TRADES' DISPUTES"
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CONSERVATIVE REJECTION MOTION DEFEATED.
{TUNOVOR NEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Jan. 28.
The House of Commons to-day defeated the Conservative motion for the rejection of the Trades Dis- putes' Bill, which passed its sucond reading,
The division, resulted ;-
Against For
277. 250
Majority Subsequent Motion Rejected. The House Aubsequently rejected & motion by Mr. Stanley Baldwin that the Bill should be considered by a committee of the whole House,
The division resulted :—
Against...
- For
100
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244
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Majority The Bill, therefore, goes to a small standing committee,
The Liberals, the great majority of whom abstained from voting in the first division, supported the Government in the second division.
The Government's majority in the first division was larger than was expectail.
The result was received with loud Ministerini cheers and the waving
of handkerchiefa,
[URITIBE WIRELESS SERVICE), Mr. Churchill's Vigorous Attack.
RUGBY, Jan. 28.
GENEVA OPIUM
COMMITTEE.
JAPANESE CONNECTION WITH COCAINE TRAFFIC..
(THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENOT.)
GENEVA, Jan. 28.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1931.
UNEMPLOYMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN.
CONSERVATIVE VOTE OF CENSURE ON GOVERNMENT
(DRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Jan.. 20,
HSINMING PIRACY ́.
SCHEME.
NEWS COPYRIGHT IN INDIA.
SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED MISCREANTS.
(From Our Own Correspondent,)
Shaxonai, Jan.„£0.
REHABILITATION OF LABOUR SPLIT IN
SILVER SCHEME.
AUSTRALIA.
INDIAN EDITOR FINED ONE DECLARED IMPRACTICABLE | MR. THEODORE SWORN IN
RUPEE.
“[TUROVAN REÛYER'S AGENCY,]'
LAHORE, Jan. 28. The question of copyright in news' was raised in an action by the Associated Press of India Que man was arrested and two against the Daily Siyasat, Lahore, loaded pistole and 100 rounds of for copying Assosiated. Press, news ammunition were seized.
from the Tribune, Lahore, thus The vessel's departure has been infringing the copyright existing delayed.
in this particular nows.
The Conservativos decided to A daring scheme, to pirate the A more cordial atmosphere char neterised the proceedings at the anticipate the Liberal Party's re-steamer Hainming a second time Opium Committee to-day than was solution on unemployment by mov- was frustrated to day, · evident yesterday following Siring a vote of censure on the Govern- John Campbell's exposé of the ex mont which is expected to be inken tent of the Japanese connection next week. with the cocaine traffic.
The Conservative motion is! "That this House consures the Baron Sato (Japan) to-day furn. ished the promised explanations, Government for its policy of 'con- showing lower figures than those tinuous additions to public expen- mentioned by Sir John Campbell, diture at a time when the avoid- and expressed regret that the Gov-ance of all new charges and strict ernment of India delegate should economy in existing services is have made the statement he did necessary to restore confidence and regarding ineffective Japanese con. trol.
Huron Sato pointed out that new regulations were put into force May last, although possibly they were not yet perfect in operation. Ile concluded: "Efforts now being made require an atmosphere of goodwill and co-operation, not one of bitterness and irritation."
Sir John Campbell, replying, said he had no intention whatever of annoying Baron Sato. His remarks yesterday were prompted by the enormous importations of cocaine in Indin every year which pointed to inadequate control by Japan.
The discussion concluded amic- ably.
Chartering of Ships for Illicit Traffic.
LATER.
In the House of Commons, this evening, Mr. Winston Churchill
At a meeting of the Opium Com. vigorously attacked the measure.mittee Bir Malcolm Delevingne He defended the Act of 1927 passed pointed out the necessity of further by the Conservative Government, control in order to prevent the which, he contended, still had the chartering of ships for illicit traffic. overwhelming approval of the mass of the nation. The proposed men sure he described as bad for the country, bad for industry and not really in the best interests of the trade unions.
Solicitor-General Sir Stafford Cripps said the 1027 Act did much more than was p'eccespry, or wing in placing restrictions on trades" unions' activity. The present Bill would provide ample safeguards against any usurpation of power by -the unions. It would remove the sense of injustice felt by the trades' unions, and it would maintain pro- per and adequate safeguards against the usurpation of power by any (288.
Rony, Jan. 29.
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The Government's majority of 27 the second reading of the Trades Disputes and Tradea' Unions' Amendment. Bill slightly larger than anticipated,
Or 60 Liberal members most abstained in accordance with the party
lenders recommendation, uut eight, including Sir John Simon, voted against the measure
nud one for it.
The Liberala intend to attempt to scoure amendments during the committee stayo.
