THE HONGKONG "DAILY
LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S
FIRST BUDGET.
EXPECTATIONS OF THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
EXCHEQUER.
FRENCH FISCAL PROGRAMME.
THE SHIPPING OUTLOOK.
LATEST CABLES. ¿[TAROUGH BEUTEE'S AGENCY.] BUDGET FORECASTS.
EXPECTATIONS OF THE CHAN CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,
SINGAPORE BASE SCHEME ABANDONED.
LONDON, February 24th. The Sunday Times understands that although the Chancellor of the Exeche- -quer will have a surplus when the national accounts are closed next month, Mr. Suowdon does not expect to be enabled in his first budget to do much in the way Something of a remission of taxation. may be done to reduce the sugar duties. Mr Snowdon will also try to take some- thing off text. The Government does not mean to spend any were off the Singa- pore base, as the Cabinet has decided not to proceed further with the schoaic.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S FISCAL PROGRAMME. APPROVED BY CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
PARIS, February 23rd.
The Chamber of Deputies approved, by 354 votes to 18. the ensemble of the Government's fiscal programme.
3L POINÇARE SECURE UNTIL
ELÉCTIONS."
Taken in conjunction with his victory
i
TUNTANKHAMEN'S" TOMB. ^.
EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES CHARGE.
LUXOR. February 23rd. Representatives of the Egyptian Gov- ernment took over Tutankhamen's tomb yesterday.
The locks affixed by Mr. Howard Carter. were savn off and the interior inspected: Measures to prevent damage to the con- tents were taken, after which new locka were affixed, and the doors of the tomb reclosed.
PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 1924
LATEST CABLES,
WORLD OF SPORT INTERPORT RIFLE SHOOTING.
SHANGHAI SCORES
SHANGHAI, February Bed- In the Interport rife shooting Shang. hati Scortish, Hongkong Scottish, Shang,
hai scored Dal.
The individual scores were as follows: Quartermaster Sorgt, Gates
Sergt. Campbell
Segt. Mackintosh
03
01 88
.103
AP
Sergt. Welson
Corp. Tait....
Lee. Corp. Bell
Lee Carpl. Stewart
Pte. Wilson
..106
Pte. Smith
"Pte Sinclair
84 103
INTERNATIONAL RUGGER.
EXGLAND DEFEATS FRANCE.
LONDON, February Bird. The International Rugger game at Twickenham was played in fine weather. The ground was in excellent condition and 25,000 persons, including His Majesty the Neither Mr. Howard Carter nor his King were present, England beat Franc assistants were present
by 10 points to 17.
FALL FROM WESTMINSTER
CATHEDRAL-
WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN
KILLED.
Loscos, February 23rd.
A woman and two children were killed by falling from the top of the tower of Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral.
KING OF ITALY ILL,
ROME, February Mrd.
CATCHESIDE'S SENSATIONAL LEAP. At the outset the game was fairly even, with England getting more of the ball.
A forward rush took the game to the Freach twenty-five, where a splendid bout of passing by the English backs | ended with Jacob scoring an unconverted
try. Shortly afterwards more excellent
NEWS.
EARLIER CABLES FAR EASTERN CABLE THE SHIPPING OUTLOOK.
LOW FREIGHTS TOUCH BOTTOM,
LONDON. February 22nd. In the core of his presidential address
(THROUGH REUTER'S JOENCY,]
ARMS FOR TSAO KUN.
DUTY ON IMPORTED SILK BRITISH COMMITTEE EQUALLY DIVIDED.
before the Chamber of Shipping for the HID CONSIGNMENT FROM ITALIAN dute should be imposed on imported
United Kingdom, Sir Alan Anderson said the depression continued, but be thought they had touched the bottom of had freights. There was still a redundant feet of vessels in all countries but the "laid-up world's tonnage fell from wine million tons gross in July 1999, to eight million in July, 1993, and the laid-up tonnage in the United Kinglon from a million and half in January, 1922, to
ს 1,008,000 in January 1924. There evidence that the position of the British Mercantile Marine was improving ami hadi profited from the medicine of adversity, EXPORT OF GERMAN CAPITAL-
· WAS
Paris, February “nd. The New York Herald's Pari alition understands that the Second Committes of Experts, of which Mr. Reginald Mo Kenna was Chairman, unanimously es timates the amount of Gejman capital! exported since the war at two thowend million dollars, or double Mr. Me Kenna's previous estimato
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Losnos, February 22nd,
CONCESSION AT TIENTSIN. :
The final report of the Lace Embroidery. and Silk Industries Committee, appointed by the President of the Board of Trade. to inquire into the question whether a silk, shows an equal division of opinion on that subject. Sir George Stapelton Barnes, the chairman, ami Mr. Arthur Pugh are opposed to duty, while Sir Robers Glan- held and Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan are in favour of such procedure. with unemployment in the industry, state The chairman and Mr. Pugh, dealing
that according to Minisy of Labour figures, at some places the unemployment
while at other it sal. The total number of Moured work- ers in.
