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9, 1930. AfAt sina OPE 19 GRATH
CANTON TAXATION CEYLON & RUBBER A FEDERATION OF COLONY'S TRADE NANKING BAN ON
RESENTED.
DECISION.
ALL RESTAURANTS
MAY CLOSE.
NEARLY THREE HUNDRED GO
ON STRIKE.
SOME ARRESTS MADE.
Canton, Sept. 8.
EUROPE.
MESSAGE NOT ACCEPTED
`AS FINAL
M. BRIAND'S SCHEME DISCUSSED.
PRICE SLUMPS AGAIN.
Colombo, Sept. 8. Ceylon is most disappointed st the breakdown of the rubber res- triction negotiations between
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FURTHER CONSIDERATION AT LEAGUE ASSEMBLY.
IN JULY.
· A
IMPORTS EXCEED EXPORTS BY: A MILLION.
LATEST STATISTICS.
Returns containing the abstract and detailed tables of the imports into and the exports from Hong- kong for the month of July have
Branch of the Imports and Exports Department.
Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, PEACE MAINTENANCE. just been issued by the Statistical
The Committee formed last month under the presidency of the senior Government official to con- sider the restriction scheme has
The possibility of all the res- taurants and cafes in the city decided not to accept Sir Cecil joining in a big strike against Clement's cable as final and has the Canton Government decision resolved to press further on the to introduce a new regulation producing countries the desir demanding that all restaurants ability of some kind of Govern- must issue receipted bills in dup-ment control. licate on numbered forms, is evi- denced by the fact that ninety per cent. of the restaurants have already closed their doors.
Over three hundred restaurants may become involved in the big atrike, and at present some 299 of them, including thirty con- cerns selling foreign food and wine, are amongst those which shut down during the week-end.
Heavy Burden.
The strike represents a fight be- and the tween the Government merchants who resent further taxa- tion which the tax, farmer may be desirous of introducing after a careful calculation of the earnings
of all the eating houses.
Meanwhile an increase in the taxation imposed by the different departments of the Canton Gov. ernment is anticipated, in view of
The Output Committee also con sidered the question of a reduc- tion in the export duty and rail way freights-Router.
London, Sept. 8.
After touching a new low re-
cord of 3%d. per pound to-day, the price of rubber on the London Market later recovered one-six teenth. Rubber shares were weak but little selling occurred, prices being marked down, as a precau- tionary measure.
Geneva, Sept. 8.
A private conference attended
by the representatives of twenty-seven European States unanimously passed a motion moved by M. Briand that his scheme for a Federation of Europe should be referred to the League Assembly.
The total imports amounted to $56,694,877 of which "amount $1,- 378,121 comes under the head of Kingdom totalled $6,668,456, from treasure. Imports from the United the British Dominions and Posses sions $4,182,581, from China $14,- 790,566 and from all other countries $31,153,284.
DANCING.
ENCOURAGES MORAL DEGRADATION.
DESCRIBED AS NOT HEALTHY RECREATION.
CAFES ANNOYED.
Shanghai, Sept. 4. Dancing has been forbidden
of the authorities of Nanking. are disappointed because they The hotel and cafe proprietors had expected to reap rich profits. Much consternation prevails because they are facing heavy losses.
Permission Withdrawn.
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FORT DUNLOP
Local Branch.
Pedder Building. Tel. 24554
TUBE RAILWAY EXPANSION.
LONDON SCHEME TO COST £12,000,000.
WORK FOR 20,000 MEN.
London, Sept. 8. The first stage of the $12,000,- 000 scheme for developing London's underground railway
HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.
UNBEATEN RECORDS
MAINTAINED.
WEST BROM, EVERTON AND WOLVES ALL WIN.
system will start in a fortnight, WEDNESDAY SUBDUED when work will begin on the tube railway extension from Finsbury Park northward four and a half The Wednesday, who carried miles to Southgate, and then everything in front of them in through the open country to Cock- the First Division of the English Football League last year åre fosters.
It is estimated that the scheme, not meeting with the same suc in one way or another, will process this season. They had an- vide employment for 20,000 men other home engagement yester- for two and a half years.
