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LABOUR'S SOCIALISTIC PROGRAMME

A 50-PAGE BOOKLET

RAMSAY MACDONALD ON *

CAPITAL AND LABOUR.

MAXTON UNPOPULAR

London, Yesterday.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1928.

A CITY RUBBER SMASH

BIG FIRM'S LOSSES

SEQUEL TO WITHDRAWAL OF --RESTRICTION

LIABILITIES £126,000

London, Yesterday.

THE AUSTRALIAN CRISIS

MORE HOPEFUL

UNIONS NOT IN FAVOUR OF A

"HOLD UP"

"MAD DOG" POLICY

Melbourne, Yesterday, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P. After a meeting of the creditors

The most hopeful development of Introducing the election programme of E. Jones and Colegate, city rub the strike position is that the com at the Labour Conference in Birm-ber merchants, the official receiv-|mittee of the Maritime Transport ingham, based it on a 50-page er reported that the estimated Union, when considering the mo booklet, prepared by the Executive liabilities were £128,000 and assets tion for a general hold-up, has re- Committee and circulated to the £35,000. The firm's turnover inported against any extension of the delegates. He announced that 1926 reached £3,000,000, but the strike for the present. Opposition coal, transport, power, land and violent drop in prices, due to the members of Parliament are urging life insurance should publicly be announcement of the removal of a resumption of work in order to owned, the Trades Union Act re-restriction, Involved the firm in fight the new Transport Workers pealed, and that banks must con- heavy losses and also in large Act through the ballot box, while sidor national interests as a whole commitments which they after the leader of the powerful Austra- and not financiers interests. The wards took at a low level-Reu-Han Workers' Union describes the minimum wage must be made effec-ter. tive and Mr. MacDonald declared.

that there could be no equality be- tween capital and labour while the owners of capital formed one class and the suppliers of labour on- other.

liked.

Stormy Scenes

There VGA

starmy

when

Mr. Maxton

YEO AGAIN BEFORE

THE COURT

(Continued from Page 1.) lands Trading Society for Katz and Co.

1

general strike.' as a "mad dog” policy.

The shipowners have decided to tie up interstate vessels, and' a million pounds, worth of wool Is | held up at Port Adelaide, while all the big stores are crammed-Rau- ter.

Prisoner paid in a cheque for was deleted and "Order" printed in $8,050, on the Instone Banking Cor-Its placa, also the words "Colonial

Mr. Maxton, M.P., complained that the booklet was not a pro- gramme' but

a thesis giving the next Labour Government a free hand to devise any programme it poration, drawn by the Min Tak Co., Treasurer" and "Cashier were for the firm, and asked to open a printed on the bottom of the che current account with the Nether-ques. scene:

Further, a serial number and received paying-in, and cheque was printed on the tops of the che- auggested that if instead of getting books,

ques. At the end of the year it was Communists by the throat they During the remainder of 1927 customary to print the word Decem- started to get capitalism by the three further payments were made ber on the cheques also. throat. Labour would get a clear into Katz and Co.'s account. ON

Therefore, for the purpose of per- majority at the next election. He October 21, prisoner paid in $680, 'petrating a fraud on the Government declared that if the nation was to be of which $800 was. In a cheque it was necessary to obtain' cheques saved from catastrophe, essential drawn on the Eastern Banking Cor-of that type. Industries must be controlled from |... Inside and in the term of the first; Labour Government. He conclud- by naming MacDonald, Lansbury, Henderson and Snowden and insisting that they should re- deem their promises.

ed

Programme Adopted

CLOUDY

E. winds, fresh; generally cloudy, is the forecast until noon

to-morrow.

poration by the Man Lee Co. On The conference adopted the pro- November 14, prisoner paid 3150 in gramme after a few stormy out-cash and a cheque for $450, drawn bursts while the commoners Maxon the Instone Banking Corporation ton and Wheatley were speaking. by the Min Tak Co. -Reuter.

SOVIET'S OIL

THE CONFISCATION OF BRITISH PROPERTY

ABORTIVE NEGOTIATIONS

London, Tuesday,

Two Books

About the time material to this case, the Treasury obtained from the! bank two books of 600 cheques each. One of the books was kept in reserve In the Book Safe and the other was used. This hook when not in use, was also kept in the Book Safe.

Each of the two cheque books of) 600 cheques supplied to the Treasury on November 8. and December 2, On Katz Co.

