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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931.

N.S.W. DEFAULT.

UPROAR IN AUSTRALIAN SENATE.

BANKER'S STATEMENT.

Canberra, Yesterday.

A deadlock has been reached be- tween the Federal Governmeuti Board and the Commonwealth Bank over the provision in the Common- wealth Bank

Amendment Bill em- powering the Government to draw on the bank's gold reserve for: overseas debt payments.

Sir Robert Gibson, the chairman of the bank, who appeared in the Senate at the House's

request to- day, said the Board did not approve of the proposed £5,000,000 gold shipment to London, on the ground thut it would adversely affect Australian confidence in the note issue.

Sir

There was an uproar when Robert Gibson declared that default was not the only alternative to the

gold shipment.

OBSTACLE TO EXTRALITY.

Exclusion of Treaty Ports.

BRITAIN JUSTIFIED,

KING GEORGE.

TWENTY-ONE YEARS ON THE

THRONE.

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CELEBRATIONS AT HOME.

Rugby, Yesterday. The twenty-first anniversary of King George's accession to the London. Yesterday. In the House, of Commons, re-

Throne was celebrated to-day. on the sub-

Their Majesties spent

the day plying to questions ject

At noon Mr. Arthur quietly at Windsor, of extrality, Henderson muid that an agreement Royal Salute of 21 guns was fired had been reached on a large num

in London, and at all the Naval throughout ber of details in a treaty provid- and Military stations. the country, and flags

were flown in, on the one hand, for a trans-

on Government fer of jurisdiction over British

and public build- Penls of bells were also Chinese Courts, and on the other subjects in China from British tongs.

rung at Windsor and elsewhere.

As nt present hand, for safeguards relating to

arranged, the

the administration of justice, en-King and Queen will return to оп Saturday, culated to give a feeling of con- Buckingham Palace

British and will remain until Whitsen, fidence and security to nationals and British interests

when they will proceed ringham for a few days.

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to Sand- It is as under the new regine. and successful conclusion of the will attend the two

A serious obstacle to a speedy yet undecided whether the King Courts on The New South Wales Nationa- negotiations, however, had arisen May 19 and 20, list, Mr. Dunn, was ejected on de

The King yesterday received Dr. in connection with certain import-

Martyn, ant Treaty Ports, which

the claring that

in the Henry

Surgeon the position WEA a

Household, at "frame up." und

view of His Majesty's Government Apothecary to the that Sir Robertost be excluded from the provi- Windsor, and conferred a Knight. Gibson had been brought in by the anti-Government. Nationalists as

sions of the treaty until changes hood of the Royal Victorian Order propagandist.

had been made in the municipal upon him.

Messages of congratulation to ulministration of those ports in order to mee! the new situation their Majestics on to-day's anni- for three hours, refused to discuss created by the abolition of extra-versary have come from

all parts political remedies

A fascinating answer or explain his

of the Empire, and the newspapers statement that a default

in this soul-thrilling Was not

survey the Reason for Attitude.

great changes and the only alternative. He said:

talkie from Katherine Mr. Henderson said this atti events that have occurred during "I know a way out, but that is

Norris' Satisfaction is

best-selling the Government's responsibility."

tude of His Majesty's Government the King's reign.

novel was influenced not only by a con- everywhere expressed that the oc-

of love He added that if the Govern-ideration of the chaos that must casion finds his Majesty far ment did not take the other step,

modern marriage. and the choice lay between ship-1

ensue from any sudden change of the rend of convalescence after his ping gold and defaulting, he would jurisdiction at the ports in ques- recent indisposition. prefer to ship gold.-Reuter.

Sir Robert Gibson,

interrogated

'PLANE CRASHES.

BODIES OF VICTIMS FOR HOME..

Cape Town. Yesterday.

It is understood that the bodies of Comdr. Glon Kidston and Capt. Gladstone will be conveyed to England for burial.

territorial rights,

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tion, but also by the fact that Britain could not alone decide the question, since other Powers were also concerned.

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This morning the King and Queen again went for a walk in Windsor Castle grounds.-British Wireless Service.

WORLD NAVIES.

NAVAL EXPERT RETURNING TO LONDON,

FRENCH REPLY.

