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1888- DUNLOP the Plouce

1932 DUNLOP still the Leader

STRIKERS FIGHT

UGLY SCENES AT

BURNLEY MILL.

FREE STATE DUTIES 3 LOST IN

FROM TO-MORROW

BRITAIN HARDEST HIT

Thousands Involved In EMISSARY HASTENS TO LONDON ON

Wage Dispute.

ONE WOMAN INJURED.

More Wage Reductions Hinted In Trade.

(Reuter's Special Service.)

Burnley, To-day,

Burnley is a city of idle milis to-day as a result of the strike

MYSTERIOUS MISSION

Dublin, To-day.

The Free State Emergency Tariff Bill becomes effective to-morrow. It imposes, heavy duties against imports from Great Britain, but there are imposts upon products like bacon and potatoes which have a general application.

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HARBOUR

TUG SUNK IN COLLISION.

On Work Of Rescue..

VESSEL VANISHES IN

FEW MINUTES.

Seamen Believed Trapped In Doomed Craft.

Three Chinese are believed to have trapped in

The

of textile workers as a protest! against wage reductions amount- Bound for London on a mystax of five shillings per ton on the bonded, and ing to 1211⁄2 per cent. proposed by terious mission, which is design-coal, a 25 per cent. ad valorem after a collision with the Canton employers.

ated as one of the utmost import-duty on cement, a 20 per cent. river steamer 8.8. Tin Yat, off Out of the town's 60 large once, Mr. Hugo Flinn, Parliamen-ad valorem duty on electrical Stonecutter's Island at about mills, only about 10, which have tary Secretary for the Ministry apparatus, iron and steel pro- 10.15 o'clock last night. separate agreements with their of Finance, is believed to have ducts, 28 shillings per 100 pounds collision occurred while the employees, started work with a matters to disscuss with the on sugar and molasses, a far-Edith was assisting the salvage full complement of weavers to Home Government's representa thing a pound or three pence per tug Henry Keswick to bring the day, while a number of mills are tives which may effect the tariff gallon on sweetened foods and disabled Norwegian ship, S.S. completely idle.

war upon which the Free State drinks. These are some of the Hirundo, into port. Ugly scencs were witnessed and Great Britain have engaged. products on the list, and probably when a number of women weay- The emergency duties an-the most important. ers tried to leave one mill. De-nounced from Dublin impose a (Continued on Page 7). monstrators rushed them. One woman was knocked down and

slightly injured. Police cleared CONVERSION LOAN

away the demonstratera.

Nine weaving firms in West Houghtor and Leigh, employing 5,000 hands, have decided to give a week's notice of a wage reduc- tion equal to 19 pence, in the pound. Simultaneously......... five manufacturera employing 2,000 hands in the fine cotton trade, which hitherto has been immune

from labour troubles, has given

notice of 121⁄2 per cent. reduc- tion in wages.

INDIA MOVES FOR PROTECTION.

New Cotton Duties

Are Considered.

INQUIRY ORDERED.

BUYING RUSH.

Soaring Price Aids

Market's Rise.

HUGE SUM INVOLVED. Over £1,000,000,000 Is Already Converted.

LAST WEEK TO TURN IN

WAR LOAN BONDS.

DOMINIONS EXPECT BIGGER MARKET.

Report Progress At Ottawa Conference.

SECRET. SESSIONS. Troublesome Problem Found In Wheat.

Ottawa, To-day.

So suddenly did the' tugboat

three seamen, believed to have been trapped aboard her, prob-

vanish after the impact, that the

ably had no chance whatever to

escape.

Although fast to the Hirundo

PROPOSAL TO FURTHER

LEGAL EDUCATION.

Lord Sankey Sees Need. Of Deeper Research.

Lord Sankey, Lord High Chancellor, has proposed the constitution of a committee, with Lord Atkin as Chairman, to consider: plans for--the ar ganisation of legal education in England with a view to closer co-operation between the work of the Universities and pro- fessional bodies, and to make further provision for advanced research in legal studies.

ABOLITION OF TAEL SEEMS NEARER.

Mr. Soong's Committee Studies Problem.

