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THE HONGKONG
Huge Haul Of Opium
Found Hidden In A.P.C.
Tanker
A huge seizure of opium on board the oiler Willy, under charter to the Aslatie Petroleum Company, Ltd., in Hongkong harbour yesterday, result- ed in the appearance of six firemen belonging to the eller before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy this morning.
TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY,
Seeking To Aid Sugar Production
But World Parley's Progress Is Slow Delegates
Non-Committal
APRIL
1937.
Dairy Farm Co. Fined
Light Weights, Despite Precautions
The case against the Dairy Form Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd., for] having light weights in two of its branch shops was concluded before
Still Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magis-
tracy this morning.
It will be recalled that summonses were taken out following an inspec- The men were Hul Sang, uged, 54.
ilon by Sub-Inspector Hopkins of Atoker, Lul San, aged 68, oller, Pang
London, Apr. D.
weights and scales at the Company's Chor, aged 33, stoker, 1ton Kwong, The World Super Conference con Lower Albert Road branch and the stoker. Au Chak-in, aged 30, stoker, tinued its general discussion at to Quarry Bay
branch. and Man Cheung, aged 65, pump day's session, the speakers including Hopkins said he made the attendant. They were charged with Dr. I. Colijn (Holland), Mr. CT on March 17. In one case a
a scale the possession of 3,284 tacks of non- Water (South Africa), Mr. Vincent was found which was 5 drams short Government prepared oplum on board Massey (Canada), Dr. Meek (India) In.8 oz. In the other case there was the piler Willy.
and Mr. Liu Chich (China), as well a shortage of 21⁄2 drams in four lbs. as representatives of F France, Ger-
Mr. W. A. Muckk jay, of Doncons, many, Belgium, Hungary, Czecho-defending, said his clients pleaded Slovakia and Dominica.
guity and the facts were as stated. tuin, made up in 15 packets, hidden speakers comprally of an inter-as the Dairy Farm, in which-hunal
According to a communique, by the prosecution. .submitted
agreed in nd-
that in the case of a
of a Company as big
All defendants pleaded guilty... Senior Revenue Omeer A. W Grimmitt, prosecuting, sald he search- ed the ship. yesterday. and found the
the
pervent
vent some getting out
in the fore air shaft of the ship. The mitting the opium was particularly well hidden, national arrangement which would dreds of scales nad weights were in and the revenue party had a hard restore the balance between produc- cor
they took task finding it. The engineer of the tion and consumption; but confined constant use, although ship had complained that he could themselves to genera which seemed little sometimes. There were bun-i
was every precaution, it extremely statements with dimcult to got get steam through to the boilers, There was so much danger of an explosion that the boilers had to bel stopped before the party could enter the air shaft.
Some of the men were engaged in Hongkong and others in Singapore. During the raid one man managed to escape. Mr. Grimmitt pointed out that the ship did not sail direct for Singapore but visited one of the islands around that are first where
the opium would probably be trans-
ferred to one of Japanese schooners who would in turn transfer to motor cars which would smuggle the drug into Singapore.
Defendants
Aned were
the maximum penalty, $5,000, or a year's hard labour, but were brought back to Court a little later, when the sen- lénce was altered to a year's hard labour without the option of a inc.
The opium was confiscated.
EXPLAINS INDIA'S PROBLEM
Close Co-Operation
On Frontier
of
regard to the solut to them possible.
will be reached.—Reuter.
dreds of Buch
in which they could. ways Later, on attempt will have to be
lead Allings 18
dropping 01 made to arrive at an exact method water percolating. It had been the and figures upon which any inter-custom of the Dairy Farm, for a long national pgreement might be based. time to have the scales and weights
Delegates who have so far spaken unanimously hope that an agreement examined by the authorities once a year, and their own European staff checked them at least once a month." If the authorities had any sugges- tion to make to lessen the chances of any inaccuracies,
or to
totally prevent them, the Company would be only too
too glad to hear them. The intest legislation in England, Mr. Mackinlay concluded, provided for
where' in- punishment in effkelency had been the fault of the defendants, but in this case where re-every
reasonable
had precaution been taken, he submitted that a cau- tion would meet the case.
DISTRESSED AREAS
GOVERNMENT PLANS DEBATED
The
London, Apr. 6. ot Commons House
Easter assembled to-day after the Holidays.
The question paper was crowded, and afterwards the House debated the second reading of the Government's Special Areas Amendment Bill, de- signed to facilitate economic deve- lopment and social improvement of distressed areas.
Under the existing Act, various measures to reduce unemployment and and to improve public health other services have been initiated, in- volving commitments up to the be-
ginning of
of last February amounting to about £11,000,000. The placing the cs- of Government orders and tablishment of Government factorics in ad- In the areas have been prepared vance, and accordingly under the pre- cent BIL the powers of the Commis alaners have been extended to include
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London, Apr. 0. A statement on the position
the making of contributions for House of Commons at question time only towards income tax and rates, to-day. The Under-Secretary for but also towards rent payable in re Indill said provincial autonomy had spect of new Industrial undertaking come to operation on April 1. As the established in specin! arcas. House was aware, however, leaders British Wireless. of the Congress Party in six vinces, where that party was expect- ed to command a majority in the legislature, had declined invitations to form ministries. These had ac- cordingly been formed from other parties.
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FIX NEW STRIKE POLICY
Senate Agrees Upon
New Formula
Washington, April 0. Senator Joseph Robinson, leader of the majority party in the Senate, to- day, announced that a new declara- tion of polley by the senior body of
to Congress with regard sit-down strikes, had been agreed to.
The Senate's policy would replace that contained in the defeated amend-
DECLARATION OF ment which declared such strikes
WAR RECALLED
ROOSEVELT REVIEWS UNITS OF ARMY
Washington, April 0. The twentieth anniversary of the United States' entry into the Great Wer was celebrated to-day with re- view of 6,000 troops by President F. The Provincial Governments with D. Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary the full approval of the Governor-of War H. H. Woodring. Included in General and Secretary of State, the review column were a troop of declined to give any undertaking in negro envelry and a score of innits. regard to the use of powers con-Thousands of spectators watched the ferred on them by the Act and obli-evolutions of the army units and the gations imposed upon them by their match past.-Reuter. instructions Issued with the approval
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London, Apr. 6.. A question regarding the situation was asked in the in Palestine
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Southby, for the Commander Colonial Secretary, who was absent- offered, subject to their obligations, part of Waziristan. On March 29 at the Sugar Conference, sald:-"I that the fullest assurances of sympathy units which were protecting the am glad to be able to state and support to any ministry which
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