MR. THOMAS ON UNEMPLOYMENT,
LABOUR PROGRAMME' DETAILED.
A FAVOURABLE RECEPTION.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1929.
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LONDON, July a
The Lord Privy Séal, Mr. J. H.
Thomas, who is minister in charge of special measures for dealing with unemployment, delivered a speech in the House of Commons, cancer ing the Government's proposals. when the debate on the Address. in reply to the speech from the Throne, was resumed,"
He said that the ultimate solution of the unemployment problem could not be separated from the trade, eammgree and industry of the coun try, but the gravity of the situation demanded special measures.
in Home
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He added that the Conservatives would expert the Government to submit a mation of confidence early, in 1930 in order that the House might review their vote | days. upon the political situation then.
tions,
PEPING, July 4
A DARING FLYER.
(THROUGH REUTER'S" AGENCY.]
CHINESE CUSTOMS
RETURNS.
ALL-ROUND INCREASES
REPORTED.
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
7
TRADE UNION AND "TALKIES."
** ORGANIZING "THE NEW
PROFESSION.
AMERICAN DISPUTE.
[RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
actors.
Following close on the sentence
NEW YORK, July 4. of death upon a junk fuki in con
LAKEHURST, N.J., July 4.
SHANGHAI, July 4,· The naval airman Lieut. J. Based on the old 3 per cent.
The Actors Equity Association, Yon H Shan is better to-day,nection with the murder of two
Gordon yesterday succeeded in d valorem Customs Duties, not which is the Trade Union for hut it is understood that he will be sampan girl, the Water Police were unable to leave hospital for a few engaged the whole of yesterday in attaching an aeroplane to the Navy including the per cent. ad actors and actresses in "America, häs voted $10,000 to finages a cam. investigating another harbour" mys
rigid airship" Los Angeles" while | ondoren ; increase on February 1
last, the Chiness Customs collection paign to organise the "talkie " Menntiine the ship in which Feng tery. A double murder was detect.hoth were flying? ment of the Trade Disputes Act, Referring to the proposed Amend.
Gorden came up under the hull in Shanghai for the past half year and Yen were due to sail fromed, and robbery is suspected to be
The Association seeks to ineist MA Churchill predicted that the Tangku to-morrow has been "can the motive for the crime.
of the airship and adjusted his totalled Tha. 18,213,000. compared that ail **takie " actors and House would not permit a returncelled. This indicates a thorough In the forenoon an empty sam-
speed to the nitter's then made with Tls. 13,105,000 in the same
́actresses must be members of the Association and work under con- to the old vicious pre-Act cond-understanding hetween Yen and pan was found 'drifting near the contact by means of a hook or, the period last year.
tracts approved by the Association, The import revenue increased by Leading in producers recently On the subject of electoral re-Feng. It is believed they will leave Hip Loong Shipyard at Shamshui top upper wing of the aeropkins. farm. Me. Churchill said that the together or not at all.
Å And A wooden case and two tin
rigid trapeze suspended Ts. 2,746,000 and export revenue Conservatives would not combine
New British Company. with Labour in any endeavour to
The situation as hetween Yen and boxes were found on Board in a sanidships under the hull of the by T. 261,000. Tonnage Dues by
(TENOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] T. 141,000 Const Trade Dues extinguish the Liberals.
Chiang static, account of broker condition, and this led to airship.
Gordon thrice hocked on
LONDON, July 4. the Tis. 37,000, and Transit Dues Tis. the suspicion that a serious crime
Company styled the The dia aeroplane to the airship, detached 33,000. It is officially stated by Chiang's had been committed.
British Movie-Tone News Company, Inspector-General Maze signi. is now being formed. followers that Chang Hsueh Liangovery was immediately eirculated it himself, and then flow away.
cantly remarks that all Treaty wholly British
The new concern, will give arriving here from Mukden very for any information which might be
character to the porta throughout China are forthcoming as to the owner of the
British movie-tone news reel re larly remitting their total revenues Two Bodies Found.
to Shanghai, where the funds are placed in direct control of the
McKenna Duties,
In conclusion, Mr. Churchill said The most dangerous part of the that an amendment to the Address problem was that 400,000 or 300,000 in reply to the King's Speten would persoas, in spite of all their efforts be moved dealing with safeguarding to find work, bad been unemployed and the McKenna Datics. He de
cases for three or fourmanded early announcement years particularly in areas where whether the Government intends to the paralysis of one industry meant | cancel them, adding that there was the ruin of district.
no reason why the Government should not enjoy a lengthy tenure of office while they were content to administer Fortify the Capitalist system of civilisation, but the moment they attempted to earry out the fallacies on which their party was built up, they would be, swept out of office.
