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MR. BRAGA ATTACKS COLONY'S DIVORCE BILL ON MORAL GROUNDS

PARIS OFFERS

NEW PLAN FOR

̈DISARMAMENT

International Aerial Police Suggested.

·SECURITY GUARANTEES.

Paris, To-day.

on

The general lines of the French disarmament plan, to be presented at the Dis- armament Conference November 3, and the French suggestion for the preserva- tion of peace and suppres- sion of war, are believed to he contained in a statement issued to-day, actually, a re- port adopted by the Radical Party in the Foreign Affairs Committee,

This report firms "that if Germany renounces all inten- tions to re-arm. she could then take her normal place in the European international frame- work.

The report declares that at least a 20 per cent. reduction in the French military estimates would be attained if the French plan were accepted.

The proposals, then. are out- lined as including the establish. ment of an international aeria!. police force, under international control, international control of military budgets and the manu- facture of arms and the suppres sion of pseudo-military police! force.

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Huge French Fighting Ship

"Dunkerque” Will Travel 30 Knots Per Hour.

ANSWER TO GERMANY.

Paris, To-day.

The Minister of Marine to-day ordered the immediate building of a 26,500-ton armoured cruiser to: be nimed the "Dunkerque, con- struction of which was decided upon last year to counter the new German pocket battleships.

The "Dunkerque" will carry nine) 330 millimetre guns and will steam 30 knots an hour. She will be, according to these specifications, one| of the most powerful ships of her class afloat.--Reuter.

NANKING TO BUILD FOREIGN OFFICE.

£40,000 Structure Will Be Erected Soon.

"Nanking, To-day.

Lawn Tennis-The South of England Championships, at De- vonshire Park, Eastbourne, Sussex. Little Miss Gem Hon-hing, s Chinese competitor, shaking hands with Miss J. Ritchie, whom she beat in the first round of the Girls' Singles Champion ship.

DISASTROUS FIRE SWEEPS FOOCHOW CENTRAL AREA.

Loss Of Life Unknown But Damage Is Over $10,000,000.

Foochow, To-day,

A devastating fire sweep the central district of Foo- chow yesterday, and 1,000 houses were destroyed be- fore it was brought under control. First reports indi- cated that loss of life was large, but it was impossible. to make any estimate.

Property damages known to exceed $10,000,000.

The fire started soon after midnight, spread rapidly, and was not controlled until Reuter. 4 p.m. yesterday.

PLANS TO COMPLETE CANTON RAILWAY.

Road To Hankow To Cost $60,000,000 More.

The Ministry of Railways has set aside $80,000,000 from the Box-

Correspondence.

MISS HOA-HING.

[To the Editor, “China Mail"] Sir, Perhaps it would interest you to know that the photo of Gem Hoa-hing, the little Chinese tennis player, which appeared in to-day's issue has a local interest in that she is the niece of Dr. Martha Hoa-hing of China Build- ing, a general practitioner, who graduated in Edinburgh. Gem

FRENCH LINE

BRINGING AIR

SERVICE HERE

To Link Colony To European Rout.

TEST FLIGHT MONDAY,

Tre French-Oriental Air Line

is planning to extend its service to Hong Kong, thus giving the Colony a new, fast mail service | to Europe.

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Announcement to this effect.

OTTAWA CONCESSIONS CONDEMNS

EXPLAINED

FREE STATE REJECTS PREFERENCES

MR. THOMAS IN THE COMMONS

An explanation that Britain's concessions to the Dominions at was, made here to-day with the Ottawa were partly actuated by the purpose of benefitting the news that

a trial flight from Dominions so that they would in future be able to absorb British Hanoi to Hong Kong would "be undertaken on Monday next. Mimmigrants and thus mitigate the unemployed problem in the Unit- Nouges, piloting a Fokker ma- ed Kingdom was made in the House of Commons yesterday by Mr. chine, will fly to Hong Kong over L' H. Thomas, Dominions Secretary. the route which a mail service of the sort contemplated would "ne- rossarily follow, examining it from the standpoint of its com- mercial possibilities.

The Irish Free State is widening the breach with Britain over the Land Annuities dispute, the latest move of defiance by the De. Valera Government being a refusal to participate in the Empire preferences.

Moving the second reading of the Ottawa Agreements Bill Mr.