In addition to the extension to day but only managed to draw Cockfosters, which will cost over with Chelsea. £5,000,000, the scheme provides Sheffield United took a point for a new line from Hammersmith from Leicester while Middlesbro to Northfields, on which paid a successful visit to -West:
Leeds scored their first £3,000,000, will be spent, and the Ham: reconstruction. at 1 cost of victory of the season by beating £4,000,000, of certain stations in Manchester City who have only Central London-British Wireless. secured one point from four
Details of the scheme contained games, in London newspapers show that
West Bromwich, Everton and this concentrated effort, the largest the Wolves maintained their un- ever embarked upon by the Under- beaten record in the Second Divi- ground group in so short a period sion. The former scored the only has been made goal of the game with Bradford. as three years,
the phenomenal City, but the Wolves beat Stoke necessary by
engaged at Cardiff and won by the odd goal'in three.
Mr. Arthur Henderson, the The total exports amounted to Dancing girls are to be thrown British Foreign Secretary, second- $56,540,834, of which amount $21,-out of employment and they can ed the motion. M. Briand will 145,487 comes under the head of think of no place to go. The so- probably introduce the subject at treasure. Exports to the United ciety leaders and smart set are the Assembly on September 11. Kingdom were $473,592, to British wondering what they shall do with The representatives nt the Dominions and Possessions $5,684, their spare hours. So petitions resolution 329, to China $24,140,453 and to all have been sent to the National Gov- meeting also passed to the effect that they were con- other countries $25,242,460, ernment asking that these places vinced that the close collaboration Imports provisions totalled should be allowed to go on with of European Governments in all $16,437,567 exports $12,699,- their business. international activities was of 174. capital importance for the main- The shipp returns show that The fall in the commodity price tenance of peace throughout the 513 ocean-gung steamers arrived was due to a decision of the Dutch world, and that such collaboration of a tonnag of 1,241,162,
On Tuesday, we read from the Of Chinese newspapers, the hotel and East Indies Government not to im- should be carried out in complete these 211 were British, 108 Japan-cafe proprietors of Nanking were growth of London traffic in the by five clear goals. Everton were pose curtailment of output, and is agreement with the League of the lowest price touched in the Nations on the basis of the
thrown into a state of consterna- tion when police officers came and of principles
the history of rubber production.
League Covenant.-Reuter.
notified them that permission, which had been granted for the opening of dance halls, had been withdrawn and that this order was to be ob- served immediately.
Although opinions differ on the subject, there is in some quarters
Palestine Mandate. of Mincing Lane a feeling of re- lief rather than despondency con-
At the opening meeting of the cerning the statement about the League Council at Geneva to-day attitude of the Dutch authorities. Mr. Procope, Finland's representa- the heavy burden of the Kwang- According to some authorities, tive on the Council, read the re tung Government which has to supply $1,000,000 to the Kwang-rationalisation must now follow, port of the Mandate's Commission tung soldiers fighting in North and amalgamations and co-opera-on Palestine and outlined the mea- China assisting the Central Gov-tive arrangements are expected.sures taken by the British Govern- ernment and to the Yunnangзe
ment to prevent a recurrence of the troops now besieging Nanning, the
disorders. capital of Kwagsi.
To Support Yunnanese. During the week-end, the Cen- tral Government telegraphed to the Kwangtung Provincial Govern ment suggesting that the Yunnan- ese troops fighting near Nanning should be financed to the extent of $500,000.
British Wireless.
WONDERFUL CABLE REPAIRS.
ATLANTIC LINE BURIED BY EARTHQUAKE.
task
trans-
London, Sept. 8. Ships engaged in the arduous
the of repairing. Atlantic
cable. which was damaged by an earthquake under the sea last November, have now completed their work. They
two Ur
He dwelt on the tremendous dif- mandatory ficulties with which power was faced in facilitating the establishment of a Jewish national home and at the same time guaranteeing the political rights of the Arabs.
Mr. Procope expressed the view that the British statement that the suspension of Jewish immigration was only temporary should allay the anxieties shown by the Jewish communities.
Britain's Obligations.
of
man-
GALLANT RESCUE. AT SLANGHAI.
Ship's Officer Plunges · After His Colleague.
