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SOVIET RUSSIA BACK IN CONCERT OF EUROPE
New Charter For The
Unemployed
LINDBERGHS IN
BATHURST
Flight From Cape Verdi
Islands
London, Nov. 30. Colonel and Mrs. Lind- bergh to-day reached Bathurst in British Guinea having flown from the Cape Verdi Islands. -British Wirelcun
<MINUNATATIZORCÉDURETTIESTITUITE SUVESTMENT EVEN CONTA
NO NEED FOR RIVALRY
U.S.. AMBASSADOR ON NAVIES
THANKSGIVING DAY SPEECH
London, Nov. 30. Issuca of naval parity and the
absence of any need for rivalry
between Britain and the United States formed the main theme of the speech of Mr. Robert W. Bingham, the Unit ed States Ambassu- dor, at to-night's Thanksgiving Day dinner given by the American Society.
The Ambassador discussed on Ameri- can naval ship- building
activity
and declared his opinion that there
зуда
not
the
slightest cause for Mr. Bingham uneasiness in connexion with these naval programmes; if only the
realised each other's.
MAIN FEATURES OF NEW BILL
|MARKED IMPROVEMENT ON FORECASTS
EXTENSIONS OF BENEFIT
London, Nov. 30, The new unemployment insurance bill, the most îm portant Government measure in the first part of the pre- sent session, was debated in the House of Commons to- day.
Signor Mussolini.
KOWLOON OUTRAGE
WIDE SEARCH FOR
HOUSE COOLIE
LITVINOFF VISIT TO ROME
-MUSSOLINI PLANNING
BIG CONFERENCE?
SPECULATION RIFE
Rome, Nov. 30.
The attention of European chancellries is likely to be focussed almost entirely upon Rome during the wook-end, the greatest interest having been aroused by the conversations planned between Signor Mussolini and M. Maxim Litvinoff.
the Indian Government should ex- prcas ita point of view directly to the Soviet Foreign Commissar.
M. Litvinoff is due to land at Naples on Saturday and he will proceed immediately to Rome, where he will stay at the Soviet Embassy and attend a reception at the American Embassy. Wireless messages from his ship indicate that the Soviet Assistant Foreign Commiasat is very reser- ved regarding the subjects likely It makes drastic amendments in
to be discussed during his talks previous unemployment insurance
with Signor Musolini, but officials arts, establishes the solvency of the insurance fund, provides out-
The Police were actively of the Russian Embassy in Rome side unemployment insurance for engaged during the whole of say that he esot but receive assisting
favourably ang iconuenis for offec- and promoting welfare of able-bodied persons and last night and this morning tive disarinamos tand the improve extends the period of benefit. in an endeavour to trace Ahmont of Soviet relas, with the
The clausos dealing with young Wing, the house coolie who
European Poyers persons reduce the minimum age
the
MRS. HUNTER'S CONDITION
MUSSOLINI Plans,
Italo-Soviet relations at the pre- sent time are extremely cordial, as evidenced by the recent visit of two Soviet cruisers to Nasies.
:
VATICAN OVERTURES?
attracting much attention.
LEN HARVEY WINS
GREAT FIGHT WITH JACK PETERSEN
HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT
London. Nov 30. Len Harvey fought one of the greatest fights of his life at the Albert Hall to-night when he upset all predictions by defeating.
M. Litvinaff, whose visit to Rome is Jack Petersen, the holder, in a bout' for the British heavyweight championship.
A MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
QUESTION AGAIN.
RAISED
THE PREMIER'S COMMENT
London, Nov. 30.
stato-
The challenger seemed on the verge of defeat on many occasions in the early rounds, but he sur vived the ordeal magnificently, and gained the verdict on points.
A return contest is almost certain to be 'arranged.
After a bad time in the early stages, Harvey, displaying splen- i ringeraft, outfought and outgeneralled his heavier op- Fonent,
BATTLE OF WITS.