His task was to examine sehemes which would not only give work to the unemployed, but would stimul ate trade at Home and abroad and the economic equipment of the
country...
Railways.
were
The railway companies giving orders, so far as they could"
ind
L.G." In Action...
In substitute steel sleepers for Mr. Lloyd George. the Liberal" wooden sleepers for which, 1,250,000 leader, said he thought the Gov stens of timber were imported an- Pernasent ought to have sketched a
nually.
bolder unemployment scheme.
He was discussing with the Post Office the question of substituting steel or steel and concrete posts for the timber posts now used for tele. phones and telegraph He WAR going to explore every avenue to, wer whether things could be pro- duced in this country, which were at present imported.
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He expressed the hope that the conversations between General Dawes and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald would not merely yield on agree ment to limit cruisers, but they wanted also the abolition of sub- marines. He deprecated, however. the opening of disarmament discuss sied with a single other Power, which might mean faring the re-
The question of steel railway maining Powers with an waggons was also under considera-plished Inet.
accom
Moreover, the fringe
tion, and in reference to the remis-of disarmament would not be touch- sion of the railway passenger dutyed until drastic reduction in land hy the date Government on condi
tin that £5,500,000 was expended by railways on capital work, he had the Railway managers who met
new works as apeedily is possible.
tinent of Earore...
armaments was secured on the Con-
He paid a tribute to the Labour
policy regarding the evacuation of
Yen's illness.
shortly.
on
THE NEW CHINA.
OUT TO SETTLE ALL DISPUTES.
(THROUGH RECTER'S ADENCY.]
NANKING, July 4.
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WIMBLEDON TENNIS.
FINAL.
BOROTRA BEATS AUSTIN,
(THROUGH KEOTER'S AGENCY.]
Later in the day, the Y MISS HELEN WILLS ENTERS was partially solved by the dis- covery of two bodies in the, har hour. The "hody of Ko Ng, a woman 60 years old, was found floating near the Kowloon Naval Camber. There was a stub wound The Foreign Office states that the below the left shoulder penetrating offeces of Commissioners of Foreign to the lung. the wound being ap Affairs in ait parts of China willparently guard by a long thin he abolished before the end of knife or dagger: August. Henceforth any disputes hetween Chinese and foreigners will be settled by the local Chinese authorities.
BELGIAN TIENTSIN
CONCESSION.
FURTHER NOTES,
tra Chung Par
The Belgian Minister has received-
Talkoo Motor "Smash, Hotel 'Bus Mishap, and other late news will be found on Page 10.
The second body, that of Cheung Fo. a sixteen-year-old boy, was found kished to a girder under the No. 1 Kowloon Godowns wharf with a grass rope. There were no marke of violence on the body.
In the case of the woman, the
save the cause of death as hemor rhage. The boy's death was found to have been due to asphyxia by drowning. The opinion was further expressed that deathy most have occurred some 48 hours before the bodies were found.
had undertaken to proceed with the Rhineland, the Safeguarding of reply from Dr. C. T. Wang, the medical officer at the Mortuary
Road Schemes.
at Tientsin.
Industries, slum clearance, the re- Minister for Foreign Affairs, urging vision of the Pensiun Act and the him to resume negotiations on the Turning to roads, Mr. Thomas examination of the electoral ques-rendition of the Belgian Concession said that the 500 miles of main tion. He emphasised that the trunk roads began five years ago Liberals would do their utmost to were now almost completed. An ensure that the 5,000,000 citizens other five years programme was they represented in Parliament in hand which, if speeded up, secured electoral redress,
Post £9,500,000. would
Work for six years on secondary ronds and bridges had also been sanctioned na cost of £28,000,000,
Dealing with Thames bridges afr. Thomas said the money was all
Extremists' Views.
Left Wing of the Labour Party, Mr. Maxton, representing the expressed disappointment with the King's Speech and Mr. Thomas's statement, but he promised sup
the would port provided
Government that no unemployed
Dr. Wang points out that the recent assault of Belgian tramway officials does not really affect the question at issue.
