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An International. Company.
EXCELLENT RESPONSE.
Strength To Be Limited To Fifty Only.
The newly formed Internation-
Peaceful Intentions of U.S.
COMMENT ON MESSAGE.
No Difference To Britain's Naval Policy.
Rugby, Yesterday.
Budget Presented To Congress.
MORE MONEY FOR NAVY.
10,000 Miles of Lighted Air. Routes.
Washington, Yesterday, al Sharpshooters' Company of the The part of President Coolidge's President Coolidge has presented) Hong Kong Police Reserves has annual Message to Congress de- the Budget to Congress. It amounts mude such excellent progress livered yesterday which attracts to $4,268,793,765. The total appro- since its inception last month most attention in Britain is nn-priations approved of by President that the number of eligible men turally the reference to the Coolidge exceed last year's by already enrolled has made it Geneva Naval Conference. $224,2222,641 and the current year's nccessary to appoint an officer to The "Times" says: "President by $118,649,219. Itake command of the Company.. Coolidge's announcement that any The largest item is for national The post of Company Com- future treaty of limitation will defence, $645,000,000, an increase mander has been given to Mr. call on us for more ships, may of $20,000,000 compared with the E. R. Dovey who will have the seem to rule out any future con- last Budget mainly due to Naval rank of Sub-Inspector.
ference in advance but it need not building, Army housing, and the It is intended to limit the arouse anxiety or make the continuation of the five years avia- Company to fifty, and in view of slightest difference to the naval tion programme.
the good response the scheme has policy of Great Britain. That If Congress approves of the Bud- met with, it will not be long before policy is based on long experience get the total expenditure available the Company is brought to full of national defence.. Its prin strength.
ciples in no way contrast with for the Navy in 1928 will be $347,- 000,000, making An increase of There are still a few more those which President Coolidge $48,000,000. vacancies to be filled, and those has laid down. It is for the Gov-į who wish to be enrolled before ernment and the people of the Army has been placed at 118,750 The tatal establishment of the the quota is reached, would be United States to estimate their enlisted men, which is alightly well advised to make application, maritime requirements. We can larger than at present, plus 12,000 without delay, to Mr. Dovey, only consider our own. What has either personally or by communi- always been made perfectly clear eating with him care of the Police is that we shall not dream of Reserve Office at the Central building in competition with the Police Station, when full particu- United States. Our needs cannot lars will be supplied.
be determined by theirs."
officers.
Air Services. The appropriations for the mili-i tary and naval air services give the Navy 696 out of 1,000 aeroplanesį
The Sharpshooters' Company The "Daily Chronicle" says: provided in the five years pro- will be a uniformed unit of theThe question as to what consti-gramme, and the Army 1,800 acro- Hong Kong, Police Reserves, with tutes adequate defence
for-planea.
A FAMOUS actor blazing his way through scenes of medieval splendour to a thrilling climax-
IN
JOHN BARRYMORE
DON JUAN
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WARNER OLAND-ESTELLE TAYLOR
MONTAGU LOVE.
The story of the greatest lover of all ages.
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the advantage that its members America is not one with which we Funds will be available in 1928 The comical experiences of a young millionaire
will not be required to do any can usefully concern ourselves. for 10,000 miles of lighted air
drills or attend any parades. If we had reason to doubt her routes contemplated by the Depart-in slumland- Being an international unit, those peaceful intentions wa could ment of Commerce. who join the Company will also not
We
to
be indifferent to it. Prohibition enforcement will cost not be required to "take the But
have
shadow nearly $800,000 less, thanks ΠΟ lonth."
of reason for doubting economies in administration. Every facility will, however, them and can therefore accept for
New Warships.
be afforded to those members of ourselves the principle laid down Two submarines and eight cruis- the Company who wish to do for America-that there shall be era will be under contruction in] practice shooting on the range no competition, that we will build 1928. Two of these cruisers will| either with rifle or revolver, or what we need for defence and no be practically completed in 1929. both, and everything in connec-more-British Wireless Service. Money is also recommended for tion with such "shoots" will be
the modernisation of the battle- supplied without cost to the mem-
ehips "Oklahoma" and "Nevada" bers of the Company.
and the airship already ́authorised | by Congress.
--Report on Finances."
