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STRIKE MENACE GROWING
THOUSANDS STOP WORK IN FRANCE
GOVERNMENT HELPLESS
Paris, June 3.
The "folded arms" strikes have now spread throughout all France, causing fear of a general strike paralysing the country on the eve of the installation of M. Leon Blum's Government,
It is estimated that at least 250,000 -workers are involved in the biggest tie-up in industry the world kas aven for years.
In the American-controlled Thomas Houston Electrical Plant, at Ille, 11,- 000 men have struck.
Many of the Paris gas works are closed, threatening a shortage of this fuel
The Civil Servanta are meeting this afternoon to consider whether or not they will join the strike.
An ominous denial that a general atrike is near was made by a union. organ to-day. It charmeterises the general strike reports na "momentar]- By inexact.". A general transport
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EDITION MILLINERY
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FIRST EDITION
Elpury, Supreme
Hongkong Telegraph.
CHEVROLE
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四拜禮 號四月六英港香
CANTON'S LEADER
IN 'SPOTLIGHT
General Chan Chai-tong, comman der-in-chief of the Kwangting foreen, in being watched clancij for any significant mare in the quarrel with Nanking. His trompa are unofficially repointed alrendy marching into Hunan, reportedly converging on Hengchow.
TARIFFS PROTECT
· MARKETS
strike on Thursday in expected in AUSTRALIA STANDS
l'arls.
Meanwhile, the new Prime Minister and his Socialist comrades, confortel all today in an effort to hall the strikes' momentum and persuade the
WITH EMPIRE
workers ta willfheld their demands NO COMPROMISE|
pending the Popular Front Govern- ment's presentation of promised legis- dation for a forty-hour week and other reforms the strikers are demanding.— United Press.
ANTWERP WALK-OUT
Antwerp, June 3,
all almost
Work has ceased on
WITH JAPAN
Melbourne, June 1.
Sir Henry Gullett, chairman of the Australian Tariffs Commission, to-day discussed with the Japanese Consul here Tokyo's new counter-proposals vessels here following the un-with respect to the lately revised authorised demand of dockers, which Australian tarifs. They also dis the unions have not endorsed, for a eussed the basis of a now trade trenty. two shillings increase in wages.
Several groups of metal workers have also struck-Beuter Bulletin Service.
STOPPACE SPREADS
Paris, June 3. The strike is again assuming large dimensions. The Workers' Unions claim that one hundred and thirty factories in the Paris region have stopped work, and that a hundred thousand men are staying-in.
Food supplies and industry are considerably affected........
New centres where strikes have been started include the Hotchkiss, Thomson, Houston and Pougrat
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pair shops, several oil firms and paper mills, all the chocolate factories, as well as ice factories, which threa- tens a milk famine. There is a com plete stoppage at the big Oilda ham works.
Among the persons who were Len- porarily detained but are now free were seventeen Englishmen at a well- known biscuit factory at IA Cour Neuve, including one of the directors of the Company-Reuter Spreisi.
Embarrassed Diplomats
NICE PROBLEM IN ETIQUETTE
London, June 3.
The Ethiopian Minister here, M. Martin, has set diplomats in London a nice problem in diplomacy.
He has invited all the members of
Following his interview with the Japanese diplomat, Sir Henry stated thut Japanese goods which had been. manufactured at a price so low that it was impossible for any other coun- try to compete, could not be allowed to overwhelm the markets of Austra-
Australin, he said, looked to the Mother Country and other Dominions)
THURSDAY, JUNE 4 1936,
日五十月四
SOUTHERN ARMY PLANS FOR
REPORTED OVER HUNAN BORDER
YUNGCHOWFU SAID TO BE TAKEN
TWO FORCES CONVERGING
ON
HENGCHOW?
Shanghai, June 4.
There are sensational reports here from Canton, brought by the Japanese Domci news agency, that Kwangtung troops have marched across the Hunan frontier.
Domci says an official Kwangsi communique an- nounces the occupation of the walled town of Yung- chowfu, in Hunan, without opposition. The Hunanese troops had previously withdrawn from the position held there.
MEMORIAL
TO RULER
BALDWIN APPEALS
TO BRITISH PEOPLE
TWO SCHEMES ADOPTED
London, June 3. Broadcasting on the eve of the late King George's birthday, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, appealed to the mem- bers of the "one great family" to resolve that long after their voices were atill there would be some permanent memorial to King George, which would be for the service and happiness to future generations and a visible sign, of the love of the late King's people,
The Prime Minister commended the two schemes adopted by the Lord Mayor of London's Committee: first, a statue to be erected between Westminster Abbey and the House of Parliament, in as beautiful a spot as Any in the world, where it would stand for all the members of Britain's family, as well as visitors from abroad, to see; second, the provision of children's playing fields throughout country, for which there was an increasing need.
