreras,
above, former army officer, as the new President of Venezuela marked the beginning of a new ега for the South American nation which had been ruled for the past 25 years by the late Dictator, Juan Vincent Gomez
FRENCH POWER STRIKE
Many Conflicting Reports
NEGOTIATIONS BREAK DOWN
“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL DE
Paris, Today.
The utterly conflicting reports: about the development of the me- tal workers' strike make it very difficult to state
any exact facts.
For instance, there is no agree- ment whatever about the total number of men now idle, some es- timates being lower, as low as 60,-
SEAMEN'S STRIKE IN AMERICA ENDED
New York, to-day. A settle ment is announced of the gen men's strike at the U.S. line
and Panama-Pacifë line piers, which has lasted for weeks. - Reuter.
assured of their support in opposing the recogni- tion of the Italian annexation.
London: The Ethiopian Legation states that the Negus, who is due in London on Wednesday, will be the guest of Sir Elly Kadoorie, whose house is situated in Prince's Gate, a few doors from the Legation, with which he will maintain close touch. Sir Elly Kadoorie is at present in Shanghai. Reuter
Gibraltar: The Negus landed from HMS. Capetown yester- day and was enthusiastically welcomed at the entrance to Gov-
ernment House by the Governor, with whom he had lunch. The Gordon Highlanders, on guard, presented arms. Reuter's Bui- letin Service.
NEW MINISTER RECEIVES
SEAL OF OFFICE
London, to-day-Mr. W. BA Ormsby-Gore received his seal of office from the King yesterday morning, and later attended a Privy Council meeting. He is the new Minister for the Colonies, in succession to Mr. J. A. Thomas-Reuter's Balletin Ser- vice.
DUTCH BANK RATE
One Per Cent. Rise Announced
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LULL IN ARAB RIOTS
BRITISH TROOPS
Although the New Je.sey legislature, sitting at Trenton, decided to pass back the problem of relief to the municipalities, New Jersey's "army of unoccupation” still remained encamped in the assembly cham- ber at Trenton, threatening drastic action unless their demands for relief legislation were met-- Our photograph shows some of the members of the army encamped on the State House iawn, with, inset, one of the “aquatters” obliging another with a shave in the assembly chamber.
STONED
POLICE COMPELLED TO USE LEWIS GUNS
NEWSPAPERS SUSPENDED
Jerusalem, To-day. After two days' respite the wearing of steel- helmets has been resumed by the police and troops, following a number of further incidents. A bomb exploded on Thursday night in the Dis- trict Commissioner's offices at Haifa, damaging the furniture and smashing the windows. Several arrests were made.
Several bombs exploded in and around Acre. A party of Bri- tish constables had a narrow escape when patrolling in a car south of Jaffa They were suddenly fired upon from a bush, but though two bullets passed through the car no one was hit.
A party of Royal Scots Fusiliers guarding a post near Jaffa was heavily stoned. They opened fire. wounding two of their assailants.
Sniping and bomb-throwing are also prevalent at Jaffa, where the military police were compelled to use Lewis-guns to quell the disorders. A large band fired upon a military railway patrol at Raselain from both sides of the line, but filed when the troops opened fire. An Arab was severely wounded at Haifa
ing.
THOMSON V FERRIER AT through the explosion of a bomb which it is believed he was carry-
ST. ANDREW'S
CYRIL TOLLEY'S MISFORTUNE ·
- A number of Jewish and Arabic newspapers have been sus- pended for spreading allegedly false reports Renter.
Jerusalem: A big corporation]
has been formed to handle the
lighterage and landing business NEW RECORD ON
SEQUEL TO RUMOURS
Geneva: The immediate re- 'sumption of the plenary session of the League of Nations,, which was not concluded but only ad journed last autumn, has been de manded by the permanent
of the port has been hastened presentative of Argentina. at the League of Nations, at an interteur Golf Championship, which is in the nature of an Australian-Jaffa, where steamers are not
by the strike of workers with the Deputy Scottish affair, is expected to be very thrilling, with the odds now calling. Beuter's Bulle Secretary-General yesterday after-slightly in favour of the former. The match, which will be over tin Service
view
noon."
held
re-
St. Andrew's, To-day The Hector Thomson-Jim Ferrier Final in the British Amä--
This step on the part of 36 holes, will take place to-day.
