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CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF
[Special to the “Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright).1-
Berlin, Oct. 5.
FERRY BOAT LOST
Istanbul, Oct. 8.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1934.
UPHEAVAL IN SPAIN
KING GIVES CONSENT
Business At A Standstill
Forty persons are believed to which was published on Thursday have been perished when a ferry | †Special to the "Hong Kong Daly boat, plying between Istanbul and Frinces Islands sank after collid- ing with another ferry boat fr Marmora Sea.
Press". (Copyright.)]
Unusual interest to overseas countries attaches to the weekly re- port of the oficial German In stitute for Business Research. dealing with the textile situation in Germany." It states "the allot- ment of foreign raw materials to individual manufacturing plants has already been restricted. So far as can be seen, the production of textile wares from foreign, raw materials will about correspond GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION regular revolution. Already dozens
with the present retail sales so that further piling up of stocks will be avoided. About 'eight per cent, of textile workers have been affected
Trananeran Kua Min.
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Oslo, Oct. 6.
A terrific explosion which oc
To Marriage Of Prince George
Landon, Oct. 3.
HM the King held a Privy Counell at Buckingham Palace to- day, at which His Majesty gave his formal consent to the marriage of Prince George toy Princess Marina.
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Madrid. Oct. 5. Spain is in the grip of the great- est upheaval since the foundation of the Republic, the general strika having quickly developed into a 】
The Council was one of the most have been killed and hundreds representative held in recent years. wounded. The most serious fight-Two members of the Royal Family, the Prince of Wales and the Duke ing occurred in the Northern pro-
of Connaught, were present and vince of Asturla," Madrid itself
the Council was the first State
ister had participated ance his return from his health tour in Canada
SANITARY BOARD MEETING
Business To Be Discussed
The following business will be discussed at to-morrow's meeting of the Sanitary Board
1. The Medical Officer - of Health, pursuant to notice, will
move:
"That the by-laws governing Eating Houses. Bake-houses, Aerat- ed Water Factories, Specia Food Licence Premises, and Food Pre- serving establishments be amend- ed by the addition of the following by-laws:-
by the introduction or curred in a "gunpowder factory is relatively quiet owing to the vis- } function in which the Prime Min-to
the 36-hour week, which mdana loss of wages by the textile war kers of 16 per cent. An increase of about 80 per cent in the pro- duction of flax is reckoned with for the twelve months from July, 1934 to June, 1835. An increase, though not nearly so great, is ex- pected in domestic wool produc- tion.
A decisive factor in the entire supply problem will be the future. production of synthetic fibres. Regarding the production capacity
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this feld, little is publicly known. At any rate It may be as- sumed with certainty that
the production here can be doubled without requiring a large amount of new investment. According to the estimates of this Institute. raw material stocks at the end of June amounted to about four
situated twenty miles from Oslo.orous and ruthless tact.cs employ- four workers being ed by the police who have made resulted in killed, and two workshops being
one thousand precautionary arrests blown to atoms, thousands of win- dow panes being broken within a radius of ten miles. Transncean Kuo Vin,
WORK AND SAVE
Olmuetz. Oct. 9. "Work and Bave" was one of the account headings under which
embezzled booty amounting to 12
Czechoslovakian kronen million was banked by defrauding State of revenues, The officials out
"easy way of getting officials' rich was to add two or three drafts signed the noughts to to five months production. Since count," the chance discovery of this time the stocks have di-one such draft revealed that the minished by about 1 quarter. Į trands had been going on for Stocks semi-finished and finished years. The police so far have been goods. despite increased sales are successful recovering Are probably on the whole not yet de-million kronen and. are дот clsively dropped. The supply to engaged in hunting after the re- the population of textile goods is
mainder.-- therefore, six months after the first ban on the purchase of tex- tile raw materials, stiil secure for several months ahead."- Transocean Kuo Min.
Man
STANDSTILL CREDITS
Transocean. Kun Min.
WINTER RELIEF CAMPAIGN
present. On the following day, a detalled report of the application of the huge sums collected last year is to be published.
and are immediately breaking.up any groups forming in the street Trame In the capital, however, is at a complete' standstill except ing isolated motor-buzes but only few persons dare to use these des- p'te police escorts for fear of at
tacks by strikers. All business in the city were closed except the. milk shops and no newspapers are
on sale except the Monarchist "ABC", and the Catholic "Elde- bate" which must be sold by sold-
lers.