the whole industry was 35,140, and the total number out of employment om, October and was 3,290, and the number The percentage unemployed was computed working ayatematic short time was *
· for inpared with an average
TIENTSIN. February Brd. Italian arms stored in a godown in the Italian concession, are being moved from Tientsin. It is reported that they are being taken to a point an the Kinhan line, within forty miles of Peking.
Visiting the Railway yard in the early hours of this morning, Reuter's corre pondent saw a train of over twenty cars being loaded up with cases of rifles. eighty of the latter were counted. equipment, and gun-limbers; no less than 0.0, s
of 11.
workers in all industries. The causes of the unemployment at Italian marines were supervising the present
in the silk industry," existing work.
say the
chairman and Mr. Pugh, wo to bo consider
the
purchasing power.
It is reported that Marshal Tsao Kua's and consequent relice Wade depression
(President) representatives have purchas, ed the munitions for 23,300,000..
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EINSTEIN'S THREE
PREDICTIONS.
SIR F. DYSON ON THEIR VERIFICATION.
and in certain sections of the trade the bounty on
on export conferred by depreciated currencies of exporting countries They have carefully considered the
proposal fér a duty, but are unable to recommend it for the following reasons: A number of types of imported silk, amounting, it is said, to siŷ per cent, of the total importa of silk mufactures, are not at present. made in this country and have never been made here. So far as these are concern.... ed, there is no existing home industry tog Sir Frank Dyson, the Astronomer
protect and
import duty on them Royal, was one of the lecturers on Janu would only have the immediate result of ary 8th at the Scientific Novelties Exhibi. increasing the price to the British consum tion cow being held at King's College, er without producing in the near futuro
any increase of. Strand, in aid of the King Edward's evidence, it would appear that a rise in
Employment. On the" Hospital Fund for London, He chose as the price of imported silks would have a his subject Astronomical Evidence Beur detrimental effect on the volume ing on Einstein's Theory
...
of
employ
The birth-rate for 1923 is England and ball was well filled, and for nearly three trades. The large volume of our entrepêt · Despite the abstruse subjects, the lecture ment in what are styled the making-up work by the English backs was whness Wales was per thousand, 17 the west quarters of an hour Sir Frank Dyson trade in foreign silk manufactures might, ed and Jacob scored another unconverted record except in the war years of 1917 to theory and described how his predictions position of and mous their
draft in semi-popular way with Einstein's in their view, be endangered by the im try, England, were now outplaying their 1019, but is compensated for by the in three separate directions had been veri, despite the general industrial depression
It appeared from inquiries that,
sume fries and companies engaged in the
fact
fed by astronomical evidence. Einstein's
His Majesty the King is confined to his opponents, although the latter got a share that the death-rate was only 11.6. The theory of relativity, Sir Frank Dyson silk industry had been able to maintain
room with an attack of infiuenza. Hezervat, in a passing movement, Catcheside of the ball in the scrums. Near the in has postponed his visit to Fiume on the
Occasion of the proclamation of the
annexation of Fiume.
EARLIER CABLES.
in the Senate on Thursday, by the nar row majority of sixteen, the final passing SERIOUS AFFRAY IN INDIA-
of M. Poincare's taxation proposals, after | an all-night sitting of the Chamber last- ing til seven in the morning, means that he can confidently look forward to remain- ing in office at any rate until after the
lections.
THE FRANC IMPROVES. The latest political developments are already apparently influencing the fane, which, yesterday recovered to ninety-nine. TO BALANCE THE BUDGET," The taxation proposals are expected to produce seven and a half milliard francs
additional revenue, most of which will he
MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED.
DELHI. February 22nd.
received, and, with the French fullback going for his legs, made a four foot jump over him, and scored an unconverted try.
Both
infant mortality was 69 per thousand. these latter are the lowest recorded.
