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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933. BETAE BINGLE COFT 19 CENTS
$30.00 PER ANNUM
DUNLOP
is the
SAFEST TYRE
PLANS TO SPEED UP STAR FERRY SERVICES
ANTI-NAZI
ALLIANCE
POLITICAL TENSION IN GERMANY
GENERAL STRIKE THREATS
ECONOMIC WAR WITH
FREE STATE
EFFECT SHOWN IN FIGURES
London, Feb. 8.
It was stated in Parliament to-day that the Irish Free State, had already withheld sums amounting to £175,000 by 15th July, 1932, when the special } duties come into force.
The sums withheld between that date and 31st January, 1933, amount- led to £2,550,000, and-the revenue from the special duties and from the dalles under the Import Duties Art on goods Imported from the Irish
000-British Wireless,
COMMUNISTS READY FOR Bree State amounted in all to £1,870,-
BLOODSHED
(Special to "Telegraph")
(Dy Tragraph. Copyright, Telegraphia Messages Ordinance, 1881, floceived. February P. 11.10a.m.)
Berlin, Feb. 9.
Germany is quieter. There have been no political clashes of serious importance in the last twenty-four hours, although two victims of earlier clashes Cologne and Breslau have died of their injuries.
at
The death-roll since Hitler was appointed to the Chancellorship now stands nt forty.
1
ROWDY MOB IN DUBLIN
OPENING OF THE DAIL EIRRANN
HOSTILITY TO MR, COSGRAVE
(Special to "Tolograph") Two Nazia have been expelled
By Telegraph. Copyright Telegraphic from the party at Viersen because Menge Ordinance, 1891. deceived. February they seriously injured two police-3 ) mon in the recent disturbances,
ALLIANCE TALK.
Dublin, Feb. 9.
MUNITIONS
FOR EAST
INTERNATIONAL NICKEL RUMOURS
BOOM IN SHARES AT TORONTO
(Special to "Telograph")
Tdegraphic [ Telegraph. Copyright. Atoomger Ordinance, 1994. Zicerived, February 19. 12.05 "je,m.}
Toronto, Feb. 9.
Persistent rumours are in cir-
culation to the effect that the In-
ternational Nickel Company has
received large orders from the Far East for the supply of muni-
tions.
Although a formal denial of the reports has been issued by the general manager of the company, the outcome has been considerable excitement upon the Stock Ex- change, which has witnessed the largest volume of trading in the Company's shares for months past.
many
In the coarse of yesterday. eighteen thousand shares of the concern changed hands, the pries touching Gsin at the close, against an average price Intely of
about G$8.
The giant Fairey Napier monoplane which yesterday broke the world's distance flight record, achieving another
Aarial success for Britain.
AN EARLY CHALLENGE
FRENCH AIRMEN PREPARING
ITO START ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
Marseilles, Feb. 9, Fired by the success of the This was the chief feature of British R.A.F. fliers, the famous fliers, long-distance Rowdy scenes marked the the resumption yesterday of the French close of the Mass celebrated at boom in mining stocks, which in Baussoutrot and. Rossi, are un- One of the most talked of the Catholic Cathedral on the the past ten daya has reached aderstood to have decided to start level unparallelled since 1920, but immediately uper an attempt to possibilties of the moment is the occasion of the formal opening which was temporarily checked beat the Englishmen. formation of a working alllance of the Dail Eircana.
Tuesday by profit-taking.-Reuter". between the Socialists and the: Communists against their common enemy, Fascism, but there is wide gap in policy.
Huge crowds thronged the up- proaches to the Cathedral. Lend-
ing members of the Fianna Fail and of the opposition parties at- tended the service, and it Was The Communists advocate an when they were leaving the Cathe-} immediate general strike even atdral that the demonstration the risk of bloodshed, while the Leurred. Socialists are content to fight the
02-
forthcoming general election with The crowdl was largely anti-i alf the propaganda weapons the Cosgrave in character. Government will allow them.
VICTOR SMITH CRASHES
PLANE WRECKED IN DARKNESS
W
(Special to "Telegraph") Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphie Meanager Ordinance, 1894. Received, February
18.40 am)
Oran, Feb. 8. Victor Smith, the South African airman, met with a mishap here) to-day when attempting a landing in, the darkness.