In his annual report on finances)
combination beual
of circum-
Other Comments,
London, Yesterday. While the American Press It is particularly emphasised by Lieut. Comdr. Hartford, D.S.P scarcely refers to that part of (Reserves) that the Sharpshoot- President Coolidge's Message ers' Company is not confined to dealing with the Navy but con- Mr. Mellon emphasises the "un- ex-Officers, but is open to all centrates on the domestic refer- ranks of ex-Service men of the ences and the British Press gestances," namely, the large volumej Navy and Army, and ex-members erally agrees that Britain will not of the various Volunteer Corps, dream of building warships in business done simultaneously competition with America, the with declining commodity prices, provided they bave the one neces-French Press laments the "In-high wages, and lower costs; result- sary qualification of being good shots with either rifle or revolver. adequacy" of the French naval ing in sustained purchasing power. and air forces and.is urging that The Banks have increased their America's example should prove loans and investments about two a necessity for each nation taking milliard dollars and simultaneously its 'own measures for national de- reduced their dependence fence-Reuter.
Federal Reserve system.
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GREAT BRITAIN'S LEAD.
QUESTION IN COMMONS.
No Official Assurance to America.
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OH! WHAT A NURSE
Revised Estimates show that the war cost the United States 35 mil- IN liard dollars.. The country's gold stock on October 31, 1927, was $4,548,000,000 compared with $4,654,000,000 on October 31, 1924, mainly owing to the policy aimed ut for the restoration of the gold of the German Reich had ratified House of Commons to-day as to which found expression in the grant- A question was asked in the standard-a world-wide policy
Rugby, Yesterday. In the House of Commons "the Minister of Labour, (Sir A. D. Steel Maitland) was asked whe- ther, now that the Government
Rugby, Yesterday.
the International Labour Conven- tion on maternity protection he whether in the course of the con- ing of credits to a number of Euro- would expedite its ratification by versations with leading officials of pean issue banks and in the dis- United States prior to and during count and open market plan which the British Government?
The Miniser replied that the gen- the Naval Disarmament Confer- as far possible had avoided a eral reasons which led the British ence at Geneva any statements rate position which would attract Government representatives nt were made by any British official gold to America and strain the Washington in 1910 to abstain from representative which were cal-European money market-Reuter's voting for the adoption of the Con- culated to convey an assurance as vention, which the British Govern- to no difficulty being raised by ment had refused to ratify, were
that in the British view the benefits Great Britain over the naval dis- provided under the health insur-armament negotiations,
vice.
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ance scheme and other social ser- Mr. Locker-Lampson, Under- vices already in operation in this Secretary of State for Foreign country were in accordance with Affairs, replied that he was not the policy of the Convention and aware of any conversations hav were, no doubt, In some respects in ing taken place between British advance of those embodied in the and American official representa- Convention-British Wireless Ser-tives prior to the conference on
London, Yesterday. the actual merits of the questions
McCartney and Hansen have been at issue. As to those which took committed for trial at the Old
· SHANGHAI STRIKE. place during the conference they Bailey. Both pleaded not guilty
were obviously of an informal and and reserved, their defence-Reuter. Dentist. ONLY A ŠKELETON TRAMWAY private character and equally [A message dated London, De-
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The British representative on the Johnson, was a German subject.
KOREAN DRIVERS.
Shanghai, Yesterday.
--
The trams are mostly being Preparatory Commission at The foreign Power concerned - In driven by Korean inspectors who, Geneva had discretion to bring the case was the Government of In spite of one of their number hav-forward the British Proposals Soviet Russia.] ing been shot at and severely whenever he thought the occa wounded by agitators this morn- sion propitious.
ing, are loyally carrying, on-Reu- Commander Kenworthy asked
ter,
Inspector Shot At.
whether any scheme was in existence to be put forward at the Shanghai, Yesterday.-- appropriate time?
9 a.m.
10.30a.m The strike of employees of the Mr. Locker Lampson replied 4.80 p.m. Municipal tramways continues, that the next meeting would take 5.1.0..
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ST. PAUL'S.
London," Yesterday, Paul K. Ma, whose parents were but negotiations are impending.place early in February, and it married in St. Paul's Church, Hong An inspector (of trams) was would then be time for our repre- Kong, is to be christened fu St. fired at by intimidators and he sentativer to bring forward pro- Paul's Cathedral on Sunday. He is was grievously wounded British posals British Wireless Ser the first Chinese baby thus honour- Naval Wireless,
vice
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