The marriage rate was 13.2 per thousand COTTON TRADE.
of
Sir Robert Glanfield and Dame Helen
plained, led to a formula for the law gravitation which agreed very closely with normal employment for, their workpeople, the result obtained from the Newtonian
and at the same time run their basinesses law. The results differed in one particular, on a profitable basis. la regard to the movement of the
perihe lion of the planet. Mercury. Several the Gwynne-Vaughan State that they are of dries had been advanced to explain the opinion that unemployment is acuto in At half-time England were lending by VOTE IN FAVOUR OF SHORT TIME. discrepancy between the observed move some centres, and that in others, in which
ment and the calculated movement; one
the figures supplied by the Ministry of Loxtos, February 2nd.
Labour presupposed the existence of an as yet un-
appeared to indicate a compata- discovered planet, but none could be aptively good position, there is considerable Systematic short time will be resumed held. Einsdeio's formula, borever. xxituation in the silk industry," they add, under-employment. "We fear that the second-half, but the brench tackled well, in the American section of the cotton plained what Newton's had failed to ex ill became much worse if measures are
consider
to nil.
England were attacking early in the
After a quarter-of-an-hour Behote French three quarter, dropped at fine goal: Then the English barks raced away. Jacob got over and Conway converted: Towards
A force of 500 Akalis, armed with spears and firearms and screened by a force of 8,000 other Akalis, started from Bargari, in the Faridkot State, to raid Jaite in the end, Young scored, Conway again
trade a result of the Federation of
Master Cotton-Spinners, which rided the nectary eighty per cent majority in favour of a twenty-six bour week.
EARLIER CABLES,
tition.
the
Nabha Thay were met by the British converting. Then, in the last minute, REUTER'S AMERICAN. SERVICE.] off the Ter and the other to Principe, that the imposition of a sufficient import
US
uncon
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clouds at had bad luck in regard to
plais, and led to the first verification. bending of light while passing the sun main cause of the present unemployment
Then he made a prediction as to the not taken to avist it. We and it became a sort of challenge to the in the silk industry to be foreign, compe- astronomers to verify. The eclipse of 1915 on
and that the British silk industry was extremely favourable for obtaining with the large industries of continental general has not been able to compete astronomical evidence on this point, and two expeditions were sent out, one to So- countries, most of which are aided by de- bral ia Brazi
preciated
currencies. We are convinced coast of Africa, to take
the duty would have the effect of stimulating SENATORS ELECTRIFIED.
photographs of the eclipse, The latter the industry in this manner, and we cop- to sider at the time of the elipe, but the offset any possible diversion from the coun that this result would more than WASHINGTON, February 2nd.
former secured some good photographs Mr. Daugherty, the Attorney General, left that particular area of sky in order to be imposed for at least five years on im- amil then they waited until the sun hul of the present entrepôt trade. We
therefore recommend that duties should SCOTLAND DEFEAT IRELAND."
|électrified his foes in the Senate to-day by only bodies. Einstein had predicted Porta into this country of silk and artis-
take further checking photographs of the por LONDON, February 23rd.
calmly appearing among them during the that these bodies would, apparently be in a silk products, and, in addition, we ceremony is honour of George Washing certain positions owing to their light rays recommend that a duty of 331 per cent. The weather at Edinburgh, for the ington's birthday. Mr. Daugherty ex having been bent by the attraction of the ad valorem should be imposed on importa
san, and the astronomical results obtain of made-up silk or artificial silk goods ous. Some 20,000 people were presentance with a longstanding promise to one with his estimates of the apparent diver Scotland beat Ireland by 13 to 8.
of their number to listen to the reading of gence that would be produced. Washington's farewell address,
Administrator with small barty of after some good handling, Ballario, Nabha troops. When the Administrator French theee-quarter, cored ar called on them to retire, one of the Akalis serted try. fired, wounding a villager. The Adminis 'trator then ordered his force to fire, and the Akalis replied with heavy fire and de- livered a determined attack which was
used for the purpose of balancing the checked by dismounted cavalrymen. Two International Rugger match, was glori-plained that his attendance was in accord- ed showed a most satisfactory, agreement
budget. So-called recoverable expendi ture bus, up to the present, been merely debited.
EGYPTIAN TEXTILE STRIKE
WORKERS FORM SPECIES OF
SOVIET."
11 ALEXANDRIA, "February 3rd. The three month's strike in the textile factory for "filature" was settled a fort
thousand Akalis then took refuge in a
shrine and the remainder broke up.
LATER Fourteen Akalis were killed, 34 wounded and one hundred arrested;
Doctor Kitchlew, a well-known Ehalifat leader, and Professor Gidwani, a leading Scottish goal had two narrow escapes, It
THE SCOTS' SPLENDID DEFENCE -- Scotland scored nfter seven minutes' play, through Waddell, Drysdale convert- ing. Ireland took up the attack and the
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES
IN USA
VOLCANOES MAKE COLD WEATHER.