Some of the wilder elements were mense- ing, but a large førre of police. BANK RATE REDUCTION?
prevented the threats from dere- The Reichsbank is reported to Poping into attacks upon Mr. Cos-2. be contemplating reducing the grave, this Lord Mayor of Dublin bank rate to three per cent, in and other leurling members of the order to support the Government's Opposition, who were hooted. policy of general reduction in
The crowd varied its cries ocen upon gilt-edged sionally, interspersing their abuse interest rates securities and similar issues.-
A crash landing resulted and of the opposition with shouts off the under-carriage and the pro Reuter.
Up de Valera!"-Renter,
pellor of his machine were smash- ed. Mr. Smith escaped unhurt,
It is learned from Dakar that Mr. J. A. Mollison has arrived at | Thies.-Reuter.
NATIONALISATION DEMAND. Berlin, Feb. 9. The Bavarian Diet has adopted Nazi motion demanding that the Government of the Reich nation- alise the big banking concerns for. the purpose of reducing interest
BACKBONE OF COUNTRY
rates und safeguarding the SMALL INVESTORS
Reich's subsidies to the banks. Reuter.
JAPANESE AIR DISASTER
BIG FLYING-BOAT CRASHES
Tokyo, Feb. 9, Developing engine trouble and none-diving into the sea, one of the Japanese Navy's latest and largest flying-onts plunged last night into Tokyo Bay.
NEW JAPANESE PROPOSALS
TO BE EXAMINED
TO-DAY
HOLD HUGE SUMS
London, Feb. 8. Sir Kingsley Wood, Postmasterį General, in a speech at Liverpool referred to the work of the Post!
London, Feb. 8.- Offce Savings Bank, which now The Secretary General of the hud over £300,000,000 standing to League of Natious at Geneven to- the credit of 10,000,000 depositors day received Japan's further pro- 1 in all parts of the United Kingposals for deltling the Sino-
dom.
Japanese dispute by concilation, Another £212,000,000 was held They will be considered by the
of In small investments of Govern- Committee
Nineteen ment stock, and to this could be Thursday-British Wireless. added £500,000,000 invested in Savings Cortiñentes, making a total of over £1,000,000,000 all held through the machinery of the Post Office,
On
Boussoutrot and Rossi are al- ready the holders of a remarkable
Boussatrot (left) and Rossi, the French airman, who have taken up the challenge to beat the dis tance record set up by British aviators yesterday,
OFFICER "SPY" CHARGE
MEMBER OF SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
London, Feb. 8. The War Oflice officially can- firms the Daily Express report that a British army officer has the been arrested, stating that officer Involved belongs to the Seaforth Highlanders.
He has been lodged In the Tower of London, the charge being an alleged offence under the Ocial Secrets Act.-Reuter,
MUTINEERS
AGAIN OFFER
DEBT DELEGATES
MOVING WITH TIMES
NEW SHIP: WIDER GANGWAYS
THE VEHICULAR”
TENDER
Presiding at the annual share- holders' meeting of the "Star" {Ferry Co., Ltd., to-day, the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson announced that, in order to speed up the Company's service, an order had been placed for a new ferryboat, which would be fitted with Diesel
Wider engines.
gangways, silent in operation, would also be fitted to the present boats.
new
Reference was also made to rumours that the Company had not been anxious to run the vehicular ferries, this being described by the Chairman as one of those half-truths which re-
PREMIER PLANNING TO quired elucidation.
GO TO AMERICA
Mr. Paterson outlined the main features of the Company's tender' for the vehicular service, which The suggested was a fair offer, and
Government a partner in the profits to the tune of one-half."
