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FRIDAY,"

JANUARY 18 1924.

MINERS MAY STRIKE.

OVER WAGES AGREEMENT

REVISION.

[Renter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, January 17.

It is officially announced that the miners' ballot has resulted in a vots of $10,000 for, and 114,000 against giving three months' notice to terminate the National Wages Agreement. The Miners' Execu- tive are to meet the mine owners this afternoon and are expected to to endeavour to negotiate for a revision of the agreement. In the event of failure in the negotiations;

MAMMOTH AIRSHIPS'

EXPLOIT.

SAFELY WEATHERS THE

STORM:

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(Reptor's Service to the China Melli

WASHINGTON, January 17, Mr. Denby Secretary of the Navy, is delighted with the giant dirigible ** Shenan-

oah's exploit, He has tele. graphed his congratulations to the crew and has stated: "From all our information, it may be positively asserted that there is hardly any possibility that this ship will encounter in her Arctic there will be a further ballot. Aexpedition so severe a test as she two-thirds majority of voters is has already met successful. necessary before a strike becomes (Reuters American Service.) possible.

THIS IS THE FINISH.”

IMPASSE IN RAILWAY NEGOTIATION.

RAILWAY STRIKE THREAT.

HOPES OF SETTLEMENT.

LONDON, January 17. Despite, the <fficial announce- ment that Sunday, 'midnight has been fixed for the strike of LONDON, January 17. "This is the finish, indicating circles are optimistic that the locomotive employees,· industrial that the strike preparations will o trouble may yet be averted as a forward, said the secretary of the Society of Locomotive Engineers result of the unofficial conversa- and Firemen to-night on learning tions proceeding. "It is believed of the statement issued by the that the Companies are reconsider- railway managers wherein heing their titude.

recapitulated their position and

said they had no alternative but to ZAGHLUL STILL REJOICES. apply to the National Wages Board for a decision:

The secretary of the men's} Locomotive Society suggests that the managers are influenced by the. attitude of Mr. J. H. Thomas the, secretary of the rival National Union of Railwaynien.

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HOME --POLIFICS--

THE ENTHRONEMENT OF LABOUR.

EGYPTIAN ELECTION

SUCCESSES.

CAIRO, January 17. The Zaghlulists have captured twenty-seven out of thirty-seven seats in the re-voting to-day making 177 Zaghialists out of 207 results. There are only seven results outstanding.

CANADA'S TRADE.

· INCREASE. IN VOLUME. LONDON, January 17. Mr. Winston Churchill, who is

OTTAWA, Jannary 17. evidently among the Liberals who

Canada's trade during the nine do not relish the idea of support- months ended December 31,totall ing Labour, has published a lettered $1,494,000,000, an increase of wherein he declares that the $184,000,000 compared with corres enthronement of a Socialist Gov-ponding period of last year. Imports ernment in office would be a totalled $678,000,000 and experts serious national misfortune com- $815,000,000. There are increases parable to defeat in war. He con- of $101,000,000 and $83,000,000 tends that the exhortation, "give respectively.

a chance to Labour" only really means giving. fair chance to fac- tion and manoeuvre and he paints a dark picture as a result of a Socialist minority rule. He sug- gests that after the Clynes' amend. ment to the address has been carried, the House should further record its repudiation of socialism

and distrust the advocates of

capital levy and nationalisation.

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ANGLO-PERSIAN' QIL""'

SALE OF GOVERNMENT --

HOLDINGS?

LONDON, January 17.

In the House of Commons it was

SWARAJIST OBSTRUCTION.

GOVERNMENT BILLS BLOCKED.

NAGPUR, January 17, v The Swarajists, who command a

majority in the Central Province Legislature, successfully obstruct; ed five Government Bills by voting for their postponement or recircul- ation.. A two days' programme thus finished in two hours.

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'PARIS.

PARIS, January 17.

On the occasion of the opening of the wireless station. at Saigon

shares was rejected on the re thereby enabling messages to be Committee. Recently further pro sent from Indo-China to France in- posals by various oil interests had stead of vice-versa only as Fither- been submitted but the Govern- to, the Colonial Minister wireless

reaching the Governor-General of Indo- ment liad not time to

China expressed the opinion that the station would largely contri bute to the expansion of French influence, in the Far East. The governor's · reply from Hanoi to Paris only took 12 minutes in transmission,

a final decision. It was intended to refer the matter to the Cabinet Committee.

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In addressing a meeting of the that despite appearances, France's League of Nations Union, Mr. situation was increasingly, flouri- Chao Hsin-chu strongly supported. shing. He stated that the note the League but urged that its circulation and War Budget was methods, policy and debates-should substantially reduced compared to not be dominated by European 1920 figures. By a vote of 360 politics." If it ever ceased to be a against 215 the Chamber subse worldwide concern, he said, the quently postponed an interpellation American nations would establish

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