ENGINEER OVERBOARD.
Shanghai, Sept, 9. Mr. D. F. Stratton, the su- pernumary third engineer of the China Navigation steamer Hain Peking, last Friday re- scued Mr. C. F. Hudson. the second engineer, who fell overboard at Woosung.
Despite a strong current and the danger of being hit by the propeller, Mr. Stratton un- hesitatingly plunged into the Ben fully dressed after his friend and effected his rescue. Our Own Correspondent.
years since the war.
The scheme involves the recon- struction of the Holborn, Leicester
Bristol's First Point. Square, Dover Street, Hyde Park
Northampton and Notte. County Corner, Knightsbridge and British Museum stations. Apart from the who have taken six points from work which it will give to 20,000 their first three matches in the men engaged on the enterprise, it Southern Section of the Third Since Nanking became the na-will provide employment for many Division both dropped a
point tional capital of China, dancing has hundreds more in the great work-to-day: Bristol Rovers scored become very popular with the so-shops and ironworks of the country their first point of the season by ciety leaders and not a member of where the material for the stations, drawing with Exeter.... the smart set did not know the la- tunnels, add track is manufactured. In the Northern Section, Wrex- test steps in the Fox Trot, the In addition, when the whole of the ham and Doncaster scored good Tango, the One-step and the Waltz, work is completed it is anticipated wins away from home while that a further 700 men will be Barrow and Rochdale played a necessary to staff the larger goalless draw. stations and extended track.
Wives and Concubines. Indeed, so popular did it become that even the wives of some of the elderly officials were seen in com- pany with the concubines of the younger ones on the floor. Gen. Liu Chi-wen was Mayor of Nan- king when the Government was es- tablished and, as he was a member of the younger class, it is not sur- prising that he received, and grant- ed, many applications for permis- sion to establish dance halls within the walls of this venerable old city.
BLIND CHINESE DIES FROM BURNS.
Full results of the matches 'as cabled by Reuter are given below! First Division.
Leeds U. Leicester Wednesday West Ham
Bradford Burnley Cardiff Millwall
4. Manchester C. 2
2 Sheffield U
1 Chelsea
▸ Middlesbro'
Second Division.
& Port Vale
5 Notts. Forest
1. Everton
4 Reading
2 Southampton
2 Tottenham
1 Charlton
ANOTHER VICTIM OF FIRE IN LONDON.
London, Sept. 8. Ah Sin, the blind Chinese who Oldham was discovered badly burnt and Preston N. E And Then a Hitch
clinging to a window ledge in a Swansea But Liu has gone. A new Mayor fire which attacked a three-storey West Brom.
5 Stoke has come. On August 29, the au- building in Liverpool's Chinatown, Wolves ese and 52 Chinese. River steam-thorities of Nanking were ap-has died-Reuter,
Third Division (South), ers entering numbered 427 of a proached on the subject and they The blaze, which occurred on
Bristol R. tonnage of 367,894, of these 306 gave verbal permission for the September 2, involved a shop, oc- Coventry being British and 104 Chinese. dance halls to continue to do busi-cupied by a laundryman, Hun Yen, Fulham
The Central Government has promised the Yunnanese comman ders that the monthly military con- tribution will come from Nanking, but it seems more logical, in view of the stringent financial condi- found that volcanic-action-had in
The British Foreign Secretary tion at Nanking at the present large areas changed the consis. Mr. Henderson, dealt at length time, that part of the $500,000 tency of the seabed, at
with the Commissioner's report should be defrayed by the Pro-three miles depth, from slime to and said the policy of vincial Government Treasury here. solid rock,
datory power Was to treat
sections Much of the cable had been equally both
the Merchants Arrested.
buried, but 150 miles of it were population in Palestine in the The Finance Commissioner of recovered and reconditioned. belief that its obligations in this
There were 11 departures ofness. And then the hitch came and his five children. Three Luton the Kwangtung Government, Mr. During the relaying. the cable respect were not irreconcilable.
