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FIT DUNLOP

BRITISH MOVE TO STIR DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE TO

VOLCANIC

RUMBLINGS BY

VESUVIUS

Villagers Terrified By Earthquake Shocks.

WARNING OF SERIOUS ERUPTION IN SPRING.

Rome, To-day,

Thousands of awestricken Neapo- litans are watching the fiery glow in the sky above Mount Vesuvius, which is hurling showers of incan- descent stones into the air.

Neighbouring villagers terri- fied by severe earthquake shocks have fled from their homes and, spent the night in the fields.

There has, so far, been no damage, but Professor Mal- ladru, Director of the Mount Vesuvius Observatory has issued a grave warning that a serious eruption may occur in the Spring.

He explains that the outlet of the volcano is decreasing in size and if it continues to decrease. the volcano may blow out another ouflel, a catastrophe which hap-{ pened in 1929, when a village was destroyed by lava. Reuter.

CRACKER DEALERS

→FINED.

Penalty Of $100 In

"Worst Case.”

-Making a third appearance on a summons for storing fire-crackers in premises that did not conform with regulations, Ng Yim-pun, of 312 Des Voeux Road West, was fined $100 by Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones in the Central Police Court this morn- ing.

Defendant atored 111% tons of fireworks, and his case

was des. cribed as the worst.

On a similar charge, His Wor- ship imposed fines of $50 each on Ip Shu-lim, 296 Des Voeux Road West (22 tona), Yung Pun, 396 Des Voeux Road West (22 tona) and Yum Wing Yu, 12 Wimur Street.

Mr. F. II. Loseby, for the defence, auid that suitable premises had now been found for the storage of the fire-crackers. Although they did not conform wholly with the regu lations, they were the best that, could be found.

CONVERSION CASE.

Further Charges Against Filipino.

Two additional charges relating to the alleged uttoring of twe

President Eamon De Valera opening his election campaign at an

| open air meeting in Dublin, on January 5. The Irish lender is seen reading his address to the crowd with the aid of a flashlight held by one of his colleagues.

ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL DISPUTE

Provisional Settlement

By League.

COMPANY TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS.

The

London, To-day.

A provisional settlement of the dispute between Ur

··tain and Persia arising out of “--- the cancellation by Persia of the Anglo-Persian Oil Com- pany's concession, was ap. proved by the League Nations Council yesterday.

of

Sir John Cadman, Chairman of the Anglo-Persian Olt Com

pany.

The terms of formula present- ed by the League rapporteur, Dr. Benes, provide:-

Firstly, that the two parties proceedings before the Council agree to the suspension of all until the May session, with the option of prolonging the time by common agreement.

Secondly, that 1£ the two

"LIMIT PLANS AND SPEECHES"

A REAL REDUCTION IN

WORLD ARMAMENTS

BRITISH DELEGATE'S PLEA FOR

PRACTICAL RESULTS

London, To-day.

At the meeting of the General Commission of the Disarmament Conference at Geneva yesterday, the British programme of work, de signed to expedite the work of theConference with a view to achiev ing concrete results before Easter, was referred to by the principal British delegate, Captain Anthony Eden, who declared that it was im- perative that the Conference should concern itself at once with the re- duction of armamenti,-

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"We now with that the Conference in its second year, should do what the public opinion of the world wishes, namely, achieve real reduction in world armaments which may serve as a basis for still 350,000 BALES OF COTTON TO further reductions. The Bureau of Taxation makes such a reduction CLOTHE THE POOR. imperative. The need for securitymakes it not one wit less import

ant," he said.

U. S. Congress Passes Bill To Assist Relief Societies.

Washington, To-day. Congress has approved and sent to President Hoover a Bill to turn over to the Red Cross and other relief agencles, 350,000 bales of Farm Board cotton for the cloth- ing of the destitulé-Reuter.

Captain Eden amused the Committee by suggesting a speech-making armistice and a limitation of plans for the limitation of ármaments.. What was needed, he said,. was co-ordination so that practical results could be achieved

WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE

British. Banker Outlines

Agenda

GOVERNMENT

HOLD SEAT

IN SCOTLAND

Liberal National

Returned.

CLEAR MAJORITY IN EAST FIFE. BYE-ELECTION.

London, To-day.

The East Fife bye-election, caused by the death of Sir James Milor, (Liberal Na- tional), resulted as follows: Mr. J. Hamilton Stuart (Liberal)

tionalist), 1,083. Mr. Westwood

Mr.