The most interesting feature of the latter part of the debate was the statement by the Solicitor- General, Sir Stafford Cripps, that in his view the general strike of 1928 would have been illegal
if the Act of 1927 and the Bill under discussion had then been Iaw. This was made in responso Lo a request by Sir John Simon and other speakers opposing the spenzuro for
Government declaration on
the point.
U.S. DROUGHT RELIEF.
TRAGI-COMIC BATTLE IN
PROCESS.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.
A tragi-comic battle is in pro -cos... botwoen -- the Senate on the one hand and the American Red Cross and President. Hoover on the other on the question of who shall relieve the 500,000 sufferers from drought in the agricultural
States.
Mr. J. B. Payne, hond of the Red Cross, has announced that he will rofuso the proposed relief fund of 828,000,000 passed by the 'Benate. Both the Rod Cross and Mr. Hoover maintain that the $10,000,000 voluntary fand now being raised will be sufficient for relief purposes, and they object to propriations for charitable pur
Baron Sato declared that the
promote employment."
The National Executive of the
Martial law has been declared at the Kin Lee Yuen Wharf, French Bund.
Two hundred and sixty-four pas. sengers are being detained pending a search for other suspected pirates.
Other arreals are anticipated.
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The Magistrate decided that Mr. Inayatshah, the editor, prin- ter, and publisher of the Siyasat, was guilty, and sentenced him to
fine of one rupoc.
This is the first case of its kind in the Punjab and only the grond in India.
Labour Party have decided against EIGHT HSINMING PIRATES cessfully sued the Deran Herald,
Sir Oswald Mosley's proposal to call a special conference of the Labour Party on the Government's unemployment policy.
R.A.F. FLIGHT TO THE CAPE.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Jan. 29.
The Air Ministry announces that the Royal Air Force African Ser vico flight to the Cape landed at Broken Hill, Rhodesia, yesterday
afternoon.
SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACE.
DEBATE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Ruaux, Jan. 29. The Prime Minister will lead the debate in the House of Commons this afternoon regarding the Bri- tish participation in the Schneider Trophy race.
Japanese Government had intro- duced special regulations for the control of vessels transporting | opium.
It is generally anticipated that Dr. Woo Kai Seng (China) ex- it will promise under conditions pressed appreciation of the men-Government assistance in person. sures of the Japanese Government nel and existing material, enabling
Britain in
the trophy defend in that connection.
against tho French and Italian challeners.
Sir, Malcolm Delevingne noted that presumably as a result of the new Japanese regulations no Japaucae vessel in 1930 had been employed for the transport of opium from Persin to the Far East.
GENERAL ACT OF
ARBITRATION.
PRIME MINISTER TO BRING
MOTION,
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Roamy, Jan. 29. The Prime Minister to-day stated in the House of Commons that he hoped to find time before Easter for a motion in favour of accession to, the General Act of Arbitration Conciliation and Judicial Settle ment,
PRINCESS BEATRICE.
STRENGTH BEING MAINTAINED,
(THROUGH NEUTER'S AUENCY.]
LONDON, Jan. 28.
A bulletin issued to-day states that H.R.H. Princess Beatrice maintained her strength through, out the day.
Having won the race twice in succession n third British victory would give Britain final possession of the Trophy and end the contest.
FEATURE OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT.
NEW FORM OF EMERGENCY FLOTATION GEAR.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Rony, Jan. 28. The Air Under-Secretary, Mr. F. Montague, replying in the House of Commons to a question, said experiments on giving buoyancy to all-metal aircraft had been success ful, and an order had been given that all such craft bo fitted with the new form of emergency flotation gear,
In the case of the latest type, buoyancy was included in the de sign.
LANCASHIRE COTTON
DISPUTE.
MINISTERIAL ENDEAVOURS TO REACH SETTLEMENT.
BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Ruony, Jan. 20. ́[NSITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, and Miss Bondficid, RUGBY, Jan. 20. Labour Minister, are to-day met It was
stated at Kensingtoning the representatives of tho em- Palace this morning that Princess ployers and weavers in the hope Beatrice had spent a restless night, of assisting to secure a settlement but that her strength was main-
of the cotton dispute. tained.
The Princess, who la 74, is the King's aunt and mother of the Queen of Spain, who is reaching London this evening from Madrid.
The Princes foll in. Keamington Palace on Friday, breaking hor left arm. Later acuto-bronchitis supervened.
DOCTOR OF LITERATURE IN
ORIENTAL LANGUAGES."
CONFERRED ON FORMER TEACHER IN CHINA.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT )
LONDON, Jan, -23; The University of London has Literature in Oriental Languages (Chinese) on Miss Evangeline D. Edwards, a teacher in the School of Oriental Studies, London, whe was formerly a teacher in China,
This is the first time that a British University has conferred such a degree on a woman,
same mannen som redenendehands Retten i
POBCE.
