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THE Y.M.C.A. Mock PARLIAMENT.
CONSERVATIVE TRIUMPH ON
SAFEGUARDING.
AIDS TO INDUSTRY.
The Conservative Government, ut the Y.M.C.A. Parliament scored a big and totally unexpected, triumph laat night, when it gained the con- Adence of the Ilouse on the third reading of the Safeguarding of In- dustry Act, 1930, the 13 being ne cepted by 24 votes fo'3,
were
The Opposition benches singularly empty, and the Govern- ment, making every us of the position experienced no dißßeulty on the division.
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CAPTAIN DOLLAR İN CANTON.
ENTERTAINED BY ACTING MAYOR.
Canton, Nov.123 The veteran shipping magnate, Captain Robert Dollar,s t prezent on a visit to Canton, lie arrived here from Honghook you torday morning and leaves avalt this afternoon.
THE
HONGKONG
HIRUNDO PIRACY
STORIES.
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1930.
OFFICERS TAKEN COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE.
CAPTAIN'S VERSION.
to the story of the pirney of the There is not a great deal to add This Captain | Norwegitin Dollars first visit to Canton for which we reported in our issue
teamer Hirundst thirty years.
yesterday. It appears that the
As anticipated, the Bill provided a debate on the unemployment pre-
The party were entertained to blem, the feature of the speeches tithe yesterday by Mr. Li at the being their serious construction Municipal Bureau, Mr. Li being and a general endeavour of the
The neilt Mayor f Canton part of the "lose" to treat the
during the bonke in Sanking of whole question with that dignity Mr. Lam Wen-koi. Other guests and repest which the cabinet de-at the tin included Mr. J. W.
rowded.
Premier's Speech
Bar
China
ARMISTICE DAY IN
CANTON.
EX-SERVICE MEN ATTEND CHURCH SERVICE.
THE KUOMINTANG CONFERENCE.
MUKDEN LEADER TO MAKE NO PROPOSALS.
Canton, Nov. 12, Armintice Day was observed here yesterday. The foreign firms WILL OBEY NANKING. and banks were closed to business foreign gunboata in port and dressed ship.
of Shameen and a collection was Poppies were sold on the strest taken ongst the British firms
Nanking. Nov. 13. Marshal Chang Hsueh-Hang, the Makden leader, attended Fourth Plenary Session to-day merely to supply information re-
Captain Dollar in acerupanied | Dirates numbered tavalye thaR. and residents in lieu of the usual garding affairs in North China. tieneral Manager of the Dollar erted move to take control of the The ex-Service men gallinred at the Government's orders regarding | by Mr. O. G. Steen, of Shanghai, when they made a co-aution held in the Canton Club, it is stated that he will carry out Steamship Line in the Far East, Veel it was realled that resis
the Canton Masonic Club in the military reorganisation. would be useless. Mr. T. R. Wilson, Manager of the
The pirates did not molest any ed together to Christ Chureli morning and afterwards preceed- Hongkong elice. of the Dollar
of the officers or passengers,
The Young Marshal is not, it is Steamship Liner and Mr. W. P
Shameen, where special Armis-understond, making any proposalr Arndt, Manager of the Canton did they fourh the cargo.
They tice Day service was held, it very regarding political contepted themselves with
and offier.
sacking the
party rant Inspiring address being made by cabins and
matters. Benter, robbingt the passengers of their belongings, the Rev. Mr. Foster. In the even-
well as taking
Shanghai, Nov. 13. sum of $2,000 in the ex-Service men dined to- gether at the residence of Mr. G.
According to Chinese reports from the ship's safe.
Their total. D. D. Wolf.
General Chang Ifsuch-liang, who haul is estimated at $4,000,
is representing the Manchurian Captain's Story
The exact amount realised by Government at the Fourth Knomin. the sale of poppies and the col-tang Plenary Session, will make no "My first experience of piracyiminary estimmtes put the amount ference, but will merely discuss
lection is not yet known, but pre-recommendations Kadbundin, Comul-General for the after alght years of the
10 the Con- United States of Amerlen, Mr. T. Const; I hope it's my last," laugh in the neighbourhood of $3,000. the outstanding issues S. Wong, Cramissioner of Forest Captain John A. Pederseys, the high in about 3800 more than last China with Marshal Chiang Kai- in North
Mr. C. Carruthers
Pri Affairs Mr. Y. K. Luk, Comunis master of the Himado,
This was year.
lak. The two Commanders enn- Minister, introduced the Bill, when nioner of Education; and many his arst trip on the ship, since his To-day in niso a holiday, being ferred in exmera at the residence be said that the Government Tonk, father distinstisho Chinese return fram long leave, and he the anniversary of the birthday of ed upon the protection of home
Other Fan
of Marshal Chiang for two hours) leading bad taken hin young wife 10
with the Inte Dr. Sun Yat-sen. All last evening. manufactured gunds as the prin
mendees of the American cam- him.
