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THOMAS EDISON SINKING,
WORLD FAMOUS
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DEATH A MATTER
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New York, Oct. 6. Mr. Thomas A. Edison, the world-famous inventor gradually sinking at his home in West Orange, New Jersey. He passed a fair aight. but he refused to pat to-day and has Tel:sed into consciousness,
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EA WATENT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1931.
日六廿月八
PREMIER TO FIGHT SEAHAM.
RETAINING LABOUR
PARTY LABEL,
NEW HOUSE TO MEET ON NOVEMBER 10.
QUICK CAMPAIGN.
PARLIAMENT is being dissolved to-day.
The
General Election will take place on October 27. |
Britain has seldom aince the War been so keenly interested in poli- tical developments as it is to-day. Our photo shows a crowd outside the Houses of Parliament,
The new House of Commons will meet on November TIFF IN THE AN AGGRAVATED
10. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will contest his present constituency, Seaham Harbour. These are the salient features of the news from the British political front this morning.
The Prime Minister's Manifesto to the Nation will! not be issued until after the Dissolution. The National Government's campaign will be launched by Mr. Stan- by Baldwin at Biriningham on Friday.
CORTES.
TAXPAYER.
Premier Resigns & GOVERNMENT
Changes Mind.
SALARIES.
Madrid, Oct. 6. STRONG PROTEST
The Prime Minister of the Re-
into conflict.
Much speculation is current regarding the Govern-public to-day came ment's plans for fighting the constituencies. An with the Cortes, resigned his post, attempt will be made to avoid three-cornered contests) and later withdrew his resignation. where there is a danger of an Opposition Labour candi-
An incident arose in the course!
To the Editor, Hongkont
Telegraph.}
SirMuch as the long-unlacre-
of the sitting of the Cortes. The mented, salary-reduced mercantile
$M PER
ANNUM
BINOLA COLY 10 CENTS
PORT
FORT DUNLOP
LOCAL BRANCH.
Padder Bldg.
WORLD CRISIS: DRAMATIC U.S.
MOVE DOES NOT MATERIALISE.
The Prime Minister leaving No. 10 to seek audience with the King.
NAVAL PAY CUTS.
STATEMENT IF ANY, DELAYED.
MORATORIUM RUMOURS.
GREAT BRITAIN'S POSITION.
Washington, Oct. 6. Expectations of a dramatic move by the United States in an effort to break the current worldwide trade depression were not fulfilled to-day.
The plans of President Hoover. the nature of the supposed an- nouncement, and the real purpose of the conference between the President and four of the country's most powerful financiers, are | wrapped in mystery at the moment.
The only thing clear is that President Hoover will make no statement on the Administration's efforts to remedy the economic crisis until to-morrow,
A
conference of politicians assembled at White House this evening, and it is understood that le dealt principally with the. domestic
situation, The stently Increase of unemployment.. The Burapean situation was undoubt- edly also considered, but from what
{tion.
Labour constituencies there will probably be front Ministeria bench, took histerly, the increased financial bur- date obtaining election on a minority vote. In each Prime Minister left his sent on the employee resents, and resents bit- ATLANTIC FLEE Mangle there is no definite indica- straight fight between Mr. Henderson's nominee and
National Government nominee.
CONSERVATIVES ENTHUSIASTIC.
Brandon, Met. fi
Friday wika Mr. Bafilin
a
a
seat among the Deputies and said dens forced upon him by un auto- REASSEMBLING.
he had resigned.
Later.
leratie and unfeeling authority. it
Wall Street Caution.
It appears that Senor Zamora's is, if he is a man endowed with normal ratiocinative faculties, the resignation followed a dispute with Canvernment's silly, puerile, futile, New Issue Raised trim will be decided upon as
the Constitutional Committee in the illogical exenses which aggravate. rosiese eľ a debate on the Article of tantalise and hurt him most--that The Constituliran providing for the are to him, if he is at all logically !
fall.
