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GERMAN AGREEMENT.

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"REICHSTAG" TO DISCUSS · *RATIFICATION.

(Reuter's Service)

RIDERS UP:

STAR THEATRE'S NEW PICTURE.

Hongkong as a racing com "munity" "will"enjoy "Riders Up." the_new_picture_showing at the BERLIN August 21... Preparatory to to-day's ratifica-Star Theatre this evening. tion debate the Government has * Riders Up" is a romance of the Introduced into the Reichstag a Turf with an unusually appealing Bill assenting to the London! story adapted from Gerald protocol authorising the Minister Beaumont's famous racing yarn. It of Finance to flost a loan of relates the jaadventures of a, 800,000,000 gold marks, and tout whose widowed mother and empowering the Government to sister wait anxiously for him to surrender the state callway bonds come home. Always he promises, totalling eleven milliard als but never seems to be in a position boods amounting to five milliards to keep his word The dope secured on industrial taxation.consistently goes wrong. Finally,

LACK OF SECURITY:"

chance puts him in possession PARIS, August 21. of information that enables him to|| Interviewed by the Revue mako akiling," and he prepares Hebdomadaire," President Miller to keep his oft broken promise to and regretted that the London visit his folks. But fate again fa- Conference had not touched the tervenes. There comes a com- very important question of security, plication, and it appears that the He remarked that the naval re-visit must be postponed again. view at Spithead showed Britain But a way is provided, an extreme that Mr. MacDonald put security ly novel way too. The picture is above all other questions. France full of little touches of hursan must not reduce the strength of emotion and there is same whole- her army which at present was some comedy, as well as a charm- her only guarantee and the security ing love interest Riders Up" of Europe. Referring to the comes from the Universal studios! British Government's rejection of and the cast is a strong one, among the guarantee pact, M. Millerand the well-known names included concludes that it is difficult to being Creighton Hale, George found any serious hopes in the Cooper, Robert Brower, Kate Price

and Ethel Shannon. League of Nations.

As regards Russia M. Millerand opined that rapprochement would. be futile and dangerous.

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E..D. MATTHEWS,

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NOFICE TO CONSIGNELL.

PARIS, August 21. The interviews with Mr. Philip Snowden, which have beep published in the English press, criticising the London Agreement and expressing fears that France may use the Ruhr occupation as a lever to extract commercial ad HE Steamship vantages from Germany beyond

"WRAY CASTLE"

From NEW YORK.

YONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being at their risk into the

| those-provided in the DawES_IO= port, have led to indignant.com- ment in the press. "L'Echo .de Paris" is of opinion that Mr. how France shall conduct her landed Snowden is attempting to dictate affairs and demands that Mr. Godowns of the Hongkong and Kow. MacDonald formally repudiate Mr. loon Wharf and Godown „Company, Snowden's imprudent words. Ltd., at Kowloon, whence and/or from "L'Oeuvre" thinks that Mr. the wharves delivery may be obtained. Snowden shows a narrow compre-

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 22nd ist.

Goods have left the Godowas, and all Goodd remaining endelivered after the 28th int, will be subject to rent.

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

At the meeting of the Legisla-Commander Conway Hake, for hension of Britain's true commer- Live Council yesterday there were acting as Harbour Master from cial interests which like France's

January 29 to July 23 at 2225 1te in the development of the No claims will be admitted-after the present:-

year, this being the difference world's 'power and the absorption HE the Governor, Sir-Reginald-

between £985 and £760 ($1,313) and not restriction of Germany's Stubbs, K.C.M.G.

and the salary of Lieut. R. Beau- exports: His policy is unworthy The Oficer Commanding the champ, who was lent as Assistant of a socialist. "Le Gaulois" says Troops, Colonel Claude Russell-Harbour Master from April 16 to that the interviews show that the be presented to the Undersigned on Brown, D.SO.

Hon. Sir Claud Severn, K.B.E., June 30, being the difference attitude of the British Treasury or before the 7th prox., or they will

and the Foreign Office towards, not be recognized. between 2700 and £350 ($875), France is not changed. and from July 1 to August 14 It

Then werde had to provide the salaries of two

C.M.G., Colonial Secretary.

Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, KC700 a year ($1,016). C.B.E., Attorney-General.

of Public Works.

Hon. Mr. A. E. Wood, Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, Captain Superintendent of Police..

Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak

All claims against the steamer mest

All broken, otiated, and damaged -Goods are toʻbe left in the Godowns, whore they will be shamined on the 28th inst. at 10 am. by our surveyors Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.

