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The China Mail

November 10, 1919, Temperature:79

No. 17,796, 一拜禮 號1只一十年

BUSINESS NOTICES

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ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS,

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Marine and Eand Engineers, Bollermakers, Founders, Motor Boat Builders.

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CHANDLER,

OVERLAND CARS

A consignment of HUDSON and ESSIX Cars

expected, shortly.

Orders may now be booked.

Cars for hire. Lessons in driving at moderate inclusive prices.

WATSON'S

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An Excellent Remedy For Neuralgia and Malarial Headache.

This excellent remedy is sent regularly from Hongkong to customers in England & elsewhere abroad.

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PIANOS

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FAILORS

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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE.

AUSTRO-GERMANS COULDN'T GETA-

WASHINGTON, November 8, The international labour' conference decided to admit. South African, | Japanese, and other delegates whose admission had been apposed.

PARIS, November S..

At the supreme council, the American delegate Polk announced that the Austro-German delegates to the Washington labour conference had been unable to obtain shipping accommodation to America.

SEVEN NEW RUSSIAN STATES,

THIS WILL NOT SUIT DENIKIN.

LONDON, November 5. Representatives of seven new Russian States, Azerbeijan, northern Caucasus, Georgia, Kuban Republic, Esthonia, Latvia, and Ukrainia, have sent a joint note to the Supreme Council asking for recognition of their independence.

PARLIAMENTARY ANSWERS.

BLOCKADE OF RUSSIA NOT LEGALLY A BLOCKADE.

LONDON, November 5.

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-November 10, 1918, Temperature 74,

日八十月九未已次年人國民津中

EARLIER TELEGRAMS -

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, November 5th. Silver reached 87d. per ounce yesterday, in consequence of the American strikes holding up supplies and the active de mand from China..

AUSTRALIAN RACING.

MELBOURNE, November 3rd. The result of the Victory Derby is a follow-

Richmond Main Artilleryman

Sarveforen

Won by hall a length. The betting on Richmond Main was 5 to 1.

MALBOTENE November 4th.

The result of the Melbourne Cup is as. follows:-

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Artilleryman...

Fichmond Main,

Two Blues.、、

There were 20 runners.

Won by six lengths, half a length dividing second and third. The betting on Artilleryman was 10 to 1.

NEW BARONY.

LONDON, November 3rd. A baron has been conferred on Ad- miral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss.

FAR EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

[BY COURTESY "HONGKONG DAILY

PRESS,"

In the House of Commons a batch of questions was asked regarding the British Policy toward Russia. Colonel Malone asked what would be the duration of the blockade. Mr. Harmsworth replied that as far as Britain was concerned the present "economic pressure" (which did not CABINET MAKING DIFFICULTIES. legally amount to a blockadel would continue till a democratic govern- ment which could be recognised by the Allies was established in Russia.. (Cheers.)

PERING, November 6th. The new Premier is experiencing dif Replying to further questions, Mr. Long stated that since the Gerculty in the formation of a Cabinet man armistice, approximately £6,000,000 had been spent on naval opera owing to the opposition of the Anfu tions in the Baltic and Black Sea. No British force was at present opera Club, which wishes its representatives in-

cluded: ing in the Caspian. Probably these operations would be wound up before the end of the financial year..

Mr. Harmsworth said a meeting would occur shartly in Denmark. between British and Bolshevik representatives regarding an exchange of prisoners.

Mr. Bonar Law stated that the Premier would be happy to receive a deputation from the Commons Channel Tunnel Committee to urge the immediate construction of the tunnel.

Mr. Horne announced that 5,088 employers had undertaken to provide employment for 46,000 disabled ex-soldiers in response to the recent appeal by his Majesty.

PAPUAN OIL FIELDS.

BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT,

SYDNEY, November 8.

The keenest fight is proceeding over the appointment to the Ministry of Finance. The Premier nominates Chow Taz-chi. who is acceptable to the President and also enjoys the confidence of the Ameri can bankers. Without him it is feared that. American gold will not be forth- coming.

TUGHUNS AND ARMY REDUCTION.

