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GOLD RESERVES.

FOG PERIL.

HOPES FOR A WORLD CREDIT WERE DEATHS DUE TO POISON

STRUCTURE.

BANKERS GLOOMY.

FUMES 1

RESULT OF ENQUIRY.

Brussels, Yesterday,

HOURS OF WORK.

WORLD AGREEMENT FOR MINING INDUSTRY.

EIGHT HOURS ACT. -

Rugby, Yesterday.

Rugby, Yesterday. Considerable attention is being At the opening of the official The Minister for Mines, Mr. paid in business circles both in enquiry into the Meuse valley Shinwell, is continuing his efforts London and New York, to the fog deaths, at which the Premier, to ensure that the next Interna hope expressed by the President M. Jaspar, was present, Professor tional Labour Conference, in June, of the Board of Trade, Mr. Nolf, who is president of the shall put through a convention to William Graham, that,, "American Belgian Red Cross, emphatically regulate miners' hours. and British financial authorities declared that uncontaminated fog The three countries most con- will be able to arrive at an agree- could not kill anyone.

cerned are Britain, Germany and nient in the use of gold reserves, This statement aroused

the Manchester| very Poland, and, as which will provide on a sound lively interest, as supporting rum- Guardian points out, a prior agree- basis a great credit structure, and ours that the deaths were due to ment between them would practic- to minister to a common recovery. polsonous fumes from factories. M.ally ensure the conclusion of an That necessarily depends on the Bacis, the Minister of the Interior, effective convention. Mr. Shinwell Central Banks, but the British was appointed chairman of the has already seen the German Minis Government is alive to the neces-committee..

ter of Labour, and yesterday and sities of the situation."

Representatives of the com-to-day is meeting representatives The Times City Editor discour-mittee who visited Engis to study of the Polish Government. His dis- ages the view that an event of the matter on the spot reported cussions with them have extended importance is impending, and al- that enquiry was very difficult, to the possibilities of an interna though rumoura were current in as the fog had disappeared by the tional agreement on production. New York yesterday, the Federal time they reached Engis-Reu~ | Meanwhile, particular attention, It is stated, la being directed to the New York bankers ara reported [Altogether 69 deaths occurred question of hours in British coal- 43 declaring that they saw no in a few days, mostly of old people fields, and Mr. Shinwell is reported hope of any distribution of gold and persons with lung affections.] to be considering the advisability through the capital market until

of a joint discussion between the

Reserve Bank remained allent. ter.

political conditions in Europe are

more stable;

America's Position.

The Times points out that America holds about half of the world's manetary gold stock, ac- quired in a perfectly legitimate way. "This will not be reduced unless her trade balance becomes adverse, which would compel her to export gold in payment or until she embarks upon an active for- eign lending policy, which would give borrowers the right to draw gold from America. America has in part largely Increased her for efgn lendings this year, compared with last year, but this has made very little difference to her gold stock, which is nearly £30,000,000 higher than it was a year ago. She has lent relatively little to Europe, probably because there is a dearth of really good borrowers. Britain, being more-adventurous

KOREA'S MILLIONS.

AN INCREASE OF 1,335,000 SINCE 1925.

owners, and miners to reach a com promise, to become effective when, in July the Miners' Eight Hours Act lapses. It is suggested that the reduction of hours might be to 7% or 7 hours a day, instead of to a seven-hour day, which other The population of Korea, accord-ise would be restored when the present Act lapses.--British Wire- ing to the consus taken on October lesa Service. 1, is 21,057,000, an Increase 1,595,000 since 1925.

Tokyo, Yesterday.

of

The total for the whole Japan- AUSTRALIA BOUND. ese Empire, including Formosa and Saghallen, is 90,404,000, an in crease of 6,947,000 in the past five years.-Reuter.

[The census, as announced in a cable published yesterday, puts the population of Japan proper at 64,447,000, being an increase of 4,017,000 since 1925.]

FORMOSA 'QUAKE.

in foreign finance, and having more THIRTEEN PEOPLE DEAD AND vested interests concerned in lend-

INJURED.

Tokyo, Yesterday.

HILL RESUMES HIS UNLUCKY

FLIGHT.

ARRIN İL AT BIMA.

Batavia, Yesterday. Flight-Lieut. Hil, whose ma chine was damaged two months ago, has resumed his flight to Aus- tralia, and has arrived at Bira: from Saurabaya.

Spare aeroplane parts were sent him from Australia, also the collapsible boat which he lent Kingsford-Smith.

Mrs. Hills awaiting her hus band in Australia-Reuter.

[It will be recalled that Flt Lt. Hill was making excellent progress

ing money abroad, has been less careful, but much of her lending proved' unwise..

The War Office reports that France, and not America, has four people are dead and nine been the pricipal 'taker of gold in seriously injured as a result of an the world's market since the earthquake at Formoss yesterday. spring of 1927, and she has ample Six persons were slightly injured, when he had a mishap, within a gold reserves with which to under-and 67 houses were completely de- couple of days of reaching Austra take large foreign business if she molished. The shock also partial- desired. But, like America, ly destroyed 200 buildings. France does not feel the necessary The authorities at Tainan are confidence in foreign borrowera." carrying out relief measures.

British Wireless Service.

Reuter.

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