Jewellery and Money Missing, It is reported "from diplomatic
"Cheung Kan, a daughter of the woman, identified the sources that a settlement as to the deceased rendition is expected by the middle body of her mother and also the of the present month. rated for the Charing Cross Bridge,
hoy as the only other occupiant of The expenditure there was, roughly
The Harbin Incident is under the sampan. She also gave in conjono but there would be mun, with wife and child, went in careful consideration.
formation regarding six bangles and engineering delays, and surveys dread of starvation and insult.
on board Mr. Lansbury, the First Commis-ported that China will most prob-four rings which were
resume diplomatic relations
The reconstraction of Waterloo Bridge could, however, be proceed.
Bee
ed with immediately. Work of thissioner of Works, said that the credit hy kind was being examined by a com-advanced by the Government for with Russia,
public utility works should be dealt
mittee whose report would be pub with by a committee of responsible Jished shortly. He was meeting business men... various local authorities to-morrow
The Conservative amendment to
and had alrendy discussed schemes the Address is to be on Monday of development with municipal and next. It states that "the Govern Gamway authorities,
The work of Lord Saint David's ment's failure to make a plain de- Committee would continue bat claration with regard to Safeguard-
while so far the granting of money (maintenance of "Imperial "Prefer ing and analagous duties, and the by this committee had been limited to municipalities, in future assistence creates a condition of un- aner would be given to public certainty prejudicial to trade and utility companies.
employment.
He proposed "to seek powers this
Opposition Active. month to guarantee BUZZ of
Opposition made itself felt im- £25,000,000 for long purposes and mediately the House opened, when to grant interest for a period not Mr. MacDonald moved that the exceeding 15 years where assist Government take up all the private ance, by guaranteed loan, was in members time till Christmas with adéquate.
a view to getting on with essential Schemes
land for
drainage, businena.
particularly unemploy afforestation and Asherica development, ment were being examined and
Mr. Baldwin, whom Mr. Lloyd special schemes for development in George strongly supported, pro- Scotland.
tested the time was too long and said that till the end of July was sufficiens.
in the Budget each year there would, in future, be set aside the sum of £1,000,000 to be used for the. development of the cc'onies alone.
It was proposed to extend the ex- port credits scheme for a longer period of years.
Power would be taken this month to amend the East Africa and Palestine Guaranteed Loan Act to
Mr. MacDonald withdrew the motion in view of amending it. Mr. Churchill then protested against Mr. MacDonald's sugges tion that there wae time enough to-morrow for Mr. Snowden to a question about the Budget.
Mr. Snowden said he did not
enable £1,000,000 worth of schemes object to giving the desired indor
to be put in hand there without mation, and immediately announced delay.
he would not proceed with the
tion.
It is
SAN FRANCISCO FIRE.
CHINA ATTACHE'S HOME DESTROYED.
["D.P." Special Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO. July 4. A fire in the town of Mill Valley JCTORS from San Francisco has destroyed the home of Mrs. Julian Arnold, wife of the American com- mercial attache to China-United l'rets.
EX-PRESIDENT COOLIDGE.
CHINESE STEWARD SENDS
1:
BIRTHDAY CAKE.
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["D.P." Special Service.]
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, July 4. Ex-President Coolidge will quiet- serve his birthday to-morrow. Lee Ping Yuang, his former steward on the yacht Mayflower
AMERICAN NAVAL
CHANGES.
DESTROYER DIVISION
He had said little about migre-second part of Mr. Churchill's has sent him a cake-United Press. tion within the Empire because he Budget, which Mr. Churchill pur believed that was a problem to posely left for embodiment in the negotiated on the spot. He prosecond Finance Bill, and which posed visiting Canada during the proposed to substitute for the Bet recess to discuss the whole questing Tax (repealed), a tax on book- makers, telephones and totalisator Mr. Churchill Replies. duty, also proposed reduction in Mr. Churchill characterized many certain liquor license duties.
REPLACED. of the outlined schemes as attrac Mr. MacDonald, moving the mo- tive and useful and said that while tion announced that the Commons ["D.P." Special Service.] the Conservative Party would look would adjourn at the end of July into them with great attention and for the summer recess. The next
WASHINGTON, July 4, examine the financial basis on session, will last till July, 1930. The 45th Destroyer Division is which they rested he did not thinki A number of Bills will be passed leaving China for San Diego on Beautying the lie to lay admin July 19-and the 35th Diviziondr between the Government and the eluding two for the operation of leaving San Diego on August Opposition upon the general condi- big unemployment schemes and one reporting to the Asiatic Fleet on tion of treating the unemployment for the extending of the operatica August
replacements. United Press. of the housing subsidy, problem.
20.