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The Tuchucs' willingness to agree to

twenty per cent.

reduction of

the military strength is explained by the fact that most of the armies, have paper strength beyond the actual strength; consequently, the Tuchans are ready to sacrifice their income for patrio- tie purposes.

COSTLY.

Sir Joseph Cook, minister for the navy, in a speech disclosed the SHIPS FIVE TIMĖS MORE existence of a new partnership between the Imperial Government and the Commonwealth for a more efficient exploitation of the Papuan ollfields. The Imperial Government grants the Commonwealth £50,000 and selects the borders.

VIENNA FOOD SITUATION DESPERATE.

VIENNA, Nov. 6,

The Reparation Sub-commission has completed ten days sitting by issuing an interim report. Sir William Goode, the British representative, interviewed by Reuter, said the condition at Vienna was well-nigh desperate owing to the nonfulfilment of the contracts by Jago-Slay and Czecho-Slovak Governments to deliver foodstuffs and coal respectively. There were absolutely no reserves of bread, meat, or fats. The position was accentuated by delay to food-trains owing to the shortage of coal.

AMERICAN COAL STRIKE."

INDIANAPOLIS, November 4,

Mr. Lewis, the miners' leader, declared that the miners would resume negotiations immediately if the injunction were withdrawn as Gompers advocated.

FUGILISM.

DEMPSEY V. BECKETT.

ALABAMA, November 4.

Dempsey has signed an agreement to fight Beckett at New Orleans on March 17. This is conditional of Beckett defeating Carpentier. Dempsey, is to receive $125,000. Tortories is promoting the fight.

THE SHANTUNG VOTE IN U.S.A.·

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WASHINGTON, November 5.

The correct figures of the voting on the Shantung provision of the Treaty were 41 to 26.

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NOT AN ELECTION SPEECH.

BUT SOUNDS LIKE UNE

STRASBOURG, November 5.

M. Clemenceau, speaking not as a candidate for election but as the head of the government, dwelt on-the formidable reconstruction, task of the democracies. The only solution was work. In view of the complexity of the problems confronting the new political era, it was important that the elections should result in the establishment of a homogeneous parliamentary majority, which could carry out

of well-defined programme

action. An all-Republican majority alone could fight the destructive action of revolutionary minorities. He condemned general strikes but if society were menaced it ought to rely lesa on armed force than on itself. He cited the railway etrike in Britain as an example of the efficacy of a "free organisation of citizens. One of the grave dangers of the future was Bolshevism but the union of all good Frenchmen should be sufficient to build an insurmountablé rampart against such savagery,

The Weekly Dispatch asks: How w our supremacy as a abipbuilding. nation be affected by the claim now being mide by shipbuilding and engi. the weekly hours of labour from 47 neering wackers for a reduction of

to 44?

It may be taken that employers end me are at one in recognising "the necessity of maintaining that

#upremacy.

Between them they must ease that our output is great- er than, and its quality superior to, that of our competitors. So that the first thing to consider before change ing conditions is the ralative posi tions of ourselves and our rivals.

In America labour is dearer than here so far as the actual wages per hour are concerned, but it is assert- ed in authoritative quarters that the American employed in the shipbuild- ing industry accomplishes three times as much over a similar period as the average shipyard employee in this country.

"It is true that the Americans con- not yet produce vessels as cheaply pe £25 to £30 per ton. But they Fish the construction much more quickly, and this frequently decides an order in their fawar. Then the quality of their work is still inferior to that of the British workusen; But, again it may be said that the quality of the American article is stendily being improved.

The inferiority of the American bise boen due to the fact that there have never been trade union restrictions in America, and therefore any person could, and can now, find employment in the shipyards. The workers Bross the Atlantio are therefore only really learning the technicalities of the industry. But there is a pro, spect that the American workman may soon become as cfficient ne any obber.

It is not pet possible to judge fairly the effect on output of the reduction of the working week to 47 hours. Introduced officihly' at the commencement of the year, the shortened week was not in practical operation until March. Since the adoption of the 47 hours system in the stoel-making industry, however," one firm in the north has dropped · nearly 2,000 tons per mouth in its sverage production.

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