CABLES.
LATEST GABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE RUAR
BRITISH LABOUR COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS.
LowDos, March-13th.
THE HONGKONG DAILYBE89, SATURDAY, MARCH 171,
FREIGHT WAR ENDED.
SCINDIA AND B. L. COMPANIES
REACH AGREEMENT. -
Loupes, March 1áth. The British India Steam Navigation Company and the Sciddia Steamship Navigation Company, Bombay, have con. 'cluded a Ten years agreement, thus terminating the freight war. The Scindia Company gains the right of shipping in India waters, and reciprocity arrange ments have been reached whereby the British India Company will not penalite merchants shipping by the Scindia Com
INJURED CARGO.
The Parliamentary Labour Party has selected Mr. W. M. Adamson, Mr. Thomas Shaw, C.RE, Mr. C. Roden Buxton and Brigadier-General Sir Owen Thomson (members of the House of Commons) an official deputation to in vestigate conditions in the Rubr area.pany's vessels. The mision mentioned in a cable message dated February 21st was unofficial.
CONSIGNMENTS FROM THE WESTERHOLT MINE.
DUESSELDORY, March 15th. Under the Franco-Belgian arrange- ments 80 tons of coke are now being despatched from the Westerholt mine daily. The programme contemplates 3,000 daily.
that
EARLIER CABLES.
COAL SHIPMENTS TO HOLLAND..
Tas HAGUE, March 13th.
DAMAGES AWARDED AGAINST SHIPPING COMPANY.
LONDON, March 15th.
In the King's Bench, Mr. Justice Sankey awarded the London and Rangoon Trading Company, Limited,, £34,816. damages for injury to a cargo of sugar, owing to the unseaworthiness of the es Crosby Hall, belonging to the Ellerman Lines, Limited The Crosby Hall was loaded in Java, and proceeded to Colombo to take in coal, thence to Great Britain.
· The Foreign Ministry announces that The damage occurred through the leak- the Governments concerned have decided age from an exhaust pips of the Captain's
the occupation authorities in bath, also from an inrush of aca water. Germany shall not lay the tofi per cent
The question of the assessment of dam export tax от good from pecupied Germany, provided contracts theroon ages was settled by His Lordship under were made before the ten per cent, tax section 504 of the Merchant Shipping was "imposed; also that "00,000 tons of Art, coal shipped monthly under, the Conven
THE REBEL "DECREE"
BRITISH ARMY ESTIMATES FAR EASTERN CABLE
RESERVES TO BE
INCREASED.
NEWS
[THROUGH BRUTER'S" AGENCY.||
PEKING CANINEÒ SITUATION.
LONDS, March 15th.. In the House of these, introdasing the army Estimates, the Right Hon. W
tabhishent was using to deal with E. Guinness said the present Army
PERING, March 15th; The Cabinet situation remains complex. certain standing risks in the Empire, in Amin uzd chownere it
these risks Though several Ministers are function materialised singly, but if they materi alised simultaneously we were at presenting, it is known that the Cabinet is the situation. not in a position to evactually deal with divided on the subject of resignation,
Wo were exceptionally week, momentarily, owing to the small three of the Paotingfa nominees desiring therefore directly to ealist 10,000 war- ness of the Reserves. It was intended resignation,
trained men of cus B for the Reserve.
THE" SZECHUAN FIGHTING.
PEKING, March 15th..
The speaker mentioned that the present tank models had a track endurance of
It is reported from Szechuan, that after 1,000 miles, compared with the war tank's. 150 miles and a spoed of 25 miles, the defeat of the provincial troops by compared with eight. It was hoped during the coming year to equip a whole Tank Battalion with the new light tank it had also been decided to aabelitute mechanical transport for horse waggone
divisional trains. ***
--EGYPTIAN POLITICS.
CABINET
NEW
FORMED.