Chinese banka, firms, and Govern elpal method of solving the unem
munity here.
"The first intinuation I had that ment departments, including the things were going
wrong was Chinese Maritime Customs, when I heart a lot of shouting osed. Entertainments have been
nature
and Chinese newspaper correspon- Open-air theatres, firework displays, trdents some time next work, when whilst the usual cinemas and he will take the opportunity of theatres have been instructed to disclosing the future policy of the charge half rates to-day, The Manchurian ernment in the foreign and Chinese gunboats in administration part have dressed ship, and the Tientsin and also comment on the Peking and Chiarse National and Kimintang relations between Nanking and) flags are tying from all bußding Mukden. General Chang
Fur China Correspondent.
wil leave. Nanking on Thursday next to pay a short trip to Hangehow, the famous resurt near Shanghai. utter which he will return to Nan- king to attend the Disbandment. Conference,
... as
Captain Robert DaBar has made number of business calls during
Future Policy.
The young Manchurian rater
ployment problem. The anem a ment dures for the United Kin his stay here, and will today be and banging down on the main arranged for the public in Une will give a reception to foreign)
dom ven
up for {i":vai}
L
WHA
quarter milliour which Regany, left them by the Rt. Hon. the Leader of the Optention. They would not place the entire blame of the problem upon the late Ladour Governmeat, but there
wa- no
doubt that it had grown and bad in fart doubled itwelt der Labour
ule.
Whe
After outlining the chic cause of the present a hectome perti tion of British industry, which the Prime Minister related primarily the effect [ Foreign nations munafacturing their own. goods and dumping them in the Home markets, he went on to show the need of safeguarding British inslustry and helping to put it in a position once more enmpetist on fair terms with other enuntries. He contended that countries such an Germany, Frauer, Poland, eie.. were mamfacturing gems and self- ang them in Barbord for less than tire cont price at the Ensling paradtac tinn, and they were doing that the expense of these workers who wer being sweal ol for their '- lur.
C
I would 1 both an unfriendly
bod amponsible pu
poof at Jorviga, perd
aubrah, began,
but they propa.cd a policy to pro teel bome manufactures by the im-
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entertained by the Chamber 1'onuberee Chines
haukong parvientr to hir departure
the afternoon then respondent.
CYCLONE HAVOC IN BURMA.
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
DESTROYED
Rangoon. Nov
1.
of deck, just after eight bella hat! intruck, he sald. "I thought for I was a fight and hurried down the companionway to stop it. Down There I saw the Tard Offeer bold up by a Chinese with a revolver, and I was just about to wing out when something radi Ite Took
Is reported that the town of Kynukpen, in Lower Burma, wan dentroyed by a evelone on Novem ser 10.
No loss of life is reported, but details are lacking owing to the collapse of telegraphie communi- vationa.- foruter,
later.
As far as la at present known, two ware killed at Kyaukpy
Government buildings, the bazaar resul of the cyclone, and
and the pier were completěly destenyed – Router.
Home Secretary Replies.
Rey Walton Rogers
+ Borac
sition of an import tarif. That Secretary) said I had listened in was not a policy of pampering the sain in the verbiage t
industrialist, such as was in expposition speeches to get some tence in Australia and Ameries, ides of a constructive policy to but one to take up the differene between the lower price of the Bit before the House. Mr. Moore
put in place of the admirabl foreign article and the higher prior wanted them to encourage private of the oft-times better British
enterprisy. How could they do that better than by letting the mon Whack prodare know that They mould do
without bring subject to further unfair 177- petition
With
To Accelerate Production. The effect upon industry would be to accelerate production, which
Free Trade, was very unlike the policies of the well, but let them first have fair Liberal and Labour parties which trade, and then they would have only took money from the national something by which they could exchenter without putting any negotiate with other countries back. Such was a policy of bank- for the discontinuance of their ruptcy.
high would remind them that it
protective barriers, He was paly fools and the dead who never changed their
minds. The Home Secretary went on to show how the her, silk and motor industries had benefitted under tax WHE placed the increasedaties imposed in 1925, and con- would be next to nil and the rest eluded by saying that one could not rest would show an almost imper-help being impressed with the ceptible rise.
poverty of the Opposition or Bients.
The adoption of aufeguards for industry would show very little alteration in the prices. In the
of eage luxury articles. the goods might cost more, but on goods
.which a
cent.
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THE "TELEGRAPH ART SUPPLEMENT.
Topient Pictures For To-morrow.
There will again be an in teresting display of topical pictures in to-morrow's inse of the Telegraph Art Supple- ment.
