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No. 162.
三拜禮 號一廿月三英港香
MARCH WEDNESDAY,
21, 1934.
日七初月二
Hongkong Telegraph.
SINUL OOPT 19 CENTS
110.00 PER ANNUR
DUNLOP Fort
TYRE
It feature of distinction and a factor
of safety
DUNLOP
FORT
VIOLENT GALE CREATES HAVOC IN HARBOUR
INCOME TAX TO BE REDUCED?
BRITISH BUDGET
SURPLUS
SPECULATION IN LONDON
London, Mar. 20. The latest weekly Trea sury returns show that up to March 17, the total ordinary revenue for the current financial year amounted to £696,053,578.
This figure, which is within £2,724,000 of the estimated total revenue for the whole year end- ing 31st March, shows a sur- plus over ordinary expenditure, including the American Debt
of £3,304,392, paymenta £29.252.971.
A sum of £7,216,097 has, how
of
ever, been allocated to the alaking
SEVERE GALE IN C. CHINA
EXCITING SCENE ALONG PRAYA AT WEST POINT
Damago at Chinkiang JUNKS SMASHED
and Hangchow.
:
(Special to "Telegraph")
were
Shanghai, Mar. 21. According to messages from Chinklang and Hang- chow, both cities swept, by a severe galo yes, terday, resulting in exten- sivo damage to property. No casualties have been reported.
Many traes were torn up. while the roofs of many huts, were removed by the wind. Shipping at Chin- klang was dislocated for a considerable time.-Central Nowa,
.
Attack on British
Iund for the repayment of debt, Consulate
leaving a net balance to date $22,037,874.
of
The returns show that £11,900,- 000 of inland revenue and £7,762,- 000 in customs and excise were coliccted last week..
During the Anuncial year to March 17, the total yield of inland revenue was £969,078,000 and the total yield of customs, and excise £277,227,000, Outgoings last week, says a British Wireless message, la ordinary expenditure amounted to £12,309,353....
The majority of the British Cabinet, it is understood, are now in favour of effecting in the approaching Budget a reduction of Income Tax and the restoration In part of the 1931 economy "cuts."
ONE KILLED AND SEVERAL WOUNDED
London, Mar. 20.
It is learned that Sir Alexander Cadogan, the now British Minis- ter to China, has just lodged a protest with the Chinese Govern- meat against an outrage is Kashgar last month during the tribal hostilities in Chinese Turkestan.
TO PIECES
AT LEAST FIFTY LOST
4
EMPRESS BOAT RESCUES
A violent gate, reaching almost typhoon force struck the Colony in the early hours this morning, creating havoc among small craft in the harbour.
The brief warhing afforded by ominous-looking signs of dirty; weather to come undoubtedly saved many lives,
At least fifty junks were unk or waterlogged in the West Point district, where they were swapt
SILVER HOARDING.
IN AMERICA
Sonate Asks for List ́ of Holders Washington, Mar. 20. The Senate to-day passed a resolution calling.on Mr. Morgenthau .for a list of silver holders, if available, and if compatible with public interest, in view of the "current reports of the speculative hoarding of silver."-Router,
SPY SCARE
IN PRAGUE
from their moorings and smashed "REFUGEES" ALLEGED
to pieces against the Praya Wall. Much minor damage to house pro- jperty is reparted from all over the
Colony.
*
The gale swept in unexpect-
TO BE AGENTS
The Queen Mother of Holland, whose death occurred gestar- day.
TREE VANDALISM IN KOWLOON
QUESTIONS FOR GOVERNMENT
MR. BRAGA RAISING ISSUE
edly a few hours after a similar MANY ARRESTS Road are to be asked by the Hon
accurrence had done
much
damage in Chinkiang, Bang- chow and Shanghai.
Pointed questions in regard to the felling of trees in Nathan Mr. J. P. Braga at Thursday's
of tho meeting
Leg.slativo Prague, Mar. 20.
