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OPIUM REVENUE.
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
1926.
COAL DEADLOCK.
BROKER'S COMMISSION.
CLAIM AGAINST PIÈCE
GOODS FIRM.;
(Continued From Page 1)
therefore, he prohibited the meet
In the distinguished strongers" gallery Mr. Cook himself listened to the debate, seated next to the Maharajah of Burdwan-Router.
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nécessity there is for the main- tenance, of the freedom of our
A Chinese pleco goods brokerings yesterday. "He, Sir William, porta. When we realise tho,huge sums of money spent by our Dutch was the plaintiff in a case which supported him in that action friends on the development of har was heard by Mr. Justico Wood in bour works in Macassar, Sourabaya, the Summary Court this morning. Ho Tun-ming, of G, Jervols Tanjong Priok, Belawan, to say nothing of Samarang and Palom-Street, claimed $346.87 from the Tsurutani Company, Prince'a bang, it should be possible for us to visualiso the hard fight we Building, as the balance due for morchants will have to make to commission earned in the sale of maintain our trade in this part of the defendants' goods.. the world. I have ürged in the past, and would urge again, the necessity of the maintenance of freo porta.”
Mr. Hugh Jones was for the plaintiff, and Mr. "EL 5. C. Brooks defended.
Mr. Jones said the claim was in Mr. D. T. Lewis seconded the respect of goods of a certain Chairman's resolution.
OTHER POINTS..
BRITISH WIRELESS REPORT.
Rugby, Oct. 25, The debate in the House of Commone on the renewal of the Emergency Regulations, was open-" ed by Mr. J. R. Clynes (Labourite) in the absence of Mr. Ramsay
value sold to various purchasera MacDonald. through the agency of the plain-Mr. Clynes regretted that there' OPPOSING VIEWS.
tif. The fact that, they were all was no indication of any action by thethe Government in regard to the An amendment was moved by piece goods might affect Mr. C. C. Dunman to the effect question alittle. Certain fact coal stoppage. In many quarters, that the money required should be were agreed between the parties he said, there were signs of drawn from the Currency Guaris claim was commision on willingness to come together and antee Fund, and, in the course of $100,712,10, that sum being the offer accommodation. He thought a speech said he wished to demon- total of the contract prices. In the very duration of the dispute the piece goods business perhaps afforded exceptional opportuni- strate firstly, that the present sur- plus of the currency guarantee 500 yards of material would be ties for settlement by arangement, fund. was more than
given, and only 4971⁄2 yards might in place of unending trouble and ample;
The Labour Party had secondly, that the revenue from arrive. His ellent had based his disaster.
claim on the contract prices, submitted with some persistence s the fund of over $150,000,000 was
suggestion for joint meetings. annually added to that surplus; lengths, and figures. thirdly, that it was more than
That suggestion was again offered and it ought now to be more help- sufficient for the purpose of the
ful than before.. The Government opíum reserve fund; fourthly, that
had the power to approach both it could be legally used for that purpose, and part had already
the mineowners and miners and to been so used; fifthly, that the
impress upon each their obligation official objections to repeating this
to the community. Action were merely formal.
ADMITTED CONTRACTS, The defendants admitted that were entered into contracts through the agency of the plaintiff for $105,618.10, and the plaintiff was prepared to adopt those figures instand of his own.
Mr. Lloyd George, Liberial Their case was that the plaintiff Leader, quoted an estimate that The Hon. Mr. Guy Clarke sup- was a broker employed on terms this great struggle had already ported Mr. Dunman's remarks, of commission of 1%, to be paid cost the sum of £485,000,000 to an saying he did not like the principle on all contracts which were enterover burdened and harassed com- of building up an endowment funded into between the defendant firmmunity. Was it pot. time, he ask- out of the current revenue of the and purchasers through the agoneyed, that something should be done "Colony. He admitted that they of plaintiff, which goods were by the Government to put an end had a duty towards posterity, but actually delivered. It was admit to this state of things. He des he did not think that the bullding ted that $2,835 worth of goodsclared that the Government had up, out of current revenuo, of an were never actually delivered, shown neither resource nor in- endowment fund which would at although through no fault of the partiality. They had obeyed the some future date replace the re-plaintiff, but he was prepared to dictates of the, conlowners who venue now received from oplum admit that he only received his had refused to negotiate." way a legtimate act for the sake commission оп delivery. Some would not be obtained by merely of posterity. There were very commission had already been re defeating the miners. many things crying for attentionceived, and they were claiming the to-day, such as matters of public balance. health and the development of the island. They should spend cur- rent revenue on such matters.
NOT REPONSIBLE.
The plaintiff, giving evidence, said he was not responsible for seeing that the goods were paid for...