SURRENDERS

The "Fokker is expected here about noon, and it will pick up mail at Kwongchawan, on 'ite way to the Colony. Kwongchawan will The used as a refuelling point. ··

The experimental fight will argument that nothing was done

Thomas said that the Opposition FREE STATE continue to Canton, for it is pos by the Agreements to ease the alble that the company may vultim- ately link up that port with itsunemployment situation was an- swered, if in steal, indirectly, coal, directly, and wool, the re enabled the industries concerned salt of the Ottawa. Agreements to compete successfully.

service.

It has been suggested, too, that the planes which, it expected will ultimately fly been on Kong and the southern cities of

"He ked the Labour Party to Saigon, French Indo-China and the consider the future position of un- iinks with Marseilles, will carry employment unless the Dominions passengers in addition to mails were placed in a position to deal The French Oriental Air Line has with the problem of migration. I been operating a weekly service be they were put in a position to wel- tween Salgon and Marseilles for some time past and its success has tish people every year something [come hundreds of thousands” of Bri- been outstanding. At Marseilles. would be done to mitigate unemploy thë ́air mail service from the East ment problem.

links up with a score of fast services

The British delegates deliberate-

by rail and plane, spreading allly agreed to the scheme of meat re- over Europe and to Great Britain

and Ireland,

FOOTBALL.

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WALES SURPRISE

SCOTLAND.

Seven Goals.

FIRST WIN SINCE 1924.

Hoa-hing lives with her parents in Edinburgh Crowd. Sees England ever since she was a few months old. She was born in Hong Kong. She has great ac- complishment in dancing and has been practically brought up on the tennis court. Dr. Hoa-hing, I am sure, will be able to give you very interesting account of her niece if you should so desire it.

Yours faithfully...

F. H. KwOK. Hong Kong, October 27.

SUTCLIFFE

AND NAWAB

STILL BATTING

A resolution, concerning the er Indemnity Fund for the com- English Tourists Score

building in Nanking of a large pletion of the construction of a Foreign Office, the cost of con-railway from Canton to Hankow,

struction of which is estimated to according to.' Mr. Ling «Hung-fun,

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be £40,000, has been passed by Dr. newly-appointed Head of the Cầu AGAINST COMBINED AUSTRALIA Lo Wen-kan.

Chow and Shfuchow Bailways, who]

Perth, To-day. The M.C.C. cricket eleven made an excellent start here yesterday

XI when they scored 99 for the

The money for the project is to arrived in the Colony on board the be obtained from the British Boxer liner Empress of Asia. Indemnity Fund, and work is to be Mr. Lee Yin-cheung, 21 commenced at the end of this year.gineer of the railway, arrived here against a Combined Australian

The building is expected to be com- from Canton to meet Mr. Ling loss of only one wicket before pleted by next summer.

Hung-fun, bo will be\\staying in Hong Konr or two or three days; lunch, Sutcliffe being 48 not out

NATIONS FURNISH LEAGUE BLOCK.

PRINCIPLE

OF MEASURE

Legislative Council Adyances Bill.

BILLS RECEIVE SECOND READING.

Before the Hong Kong Divorce Bill was given second reading at the session of the Legislative Council this afternoon, Hon. Mr. J. P Braga, declaring that he re- presented a large propor- tion of the residents of the Colony, launched an attack проп the "measure" from: moral and practical angles.

Angwers Grille,

Hon. Mr. JJ. Patterson, re-. plying to Mr. Braga's criticism, said that so far as he could un- derstand, the Divorce "Bill"did" no more than transplant the English procedure to Hong Kong.

He had listened, he added, with great interest to the address by his colleague, but "be frankly admitted that he could not follow

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PREFERENCES the argument: There was

Wilful Sacrifice Of Benefits Decried.

OTTAWA PACT DEFENDED.

London, To-day. The fact that the Irish Free State on November 11 would cease to enjoy any tariff preferences in the British market, was men- tioned by Mr. J. H. Thomas in the House of Commons

reading yesterday, moving the second of the Ottawa

enormous difference between the views of the Churches and of laymen's thoughts in such a matter and he did not see why, if a person had got into an un fortunate marriage contract, he should not be allowed to escape.