MUST FIX VALUĖS,

CANTON NAVY GUN- BOAT BLOWN UP

AMMUNITION EXPLODES

SINKS OFF BUND AFTER BURNING FOR 30 MINUTES

A terrific explosion occurred on the Canton river-gunboat "Taun Tait" on Sunday night, when the ammunition store con- taining thousands of bullets and ́n large quantity of high explo- sives, blew up.

The officers and crew on board the ship had a miraculous es- cape from death, no fatalities being reported. Seven ratings, how- ever were injured, three of them seriously.

Following the explosion, which almost shattered the stern of the vessel, a fierce fire raged and the ship sank within half-an-hour. The explosion occurred at 10.45 p.m., while the vessel was

anchered off the East Band, at Canton, and the cause is said to be due to the hot weather. In addition to the large stock of bullets in the store, there were 50 shells.

Immediately after the explosion, the injured men were rush-

Three Europeans Aided ashore, the three who were seriously hurt being sent to the Kwang Wah Hospital, and the remaining four to the Military Hos- In Research Work.

pital.

Shanghai, To-day.

Twelve other members of the ship's 'complement escaped with- Mr. T. V. Soong who, since his out injury. by cable, there was sufficient slack arrival here has been busily con- to allow the Edith to sink where | ferring with the Customs she lay.

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ر بطور

MALICIOUS DAMAGE

IN ARCADE.

Chinese Is Charged

Outcome.

ART STORE'S LOSS.

The loss of the ship is estimated at $120,000, including the Authorities and local bankers on value of the guns and ammunition.

the seizure of the Manchurian The "Tsum Tsit” which is nood to patrol the rivers in the in- Customs revenues and the pro- terior of the province, is commanded by Captaly Lie Cho-lan. posed abolition of the tael, is ex-

pected to leave in a day or two

for Nanking. He will later pro-EUROPEAN DRIVER'S

ceed to Peiping.

A Committee has been appoint. Ased by Mr. Soong to study the

effects of the abolition of the

tnel The Committee must de- cide on a fixed price for the dol- lar after the tael is abolished, ite weight and measures, for enlist

A disturbance at the Gloucestering public support for the Building Arcade, where a show win- change.

Reuter.

The Imperial Economic Con- ferencers. had a busy day behind London, To-day. closed doors, and the earliest re. Gilt-edged securities showed a

dow of Raoul Bugazzi, sculptor and The Committee includes three further all-round advance on the sult of which Dominion delegates decorator, was smashed, together foreigners, among whom is Mr. Stock Exchange to-day. The out- are confident, is that the Domin- with a marble figure, had a sequel E. King, noted Far Eastern eco standing feature was the buying ions will soon displace Danish in the Central Police Court this nomist. of the 3% per cent. conversion bacon and butter in the British morning. Before Mr. Wynne- loan bonds which lifted the price markets with Empire products. Jones, an unemployed Chinese male, Chan Tak-kwong, was charged with The Government of India,

market price jumped ten shillings Wheat, however, is providing the theft of two step ladders from from its summer seat, has order to £100.2.6, which compares with the bone of contention, inasmuch Jardine's Engineering Corporation, ed an immediate Tariff Board 7314 earlier this year and 67 atas, while the Dominions want and with causing malicious damage Inquiry into the question of the one time last year.

action against the dumping of to Bugazzi's property to the value advisability of imposing addition-

Over £1,000,000,000 of the 5 Russian grain, there is a grow of $800,

Simla, To-day.

for first time to over £100. The

ment's Conversion Scheme,

LORD LYTTON HAS LESS FEVER. Condition Reported Satisfactory.

Pelping, To-day.

CASE ADJOURNED.

EX-KING MANOEL TO

LIE WITH FATHER.

British Cruiser to Take Monarch Home.

PORTUGAL GRATIFIED,

Police Objection To Speed Tests.

WITNESSES TO CALL.

Because police. object strongly to holding any test of speeds to

"The body of Ex-King Manoel is prove whether or not a certain pace may be dangerous at an inter- to be carried from England to section, the proof of innocence Portugal in the British Cruiser which Mr. L. H. Moorman, mana- H.M.S. Concord.

