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When Mr. Gevorg Burleigh, of Norman Cross, Hunts, 'a company promater, was found not guilty at Curjigeshire Assizes of a charge of perjury, the verdict of the jury
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received with applause and some, hand clapping. Mr. Justice fowlatt asked: "Who was that lupping? If I could discover who I was he or she would spend the night in gaol. This is a court of law and not a place of uintisenlient.” The Judge added, with significant Kosture, Anyone, who claps in this court goes, below for the night.”
Competition between the Landon and North Eastern Railway Con pany al road transport owners has resulted in the railway com pany placing a provisional ban on all motor-lorries visiting Hull Ash dock. From October 2 only furries with licences granted by the rail way company will be allowed on the dock, and owners will have to give an undertaking that the fish they remove from the dock will be
for esussumption within a radius of tw.lv miles. The ban will end tho long distanca transport of fish by rond.
Sir Henry Wood, speaking at a lunchrum at the opening of the
Folkestone Masical Festival aid that the man in the street, by means of wireless and gramophones, was becoming more and more acqunist- ed with orchestral work, of which he could never have known by any other men. "Ia in favour of the progress of mechanical music," he said, “provided it does not in- terfere with the performances of good orkestral work. The man who hears good music by wireless or gramophone will want to hear I played for himsefl,"
BRITISH-AMERICAN AIR MAIL SERVICE.
BERMUDA AND AZORES FLYING BOAT BABES.
[HEUTER'S AURRICAN SERVICE}
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, Warren Irving Glover,
Assistant Postmaster«'
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1930.
GREAT BRITAIN'S
NEW IMPORT.
DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
4,000 DOMESTIC SERVANTS. | Dayern Bellege
WHILE 508,000 WOMEN ARE ON
THE DOLE.
Mr.
Oficial records show that in 1920 Second General of the United States, more than 4,000 domestle workers were imported from various Con- announced that an agreement has been negotinted between the Im-ental centres to all positions cocks,, general-servants, and ništa péria Airways and
that could have been filled by American Airways for American air mail service, to start British women. within a year.
of
the Fan- British-
Everything is settled with the exception
equipment, inter. charge of weather reports, and the establishment of landing feids.
The American Post Office will give line mail concessions, and Charleston, South Carolina, will probably be the American terminus account of its situation below the bad weather zone.
be used, and passengers night he Flying boats will very probably carried Inter. Berniuda and the Azores will be the bases of the 'planes of the Pan-American Com- pany, which now runs a line be tween the United States and South America, and will do the stage he tween Bermuda and the mainland.
London circles are not prepared to endorse this, although they conûrm some statements and a knowledge that the manager of the Imperial Airways is visiting the United States and that the project will probably he discussed..
AMERICA'S BUDGET
DEFICIT.
WILL NOT INJURE GOVERN. MENT'S STABILITY. '
(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. President Hoover has indiested that the Treasury might have to face a slight deficit at the end of the fiscal year on June 30, but he Sir Francis Younghusband, has written a volum on British Pur- added that it would not in any way pose and Indian Aspiration entitled injure the stability of the Govern Dawn in India." which Mr.ment, which had developed sur Murray will publish shortly. Sir pluses for years. Francis summarises the whole hia- lory of the British in India, plaining, commenting, praising, and criticising. In dealing with the present situntion Bir Francis speaks with authority when he says, "We must trust India-India as a whole, I mean or else regard our army as a garrison, increase it and ruls by fores. Hovering be. tween the two'courses is worse than either."
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GRAND OPERA FOR THE
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DÉITISH WIRELE88 8EDVICK.}
RUGBY, Nov. 13. Grand opera for millions of radio listeners as well as the general WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. public in London and the provinces is the object of a plan arranged Grent secrecy surrounds the con clusions of President Hoover's Law between the Covent Garden Opera Enforcement Commission, but it is Syndicate and the British Broad- 7/9 authoritatively stated that the Com-casting Corporation.
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U.S. NAVY PROGRAMME.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. The Navy Department's 1031 pro- gramme requires £20,000,000 for new construction, including £8,000,000 for moderaising three battleships.
The prograinme includes one air This Large Volume of approximate-craft carrier, one 10,000-ton 6-inch My 2,000 Pages gives, in addition gun cruiser, a destroyer flotilla and to the Usual Lists of Firms, an
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