LONDON, July 4
In the semifinal of the Ladies Singles Tennis at Wimbledon, Miss
Helen Wille beat Miss E. A. Gold.
sack 6.2, 8-0.
こ
regu
Inspector-General for liquidation of indemnity and loan services secured on the Customs after which the halancer are held to the order of the Minister of Ficance.
CHARLES DARWIN'S
HOUSE.
The British hope Bunny Aus OPENED AS A MEMORIAL,
tin lost to Jean Borotra in the second semi-final of the Meur's Singles Austin took a long time to settle down and Borotra won the first set easily at 6-1.
draw away
SCIENTISTS GIVE WAY TO
SENTIMENT.
It was a different Austin in the Fanious scientists stood in ♫ second set. He exploited every
silent crowd when Downe House. known. stroke of the game in a
near the old Kent village of that splendid exhibition, but could not name, was opened as a permanent from his opponent. † memorial to Charles Darwin recent The players were level at 3 all, 66 15. It was at Downe House that was called, then 7-7 and them 8-8, Darwin, in the words of the tablet but "Borotra then put on terrific placed by the gate,Thought and pressure. with some brilliant net- worked for forty years and died, play and took the set at 10-8. 1892."
Austin won the third set at 7-5 after further fine play, but he had expended his powers at this stage, and Borotra in a dashing Enish, won the fourth set at 8-1.
Cochet and Borotra thus meet in the final.
Earlier results were:
*
Men's Doubles. Quarter-final: G. Lott and J. H. Hennessey (America) beat C. H. Kingsley and J. S. Olliff (Britain) The jewellery was valued at 8491.6-3, 11-9. 5-7, 6-2.-Winner's enter Thore was also on board about semi-final one hundred pounds sterling in sovereigns and half sovereigns. Ait these were missing from the hoxes on board.
Women's Doubles. Quarter-final: Mrs, Covell and Mrs. Shepherd-Barron (Britain) beat Mrs. Lycett and Miss Joan C. Ridley (Britain) 6-2, 6-2-Winners enter semi-final.'
Mixed Doubles.
Darwin's last remaining son, Ma- jor Leonard Darwin was present. Science in France, America, and the Dominions was represented, and members of the British Association included Sir William Bragg (pre sident), and Sir Arthur Keith (ex- president).
The house had been hought by Mr. G. Buckston Browne for the Association, which will have it in their care as a memoral, and a place
to be used for the benefit of science.
A Timely Rescue.
decided to defy the Association.
new
sently launched in London by the fumed the talkie of the new American Fox Film Company which Labour Cabinet.
The majority of the Directors will be British, the technical staff wil he entirely British, and the most modern journalistic methode will be employed.
The importance of the дет development lies in the fact that
the British talking news films circulated throughout the world by
by this all-British Company.
the Fox Company will be supplied
POLICEMAN NOT BELIEVED.
BOOKMAKER WINS IN ASSAULT CASE:
Mr. Marshall, the West London magistrate, in dismissing a charge against a bookmaker of assaulting a police constable, said: "I regret that once again a police officer→→→ thought I am glad to say not on duty-has brought a charge which is quite unfounded, and has given evidence on oath which 1 cannot believe,"
The bookmaker, Sydney Solomon, endilly, was accused on remand of uged thirty, of Jermyn-street, Pick causing bodily harm to Police Con stable James Watson by striking him in the face with a ring at the Whith City Stadiuin.
Policeman's Etatement. Watson alleged at the previous. hearing that while he was off duty and in plain clothes he made a bet with Solomen at the White City. greyhound racing, and that after the dog had won Salomon repudiat-
the bet, and on being pressed for payment dealt him a number of blows in the face.
called to take Solomon into cus-. Police Constable Archer, who was
tódy, stated that Solomon said he would get off his tool, and do it again.
Sir Arthur Keith; in performing the opening ceremony, said the re- Salomon, giving evidence, said scue of the house was made just that he was a licensed bookmaker, io time. In another generation trading in the name of Sydney Darwin's home would have gone, Lewis. Watson made no bet with but now in that place the "aine him, and when he came up and de- teenth century will continue to manded payment Solomon asked bloom and remain an oasis where for the ticket. our successors, worn with the eares Watson said "You know it was of centuries, may repair for re-down to you." He again told freshment and inspiration.'