CAIRO, March 15th." Following a protracted political crisis arising from partly Nationalist agitation relative to the question of sovereignty over the Sudan, Ibrahim Yehyeb Pasha has succeeded in forming": n^ Cabinet containing five members of the last one.
DUTCH EAST INDIES.
BUDGET PASSES FIRST. CHAMBER.
TEX HAGUÉ, March 15th
1993
SHIP'S STORES-STOLEN,
EUROPEAN FIREMEN ON THE "EMPRESS OF FRANCE" CHARGED.
SCOTTISH SPORT. SCOTLAND'S VICTORY OVER WALES.
[YROM QUE OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1
EDINBURGH; February 7th. - Thren European members of the crow
Scottish Rugby men are very proud of of the Canadian Pacio Etoamship the fact that this season the national sida Cmpany's finer Empress of France, has won for itself a place in the sun.
While the recent victory against Franco which is now lying at the Kowloon as Interfaith was modestly appraised, the wharf, were found guilty at the Marino triumph over Wals at Cardiff must bo Court yesterday, before the Harbour reckoned as one of the Auest achievements of a Scottish fifteen for many a day. On master (Commander C. W. Back with) of the same ground last year the English ...ade foundered and fell in asas of mad.) The vital factor in the game just played the theft of ship's stores.
was the forward battle. The mese co thusiastic supporter of the Scottish Aftean could not have been too confident regard- ing the outcome of the struggle between the packs, but fortunately, the Scottish sight, though outmatched in the first half, improved as the gaine developed and last ing the severe strain better than their opponents, paved the way to victory), no doubt had, a beneficial effect on the The improvement shown by the forwards. back division, which in the elesing stages showed touches of real brilliance. A climax to a strenuous game came when the result was a personal triumph-be Gracia, the Scottish captain-for whom
wildered the Welsh defence and scored between the posts. On this occasion unlike last year no dropped goal came from the clouds to save the Welshmen and they retired from the field with their second defeat for the season. The re salt intensifics-if that were possible-the. interest in the coming encounter with England at Inverleith. The Scottish vide appears strong enough now to win thỏ Calcutta Cup, and if it should do so, Scotland's cup of success would indeed be over flowing
The first defendant was Peter Allen, coil trimmer, charged with feloniously emberaling ons bed slip and seven pots of jam at Yokohama on March 8tha
Captain Edward Griffiths, in command of the Empress of France, said the General Yang Son, the latter's troops thefts were reported to him on the same occupied Kweichow and Wanhaica, and day that the defendant was arrested. Stores had been broken open before on are now pressing towards Liangahanbien, the voyage He called in the Japanese to which place the Szechuan troops have police to deal with the matter, but they retreated. Another part of General Yang seemed scared, and refused to touch it," The Chief Steward of the vemal said Een's army is mivancing by river towards! Foochow
that at about 11 pm,, on the night in and Sacchuan. General Bun
question he saw the defendant walking Chuan Fang is reported to be advancing alongside a rickshaw on the Quay to No resistance is which the boat was moored. There was rapidly from Fukira. being offered,
a white bundle in the rickshaw, and he naked the defendant what it contained. SEQUEL, TO HONGKONG DRUG SEIZURE
Ho said it was his own proparty, and ho was going to leave the dip altogether. PENALTY FOR LONDON Witness then asked to sea the stuff, but
MERCHANT...
defendant refused, and eventually wit took him on board. Here the contents of the bag were found to be the goods mentioned in the charge.
