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GENERAL DAWES LEAVES ON THE "OLYMPIC."
CONVERSATIONS “DUE”
Now York, June 7. General Charles Dawes, the newly-appointed American Ambas sador to the Court of St. James, loft for, London to-day aboard the
SATURDAY, JUNE ∙1929.
SUNDAY CARGO | REPARATION TASK
WORKING.
HONGKONG LAW TO BE AMENDED.
FEE TO BE DOUBLED FOR CONTRAVENTION.
COMPLETED.
COMMITTEE REPORT ISSUING ON SUNDAY,
INTERNATIONAL BANK.
Paris, June 7. The Reparations Conference in Paris, which has been sittin since the middle of February has con- cluded its labour at last. The Re- has been unanimously approved and signed,、
White Star liner "Olympic" to take SOME OTHER CHANGES. port of the Committee of Experts
up his duties.
Goneral Dawes yesterday was in conference with President Hoover and Secrclary of State Stimson, with whom he went over the whole field of Anglo-American relations. Other officals of the State Depart. ment were also present.
The Gazette contains the draft of an Ordinance to amend the law relating, to the restriction of the loading, working and discharging of cargo on Sunday,
It is understood that the report of the committee will be published in full on Sunday.
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It is also agreed that the bank
It lays down the proposals for The Objects and Reasons state the establishment of the Interna tional Bank, for clearing purposer, that the Firet Schedule of the details of which have already been It was afterwarda given out Sunday Cargo Working Ordinance, given. The share capital of this officially by the State Department 1891, Ordinance No.. 1 of 1901, Bank is to be G$100,000,000, one that the now Ambassador has been contains the form of permit which quarter of which will be paid up given no special instructions with must be used under the Ordinance.immedately. regard to naval limitation. The That form recites the previous Administration is said to be of the payment of the permit fee. No opinion that the next raove in this power exists in the Ordinanca to shall be of a non-political character connexion must come from abrond, alter this form, so that it can bo and shall be controlled by the cen though President Hoover hopes altered only by a new. Ordinance.tral banks of the seven countrie that as the result of conversations Payment of the fee in advance is represented on the Committee of
Experta.
A Committee of the Governors of between General Dawes and Mr. inconvenient because it frequently Ramsay MacDonald, the date of happens that a permit which has the calling of the naval imitation been taken out is not used. In those central banks will be ex-
auch conference may be advanced.
a case the holder of the afficio members of the now Interna
point further directora. Other questions likely to be dis-permit is put to the trouble of tional Bank, with the right to ap cussed by General Dawes in Lon-applying for a refund of the fee, don include German reparations, and the Harbour Department and the effect of the new American Treasury are put to the trouble tariff on British trade, extraterri- of making the refund. It was toriality in China and the Ameri-therofore proposed to pass an éan adherence to the World Court amending Ordinance so as to allow at the Hague-Reuter.
for the subsequent payment of the permit fee.
COUNTY CRICKET
WASH-OUT.
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went on first and in order to give Oxford an opportunity to bat, declared when 184 runs were on the board for the loss of, 5 wickets. Oxford made 223 runs for the loss of G wickets when stumps were drawn.
SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR. Draw in Wet Weather at Derby,
Derbyshire drew with the South Africans at Derby, though the county team gave a much sounder batting display.
South Africa made 166, which Derby replied 208 for 6 wickets.
False Endorsements. Under the present Ordinance a practice has grown up of returning an unused permit to the Harbour Office with an endorsement to the effect that the permit has not been used. This is for the purpose of elaiming a refund of the fec. There is, however, no penalty under the Ordinance for a false or incorrect endorsement of this kind. It was therefore proposed to include in the amending Ordin- ance the provision of a penalty for this purpose.
It was subsequently found that other amendments of the Ordin- ance were also desirable, on the following points:-
This
Section of Ordinance No. 1 of 1891, deals with the hours during which applications for Sunday permits may be made. to lis a matter which would more with properly be dealt with by regula-1
tion, if indeed it were necessary to legislate for it at all. It is Cambridge Match.
omitted both from the present bill Cambridge gave a merry display and from the regulations in the of hitting against Sussex, com- First Schedule to the bill, because piling 337 runs for the loss of 8 It is thought that the matter may wickets and declaring. Sussex be left to departmental arrange responded with 266 for 7 wickets. ment.
A Friendly Match,
At Colchester, Essex was beaton by Notus, in a friendly match, by five wickets.
Essex batted first and compiled 154, Barratt taking 4 wickets for 24.
Notts repiled with 211. Essex, going in to bat again, scored 108, Staples taking 3 wickets for only
4 runs.
Notts knocked off the nocossary runs with five wickets down, com- piling 62 for 5.-Reuter,
TWO SPORTS CLUBS BURGLED.
