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INDUSTRIAL PEICK THREATENED.

DISPUTE INVOLVING NEARLY TWO MIELION MEN.

ENGINEERING AND SHIPBUILDING BONU

Lexpos, October 7.

AQUATIC SPORTS.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

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SUCCESSFUL VEETİNG YESTERDAY.

Favoured with hice weather con-

cald. the eighth annual apatic sports meeting of Queen's College was succeNS fully held in the V.R.C. hath yesterday afternoon. There was a large atten- dance of students. their parents and Inends. Enthusiasm was great, and there was mach keen. sporting com petition between the competitors, with the result that some very exciting finishes were witnessed.

The industrial peace is threatened by a dispute between the engineeringditions, and with the water not too employers and workers on the abolition of the Ministry of Manitions wartime bonus representing a loss of about 10s, a week on present earnings, in addition to the 6s, reduction a few months ago. A conference of delegates of the engineering trade unions to-day decided to take a ballot of members on the employers proposal to remove the bonus in three instalments Nearly a million workers are concerned while an equal number are involved in a similar ¦ dispute with regard to the munitions bonus for shipbuilding employes who belong to the same federation as the engineering employes. Thus nearly | 2,004,000 men are involved in the outcome of the negotiation:

LABOUR'S UNEMPLOYMENT PROPOSALS.

STORMY CONFERENCE AGREES TO MEET PREMIER.

Losos. October 1.

Included in the programme were the old boys rare and the staŭ race. which attracted many entries, and were of great interest to the specta- Tors. Douglas Laing won the old) boys race in splendid fashion in spite of heavy handicap (20 seconds). I Although the others had covered the first lap of the four length race before A conference of Labour members of Parliament, the Labour Party Laing took the water. it did pot take Executive, and the Council of the Trade Union Congress at Westminster him long to overhaul them and wie the race by a good margin. The stati storthily discussed the Premier's invitation to Labour to join the Govern- race was won by Mr. E. J. Edwards ment employment committee and sent a letter to the Premier declaring with Mr. J. Ralston sceand. Mr. A. that Labour was prepared to appoint six representatives to explain Labour's. Crook was given a substantial cartployment proposals and examine the Government proposals, but not as start, but failed to take advantage of

it, and was not placed. members of a joint committee including financira and employers. Labour | representatives could not be held responsible for any policy adopted by the

Geveruent. The Premier replied that he would meet the Labour repre-af loving his name engraved on the sentatives early next week.

LATER.

It was decided to send a further letter to the Premier protesting against the Premier not meeting the Labour representatives immediately. The Labour representatives are Messrs. R. B. Walker, E. L. Poulton, Sidney Webb. Ramsay Macdonald, and Arthur Henderson, and Miss Margaret Bondfield.

FLUCTUATING EXCH LNGE.

RETUP TO ECONOMIC STABILITY STILL REMOTE.

NEW YORK, October 9. Mr. Hoover. Secretary of Conferce, addressing the American Export | Mazafacturers" Association, said that national industry in the early spring

time, hal shown recovery having entered a period of easier credits which was marked by a rise in the price of bonds and a decrease in federal reserve and interest rates generally. It must not be thought, however, that the country was on the threshold of a boom. Return to economic stability was still remote and there was little hope of the foreign trade of America or any other country becoming normal while yiolent fluctuations in foreign exchange | continued. Steps to secure some stabilization of the German mark mast tuke priority before stability in any European roantry was posible.

ATLANTIC CITY, October 7.

Mr. Norris, Governor of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, in. a

This year a junior championship was inaugurated, and the distinction

cup with that of the senior champion, went to Lai Sze Chiu, who scored the same aumber of points as the senior champion Chan Han Tat.

At the conclusion of the sports Mr«. Irving distributed the prizes.

The Leadmaster. Mr. B. Tanner, ex- pressed the thanks of the school to!! Mrs. Irving, to the prize donors, to the V.R.C., for the loan of the bath

and to Mr. J. Kaltor who had organis- A

ed the meeting,

Mrs. Irving was presented with a Beutiful bouquet of fowers in a silver

Vase.

RESULTS.

The following were the results of the contests:

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50 Yards Race for Boys 4ft. a. We tak --Wong Shiu-tong: Lan Tat- phun.

50 Yards Herdicap-1. Ip Pui- ying: 2, Wong Po-lum: 3. Ho Leung- chick.

Graceful Swimming.-1, Tang Wing- kwuug; 2, Wen Kwong-ting: 3, Lai Sea-chiu.

Inter-school Team Race (Corona- tion Shield). Queen's College: 2, St. Joseph's College.

50 Yards Breast Stroke-1, Ip!

Shiu-hi

speech, said that America could better afford to wipe of Europe's indebted-Kui-ying: 2, Lai See-chiu: 3. Sin ness than see Eumpe go bankrupt or rain America's foreign market.

· IRISH CONFERENCE.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL JOINS GOVERNMENT DELEGATION.

LONDON, October 7.

To the nanies of the Government representatives to the Irish Conference as already cabled and officially confirmed has been added that of the Attorney-General who will join the conference whenever constitutional questions are being discussed."

High Dive-1, Chan Man-tat; 2. Lai See-chịu; 3, Tong Wing hwang

50 Yards Handicap,-1, Leong Shiu-man; 2, Chan Kwong-shing; 3, U Tak-lum.

Long Plunge, Lai See-chin; 2, Chan Man-tat: 3, Ng Chi-man

Diving for Plates.-I, Wen Kwong- ting (14); 2, Ernest Spradbery: 3, Chan Man-tat.

100 Yards (Championship).-1. Lung Shiu-man; 2, Ernest Sprad-

Class Team Race (Junior School).-

[The names already cabled are as follows:--The Premier, Lord Birkenbery; 3, Tong Wing-kwong. head (Lord Chancellor), Sir Hamar Greenwood (Irish Secretary), Mr. Austen 1, Class Va. Chamberlain (Leader of the House of Commons), Bir L. Worthington Evans (War Minister), and Mr. Winston Churchill (Colonial Secretary.}}

FRENCH TRAIN SMASH.

OUTCRY AGAINST INSECURE RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

PARIS, October 17

Class Teath Race (Senior School). -- 1, Class 11a...

Old Boys' Rac-1, D. Laing; 2, U Tak-cbit; 3. Arthur Rumjake.

The champiership gold medal don- sted by the Headmaster was awarded to Lai Bee-chic. A duplicate will be made for Chan Man-tat.

B.

The officials were: President, Mr. Tanner; Starters, Messrs. J. Ralston and G. E. 8. Upsdel; Judges, Messrs. A. H. Crock, W. Bay and E.

Twenty-eight bodies have been recovered from the wreckage in Batignolles tunnel. In many cases fragments of clothing and jewellery were the only

J. Edwards; Time-keeper, Mr. F. J. clae as to identity. The signalman has been arrested on a charge of show-de Rome; Clerks, "Messrs. Cheung ing a signal that the tunnel was clear. This disaster, following numerous Hok-chau, l'un Shiu-pang, Ng Kato- | other accidents after the war, has caused an outcry against the insecurity of [man and S. A. R. Ismail.

railway travelling in France and the Government will be interpellated im- mediately the Chamber of Deputies reassembles.

RUSSIA'S ATARVING MILLIONS.

TWO MILLION TONS OF FOOD REQUIRED.

Toyoos, October 7.

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Dr. Nanuet, in a sperob at the National-Laberpt Club, said that between-

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