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AGRICULTURE
AIDS
INDIA INSTITUTE OPENED
(Special to "Tolograph")
New Delhi, Jan. 6.
The Agricultural Institute of India was formally opened here to-day,
It contains a library of 50,000 volumes, estimated to be the agricultural collection in the world.
It will be the home of the Imperial Agricultural Institute which is being removed, following the earthquake, from its former headquarters at
Behar.
Some
1,000, workmen are now Inbouring to complete the new structure which stands in extensive grounds. It is expected to be finished by November-Router Special.
Surrendering Silver
BRITISH BANKS TO SELL METAL
Shanghai, Jan. 7. The British banks have necepteil the Chinese Government's offer to ex-; change their silver holdings for notes at par, plus dve per cent, by way premium. The premium is payable over a two-year period, but on only two-thirds of the amount of silver, surrendered.
sk
The American banks had already agreed to surrender their meinl
Reuters
CASH PAYMENT FOR SILVER
MEXICO AND U.S. IN AGREEMENT
FRANCO-. RUSSIAN ACCORD
PARIS CONSIDERS MAKING LOAN
(Special to "Telegraph")
Paris, Jan. 0.
It is semi-oficially announced that the French Government is consider ing an 800,000,000 francs loan to the Sovlet, to be offset by an increase of Russian purchases in France.
The
final decision in this matter will be taken by the Cabinet at an early date.
The Franco-Soviet Trade Treaty was renewed to-day on the basis of the 1934 arrangements, and with only slight modifications.
Henceforth the Soviet purchases must be paid for in cash and It is provided that the Sovjet shall order from
rom Franes no more in the value of than France takes from Rusak. Keter Special
dance will be held at A dinner Repulse Bay Hotel on Wednesday, A special extra bus service has been: arranged for the convenience of the patrons attending dinner dance, in addition to the ordinary time-table.
NAVAL PARLEY
PROSPECT,
(Continued from Page 1) Bayis asserted that any period chosen must apply to everybody alike.
The present task of the conference, then, is to nesimitate the three schemes or choose one of them as the frame- seck qualitative werk in which to 1 limitation. Reuter.
FIRST APPEARANCE
at
CAN'T SEIZE
CAPITAL
PHILIPPINES COURT
RULING UPHELD
Washington, Jan.
of The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the Philippines Govern- ment cannot selze the deposit capital of the branches of national banks in the
island.
"The ruling was on a sult brought by the Manila branch of the National City Bank of Now York to recover $77,324.
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The decision is regarded as having little bearing on the right of the THE WORLD FAMOUS TENOR Commonwealth to impose taxes, Cause the suit arose prior to adoption of the Philippines Constitu- tion-United Preas,
COAL MINING DISPUTE
bc- the
CONFERENCE MEETS
TO-MORROW
London, Jan. 6.
The meeting of the National Execu- Live of the Mineowners Federation, which was adjourned from before Christmas till to-day, has been for ther adjourned till after Wednesday's conference between the miners and representatives of the calliery ownera, when the latter have undertaken to give detailed particulars of the offer representatives in general terms, In previously communicated to the mach response to the miners' claim for a wages advance.
The owners have been in negotia- tion with various categories of large- scale consumers whose supplies are governed by long-term contracts, with a view to obtaining higher prices for coal, to enable them to advance wages. The results of these negotin- tions and the advances which they will render possible will be announced to. the Union representatives at Wednes day's meeting-British Wireless.
MACAO INDIAN
CONSTABLE
London, Jan. 0. Qualitative naval limitation, as dis. tinct from quantitative disarmaments, made its first appearance the Naval Conference this afternoon.
After the Japanese had criticised the British proposals, put forward on Washington, January 6. It has been learned to-day from December 17, the French spokesman rellable sources that the agreement submitted now plans requiring the reached between Mr. Henry Morgen-powers, including Germany, to notify thau, the Secretary of the United of ava bailding programmea an- nually through the League of Na- States Treasury and Senor Suarez, the Lions. The French suggested a re
Mexican
Treasury Secretary of the related to the time of payment for the duction in the size of battleships and
crainors. United States silver purchases.
The
conterence adjourned until It is understood that the agreement Wednesday to enable the delegatious provides that the date of settlement; instead of the date of the netual Proposals and study them thoroughly. | stable No. 371, appeared before Mr. 1 shall be the date of the contract to elaborate details of the various
delivery of silver, thereby eliminating disadvantageous-United Press.
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FRENCH APPEAL
London. Jan. 6. Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, was elected. President of the Naval Conference, in succession to Sir Samuel Hoare, when business the was resumed this afternoon on conclusion of the holiday recess,
It is understood that the French delegation made a strong appeal for exchange of information on building
every year-Reuter programaies Bulletin Service.