Nanking Chinese children and their pet Northampton Fan Kee-mo, in a press interview, was shortened by two hundred The British Government had sent ocean-going steamers with a total Over the head of the said that the intention to enforce miles to avold the drag of the to Palestine Sir John Hope, a re-tonnage of 1,237,295 of which 211 municipality came an order from dog "Spot" perished and two sons Norwich
Japanese. the National Government. Itself. Gulf Stream.
cognised expert in land settlement were British and 109 the new regulation was to put a
River steamer departures totalled This cancelled permission which check on possible fraudulent prac- The ships had to scour the sea and colonisation, and his report was
424 of a tonnage of 358,558, of had been granted for the establish under consideration and tices in the way of evading Gov- over a huge area to grapple the now
were British and 99ment of the dance halls and ordered ernment taxation, which
cables three miles below, and would be laid before the Council which 308
Chinese.
their suppression. levied at a certain percentage of during the work their rigging at an early opportunity.
Was sometimes The British Government accept- the total receipts of the restaurand machinery
.completely covered with ice.ed the report of the Commission British Wireless.
and would adopt all measures like- ly to bring about goodwill between the two sections of the population, for such goodwill was necessary to the prosperity of Palestine. Mandatory Power.
ants.
WGS
Mr. Fan mentioned that the same regulation was introduced recently at Nanking without any protest from the merchants, and he was confident that the present strike would be settled In the near future.
It is known that the officers at 'the Canton Government Treasury are adopting strong measures to end the strike, and a meeting by the owners of restaurants on Sun- day was broken up by officials, who arrested three of the most notable owners.
Postponement Asked.
The tax farmers appointed by
the Kwangtung Provincial Trea- surer are determined to see that the new regulation is enforced. The arrest of the three restaurant owners has caused much indigna-
NIGHT FLYING IN ENGLAND,
FACILITIES FOR PRIVATE OWNERS.
London, Sept. 8. The first public demonstration of night flying by privately-owned and Club light aeroplanes will, start to-morrow at Heston Air Park.
Until now, private flying by night
Subsequent speeches expressed general confidence In mandatory power and Mr. Procope's report
EASY WIN FOR THE AUSTRALIANS.
The Official Order,
Walsall
1 Bradford C.
1 Exeter
4 Swindon
1 Brentofrd
2 Brighton.
0. Crystal Pal
2 Notts. County
6. Torquay
3 Bournemouth
Third Division (North).
were badly burnt and sent to hos- Southend pital. When discovered hanging from the window's ledge, Ah Sin was shouting "Save the children!" Barrow
Ten-year-old Willy Yen most Chesterfield heroically carried bis baby brother Gateshead from the top floor through the Halifax smoke to a window, where he re- Rotherbaum
Firat mained with other Chinese until
The following is the order:--- "Nanking is the national capital of China. Here all evils tending to rescued. Thirteen-year-old. Robert encourage moral degradation must Yen was another hero. He roused Arsenal... be prohibited and suppressed, his mother, for whom he opened Aston Villa CRICKET CONFERENCE LOSE Dancing is an evil and not a the back door and then remounted Leicester
BY INNINGS.
healthy recreation. The practice of to the top floor and saw that it Chelsea
and dancing by men
women wus cleared of its occupants. He throughout the night is detriment- later died in hospital. . al to public health and public morality.
London, Sept. 8. The Australians beat the Cricket and resolution on Palestine were Club Conference by an innings and 41 runs. The Australians batted unanimously adopted.
at which on Saturday and made 278 (Brad- man 70, Kippax 63 and Woodfull
A private meeting sented was held
twenty-seven States were repre-.
at Geneva this 69). Brindley took five of the afternoon to consider M. Briand's Wickets for 71 and Nazeer Ali one proposals for a European Federa- for 52.
"It has been learned that some hotels and cafes in the capital have sold dancing tickets. This must be strictly prohibited so as to prevent tray This City Government of our young people from going as-
has been impossible, owing to lacktion. The delegates agreed that To-day, the Conference team was Nanking, the Comissioner of Pub- of facilities, but this week from further discussion of the scheme dismissed for 133, the only bats-lic Safety for Nanking and the nine o'clock until midnight each should take place later in the week man able to make anything of the Garrison Commissioner are hereby evening Heston Aerodrome will be at the League Assembly-British bowling belag Summers who scor-ordered to pay especial attention flood-lit and boundary lights will Wireless.
ed 63. Hurwood took half of the to festivities of this nature and mark its limits.
wickete for only 14 runs,
take prompt steps to prohibit and The Conference team followed on, suppress them.".
