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No. 14044
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Mr. Neville Chamberlain's Hint During Commons
SOVIET SHOOTING
INCIDENT
Arrest of Frontier
Guards
Moscow, July 10.
Debate on Conference
STABILISATION SNAGS
The frontier guards who DISTURBING EFFECT ON
shot the three Japanese fishermen at Kamchatka, off Cape Olga, have been arrested. The chief of the Kamchatka frontier guards is also reported to have Investiga- been arrested."
tion into the actions of the guards is now being con- ducted.-Reuter,
PORTUGAL SWOOPS
PLOTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT
THREE
IMPORTANT ARRESTS
Lisbon, July 10.
A series of arrests has follow- ed the official communique" an- nouncing that measures were to be taken to dissipate the revolu-! tionary atmosphere which the enemies of the Republic have been displaying lately.
Dr. Antonio Sergio, the former! Minister
and tex- Democratic
PUBLIC OPINION
Mr. Neville Chamberlain and (right): Mr. George Lansbury. Mr. Lansbury urged Government control of cur. In the House of Commons
yesterday.
HONGKONG FORESHORE
YANKEES
ON. UP-GRADE
SENATORS. LOSE GROUND:
LATEST BASEBALL
New York, July 10, Cleveland did the New York Yankees a good turn to-day when they nosed out the Washington Senators. The
"INNOCUOUS STUFF" AMERICAN BOOM Dodech, wie den ra
LONDON, JULY 10.
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, surveyed the prospects and the present posi- tion of the World Economic Conference before a crowd. ed House of Commons this afternoon.
DANGER
LOST PURCHASING POWER
ANXIOUS
Mr. Chamberlain described as "pretty innocuous stuff" the gold bloc resolution which President Roose- HIGH QUARTERS velt rejected, but the effect of the rejection on public opinion in the gold countries was extremely disturbing. The Chancellor advised a level-headed attitude, especially in connexion with violent depreciation of the Dollar.
Washington, July 10. Significant corroboration of the of President Roosevelt
con-
RIGHTS BILL
T. V. SOONG ON HIS Local
WAY HOME
Flying to Rome As First Stage
London, July 10. Mr. T. V. Soong left London this afternoon on his return journey to China. He is travelling to Rome by aeroplane in the first place. -Reuter,
Yankees piled up ten rana 2012KSESOREYNA LJEKARNING against Detroit and in sequence strengthened challenge to the leaders.
their
Philadelphia and Chicago broke)
Three Days
even in a double header, but on Chocolate
the National League, Pittsburgh nosed out Philadelphia.
Scores as supplied by Reuter
were:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
-Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
R. H. E.
B
7
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Philadelphia
Chicago
187
ON
3 10
2
2 12
(Coleman homered for Philadelphia).
If they could agree on a return to the gold and Brig.-General Johnson lest standard, or on an international monetary standard, the the rip in prices has outstripped Conference would have done very useful work to the public's purchasing power facilitate a return to normal conditions. The raising of wasntovided to-day. prices or wholesale commodities was still the British the course of the Federal
Reserve, Board's Report on marketCleveland primary objective.
conditions. It is stated that the
MR. LANSBURY'S SUGGESTION
The Chancellor
རྩྭ;
Philadelphia Chicago Washington
1 3.
7 8
0
2. 10 1
-1. 3 8
Biscuits
LIEUT. MATTERN'S ORDEAL
Moscow, July 10. Extreme fatigue and lack of knowledge of the country is beliovód
Protests Reach London
QUESTION IN THE COMMONS
GOVERNMENT EXPLAINS POSITION
London; July 10,
"I am perfectly certain that the Hongkong Government has ng intention of using the Bill for any evolutionary purpose," declared. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister in the House of Commons this after noon.
The Secretary of State for the
to have been the cause of Lieut. Colonics, was replying to questions James Mattern's crash in Siberia by Mr. Wardlaw Milne, who has
in the course of his World-flight.
been showing marked interest in
It is learned that he lived for the Hongkong Foreshore and Sea- three days on chocolate, biscuits Bed Works Ordinance.
value of department store sales in (Hale homered for Cleveland andthese had been exhausted; ox that as a result of correspondence
201 towns during the month of June was four per cent.lower than in June, 1932, despite the swift
there were 12 innings). New York Detroit
10 9 € 12
of
view
Sir Herbert Samuel, the Liberal
the Conference, but held that nobody rise in the manufacturing whole- sale business in the last two was to blame..
months.
(Lazzeri homered for New York)
Boston
3
St. Louis.
8
1
Colonel Aragao, who is famous for Exchequer expressed the his action in German West Africa
prices could not be effected netion They had only recently returned monetary
alone. to Portugal from Spain where they had been awaiting for the building up of confidence announcement of the amnesty for essential. those responsible for previous re- volutions against the Dictatorship.