Council, these including a request A great pro-Gezinan espionage that in future, in matters affect- organisation with wide ramificaing the amenities of the peninsula, the views of responsible bodies tions throughout Czecho-Slovakia shall be ascertained.**** Conditions prevailing just bis claimed to have been unearthed Mr. Braga's queries are A8 The British Consulate at Kash-for the gale developed its early by the police.
bad sgemed rather var WAS attacked during the evidence disturbances
British peculiar. one
and
PECULIAR SIGNS.
follows:
STRIKE SPECTRE IN AMERICA
PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR TRUCE
MILLIONS MAY BE AFFECTED
(SPECIÁL TO THE “TELEGRAPH").
(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, March 21. 10 amL)
WASHINGTON, MAR. 20.
THE GRIM SPECTRE OF LABOUR STRIKES ON A HUGE SCALE, SUFFICIENT TO THROW THE WHOLE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RECOVERY MACHINERY OUT OF GEAR, LOOMS OMINOUSLY OVER THE UNITED STATES.
Three great sections of workers-the motor-car factory employees, the steel industry employees and railway workers involving over a million men between them and directly affecting hundreds of thousands more are threatening to down tool to assert their demand for recognition of the Federation of Labour and more pay.
The labour unrest, commencing in Detroit, is spreading rapidly to many widely separated sections of the country, including the Pacific Coast, notable at San Francisco where the longshoremen are scheduled to strike on Friday in the event of the failure of the operators to recognise their union.
At Los Angeles, the millinery workers are already on strike to force recognition.
strike.
unless
1. Will the Honourable the WARNING TO RAILWAY DISPUTANTS Twenty-five important arreste have been made and others are Colonial Secretary state the rea idian employee of the Consulate An excessively high temperature expected to take place as the re-sons for the recent falling of the
President Roosevelt to-day fasued ho has arranged for à conference was killed and several others were and thick blanket of fog were ex-sult of an investigation of docu-trees in Nathan Rond at Kow-1
parlenced in the early morning ments discovered in the course of loon, and-on-whose Inacructionsagrave warning in a letter to the botween the manufacturers and wounded.
these signa appeared to police raids.
were those useful and ornamenta. railway managers and the unions, President Roosevelt at the White The Minister asked the Nanking and The present consistent inflow
declaring that Added excitement has been trees destroyed?
a speedy. House to-morrow. tako immediate possess special significance for the
2. Is it not true that shortly agreement on the wage dispute is President Roosevelt, in the of revenue to the Exchequer-made Government to
lent to the affair following as unsteps to ensure protection of the native boat people with the result notable by the appearance of
that the smaller harbour craft it does so closely on the heels before the trees were folled quite reached, ho may act to protect the meantime, has sent a cablegram to actual, excess of revenue over ex- Consulate,
The Chinese Government, in were mostly inshore by the time
of the spy scare in France. a number of those with damaged penditure before the end of the
labour leader, asking him to It is alleged that the Germanor decaying trunks, were treated interests and to prevent a Mr. William Collina, the Detroit financial year has encouraged the reply, declared that they extreme- the wind sprang up with sudden
at some expenditure of public arrest manner to belief that these reliefs can now ly regretted the reported occcur- force.
The letter follows the rejec-postpone the strike of workers in o'clock. agents obtained an easy access to
money in a before 110 Shortly
two
motor-car industry. pending reues of which they had
Czecho-Slovakin by representing
through destruction
natural tion by the bo granted.
a conference in Washington to ro- a8 communications hundreds of these weather-wise folk
themselves to bo Germans who
compromise proposals, plus a concile the differences between the Ministers bollove that the pro-information
new demand on their part for parties. spective Budget surplus will per- had been interrupted for some were already on shore, apparently had been forced to emigrate from causes? And if true, what is tho not trusting to the safety of their
oxplanation for the sudden change mit the reliefs, as well us the intimo. credees in the Service Estimates. The latest report of the situa- vessels in the expectation of an the Reich on account of their politi-of policy leading to the destruc
guisetion of perfectly sound trena by The view of the Prime Minister tion in Chinese Turkestan, reextremely rough time to come. Cal opinion. In such a
means of human agency? is that there should be "equality ofceived from New Delhi, states that They created a terrific din particu- their activities have gone on for
3. Is it the Intention of Gov- It is stated that large-scale sharing" in the distribution of the all la now quiet in Kashgar.-Reu-larly on the waterfront at West a long time unsuspected...