The Senators are furious at the rebuff and threaten to appoint their own relief agencies and ad- minister the appropriation if the House of Representatives passes it,
ALPINE MAROONED ALPINE TROOPS.
DANGER OF ANOTHER
KAVALANOHE,
TO BE EXECUTED.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
CANTON, Jan. 20, Thanks to the smart work of the Canton Navy, eight of the piratee who took an active part in the piracy of the steamer Hsinming, of the China Merchants Company, some months ago, have been round- ed up
and brought to Canion, They were caught when a deinch- Tent of Marines under the direction of Captain Taoi Tang Fai, raided their hair on the South China coast. Upon trial at the Canton Navy
Department the pirates confessed to having been concerned in the pirney of the Ilsinming.
The Navy Department has pro nounced sentence of death on each of the pirates. To-morrow after noon at sunset has been fixed as the time for the condemned men to face the firing squad on the exeu- tion ground in the north-eastern suburb of Canton.
SHANSI MILITARY
PROBLEM.
LEADERS ARRIVE AT ́AN AGREEMENT.
Shansi,
(Wah Tez Yat Pao.)
In a previous caso Reuter's suc-
Poona, for a similar offence.
H.M.S. LUCIA MUTINY
SENSATIONAL SEQUEL TO RECENT INCIDENTS.
...
(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
RUGBY, Jan, 28, The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. W. Alexander, in the House of Commons, regarding the recent in ciigats on the Submarino Depot
Ship Lucin, said that the Board of Admiralty, after studying the minutes of the subsequent Court of Inquiry; concluded that the condi- tions of contentarent in the ship's company and sympathy between the officers and men, which unquestion- ably existed in His Majesty's Ships generally, were very far from being realised in the Lucia, and that this
BY DR. S. EVANS.
(THROUGH' NEDTEN'S AGENCY.]
AS TREASURER.
(THROUGH REUTEILʼS AGENCY.]
MELIOURNE, Jan. 29, The Labour split reached a climax by Mr. Fenton's announce- ment that he will resign from the Cabinet on February 3.
The opinion is hold that Mr. Lyons will also resign.
JOHANNESBURG, Jun. 23. Mr. J. F. Darling's proposal for! the rehabilitation of silver has naturally interested the Rand.
Dr. Samuel Evans, a distinguish- ed economist and chairman of the Crown Mines, says that the scheme
Mr. Theodore arrived at the rosi- is impracticable, as it means, so far as the Union is concerned, that the donce of the Governor-General, Sir people of South Africa must be Isaac Isaacs, by air for swearing-in sacrificed so that an experimentas Federal Treasurer. may be made to overcome the world In the course of a public appeal economic crisis and, more particu-issued earlier to his colleagues, Mr. larly, benefit the people of India | Scullin, Federal Premier, said: "I' and China. The gain from such | want Mr. Fenten and Mr. Lyons ini experiment would accrue mainly 'to the Cabinet. They are my friends." producers of silver in North and South America.
POLICE BATTLE WITH ARAB BANDITS.
ATTEMPT TO STEAL EXPEDI- TION'S WAGES,
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
WASHINGTON TREATY.
BRITISH ENQUIRY FAILS TO
ELICIT REPLIES.
{TUROVOH REVIER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Jan, 2
In the House of Commons to-day.
Luxon, Jan. 28.
the Rt. Hon. G. Lumbert asked Over 300 police surrounded * a what were the views of the signa sugar cane plantation and kept uptorics of the Washington Treaty a furious battle with bandits, who
of 1022 about the "Preferentin) had previously fired on n. car near Deirbabari containing the wages of treatment to be accorded to Great the staff of the Metropolitan Britain in the purchase of railway
and other material." Museum of New York Expedition.
The chauffeur was wounded, bat.
he drove on in the car and escaped.text of settlement was sent to the Mr. Henderson replied, that the
The entire plantation was flooded at night time to a depth of 18 inches.
drown, broke cover.
The bandits, fearing they might
third was seriously injured.
Two were killed outright and
The pursuit of others continues.
signatories in November, but no communication had been received from them.
Boxer Indemnity.
LATER.
The Rt. Hon. G. Lambert's ques- tion in the House of Commons re
was due to some extent to want of SIR OTTO BEIT'S ESTATE. ferred to the Boxer Indemnity.
fact and consideration on the part of the Captain and the executive Officer, and to incapacity on the part of the Divisional Officer con- cerned. But whatever was the sup- posed provocation, the refusal of duty could only be treated gravely in à Service whose whole existence and purpose depended on obedience
to orders.
Imprisonment Substituted by
Detention.
The Board had decided to reduce
MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS TO
CHARITIES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOV.]
LONDON, Jan. 29.
