THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 3, 1989.
Sir John Simon's Budget Bill Will Be Unprecedented
1.R.A. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP CANAL BRIDGE
London, To-day.
The Irish Republican Army sabotage efforts have been extend- ed to Staffordshire, where an at- tempt was made to blow up the canal bridge near Wednesbury.
A terrific explosion was heard for miles around at midnight-but
SUBSTANTIAL NEW SOLICITOR PART TO BE MET ADMITTED TO
FROM LOAN
London, To-day.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, will be faced with an unprecedented peace time total expenditure exceeding £1,250,000,000 to be found in the coming year when he introduces his Budget next month.
PRACTICE
Mr. Alfred Yun Sun Hon was admitted to practice as a solicitor in the Colony of Hong Kong by the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac Gregor, at the Supreme Court this morning..
The application for admission was made by the Attorney-General, the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, who stated that the applicant was
it was not discovered until several As the Government has decided to raise £350,000,000articled to the late Mr. A. Hall in
hours later that a high explosive charge had been placed in a cul- vert beneath the Burmingham Navigation Canal.
The wall of the culvert was blown out but the cracks in the embankment were too small to allow the water to` escape,
SECOND ATTEMPT.
Had the attempt succeeded,
of the sum under the Defence Loans Act, the amount for which the taxpayer is responsible will be reduced to something over £900,000,000; or in all probability rather less than the total ordinary expenditure în the current year, esti mated at £945,000,000.
thousands of tons of water wo MEXICAN OIL
have flooded the surrounding country.
This is the second attempt to blow up waterworks in two days. The previous attempt was made at Willesden, and was unsuccess- ful. Reuter:
LOWU BOMBING INCIDENT COMPENSATION
The following communique was
issued by the Colonial Secretariat
last night:
On the afternoon of 2nd March,
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DISPUTE DISCUSSIONS
Mexico City, To-day.
Mr. Donald Richberg, represent-
February, 1932. In April the fol- lowing year, he joined the firm of and served them until this year. The applicant,
Messrs. Peter H. Sin and Company
concluded. Mr.
Alabaster, passed his final exam-
inations last month.
The Chief Justice remarked, that For this reason it is regarded as it gave him great pleasure to ac- certain that there will be no In-cede to the request of the Honour- come Tax increase in 1939.
able Attorney-General, and wished With the R.A.F. Estimates, pub- the new solicitor a long, happy and lished yesterday, the total for the successful career. fighting services has reached £516,- 000,000, but the total for defence
services, including civil defence, in GROWING RUBBER
in
the coming year, is estimated the White Paper on defence at £580,000,000.
an while
IN BRAZIL
Civil expenditure totals £535,-
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY. THE SECRETARY FOR AGRI- ing the Standard Oil Corporation,000,000 or about £445,000,000 after has arrived here and will begin self-balancing items are excluded, CULTURE, MR. HENRY A. WAL- additional £10,000,000 | LACE, HAS REVEALED THAT talks with the Mexican Government with a view to settling the oil crisis may be required for supplementary A SECOND CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON THE QUESTION resulting from expropriation of the Civil Estimates.
RUBBER IN If to this is added debt charges, OF GROWING property of foreign oil companies.
It is reliably learned that Mr. which may total: £230,000,000, a|BRAZIL.
Bri-total Budget of $1,265,000,000 is Richberg is also retained by
reached. "Reuter. tish interests.
Pessimism prevails, here regard-
ing the outcome of the talks, and
it is considered that solution of the
points at issue between the parties
CHINESE HIT
the Colonial Secretary together with is unlikely-Reuter. the Honourable the Commissioner. of Police, the Manager of the Rail- way, and Colonel Neville, conferred with the Japanese Acting Consul General, Mr. Oda, Major-General Tanaka and his Staff regarding the terms of compensation to be paid with regard to the bombing incident of 21st February.'
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Full agreement was reached and a payment of claims, not yet fully known, up to a maximum of $20,000 Was agreed by the Japanese presentatives.
UNEMPLOYED LAY-DOWN SCENE IN COMMONS
London, To-day.
re
new unemployment demon-
BACK IN HUPEH
Chungsiang, To-day. Chinese troops are “gaining an upper hand in central Hupch.
The Japanese on the Hankow- Ichang highway, have suffered seri- ous defeat. Seven or eight tanks have been lost.
On the Kingshan-Chungsiang highway, the Japanese are held at Sunchino.
A successful flank átback on the Japanese at Sanyangtien, about 100 miles west of Hankow, inflicted ovor 400 casualties on the Japan-
ese.
Guerillas recaptured Yinchuting, ncor Sulhsien, on Wednesday. Central News.
stration occurred yesterday, this LICHTENSTEIN
time in the ante-room of the House of Commons, when about 50 unemployed gained access to the building and laid themselves prone upon the floor.
AND REICH
BERLIN, TO-DAY.
PRINCE FRANZ JOSEPH OF
4:2
NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR
Kunming, To-day..
Mr. Wallace said that an Ameri- can technician will be sent to Brazil to aid the Brazil programme to develop agricultural products not
competitive with American commo- |dities.—Reuter.
ing the French Concession there. M. Cosme, new French Ambassa- After the Shanghai trip, he will dor to China, who has arrived in proceed to Chungking, via Kunming, Hanoi, is planning a trip to Shang-to present his credentials. Centrál hai to study the situation affect-News.
IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY GETTING MONEY FROM OUTSIDE COUNTRY
Dublin, To-day.
MOVING the second reading in the Dail of the Offences Against the State Bill, designed to deal with the Irish Republican Army, Mr. Patrick J. Ruttledge, the Minister of Justice, said it was well-known that the I.R.A. possess- ed arms and were trained in the use of arms. They had got the money outside the country, the
Minister stated.
LITCHTENSTEIN WAS RECEIV- Members of the Houso and ED BY HITLER IN THE CHAN-
The country was quiet now but They would permit nobody to use visitors had to work their way CELLERY YESTERDAY. around the demonstrators or stop It is understood they discussed in view of past history and cor- force to secure political or social over them.
purely private mattera, leaving tain evidence, it might not remain
alms. Police detachments were, im- talks of an economic nature to take quiet. mediately summoned, cleared the place between the Frince's Prime room in a few minutes and re- Ministor and Nazi officials-Reu- stored order. Trans-Ocean. ter..
Whilst the Government did not fear that force, they wanted to deal with it should the neconalty ariso.
The Bill was aimed at preventing the country from drifting into civil
Reuter.
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