M. Briand recently prepared a Private owners will be able to fly fresh note on his scheme for a tion, and the strike agitators have their own planes, and dual control European Federation, the replies being dismissed this time for 104. sent telegrams to the Nanking machines will be available for ad received to his original suggestion Hornibrook took four wickets for Government asking for a postpone-vanced flying pupils to take instruc- showing that European nations: 37-Reuter.
tion in night flying-British Wire- differed on such matters as rela- The strike has .cast a dark less.
|tions with the Soviets, the main- shadow on pleasure-seeking cen-
tenance or revision of peace trea tres in Canton where only ten or
tles and; economic rivalries...
zent of the new law.
so of the big restaurants are still CHINESE EXPERTS ON
open. The latest news states that
even the minority are 'likely to join,
TEA GROWING.
1.
front
In the strike in one or two days, so as to show a united
to the Government,
Government passengers leaving
ANOTHER ENGAGED BY PERSIA.
Teheran, Sept. 8.-.
for Home on Saturday, September The Mediliss has authorised the
18, on the s.s. Mantua include Mr. engagement of another Chinese ex-
The opinion was expressed last month that discussion of the scheme at the League, Assembly was unavoidable, since Britain de- manded it and there was a general desire to consider the susceptibili- ties of the League.
Quarantine restrictions have been
TRAFFIC IN WOMEN & CHILDREN.
LEAGUE COMMISSION FOR THE EAST.
Geneva, Sept. 8." The Council of the League of Nations has agreed to despatch a commission of inquiry into the traffic of women and children in the East. The Japanese and Persian
their Governments-Reuter,
E. Larmour (P.W.D.), Mr. M. port on tea cultivation, making a imposed by Hongkong against ar- Booney (Prison), Mr. R. 9, Baker total of five Chinese no engaged.--| rivals from Manila on account of members promised the support of and Mrs. E. A. Baker (Police). Router.
| cholera."
GERMAN WOMEN WIN OLYMPIAD.
BRITISH ATHLETES TAKES. THIRD PLACE.
Prague Sept. 8... The third Women's Olympiad was won by Germany. The points scored were as follows:
Germany: Poland Britain
Japan
Sweden
Holland
AMERICAN TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIP.
TILDEN SECURES AN EASY VICTORY.
Middlesbro
Derby
Portsmouth
West Ham
Wednesday Birmingham
Sunderland Huddersfield
Leeds Liverpool Blackburn Bolton
Rochale
2 Crewe :
4 New Brighton
0 Doncaster
1 Wroxham
Division Table.
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pt
8 · 3 0 0 11
3 8 0 0 12
4 22. 07...
Forest Hill, Sept. 8. The following were the chief re- Newcastle sults of the second round of the Blackpool Men's Championship tennis singles: Manchester C
Tilden beat J. Armstrong 6/1, Manchester U. 3 0 6/1, 6/0.
Avory bent McAuliff 6/1, 6/1, 6/1.
Berkley Bell beat, Fritz Mercur| 6/1, 6/2, 1/6, 6/4. ·
Richard Williams (ex-champion) beat Lott 7/9, 7/5, 7/5, 6/1. Reuters American Service.
QUEEN MAUD OF NORWAY.
2 11 84 21 1.0
Second Division Table..
West Bram. Wolves Everton
Bury Preston N. Oldham
Bradford Stoke
Tottenham Bradford C.
Barnsley Port Vale Bristol C.
Chariton
57
AT PRESENT ON VISIT TO LONDON.
Swansea
Burnley
28.
Millwall
19.
13.
10.
9.
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3.3 0.0706
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London, Sept. 8. Southampton
Queen Maud of Norway arrived Notts Forest
at Newcastle, to-day from Bergen Plymouth-
and left by road for Sandringham,
-British Wireless,
4 21 1 1096 442110
452 0.2 17.
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128 10 3
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Cardiff
Reiding
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