Argentina is understood to be A feature of yesterday's play was the performance of Alec due to ramours circulating here Hill, whose patting was most spectacular. Cyril Tolley, the 1920 during the last few days, that and 1929 holder, would have won had he not stymied himself at England or France wishes to post-the 19th when he was 1 op.
pone the League Council session. which was arranged to take place in June.
NATIVE POLICE DISBANDED Rome: The Abyssinian police force in Addis Ababa has now finally been dissolved by order of! Marshal Graziani. The reason given for this action is that the The Nederlandsche Bank vester-behaviour of the police force dur- day announced a rise in the banking the recent plundering in the
cent...
Amsterdam, To-day.
The last adence.
The whole policing of the town is now in the hands of Carabinieri.-Trans-Ocean Ser-
vice
ROYAL AERO CLUB
000, and others
as high as 300-rate from 2% per cent, to 314 per capital gave little cause for con- 000. One fact is certain, how-cent, as from May 30. ever, and that is that at least eight change in the bank rate took place more large factories have joined
on February 4, 1936, when it was the strike, including the entire lowered by 1⁄2 per cent to 22. per Citroen, works in Paris, in addi- tion to the Rosengaard, Salmsson and Fiat factories, as well as the This measure came as a com- : power-works of Adsthom.
plete surprise and was last night! Negotiations that were to have explained by leading men in finan-i taken place in the Ministry of La-cial circles here as due to the in- bour yesterday afternoon be-jdirect effects of the flight of ca- tween the strikers and the em-pital from France, with a conse- ployers were suddenly adjourned. jquent swollen demand for pounds The reason seems to be that on sterling and dollars, resulting in a Thursday the men agreed to the pressure on the guilder. employers' dermands that
work
In general the rise of the bask should be resumed and the factory
Gold Medal Awarded To Amy Mollison
London, To-day.
U. S. COMMODITY EXCHANGE CONTROL BILL
Passed By U.S. Senate
Washington, To-day.
The Senate has passed the Commodity Exchange Control Bill, which aims at regulating trading in American com- modities. Senator. Smith with- drew amendments in convection with the control of cotton trad- ing, but declared that he would continue the fight
in the next session.--Penter.
ROYAL VICTORIAN
ORDER
Admission Of Ladies In Future
Ferrier beat Hill by one up in the semi-final, the scores for the first nine holes being:
Hill: 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 4:37. Ferrier: 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, 4=38, Ferrier generally outdrove his opponent, though there was noth-
at Tel Aviv. The development
EUPEN-MALMEDY PROBLEM
GERMAN VIEW OF SITUATION
“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Brussels, To-day.
ing to choose between them in the The first reports
at
of the state-
short game. The Australian pullments to the press of the leader
ATLANTIC
747 MILES IN 24 HOURS
WELSH STOWAWAY ON “QUEEN MARY”
London, To-day. Reuter's special correspondent jon board the liner Queen Mary states that the ship has broken the Normandie's record, covering 747 miles in the 24 hours ended at noon yesterday, averaging 29.88
ed his tee shat and was bunkered of the new Rex movement. M. knots, as compared with the Nor-
on the way to the fourth hole,Degrelle, ommitted certain im- where there was a bill of heather.portant declarations on Eupen- Ferrier took three putts at the Malmedy, which are now being sixth and Hill finished the round made public by the semi-official $1 up.
news agency Belga.
SENSATIONAL DRIVE
EXIT L. F. S. SENATE
London, to-day.-The Governor- General of the Irish Free State, Mr. Donal Buckey, has signed the Bill abolishing the Irish Free State Senate, which
has now ceased to exist-Reuter's Bal- letiz Service.