- Records of the climate of the world,
member of Congress, who reached the scene was a fast open game, play going quickly apparently with fungal rources enjoyed had been verified by. Mr. Evershed it says Mr. George F. Sisgs", B.Sc., the
after the firing, were taken into custody.
THE DOCK STRIKE.
night ago by the intervention of the DELEGATES RECOMMEND ACCEPT
Governor, but the operatives yesterday repudiated the agreement. One thou sand men remained at the factory, all night, women bringing them food.
The men declare they will run the works on their own geesunt, and they have formel pecies of Soviet
The operatives at Egolin cotton-seed factory are behaving similarly, and the situation is causing uneasiness.
Nationalist intrigues are suspected and Zaglul bas been asked to intervene.
A battalion of troops has been sent to the filature factory whose owners insist on a lockout..
ANCE OF TERMS.
LONDON, February 22nd, The Dockers Conference, after further long sittings, decided to recommend the acceptance of the terms, and adjourned until Monday. The delegates meanwhile are proceding to their districts to submit the whole position to the men and will return with a mandate to decide the issue,
STRONG INTRANSIGENT MOVEMENT. : While it is hoped that the strong recom mendations of the lenders will convince the majority of dockers of the wisdom of accepting the terms of settlement, the EMPLOYEES LEAVE WORKS. fact that mass meetings of stekkers at Hull LATER Bristol, Grimsby and Newport to-day The operatives at the flature works resolved to continue the strike unless the walked out probably owing to having full two shillings is granted immediately heard of the Government's determination shows the strength of the intramigent to eject them forcibly:
"IMPÈRIAL`AIRSHIP SCHEME
TO RECEIVE · GOVERNMENT'S SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
LONDON, February 23rd.
Commander Burney, in a speech at Bedaford, said Mr. MacDoanki had told him that, the Labour Party had not re- jected the Imperial airship scheme, which would have their serious consideration.
moment.
The resolution adopted at the delegated conference stresses the tremendous' ad- mendous advance” made towards docasta lisation and maintenance" by the agree ment reached.
FRANCS IMPROVING.
LONDON, February 22nd.-- The French france has recovered to 100.56 and the Belgian to 1133,
from twenty-five to twenty-five. A great Scottish forward rush ended in Bertram registering a try, Drysdale converting
the
Thus the second proposition of Einstein was verified. This led to another predic tion as to the shifting of the lines towards the red in the solar spectrum as com pared with the corresponding lines it the from the year 80, when Pompei was dos terrestrial spectrum, owing to the differ trored by Tesuvius, reveal the fact that ence in the gravity forces of the two serious disturbances of climate have follow- spheres. This was a more complicated ed great volcanic eruptions.
In cases too numerous to be coincidences Americe cutist in 1933 kept pace matter to establish but the prediction
cruption of a volcano in any part of the by no other country, and the prospects of Kodaikanal Observatory in ladin and by world has been succeeded by one or two New Year in this respect are regarded Mr. St. John at the Mount Wilson her years markedly colder than the average. by the men who know best as brilliantly vatory in America.
Thus the Einstein law of gravitation led Ice Age by the theory of vulcanism that Indeed, modern science accounts for the promising for the last few days the follow- ing announcemats have been made:
to three very remarkable predictions which ta the activity of volcanoes. Ireland then made the most strenuous
Construction of microphone under the had all been verified, the first relating to To understand how volcanoes can affect efforts to reduce the load, and a feree auspices of the General Electric Company the movement of a planet, the second the climate one or two facts about the forward dash overcame the Scottish de-nabling one to stduy a new world of relating to the bending of light, and the earth's atmosphere must be borne in
wound, "including the talk of minute third to the vibration of the atoms in the mind. insects.
sun; Whatever one might think of It enabling scientists to investigate space- thought there could be no doubt that in thermometers, that upwards from a height Construction of a high-altitude rocket the whole Einstein theary, the lecturer sans been discovered by the method of up balloons and kites, carrying rocket which covers six miles a second, and these three instances absolute verification of
exists a great upper emiles there which once free of earth's attraction, bad been obtained, and at the present region of the atmosphere of constant tem- FOER merrily
aloag till it strikes some time no further astronomical verification perature throughout, about 100 degrees
was possible.
below freezing In this "high" timos"
fence." G. Stephenson scored a try and himself converted. At the interval Scot land were leading by 10 points to 5.