Peace
Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Premier, referred to the various offers which had been made by the Government and which had been miners' turned down by the Mr. Dunman's amendment did
leadera-and said he did not think not find a seconder. The Chair-
that anything could do more harm after so many failures than to man's resolution was lost by eleven
In reply to Mr. Brooks plaintiff enter into still further negotia- votes to ten, so the meeting ended without the chamber having ex-Baid it was agreed that he should tions where they saw no prospect At this time pressed any opinion.
receive 1% commission, and no of any settlement. wages, every month for all goods he did not think there could be" delivered. He denied that the any hope of a settlement if the manager of the defendant firm question of hours were not at any said he should receive 1% on gooderate considered with a view to taken delivery of in one month, acceptance in various parts of the in two months, in three country. "Our proposals have months, and no commission at all if been rejected," said the Premier, delivery was taken after a longer and the Government. have no It is time. Plaintiff said he asked the further proposals to make. manager for his commission after not for the Government to advise they February, and he was told he would contending parties how be paid in a limp sum when goods should settle what is, and must remain, an industrial dis- had been deliverd.
pute of the first magnitude." British Wireless.
TAX COLLECTION.
(Continued Prom Page 1.)
sians, but a number of Germans have thrown in their 18t with the Southern Government; proving that the South is not averse to co-operation with foreigners, it was pointed out.
Of general interest also was the narration of plans, in connection with a "Kuomintang" paper in the process of organisation. This will differ from the official organ the
RESCUE AT SEA.
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The manager of the defendant firm said he first of all offered the plaintiff 1% commission on all goods of which delivery was ac- cepted. He did not appear to be satisfied with that, so he offered 1% commisison for goods taken Cakton Gazette in that it will delivery of in qne month, 2 %rible adventure. One of them was Carry news of general local and in two months, in three suffering from a previously scalded world interest. The completion months, and no commision if de-foot, but after receiving treatment. of a large wireless station in Can-livery was taken after three from the ship's surgeon he made" a
ton was linked up with this entér- prise it was said.“
FASCISM NOT, SOVIETISM. Other information which could not have been heard, however, without 往 tinge of amusement was the purported Fascist rather than the Soviet tendencies of the Southern government, M. Eu gene Chey is accredited with this, statement, which is an interesting colour study and tends to show that the Cantonese consider black equally as good a 'colour as red.
month.
rapid recovery.
A COINCIDENCE. SMALL PROFITS.
It was a coincidence that the ty- phoon which so nearly 'robbed them Explaining this, he said they of their lives was instrumental in were the usual terms, as the pro- bringing about their rescue, for Gis in the piece goods line were otherwise the Kwangchow would small and limited. If delivery never have sighted them, being a was taken in a month, he last inlong way out of her course at the terest on his capital, and after time. three months any profit would be The incident reflects the greatest wirid oat
credit on the captain, officers and crew of the Kwangchow, in carry- ing out such a delicate operation under such adverse and highly dan gerous conditions.
Although some of the goods had been taken delivery of late he and paid the plaintiff more in order to encourage him: In January there was a certain amount of cargo What was not taken delivery of for RESERVOIR LEAKAGE. three months, and there was a
a lot of overdue cargo over four months. He agreed that all the
A SURPRISE FOR NEW YORK, plaintiff was entitled to was $30
New York, Oct. 25. New Yorkers huve been startled to learn that the Ashokan Resor voir, in the Catskill Mountains, built a decade ago at a cost of 160 million dollars is running dry.
nder, the strict terms of the con tract, although apart from that ke had received more than was due to him.
Mr. Brooks intimated that this sum had been paid into "Court.
Mr. Jones, addressing his Lord- ship, referred to three letters writ-. The Tribune states, that a recent ten by the defendant's solictors, survey showed that the water was and he submitted that when read escaping through cracks in the bot together they estopped the defen tom of the reservoir, which was dant from alleging the agreement considered one of the engineering to pay commission on a graduated wonders of the world and ample for scale. all requirements of the metropolia for years to come.--Renter's Ameri can Service.
The P. and O. 8.8. Mirzapore, which left Singapore at 6. am. yes terday, is due here at 5 p.m. on the $1st
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The moment the men were aboard the ship had to go full speed ahead to prevent her from becoming un- manageable, which in itself is an illustration far more expressive than words, of the difficulties that had to be faced..
On arrival at Singapore, the fishermen were placed under the care of the Japanese Consul-Gon oral, and they will be returned to Formosa shortly..
Brooks, said it seemed to him that the letters were misleading, al- though he did not say deliberately so. He gave judgment for the plaintiff for the amount paid into Court, the, defondant to pay, the. costs up to the date of payment into Court, and after that cach side would pay their own coats.
His Lordship, remarking that he could not imagine that the letters could have that effect, asked for authority, but Mr. Jones said he could not provide that then, aa be had not known the point would have been brought up. He asked that a note be made of it. p
His Lordship, addressing Mr. donce.
In giving his judgment, his Lordship remarked, that the case for the defendant was not fully disclosed, and the true case was never disclosed in the correspon-
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