6,685;

(Labour),

Anderson (Agricultural Party), 4,404;

Mr. Keir (Independent Liber-

al), 2,296;

Mr. Linklater

(Scottish Na-

tionalist), 1,083.

The Independent Liberal and the Scottish Nationalist forfeit- ed their deposits.

ACTION

The man who keeps time for the whole world is saying good- by this month. Sir Frank Dy. son, for 22 years Astronomer Royal at Greenwich, is retiring. —(8. & G.).

say MacDonald, has sent the fol-

The Prime Minister, Mr. Ram-DALADIER PASSES lowing message of congratula- tion to Mr. Stuart: "A magnifi-

cent victory. The Kingdom of Fife is as reliable as ever when a great appeal is made to it.”

Sir John Simon, Leader of the Liberal Nationalists, in a telegram declarea that the result shows how strongly the country feels that the

The British Government, he stated, conceived that in the AMERICA MUST CANCEL WAR National Government should

Little Change on Covenant and

Wall St.

the

Locarno Treaties, Britain had gone as far as she could in assuming definite! commitments in Europe.

....

Underlying Strength Of ment that the British attitude

N.Y. Market.

New York, To-day. The New York Market straws emphasise underlying strength, reports Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Company. Ralls re- main undisturbed by reports of the decline in car-loadings being greater than seasonal. The report adds:-"From a trad- ing standpoint, we think that the market is one in which to buy on small recessions."

Industrials and rails showed an upward trend of .08 and 49 rea pectively, while utilities and bonda fell 95 and 33, respectively.

He could give no encourage could be modified or that the British Government could under take new obligations to which British public opinion was un.

alterably opposed.

But he declared that se curity was now sufficiently .. guaranteed to permit real measures of disarmament. The debate, which was con- tinued by delegates of Belgium and Czecho-Slovakia who spoke in support of the French plan, was later adjourned to Monday. British Wireless Service.

IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.

It is announced in the Government

DEBTS

London, To-day. Mr. Beaumont Pease, pre- siding at the annual meeting of Lloyds Bank Ltd., yester day, referred to the coming World Economic Conference,

have unswerving support... Sir James Duncan Millar, KC, [M.P., held the constituency

FIRST TEST

Vote Of Confidence In New French Cabinet.

Paris, To-day.

The Chamber of Depu tics have voted confidence In the new French Govern- ment, headed by M. Dala-

dier, by 370 votes to 200. The Ministry signify their in-

of East Fifeshire since 1929, tention of meeting the financial and was also member for that crisis strongly and quickly and division from 1922 to 1924. propose an immediate Financial

Born in 1871, he was educated Reform Bill, a regular Budget at Edinburgh University and and national equipment for the was called to the Scots Bar in scheme. The Bill will be tabled Its immediate task consisted in 1896 and became Barrister-at-on Tuesday. Reuter. Anding some means of settlement Law, Middle Temple a year later. of war loan debts, in securing bet- From 1918 to 1916 he was Senior ter co-operation between the Cen-Advocate Depute.

tral banks in monetary matters

Sir James was unopposed at and in abolishing exchange res-the last election. Reuter and trictions and relaxing excessive British Wireless Service. tariffs, ho, said.

The greatest creditor nation, America, he continued, had still to be convinced that it would be to her own interests to cancel war debts and that it was illogi cal and unjustifiable for a credi- tor nation to demand repay

ment of debts and at same time refuse all possible methods of repayment.

Sooner or later he believed that:

MR. ROOSEVELT'S

POLICIES.

NEW DOCTORS FOR COLONY.

Government Gazette Announcements.

The appointment of Professor W. Brown and Mr. Ho Kwong to be ad- ditional Members of the Council of

Inaugural Address Draft the University of Hong Kong Is

Virtually Completed.

fo

announced the Government Gazette

Other appointments announced Washington, To-day. are those of Drs. H. J. Croot, M.D., With the exception of the sec- B.8., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P, C. W.