The question, of the co-ordina- It was a battle of tactics and It is also believed that the Vatican, may make an overture tion of the fighting services is
now being actively discussed to most of the fending, and its Harvey allowed Petersen Adurbigy M. Litvinol's visit in
favour of aeligious, frhelom in following Mr. Baldwin's Kusalu.
near during the debate on Bri. then slipped into close quarters of entry into insurance to the made a murderous attack on
The reisilons between the Vat!-
tain's air strength."
band-runlabed ha opponent's body. school-leaving age and increases Mrs. H. J. Hunter in her re-1. It is known that Signor Musso-
The manoeuvro was repeated me. the junior Instructional centres,
Ini Is very anxious to bring back can and Moscow are very strained,
The Prime Minister was asked after time, but Peterson semmed Road Russia Into the comity of Euro-but many in Vatican circles believe in the Commons to-day whether to have no effective counter.
pean nations, with participation in that the moment is ripe for any Government body or any other a future conference of the Powers improvement, in view of Russia's body was charged with co-ordinal-mitted that Harvey had several Nevertheless, it must be ad- envisaged by Italian policy,.
present conciliatory attitude. ing the annual Estimates of the very narrow escapes and earned Other subjects likely to be dis- If religious freedom is granted, three Gghting services with the verdict only by a very narrow cussed are the increasing tension many are of the opinion that the view to allotting the available margin. between Soviet-and-Japan-over destruction of the Greek Orthodox-funds-in-accordance with-the-de- which Signor Mussolini is per-Church in Russin opens a great fensive value of each service, (turbed, and improved Russo-Italian new field for Catholle conversions.
trade relations, by which Russia would take more of Italy's textiles, possibly in exchange for patro- Joum.
the
and
while other clauses set up Assis- sidence 56A. Nathan tance Boards and Advisory Com- yesterday afternoon. mittees to determine the persons to whom and the circumstances in Every possible exit from which allowances may be granted Colony in under observation from the unemployment assistance detectives are combing every train fund.
and boat leaving. A close_watch is also being kept on several of his known haunts and on the water In moving the second reading.rents, both on the Island and, the
Peninsula. the Minister of Labour, Sir Henry Betterton, described the bill as one of the most comprehensive pleges. of social legislation introduced for over a generation.
-COMPREHENSIVE BILL.
her left hand almost severed
tack.
It is
:
THREE BIG PUNCHES, Mr. MacDonald replied that the
Harvey was sent to the floor Estimates were examined by the LONDON PROGRESS,
Chancellor of Exchequer, in con- with a right to the chin in the Overtures might be minde direct, sultation with his colleagues in very first minute of the fight. He was also forced to his knees defence depart-Į or through the good offices of the charge of the Italian government, but no oficialments,
by a powerful left to the chla in statement can be obtained.
The final decision on the main the third round. Meanwhile, it is learned innes of policy rested
tho In the fourth, another big punch sent him flying almost through
Rusala
=
with
་
HARVEY'S RISE.
From the fourth round on- wards, he gradually asserted him-
aapping Petersen's strength with short arm jolts in clinches:
SERIOUS CONDITION. Mrs. Hunter, who is 65 years of Special attention will be paid age, is at present lying in hospital to the Far East, it is believed. It It represented, he claimed, the in a serious condition with severe will be recalled that the Soviet British and American peoples, logical development of the policy wounds to the face and head and rapprochement with America was London that the only dalny in the Cabinet. ench realising their own situation, pursued by every party in Great the wrist, inflicted during the at- enw happy results emerging from Commercial Treaty arises from the
at greeted with favour in Rome who conclusion of the Anglo-Russian Naturally the criterion alluded the ropes to the laps of the ring-
to in the question was at all times | siders. Britain during the last thirty In an anxious world, he went on, years.
the reconciliation of the world's Lena Goldfields lasue.
carefully borne in mind,.~British the greatest cause for thanksgiv
understood that the two largest Republics, both of It was significant that people in
Agreement on several outstand-Wireless. ing was the fact that the two great other countries, who had previous onsinught was made in the passage whom hold views on the Japanese ing issues has been reached, but democracies, the British Commonly decided that the British system from the living room to the problem similar to those held by the Lena Gold Fielde Company The Italian press emelnims £13,000,000 compensation wealth and the United States, heck was bad, were now, in their bellier struggled to the bath-Phasises that the rapprochement from the Soviet for on F.A. CUP REPLAYS, and fought magnificently.
kitchen. The boy fell and Mrs. Italy, only peace, with no
to wilderment and perplexity, hastily warda, or designs upon any other improvising an imitation of it.
she consecrated Soviet Russia's return the mining concession in
to the concert of Great Powers.
granted in 1025.