MAXIMUM
LONDON, March 15th. The hardware merchant Howard Montagua Fogdes Humphrey, was fined £900 and ordered six months imprison
news
and hollowed it to that he ever
The First Chamber has passed the Eastment in the second division (the maximum Allen, said the jam was his own Indies Budget. In the course of the penalty) at the Guildhall for unlawfully property. It was issued out to him a debate the Minister for the Colonies Procuring morphine, heroin and cocaine stated that proposals to prolong the for a Company Amoy, contrary to the ship's stores,
·lovy a tax on petroleum for a twelve pleaded guilty.
to the States-General. The Government would abstain from tabling further Bills of this nature after the expiry of that period.
produce taxes for a twelvemonth and to Dangerous Drugs Regulations. Accused accumulate. He denied the defensive work of the Scots. It was only
be exported to Holland and not be IRISH HOUSES OF ENTERTAINMENT (meath would very shortly be submitted evidence leading to the" conviction was thing from the storerooms
tion between Holland and Gerrusny- may
subject to the expert tax imposed by the cocupation authorities.
GERMANS
SHOT BT.
SENTRIES.
PARIS, March 15th.
CLOSED,
BERLIN, March 15th.
Theatres and cinemas were closed last night in consequence of the Republican decres proclaiming an indefnite periód A message from Duesseldorf states that montries shot dead three Germans
of dational mouraing, with the suspen attempting to enter locomotive sheds atsion of all outdoor sports and the closing Bocklinghausen."
LATEST CART
FOREIGN EXCHANGES. SHARP RALLY IN FRENCH AND
BELGIAN MARKS.
LONDON, March 13th. There has been a sharp rally in French franes from 77,95 to 75,25 and in Belgian marks from 65.60 to 97.05. This feature
of
1 the foreign exchanges is attributed to) the improvement in the outlook as re gards the Buhr.
RÜBBER SHARES,
HARRISONS CROSFIELD NEW ISSUES.
LONDON, March 15th. Two hundred and eighty thousand £1 ordinars shares are being issued in the Sepang Selangor Rubber Estates, which are being floated under the auspices of Harrisons Crosfield, who are also issuing 700,000 two shilling shares in the East Asistio Rubber Estate
BUSSIAN COMMERCE'
POLAND AND FRANCO-RUSSIAN.
RELATIONS.
PARIS, March 15th
of all places of amusement. Free State troops visited the hours of entertain ment, and ordered their reopening, but performance was given only at the Abbey Theatre, where the military guard
remained.
EARLIER CABLES.
IMPERIAL RELATIONSHIP.
NEED FOR AN IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
MELBOURNE, March 18th. The Federal Premier, Mr. Bruce, in a statement, anys the action of Canada, in concluding independently of Great Britain a treaty direct with the United States regarding the halibut fishing. industry, operied up a new portant aspect of. Imperial relationship, the effects of which might be most far- reaching. It further emphasised the need of an early Imperial Conference, where the whole, Imperial relationships one bo fully discussed.
and im.
AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT. POSSIBILITIES OF NORTHERN.
- TERRITORY.
MELBOURNE, March 15th."" Mr. Pearce announced in the Senate
that the Government was endeavouring
The only score of the first half was a penalty goal to Wales for offside against Scottish forward, and though Scotland had one or two great efforts by Gracie and Liddell to equalise, Wales generally had the advantage territorially, and in- dead for ten minutes before halftime hammered detperately at the Scottish, line, but without result owing to the fine
a moderata first half display by both sides, with more chances falling to Wales, The prosecuting counsel stated that broke into the store rooms, or stole any but their backs Iacked the finish ad penetration which is associated with Walsh back play, and, with the Scottish secured when the Japanese crew were ar- rested aboard the steamer Mühima Maru
Sentence of two months hard labour backs tackling well and the forwards- in Hongkong on October 11th last year was passed.
putting in some fine dribbling and wheel- with 2,400 ounces of morphins and 2,500
Ling to touch, no further scoring resulted onaces of cocaine concealed in furniture.
THEITH AT KOER
in this ball [In point of fact, it was z Forcan The other two men were both fremen, passenger, named Cho Yu Kin, who was one named Samuel Bell, and the other arrested aboard the Mahima daru last October. He was sentenced to a fine of named Frederick West. The charge style. From this point to the clogs tha $25,000 (of twelve months imprisonment) with an additional six months in gol.)