The Attorney-General, the Hor. "Mr. Alabaster, briefly ex- plained the Bill. The Govern ment, he said, was not concern- ed with the religious aspects of the case. The Hong Kong Bill followed the procedure adopted in the Federal Malay States, but did not go so far. Maga

The Attorney General 'to-day mov- ed the First reading of "A BIU to consolidate and amend the law relat- ing to Companies," but one which will not become effective until July, 1,938,

trictions as a means of increasing

The Bill, he added, would not come into force until His Majes- wholesale prices. Unless there was Agreements Bill He de-ty's pleasure is unknown. “ such, an increase 'there was no pos plored that one Dominion, sible hope for producers.

by its own action, had de- Regarding Rusala, the British deprived itself of the benefits legates had undertaker that if any nation by any particular action pre- vented the value of preferences be- ing enjoyed by the Dominions neces- sary steps would be taken to give affect to the intentions of the Bri- tish Government.

He deplored that the Irish Free State by her own actions was de-

Edinburgh, To-day." Before a capacity crowd Wales Priving herself of the benefits of beat Scotland by 5 goals to 2 after pressed the Government's hope that the Ottawa Agreements and ex- leading by four clear goals at this would be only temporary.--Bri- hal time-Reuter.

¡tish Wireless Service. the second inter- Was national of the season, England having beaten Ireland by a goal to nil at Blackpool..

This

As the result of their win Wales have now won seven times against Scotland, lost. 35 and drawn 11 of the 58 games played. Scotland

have scored 159 goals as against

Wales, our Yesterday's win wha

the

first success · zince 1929-4. season when they won by two clear goals at Cardiff.

RUBBER PAVEMENT AT WESTMINSTER. Suggested Measure To Reduce Vibration.

Chapei Bomb Kills Seven

20 Badly Injured By Shell

RELIC OF HOSTILITIES.

Beyen

of the Ottawa Agreement, but, on behalf of the Gov- ernment, he hoped it was only a temporary misfortune.

A ·Labourite” motion for rejection of the Bill on the ground that the Agreement does not contribute towards the solution of the unemploy- ment problem, was moved

argued that the agreements by Mr. William Lunn, who

hindered the world's econo- mic recovery. Labourites cannot be bound by the Bill, he said

Sir Philip Cunliffe- Lister stressed the bene- fits for .the. Colonial Empire contained in the Bill and pointed out that Colonies for the first time received: preferences from Australia, South Africa, Newfoundland, New Zealand and Southern Rhodesia.

Discussion was adjourned until to-morrow when a division will be called-Reu- ter.

The Attorney General also moved the Second reading of "A Bill to secure an increased trade between the Colony and other, parts of the British

"A Bill to Empire,"

amend thi Supreme Court (Admiralty Procedure) Ordinance, 1896," "A Bill to amend the Marriage. Ordinance, 1875,”... anul "A Bill to confer on the Supreme. Court Jurisdiction in Divorce and Matrimonial causes."

The Bills were passed.

4. Mr. Braga's Speech.

"I oppose the Bill on the prin ciple already brought forward in our Council debates that the Government cannot be a party to mere class legislation.

"I oppose the Bill, in the name of the majority of the small class, whose interests it is sup- posed to subserve, yet whose wishes, it belies and whose ideals Fit travesties.

"I oppose it in the name of the justice, upheld by the British Constitution, which requires every Law to be for the good of the Community, and not a mea sure to open the door of unhap piness for the many in order to satisfy the demands of the few.

Shanghai, To-day. The Chapel war casualties were added to yesterday when a shell, left lying in the street since the recent Sino-Japanese hostilities, CANADA SYMPATHY

(and killed exploded

I protest with the cry of Twenty bystanders were terribly

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London, To-day Luke's Hospital, which resembled

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to suggestion that a war-time advanced dressing) Questioned in the House of Com- This was the substance The weather was fine and the the streets around Westminster station.

wommons regarding the Canadian Gov Mr. Braga's appeal, an appeal wicket was in excellent condi- Abbey should be paved with rub Apparently two boys found the ernment's attitude towards an anti- which he himself declared must MR. DAVIS LEAVING on so that D. R. Jardine did not ber blocks in order to diminisha shell in a pile of garbage and dumping surcharge based on the be futile, a

FOR PARIS.hesfiate in his choice after whetheyibration,Mu Hediam, quarrelled as to the division of rate of exchange, the Rt. Hon. J. Hypowy Arcelo Datha

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