The latest reports from Asturia state that the position there is stil grave, the insurgents mainly attacking civil guards and besieg- ing their barracks with the object of cutting most of the dependable
where any part of a floor which · such "licence re- lates is permitted to be used for sleeping purposes, that part of the floor shall be separated from the atatesmen who hold or have held used for trade purposes, by par
By a fortunate occurrence, three remainder of the floor which is
the office of Prime Minister in Do-titions, three feet of which from minion Governments were also in the ground shall be sold and the London and attended the Coun- remainder reaching to the celling el. They were Mr. R. B. Bennett, shall be 'composed of trellis work Prime Minister of Canada; Cen- in the form of a ping eral Smuts, Minister of Justice fung' to the satisfaction of and formerly Prime Minister of the the Board. No process of manu- Union of South Africa; and Mr. facture, and no storing of the raw Bruce, High Commissioner for Aus material or the finished article or tralla, and formerly Prime Min- anything
ister of the Commonwealth.
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connected with the
| manufacturing process shall be Others present were the Lord stored in the part of the floor so President of the Council, Mr. Bald. partitioned off for the sole pur win: the Lord Chancellor, Lord pose..of sleeping. Each occupant Sankey; the Foreign Secretary, Sir of the said partitioned area' shall John Simon; the Dominions Se-have at least 550 cub. ft. of alry. cretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, and the and adequate ventilation will be Archbishop of Canterbury.
to the satisfaction of the Board. The document approving PrinceThere shall also be adequate lat- George's marriage, engrossed on ring accommodation nearby. Only parchment, was prepared and the one such erection' shall be allowed great seal of England affixed. on any one hoor.”
The King and Queen later en- tertained members of the Council luncheon, Prince George also being present.- British Wireless.
support from under the feet of the Government at the outset, From Oviedo, the flourishing capital of Asturia; if is reported that already seven were killed and fifty wound- ed in street fighting. The barracks of the civil guards were also storm-to ed in Lancara in the province of Lugo, the guards putting up des- perate resistance to the determin- ed attacks of the rebels.
The Home Mmister broadcast én appeal to the nation on Friday afternoon reamrming the Govern ment's determination to maintain order by all means at its disposal, The Minister stressed that the ge- neral strike is illegal and that the Government would not let itself be timidated by unscrupulous agita- tion of "the Marxists. The new Cabinet has been in permanent session since ten o'clock on Friday morning, discussing measures to
tion.
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BILLIARDS
Steel, Coulson's
League
All Messes, and Clubs are invited
to send in their entries for the above competition to the Hon. Secretary. St. Patrick's Club Car- den Road. before Monday 15th October, 1834.
The competition will be run on similar lines as in previous years
by Messes H. Ruttonjee & Son.
Berlin, Oct. 6. An official opening ceremony of London, Oct. 5. a simple and sober character has According to the financial Press, been arranged to take place in the quarterly session of the Stand-Krollopera on October 8 when still Committee is due to begin on speeches by Hitler and Goebbels October 16. Since the last as will inaugurate the new winter sembly the agreement with Ger-rellet campaign, and when repre-
debtors has worked with sentatives of one and a half be taken to meet the grave situa-and trophies are being presented complete satisfaction. At the million voluntary helpers will be same time it is announced that the Standstill credits in Germany has declined by 330 million marks during the last half year, chiefly through the utilisation of register marks by creditor countries. The remaining Standstill credits now. amount to somewhat over two million marka. Standstill credits guaranteed by the gold dis count bank have been reduced during the first eight months of 1934 from 262 to 124 million marką owing to repayments in various forms- Transocean "Kuo Min.
SAAR COMMISSION'S REBUKE
All street collections except for winter relief work are forbidden after October 9. This year's cam- paign will be accompanied by even
than greater propaganda.
last year's though emphasis is laid on: voluntary nature -of the the
manifest scheme which is to national solidarity. Transocean Kuo ́Min,
HAPSBURG PROPERTY
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Premier Lerroux declared that bloodshed should be avoided if possible and issued instruction, to the police not to let themselves be led into provocating action.—- Transocean Kuo Min.
"CATALAN REPUBLIC” [Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)]
Madrid, Oct. 5. In the midst of the confusion caused by the reports of revolu- tionary disturbances pouring in from all parts of the country, comes the report that Catalania has broken away from the rest of Spain and declares itself indépen. dent. The news comes as a great
shock to the Government.
"Reports from Barcelona state
LESSON SERMON
First Church Of Christ Scientist
"UNREALITY” Was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in al Churches of Christ. Scientist, on Sunday, Ocober 7th.
The Golden Text was: "All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes. and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the Just thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth for everTM (1) John 2: 16, 17).-*-
that the Catalan Generalitat the Among the citations which com- representative and legislative Orprised the Lesson-Bermon was the gan of the Catalan-Republic-met following from the Bible All
on Friday noon and in a short, ses- things are full of labour cannot sich proclaimed Catalania's seces-utter. it: the eye is not satisfied sion from the Federated Republic with seeing nor the ear filled of Spain.
with hearing. The things that A general strike has been declar- hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done and there is no new thing under the sun. 1- have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit" (Ecclesiastes 1; 8,9,14).