Official opinion in Britain is be- CORDIAL RELATIONS,
Heved to favour sealing the claim While for the time disarmament to £3,500,000, while the flussians will be the concern of the various are willing to my £1,000,000. If European chancelleries, it is point-the wide margin between the two ed out that the U.S.S.R., like the amounts can be reconciled to a United States, plays no little role common figure, the signature of a in the Disarmament Conference new treaty is not likely to be long cx-despite the fact that It is not a delayed.-Reuter,-
member of the Lengue of Nations. and it la, therefore, natural that
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nation-Reuter.
room
apparently,
where, fainted, SELF-SUPPORTING..
She lay bleeding profusely for more than half an hour, and when The present bill was based on discovered, huddled up in the bath- GERMAN CHURCH the fundamental principle that on room, by her husband, was only
the one hand there should be a semi-conscious. contributory insurance scheme, We were informed on enquiry, at covering as much of the field as Kowloon Hospital this morning possible, and on the other hand, at that she was as comfortable 28 outside body assuming general could be expected, although responsibility for the relief of the
(Continued on Page 7.) able-bodied unemployed.
REVOLT
Ecclesiastical Conflict
Berlin, Nov. 30,
Church has
been
The broad principles on which
con.
was not so good, where a man had:
ATTACK ON NAZI TAVERN
COMMUNISTS
the insurance part of the bill was such a man would be entitled to The contemplated installation based were, firstly, that the scheme 28 weeks in addition to the 20 next Sunday of Bishop Mueller as should be financed by contributious weeks which he now got as a the Primate of the Unified German from employers, workers and the minimum. Evnogollcal postponed owing to the resignation should be dependent on the
Stato: Recondly, that the benefita Per contra, where the record of all the members of the Church's tributions; thirdly, that the scheme had some benefit, and his contri- HEAVY SENTENCES ON Ecclesiastical Ministry.
should be placed on a solvent solf-butions had not been fully paid, The resignations were the re- sult of a conflict between the ex supporting basis.
then he would get according to the state of his balance, some- No change was made in the pro-thing less than an addition of 20 visions whereby insured persons weeks. who had paid 30 contributions_in There would be 167,000 more the last two years were qualified persons entitled to benefit and for the minimum period of benefit fewer peraons would be subjected
to the Means Test. That period of 20 weeks would, [however, be extended to the con-
treme Nazi "Gerninn Christiana" led by Bishop Hosscafleder, and the more
orthodox Reuter.
clotics-
EXTENDED BENEFITS.
AUSTRALIAN NAVAL for 20 weeks.
STRENGTH
STATE RESPONSIBILITY..
were
Hamburg, Nov. 80. Sentences ranging from fifteen to nine years' hard labour passed to-day on seven Commun- ista for an attack on Nazl Tavern, in which the owner was alightly injured.
Sixteen other Communists ro
a
[tributors with the best record. The Bill not only put the insur-colved smaller sentences.-Reuter,
When the present Government ance scheme on a sound financial took office, excessive expenditure basis for the immediate future, established the DESTROYER FLOTILLA on the ordinary Insurance account but it also
-
TEA EXPORTS was at rate of £80,000,000 yourly. machinery to enablo it to be köpt. ON WAY
At present, following the recent solvent.