Hon. Mr. D. W. Tratman, additional assistant Government Dockyard for material for special Colonial Treasurer.

marine surveyors from July 1 to typhoon moorings, amounting to Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, Director December 31 of this year at 460 $34,900. It had been intended by

a year each. The sum required for the Harbour Master to include this by this is $6,900. There are various sum in the Estimates for 1925, but salaries of clerks, which make up the making of the material neces- the balance to $12,137. In addi-sitates the use of the largest tion to that the Government has machinery in the Talkoo Dockyard arranged with the Crown Agents and to ensure that there should be to the Colonies for the loan of an no delay in relaying these moor- officer to start and maintain anings he recommended that the accounts office, and get a general work be put in hand, at once. A office assistant for the Harbour sum of $34,000 is required now;; Office at a salary of $750 a month the total of these items is inclusive, The Harbour Office has $173.163. The total amount of to deal with very large sums of the items for the current year is: money and in order to enable the Crown Agents, $58,263; Talkoo After the Attorney-General had Harbour Master and his Assistant Dockyard, $61,786.. moved the Arst reading and ex-to devote themselves to their. Hon. Mr. Holyoak: Could not plained the objects of the Bill to duties in connection with shipping the chains be got locally, and save amend the Opium Ordinance of and the Harbour generally it has time?

Hon. Mr. H. W. Bird. Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall. Hon. Mr. Chau Siu-ki. Hon. Mr. C. Montague Ede. Hon. Mr. G. G. Alabaster, K.C.,

O.B.E.

Mr. S. B. B. McElderry, Clerk of Councils.

Supplementary Vote.

20, 1923, and arrived in the Colony

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No Claims will be admitted after the Good have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining hädelivered after the 29th fest,” Will be rabject to rent.

All olsime against the Steamer muit be presented to, the Undersigned on or betare 1211-Sept, be they will not be recognized, a

All broken, chafed and damaged | Goods are to be left in the Godowne, where they will be: sramined on the 28th inst, at 10 am, here, happy 17 No Fire furrance has been effected.. Bill of Lading will be countersign- |

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1923, it was seconded by the been found necessary to have some The Chairman: They have Colonial Secretary and passed the official who will always be in the already arrived. I don't think first reading.

office to deal with correspondence, there has been any delay. The and accounts. The amount requirnacessarychain cables--were- The Colonial Secretary: Sir, I ed for his salary from the time he ordered from England on October beg to report to your Excellency leaves England, this month, until that the Bill intituled "An Ordin=the end of the year, ia about on April 11, 1924. The concrete ance to authorize the Appropria- | $3,000.

blocks, as I explained at a previous tion of a Supplementary Sum of Approved.

meeting of the Finance Committee: Two million and twenty-eight" Increased Prison Staff.

́take a month to harden, and a

Domento Docerrences” thousand and thirty-eight Dollars

The Governor recommended the month afterwards they will be

To Mariners D and three Cents to defray the Council to vote a sum of $2,000 in examined by a diver to see if they

Leading Articles Charges of the year 1928 has aid of the yote Prison Department, are sufficiently embedded to stand

Contractors Bined. been considered by the Finance Other Charges, Clothing and the strain of typhoon weather. Committee and the various items Shoes for Staff

Chains of the size and weight local and Gana were passed without amendment. The Chairman: This sum is beded cannot be very readily got Social and Personal I beg now to move that the Bill be necessary owing to the increase in in the Colony, nie

• Collision Rialto the staff of the Prison Depart-Hon. Mr. Holyoak: I was only The Colonial Treasurer having ment. seconded the motion the third reading of the Bill was agreed to and the Bill passed into law accordingly. PANA

read a third time.

Approved.

wondering whether there had beent Y.MOA any delay through ordering from Correspondence. home,

Our Police

Typhoon Moorings.

The Colonial, Secretary refer- Wickersham Cas The Governor recommended the red to a minute by Lieut-Com-Original Sessions The Adjournment.

Council to vote a sum of $120,000 mander Hake putting forward the Arm's Caso.. HE. the Governor: It is desired on account of Harbour Master's scheme for the special typhoon Kidnapping Chazza to pass the Opium Ordinance early, Department, Special Expenditure, moorings. It was dated March 25. Kowloon Magistrsoy, for ressons into which I need not Renewal of Mooringe, and provi Hon. Mr. Bird: Yot the chain Steamer on Fire go at the present moment, and Isions of New Typhoon Moorings, was ordered in October laat?

Land: Bale therefore think we must have an- The Chairman: This is made up The Chairman replied that when Homeless other meeting next week pro of the cost of chain bought from the chain was ordered it was shined pose therefore that the Council the Crown Agente (to the amount intended to have heavy blocks with Mermaid Captared adjourn till this day week at 2.30. of. $68,263); then there is a sum the usual length of chair, but Inter Bound Over

which has already been submitted Lieut. Commander Hake designed Believed Drowned FINANCE COMMITTEE. to the Finance Commities for re-a special type of mooring with a

arranging the existing buoys hanging five-ton block, shortening No Lights Ameeting of the Finance Com- ($1,000); special typhoon moor-the length of the chain, and no witter was afterwards beld, the ings have been laid in the harbour doubt a good many fathoms Colonial Secretary prasiding. at a cost of $5,000 each. Sixthen chaini had been saved by adopti

vilsēts of moorings have been laid; this scheme. He did not The Governor recommended the that makes $80,000: There is fur: there had been any undů Council to vote a sum of $15,280 ther attender from the Talkod : Approved.

Harbour Office Vote. ©

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