Vienna, Oct. 5. Interesting details regarding the negotiations now proceeding for Baarbruecken, Oct. 5.
the restoration of the confiscated A rebuke was given by the In- iernational Saar. Plebiscite Com- property of the Hapsburg family, are published in the newspaper mission to the Commission of In: Tagespost" in Linz which claims quiry of the so-called "World Relief
authority for stating that the pos-' Committee for the victims of Hit- lerism" which recently visited the sessions of general benent to the Saar region and subsequently pub-community such as the court lib
rary. Hotburg and Schoenbrunn lished a report containing the as sertion that, according to widex- palaces, as well as the crown leed throughout Catalania, and the wels will be retained by the State entire province is seething with pread view of the Saar population while all private jewels, and art
excitement, ecomon.c. life. being the forthcoming plebiscite would
treasures including the Court completely paralysed. Crowds are be neither secret nor free. '
museums and the famous Alber-marching through the streets of In a statement issued on Friday,
Barcelona shouting "Long Live the tiña collection of rare prints are the Plebiscite Commission stresses to be returned. In is also likely. free Catalan. Republic" it has no knowledge of such views that the members of the Hapsburg prevailing among the Saar popula- family will receive back a total of tion but it is certainly in a pond eleven large states including the tion to guarantee that the Plebis magnificent casties of Lax burg, cite will be secret and consequent Bresendorf, Eckartsau, Esslingen Transocean Ruo Min.
and others, in addition to Ave houses in Vienna and bonds to the nominal ̈= ̈value of 105 ** million Kronen whose actual worth, how- ever, has greatly decreased. Transocean Buo Mine
MEMEL TERRITORY COMPLAINTS
London, Oct. 6. The Times announces that the report about the complaints concerning the measures taken by - the Lithuanian: Govérriment în re- gard to the Memal territory has Just been received and is being given the greatest attention by Great Britain, France and Italy These three Powers and “the guarantorE" Of -
statute," "The „rimes:/ there is little room for do technical violations ofa statute hava staken Transocean Kuo
NATIONAL HOLIDAY AT BUDAPEST
Budapest,
· October 6' has National holiday
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2. Correspondence · rélative the draft agreement for the supply of earthenware runs for. 1335.
3. Correspondence relative to the water closets installed at- Fo. 117, Waterloo Road,
to
4. Correspondence relative the food-preserving Licences at No. 42, Tal-Nan Street, ground boor und No. 364, Reclamation Street ground floor.
5. Application for an eating at No. 59, Main Street. licence ground floor, Aplichau.
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6. Application for a food-pré- serving licence a No. 548, Canton Road, ground Boor.
7. Regular Rétürns!-- ̈(s) Rat Return for the weeks ending 15th and 22nd September 1834. . .' (b) Health Bulletin of Eastern Ports from: the Honour- able Director of Medical and Banitary Services for the weeks ending 15th and 22nd September, 1934.
·Health Return" from the League of Nations, East- ern Boreau for the weeks ending · 1st and 8th Sep- tember, 1934,
(c)
(d) Mortality Return for Hong Kong for the weeks end- ing 9th, 16th and 23rd September, 1934.
(e) Cattle and ́ Swine Returna' for the month of Septem- *ber, 1934.
LORD BARNBY'S.
MISSION
Hankow Paper's Comment
Shanghal, October 6. "Sacrificing a whale to catch a sprat" is the caption of an editorial to the "Hankow Herald” one of the leading Chinese -news- papers in Central Chins, on the Barnby mission to the so-called
The Lesson-Sermon also includ... The political tension in Spained the following passages from has greatly increased by the port the Christian Science textbook, entous decision of the Generalitat science and Health with Key Manchukuo. which possibly will lead to a civil war Transocean Kuo Min.
JAPAN-DUTCH TEXTILE
NEGOTIATIONS
the Scriptures" by Mary Baker It asserts: What can be pick- Eddy Imperfect mortal minded up in Manchukuo after the sends forth its own resemblances, Japanese have done with it will of which the wise man said, “All in no way compensate for what is vanity.” The crude creation 0: I can so easily be lost in China.” -
the "cavaller, metal thought must finally give
place, to the glorious, forms which treatment or the mission in not we sometimes behold in the camera visitin China and adds that it is of divine Mind, when the mental obvious that members of the picture is spiritual and eternal
must act and speak Mortals must look beyond fading, contrary to Britain's professions Mr, Spanjaard, the official Dutchfite forms. If they would gain the at Genera in regard to the so-
true sense of things" (pp. 238 263) called Manchukuo,
Kouter,
The Hague, Oct. 5.
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