Take
the
Government
$1 is now othicially andraced fisat dresses the me meeting at Berdeal socialisation of private proinded, indeed the unkindest ents
ferty. Parlianum will be dissolved tos mingham Town Hall. ARRTOW, Nomination Day will be tober 16, and Polling Day Delo- ber 27, three weeks hence,
The new Parliament will meet For the first time on November 10. Arrangements have thus be made i redige the delay incurred by the General Election to the minimum allowed by constitutional procedure, Premier's Manifesta.
The dynamo with armature of After Parliament has been dis- Ameriran I solved to-morrow the Prime Minis- ter will issue a Mamfasto to the Nation, in which he will ask for a free band to deal with any situation which may arise by any methods which appear most effective.
No Longer Safe To Be A Pig!
ANTI-JAPANESE CAMPAIGN.
The lenders of the other parties' will send out appeals resporaling to that of the Prime Minister and within its terms."
Conservative Satisfaction.
PREMIER TO FIGHT
SEAHAM.
As a Labour Candidate.
By Protest.
Wall Street believes that the | rumours that an offer to extend the
ja result of the conference are, at Henst, premature,
it is known, of course, that Mr." Andrew Mellon
favour of an
two
London, Oct. 6.
extension for a further In the House of Commons to-years. The Chamberlain, i pro day. Sir Austen
rumour that the political A member of the Committee at ftagonist's one and only on basic the First Lord of the Admiralty conference was called to deal with tarked Senor Zatorn, whereupon bjargument-the one which, claiming stated that it Was not moratorium decision s. of resigned. 19 withdrew after such a vast and preposterous dif-the intention of the Ad-course, based on the fact that it conciliatory, speech by the Speaker, ferener as between the dollar remiralty to set up any further conference called before the an- bears all the sale marks as the Mr. Ramsay MacDonald hud Senor Besteiro, and a vote of confi-meration of Civil Servants and decided to decline the invitations fence had been passed with the members of other sections of the Committee of Inquiry into the nouncement of the one year mora of Sunderland and Gateshead, and warmest applause, -- Reister,
community, lies all the time at the recent events in the Navy, when torium,--Reuters American Ser- back of their minds, ie. that owing dissatisfaction was expressed at vize, to again fight his present consti
to the sanctity of contracts,
the cuts in pay. tuenry, Srabam,
matter how low the dollar may drop, IN the Civil Servant is entitled to the ¦ full dolor equivalent of his sterling paolory.
He stated to-day Labour member. I shall fght us! a Labour candidate,**
BRITISH YOUTH
TROUBLE.
Despite the resolution of the! local dehgates' meeting; passed i by majority of one, disapproving, his action in becoming head of THEFT OF WALLET IN
the National Government, he has been again nominated ng a can- diate and is assured of support.
The Premier snid to-day:- -"I shall use the colours of the Labouri Party in whatever constituency 1: go."
During the next three
weeks'
The Conservative satisfaction with the National Government's ; campaign he will speak in cretion division was ungistakably several constituencies besides his
SHANGHAI.
Representations made with re-
enxe
Sweeping Mensures,
Washington, later. Sweeping mensures to financial credits were advocated by President Hoover it an ex- traordinary session at the White House attended by the highest officials. Reuter's American Servier.
International Measures,
gard to pay and pensions, at the inquiries held in Home ports, tosi gether with communications re-j ceived from the Commanders-in- When Vows May Be Broken.
Chief in foreign stationa. had Now the classical story of the been the subject of careful con- victorious returning general who, sideration, and Fleet Orders in- in order to keep his word, sacrificed nouncing the decisions reached, | his only daughter, has been accepi-n a result of these representa- ed alt down the ages as illustrative tions, lud now been published. (Our Own Correspondent).
of the fact that there's a time to The ships of the Atlantic Fleet.