RESTRICTION TO BE Improvement in employment, the The second part of the bill, said
MODIFIED The destroyers Stuart, Vampire, rate of income would now exceed the Minister, was based on three Waterhon, Vendetta and Voyager the rate of exponditure by about main principles, firstly, that:
London, Nov. 30. which have boon loaned by the £84 million yearly on a live regis-¡nssistanco ba proportionate to
The International Tea Commit- British Navy to the Australian tor of 235 million.
nocda; secondly, that, a worker tee announced in Amsterdam to Government arrived in Singapore Ho proposed to use this balance who had been long unemployed day that the restriction of 15 on Wednesday and loft for. Port by extending the period of benefit might receive assistance other por cont on ten production had Darwin yesterday.
to persons with the best Industrial than and in addition to cash nov-beon reduced to 12 per cent. for record. ***
For instance, if a man during should accopt the general respon-
This means that approximately Kong Kwal, member of the crow of a fishing Junk in Shaukiwan, was his previous five years had paldaibility for all the Industrial an additional twenty million sent to the Mental Hospital yesterday all contributions, which were 200 able-bodied outside the Insurance, pounds weight of tor will become from the Shaukiwan Polleo Station, and had drawn no honeft, then]—British Wireless,:
exportable-British Wireless..
TORQUAY & NEWPORT
· GET THROUGH
London, Nav, 30. Torquay atoned for their lapse in the F, A. Cup at home on the powerful Kont side at Margate Saturday by handsomely defeating
to-day.
The Cap replays resulted as follows:
V
STOP PRESS Newport
DUBLIN
SENSATION
Margate
6 Dulwich Hälmét 2
• Torquay
2 Torquay go to Northampton In the next round, to be played on December 9, and Newport visit Workington-Rautor.
ing of the decision, though the
Harvey at the close was deserv
consensus of opinion was that he had only won Reven rounds as against six won by Patersen, the other two being even-Router.
EARLY MORNING
FIRE
THREE HOUSES IN NARROW LANE
A three-storey benoment house was destroyed and two others, of similar structure on the opposito side of the street wore partially
COURT. MARTIAL AT affected by an outbreak of fire
FANLING
at the Taung Sau Lane West, near the Ko Shing Theatre, early this morning at about 4.30 a.mi. An Dublin, Dec. 15.
electric fuse is believed to have Police yesterday raided the re-
ALLEGED REFUSAL sidences of General O'Duffy, Mr.
been the causo. But for the Ernest Blythe, the ex-Minister of TO PARADE
| prompt arrival of the fire brigade,. Finance, the headquarters of the
more houses; might easily have Farmors and Ratepayers League, Private Tabal Loaring of the been involved, because of the and the headquarters of the Blue 2nd. En. Lancashire Regiment, Barrowness of the lane. Shirts.
was. court-martialled at Sun' Wal The fire was under control st Numerous documents were Belz- Camp, Fanling, this morning on 5.30 a.m. after burning furiously od.
a charge of disobeying an order far about three quarters of, an The affair was raised in the of a superior officer on November hour, but no-one was injured. Dail Elrrann late last night. Mr. 13.
The house destroyed was Ng, 20, Ruttledge. Home Minister, do- The charge was that, when occupied by the Chinese firm, clared that the documente seized ordered to dress himself for guard Sun Wing On. The other housos In the ralds proved conclusively order by Sgt. R. J. Martin, he involved wore Nos. 19 and 21. tion was revolutionary. that the Young Ireland organise refused to do so, saying "I am not Aftor the fire, the Inne was':
He added that arms and am-
going on parade.”
blocked by a hông of sucks thrown The President of the Court is out from the Wing Lung firm unition were also selzeu Major W. Iz Eastwick-Flold, R.A. - during the fire. The top floor of He asserted that the Bluc Shirts, despite the ban, were con-
No, 21 was badly: gutted.
in objects, or tactics-Reuter.
Donald, Payno, aged eight years, at
ments, thirdly, that the Stato the year beginning 1st April next tinuing to work without a chan 15, Lock Street, was sont to the Ko The Hon. Mr.TAN, Chan is to dľam
loon Hospital for treatment yesterday,
following a bite by a dog owned by tribute the prizes:at the Ellis Kadsorie Mr. R. E. Stott:
·Behool ́at 11 a.m2 on the 12th, instant.