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"Land-owners can give their land, and the rich can give their wealth, but I want to see a real offering of the people, and completo realisation that all classes of the country and the
said Mr. Baldwin-Reuter.
Meanwhile, Kwangtung military, headquarters has issued a communique stating that Ichang, on the Hunan side of the inter-provincial border, has been occupied.
Hengchow appears to be the present objective of Empire are members of one family," these two southern forces, which are believed to be con- verging there.-Reuter.
Up to the time of going to press, Reuter's representa- tive in Canton had been unable to obtain either confirma- tion or denial of this statement.
VANDALS'
REIGN
GIANTS CHASING
CONTINUES | CARDINALS.
of the Empire for an outlet for her ARABS BLOWING UP CLOSE FIGHT FOR products, and would consequently give preference to these British countries. |
Japan, he added, was a pour cus tomer to Australia in every other "product" except wool--Rruter Bulletin
Service.
German Air Force Chief Crash Victim
BRIDGES
OPEN FIRE ON POLICE
Jerusalen, June 3.
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Mr. Rattledge, leader of the British contly held up by heavy snowfall, has Mount Everest Expedition, until re- now piven the ward for the final ussault, it in reported, and two pleked men have left the last base camp and are attempting to climb to the sum- mit of the highrat mountain in the
world.
CHALLENGE TO AMY'S RECORD
R. A.. F. PILOT SETS FAST PACE
Subscriptions to the King George CAPETOWN TO
Memorial Fund, which was launched
by the Lord Mayor of Landon yester- day, are flowing in
day.
throughout the
The staff at Mansion House in busy dealing with cheques, several of them hmounting to a thousand guiness.
LONDON
London, June 3.
Squadron-Leader Hilton, who left Capetown on a flight to England to It is impossible to into the total
"test the engine of his machine," will sum received as yet, but it is under-beat the record recently established stood the amount will be published by Mrs. Amy Mallison, if his luck periodically.
holds. He is making reinarkably fast time.
BIG CONTRIBUTIONS
London, June_3. The King George V Memorial Fund was opened to-day on the anniver- sary of the late King's birthday, with an appeal by the Lord Mayor on behalf of National Memorial, which
of a Is to take the form of a statue in Westminster on~a~5
-specially
-cleared. site between the Houses of Parliament
FORGE and Westminster Abbey, and of play-
New York, June 3.
on's champions, ARMY PLANE DIVES
| Ing-fields throughout The country.
subscriptions include 1,000 Early guineas from Lord Wakefield, an- other 1,000 gulness from the Wake- feld Company, and 500 guineas from The Palestine reign of terror eon-ed game today to keep them in the and May,
New York Giants won a much-need- Match Manufacturing firm of Bryant tinues unchecked despite the presence race for leadership of the National The Prime Minister's broadcast to- of five battalions of British troops and League with St. Louis, now two night to the Nation and Empire on the introduction of new emergency re-dials also won their fixture.
games ahead. The St. Louis Car- behalf of the fund was relayed Kulations.
throughout the United States.- The Giants shut out the last sch- British Wireless, Schumacher allowing only three hits, Chicago Cubs, The Giants, playing like men in- spired, were air-tight in the field.. inspiration they required. They, did Possibly Schumacher's work was the not do much hitting, but their five safeties were enough to find them three runs.
AT DRESDEN
Two bridges were blown up on the Hebron Road early this morning. The road is now only passable, to very light trafic.
A mile of telephone wires were wrecked on the same road.
Berlin, June 3. Lieutenant-General Wever, Chief of the General Staff of the German Air Force, was killed when an Army aeroplane which he was piloting crashed at Dresden airport,
The mechanic aboard Wan also hurt. killed-Reuter.
TWO OTHER DEATHS
Amsterdam, June 3. Adrianus van Hengel, managing
director of the Austrian Kredit An- stalt, was to-day killed in a planej trash near the Schipol Aerodrome.
Brunowaki, a well-known Austrian
WAR also killed.---
of Signor Dino Grandi, the Italian sporting flier, who was flying in the
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Natir of Renter Special
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the diplomatic corpa, with the excep tion Ambasador to the Court of SL. James, to a reception
honotir 111 Emperor of Ethiopia. There the iplomats will meet the ruler the Italian armies drove from a throne. The reception is to be held Satur- day-Router.