CABINET TALKS which would have made the
CONTINUE
CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH.. London, Feb. 9.
the Addressing the meeting. Reuter understands that the
Chairman said:-I am sure you SATMAKBARUNYAMA Government has made provisional will agree with me that the result arrangements for Mr. Ramsay of the working for the period un- Batisfactory. man (President of the Board of The nett earnings of the boats Trade) and Mr. Neville Chamber-show an increase of $40,543 over lain (Chancellor of the Ex. the previous year whilst the
Hess. The balance available for Mr. Neville Chamberlain's in-appropriation, including $31,876.87 SIGHTED OFF PORA clusion in the British delegation brought forward from last year, is $470,678.56 which your Directors which will take part in the war-
fol- recommend dealing with us ISLANDS
debt-economic negotiations is, how-lows:-Pay a dividend of $2 per
MacDonald, Mr. Walter Runci- der review is very
SURRENDER chequer) to proceed to Washing operating expenses were $6,800
STILL DEMAND GUARANTEES
ton.
over, subject to Budget exigencies,
The date of the departure has share, $100,000; pay a bonus of $3.50 per share, $280,000; carry not yet been fixed. There are forward, $39,578.56. also reports that Mr. Stanley Baldwin and Sir John Simon willin traffic, it was considered that In view of the steady Increase go, but the Foreign Minister is
another vessel was necessary likely to be kept exceedingly busy order to speed up the service. An with Geneva developments and it is probable that Mr. Baldwin will order has therefore been placed become acting Prime Minister in Building and Repairing Worka for with the South China Motoruhip Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's absence.
CABINET DISCUSSION.
in
Batavia, Feb. 9. The fugitive battleship De Zeven Provincien has been
a bont the same size and with sighted steaming at a speed
similar
passenger accommoda- of about seven knots along
The Cabinet Committee dealing tion as the existing vessels. This Diesel electric the coast of Sikobu or South with war debts held a further vessel will have
meeting this afternoon, when Sir (Continued on Pago 7.) world's record, a 6.667-miles flight
Pora Island. in a closed cfreuit,
None of the pursuing craft has Ronald Lindsay, the British Am- They have been waiting since succeeded in making direct contact basandor to America was present, September for a suitable oppor with the mutineers, who are now and another meeting will take tunity to dry and beat the Ameri-off the west coast of Sumatra, place to-morrow.
about six hundred miles from Experts of the Board of Trade can long-distance record. It has Batavia and about 1.200 miles are nearing the end of their sur been previously reported that from Sourabaya where other vey of Britain's financial and eco- when they take off their destina-matincers were recently arrested. nomic position, which will form
will probably be
South America.-Reuter.
tion
THE ARGENTINE
MISSION
ENTERTAINED BY PREMIER.
If the mutineers intend to put the background upon which Dri- into port, they will probably tain will hase their claim to wur] endeavour to evade the Dutch debt revision. naval forces until they reach Sourabaya.
CANCELLATION! Complete cancellation wl prob-i It is officially stated that aably be the first point urged upon frenewed offer to surrender upon the United States as a result of the terms laid down in their pre-the investigation, unless America vious message has been made by is prepared to accept payment in the mutineers in a fresh wireless goods and services.-Rinter and ntessage received by the com- British Wirclees. mander who is aboard a pursuing | vessel.
The message adds: Please in-
London, Feb. B. Dr. Julio Roca and other mem- bers of the special mission from form the higher authorities that TING CHAO TO BE the Argentine Government were there are no Communist leanings guents of the Prime Minister at among the crew. No violence is luncheon at 10, Downing Street intended. We planned only a pro- to-day.
test against the wage cuts and the
TRIED
ANOTHER CHINESE MISSION.
Milan. Feb. 9. A Chinese mission, composed of The Lieutenant-Commander and The small capitalists, he said, an Important Nauking offleial and This evening, a dinner was arrest of our comrades. Every~ CONSPIRACY AGAINST tvo petty officers were trapped in were in many respects the back-five students of military matters given in their honour by the thing aboard is all right. There the fuselage and drowned, but the bone
country. British have arrived here from China. Prime Minister at the Foreign have been no casualties.
Reuter, remaining seven members of the Wirelens. crow werd able to swim ashore- Renter.
SIR MILES NOW IN PEKING
PANCHAN LAMA
ARRIVES WITH THE
Peking, Feb. 9.
of the
BELFAST STRIKE TROUBLES
THREAT OF EXTENSION TO ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PORTS
Office. The guests word received Again, the offer has been re- by the Prime Minister and the jected and unconditional surrender Foreign Secretary:-British Wire-demanded. Reuter. less.