The Rt. Hon. Mr. J. H. Thomas, break a vow, as well as a time to which had remained at Home Shanghai, Oct. 6. | |****
į kerp it. All students of ethics are ports to facilitate the holding of Secretary for the Dominions, in an interview to-day, emphasised the nce of an these inquiries, would reassemble worldwide nature of the economic aware that the occurrence Joseph Michael Compton. an unanticipatible and unforseenble at an early date and continue crisis and expressed the view that unemployed British youth, only event renders a vow null and void their exercises.
International measures would sixteen years of age, was remand. The chasm as between the spenting
Representation Methods. pltimately prove essential. saving) capacities of Civil
The Admiralty were carefully Statesmen of the world must the British Court yesterday,
Servants
in the methods at present open in reparations, war debts and cur so what, changes were necessary of the trouble, which were rooted
to the men of the Navy for mak-reney problems. ing representations as to Service One of the first duties of the New
Government conditions.--British Wireless.
would be to apply themselves to these international
demonstrate al a meeting of Con- own, including that of his son,ed in custody until Thursday inland and others, created by the considering whether any, and, if address themselves to the origins
The enthusiasm increased as the meeting continued and a vote of confidence was passed with acclamu-
Anti-Japanese feeling took a new and extraordinary form among the villagers of Mui Kong Tau, in the Hong Hau Dis trict on the mainland opposite Shaakiwan, yesterday, where a tion. crowd of Chinese slaughtered a number of pigs in the belief that they were of Japanese origin.
Birmingham Meeting.
works to
servative members of the House of Malcolm MacDonald, and that of Commons, addressed by Mr. Stanley Mr. J. II. Thomas, the Dominions: The case which came before variation in the dollar's worth. Baldwin.
Secretary, who despite the attitude Registrar Haines arose out of the was such an event-and full well of the local Labour Executive, will theft of a wallet containing $290 the Government know it, us enti be again contest Derby,
in notes from Mr. C. W. Cunning-seen. Sir, by reference to your files ham, who resides at Carter Rond, as regards times when the exchange Last Senham Election,
Compton pleaded guilty to the | fate was against them. Seaham has a live register of charge, and his possessions, a Yes, the sanctity of contracts in aver 58,800 voters, of whom 49.13%) walch, and a silver eigarette case. right-when it Mr. Baldwin will address the fir-pulted at the 1929 election when were handed to the Court Police your advantage. If therefore, the mingham Conservatives on Friday the Prime Minister obtained the who were requested to value sunte. Government think that any setting A report of the incident, was and intends to urge the need for Na-Liggest majority of the whole cam-Compton also tendered a $10 note forth of putative "hardships" and made to the Shaukiwan Police tional Unity and a National Govern-
hypothetical "foregoings" of salary Station by Cheng Sau, of Mui ment at this time. It is probable/paign, winning by 28,794 from the as part of his attempt at restitused on false assumptions and!
unethical Kwong Tau Village, who stated that some arrangements will be Conservative.
Is going ргелинов,
to LOCAL EXCHANGE that at about 10 p.m. last night
hoodwink the unfortunate com- some twenty men entered a pig
mercial employee and reconcile him from his scanty and sadly- sty and commenced to slaughter
reduced carnings to further pilo 97 pigs which they said were of Japanese origin.
They belonged to Li Kiu. 程 pig' dealer of the Saiwanho market.
LONDON STOCK MARKET.
ACTIVE BUYING FOR INVESTMENT.
London, Oct. 6.
The outstanding feature at the close of the Stock Markets to-day was the substantini improvement recorded in leading British funds, following on ronewed Investment
buying, together with a sharp re- covery in the sterling rate,
made in the constituencies to avoid.
The figures were:
three-cornered contests. Such an J. R. MacDonald (Lab.)` .. 36,älä arrangement will largely depend W. A, Fearnley- upon the local conditions.
Whittingstall (Con.)
A. Instans (Lib.)
It is understood that wille the Liberal Ministers unanimously ac. Politt (Cont.) quiesce in the appeal to the country
and have the approval of most
Liberals
in Parlament for
the
Lub reuj.
tion.
4,821 6,266
PEAK TRAMWAY BURGLARY..
