THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER: 16, 1938,
Half a century of
Tyre Leadership
1938
DUN
150 YEARS DS GROWIN
LOP
In 1888 John Boyd Dunlop's invention of the pnoumatic tyro laid the foundation of the world-widd
tyra industry.
Dunlop now mako tho only tyrd with
Teeth to
bite the road!
The Dunlop lead established in
1888 has never been lost. Ever since Dunlop put his epoch-making invention on the market, the Dunlop Company has pioneered every important tyre improve- mont. To-day the Dunlop "Fort" `re- presents the highest achievement in tyre design and manufacturing technique.
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EMPIRE NEWS
TROOPS MOBILISED
IN - MAURITIUS
Port Louls.
The Governor, Sir Bedo Clifford,
# proclaimed state at recently
Mauritius,
emergency throughout after giving the striking dockers an
of
to work. It returning
opportunity that drastic action will
is
be taken against them. Pollo
Police and military have been mobiilsed.
There
has been no violence, but 18 strikers on one of the sugar court. estates were brought into They were remanded for three days. Several more factories in the cen- tral area have ceased work because the docks cannot accommodate any of more sugar, now that loading vessels has ceased. It is estimated, however, that half of the factories will be able to carry on for a faw mere days.
The island dependency of Fod- is rigues, 400 miles from Mauritius, in serious need of food and it has been arranged that a steamer shall leave for there to-morrow. It Is confidently expected that she will be loaded in spite of the strikers. New Zealand
DAIRY SURPLUS
Auckland.
There is considerable speculation about the surplus in the dairy indus- try account for the year ended July
31.
It was announced recently by Mr. Nash, the Finance Minister that this was estimated at £500,000. Opinion in the Waikato district is that it is more likely to be over £1,000,000.
There is much criticism of the delay in making the announcement, and suggestions are current that the "cnucus which Axes guaranteed prices will make a flánl decision in the matter.
Exports Down.New Zealand's exports for the year ended June 30 were valued at £61,919,913, ns com- pared with £64,621,000 for the cor- responding period last year. A fea- ture of the returns is that butter bas supplanted wool as the Dominion's most valuable export commodity. Burma
RIOTERS WARNED
Rangoon.
The
An official statement เคร่ made that the Governor still retains res- ponsibility for law and order. Governor is Sir Archibald Cochrane. The Rangoon Gazette says that this announcement was overdue, as his powers had not been used and It might be reasonably concluded tint they had been abdicated.
The Rangoon Gazette, which is also British, asks Burmans to dis- sociate themselves from the
state-
BESSSESSESEISSACOS ment made in the House of Repre-
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sentatives yesterday by U. Ba Hilang, that if the Government did not pass the University Amendment Bill, there would be more strikes and rlot. This the newspaper says, in a threat of violence.
Burning Mountain
Reported
Sydney, Australia. Returning tourists from off-beaten routes of the... interior report the finding of a mountain of coal that for centuries past has been burning. The mountain is now so hot that cool mining operations probably will never be possible.
Surface Nugget Found
Forbestown, Cai,
A gold nugget valued at $200 and one of the largest found in the old California gold fields for years was picked up by Earl Nicholson, W. W. McRoberts and James Hamilton while placer mining on Slate Creek.
The Peakock-(or White-Spatted Taipan)
This creature lives on very high ground, and occasionally descends upon the towns below and carries away case after case of H.B. BEER.
When he spreads himself it is a truly wonderful sight and everybody goes to see, whether they have been asked or not.
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