The late Sir Otto Beit, the South African millionaire magnate, whose
estate has been sworn at over £3,784,000, bequeathed £200,000 to various English charities, and a number of old masters to the National Gallery.
and
TAIYUANFU, Jan. 29. An agreement has been reached Among the Shanai military leadera regarding the military reorganize the sentences by substituting de-
The bequests include $100,000 to tion and disbandment problem intention in two cases where inpri. London hospitals, £30,000 to King
sonment with hard labour had been Edward's Hospital Fund, This is principally due to the efforts of General Hou Yung Chang,warded by the Court of Inquiry,000 to the Imperial College of
Science. who called a conference yesterday, tention by one-third in all four
and by reducing the period of de and advised them to accept Gen-
cases, with a corresponding redue- [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.] eral Chang Hauch Linng's reor
tion of summary punishments, ganisation scheme in the interest Officers Appointments Terminated.
RUGDY, Jan. 2. of the nation and the people."
The portrait of "A Dutch Lady " The officers referred to would by Terhorch goes to the National have their appointments terminated forthwith find be placed on half-Gallery, a piece from his art collee-
At the same conference it was
unanimously agreed that the whole of the Shansi army should be limit. ed to 10 divisions, and that one- third of the existing Shansi units be disbanded,
KOREAN SETTLEMENT IN MANCHURIA.
(Wah Tes Yat Pao.)
HARBIN, Jan. 20.
pay.
recommissioned with a new
The Lucia would be paid off and
and officers.
[TUROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Names of Officers.
crow
LONDON, Jan. 29.
The Beers concerned in Mr. Alexander's statement on the Lucin. affair are Commander D, E, Halli-
A report Trom Japanese sources fax, Lieut.-Commnader J, W, Hos states that the Japanese Govern. kyns, and Commissioned Boatswain ment has decided to settle 400,000 P. A. Wright, Korcana in northern Manchuria this year.
Instructions have been given to the Kwantung Administration to take up this matter.
OBITUARY.
GENERAL BERTHELOT.
{THROUGH RENTER'B AGENCY.].
MINE EXPLOSION IN U.S.
tion valued at £5,000 to the Victoria
and Albert Museum, and other pic- tures, including a Gainsborough. and a Reynolds, to the National Gallery on the death of Lady Beit.
Sir Otto Beit was a munificent henefactor to hospitals and science. during his lifetime.
THIRTY MINERS KILLED. Y
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
LINTON (INDIANA), Jan, 28.
5% FREE
OF.
INCOME
TAX
A score of miners have been kill- ed in an explosion in a mino hero.
(THROUGH BRUTEr's agenov,] Thirty-two Known to Have Perished.
LINTON, Jan. 29. Thirty miners are now known to havs perished in the Little Betty mine due to an explosion in a gas.
PARIS, Jan. 26: The death has occurred of Gen- eral Henri. Berthelot, who was (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.] Marshal Joffer's Chief of Staff at
the outbreak of the War, and who pocket. PARIS, JAN. 20.
had a leg, amputated soon after a similar operation was performed
Sixty-three Italian soldiers are still marooned by the snow at Bar. donneche.
They cannot be rescued by ordi- nary means, as there is the constant danger of another avalanche.
Meanwhile, would-be rescuers have succeeded in passing to the marooned troops 50 pairs of water proof boots through a specially mafia kandaseround water conduit
A Paris telegram dated January 28, reported from Modane that A column of Italian Alpini troons on, the march near the Franco-Italian bordor had been sumrised by a hill aide avalanche, which carried away a captain and 13. men.
There were 32 out of 115 day-shift
winers in the mine when the blast. occurred. Two miners survived.
The others had reached the pit head.
upon his former Chief,
General Berthelot commanded the armies of the North and North-East at the outbreak of war, and was greatly criticised for PRINCES having caused unnecessary retreats,
In 1810, General Berthelot, was sent to Roumánia to undertake tho reorganisation of the Boumanian top which were steadily being driven back. He arranged the great offensive, of 1017.
In July, 1918, when dn command of the Fifth Army at Rheims, with British and Italian divisions in support, he beat off the final Ger- man attack, which converted the attack into a general retreat.
SOUTH AMERICA TOUR.
ARRIVAL AT BERMUDA.
THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENOY]
BERMUDA, Jan, 28, The Prince of Wales and Prince George have arrived here on their way to Buenos Aires, where they will open the British · Industrica Exhibition.
EXCHANGE RATES.
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Paris.
RUGBY, Jan. 28.
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Borlin
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Stockholm
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Copenhagon
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Oald
18.10
Vicans
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Prague...
104
Helsingfors
1927
Madrid
47.10
Lisbon
108.25
Athens Bucharest
375
818
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341
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1/3)
112
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