London, Te-day,

The British Government recent-

ger of D. Gestetner (Eastern), Ltd., suggested he could offer, was ruled out by the court. To-day hely offered to place a British war- appeared for the third time before ship at the disposal of the Por Mr. W. Schofield in Central Police tuguese Government to carry the Court

| body of the E-King to his native

land. The Portuguese Government gratefully accepted the offer.

al duties on all non-British cot-per cent. War Loan Bonds haveling opinion among millers and Defendant denied the theft

He is charged with having driven ton piece goods, with a view to already been converted to 3% per shippers that the present situa- charge. He admitted having smash-

at a dangerous speed, 35 miles an protecting the textile industry of cent. securities under the Govern- tion (namely, the milling quota ed the window, but not the marble.

hour, across Shaukiwan Road

H.MS. Concord will sail from India..

Recently, a cheap product from statement to this effect was made.

Alsystem) is best left unaltered. Prosecuting, Detective-Sergeant Lord Lytton's fever has abated His defence is that such a speed Portsmouth on a date to be an- foreign sources has made its ap-to-day by the Financial Secretary inclined to view the decisions on took the step ladders from an empty tion is satisfactory.

D. C. MacDonald said that at 2.80 and the Infection is decreasing. It is impossible and that a skid nounced when arrangements are The Dominion delegates are pearance and the Indian mills to the Treasury, Major Walter

p.m. on Sunday last, the defendant is reported that his general condi- would be inevitable were a car to all completed. have suffered as a consequence. Elliott.

try the crossing at such a paco. preferences as of little value un-shop two doors away, and banged General Crozier and von Kotzé, He wanted to prove his point by He also mentioned that of t currency question is settled, through the glass of Bugazzie, other Europeans in hospital here, experiment. NEW GOVERNOR FOR 2,000,000 holders of this stock but the Anglo-Canadian delegates using great force. The Police ask both passed a good night, and their (Continued on Page 12.)

UGANDA CHOSEN.

1,587,000 had, up to present, as- are reported to believe that effec-ed for a remand of one week for condition has improved. Von Kotze sented to conversion. Dissen- tive action in that direction must special reasons, as they wished to is believed to be out of danger. tere numbered only 115,000, re-await the Autumn World Con-examine the prisoner's record. He is a secretary on the League of Goes From Ceylon To presenting only two per cent. ference on Economics--Reuter. The remand was granted.

Nations Commission--Beuter. His New Post.

London, To-day

(Coniinued on Page 12.)

The Colonial Office announced DAVID DOHSE AGAIN

to-day that Mr. F. G. Tyrell, De- puty Chief Secretary for Ceylon, had been elected for appointment aa Chief Secretary to the Ceylon Government in succession to Sir Bernard Bourdillon, who has been appointed Governor of Uganda.- British Wireless Servics.

TYPHOON APPROACHING.

The Royal Observatory's weather.report for to-day states:-:

Pressure is highest in the vicinity of the Bonius; depres sions are situated over S. Man- churia and Tongkings

The typhoon is situated about 200 miles northeast of Manila, moving, northwest

Forecast:-8E.:/or vari winda, moderate; fair generally with local ah

REMANDED.

No Progress Yet In

Serious Case.

David Diedrich Dohse (39), of Altona, Germany, described as As- sistant Manager of the Advertis-| ing and Publicity Bureau, former ly residing at the Hotel Metropole, appeared before Mr. W. Schofield: in the Central Police Court this mornitig, on a charge of commis- sioning the larceny by bailee of rupees, 2,200 worth of diamonds. *At the previous hearing, the de- Kendant was not willing to waive extradition, and wished to be tried here.

for

Mr T Murphy, AB pros tion, to-day,

[from

mation.

Netherla

yet, remand for and

F

31ST LEAVE.

-Units of the 81st Unit-

Slates Infantry

from their

adquarters at the New

Nanking Road, N.Y.K. wharf to

board the Re-

their retura

after

Ex-King Manoel until to-day has rested, since his funeral, in 'u při-, vate Mausoleum near Weybridge. British Wireless Service.

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