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LARGE STRIKES TO BE TWO HUNDRED DIE IN WEAKNESSES IN NEW

ILLEGAL.

Government Defeated

on Trades Dispute Bill.

WHAT AMENDMENT MEANS.

London, Yesterday.

HURRICANE.

Coast of Fiji Islands Devastated,

حد بعيد

EUROPEAN POPULATION, '

New York, Yesterday.

CRUISERS.

Decks and Sides Thinly

Armoured.

LONG-RANGE GUNS.

New York, Yesterday.

The House of Commons Stand-al message from Suva "States ing Committee by 37 votes to 31 that 280. persons perished during The New York Times publishes adopted the Liberal amendment the hurricane in Fiji on Satur-statements declaring that the re-

to the Trade Disputes Bill, in day--Reuter's American Service. which Conservatives combined with Liberals against the C vern- ment.

The amendment will have the effect of making most large strikes illegal. It is generally

considered that it will make the

Lighthouse Destroyed,

Wellington, Yesterday,

cent manoeuvres

in the neigh- bourhood of the Panama Canal revealed weaknesses in the new 10,000 ton cruisers. They are reported to have proved unsteady The Nadi lighthouse blown away, at the gun platforms, due to the and a tráîn blown off the rails at excessive vibration of their Lautoka, are among incidents of the powerful engines and the heavy

Bill worthless from the Governorat hurricane and floods ever rolling. ment's point of view. The Com-which are brought by the crew of that their thinly armoured decks experienced in Fiji, details of Some experts also consider mittee adjourned to allow the Government to consider whether ship from Suva.

and sides make them very vulner- They report that eighty per- able to air attack. The Times, sons were killed in the Ba dls however, in drawing attention to trict, and a hundred at Singatoka. their high speed, expresses the

Reuter.

opinion that they are a great

to drop the Bill,

Declared Illegal.

By their amendment the

Liberals succeeded in replacing [Fi, of which Suva is the capi-menace to hostile aircraft car- the Government's definition of a tal, comprises a group of about riers, whose flyingdecks they general strike (which made sym-250 islands, about 80 of which are would be able to wreck from long pathetic strikes possible) with a inhabited, lying between 15 and range; "Thus, if properly spaced definition declaring illegal any 22 south latitudes and 178 west. far from the coast, they could strike which exposed the com- The largest is Viti Levu, which keep off naval bombers from the munity to danger to health or has an area of 4,053 square miles. most vulnerable cities on the sea- safety by interfering with sup- The town of Suva is on the south board."-Reuter's American Ser- plies and the distributing of 23-coast of Viti Levu. The total vice. sential foods, water, fuel, medical European population is 1,741. services, and other necessaries of The islands, which were discover life...

ed by Tasman in 1643, were ceded

•

Not to Resign..

There is no question of the Government resigning as a result

of its defeat. Mr. MacDonald re-

to Great Britain in 1874.]

cently stated in a public speech country, bad for industry, and that he would only resign if de-not really in the best interests of

feated on a direct vote of censure, -Reuter.

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New York, Yesterday. The Solicitor-General, - Sir Mr. Paul Block, the American [When the debate on the second Stafford Cripps, said that the 1927 newspaper magnate, who recently reading of the Trades Dispute Act did much more than was made an offer of $5,000,000 for and Trades Unions Amendment necessary or wise in placing re-three New York papers which are Bill was resumed in the House of strictions on Trades Unions acti- up for sale--the Evening World, Commons on January 28, Mr.vity. The present hill would pro- the Morning World, and the Sun-1 Winston Churchill vigorously at vide ample safeguards against day World-has withdrawn his tacked the measure. He defend- any usurpation of power by the offer.-Reuter's American Ser- ed the Act of 1927 passed by the Unions. It would remove the vice.

Conservative Government which, sense of injustice felt by the [An earlier cable stated that he contended, still had the over- Trades Unions and it would main- employees of the three news- whelming approval of the mass of tain proper and adequate safe-papera had requested the surro- the nation. The proposed mea-guards against the usurpation of gate, court to allow them to buy sure he described as bad for the power by any class.]

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