ASSAULTS RICKSHA
COOLIE
An Indian member of the Macao
Pallee Force, our Singh,
nt
cen-
E. I. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning and was fined $10 for being drunk and dis- orderly in Canton Road Inst. aight.
Detective-Sub-Inspector Cunning- ham stated that defendant arrived in Hongkong by the 8.8. Sui An on Monday morning. About 10 o'clock last night defendant hired a ricksha Tsimshatsu and went to Yaumatt where he refused to pay his fare of 15
cents and nasaulted the ricksha chelie by kicking him. He also toro the cover of the cushion of the ricksha. He (Sub-Inspector.
Сип- ningham) did not see the incident but saw the coolle trying to chase the do- fendant, so he arrested the man and touk London, Jan. 8.
him to the Yaumati Polico The Five-Power Naval Conference Station. was resumed at Clarence House, West-
The coolie was warned to appear He The lad arrived without his violin, minster, this afternoon. At the open in Court but he had not arrived:
Ing
rieksha amounted to about 65 his father telegraphed that the boy of the meeting, the Chairman of was not injured, but the damage to
the First Committee, Lord Monsell, the had been sick, and Josef Borisoff, his stated that Mr. Anthony Eden had cents. At the time of his arrest de- fendant had $20.03 in his possession. appointed as dolegate of the
In fining the defendant, who succeed Sir Samuel Hoare. It was agreed by all pleaded guilty, his Worship ordered the delegations that as the Conference him to pay $1 compensation to the
its plenary session, elected equlic." as President the British Foreign
San Francisco, Jan, 6. The concert by Felix Abycede, the nine-year-old violinist prodigy. scheduled for to-night, has been can celled.
POINTS DISCUSSED
teacher, telegraphed saying that the finited Kingdom le
lad was temperamental and had not touched his violin for a fortnight, for which reason it would be better if ho gave his concert United Press,
later
LABOUR GROWS RESTIVE
(Continued from Page: 1.) ture, and Mr. Homer Cummings, the Attorney-General, to find some way out of the dilemma to help farmers
during states.
in
Secretary, no
+
further election was BICYCLE THEFT
the presidency devolving ex officio on Mr Eden.
Discussion of the United Kingdom proposal for voluntary and unilateral declarations of naval construction
over
a period of years was then resumed at the paint which had been reached when the Committee adjour- ed for the Christmas recess. The United Kingdom delegato proceeded
MACHINE FOUND IN
PIECES
Pleading guilty before Mr. Macfid- yen at the Central Magistracy this morning to straling a bicycle, valued
81, street coolic, was discharged as the police had no evidence to offer on a a charge of receiving.
to reply to various criticisms which at $30, Fung Lin, aged 30, un- had been made by the Japanese dele- | employed, way fined $50, with tho Hugh Johnson, original Ad-gation in regard to the proposal prior alternative of one month's hard ministrator of the New Deal, sald if to the recess.
Inbour. Another man, Chan Kam, the decision made every form of farm A statement was then made by the relief by the United States Govern-French delegation, drawing attention ment unconstitutional, it left the Ad- to certain provisions of the United ministration no alternative but to cam- Kingdom proposal which would re-
Detective Sergeant Fowlie, related paign on the issue of the Constitution, quire considerable modification to that, on information received, a de-
Mr.
Edward O'Neal, President of the ensure practical application of the tective arrested Fung Lin, who took American Farm Bureau, a powerful scheme.
him
to 80, Third Street, ground floor, farmers' organisation, declares: "The
The Italian delegation pointed out fight is on. This time it will be with cerlain objections to the adoption of where the bicycle was recovered in the United Kingdom proposal, on the slice that he got the vehicle
-parts gloves off-Router.
under matting in charge of dafondant. The latter suggested that unilateral declarations told the
should be to look after from a man who was restri construction
now in prison. The police could not Three plans dealing with the ques-prove that at the time of receiving tion of exchange of information will the bleyele he knew it was stolen. Chinese sources report that Mr. be circulated by the French, Italian The vehicle was stolen on December Chu Cheng, Mr. Hau Chung-chik and and United Kingdom delegates for 9 and was the property of Au Yung- possibly Mr. Sun Fo will leave for examination at the next meeting on lee, shop foki, 15 Gilman's Bazaar, Hongkong aboard the President Wednesday. The idea for an Jefferson to welcome Mr. Hu Han-change of information regarding naval
COMING TO IK.
Shanghai, Jan. 7,
to one
ex-
min on his return from Europe construction is to broaden the basis Reuter.
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MR. EDEN'S SECRETARIES hull,
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Mr. E. J. Harrison, formerly of
London, Jan 6. Ing brought back to Barrow-in-
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