ernment to cut down any more, Point, n chattoring, excited crowd Aurplus.
as they compared notes and pre-capionage has been proved and and if so, how many, of the trees prevent the strike in the automobile
that a great many Germans who vious experiences.
arrived on the pretext of being that once formed auch a pic-ndustry which is scheduled to He is devoting major attention 4. Was any reference made to refugees from the Nazis were turesque avenue in Nathan Read? take place to-morrow. really sent to obtain Information the Kowloon Residents Asaccia- to this problem, for Germany-Router.
Prime Minister's Proposal
ter..
In la understood that no favours SECOND HARBOUR
-in common with other Ministers
-the two-fold proposal that:
1 Income tax should be reduced
by at least 3d.
2 The 10 per cent. incidence of
the cuts should be modified to, 5 por, cent.
would cost approximately 30,000,-
PIPELINE
VOTE FOR $375,000 WANTED
Tho construction of a second | cross-harbour pipe at an cati.
SMASHED AGAINST SEAWALL
tion;
to
Hongkong Nor were they mistaken. for
or
the when the gale. finally broke, it
Automoblie Association before the drove the hundreds of lightera and
decision was taken and put into sampons with terrific force against was immediately despatched to effect for the removal of the trees the sea-wall. A number of sant-the scene, in the hope of effecting in question! pans-it is not yet known exactly a rescue. how many-overturned or wrecked.
were
with terrific force
EMPRESS RESCUE.
RESTORATION URGED
of all uniona
the
1
a twenty per cent, increase In Mr. William Green, President pay. The Railway Munngers of the Federation of Labour, has are demanding a reductioni The President in roady to net to
DEROIT THREAT.
also telegraphed to Mr. Collins, urging acceptance of the Presi
(Continued on Page 7).
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
The automobile unions in Detroit are planning a walkout involving more than a hundred thousand men,
strike which threatens to involve GOVERNMENT AND about 250,000 more men in allied can-industries in their effort to force rocognition of the American
TEXTILE
RUNCIMAN'S 'POLICY
London, Mar, 20.
5. Will the Government At least one very big lighter When nearing Hongkong from sider the advisability of restoring, The adoption of this proposal mated cost of $375,000 is to bo was shattered to pieces, with its Manila this morning, the Canadian partially if not totally, the avenue Federation of Labour, which the 000, which, it is believed, lles well urged in a resolution to come crew watching tensely from the Pacific liner Empress of Russia that excited so much admiration, motor manufacturers are refusing. MR.
The manufacturers to-day re- within the compras of the Ex-clore the Legislative Council on Praya, and a harbour busy was rescued four Chinese in a fishing by commencing a programme of
Thuraday. The Council will be torn from its moorings and junk, which had been helplessly sapling planting in places where poated their refusal to recognise chequers resources.
the Federation. A reduction of 3d. In income tax-asked to authorise the sum men- torpedoed
rough Beas.
danger to wheeled traffic? an awkward arithmetical unitisoned to be charged to a future amongst the hapless craft, Anally drifting since midnight in the planting will not constitute
The little
The position created by the craft was sighted G. In future, in any mattor Seven hundred and fifty em- not favoured by the Exchequer on.oan and to sanction an advanco coming to rest at a point near
account of this Holland Street,
just before eight o'clock, and in affecting the amenities of the ployees of the Bowler Roller Barr-breakdown of the Angio-Japanese account of administrative difficul- of $323,000 on
Scores of lighters work during the financial year
suffered view of its plight a lifeboat was Peninsula, will the Government ng Company in Detrolt have al- textile negotiatons was dacussed tica.
dumage mnd many insurance lowered from the liner and the be good enough to ascertain, in ready struck work, tying up produc- at a megungor the Lancashire A number of Ministers who hold 1984 from the surplus balaneca of
claims were presented this view are anxious to secure Colony.
