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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
ATTACK
FOREIGN TRADE
Shanghai, To-day.
Considerable apprehension is felt in Shanghai busi-IR.A. ARRESTS
ness circles regarding the meeting of the joint
commission of the Nanking and Peiping "pro-IN BELFAST
visional governments," which is discussing
Belfast, To-day.
vital matters concerning trade, under Japanese The Minister for Home Affairs
in Northern Ireland has issued a
decided to
arrest a number
of
tuition. First meeting of the commission, in which the dele-communique stating that the Gov- gation of the Nanking "Reformed Govern-ernment of Northern Ireland had ment" is led by Liang Hung-chi, and the Pei-leaders of the illegal organisation Japanese resentment about lack of conciliation on the Soviet side
ping group by Wang Keh-min, was held yes-known as "Irish Republican army" regarding the renewal of the
terday, and it is believed that certain decisions in order to prevent breaches of fisheries agreement is so strong have already been taken. that recall of the Japanese Ambas- Shanghai's anxiety is specially sador from Moscow in the case of directed towards reliable reports a complete failure of the negotia-that tariff revisions were tions is believed in question.
ap-
proved which will have the effect HUNGARY UPSETS
of favouring Japanese imports
The "Kokumin Shimbun" almost to the exclusion of for-1 claims to know that such a mea-eign. sure is being considered in Gov- ernment quarters in order to which stress the importance Japan attributes to the protec- tion of her fishing rights. The Japanese Ambassador in cow, following
Mos-
The agenda also includes steps for the regulation of raw material exports postal administration, control of trade, and new taxation.
POLAND
Warsaw, To-day.
of Hungary's obvious intention abandoning the campaign to estab- lish a common frontier with Poland at the cost of Carpatho-Ukraine has deeply disappointed political circles
peace and outrages.
It is added that 34 members of the organisation have been taken into custody.
It is alleged that the Irish Re- publican army planned various at- tacks on public buildings as well as 'on official personalities at Christmas.-Trans-Ocean.
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'MISSING" YOUTH RETURNS
has been Ronald Egan, who "missing" for two or three days, ex-returned to his home in Hillwood
a conference be- The adhesion of the newly tween Prince Konoye and com-formed puppet administration in in Poland. petent Ministers yesterday, re- Canton to the Joint Commission The "Vieczor Warszawski” · ceived new instructions for an will also come up for discussion.presses the opinion that Hungary Road this morning. immediate discussion with M.-Trans-Ocean. Litvinoff.
“APPROPRIATE MEASURES" GERMAN ANTARCTIC
The "Tokyo Asahi Shimbun" re- gards the breakdown of negotia-| tions as inevitable. The Japanese Government is revolved, it says, to adopt "appropriate measures” safeguard its fishing rights.
to
The Japanese naval spokesman, that Admiral Kanzawa, declares the Japanese navy is prepared to protect Japanese fishing rights. He declined to indicate the nature of the measures which would be taken. Trans-Ocean,
STATE LOTTERY FOR GERMANY
Berlin, To-day.
EXPEDITION
Berlin, To-day.
A German scientific expedition left Hamburg yesterday for the An- tarctic to carry out various experi- ments.
The ship, "Schwabenland" which has been used by the German Luft- hansa as a floating base for the South American service is being used for the trip. It will carry two aeroplanes for observations, Trans, Ocean,
DR. GOEBBELS ILL
Berlin, To-day.
The Reichs Minister of Propa ganda, Dr. Goebbels, is suffering from acute intestinal influenza and new law announced by the will be confined to bed for several Reich Government yesterday pro-days, it is announced. vides for replacement of the num- He will be unable to speak at the. erous regional lotteries in the large Christmas festival planned Reich by a single unified Reichs for this evening and will be repre- lottery.
The Prussia, South Germented by the Reich Commissioner |
Saxon, Hamburg and other lotteries familiar to every visitor to Ger- many will thus disappear.
the winter relief work, Hilgen |feldt.-Trans-Ocean.
London, To-day. British Airways had to suspend bad Announcement regarding the new service yesterday owing to lottery and drawing dates will be weather and fog over England and made in May 1989,--Trans-Ocean, the Channel,—Trans-Ocean.
will make an early attempt to ap
He had returned from Macao on ply the right of "self-determination" his own initiative in the hope of on an out- of nationalities to the Hungarian obtaining a situation minority in Rumania, which means going steamer,-- and had not heard that Hungary has decided to aban-the radio appeals or seen don hope of annexing Carpatho-papers announcing his disappear-
Ukraine. Trans-Ocean.
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