1.431.
28,794
STOLEN EQUIPMENT
support they are giving to Mr. It is interesting to note that the MacDonald and the National Conservatives polled 11,776 on a Government, the views of Mr. Lloyd | register of 43,000 in 1924. George remain unchanged. He din- approves of an election at the present time and of the action taken by Liberal Ministers,
Anti-Profiteering Bill.
to
RECOVERED.
SILVER DOWN IN Government's work.. Mr. Thomas
LONDON.
STEADIER.
As to the Imperial aspect of the
auid he hoped the National Govern- ment's Empire polley would alm at making a fuller use
of the
| Empire's immense resources,
Impregnable Position,
He expressed complute COEL
in
Silver dropped 3/8ths in Lon-fidence that the United Kingdom up the savings accounts of those don yesterday and the local dollar was in no danger of losing her who, even before the unjustified dropped in sympathy this morn-financini supremacy. Those who 1930 increases, were in receipt of ing to Is, 2d. The silver rate in indulged doubts might be a salary scale much, larger than New York remained unchanged. reassured by considering the post- hik
to the own, they are indeed
The local exchange market was tion before Britain returned sadly mistaken.
rather wenkor yesterday afternoon, Gold Standard in 1925. It was for- but was steadfor this morning, found then that we did not Business was done at 1a. 2 7/8ths. folt our position to the United with inclinations to go higher. States or to any other country, Shanghai was also steady, possibly because our now ledgang. In tand
Sino-Japanese develop national commerce finance
traditions and the connexions bullt cross-rate with | up for over half century were more from 3.83 to Important than the relation of our
currency to gold.
The Right Barometer."
Wealthiest in Europe.
A burglary was committed at the upper Peak Tramway offices
Then on to the contention that some time during Monday night London, Oct. 6. and
a quantity of conductora mercantile Arma are not a
barometer which to set Govern.
by The House of Commons to-day equipment to the value of The Premier hopes to continue to
over ment procedure! What flame, laments. Indian gave a third reading to the Foot-$100 stolen.
The sterling keep in touch with the
in the entrepot of the the Far East New York went Mr. A. Andrews, chiof inspector whose life-blood is trade, other 3.90% yesterday. Round Table Conference during stuffe (Prevention of Exploita- the next three weeks, and this will tion) all, after agreeing to an of the Company, has reported to than mercantile so well afford a antall his remaining in London for increase in the cash penalty for the police that during Monday proper standard? Surely none.
£100 from
1800, night some-one entered his office They, and they alone, are the real Offenders will be liable to the at the upper station by breaking standard-and that too as regards
Our temporary diflculty must Premier to Broadcast. alternative of three months in the typhoon shutters and two panes scale as well as method of pay that the verthorn typhoon is about of our position. We have been for The Royal Observatory reports not obscuro the essential strength The Prime Minister will broad-prisonment or both.--.
The obiect of the Bill is to em. of glass.mónt not those, ing receipt"
Tramway conductors' equipment monopolies or are in à position to 600 miles E.N.E. of Aparri, moving over a century and we remain, the tion, using all transmitters, at 9.20 poor the President of the Board to the value of $102 was stolen, make money regardless of ethical N.E. The castern typhoon is 200 wealthiest country in Europe,
Our foreign trade is greater, p.m. to-morrow, but the actual first of Trade to prevent attempts at but the property was subsequently principles or economic realities. milos to 800 miles west of Guan shot in the National Goverment's with a view to forcing up prices.-
the "cornering" of commeditlos recovered by the police on the Wan over a contention so inane moving. W.N.W. There are in than that of any other European; 2 platform campaign will be fired on } Router."
thillside.
(Continued on Page 4) dications of a depression B.W. of country. Our
the Paracels.
(Continued on PASAYONA
a few days.
War loan Five Fer-Cents were cast an election address to the na-
Anally quoted one and half points
Ap ay quoted one and hertation
descriptions closed firmer.- British Wireless,
WEATHER REPORT.