1927, had the final 30 cheques re Ten cheques were drawn on Katz moved between the time of their.re- and Co. with the Netherlands Trad-, relpt and the last week of December. Ing Society up to the end of 1927,

Shortage Noticed and two of these were in favour of The shortage was noticed by the the Man Lee Co. At the end of 1927 clerk in charge of the cheque books, Katz and Co.'s account had a small, but when he examined the covers and credit balance. All the transactions found that the serial number on were carried out by the prisoner in them had been altered and bore person.

something resembling initials, he ar "Young Tak-lee"

rived at the erroneous belief that the

It is announced that the negotia- At the beginning of October, 1927, bank had supplied the books with tions which have been proceeding prisoner called on the compradore of only 570 cheques in each, and did for some time past between the the Equitable Eastern Banking Cor-not report the matter. Soviet Government, Soviet all in-poration and gave the

name of On the third week of December terests, and a big combine compos-Young Tak-leo, proprietor of the Man when he received from the bank a ed of the Shell group, the Anglo-Lee Co., Government contractors, final cheque book containing 400 che- Persian Oil Company, and the and asked to open a current acques Instead of the 200 asked for, he Anglo-American Oil Company have count for the Man Lee Co..

mentioned the matter to the Colonial broken' down.

The compradore required a letter Treasurer and state that as he had in Te negotiations aimed at the con- of introduction, and the following the first place been 60 cheques short, clusion of an agreement by which day the prisoner called again and he thought he would be able to use the combine offered the Soviet oil produced a letter from Katz and, the extra ones sent by the bank. interest an opportunity of selling Co., who were banking with the The Colonial Treasurer under- a million tons of oil and oil pro- Netherlands Trading Society. On stood from this that the clerk had ducts in the English market.

the strength of this letter of Intro- underestimated the number of che The proposal of the British com- duction, the Equitable Eastern Bank- quas required and did not go into panies was that they should, puring Corporation' agreed to open a, the matter fuller.

chase the oil from the Soviet and current account for the Man Lee Co. be responsible for its distribution.

Mr. Hazelrigg said that the three The combine, however, demanded brought a cheque for $2,500 drawn from the book of December 2. All On October 5, 1927, the prisoner cheques used in the forgeries were as the first essential to an agree in favour of the Man, Leo Co., by the sixth "cheques were ¦ ment, that a discount of five per Katz and Co., on the Netherlands, from the two books with counterfolls given as compensation in, respect Trading Society, and with this che, and all

cent. on the purchase price be

of the British oil properties con- que opened an account for the Man fiscated by the Sovietn

The Cheques

removed

Lee Co., receiving paying-in and On January 4, 1928, a Treasury, The breakdown occurred on this cheque books,

cheque in favour of the Min.Tak.Co., point, the Soviet. Government re During the remainder of 1927 one for $78,800.41 was paid by the pri 4 p.m.

fusing to grant the discount on the other payment was made into the soner into the firm's account with the 4.80 p.m.

ground that it admitted liability to Man Lee Co.'s account. This was a Instone Banking Corporation, and on the dispossessed proprietors. Reu. chaque for $500 drawn on the the same pretext of paying sub-con- 9.30 a.m. ter.

Netherland Trading Society. Y traators, prisoner drew in cash 1.80 p.m.

Twelve cheques were drawn on $55,980 on January 5 and $12,000 on 2 p.m.

the Man Lee Co.'s account up to the January 6, VATAN GA end of 1927. One was for $575 in On January 4, 1928, a Treasury other for, $800 in favour of Katz Co., with the Equitable Eastern favour the Min Tak Co., and up-cheque in favour of the Man Lee

and Co. At the end of 1927, the Man Banking Corporation. The Hong Les Co.'s account showed a small Kong and Shanghat Bank required Berlin, Yesterday, credit balance. All the transactions identification of the endorsement The new German airship, "Graf of this firm were carried by prisoner and the cheque was returned to Man Zeppelin, in making a 86-hour in person.

Lee Co. It was not presented again,

". GRAF ZEPPELIN ” CRUISE OF 1,750 MILES IN 34 1/2

HOURS

Resigned

fight from Friedrichshafen with Up to the end of 1927 the pri- and did not form the subject of s seventy" persons on board, manosu-soner controlled, the banking ac- charge against the prisoner. vred over the North Sea after counts of all three frms at the three reaching England. She passed banka, – and," Mr. Hazelrigg com- Borkum at mid-night and cruised mented, suficient cheques. over Bremen Schleswig and Ham- drawn, to make it appear that the burg and appeared over Berlin at three firms were doing business Treasury cheque for $95,142.19 in

9 o'clock in the morning, ir Government Cheques .

The airship was cheered by thou Referring to Government cheques, sands in the streets and from the Mr. Hazelrigg said that these we roofs, and squadrons of aeroplanes different from ordinár

that they bora no.

President Hayes Sunning OCTOBER

Kalyan

escorted her from Staaken

Hozan Maru

She ded Berifn

and

On January 5, the prisoner. called at the Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation and presented another.

favour of the Man Lee Co., and lon the same, pretext of paying sub-con- ctors be drew in cash $79,950 on mary 5, 1923 and $14.900 on nuary 6, 1928.3).

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