(BY COURTESY OF THE BALLY BULLETIN,"
ANOTHER CIVIL WAR Vİ.
PERINO, March 15th.
against them was one of feloniously embezzling to blankets and seven hams, ship's stores, at Kobe, on the fourth
Inst
William Bainbridge, night patrol on the s.s. Empress of France, said the ship
On resumption with the wind in their with a try scored by Liddell in his best favour, the Scots soon got on level terms,
game was full of good things; at times First came a Welsh try, which, being there were some brilliant bita of play, converted, put Scotland points in
arroars Though Lewis was the actual moorer, Harding cut out the work by some fine running and swerving. Then a try scored by Stuart for Scotland brought. Low minutes to go, the Scots redoubled
secure the services of world-famous. experts to report on the posibility of cotton-growing and developing oilfields in the Northern Territory.
COLOMBO STRIKE ENDED.starting in China.
Yet another civil war is reported to be was moored against the Quay at Bobe the denoit down to 2 points. With only Lau Shen-shih, who was driven out of On the night in question, at about 10.15 their efforts Gracie, Liddell, M'Queen, Kwaicher a year ago, tarned to Tang pm, he saw a rope hanging from the Chi-yao for assistance. The latter agreed forecastle deck to the Quay. He went to help, and their combined forces up forr'ard and found the defendants at invaded. Kweichow,
the 8th,
COLOMBO, March 15t The strike mentioned on instant has virtually ended.
FIRST, DEBT-FUNDING PAYMENT.
WASHINGTON, March 18th. Britain has made the first payment under the Debt Funding Agreement, amounting to 4,128,000 dollaża, -
AN UNCONVENTIONAL
GOVERNOR."
- “One who knows him writes in the Daily Mail:-
the Sir Williams Harris, the lately appointed Governor of the United Provinces of India, who is being so holly criticised in some quarters for his action in releasing - num ber of men imprisoned for political offences, HOUSING PROBLEM.
is'in many ways a remarkable man..
He does not, however, bear any very great BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO
resemblance to the typical Indian nabob. SUBSIDISE NEW HOUSES.
His dress resembles that of a New Zealand "bash
garb get rather than the LONDON, March 15therally with His Excellency
Governor. He is notorious in India for
враго In order to encourage the provision of his disreputable hata All his time is working-class bouses the Minister of spent in translating Tatin verseny and he is, Health is. conferring with representatives an
Yuan Tau ming, who is in command, of the Kweichow oreos, is preparing resist the advance.
BAILWAY SMASH IN KOREA.
over
and Browning all being tackled only just short of the line. It seemed as if their efforts were to fail when Gracis, with a dazzling rum and swerte past, the Welan fallback, scored at the posts for Drysdale They have arrived at Kuyukuon more the fixed end of the rope, bending over
to convert. It was a fitting climax to a than half-way from the border towards a bundle West was very drunk, sad game in which the interest war mein- Kweiyang
the other man went over to the port side tained to the end by the improvement of the Scottish backs from mediocrity, to of the ship on seeing witness Ho naked brilliancy in the closing stages, Scotland them what they were doing, and one majority was 11 points to a The Scottish replied that they were letting down team was unchanged from that girea ia
last dispatch. blankets ove
side of the ship. RUGBY CLUB GAMES. Shortly before that, a case of blankets It is reported from Seoul that four were killed and 26 and 27 badly and had been broken into, and a number of slightly injured, respectively, as the blankets stolen. Seven whole hams had result of a math to the Seoul-Fuse also been stolen, sad when the bundle express của thời của Bust between Baarohia and Mitriyo.
**** that the defendants were bending over The express struck the debris of an was examined, it was found to contain avalanche on the railway track, which to blankets and sevim hams overturned the locomotive and the four following coaches.**
The railway and telegraph services are interrupted.
SHANGHAI, March 15th.
