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THE CONFERENCE.
MR. HOOVER SATIFIED WITH PROGRESS.
Washington, Feb. 3.
MAJESTIC THEATRE.
IMPROVEMENT IN SEATING ACCOMMODATION.
The public will be glad to hear that the seating accommodation In contradiction of rumours that of the Majestic Theatre, Kowloon, President Hoover, is dissatisfied has recently been altored to cope with the slow progress made at with the modern requirements, and the Naval Conference in London, for the comfort of the patrons. It is learned that the President is The Theatre will always ́· pro-i most gratified at the progress al-duce and exhibit the best pictures ready made and a particularly from the world's leading producers" pleased that the American delega- and the films that have not been tions have not made format shown elsewhere in the Colony claims regarding the needs of the before. United States in Naval strength..
it is felt that Mr.. Stimson is thus in a better position to over coma conflicting suggestions of other Fowers,
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The Theatre la among the best in the Colony exhibiting silent pletures and has a good screen, comfortable seats and first class music. It would well pay theatre goers to visit it..
The orchestra is a picked one
Officials state that Mr. Stimson has sent only very few reports to and special music is provided for the State Department and the imcach picture under the able direc pression prevails that Presidenttion of Mr. H. E. Nicholson. Hoover is following the policy of letting the delegates, within limits, determine on their own course and, is, officially, not.de- siring to attempt to expedite the work of the Conference. Reuter's American Service,
Important Problems.
London, Feb. 3. After a week-end spent in freedom from negotiation, the delegates to the Naval Conference were again in contact to-day, the main problem under consideration at the moment being the proposals on the question of naval limitation by categories of ships, and by total tonnage.
Broadly stated, the suggestion is that in certain classes of vessels a fixed amount of tonnage may be transferred from one category to another, Categories affected by this idea, the amounts considored transferable, and the conditions governing auch arrangement, in-
A CLEAN SHEET.
CHINESE NEW YEAR RECORD.
What can be claimed na a unique record in the annals of local. Police history, is that the daily register of offences and crimes committed in the Colony on Saturday, (the third day of the Chinese New Year) was entirely clean, not a single case of potty larceny, housebreaking, burglary, or snatching, being recorded.
The Central Police Station are satisfied that this is the first clean sheet for several years, and are, naturally, not a little proud of the record.
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NANKING VISITORS.
volve numerous and complicated AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE
GOING ON TO PEKING. considerations, which it is under- stood will be discussed further
Nanking, Feb. 3.
at to-morrow's meeting of, the
first committee, which embraces
The U. S. Minister, Mr. Johnson placed a wreath on Dr. Sun Yat-
all the delegates to the conference.sea's tomb yesterday. He is going
So far, promising progress has to Peking this evening via Shang- been made with the proposal, but hat.
ment officials regarding extrality.
the attitude of all the delegations | During his stay, Mr. Johnson requires to be defined upon it, had no negotiations with Govern- before any decision can be reach- ed, and expressions of opinion are expected to take a more definite form in committee to-morrow...
Sir Miles Lampson returned to Nanking late last night, and will
negotiations ahortly resume extrality and other outstanding Sino-British issues.-Reuter.
CHIANG COMING.
TO INSPECT THE MILITARY SITUATION AT CANTON.
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· Britain's Gesture, Meanwhile, .considerable "atten- tion is being paid to the Govern- ment announcement regarding the reduction in the shipbuilding pro- grammes, and it is expected further details will be requested in Parliamentary, questions."
The cancellations are of two
Nanking, Fob. 3. kinds. Firstly, orders, already
Marshal Chiang Kai-shek riven for two ten thousand tonoffcially announces that he le go craisers of the 1928 programme, ing to Canton early next week to the Surrey and Northumberland, inspect the military situation In have been cancelled. Preliminary the south, work done on these ships is being
Ho will stay in the south two
scrapped. Secondly the 1929 pro- or three weeks-Reuter. gramme has been reduced before any work at all has been begun or any orders placed. „
The last estimates provided for three cruisers, one of which was to have boen armed with eight- Inch guns. ono flotilla leader, eight destroyers, six submarines, and six aloops. The following vessels have been deleted from this programme-Two cruisers including one eight-inch gun. ship, four destroyers, two sloops, and three submarines. The revised programme therefore only provides for one six-inch gun cruiser, four destroyers, four sloops and three submarines,
The Daily Herald, which says the significance of the British Govern ment's action is fully realised by the foreign delegates, estimates that, the economy effected would amount over some years to £9,000,-
to
000/D
[Part of message doubtful owing interference during reception.]. The *number of Britain's cruisers required to secure her eighty thousand miles of sea communications was only accept- ed, as a minimum by naval experts with considerable re- luctance, and the cancellations now decided upon will; owing to the age limit of certain vessels being reached in the Interim, ra duce Britain's cruisers to forty- four, by 1936-British_Wireless.
U.S. PROSPERITY.
THE INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR YEAR BEFORE LAST.
Washington, Feb. 8. The Federal income tax returns for11928 - reveal' that there were twenty persons enjoying an annual income of a millen pounds sterling, and nearly five hundred with two hundred thou- mandated SM
| The stock market profits were nearly five thousand million dollara, compared with nearly three thousand million In 1927– Reuter's American Bervios, S
1930.
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