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LONDON STRIKE FADE-OUT?
HAIYUAN WRECK IN NO DANGER
SALVAGE WHEN WEATHER ABATES
Though dreary wea- ther and an unusually strong current flowing
Mr. Ernest Bevin FOUR DIE
Meets Leaders
Union Executive To Debate Transport Situation
London, To-day.
The coal situation has taken a further turn for
IN FIRE IN KOWLOON
Four inmates of No. 23, Sai To
Road, Kowloon City, three elder-
ly women and a boy of nine, met tragic ends in the early hours of this morning when fire broke out on the premises and engulfed the building.
The four victims of the fire were
parently sisters.
through Capsuimun Pass the better.. are hampering salvage A conference yesterday between representa- operations on the China tives of the Nottinghamshire coal owners, the Not all sleeping in the cockloft on the Merchants s.s. Haiyuan, tinghamshire District Miners Industrial Union and ground floor where the outbreak oc- which was wrecked the Mineworkers' Federation, under the chairman-curred and they were apparently overwhelmed without hope of shortly before dawn yes-ship of the Secretary for Mines, agreed that fur- escape. terday on Cap Sing Is-ther meetings should be held to discuss terms of One of the women, Chan Ah-ho land, the "China Mail" amalgamation of the industrial union and the was 62 years of age. The other two, understands that there is miners' association, all parties having accepted the Yip Po and Yip Sau-ying were ap- practically no fear of the principle of amalgamation. Halyuan becoming a nominated :-neutral chairman total loss.
As soon as the weather moder-to-conduct future meetings, and the first meeting will be held on ates, attempts to pull her off the
Monday. rocks will be made, with, it is be- lieved? excellent prospects.
Divers are now working round the ship, attempting to discover the full nature of the damage and it is understood that their preliminary reports show that except for one gaping hole, the wessel escaped In the meantime, the owners of comparatively lightly considering the Harworth mines have agreed all the circumstances.
not to engage further men.-Reu-
The owners, the China Mer- chants S. N. Company, state that the vessel is "in good con- dition and will be ́ refloated. There is no danger of her sink- ing."
The
Taikoo tug and a police launch are standing-by.
VIOLENT STORMS IN ENGLAND
London, To-day. Violent storms with thunder and lightning were experienced - in many parts of Southern England early yesterday morning when s ceptionally. ⠀⠀ - heavy rain flooding in several localities.
Heaviest rainfall, is reported from Woodbridge in Suffolk where, in about three hours, 11⁄2 inches fell – British Wireless,
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It was further agreed yesterday that the men at Harworth Colliery should be re-engaged as soon the agreed terms of amalgamation have been ratified by the delegate conference of the two unions.
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THE BUS STRIKE
Committee Meets Mr. Bevin
London, To-day. The situation in regard to
the London omnibus strike, which en- ters upon its fourth week to-day was reviewed yesterday when the Central Committee of the Tran- sport Workers Union met Mr. Ernest Bevin,, General Secretary of the Union. The position was ex- smined in the light of the refusal by the tram and trolley bus men to call a sympathetic strike in res- ponse to the request of the Central Bus Committee. The National Ex- ecutive of the Union had twice voted against such an extension of dispute. At the conclusion of the conference with Mr. Bevin, it was stated that all aspects of the dis- pute had been discussed and the situation examined in every detail. No final conclusion was reached and the matter will be further con- sidered to-day. It is reported that the Executive Council of the Union had been summoned to meet to- day. A more hopeful view of the prospects of the early settlement is now entertained. British Wireless.
Soviet Expedition Fliers Over The North Pole
Moscow, To-day.
A Soviet air expedition, head- ed by the academician, • Otto Schmidt, flew over the North Pole yesterday.
They landed safely on an ice floe twenty kilometres from the Pole and West of the Rudolg Island meridian-Reuter.
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DIED IN BEDS
Their bodies were found burnt almost beyond recognition in cir- cumstances suggesting that they died in their beds.
Tomates of the upper floors all escaped without injury.
The fire started at about 3,50 a.m., quickly involved the first and second floors of the building and then spread to the first and second floors of No. 21, Sai To Road. All these floors were gutted before the fire was extinguished.
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