On the resumption, an Irish forward
a try which was not converted. Play was rush resisted in G. Stephenson scoring thing. most keep, the Scottish defence with scramble near the Irish line Waddell stood a prolonged banimering. From a
scored a try, unconverted."
"SOCCER" RESULTS.
FIRST LEAGUE
LONDON, February 23rd. Chelsea, 1 Everton, 1. Middlesbrough. 0 Birmingham, 1. Nott's Forest; 1; Bolton, 0. Sheffield United. 4 Blackburn, ð.“
SCOTTISH LEAGUE. Third Lanark, 3; Dundee, 5.
ASSOCIATION CUP.
Cardiff, 3: Bristol City, .. Crystal Palace, 1; Swindon, 2 Houthampton,0; Liverpool 0 West Bromwich, 1. Wolverhampton, 1. Watford, 0 Newcastle, E Burnley, 1; Huddersfield, '0 Aston Villa, 3: Leeds, D. Brighton, 1 Manchester City, 5.
SCOTTISH CUP. "Aberdeen, 2; East Stipling, 0.
Hearts, 3; Clyde, 1. Clydebank, Ayr, 3. Partick, 1 Hamilton, 1. Rangers, 1; Hibernians, 2 Motherwell, O; Airdrieonians, Baith, 0; St. Bernards, 1. Falkirk, 0; Queen's Park, o.
A formal announcement by Dr. Hard. lickn, of the National Museum at Wash United States, that man's origin was in ington, the leading anthropologist of the Europe 400,000 years ago, and not in Asia... as generally supposed,
WHEN IS A MAN DRUNK?
A clear definition of drunkenness is The discovery of a new ray by Profesor declared by the Britian Metical Journal Harkins, of the University of Chicago to be necessary in view of the tendency which may revolutionise the present, field of magistrates to deal more severely with of physics and prove
be the greret force caacs of drunken motor-car drivers. required for the disintegration of the atom.
The crucial question," the journal demonstration
of the wireless
say", *te amer
as to whether a man's brain is so mission of power hy Dr. Willis Whitner, clouded that he is unfit to be in charge who lighted an dinary 110-yelt incandes
to
of a car is one which must be decided
Kay
phere there are no clouds, no storms, v rain. The clouds, storms, and rain
ceur in the region of the atmosphero lower than 8 miles.
Now, Juring eruption, volcamie dust in blown into the air as a great cloud over the volczuo. The eruption of Tambore. which killed 58,000 people in 1815, blow up so much dust that for three days there was darkness at a distance of three hun
red miles. The dust cloud of volaneet has been measured from time to time and It has been found to reach to a height thirteen miles. Therefore a large quantity of the dust is blown up into the high
atmosphere.
eet lamp without metallic connection be by common sense, and scientific tests can tween the lamp and the source of power,
give very little help, "
*. Here, as explained, there are no almuuls Askilled musician who is also a to sweep it out and no rain to wash it These are only a few items selected at chronic drunkard may be able to play out. Volcanic dust particles are so minne random from recent unmunements and
the prelude it is believed here, of great when he is too drunk to stand A writ that they may take more than a year, ta
astic amateurs-Daily Telegraph.
shakt
er marvels to be discord in 1024 The ing test is much more severe for manual fall to the lower atmosphere, when rain American
is devoting worker than for a clerk. Consequently it will wash them to the ground newspaper From is much
space nowadays to scientific disis very difficult to devise a fair test for few months the volcanic dust covery, and in the department of radio drunkennes based on the performance the bigh atmosphere gar
ver the
cutie scientists are assisted by an ever-incres of skilled movements, because the test
tarmy of very intelligent
depends so on the degres of proc. mouwdihis wei
this veil of dust affects vory pro
ount of sunlight that amount tice the individual has in the subject of reaches the earth's surface. It has bera his test,"
shown by scientific experiment and calen- The appointment of an expert to ation that the surprisingly small quantity examine all cases in a given aren. for the of the 1,800th part of a one mila of vel- sake of uniformity, is recommended.
is sufficient to
redaco the unlight by 20 per cent., And, if
The Ice Age itself, m
fala dust distributed round the entire
of
to produce an Toe Assa
Many Americans led by Mr. J. W Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany, have petitioned the Washington Govern rient to reject the Lausanne Treaty on the ground that it is humiliating to the United The death has occurred of the banker, States, surrenders their ewatial rights Sir James McGrigor, whose public exam and interests in Turkey, nad nullifies Pre-ination was waived by the Bankruptcy sident Harding's pledge to Armenia, ...". Court on the ground that he was dying activity.
rather
the Tem
Ages, art today believed to have run their cour during periods of incessant volcanses