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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1927,
CORRESPONDENCE.
VOTE OF CENSURE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS,
MR. FORREST'S LECTURE.
[To the Editor, Hongkong
Telegraph..
OBITUARY.
A DISTINGUISHED MILITARY OFFICER.
London, Dec. 8.
ex-
army career..--
[Sir Arthur Holland was born in April 1862 and entered the army In 1880. He was promoted to cap- tain in 1883, major in 1858, lleu- tenant-colonel in 1906 and colonel in 1910. He served in the Barmah campaign 1885-1889 and in the war, 1900-1901. South. African in the war of 1914-1918 he served in Flanders, and France and was mentioned in dispatches eight times. He was promoted to major- general and later to lieutenant- general for that service.]
London, Dec. 8. The Labour Party's vote of cen-
The death occurred in Londen sure arising out of the Prime Miniator's attitude during the de- Sir, I write these few lines to yesterday of General Sir Arthur bate on the coal problem three protest, on behalf of the many be- Holland, Conservative Member of weeks ago, when instead of reply-lieving Christians in Hongkong, Parliament for Northampton, ing personally to the Labour at- against the publication of articles where at the last election he had tack this task was entrusted to the which travesty what is most sacred small majority in a three cornered President of the Board of Trade, to them: articles undertaken, ne contest, over Miss Bondfeld was debated last night in the House the writer himself admits of his member of the Labour Govern of Commons and was rejected by first paper, without "adequate mont. Sir Arthur Holland had a $47 votes to 142.
consideration" of the magnitude distinguished The earlier debate was interrupt-of the theme and, in the cage of British Wireless. ed by Labour protests and four the second, with many weaknesses members were suspended but the lp the paper, due in part to the debate last night was orderly and urgency of time." qulat. Mr. Baldwin defended his action and after pointing out the Mr. Forrest is too intelligent need of leaving to Ministers the not to realigo what he calls "the technical questions with which they many weaknesses in his paper," were fully acquainted, he express- but there is no hint at another ed the view that the duties of len- "In part" cause of its weaknesses, dership in the House of Commons namely that, as the scholar H. von were growing fast that Soden writes, any attempt to ex
30 ultimately
they would
be plain the rise of Christianity with beyond the capacity of one out a personal founder must go who WAS also Prime Minis to pieces on the reef of facts." ter. The president of the Board
Perhaps one of the points which if Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, later announced that the Govern- surprises us most in Mr. Forrest's ment had decided to set up a small paper is to be told that the "aum-i committee to assist unemployed ber of scholars" holding the myth SHANGHAI EXPLOSION. workers in distressed areas to view "is considerable and increas- migrate to other districts where ling." Surely, even without a they might find work. The scheme bibliography before us, we should would also include emigration to the set higher store on modern scholar- Dominions.
ship than to fancy that what the distinguished Rationalist H. S. Chamberlain calls "childishness of The explosion at the gunpowder judgment" should be a growing inctory at Lunghwa this morning disease amongst thoughtful men. was heard: over 2 wide area. We should rather expect to be told Four coolies who were handling that serious scholars are following powder, were killed and a dozen
were wrecked. the lead of Professor Harnack and Chinese houses his school and, in increasing num-Reuter. bers, are harking back to the carly. chronology of Christian tradition: the consequences are clear.- Yours, etc.,
!
It might be worth while to send a man for example to Canada when six months work was offered, with guarantee to bring him back when he so desired.
Referring to the general outlook In the coal Industry Sir Cunliffe Lister said that more conl was now being produced and more was exported, and more miners were employed than in 1925. Prices were low but combined selling ar- rangements would raise them and in the meantime low prices were enabling industry to recover its old
markets.
GEORGE BYRNE, S. J.
General trade was improving and that was bound to help the coal in-NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. dustry. The Eight Hours Act had reduced the costs of production and less than a quarter of the re- duction of costs had come off wages-British Wireless,
EXCESS PROFITS:
FISH TRADE INVESTIGATED' BY COUNCIL.
was
FOUR COOLIES KILLED.
Shanghai, Dec. 8.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
EIGHTEEN PERSONS BURNED
TO DEATH.
Calcutta, Dec. 8.
A fire broke out in a sugar shop
DIVISION BETWEEN FRANCE last night and apread to an ad-
AND GERMANY.
· Oslo, Dec. 8.
The Aftcupost understands that the Nobel Peace Prize will be divided between the French Pro- fessor Ferdinand Buisson and the German Profesor Ladwig Quidde. The former is the President of the League of the Rights of Man and the latter a well known pacifist.- Renter.
PICKWICK PAPERS.
are G.$16,300 FOR COPY OF FIRST
EDITION.
New York, Dec. 8.
London, Dec. 8. The Food Council which set up two years ago to watch the interests of the public regarding the rise in the prices of food, have completed the examination of the fish trade which does not disclose any grounds for believing that ex- cessive profits on an average being made. The public taste in fish and changing conditions in the trade are contained in the Council's report, which notes that there is a fur larger, demand for the best
A copy of the first edition of quality of fish than before the war. Dickens's "Posthumous Papers of The Council suggest that less the Pickwick Club" has been auc- known varieties should be purchas- tioned off for G.$16,300. The pre- ed and to this more attractivevious highest price for a first edi names should be given to such fish tion is said to have been G.$8,000, as megrims, witches and catfish,
England.-Renter's American Fried fish shops, it is stated, dis- pose of more than a quarter of the fish landed. The sale of herrings by such shops is recommended in view of the fall in the consumption of this fish, which despite its 125 per cent increase in price compared with the pre-war price, is still the cheapest fish in the market-Bri- tish Wireless.
U.S. PRESIDENCY,
MR HUGHES DENIES HE IS A CANDIDATE.
New York, Dec. 8. The former Secretary of State, Mr. Hughes, has issued a state- ment denying he is a candidate for the Presidential nomination.- Reuters American Service.
in
Service.
SINGAPORE DOCK.
ANOTHER SECTION LAUNCH- ED AT WALLSEND."
London, Dec. 8, A further section of the Singapore dock has been launched at Wallsend, The remaining two sections of seven, In which the dock is being built, will be launched in a few days. The acc tions will then be tested and joined into two muin parte for. tow to Singa- pore-Reuter.
Bombay, Dec. 8. The Imperial Bank rate is six -percent-Reuter
joining hut. Eighteen persons were incinerated.-Router,
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