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GOVERNMENT DEFEATS

THE CHINA MAIL-FRIDAY, APRIL 3,-1936

Equal Pay For Men And Women

AMENDMENTS CARRIED

DREDGING OF

PEARL RIVER

TO BE BEGUN

Money To Be Sought

From Nanking

FREQUENT STRANDING OF

RIVER STEAMERS

ARRESTS IN RIGA

German Citizens Released

* CHINA MAIL.” SPECIAL

Riga. To-day.” London, To-day.

Of the 35 Germans arrested Following the surprise defeat

in Riga during the last few of the Government on Wednes

weeks, as reported" by Trans- day night in the House of Com-

Ocean, about 30 have been re- [From Our Own Correspondent] mons" division on the amend

leased so that only five or six ment in favour of equal pay for

Canton, To-day. still remain in custody.

The men and women for equal work Dredging of the shallow charge brought against them is in the Civil Service, the Governu reaches of the Pearl River will the breach of police. by-laws, it ment was twice defeated in the shortly be undertaken by the being alleged that they attend- Lords last evening on amend-River Conservancy Board ined political meetings during the ments to the Agricultural Un-view of the frequent stranding continuance of the state of employment Insurance Bill of river steamers from Macau siege, the penalty in such cases. The defeats, however, have no and Hong Kong. The decision usually varying between a fine political significance.

to deepen the fairway is made of 100 Lats or 14 days impri- With reference to the Com-at, the request of Mr. L Ksonment and a fine of 750 Lats mons incident the Prime Minis- Little, Commissioner of Customs for two months' imprisonment. ter announced yesterday that he for Canton.

An appeal can be lodged with Owing to the lack of funds, the Home Minister. There has would present on Monday a mo- tion on equal pay for men and only small-scale dredging is pos-as yet not appeared in any offi- women in the Civil Service -sible for the time being. The cial statement, but. is expected upon which question the Govern- total cost of dredging the vari in the next few days, unless in ment were not prepared to deous necessary parts of the Pearl the meanwhile the five or six part from the present policy River is estimated at $3,000,000. Germans still in custody should and the Government would treat The South-west Political also be released. —- Trans-Ocean AT 230, 5.10. the division as a vote of con-Council has designated its mem-Service

fidence. British Wireless Ser-ber, Mr. Lo Yik-kwan, to go to 715&9.30pm vice.

"HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE" with CAROLE LOMBARD FRED MCMURRAY.

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KINGS

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ANTOR

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DEVILMENT LED ter months. The dredging pro-

TO DEATH

Inquest On Young Undergraduate

FOUND DEAD ON RAIL TRACK

Nanking to secure funds for deepening the river, which be- comes shallow during the win-

cess will take three years..

Coastal steamers arrive at! and leave Canton only at high! tide. River steamers running]

TRIUMPH IN NEW YORK

Great Praise For British Actress

on scheduled time cannot wait New York-Wendy Hiller, the for the tide and frequently golyoung Manchester actress, scored aground. This is the first time an instantaneous success in heri that Canton officials have taken Broadway debut in "Love on the action to keep the channel open. Dole" last month.

A verdict of Death by Misadven- although the silting-up of the Cheers of the first nighters were tare was returned at the inquest river has been going on for the not quietened until Miss Hiller at North Mimums, Hertfordshire, past six years. last month on Harold Smalley, the

įmade a curtain speech. Her recep tion was likened by the critics to

18-year-old Cambridge ander-ROAD ACCIDENTS Elisabeth Bergner's debut here

graduate who was found dead on the railway near Brookman's Park.

It was suggested that "pure de- vilient" might have led him to! |climb out of the train while it was

moving.

IN ENGLAND

Detailed Analyses Being Made

last year.

The New York Times praised her for playing the part with "pulsing beauty of high spirit”.

The New York Tribune critic wrote: "She knows almost as many stage tricks as Elisabeth Bergner or perhaps Helen Hayes, As from Wednesday the Minis-which 1 saspect is all of them."

London, To-day.

Smalley, whose home was st Crowborough, Sussex, was a sec- |ond-year undergraduate at St.

Catherine's College, and secretary try of Transport are receiving of Cambridge University Gymna- detailed police reports on the cir Itic Club.

cumstances and causes of every John Askell Smalley, a civil en-road accident involving personal gineer, of Oakridge-avenue, Rad-injury, whether fatal or otherwise. lett Herts, said that his brother The enumeration and analysis of had no troubles.

the information thus obtained will, it is hoped, yield valuable results

"Stiff" Rock Climbs

FATHER AND SON

Film Plans Of The Two Fairbanks

Fair-

New York-Douglas They had gone rock climbing in the determination of the main banks jun. left for England last together, and negotiated some factors of road safety.

month to make three pictures very stiff climbs. It was consis- Beginning next week the week-there. tent with his brother's highly accident statistics compiled by spiritedness that he might have the Ministry of Transport will be Douglas Fairbanks sen., on the other hand. is returning to climbed out of the train while it issued in amended form-British Hollywood shortly, and is after- was moving.

Wireless Service.

Lewis Whitcomb Harding, aged

21, of Jesus College, Cambridge,

said that he had known Smalley ROYAL AIR FORCE UNIFORMS since last May, and had seen him'

London, To-day-The Air daily. On Thursday, February 20, they met at a Cambridge Ministry announces impending public-house. Smalley drank mild changes in the service uniforms of officers and airmen of the beer.

"We left Cambridge together by Royal Air Force, the most im- the 3.30 p.m. train," said Harding. Fortant of which is the aboli- We arrived at King's Cross at tion of breeches and puttees in 4.45 p.m. and went together to a favour of trousers for all ranks. club in Victoria-street, S.W. 1-British Wireless Service. Beft Smalley for about an hour.

We had just a few beers in the club."

Another Beer

wards going to China to direct a film there.

The two Fairbanks were stay- ing in New York last month. They arrived by air from Holly- wood.

WEATHER REPORT

A. weak anti-cyclone lies, over; China: the depression has be more intense and has come moved north-eastward, covering. Korea, South Japan and the neighbouring seas. The Pacific! depression is still indicated to

"If one is to take any inference the east of the Visayas, but its from the evidence of his brother position and movement are uni

North-east winds, They left the club at about 8 and Harding as to how he got out certain. pm, and had another beer at a,of the train, it does seem as if he moderate; fine to cloudy. was! restaurant. They caught the 3.55 did so for pure devilment, and in the forecast for to-day as issued p.m. train from King's Cross, and doing so a young man in the prime by the Royal Observatory this were the only two in a compart- of life met his death." Iment.

The Coroner (Mr. T. Ottaway).! -What was his condition when he got into the train, drunk or sober?-Sober.

Soan after the train left Lon- don. Smalley climbed out of the ¡compartment.

•

"He opened the door, and when I saw him he was just about as good as out," added Harding. "He shut the door behind him. He was away two or three minutes. When he came back I told him to be careful. I was alarmed until he came back to the compartment (" Bafely."

Harding said that he was 2WAY from the compartment for four or five minutes.

"When I returned." he stated, "Smalley was not there. Both doors were closed. I looked out of the window on one side, and could Inot see him.”

Playing A Joke

On arrival at Cambridge hei waited at the station in the hope of seeing Smalley, then went home.

Mr. Ottaway. Were you at all alarmed at "Smalley absence?—— No, sir. I thought that he was playing a joka,

Mr. Ottaway said:

(Continued in Next Colunes)

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