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February 10, 1022, Tamperature 64

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No. 18.489 六拜禮

號一十月二年二十二百九十一英

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1922,

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

February 11, 1921, Temperature ūî.

THE HONGKONG TELEPHONE HANDBOOK

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THE DOLLAR.

To-day's closing rate 2,5 7/8.

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To-day's opening rate 26 7/8,

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DIRECTORS' SALARIES URITICISED.

GEODES COMMITTEE REPORT.

SWEEPING ECONOMIES URGED.

DRASTIC ARMY AND NAVY CUTS.

LONDON, February 10. LONDON, February 10,

The Geddes Committer recommends the appoint- ment of a Minister of Defence to administer the navy, The general meeting of the Dunlop Rubber Com pany was marked by pungent criticisons of the directors' army, and air forces, also reductions of 95,000 in the salaries. The Chairman was confid-at that there was a personal of the navy, £21,000,000 in the navy estimates prosperous fature given revival of trade and if the scops (exclusive of any saving due to the Washington Con- of operations were confined to legitimate limits, although | ference), 50,000 in the personnel of the army £20,000,000 possibility of commodity values falling in the army estimates, £5,000,000 in the air force, and

£16,000,000 in education. farther. The meeting unaninously passed a resolution That an acountant assisted by a committee of three should enquire into the position of the company.

there was a

A London cable date February 1 stated: A huge loss of £6,320,000 was disclosed by the Dunlop Rubber Company in their annual report to August 31 ist. This is chiefly due to an enormous shrinkage in the market price of stocks of raw material, principally rubber and cotton. The reserve account now stable

2 102,750,000. J

CAPE LABOUR DISPUTE.

DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS.

SEVEN STRIKERS ARRESTED.

One outrage

wa+

MANY ECONOMIES.

LATER.

The Geddes report further recommende a reduction of £2,500,000 m the Ministry of Health and national health insurance expeuses; the appointment of a com- mittes of experts to simplify unemployment insurance and investigate the possibility of abolishing employment exchanges and the Ministry of Labons: a reduction of £3,333,500 in the Ministry of Pensions expenses and abolition of the Ministry of Transport and the Depart. ment of Overseas Trade.

The report concludes that in addition to £75,000,000 reductions recommended by departments them- selves the Committee suggests altogether a reduc- | tien of £75 ON0,000.

WEIHAIWEI A LUXURY.

LONDON, February 10.

JOHANNESBURG, February .

The Geddes report, referring to Weihaiwi, says committed and several were attempted to-day. A police patrol surprised a baad of that the leasehold is u ed at present for the purpose of strikers marching towards the magazine of Robinson recreation and minor repairs of ships. The annual cost mine in the carly morning. Seven of the strikers were is £35,450. An average of £3 is paid in wages for every arrested. Two were armed with revolvers. There were several violent dynamite explosions, three near the Kleinfontein railway station.

LONDON GOLD MARKET.

GOVERNMENT'S DECISION,

LONDON, February 10,

In the House of Commons, in a written auswer, the Chancellor of the Exchequer declares the Government's inten on t115tablish again an unrestricted market for gold in London as early as possible. Th question of extent to which the notes arethen replaced by gold ultim- atly dejen is on the action of the community itsel'.

SERIOUS INDIAN RIOT

HINDU TEMPLE DISPUTE.

MADRAS, February 10.

A message from Tranjore states that a perious riot

pound's worth of material used. compared with £1.10 for every pound's worth paid in private shipyards. Unless costs can be reduced Admiralty work must be sent elsewhere.

ADMIRALTY'S STRONG CRITICISM.

LONDON, February, 10. The first official criticism of the Geddes report comes from the Admiralty. Couched in strong terms its admits the practicability of certain economies which are actually being effected bat accuses the Committee of misconceptions leading to impracticable suggestions. The Admiralty declares that even viewed in the most liberal and unpractical light no

more than £14,000,000 of the suggested £21,000,000 could be saved by the Navy, suggesting that the remaining 17,000,000 is aerely a figment of imagination. After travers ng in detail the Committee's figures, the statement stigmatises the Committee's methods as dangerous when the adequacy of our naval strength is at stake.

“ALACRITY'S" SALE RECOMMENDED.

LATER.

The Geldes report recommends that the special broke out at Tiruvuduthurai in which the district super-service vessel Alacrity" now at the disposal of the intendent of police was seriously wounded. The deputy Commander-in-Chief of the China Squadron should be magistrate and reserve pol ce were wounded.

The trouble was due to a dispute with regard to j succession to a Hindu temple on the death of the priest. Large crowds gathered with the object of obstracting the burial of the priest and refused to break up. The police then fired. Three people in the mob were killed and eight wounded.

INDIAN USKEST.

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EMPIRE NEEDS.

CHINA'S AMBITIONS.

LONDON, February 10. The special air conference at the Guildhall hae con- cluded. It passed a resolution calling on the Govern ment immediately to consider the foundation of air mail Bervices throughout the Empire. All the speakers pre- viogely emphasised the failure of commercial flying and number urged the Government to support civil avintion.

CALCUTTA, February 10. A meeting of the Calcutta Branch of the European Association passed a resolution urging the Government to support loyal citizens and punish rebels. A citizens protection trague was formed with the object of fighting the formation of a civil aviation advisory board to con civil disobedience and other activities of non-cooper- atom. The committee consists of 84 members, includ-sider the practicability of an imperial air mail-service. ing leading Europeans and Indians.

ITALIAN CABI «CT CRISIS.

KING REJECTS-RESIGNATION.

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Love, February 10. It is semi officially reported that the King has not accepted the resignation of the Cabinet which will be in place when Parliament meets on February 16.

Lord Gorell, Under Secretary for Air, announced

Mr. Chu made an interesting contribution to the discussions. He foreshadowed the extensive develop. ment of a'r maile in China as 'o'rcumvention of lack of railways and shifting river beda. He cited as na instance the Peking-Tainan service which is abortly boing ex tended to Shanghai and declared that China is equally interested in the extension of external services and im proving communications with the outside world which aro generally painfully tardy to the detriment of the country's trade.

Mr, Chu waloomed the London-Poris service as tho beginning in the shortening of British and Chinese mud exchanges and expressed the opinion that the time is bound to come when this will be extended to the major- ity of durneys eastwarde lo promised by that time China's air post would cover the whole country,

BIG WIG BADGE O (DER:

[A Romo cable dated February 2 etat:d:-The Cabinet has decided to resign. The resignation is dos to loss of support in Parliament, where, owing to hostility to foreign polley and other cateos like the alarm of the anti-Clericals at revent actions of the Cathelle Ministers on the occasion of the Pope's deathy CHINESE CONTRACT FOR BRITISH FIRM, opposition has been growing, culminating in the Sosil Demodrate, numbering 148. joining the Opposlt on. Thadikis Thay affect the Ganon bonterence. A soution. of the Prout has been, úzplug" nosipobedient to Hay on the raund that this will give time fur all the countries to prepare the ground for slaatusion.)

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