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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1933.

BRITISH COTTON

TRADE

Lower Import Duties Urged.

JAPANESE COMPETITION

London, To-day. Japanese competition in the overseas cotton trade was among| the subjects to which attention was drawn in the annual report of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

It calls on the British Government

THREAT

FRENCH FINANCE | RAILWAY STRIKI

BILL SAVED. Stockbrokers Protest In Paris.

Paris, Yesterday. By 368 votes to 208, the Op position motion to refer back the Finance Commission's Bill was defeated.

the

This constitutes an early Government victory for Finance Debate, os the vole was made a matter of con Adener.

Dartien

The Paris stock-brokers -

to adept policies designed to secure struck in protest sainst th Socialist.c, tax:.ión vie by the for the British cotton industry, Finance Commi.ics of the Chamber every possible consideration in of Deputies. countries whose products are large- ly purchased by Great Britain, particularly Empire countries.

The report contends that Indian import duties on Lancashire goods are unjustifiably high, and fore- easts that a continuance of the pre- sent position would force Lanca- shire to call on their Parliamentary representatives for action to re- dress a situation of obvious qulty-Reuter.

WEATHER FORE CAST

Wage Reduction

Dispute.

ENGLISH UNIONS REFUSE TO ACCEPT CUTS

London, To-day.

The dispute over the propos ed seduction in waves of rail- way employees is likely to be protracted and may possibly resut in a strike, tullowing the decision of the three Rail- way Unions not to accept the findings of the Chairman of the National Wages Board in recommending cuts totalling £800,000 annually. After the failure of the negoti·

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The Stock-Eunge is idle and tions the Finance Minister has threaten- Unions, the dispate was referre u to take proceedings against the to the National Wages Board, th authors of the demonstration-members of which also, were ur Reuter.

able to agree. They produced four reports.

was

OIL DISPUTE AT GENEVA

(Continued from Page 1)

The Companies adopted the find inga of the Chairman, Sir Harol Morris,

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Mr. Dawar, the Persian Minister ine-of Justice, argued that the dispute Meanwhile it is hoped that the not between the British and Government will take action on the Persian Governments but between lines of the Salter Report published the Persian Government and the in August, last year, recommending Company, and since the latter had increased taxation on heavy road not exhausted the legal means at its vehicles in order to equalise com. North east winds, fresh, gen- disposal, namely, the Persian Law petitive conditions between road and erally overcast, is the weather Courts, the British Government rail. It is understood that this if forecasted in to-day's report issu were not justified in Intervenlig now under the Cabinet's considera-

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