As a way out of the difficulty, His Majesty's Government recent- I suggested to the Chinese Gov- ernment. that they would be pre- pared Immediately, on the conclu- sion of a treaty, to agree to the appointment of a special commis- sion which would proceed forth- with to study the whole problem of reserved areas, with a view to

London, May 6. The wreckage of the 'plane lies finding a

The principal Fdench Naval ex- satisfactory solution. at the foot of Tantjesberg, hidden Unfortunately the Chinese Govern-pert, M. Massigli, is returning to in a rosewood forest, the hauntment had not seen its way to London to-day from Paris, hav

agree either to the viewpoint of French Premier, M. Laval, the ing yesterday conferred with the His Majesty's Government on the Foreign Minister. M. Briand. and question of reserved areas or to the appointment of the suggested M. Dumont, the Navy Minister.

of lonely baboons, near towering precipices and amid wild country where humans have to, climb like monkeys.

Accounts of local farmers sup- port a theory that the 'plane col- lapsed in mid-air while fighting tle gale-Reuter.

commission.

ever, had not abandoned hope His Majesty's Government, how-

that, if time allowed for further

It is understood that M.

the Naval discussions of the Bri- Massigli is bringing the written reply of his Government on which tish and French representatives will be resumed.

Waghorn's Mishap. discussion, a satisfactory solution

London, Yesterday,

on this one outstanding difficulty Flight-Lieut. Waghorn has will be found, and there was no

According to the newspapers, been operated on in hospital, and need to emphasise our sincere de- the negotiations are unlikely to his condition is critical. Reuter.sire to reach a friendly settlement. end before the Foreign Ministers Rugby, Yesterday, "With regard to the attitude of of the three Powers (Britain, France and Italy) have met at Geneva.-British Wireless Ser-

It was stated this morning the other. Powers, I have seen a that the condition of Flight-statement in the Press by the Lieutenant Waghorn remains un- Chinese Foreign

vice. Minister, but changed. He is still very dan- hitherto I have no official in- gerously ill.

formation regarding the final posi- tion of the negotiations between

He was subjecting a new ma- ching to acrobatic tests in a high wind, when for some undiscover- Powers.

ed reason the machine got into a

The consumption of condensed milk in the three Prairie Provinces the Chinese Government and these in 1980 reached the large total of The House will, I am 279,000 cases, as shown in a report

of the Saskatoon sure, agree with me in recognis

Board of Trade.

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spín. Lt. Waghorn remained ing the devotion and ability with Manitoba used 65,000 cases; attempting to regain control which Sir Miles Lampson conduct- Saskatchewan, 64,000, and Alberta until 800 feet from the ground eil the long, complicated negotia-160,000. when he jumped out. The para- tions." chute had insufficient time to

Hope Not Abandoned.

at the same time. If Sir Austen open properly, and he broke a

Replying to a supplementary Chamberlain desired to put down. thigh, smashed an ankle and sus- query by Sir Austen Chamberlain, a question, he would give him a tained head injuries. He under- who on behalf of the Conserva- considered reply. went an operation last night, tives associated himself with the His civilian assistant Alex- tribute to Sir Miles Lampson, Mr ander, who jumped just before Henderson said he would very Waghorn, was only slightly hurt, seriously consider Sir Austen though landing on a glass roof. Chamberlain's suggestion that he -British Wireless Service. lay on the table the papers show

ing the course of the negotiations and the attitude taken up by differ- cnt parties,

DUKE OF SOMERSET DEAD.

Rugby, Yesterday.

Mr. Henderson reiterated that they were not without hope that

Sir Kingsley Wood asked whe- ther It was a fact that the Chin- ese Government had issued regula- tions purporting to deal with the adjudication of foreign cases in their own Courts, and Mr. Hender- son said he had seen a Press re- port of a set of regulations which he supposed to be official, but he' had no information on the sub- ject: If Sir Kingsley Wood put

The death of the Duke of Somer- set occurred suddenly last night at even now they might be able to down a question for next week, he his Wiltshire seat-Reuter and Bri- proceed to a settlement, and he would see if he could get an AB- tish Wireless Service...

i would take this into consideration Rwer in the meantime.-Reuter.

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