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SHIPPING SLUMP
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27.
DOG OWNERS FINED
THREE MORE CASES IN|-
KOWLOON
DUTIABLE WINE
HIDDEN BY WOMAN
UNDER CAKES:
A fino of $130, with the alter- native of imprisonment for six GROWING ALARM-
weeks, was imposed by Mr. Balfour) J.J. Cameron was summoned be in the Central Magistracy this IN FRANCE
fors Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kow-morning on a woman, Chan Siu, loon Magistracy this morning for allowing his dog out in Cornwall for ovading duty of $13.25 on five
of Chinese wine, gallone Strest, Kowloon Tong, without a Revenue Officer Grimmitt said DEPUTATION SEES
muzzle on February 9. Defendant the woman had a fairly bad re- M. DOUMERGUE pleaded guilty and was fined $1 cord. The last time she forfeited |--C. B. Easterbrook was summoned ball of $100 for a similar offence. who Parla, Feb. 26. ·
on two charges of allowing his dog She was one of the women out in Prince Edward Road with- went aboard steamers arriving The French mercantile marine out a muzzle and falling to take from Tiontain and the North, is-in the grip of a severo de-out a licence. Defendant pleaded walling cakes. She put bottles of pression, about one-third of all guilty to both charges and stated the ng ka pi wine under the cakes French ships being laid up ac- that he had forgotten to get the that were left over, and left the
He added that he had got ship. cording to a deputation which licence. waited upon the Premier, M. It now. A fine of $8 was imponed
on the first charge and a enution without a muzzle, his “Worship Doumergue today.
[administered on the second.
said: "What, agala, Mr. Goldon- When the namo of II. Goldenberg | borg?" was called in respect of having DefendantYes, your Worship, allowed a dog out in the street A fine of $8 was imposed,
The alarming situation is attri- buted in French shipping circles to French tariff policy, the fall in foreign currencies, particularly of the pound and the dollar, and foreign shipping subsidies, which has diverted trade from Fronch bottoms.
In view of the crisis, the deputa tion from France's leading chipping companies that walted on the Pre- mler to-day urged him to facilitate legislation to protect French ship- ping, including the introduction of n special surtax of 65 per cent. on all import duties to provide unem- ployment benefit to seamen.
SUDSIDY PROVISION,
ANGLO-JAPANESE COTTON PARLEY HITCH
LANCASHIRE COMMITTEE GIVE PLAIN HINT
London, Feb. 26. the geographical'nross to be The course of the Anglo-overed by the discussions, and ananimously endorsed the policy. The deputation also urged the Japanese cotton discussions and action of the negotiating com creation of free ports in France and is not proceeding as smooth-mittee.
The Committee felt that world- a provision whereby the subsidies paid to French Colonial growers ofly as was hoped.
wide scope for the discussions rubber and other products should. After the meeting to-day be was ensential if they were to serve In future, be paid only to growers tween the British delegates in the the object which the British shipping their producis in French Anglo-Japanese textile discussions interests have throughout regard. bottoms.-Reuter.
and the Lancashire committed oned as indispensable. Japanese competition, It was The hope was expressed that stated that the Committee had following the Anglo-Japanese dis- placed on record its regret that cussions to take place on Wednes difficulty should have arisen at day, the present difficulties would this early stage on the question of be overcame.-British Wircicas.
The Ben Line ... Benrinnes is due here from Home ports via Singapore
on March 4.
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KWANGTUNG SUGAR cured a loan of $200,000 from the Kwangtung Provincini Bank to be used as advances to farmers for
GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN sugar cane planting
- PLANTATION
Construction of the Arat
at Sun-taso is being completed and operation is expected to start some Much progress has been made in time in April. While work for the the carrying out of scheme for the setting up of the second. factory development of the sugar Industry near Bl-tau- village, dugar cano in Wei-yang district has
of Kwangtung as outlined by Dr. plantationfully encouraged,"
Fong Rul, Director of Agriculture been and Forestry Bureau, Bay the Following the appointment of Lit................! Canton Gazette..
General Tung Bik-ilang as Superin The first sugar cane plantation tendent of the Military Behabilita measuring more than five hundred | tion area, Ave thousand now of land mow will be devoted to the planta within that area is to be reserved. tion of Improved species of canes to for sugar plantation. It is estimate be distributed to various districta ed that by the fall of September. Over ten thousand now in Bhaho when the scheme is completely and Whampoa are to be converted carried out, supply of sugar will be
ancient to meet the demand for cane planting,
Recently, Dr. Fong Rul-han, the market.