Business done was below aver-Gazette that H.M. the King has not age, only 910,000 shares changing been advised to exercise his power all nations would realise that they hands/Router.

of disallowance with respect to the could not live by themselves alone tions dealing with foreign policy, Sanders, M.CPS. (Alberta), M.D., Ordinance to secure an increased and at the expense of the poverty the President elect, Mr Frank M.S., (Canada) and A., N Jones, trade between the Colony and other of their neighbours-British Wirelin D. Roosevelt, has. virtually M.D., B.S., whose names have been completed the draft of his in-added to the list of medical practi- parts of the British Empire.

augural address, it was reported]tioners entitled to practice in the to-day.

Colony,

DOLLAR AND SILVER

PRICES STEADY.

Pound Makes Slight Advance.

Following its decline of a to

documents, purporting to be re- parties agree, the Company should ceipts for $1,668 and $60 from the immediately enter negotiations with 1/34 yesterday, the local dollar firm of Messrs. G. K. Hall Bratton the Persian. representative, the remained steady and opened on the

& Co., solicitors, wore preferred legal points of view being entirely same quotation this morning. against the Filipino, Joseph Evan-reserved.

Silver. prices, which have had a downward tendency throughout the gilist Besa, 32, unemployed on his Thirdly, that the two parties week, remained unchanged this appearance before Mr. Wynne-agree that the legal standpoint of morning on yesterday's prices, spot Jonas in the Central Police Court each party, as set before the League being quoted at 16% and forward this morning, on remand charges Council, remains entirely reserved, at 16 16/16.

of alleged fraudulent conversion and that if negotiations for a new The pound sterling registered a of $1,722.

concession remain without result, alight improvement, the London on Accused was charged last week the question will again come before New York cross rate standing at with the alleged conversion to his the Council, each party remaining -G$8.39% this morning as against own use of 31,722 from $2,125 with free to resume defence of its case. -G$8.89% yesterday.” The New which the bad been entrusted to Fourthly, that in accordance with York on Landon rate advanced purchase a local publication, the the assurance given by the Persian from £-G88.89-13/10. Cathay News, and with obtaining Government to the President of the $50 by false pretences from the Council, it la understood that while Eastern Bazaar, 78, Queen's Road the negotiations are proceeding and Central,

until the final settlement of the The hearing of the case was fix-question, the work and operations ed for February 8 at 2.30 pm of the Company In Porala will con Mr. M. K. Lo is appearing for the tinue to be carried on as before prosecution, g

⠀⠀ DAIRY LAWS REVISED.

Amendments and additions to the Dairies bye-laws are announced in the Government Gazette this week, November 27. Inat, under Three additions have been made to Resolution Approved. « the Ordinance which,now demands

·HMA. Borwick of the Fifth Grule. The resolution approved by the that any applicant for registration er Squadron, sccompanied by the Desi Council, firstly takes note of the troym Flotilla-Leader, Koppel, returd- ed to Hong Kong yesterday evening cases put before It by the two fram exercises.

of a dairy shall inform the Sanitary Board of the sources of his milk (Continued on Page 14.) supply.

Jess.Service.

The new Administration's

The name of Mr. J. TW. Brooke policies regarding war debts, the has been added to the lat of Au- World Economic Conference and thorised, Architects in Hong Kong, the Far East have been settled in and the name of Mr. W. J. Cole to a general way, but it was under the List of Authorised Auditors.

President-elect [stood · that the

would wait developments in the Sino-Japanese dispute at Geneva and the completed plans for the debt conference, before attempt- ing to get down a general policy. ~Mr. Roosevelt was again in the |south to-day on his last vacation before assuming the presidency, Yesterday, he visited the Gov- ernment's Muscle Shoals project] where he was greeted by Mr. B. M. Miller, Governor of Ala- bama, and Mr. Calister, Governor

of

Business Shows

Steady Upturn

Week-End Reviews Stress Hopeful Signs.

New York, Jan, 21. Scattered Improvement has do Tennesseecurred In business - despite pro- In the meantime, his closest spects of an extra session of Con- advisers were working with ex- grees and new delays over plans to perty of the Republican State De-balance the federal budget, ac partment and the Treasury on cording to the various week-end the war debt conference. The business reviews. formal invitation to Great Britain Despite these uncertainties and to send representatives to Wash-u new outbreak in banking difficul- ington in March is expected to be ties in some sections of the coun. dispatched shortly try, business activity has shown It was apparent, to-day that steadiness in some instances" and, members of Congress are look-gains in other directions. *** ing more calmly on the debt Most of the heavy industries. question as a result of the agree-have felt the influence of the un-

(Continued "on. Page:14). usual January upturn,