UNEMPLOYED CHINESE GETS TWELVE MONTHS,
Power Enlarged.. Section 6 of Ordinance No, I of 1891 gives power to make regula tions, but that power is limited. It is enlarged in the bill. For xample, power is given to the Governor in Council to exempt any for the operation of the Ordi- specified vessel or clays of ship
nance,
unknown.
Imprisonment Question..
The Report also lays down that! Germany may postpone transfers and conditional annuilles over & period not exceeding two yeare, upon which a non-political advisory committee comes into being to con sider the situation.-Reuter,
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LANCASHIRE THREAT.
EMPLOYERS CONSIDERING HEAVY WAGE CUT.
London, June 7,
The Lancashire cotton spinning employers have decided in favour of reducing wages by twelve and a half per cent.
The operativos are expected to strike if the reduction is effected. --Reuter.
>LIPTON'S LIMITED.
DRASTIC CAPITAL WRITING DOWN APPROVED.
London, June 7. Meetings of various classes of the shareholders of Messrs. Lip- ton's, Ltd. have approved the scheme for the reorganisation of the company, involving drastic. writing down of the capital of the company-Reuter.
THE KING.
1
PASSES A GOOD NIGHT.
London, June 7.
It was officially stated at Windsor Castle this morning, that His Ma- jesty had passed a good night.- Reuter.
SHOWERY WEATHEIL
amount of the Sunday permit fee for the ship in question..
Section 7 of Ordinance No, 1 of 1891 provides a penalty for con- traventions of section 3 of that Ordinance, but no penalty is provided for breaches of regula- ilons made under the Ordinance.
The same section 7 makes "the
The Royal. Observatory "forecast agent and the consignee of such till noon to-morrow Is:-South- vessel" Hlable in the absence of the west winds, moderate; cloudy, master. It falls to provide for showery. the case where the ship has an owner in the Colony and no agent. Further the reference to "the Chan Shu, an unemployed Chinese, has been arrested by the consignee of such vessel" is police on charges of being conrerhaps a mistake, though a ren- cerned in burglaries occurring at eral consigneo of a ship is not two sports clubs recently,
Investigations have been made) by the police in connexion with the diappearance of an electrie The sume section 7 unnecessari- fan valued at $50 from the Club de ly deals with the question of the Recrelo, and of a wall-clock, term of imprisonment which may valued at $12, from the Craigen- be imposed in default of payment of the fine, a matter which is dealt gower Cricket Club,
The prisoner who was charged with generally in section 57 of with breaking into these two Clubs the Magistrates Ordinance 1890, and with stealing the articles Section B of Ordinance No. 1 of named, WAR this morning 1801 provides unnecessarily for sentenced to six months hard the case of persons who alst in labour on each charge at Kowloon. contraventions of section 8 of the owners, etc., liable to pay, double Ordinance. The question of siders the usual permit fee if the Ordin- and abettors is dealt with general-ance is contravened, on the ground that is their duty to see that the ly by section 37 of the Magistrates revenue is not defrauded in a mat- In view of these further. points ter over which they have or should It was decided to repes the have control. present Ordinance and to re-enact it with variations. Most of these variations have been impliedly ex- plained above.
GOVERNMENT WORK. Ordinance, 1890.
NOTIFICATION OF TENDERS ACCEPTED.
It is notified in the Gazette for information that the following tenders have been accepted:
Bringing Home Guilt
Meira. Ah Cheong 840,186.50 The difficulty of bringing home
The reference in this sub clause to "forfeiture" Is inserted in order to make the debt in question_re- coverable by. the procedure laid down in Ordinance Np.. 6 of 1875. It is possible that .section 7 of the pre- sent Ordinance makes master and agents Hable criminally even in the absence of guilty knowledge, but It is considered that the case does not justify of provision of this ex- ceptional nature, and that it is more appropriate to make the maeler,
Payment of Fee.
Clanec 6 of the bill lays down that the fee for any given Sunday per mit must in general be paid within seven days after the date of issue, but it also provides that the fee
for (A) West Section:-Lin Mato individuals' any particular con- shall not be payable if the holder Hang to No. 11 Boundary Stone. travention of the Ordinance seems satisfies the Harbour Master that Messrs. Pang Loong $85,820.00 to call for some special remedy no cargo was received on board, for (1) East Section-No. 11 for the protection of the revenue, loaded, worked, or discharged, an Boundary Stone to Sha Tau Kok Clause 3 (2) of the bill, therefore, or from the ship in question on the including all earthworks, bridging, provides that if any cargo is Sunday for which the permit was walling, drainage with any other worked on any ship contrary to contingent work.
the provisions of the Ordinance, the master, and the owners, charterers, (if any) and ageals of The Hon. Sir Shouaon Chow the ship in question shall be deem returned to the Colony by the 8.a. ed to have incurred a debt to the President Cleveland.
the Crown equal to twice the
issued, and if the holder shall sino have compiled with the law gen- crally so far as it is relevent to the permit in question,
The bill proposes to repeal both Ordinance No. 1 of 1891 and the re gulations now in force theoreunder.
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