rescue promptly affected. It was the first place, the vlowa, oftlon, which is mostly for the auto- morning, The Council is also to be asked
or organisa-mobile industry. learned that thorg ind ontginally responsible bodies Instead restorations, if only in part,
the expenditure of
been five Chinese the junk, but flors in Kowloon before carrying WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE. Air Fort-Wireless
an old man had swept over-out decisions concerning which Telegraph Station-during the
board. The survivors were in a Kowloon residents may advant- financial year 1934, which sum shall be mot from a future loan
serious condition when rescued, ageously be consulted? and shall meanwhile Le charged
suffering from shock and exposure. 330 advance from the surplus calances of the Colony.
of the income tax allowances, which to approve are of great importance to persons $95,000 on with a moderate income.
RUBBER CONTROL
RUMOURS
BREAKDOWN DENIED NEW EMPRESS
AT THE HAGUE
Haguo, Mar. 20.
ANNAM
YESTERDAY
PRAYA SCENES.
this
There was ample evidence along the Praya at West Point this morning of the effects of the gale. Wreckage of junks and other craft was piled up high along the seawall, whilst timber cargo from several wrecked bunte was fonte STOP OFng about in large quantities.
L
wero
Junk people
also to bo soon cruising ahout in sampang salvaging what little they could from their loat belongings. Be-
PRESS
Among numerous gale reports WEDDING CELEBRATED the beats actually wrecked, made to the Harbour Office is ons
HOME FOOTBALL
MOTHERWELL AND SOUTHPORT WIN
London, Mar. 20. Possibly a Scottlah Cup semi-
Router's correspondent learns
there wore lumbers badly water-tating that a steamer broke from final rehearsal, Motherwell visited Motherwell's recent officially that the rumours that
logged, and six of these were her moorings. In the harbour, St. Mirren to-day in the Scottish rubber restriction negotiations
lapse of form was not noticeable towed away from the vicinity of colliding with two junks, sinking League. Hue, Mar. 20. have been broken off nro without
All avaliable Innchen are being to-day. They won comfortably by foundation,
Mies Nguyen Huhno, the daugh. Jardine's wharf during the mor The negotiations are still Inter of a great Indo-Chinese man-ning.
in the Northern Section of the darin, became the Empress of During the forenoon, a report sent out to render assistance three goals to one.
where needed.
Third Division, Bouthport climbed It is not possible to ascertain Annam to-day when she married was received that a junk had beon whether on early conclusion is in the twenty-one-year-old Emperor sighted in distress off Waglan.
Dai with aight or if there is a reasonable || Bad
picturesque with a woman ellnging to the ceremonial-Resitar,“ chance of succoss-Router.
wreckage. No. 4 police launch
progress.
.
both.
Administrator, The N. R. A. General Hugh Johnson, is con- forring with the lenders of the
TRUCE FOR A DAY
Washington, Mar. 20. Tho railway managers havo accepted the Roozen: volt proposal to continua the existing wage scale until March 31,
The automobile fabour. workers are on bot
agroad to the Roosevelt truce-Router.
Commitice with Government
leaders in the House or Commons this even.ng.
The conference was attended y Mr. Walter Runcimah, Prosi- dent of the Board of Trade, Colonel Colville, Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade, and Dr. L. Burgin, Pariiamentary Secretary to the Board of Trudo, --
Mr. Runelman waa.presont for ninety minutes.
An official statement issued later stated that the President of the Board of Trado gave a full and frank survey of the position created by the breakdown and answered questions put to him by |the_Lancashire Committee,
It is believed that ho fid-cated the line of action contemplated by Government in the event soiaf. Failure to Beauro" ́an”ádjustment, but the Lancashire Committee un- animously agreed that Mr. Runol-
a little further out of the danger motor. industry in New York in man's remarks should be treated zone by a B-1 victory over Walsall an effort to solve the problem and as strictly confidential, Reuter, |--Reuter.