Particularly interesting will L the pictures
of Mrs. Bruce's arrivarat Kai Tack. and the Armistice Day cere- moules at the Cenotaph.
Weddings illustrated will
I those of Mr. F. W. S. Smith and Miss Elsie Earl, Mr. I. C. Thomas
and Miss Madge Clark, Q. M. S. Peachey and Miss D. Dyer, and Mr. P. Lai and Miss May
Tam. Sporting pictures will in- rlude the S.C.A.A. athletic meeting and the fast Race Meetings, as well as groups of S.C.A.A. swimmers and the Radio Sports Club foot- ball team.
The departure of Rear-Ad- miral R. A. Hill from Queen's Pier will he illustrated,
wall as the Union Church fele at the K.C.C. and the laying of the foundation-stone of the La Salle College by ILE. the Governor.
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SOME EXTRACTS FROM. THE “TELEGRAPH FILES.
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The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for week ended November 18th, 1999,
now
of
Prominest members of the Con- sular Body in Nanking and Shang- hai and some of the Ministers to China
visiting Xanking. (gether with aft Commissioners of the Kuomintang C.E.C. and heads of the Nanking Government
The rate of the dollar on de Departments, have been invited by mand was 1s. 8. 13/1G4.
Mr. F. H. May, Colonial Secre tary, received a Knighthood in the King's Birthday Пlortours.
*
Marshat and Madame Chiang Kai- shek to il banquet to-morrow evening in honour <>1 General Chang Hauch-liang.
Sir
The British Minister to China, Miles Lampson, is leaving Peking to-day for Nanking
in
The wedding took place at SL. John's Cathedral of Llont. A. N. attend the big Nationalist meeting Paxton and Min Florence Gar-celebrating the victory of Marshal trade Dennys.
The Portuguese
and
Chinese Commissioners failed to reach an agreement in regard to the de Jimitation of Macao. unc the negotiations were accordingly sus pended.
:
Chiang Kai-shek in his Northern campaign. The acting Japanese Minister to Peking will be leaving!
about the same time as the British Minister,
Committees Appòînted,
Nanking, Nov. 1. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek thin morning was elected chairman of round and saw a couple of men
the Fourth Plenary Session. Five) holding up the Second Officer, That committeen were appointed to was the end of it, as far as wemitted to the session for consi- examine numerous proposals, sub- were concerned. Until the pirates
cers.
his
revolver
left the ship, we were at revolver deration. It was officially stated point the whole time. I was ur-that the Plenary Session is to last, dered to the cock's cabin and five days, closing on Noveraber spent most of the night there 18 round, and I saw two more artnet
with the other engineers and at- Dr. C. T. Wang was elected a Chinese coming up. There
One of the pirates stood in full member of the C.E.C. He nothing else to do but to submit. the doorway the whole time with formerly was only a substitute My wife, who came running down turn below early in the morn
drawn. I took member. after me, was also caught,
It is stated that among the pro- "I could see at once that realat-
ing, and was not guarded, but posals tabled by Chiang Kai-shek ance was useless, and then the The pirates had complete run of tion of the portfolios for Agricul
what was the use of resisting? in one suggesting the amalgama- two engineers were marched a caz cabin and took about $200 worth Commerce and Labour, as one nist and second officers and the the ship. They went through myture and Mines, and Industry, and they had the whole lot of of mentry and valuables.
red
Ministry, and the Ministries of Public Health and of the Interior Guarded on Deck
Shots Woke Hint.
as another, thus abolishing two Other Speeches,
"That's about all thera is to
Mr. John Stensland, the Second Ministries. Sima
Engineer, was Leader of the tell. My wife and I were sent up
sleeping on the
It is stated that Chiang will "The sound of the Executivo Yun to milairs also propose limiting the powers Secretary, with having provided one man kent guard over us, while of a couple of shots awoke me.“
he said, "and Mr. Moore (Liberal) said the them with a comic opera specensent somewhere plac. When night the side of the bed, with a revol
the officers and engineers
found a Chinese at Concerning the Miniatrics, all poli- and described it as a "packet at
tical matters being dealt with by Lo hailing speech of apunogy the submitted that these contended that if the Go while my wife was sent to the fired the shots over me to wake
came, I was ordered to the bridge,ver in his hand. think he had the State Council, Britisa Empire was built up on ennent was to realise £30,000,000 chart house nearby. We were not cabin and the Third Engineer's. Free Trade and it now stood as from the duties,
Executive Chairmanship, me. I watched them loot my then it must allowed to talk and
had to watch Country Witose fundamental either come from the foreigners.