Ferrier, however, squared the M. Degrelle said that the Rex match at the tenth with a 5-yard movement now had one. German putt and took the lead in sensa- Deputy from Eupen-Malmedy in tional manner at the twelfth with Parliament, who would make the ja drive which finished a yard from first German speech and take the
the pin. Hill then scored ajoath in German. "birdie". three, but Ferrier got an M. Degrelle said that one must mandic's 744. Sur Edgar Britten "eagle" for a two. Hill squared preserve the ethnical character of declared himself completely satis- the match at the 14th, laying his Eupen-Malmedy and St. Vith, fied with the ship's performance long approach dead, but he was territories that had until 1919 al-He was pleased with the weather. short at the 17th, where the Aus-ways formed an integral part of remarking: "We seamen say that London, To-day. tralian was 1 up. Both players the German Reich, but had to be the Atlantic is nine months water The Gold Medal of the Royal EL M. the King has signified kis Aero Club has been awarded to intention to alter the statutes of finished the eighteenth with an ceded to Belgium in the Treaty of
If one could not do. and three months fog." premises vacated, so that negotia-rate by a whole 1 per cent, is re Mrs. Amy Mollison, in recognition the Royal Victorian Order, to per- orthodox four, the scores for the Versailles. tions might go on in a normal at-garded merely as a precautionary of her many Empire flights. Reu- mit the admission of ladies-Res-second nine holes being
give London, later: The Queen Mary's measure by the Nederlandsche
Ferrier: 3, 4, 2, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 434 Eupen-Malmedy back to Germany-747 miles run was from noon on mosphere; but yesterday the men
Bank The last bank return pu- announced that they had decided that they would not resume work blished showed a decrease in the
gold stock of 14.20 million guild-į except on new conditions.-Trans-
ers, leaving 683,1 million guilders, Ocean Service.
so that there is no reason for un-; easiness.-Trans-Ocean Service.
LADIES' INTERPORT
HOCKEY FUND
Results Of Two Competitions
The "Beer Competition" or- ganised by the Central British Schoolgirls' hockey team in aid of Ladies' Interport hockey funds was won by ticket No. 997, while the "Watch Competition" in aid of the same funds was won by Miss N. Moy.
The organisers are highly satis fied with the results and the In- terport funds are stated to have benefitted substantially.
STOP PRESS
Shanghai, To-day.
A message from Tientsin states that a railway bridge was bombed and destroyed last night at. Chunliangcheng, between Tientsin and Tangku.
The Japanese troop. rein- forcements going to Tientsin have been held up at Tangico, and the train service is dis rupted.—Reuter.
er's Bulletin Service.
ter's Bulletin Service.
ster's
APPEAL TO JAPAN TO CHECK DRUG TRAFFIC
ASKED TO REDOUBLE HER EFFORTS
Geneva, To-day.
The Opium Committee passed a resolution yesterday request- ing Japan to “redouble her efforts and take such action as may
Hill: 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 4—37
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
The following were the quarter- fizal results:-
11
Cecil Ewing beat Martin, 2 and
that, one would have to
-Trans-Ocean Service.
WEATHER FORECAST
South-east winds, moderate.
Thursday to noon yesterday, 25 hours, owing to the putting back of the clock. A stowaway, Frank Gardener, aged 41, of Cardiff, was
Hector Thomson beat Gordon fair to showery, was the forecast discovered after the sailing of the Peters, 2 and 1;
for to-day, as issued by the Royal ship. He is working his passage as Alec Hill beat Cyril Tolley at Observatory this morning. la kitchen hand-Reuter. the 19th
Jim Ferrier beat Morton Dykes, $ and 2.
SIGNED
-Beater.
be necessary to apply to all persons inder Japanese jurisdiction, NEW TOURIST AGREEMENT wherever they may be, who engage in flicit traffic or the manU- facture of narcotic drugs penalties which are likely to act as an effective deterrent "
Government Appointments
Mr. Walter Morris Thomson to
The following appointments etc. Paterson to be a member of the are notified in the Government Housing Commission in the place Berlin, To-day-The text of the Gazette:-
of Sir William Edward Leonard transfer
and tourist
Shenton, Kt.; The Committee based its appeal on the fact that the sitna-renewed
Lieutenant John. Hubert Bot- tion in China represents “not only a strious menace to China but agreement with Holland was ini- also to the world, and the seriousness of the situation in China is tinted in Berlin yesterday by the tomiey and Liertenant. Alexander act as Superintendent of Imports partly due to the fact that the maximum penalties which can be delegates of each country, after Robertson Selry, MB., Ch. B., of and Exports during the absence imposed under Japanese law on traffickers of Japanese nationality having been approved by the res the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence of Mr. Erie William Hamilton, have proved totally inadequate to serve as a deterrent and pre-pective Governments. TransCorpe, to be. Captaïris;
with effect from May 20, 'vent illicit traffic.” —
The Hon. Mr. John Johnston further notice..
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