A.D.C.'S LATEST
CHOICE
MANCHUKUO
STIRRING STORY OF ESCAPE
VOLUNTEER' ARMY REACH, JEHOL
RETREAT FROM MANCHULI
越快
(Special to "Telegraph")
Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphie Mensapra Grilinance, 1894. Reprised. February 19. 18.40 a.m.)
Peking, Feb. 9.
A thrilling story of the pro- gress of an army of five thousand anti-Manchukuo Volunteers, by forced marches, from Manchuli, through Mongolin, to Jehol was related last night.
Harbin, Feb. 9, The story was told in an inter- Japanese sources report the ar-view by General Chang Pao-lin, rival hero of General Ting Chao, the commander of the Fourth Re- ex-Commandor of the C.E.R. giment of Volunteers,
The stirring account dealt with RAIN PROBABLE
guards, who came from Kiamusze in the fighting with the Japanese a Japanese military aeroplano un- during the drive against Manchull The anticyclone over North der escort with a few Japanese and told how five thousand of his· China has decreased slightly in officora.
men escaped from the Japanese nt intonalty. Moderate monsoon will It is understood he will be con Manchulf after Su Ping-woo had prevall over the China coast, and veyed to Changchun in a few days admitted ddfcat. the Northern China Sco. Local to face trial on charges of còn- AN ALL-FEMININE
The forecnat:-N. E. winds, moderate; spiracy against the State.
RAN GAUNTLET. London, Feb. 9. have been instructed not to un-
CAST
cloudy, probably some rain.
proceedings will be broadcast.
Chang Pao-lin declined to enter The Belfast railway strike has lond London, Midland and Scot-
Ting Chao retired from Harbin Soviet territory with Su Ping-wen's The Panchan Lama and Sir taken a more serious turn. Ittish Railway steamers running be Playguers will be glad to learn than sixteen characters,
on February 5, 1982, and until forces and not being a match for Milen Lampson arrived
tween Larno, Ulster, and Stran-that the Hongkong Amateur Dra- Headed by Louise Hampton, taken by the Japanese recently, has the Japanese force, ran the gaunt- the now threatens to involve the Len-raer, which are being loaded at matic Club han in active preparat the play had a long and morning from Nanking, thoir
most been one of the most active and lot of Japanese aeroplane attacks trains pulling in to the station don Midland and Scottish Railway the Ulster end by volunteer work-lon Aimice and Philip Stuarts successful run at the Criterion prominent opponents of Man-while making his way, with his within twenty minutes of aneh in a dispute.
ers and which are carrying perish-celebrated play "Nine 'till Six" Theatre, London, and was soon chukuo.Router Mr. C. T. Cramp, the Secretary able cargo.
mon, through Eastern Mongolia. which it is prongsad to present by many loenl residents who are
After a long and arduous march, Interviewed, the Panchan Lama of the National Union of Kallway Mr. Cramp threatened that at the King's Theatre on 14th, unanimous in their praise of it, A married woman, Chan Tal, aged] said he is not proposing to return Workers, stated in London to-day similar setion will be taken at 15th and 16th Marsh. Consider and happy in the A. D. C's selec. 28, of 197, Lalchikok Road, Shambal. the entire force of five thousand to Tibet for the time being, but that it was proposed to intensify other English and Scottish ports able interest is heine ovinced in tion. An excellent, cant has boon, was removed to the Kwong Wah men, recently, arrived inside the will proceed to Inner Mongolin the struggle by every means in to prevent the "black-logging of the undertal
we hell obtained. Further particulars of or opium poisoning bellaved to have now resting preparatory to carry- Hospital late last night, suffering North Johol border, where they are after a short stay In Peking the power of the N.U.I.
the Belfast railway workers, have the decided novelty of view the show in general will be hoen self-administered in an actempting on the fight against the Reuter.
sing an all-female cast of no less published in due course.
to commit suicide.
other.
Dockers at Stranraer, Scotland, | Router.
4
י.
Japanens. -Reuter,
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