It is apparently suggested that to the belief
began plotting chief
SLUMP IN DOLLAR..
Meanwhile, the marked slump in the dollar which is an important contributory factor continues.
It means that the actual turn- in 1916, were among the first to that the raising of commodity leader, praying for the restoration. be dragged into the net.
by of international trade, expressed over of goods in bulk had been
the opinion that if defensive mea-much less, The
sures were necessary they should was be calculated to meet a particular levil in view, for instance, of the fact that the yen had depreciated The British delegation adhered forty per cent. and that Japanese
that the world's goods had flooded the market. troubles could unly bel
DRASTIC MEASURES. against the government upon their solved by international action
He said it was no good adopting return to Portugal,
ten to twenty per cent, tariffa to meet competition of this kind. It Ineeded far more drastic measures. Most of the speakers urged that The grave proportions which the stabilisation question had sterling be linked with the dollar! assumed and its final effect in and that the Government should bringing some of the Conference's work in close association with the
they
at
once
It is also revealed that the and. agreement.
colonel in command of the Thirty- Fifth Infantry Regiment at Viana was arrested on Saturday on a charge of conspiracy-Reuter.
JAPAN'S INCREASE IN
POPULATION.
Exceeding a Million in
1932
Tokyo, July 11.
For the first time on recard, Japan's increase in population over
a twelve months', period has exced- ed one million.
TEMPORARY HALT.
work to a temporary halt was United States.-Reuter.
described by Mr. Chamberlain,
He said that no agreement had
been reached in reference to AT THE CONFERENCE future progress, but they hoped that it would still be found pos
sible to bridge the difficulties.
Had they known beforehand what was going to happen, it might have made some differ- ence to their view of the desir- ability of holding the Confer ence.
Committee of Ten Appointed
London, July 10, Contrary to expectations, the Conference did not to-day reach any conclusive decisions on mone- tary matters, but a large measure of agreement was reached on the
Nevertheless, he urged that the largely unnatural violent and official 132 depreciation of the dollar should According to the figures just published, the
not lead them to early and economic side. crease in population was 1,007,000. considered conclusions, Reuter.
in-
NO SPARKLE.
The morning trading was active in a thin market, but later things quietened down, the American dollar hardening at 4.79 to the pound, only seven points oli parity.
(Storti homered for St. Louis).
MACAO D.P.W. LEAVING
SHORTLY
COL. MONTEIRO'S GOOD WOK
(Our Own Correspondent).
Macao, July 10. The early departure of Col.
which he was carrying, and when, perienced the greatest dificulty in securing food.--Reuter.
MATTERN OFFERED NEW MACHINE
Lieut.
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister stated with the Governor (Sir William
Peel), certain amendments "had been made to the. Ordinance and the matter was still under con sidération.
Juneau, Alaska, July 10,`.
He added that the Bill for James Mattern, the General Powers was subject to American round-the-world flyer very special conditions regarding who-was-lost-for nearly-a-month
in northern Siberia and who was rescued a few days ago, will res sume his flight in a plane, be-
|compensation.—Reuter,
GOVERNMENT'S POSITION.
In simple language, the Ordin longing to the rescue expedition.
The sponsors of the expedition ance provides general powers to have cabled its lender to fly an take over re-claimed land for aeroplane to Anadir and hand it over to Mattern.
The leader will be flown home in a Soviet plane later,-Reuter,
public works...
Enquiries at the Colonial Secre tary's Office this morning elicited the information that the chief purpose of the ordinance, was sta permit the Government to resume
ANOTHER KIDNAPPING marine land for public purposes
without being compelled to pro mote a special Bill for each pro ject.
Both brokers and barkers pro- fess Ignorance regarding the specific cause of the dollar's weakness, but they suggest that! it may be attributable to Schiappa Monteiro, who has been speculation and to a minor the Director of the Public Works 24 Year-Old American's was the last subject of a specia flight of American capital in a Department at Macao for several very thin market, where even years and as such has contributed | `smüll deals will cause a fluctun-
tion in the rate.
CLOSING FIGURE,
New York, July, 10. The American Dollar closed at 4.79 7/8 on the Wall Street Ex change to-day.--Reuter,
great deal to so much recent activity, 'at' Macao, will be noted
OUTRAGE
Life
Threatened
Albany, July 10,
with more than ordinary interest. The Pallee have learned that the Hongkong has, in recent years, 24 year-old John O'Connell, a rela- attention to the tive of the O'Connell brothers, well- paid
great
The Praya East Reclamation
Bill and the Foreshore and Sea beds Ordinance is designed to obviate needless delay and ex pense..
PRIVATE RIGHTS,
private rights, compensation, an the power of the authority to over ride private rights.