RECRUITING GERMANS
ACTIVITY IN SOUTH-
WEST AFRICA
Windhoek, June 3,
An extensive recruiting campaign for military service in Germany is being carried out in the mandated territory of South-west Afrien,
A continuous stream of young Ger- mans. in attending the German doctor here for medical examination.
The orders were allegedly Issued by the German Council.--Reuter.
CONGRESS ADJOURNMENT
Washington, June 3. oll-informed opinion predicts tho adjournment of Congress early next wook-Swan, Culbertson and Fritz,
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NOTED NURSE'S DEATH
In Jerusalem a British police patrol was fired on in the night in a narrow street of the Old City, but no-one was
The new emergency regulations em- power the district commissioners to order shops and businesses to reopen and to inflict penalties for default- Reuter.
TIN PRICE SLUMPS.
St. Louis, meanwhile, was teaching. Brooklyn Dodgers manners, hitting twelve tines to score seven runs in reply to the Dodgers nine safeties and three tallies.
Boston nosed out the Pirates in eleven innings, four to three. They cach had nine Kits and the Pirates had one error.
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TIGERS BEATEN
Lowly Philadelphia beat Detroit in London, June 3.
an American League fixture, in spite On the metal exchange to-day a of Fox and Coalin's home runs. The sharp decline occurred in the price Athictles hit freely, sending fourteen of tin, which lost £5 to £187 per batters to first and scoring eleven ton. This is the lowest quotation times. Detroit, the champions, scored Washington, June 3. since May, 1933. There was also seven un' their eleven hits., Detroit The death has occurred of Mise some renewed pressure against the had three, errors. Clara Dutton Noyes, one of the most frane on the foreign exchange mar- prominent figures In American ket and sterling appreciated agatust nursing-Itexter.
gold currencies.—British Wireless.
NICARAGUAN REBELS WIN TO POWER
Managua, June 3.
The rebel lender, Somoza, is momentarily expected to arrive at this, the capital city, at the head of 5,000 troops, to assume charge of the affairs of Nicaragun.
Meanwhile, President Sacasa says, "The President is ready to deposit ho is ready to resign in the event of the Government with the Liberals, but satisfactory agreement, being Samora insists that he remain, in offico reached.
until January 1."
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near the New York Yankees style Boston, the only team anywhere for the moment, won against Gleve- land, six to two. Each had ten hits and the Indians had two errors.
New York Yankees, as expected, wallopped Chicago, eleven to one, holding the Sox to five hits and them- selves hitting Afteen Chicago had
KIDNAPPING FEARED
TWO PORTUGUESE BOYS MISSING
Two Portuguese boys belong- ing to the St. Louls Industrial Home, Third Street, West Point, have been missing for nearly three days, and, according to a polles report, it is suspected that they have been kidnapped.
Report of the lads' disappear ance was made to the police by Father Bagga, who says the two boys-Francis Row, aged 15, and John Rew, aged 12-left the School at 1 p.m. on Monday" and have not returned.,
The police are, making enden- vours to trace the missing
Squadron-Leader Hilton left Cairo in good time last night on the last stage of his journey.
If he arrives in England before 11 o'clock to-night he will crack tho record.Renter Bulletin Service.
LEAVES ATHENS
London, June 3. Squadron Leader Hilton, who is flying from the Cape in an aeroplane fitted with n Wolseley engine which is being tested, and who was reported to be attempting to break Amy Molli son's record for the flight to England of 4 days sixteen hours soventeen minutes, left Athens at 1.30 p.m. (G.M.T.) to-day, after a halt of several hours.-British Virotons.,
TAKING NO PROFITS
BATES SENDS CHECKS TO HIS BROKERS
па
then
London, June 3. Asserting that be bad desire to profit from his insurances in view of the Budget Tribunal's findings. that he had obtained information con cerning the Budget from the Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. J. II. Thomas, the financler, Mr. Alfred Mates, to-day sent his proits back to the brokers who arranged his pre- Budget insurances.
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He sent chocks representing amount of his claims in connection with Budget insurance, less the pre- the miums he had paid, but plus brokers' commissions.
Mr. Bates emphasises that he ad- boys.heres to the evidence he gave before the Tribunal, that he had no inside information of any sort from Mr: Thomas. Reuter.
STOP PRESS
We are informed by Mr. M. H. one error. Huling pitched for the Curtis, of Imperial Aleways, that the Yanks and Cresetti homered.