THE "AUSTRIAN LOAN,
DR. WELLINGTON KOO'S REPLY
When Horace in
of the municipal corporations and Associations, and has agreed to offer a England 50 years ago.
The Polish Foreign Minister, M. subsidy of six pounds, a house yearly, for
Binclair Marris was borni
His family went
Lis
Replying to the Magistrate, witness said it was impossible that the bama could have been an accumulation of stores issued, because the men were only issued with pieces of cooked hams.7
SATISFACTORY
Bell told the Magistrate that he was put on board the ship by his friends "PEKING, March 15th. With referenos to the chaban against earlier in the evening in a state of one Maria, was educated at Wanganui Dr. Wellington Koo last November reintoxication. He went down to his bunk garding the Awarian lens, the Premier
Skraynaki, interviewed by Le Matin said twenty years, for new non-parlour, five and at Christchurobrand wrote to Dr. Wellington Koo asking for and stayed there until some time' after
hor.
DAVIS CUP.
SEVENTEEN NATIONS
REPRESENTED.
that a resumption of Franco-Russian routed houses. The municipal delegates commercial relations would be most agreed, to this, in order to enable build valuable for Poland, which would not obig vigorously to be pressed forward. ject thereto, provided France consulted. SITUATION IN KENYA
PUBLIC MEETING BAT
DELHI.
DELHI, March 18th. The situation at Kenya was discussed a public meeting attended by pro minent legislators. Mr. Bastri moved resolution, which was adopted, declaring that India's vital interests were involved in the struggle by Kenya Indians and deciding to inform Mr. Bonar Law that India treated the Kenya. qucation as the
position
in the ouchstone of her Commonwealth.
New York, March 18th. Seventeen, nations are represented in the Davis Cup for which the entries are closed
* OBITUARY.
QUEEN MILENA OF MONTENGRO
CAFANTIRE, March 15th. Queen Mileria of Montongra died st 1.2 o'clock this morning,
MR.
DHARLES HOLME
LONDON, March 15th.
The death is announced by Mr. Charles Holme,
THE NEAR EAST. TURKISH COUNTER-PROPOSALS
TO BE DISCUSSED,
Hi pooplo bad
had little money to
The tale between. Herlataniang- sed
Gals was trapectedly nevere; but in spite of the fact that they were playing without some of their best men, the Edinburgh team came out good winners, Hogal High School went through to Glasgow and deserved their victory over West, Edinburgh Academicals had also aereditable win over Glasgow University. Edinburgh Institution's victory wom rather a surprise, and the success of the Wanderers was also unexpected. Fedits:
Edinburgh University, 11; Edinburgh annie Wanderers, :16:5
** Institution, 19; Stewart's College, 6; Royal High School; 8; Wist of Boot-
land, 0
Gala, 5; Heriot's, 9 Kelso, o; Watsonians 18
Greenock Wanderers 0 Glasgow
Academicala 37;
Edinburgh
Glasgow High School, 41; Hillhead
High School, O; Glasgow University,
Academicals, an ten o'clock, and then Bainbridge came on the boy's education, and at an early an explanation.
Langholm, 11: Melrose, 10: Dr. Wellington Koo has now given out down and asked him to help him with age he had to begin to earn for bissell A sehnlarsip carried him exhibition to not Dimeworthy in the matter was West who was on deck very drunk. school and won an this
Reuter's correspondent understands The mon alleged that the blankets
Walson's, 14; Merchiston, 11;
The expectations that the Leagus' com+
the university at Christchard to take that the Government considers the reply were, issued to them, and accordingly petition this season would, contrary to ex?
In 1804 he sailed for the Indian Civil Service examination. to be most satisfactory, and hopes that This is one of the world's hardest ex Dr. Wellington Koo will very shortly re- aminations, and it presented very for- turn to London and resume his ministerial
difficulties to midable
boy whose
duties, which they consider will be bene. education wEZKES, not particularly complete ficial to Anglo-Chinese relations It was
him to support
18thor himself too
a boy from over-seas difficult task for a
A years hard work and the exercise of very strict economy resulted in his pass- ing ixge the Indian Civil Service, and in 1896 he went to the United Provinces as
assitant magistrate.
while
· ឆ
AMERICAN BILK MISSION.