Some quarters. suggest that if the domestic price level of 1924/25
The Hongkong Chamber of Com dollar is probable ns compared development of its little neigh-known Democratic lenders, was kid- morce and the China Association is reached, then a sixty-cent gold with to-day #63.26 cents-Reuter bono, and in no sphere of napped on July 7.
In London are both materially in A ransom of G.$250,000 is de- terested in the Government's Bi activity has the interest been greater than with the development manded by the kidnappers, who which has encountered certal of public works...
threaten to shoot the captive if the dimculties on the question o pa's administration in the dual
For Macao, during Col. Schlap- police are called in-Router. capacity of Director of the Public
the local Works Department and the Port that
government
The Bill was sent Home in it Works, has been developed and could contributo for
public final form in May for considers improved on a large scale.
The works. Ho made the best usation and if approved, will.com traffic problem which is now en-of the little there was and it before the Legislative Council gaging more than ever the atten-is gratifying to state that during tion of the authorities, has been his term in the office many import greatly relieved by the opening ant works were completed' in Ma- of now avenues, widening of the cao. narrow roads, making alignments With Col. Schiappa's technical of tortuous streets, and resurfac- advice and encouragement he Ing with cement concreto' or as helped in the solution of the fro phalt the principal thoroughfares blem of the water supply for the GEN. FANG CHEN-WU
Vienna, July 9.
of the colony. The planting of colony, a problem which occupied ATTACK ON DOLONOR
shrubs and trees in the city, when the attention of so many of his led by Mr. George Lansbury, the The Bureau of the World Econo-
Groat excitement was caused on ever possible, has also engaged predecessors, Loader of the Opposition, who acmic Conference which assembled Tuesday morning in the Austrian the attention of the Public Works Mukden, July 10,
His attention went farther, for The Kwantung Army has do- cused Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. this morning for what was expect National Bank when sirens began Department so to make this city measures wore adopted to dred o
to MacDonald of an entire lack of ed to be a fateful sesalon, since it to shriek and armed guarda rush- more attractive. spatched reinforcements
the channels of both the inner and The population of the Go was to decido what work could ad through the building to occupy Dolonor to resist the attack on policy.
the outer ports, so as to maintain Reich is now estimated at 683
DAY AND NIGHT BATTLE
the Japanese troops by. General Fang Chen-wu, whose vanguard was repulsed on July 9th by the garrison at Dolonor after fighting which lasted all day and night- Router,
At the meeting of the Mone- tary Commission, the American delegate, Mr. Cox, declared that The debate lacked sparkle. work could not proceed except on the basis of unanimity. It was It merely afforded the
necessary to appoint a drafting text for the leading speakers of committee to compose the difer- the House of Commons to preach encos. their well-worn (if not worn-out) A Committee of Tèn was unani- economic and financial principles.mously appointed, with Mr. Cox
There was little criticism of the ns chairman.-Reuter.
London, July 10. Government apart from that level-
VIENNA BANK· SCARE
›MISTAKE BY A CLERK
POPULATION OF GERMANY
TWO MILLION MORT WOMEN
Berlin, July
a draught sufficient for Hongkong 000, according to provisiona
I financial system fiad outlivedono o'clock this afternoon with its in the meantime been closed au- state that during recent years the ping, the
This figuro includes: 890,000
be profitably continued by Con- their posts at the seven entrances, WATER PROBLEM Mr. Lansbury declared that ference delegates, adjourned at the heavy steel gates of which had It is unfortunato but true to and Canton Lines and other ship-turns taken from the recent C the present Industrial and
task only partially accomplished.tomatically. The counter shutters its usefulness,
Reports were received from were likewise dropped and nobody local government has not beori It is safe to say that Col. Schlap habitants in the FT alkatr various sub-Commissions..
The Bureau
was permitted to enter or lento able to dispose of sufficient means pa occupies a conspicuous: pla approved the re- the building until it was discover the Central Government has delio Works at Macao, and be le for much needed puble works, for amongst recent directors of! ports, from the Economic sub- od that the alarm had been caused manded more money from the col-Macho, on the expiry of hiss Commissions on indirect protec-by an official in the cashier's offleb Monism:
onlos for loan servicos, Despite of aorvie with th co-ordination in' pro- ánd duction--and M&Fketing CORE SOLIT
He urged the Government to take control of the national cur- Two Chinese women who admitted rancy.
DERMA DECENT TEAR” koppingly brothels in Hollywort
Mr
Amory:
and $75 respectively by Mr Wynno- Jones in the Central Police, Court this Dominions Secretary "shed a de,
Csontstear" DVð
tems which thus for these subordinate bodies unanime button idilli en motion the alarm of the smoke(Continued on Pad ho? FeedP
officer did not diminish any
efforts with the limite