Watson there was no such bet, and
Police Investigations. No information as to the time or
In the ultimate scale of rechon-added, "Now go away, old man, place where the crime occurred has
ing, men would always place good and let me get on with my busi- 4th Round: Greig and Mrs. so far been obtained. From the Mellquham" (Britain) beat Malcolm
ness above greatness, he continuedness." Watson replied, "I know position of the bodies when,.dia and Miss Cole (South Africa) 5-7,
"Darwin was both great and good you, and if you do not pay me 1. Downe House had become an in-knock you off that stool.' covered, it in believed that the 6-3, 6-1.-Winners enter quarter.
ternal possession, a coromon heri-j Watson then seized him by the final, attack took place either near the
tage for truth seekers of all coun-throat, pulled him off the stand, 4th Round: 1. G. Collins and
tries and of all centuries. The and struck at him. Kowloon Naval Camber Cr the Miss Joan Fry (Britain) beat J.-D.
council of the Association had Mr. Marshall And you struck P Wheatley and Miss E. H. Kowloon Godowns,
resolved to instal its permanent se- back 7-Yes, sir. Harvey (Britain) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3-cretary as resident officer at the Winners enter quarter-final.
It was established that the sam pan plies for hire and was generally tied up to the sea wall near the M.B.K.
Coalyard adjoining the
Yaumati Typhoon Shelter.
The police are pareting their investigations
DUTCH GOVERNMENT RESIGNS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
الر کی
THE HAGUE, July 3. Without awaiting the result of to-day's elections for the Second Chamber, tat Government bas resigned.
Fine weather Invoured the poll- ing, but the announcement of the result will be delayed by Propor tional Representation,
There are from twenty to thirty Parties, and voting is compulsory. The suffrage is universal at the age of 25 years.
An impression prevails that the
advanced, that the Catholics are stationary, and that the light parties have received a set-back.
house.
Sir Arthur spoke of the heart of a scientist as a harbour of senti-
Quarter-final: Dr. J. C. Gregory (Britain) and Miss Ryan (America) heat W. Allison (America) and Misement
Corroborative evidence was given ior Salomon by two independent witnesses, and Mr. William Rynn, chiet ring offieink, who attended the enart on subpoena, said that Solo- mon's record was exceedingly good,
Helen Jacobs (Amerien) 6-0, 9-7.—
It is usually supposed that Wioners enter semi-final.
science and sentiment are incom- 2nd Round: H. Cochet (France)patible. It certainly is the case tha and Miss Eileen Eennett (Britain) when sentiment enters the labora heat W. T. Tilden (America), and
tary by the back door science takes Telegrams in Brief. Mra. Mallory (America) 7-5, 6-3.
Quarter-final: F. T. Hunter and the earlier opportunity of escaping
by the front. Miss Helen Wills (America) beat science, in spite of the widespread Greig and Mrs. McIlquham (Bri-belief to the contrary, are really. The port of Aden has been de tain) 0-1, 6-1-Winners enter semi- sentimental beings at heart. final.
AMERICAN SHIPPING`
PROGRAMME.
And yet men of
The big amphibian plane, "The Untin Bowler," took off from Liike Michigan for Bern. The fight will be made. vid Great Whale, Greenland, and Norway. The pinne is being piloted by Mr.. Robert Gas
clared infected on secount cí einalį- What we do to-day is an open pcx. acknowledginent that sentiment has a place in science. We are not de- divating a monument to Darwin's memory. That needs no moni ment; his work will outlast any- thing he could build in stone. What we are doing to-day is giving way to a sentiment, a desire, an impulse, an appetite call it what CAMDEN, NJ., July 3. you will which is deeply implant The latest American 10.000-toned in human nature." eruser Chester was launched.to- day.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
"[RECTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE]
She is the third of the Washing ton Conference type of warship to
After the ceremony these present went round the house and saw Dar win's instruments, furniture, and letters, and also the gardens, which had scarcely changed from Dar-
take the water.
The Navy Secretary announces win's dny, that contracts for the construction of three now light cruisers have been awarded and they will be built
and Mr.
Parker
Cramer, and is carrying a journal- ist, Mr. Robert Wood, as passen-
ger.
drowned and several others are Twenty-476 persons have been missing as the result of severe floods in Keirhonando Province, Southern Korea. Many houses have been flooded and washed away. The foods are due to con-
The Police Branch of the M.C.L.tinuous beavy rains in the past
at New York, Camden and Philadel is having a Ladies Whist Drive at
Tenders for the construction of Hoad on Thursday, July 11 at 3.30 the next five will not be asked until p.m. Entrance fee, which includes
tea $1.
1830.
week.
covered from her. recent motor accident and has gone to the Salva tion Army, summer headquarters.