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SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1928.
AUSTRALIAN "RED" COTTON INDUSTRY
VICTORY.
DELEGATE'S VISIT TO SHANGHAI
ABSURD TALK OF POWERS' WAR PREPARATIONS.
CRISIS.
MASTER SPINNERS THREATEN BIG LOCK-OUT.
500,000 MEN AFFECTED.
London, July 20. A gravo decision, threatening a lock-out of half a million cotton oneralives in Lancashire, has been taken by a special committee of the Federation of Master Spinnera' RUSSIA PREDICTS WAR. Associations in Manchester.
OSCAR SLATER APPEAL.
CONVICTION IS SET ASIDE.
ORIGINAL JUDGE'S “RADICAL ERROR."
DRAMATIC DECISION. The committen met to consider Melbourne, July 20. the strike of spinnera in Ramsey
London, July 20. By a large majority, the TradeMill, Oldham, over a workman's Oscar Slater, who nearly twenty Union Congress, has passed a re-refusal to join the Trade Union. years ago was sentenced for the solution in favour of preserving After discussion, the committee murder of Miss Gilchrist in Glas the affiliation of the Australian decided to recommend to an oxtra-gow, and who served over 18 years' his apponl Council of Trade Unions with the ordinary general meeting, to be imprisonment, won Pan-Pacific Secretariat of the held on July 27th, that all the against the sentence in the Court "Red" Internationale and other Federation mills be closed at noon of Criminal Appeal at Edinburgh foreien bodies.
on August 11th and remain closed to-day.
Thus enda dramatically until the Ramsey Mill strikers
agitation in Slater's favour which resume,
The lock out would affect about is been going on for years, and Section, 80,000 in the Egyptian. the well-known criminologist, has Section, and 300,000 weavers, played a lending part. Reuter.
The resolution was passed on a' snap vote, aftor a heated discus
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Mr. Ryan, of New South Wales, reported on a recent visit which be made to the Pan-Pacific Confer ence in Shanghai and the “Red” Internationale Congress in Moscow.
China War Danger.
CHINESE BRIDE'S TRAGIC END.
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He said that throughout the length of the Chinese coast there both had been In America for some were warlike prenarations by time, The victim, spoke almost Britain. France, America and perfect English, and had won a the capitalists were fighting for she met her husband. They were the mossession of China. Ho add-married in New York.
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Mr. Ryan declared that the dea of getting into touch with the workers in Pacific countries was to prevent a capitalistic war and to help to improve the workers' status.
Workers Must Unite.
Mr. Garden, of New South- Wales, moved the resolution on- dorsing aflation. He expressed the opinion, that the workers in Pacific countries should unite in combatting the danger of war in the Pacific, by assisting the workers of the more backward countries to improve their position.
The Conference also passed a resolution in favour of the forma- tion of a. Federal body to control: Industrial disputes-Reuter.
War Predicted.
Moscow, July 20.
The Accused.
Dificult Case,
Lord Clyde, delivering the judg- ment of the Appeal Court, said the Caso was undoubtedly one of great dificulty. Of those principaly con- corned in the original, trial, whe- ther as witnesses or in preparing the case, few now survived. Even the Judge who presided died niņe years ago.
Slater adduced at the original The proofs of the identity of trial had been exposed to formid- is criticism in the course of the appeal, but the difficulties of prov- ing his identity had been fairly put before the jury at the original trial by counsel on both sides, and their importanco had been impressed upon the jury by the Judge.
Misdirection by Judge.
Under these circumstances, the Appeal Court was unable to hold that the Jury'a verdict was either unreasonable or unsupported by evidence. But the Court of Appeal held that. there had been A misdirection of the jury by the Judge, who had told the jury that what is familiarly known as "resumption of innocence În criminal casei ap- plied to Slater with less effect; in view of his ambiguous character.
A Radical Error.
The presumption of innocenco was fundamental to the whole system of, British criminal pro of the Judge to have suggested that secution, and it was a radical error Slater did not have the same bene- at of it as any other accused per-
At the place where the body was found there was no sign of a M. Bukharin, speaking at the struggle, while on the body Itself annual Congress of the Com-there was only a slight cut on the son. munist Internationale, dwolt on
left side of the chin."
