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COAL SITUATION.

RAILWAY STRIKE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY.

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INTENSE PUBLIC RELIEF.

FRESH CONFERENCE BETWEEN PREMIER AND MINERS;

The railway strike has been postponed.

LONDON, October 23. LONDON, October 2

The news of the postponement of the railway strike was received with intense relief and satisfaction by the general public and Labour circles, particularly the railwaymen.

FRESH NEGOTIATIONS.

LONDON, October 23, The executives of the Miners' Federation and the Railwaymen's Union conferred today. The former, in thanking the railwaymen for their sympathetic strike, stated that Mr. Lloyd George had invited the Miners' Executive to a fresh conference. This invitation had been accepted, Therefore the Miners' Executive requested the railwaymen to ruspend their strike in order not to prejudice the new negotiations. The miners' representatives meet the Government at Downing Street to-morrow mor ning. Therefore the railway strike has been postponed indefinitely.

PEACE IN THE BALANCE.

**

LONDON, October 24. The new week opens with a distinctly mere hopeful outlook in the industrial situation. Mr. Lloyd George, who remained in town over the week-end, is meeting the miners' leaders this morning. The meeting is in the nature of a preliminary talk with Messrs. Smillie, Hodges Herbert Smith, and Robson, respectively President, Vice-President. Treasurer, and Sec- retary, of the Miners' Federation, in order if possible to reach a basis for discussion of a settlement. If such a basis is reached the Miners' Executive will meet the Government later in formal negotiations which are likely to last the greater part of the week. Peace, therefore, will be in the, balance for some days, and resumption of work might even be delayed by fis neces- sity of a third ballot. The subject matter of to-day's conversations, in spite of widespread rumours, is kept the closest secret.

THE DOWNING STREET CONFERENCE.

LONDON, October 24. The miners' leaders, Messrs. Smillie, Smith, Hodges, and Hartshorn, conferred for two hours with Mr. Lloyd George at No. 10 Downing Street this morning, after which Mr. Hodges stated that discrsions were being continued.

READY FOR EMERGENCIES.

LONDON, October 23.

POLICE REPORTS.

HOSPITAL PATIENT'S SUICIDE.

FATAL FALL INTO SHIP'S, HOLD.

BITTEN BY ▲ Dog-A Chinese girl, aged 13 years. Bring at No. 85, Tokawan village, was yesterday re- moved to the Government Civil Hos- pital, suffering from injuries 'to her thighs,caused by being bitten by e dog.

KNOCKED DOWN BY TRUCK-A Chinese who was yesterday knocked - down by a hand truck, was admitted the", Government Civil Hospital suffering from injuries to his body. His condition is serious.

to

ATTACKED BY MOB.—A Chinese

bound from Swatow to Canton, who soldier pressing through the Colony, was yesterday attacked by a mob of coolies in Praya East, was so severely handled that he had to be removed to Kongsi military officer was also al the Government Civil Hospital. A

(tacked by the mob, and suffered in

juries to his head. He was also re- moved to the Hospital One of his assailants has been arrested.

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INSTANTANEOUS DEATH.-The EXTERMINATION OF COCKROACHES,

police received a telephone message from the Government Civil Hospital this morning to the effect that Indian Constable $148. a patiens in the hos- by jumping from the verandah of the įpital, committed suicide on Saturday

first face of the hospital. Death was instantaneous.

PAST SCRAPER'S DEATH.---The.. body of a male Chinese, aged about 18 years, was yesterday removed to the Public Monary. The deceased. who was a paint scraper, met his death by accidentally falling into the bold; of the s.s. "Guzzafat,” while at work. He fell a distance of some thirty feel and was killed instantaneously. Both legs were broken.

STOLEN FISH-Two Chinese boys who were this morning charged before Magistrate Smith with the theft of a basket of fish, the property of a fish monger. pleaded. "guilty." The police said that while the complain- The Emergency Bill provides for the issue of proclamations of ket at the Mongkok lerry wharf yes

(ant was engaged in perchasing a ́tic... |

emergency whenever the action of any body of persons threatens to terday, the defendants sneaked up and interfere with the supply and distribution of food, water, fiel, light, or stole the basket of fish. The defen- means of locomotion. Should Parliament not be sitting when such an Market where they were emergency arise it would be summoned immediately. The emergency regulations, will be made by an Order in Council for the preservation of peace, for the supply of the necessaries of life, and for the maintenance of transit. Purishments are provided for a breach of the regulations.

INDIAN STRIKES

SERIOUS TROUBLE IN MADRAS MILLS,

RAILWAY EMPLOYEES STRIKE

BOMBAY, October 24..

dants took thé fish to the Western

the lot of

dividing the spoils when they were arrested. Sentence of 14 days' hard labour and 8 strokes with the rattan was passed.

FORBIDDEN WEAPON.-A Chinese woman was this morning charged de- fore Magistrate Smith with the unlaw-j ful possession of a revolver and 30 A Chinese rounds of ammunition.

| detective said that he boarded the s.s. ¦ KwongsiTM yesterday, on her arrival from up river. As be entered the defendant's cabin. he saw her trying to conceal the revolver by tying it to her thigh with a piece of cloth. The

The Magistrate remarked that it was contraband, but pleaded ignorance.

obviously a case of a passenger pass- ing through the Colony. It was ev dent that the commaband was not in-1 He would impose the lenient fine of tended for smuggling into Hongkong.

Strikes and rumours of strikes are the order of the day in India. The woman admitted possession of the Bombay gas strike has ended and the strikers have beat dismissed. A good tramway service has been maintained. It is reported from Jhanal that 4,500 €) employees of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway have struck, while there is serious trouble at Buckingham Mills, Madres, where 7,000 employees have been locked out after an assault on a weaving master. The Karachi Daily Gazette did not appear on October 21 owing to $25. and order the confiscation of the lightning strike of the entire mechanical staff.

“RECOVERY OF FRANCE,

RECONSTRUCTING WAR-STRICKEN DISTRICTS.

WONDERFUL PROGRESS.

LONDON, October 21.--

revolver and the ammunition which was found under the couch in the cabin...

FAMINE RELIEF FUND.

LD.C. PRODUCTIONS--

ATTRACTIVE FEATURES. »

A Havas message states that national loan operations ppened under the most favourable circumstances. The Finance Minister, speaking at Strasbourg, pointed out the steady progress in the great work of recon-features of the A.D.C.'s varied pro- Quite one of the most interesting structing the war-stricken districts. Railway traffic was now almost grape will be the Inter-scene en- compelely re-established but for a few miles. The commercial balance had titled Kismet Reminisences. greatly improved and exportation had increased in 1920 by 148 per cent songs with the original musical set- against importation only 13 per cent..

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL.

ENGLAND BEATS IRELAND.

In an international Ireland by 2 goals to mil.

2

LONDON, October 23. "soccer match at Sunderland, England beat

【STARVING MAYOR:

LINGERING ON BUT STILL UNCONSCIOU

LONDON, October 244

The

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This Infer-scene-will follow immedi. ately after the Golden Doom in the first half of the programme and will recall pleasant memories to those who saw the original production.

A further attraction will be's Chi- nese orchestra of some of the leading

·[I6eal amateurs - who" will - discourse music during the one interval of the evening, appropriately proceding the Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles;” which play is in the Golden Times of a Far Eastern Cour-

Mayor McSwiney on October 24 was lingering on but was still un by this intiming the pecessary" at

His sisters have not been allowed to see him.

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