It is believed policy was that of the open door, which would mean that they would far belongings being pulled shout The pirate who did it must have will requested that the session
by the pirates, without a
been word
The Government estimated that the revenue to be obtained from The import duties would te £50,000,000 a year, which would he
M:.
ved to lessen Inrdens on industry. † Opposition) taunted the Home to a corner of the bridge deck and deck at eight bells.
listened
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Opposition Views,
our
were
The Government proposed to hedge (till be seling in England, or it we lost all our valuables includd. duannoyed, for he kicked the the chairmanship of the Executive
all over the cable.
since the death of Tan Yen-kus. Yuan, which has been vacant
Representatives of
various sion to remove Ho Chien from the Hunan bodic petitioned the ses
petition is being discussed.
Thin
This morning Chang Hsuch-lang ference of the Fourth Plenary Sex- attended the preparatory con-
sion-Reuter.
their industries round; and to must be taken from the taxpayers. ing jewellery and watches, valued panel in. Altogether they took of the Third's and smashed a suggest that a tax on pig iron was Mr. A, R. Brown (Liberal) re-
problem was ridiculous nonsense. dressed up again as lamb, and clothing, although it was strewn | Fredericksen, Chief Ocer, five of chairmanship of Hunan. going to solve the unemployment garded the Bill as "old mutton together at $200, I should say about $70 worth of my money and
They did not take any
of our private property."
According to Mr. Frederick He reminded the House that the aid that they would have to em- problem was purely economic, and ploy another army of tax-collec. must be viewed from that stand-tors to deal with the suggested and as soon as they had left the Hirundo at Hongkong. "I re- "They did not lay handa on us, the pirates had boarded the point.
They wanted to open their new revenue.
ship at Mira Bay, we were able to cognised them as soon as they took doors, take their goods into the Mr. E. R. Price (Pruittent of carry on" as usual,"
command of the ship," he told the Colonics and spend money,
Bourd of Trade) replied on
"I was completely nur- advertising their goods, hey behalf of the Government, in The which he repudiated the sugges.
Mrs. Pedersen's Ordent."
and never had a chance to must encourage private enterprise
There was and organise labour to deal with
that the taxpayers would Pedersen that night, although a Kildal, Second Omeer, and Mr. tion
no sleep for Mrs.
realot." have to pay for all of the fifty showed little higns
Similar stories were told by Mr. the question. They coult Not
yesterday millions of new encourage private enterprise be-
revenue, and hind closed doors.
pointed out
morning of the ordeal she
Lovas. Third Officer. The latter had that, in any Cine,
the aid that although his cabin was gone through. She spent
ransacked, the pirates missed a 171 small amount of money, but they
took his watch.
the
now
to her.
"I was on the bridge when the
TRAFFIC CASES IN COURT.
Mr. G. F. Rera fabour) com worth of foreign manufacturers one of the piraton, revolver
it would mean that the £50,000,000 night in the chart house, with plained that the Bill was prema ture and that not sufletent time which were
Beeding our his hand, keeping close guard over
CUTTING IN 'ACROSS A had been given to the considera- markets, would be abic
TRAMCAR. tion of details. Instend of capture and thun allow Like the other officers and eg- attack enme," he declared, "and bolntoring up industry, they should 2150,000,000 to be circainted for incers, Mr. M. Kristensen, the when I felt something poked in Pressing charge of negligent seek pat new. markets in South the assistance of industry.
Chief Engineer, was taken The flouse, aubsequently divided pletuly-by, surprise, and closely tree armed Chino natura, the Central Pollee Court this mor
looked round to find driving against
a Chinese car con- my back,
driver, Traffic Sergeant Baker, at ment should have set up an
They marched me downstairs, and economic conference of outsido
securing the necessary authorities, as the Government journed until the second Thurs-
confidence. The House had no economie authorities on its day In December. benches.
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its emergency brake to avoid a ing Police Sergeant who had collision. The affair occurred at called upon him to stop, a further
fine of $15 was infilleted. 4 pm, on the lat instant.
America and China. The Govern the motion, the Government guarded an he was, could de 10 Inter we were joined by the other ning, said tho màn cut.neroan the ing two in excess of the number official
Votes of was ad-
thing.
A fine of $20 was inflicted by The Police Sergeant prosecut the Magistrate (Mr. Lindsell).
Ing in the case in giving the time Carrying eight passengers, be of the offence, lapsed into the expression by saying: 20.66 hours."
in English, The Magistrate (Mr. Lándgell); The Sargeant:At 8:55 pm
"I was on deck chatting with Europeans, who were also guard-road, with a view to going up permitted, a public car driver at the Chief Officer, when I frat hearded. We spent the night in the Garden Road, in front of an chat- Lindsell at the Central Polfee Balwanhao was fined $10 by Mr. the noise," he said. "We looked cook's cabin, and that's all I saw." bound tram, which, and to apply Dourt this morning. For disobey.
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