The Appeal Court decided that Mrs. Hao was a Christian and a the conviction must be set aside the difficulties. experienced. by capitalistic countries in the re-very active social and religious on the ground of this miadirection construction of capitalism on worker, particularly in connexion in law-British Wireless.
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with the Young Women's Christian Association. Her marriage took
He said these difculties had place in New York on May 12, and PEACE IN INDUSTRY. been increased by the growth of
they had been in England for about
anti-capitallatic forces for ex-three weeks prior to the tragedy.
ample, in Soviet Russia and by the revolutionary movement in China,
as well as the discontent in India. PROMENADE CONCERT.
Re-Partition of World.
The struggle for markets, said
M. Bukharin, demanded a new re- partition of the world, which meant war.
LAST NIGHT'S GREAT SUCCESS.
MINERS CONFERENCE APPROVE DISCUSSIONS.
London, July 20..
The Miners' Conferenco at Llandudno, by 309,000 to 192,000 votes, defeated a resolution con- The first promenade concert or demning the peace-in-industry dis Ile emphasised the necessity of the season, held last night at the cussion between the Labour Coun strengthening Communist in- Headquarters of the Hongkongcil and a group of leading em- Bluence among the peasants, and Volunteer Defence Corps, proved a concluded by saying that if war distinct success, the music being ex- broke out among the capitalistic cellent and the publle support most countries, the Communist Interna- gratifying. It should prove to be tionale would endeavour to convert the forerunner of other events of it into civil war.-Reuter,
a ke character during the hot sea- BOJI.
WRECK OF FRENCH LINER.
The band of the King's Own Scot- tish Borderers, conducted by M. W. H. Fitz-Earle, A.R.C.M.. pro vided the bulk of the programme Mrs. O. C. Womack rendered songs in both the first and second parts
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SWIMS ZUIDER ZEE.
Amsterdam, July 20. A young Dutch girl, Miss Leib- brand, has succeeded in swimming the Zuider Zee from Stavoren to Khulden, in 10% houra.
It is estimated that she covered
of the programme and scored a dis- about 22 miles-Reuter. tinet triumph with her rich soprano
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Lord Chelmsford will formally open the new Technical College, which is being erected at Mans- fold, Notts, on October 24 next,
(Continued from Page 1.) Included a large mumber of mill-voice. The public, not belag slow to appreciate the treat given them, And tary, naval
Government demanded encores on each of Mrs. officials, as well as over a hundred Womack's two appearances. civilians, nearly all of whom aro Members of the Portuguese Com French.
pany of the Volunteers also assisted Haiphong and Hanol Suffer.
in the concert, winding up the first part of the programme with three Haiphong and Hano!, the latter string instrumental pieces of being altuated aome two bun-Hawallan music, which were much trade canvasser, was found dead dred miles from the coast, were appreciated.
on the line near Kettering, North- badly struck by the typhoon when The programme opened with anis, having been ran over by a
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It passed over the Gulf of Tongking Maritana" by Fletcher and Wal-
"Spirit of Pageantry" and train,
to spend its force further inland.
lace respectively and both these
Trees were uprooted, roofs were wore greatly enjoyed especially, blown away, while many houses the opening piece. This was fol- Olymple salling collapsed. Electric and telephone lowed by "Heart of a Rose"
To represent Norway in the contesta, the
wires were also damaged, to the ex-(Nicholls) sung by Mrs. Womack. Royal Yacht Club has selected the communication between two towns Time," was given, being followed metro yacht Nora. tent that, there was practically no A plece, from Schubert, "Lilac Crown Prince Olav, with his, alx-
on the 16th and 17th.
The lights in both cities hit of the concert, a cornet solo by | by what might be described as the bocame extinguished and the Musician H. Latimer, who was arrenderings of Rossini's "William high road between
Haiphong corded much applause. The Partu-Toll" and by German's "Henry and. Hanoi, which has Bgueso members of the Corps wound | VIII." Mra, Womack then rendor- length of over 200 miles, was cut up the first part with Hawaiian od "Bercouse-de-Jocelyn" and the near Halduong through damage music. done by the storm.
"rogramme wound up with "The The second part of the pro- Gondolfers." gramme opened with Damare's The night was ideal for an open- "Les Echo des Bols," which was air concert, there being a welcome exquisitely rendered, much credit breeze throughout. Just before
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