ITALY OPPOSES ARGENTINE
alr Iner Delphinius will arrive' in Washington beat St. Louis Browns, Hongkong on June 16, after which seven to Your. St. Louis had three date the service from Hongkong will OBJECTS TO CALLING errors and seven hits. The Senators Dorado. These two liners, which are
be maintained by this liner and hit eight times.--Reuter,
BUDGET LEAKAGE
London, June 3.
the
OF ASSEMBLY
of the
same type, will thenceforth
Ronio, June 3. be operated on the service from Hongkong to
The Argentino Ambassador to-day. Calcutta, this change
Signor being necesary in order to duplicate visited
Suvich, Under
the Austrailan service from Singa- Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and pore, on account of the heavy load of orpinine Argentine's proposal that traffic on this route.
the League Assembly should be con It is anticipated in politicat circles Mr. Thomas, who has been First voned very shortly! "I am tired of all politics and would Meanwhile, President Sacasa and that there will be a debate in the Omeer to Captain Lock on the The Italian Government opposca like to rotire to my old practice of other Government leaders remain In House of Commona on Thursday of Dorado, will be promoted Captain and the proposal, declaring that the duty medicine. But they will not let me," the fortified Presidential Palace, but next week on this report of the will plot the Delphinlus. he complained.
the siege has become a friendly one Tribunal of the investigation into the The service from Hongkong wit Expinoza added:
-United Prces.
British Wireless.
of the Assembly is to formulate
Tho Vice-President, Senor R. and a settlement is expected shortly, leakago of Budget information still be weekly under the new al principles, while what is
arrangements.
wanted now is practical proposals for an agreement~~~Router,
LONDON WELCOMES EMPEROR
DEMONSTRATION OF SYMPATHY
BIG CROWD CHEERS
(Special fe, "Telugraph”)
London, June 3. Scenes testifying to the British
sympathy for the
Emperor of Ethiopia grected the Negus when he arrived at Waterloo Station, accom- panied by his two sons and twc. his General, Ras.
daughters and
Kasson, to-dny.
Immense crowds, In
some placea twenty deep, assembled at the station und Its vicinity to welcome the fallen monarch with loud cheering.
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The Emperor was oficially wel- comed by Mr. Anthony Eden's private secretary, in accordance with customary procedure when Royalty travels incognito. Other prominent persons at the station were Lord Allerton, Sir Walter Layton, and Sir Norman Augell, the two latter pro- minent in the world of journalisin.
Many Ethiopians were also present. wearlog
heir traditonal cloaks over their European clothes.
The Emperor's sons were dressed in richly embroidered black garments and his daughters in costumes in the latest European style
The old warrior, Ras Kassa, wore his white native dress.
crowd waved Ethio- distributed by #n un-
The
plan
known English woman, and a number of addresses were read, including one from an Indian political group in London.
The Emperor, his family and suite then entered cars, to an accompani- ment of renewed cheering, The Emperor waved his hat in acknow- ledgment.
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Preceded by a police patrol the Emperor drove to the residence 'In Prince's Gate placed at his disposal by the noted Hongkong and Shang- hai financier, Sir Elly Kadoorič --- Reuter Special.
VALUABLE AIRCRAFT EXPORTS
BRITISH FIGURE
REVEALED
PROGRESSIVE. INDUSTRY
London, June 1. The total value of British-aircraft exports for 1935 was £2,721,441, which is the highest on record, and exceeded the figure for 1934 by no less than £800,339.
In 1935 the total also exceeded the prev
record set up in 1020 by
Despite the demands this year upen the aircraft industry in fulfilling the": Government's programme of expan- aion for the Royal Air Force, manu- facturers are contriving to fulfil mang- large orders for export. Three of the leading companies announce orders
of aggregating hundreds thousands of pounds in value and coming from nearly a dozen different countries.
The Avro Company is supplying aircraft to Greece, Austria, Australia, Finland and Egypt-the most con- siderable Individual contract being for thirty-eight Anson twin-engined monoplanes for Australia. The De- Havilland Company, which Inst year to twenty-five countries,
ht
sold airerat orders recently from ray, Hawker Company also
quay, New Zealand, Turkey phil
has large export orders.
Much Interest was shown, it is re- ported, at the recent International. Aero Exhibiting at Stockholm' in General Aircaft Company's Monosparḥ Twin-engined Ambulance Monoplòng on the British stand. Fitings includes specially designed stretchers, · con-- Lainers for medical Instruments and stores, oxygen cylinders and tent, and blood transfusion apparatus.. The plone is equipped with electrical atarters, radio transmitter and re- celver, direction finder and Insu ments for blind flying.-British Viro- teas.
KING IS FIRST GRAND MASTER
London, June 8,
At a meeting of the United Granda Lodgo of Freemasons, the Duke, of Connaught announced that "His Ma jesty the King had accepted the post Hon of Fimt Grand Master of the ordor.--Reuter Bulletin Seréico.