SHANGHAI, March 15th, The American Silk Mission hug arrived Shanghai to investigate the raw silk trade in the Orien
at
For ten years he worked in various parts The mission will leave for. Hongkong of India, and in 1906 he was lent to the tomorrow. Traestaal Government vice Commissioner After three streng-
www
trato
General
Africa he was appointed magis.
Aligarh, in the United Provinces,
JAPANESE CULTURAL REL EF WORK IN CHINA
few years later, he became Inspector FOR PROMOTION OF SINO JAPANESE wal of Police in the same
His tenure of this post was short, for
nine months' service bo vas promoted Joint
of 16th LONDON, March 15th Secretary to the Government of
India
RELATIONS
Toxxo, March 18th
Two years later he becase Home Blocrotary In explaining a Bill introduced in the France and Italy have agreed to the and in 1919 the poet of Reformis Commis: House of Representative for cultural British suggestion to send exporteto sioner was added to his office This ex (Mr. Charlen Holmo was a Chevalier, London to discuss the Turkish counter-traordinary career was crowned in 1921 relief work in China, Baron Uchids, said Rising Sun of Japan; Vice-President, proposals, which are expected in London when he was dreated Governor of Am
Towards the end of last year Sir Harcourt editor of The Studio. He travelled in romption of the Lausanne Conference. Hatler, Governor of the United Province Japan Society; founder and for 25 years today or to-morrow, with a view to the Russia, Asia Minor, China, Japan, eta. It is expected that the experts will meet was reappointed to the Governorship of Barmah, and Sir William Harris was chosen to succeed him. Docoaned was in his 78th year.]
Boxt week.
that Yen 4,000,000 from the Hoxer Indem- nity and Yen 15,000,000 from the Shantung Railway ale money, etc, would be ap Fropriated with the object of promoting Sino-Japanese relationa
(Continued at foot of next column.)
were their own property.
Both were found guilty and sentence of three months hard labour was passed on each defendant.
perience, prove an open and attractive contest have not been realised. Dundee, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Airdrieonians, and other challengers have all failed to stay the course, and the three first named at any rate have no serious infèrent in the disposition of the Leagus honours, pre- ferring to reserve their energin for the Beottish Cup, for which all of them are
[BY COURTESY OF ZUR CHINA MALA I. still candidates - The Championship
STRAITS STEAMER SUNK AZ SINGAPORE.
THIRTY ONE LIVES LOST
SINGAPORE, March 10th. The Siam steamer Dovibat collided with the Straits. steamer Banri on Wednesday at midnight 65 miles from Singapore, the Ranes sinking in ten minutes Thirtys one lives were Jost including the third
gora, je engineer, 15 of the crew and 18 passen
The Baribag returned to Singapore
yesterday bringing Captain Rogers of the Bonet. The polision occurred the
entrance to the Biba channel on a dark night
the. League is already as good, as won by the Rangers and interest in the compa tition, has vaporated. The rolegation question has failed to save the situation or Improve matters, and it fina been made clear that antomatic promotion, 18”-no remedy or incentive. unless it should happer that a famous club such as Queen's Park last year is threatened Last week's results were not attractive, and were:-2:
Hiberanians, 2; Third Lanark, 0; Raith Rovers, 2 Heart of Midlothing,
Baugers, 3 Hamilton Academicala Fakirk, 186. Muren, 11-2 Aberdeen, 4; Ayr United, 1 Albion Rovers 3 borton, 0; Clyde, Airdrieonians) 0 Kilmarnock INCALUE? I Motherwell, 2; Allon, 0 Partick Thistle B; Duzdre: 0;