THE CHINA MAH, MARCH 8, 1937.
A NEW POISON
Substitute For:
Arsenic
EAST INDIA LOAN BILL
Government's New
Powers
GREAT BRITAIN'S IMPORTS
MINISTER ISSUES –
WARNING
A poison which can be used in- stead of arsenic în insecticides and
A financial resolution is to be intro- Warning that Britain might be is not injurious to human beings duced in Parliament authorising the forced to cut down her imports unless has been discovered--in Brazil. It introduction of the East India Loans she was able to sell more abroad was is called "Timbo" and is a new ex-State for India to borrow in sterling on tary of the Department of Overseas Bill. This empowers the Secretary of given by Capt. Euan Wadace, Secre port commodity of the Amazon behalf of the Government of India dur Trade, addressing the annual banquet Valley. It is described in a Departing the period between April 1 next of the British Chamber of Commerce ment of Overseas Trade report. and the establishment of the Feder- in Brussels.
The word "timbo" is derivedation of India.
Remarking that Great Britain and A memorandum from an Indian word which
on the resolution, Belgium were competitors, Capt. Wal- the issued by the Secretary of State for lace said that the trade balance was at natives of the Amazon Valley use India, explains that the bill is neces-present in Belgium's favour. to denote any plant, shrub, or tree sary because the statutory borrowing "If we cannot increase our sales from which they extract poison, power now vested in the Secretary of overseas," he said, "the time will come which they employ in catching fish State in Council will expire on April 1. when we shall have to restrict our pur-
Such borrowing power is at present chases from abroad." in the rivers. Recent experiments, represented by outstanding debt of Capt. Wallace referred to the Three says the report; have shown that $276,000,000 and unused borrowing Power monetary agreement of last au- "Totenona," the basis of the poison, power of £44,000,000, or a total of tumor and said that he hoped the in-l vitation to other countries which it) can replace arsenic as an ingredient 320,000,000. in insecticides and eliminate
The provisions of the resolution are contained would not be allowed to be- the!
designed to impose a similar limit on come a dead letter. danger in their use, as it is not in-India sterling debt during the period jurious to man or warm-blooded for which the Secretary of State is - Signor Cantalupo, Italian Ambassa-
empowered to borrow.
dor at Rio de Janeiro, has been nomin- "Timbo" can be exported either
It is proposed also to effect a sub-ated as first Italian Ambassador to stantial consolidation of the existing Gen. Franco's Government in Spain. as a root or a powder, but to encour-law with regard to India sterling debt, age local industry export în powder to bring certain technical details of form only has hitherto been allowed that law into conformity with modern from the State of Para. The largest tions in it as are required by the intro- requirements, and to make such adapta- importer is the United States, which duction of new constitutional forms. took 227 tons of the total exports amounting to 253 tons in 1935.
animals.
CABBAGES AS RENT
All expenses under the resolution will fall to be met from Indian re- venues, and no liability is imposed, on the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.
BANK ADVANCES
Three hundred bushels of apples) or 10,000 cabbages were offered at Mr. Edwin Fisher, new chairman of Canterbury County Court by a far- Barclays Bank, presided for the first mer as payment in kind in lies of time at an annual meeting of the bank. £14 12s 6d, arrears of quit rent his speech was devoted to an analysis One of the most interesting parts of] due to Viscountess Hawarden
as of bank advances. At the end of No- Lady of the Manor of Wingham. vember 202,228 customers of Barclays The defendant, one of four bro- and advances, compared with 200,744 thers named Stickells, of Great Knell at the end of October 1935. Farm, near. Canterbury, said that against £774 Loans to productive in-
The average advance
$354, they objected to paying what he dustry accounted for 31.8 per cent of described as a fine levied on agricul- the total value, compared with ture by Lady Hawarden.
was
32.7 per cent, at the end of October 1935.
He claimed that it was formerly paid in personal service or in kind. had a grievance.
Judge Clements, who ordered Mr. G. M. Kingsford, for Lady payment of the amount within two Hawarden, declined the offer of months, told Mr. Stickells that it apples or cabbages, which, he said, was a matter for Parliament if he were not legal tender.
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