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NO. 552

7.35 & 9.30. pazi

Construction Contract

Signed

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"THINGS TO COME"

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- HUGE STEEL CASTINGS

ORDERED

The formal

London, To-day.

contract between

the Cunard White Star Co. and the |shipbuilders for the construction. of the express steamship known as No. 552--sister-ship to the liner Queen Mary---was signed at [Liverpool jesterday. Messrs. John Brown have moved into posă- Įtion in their yard on the Clyde the huge crane used, in 'the con- struction of the Queen Mary, and are proceeding with the formation of a keel-box for the new liner.

They have already placed an order with Messrs. William Beard- more for the hull castings for No. 552 These castings are of exceptional dimensions and con- isist of a cast steel stem, cast steel stern frame, cast steel shaft brackets, and cast steel rudder. They will be manufactured Messrs. Beardmore's Parkhead works at Glasgow. The contract is estimated to be worth HARDY (thousands of pound and is one of the largest received by the firm for years-British Wireless

To-day & To-morrow at 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. many

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NEW CABINET IN HUNGARY

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Following Death Of Dr.

Goemboes &

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Budapest, To-day.

M. Marcel Rosenbers, above,

the Soviet Union's first · Am- bassador to Spain, has reached Madrid. He is the first Com- munier evoy to Spain. The sapouncement of. M. Rosenberg's appointment was not made until he had reached Madrid.

IRON WORKERS ON STRIKE

Further Pay Increase

Demanded

AIR ACCIDENT RECALLED

Grants To Aviators' Dependants

London, To-day-

An official announcement of the donating of £6,000-the balance of the prize money in the Eng land-Johannesburg

air race-to the wives and dependants of Find-1 lay and Morgan, who wese killed in the accident “at Abercorn, www sde yesterday by, the chairuzan of the Light Plane Club of South Africa at an informal luncheon given by the Air Rare Committee to. C. W. A. Scott and Giles ¡Guthrie, winners of the race.

He stated that Mr. Schlesinger had decided to grant £2,000 each to Mr Findlay and Mra. Morgan and the balance of £2,000) would be paid into a Trust Fund for the beneft of their children-British Wireless Service.

SIR JOHN MILES HONOURED

Warden Of Merton

College

London, To-day- Sir John Miles, the Senior Re- search Fellow at Merton College, Oxford, was yesterday admitted

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Paris. To-day. Another serious strike has just broken out among the iron work-to the Wardership of the College,

succession to |in ers of Moyeuvre-Grande near Mett.

As a result of the recent strike, Bowman, who has

Mr. Thomas

retired after.

15 per cent increase of wages was being Warden since 1903. Ancient customs were observed at the Jobtained. The object of the pre-

sent strike is to obtain a further ceremony.

Sir John has

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increase of between 30 and 40 per Merton College since 1899. Dur-

been a tutor at TO-DAY & TO-MORROW,

cent-Trans-Ocean Service.

Ing the war he was a legal assis- tant at the Ministry of Munitions, and later was solicitor to the Ministry of Labour-British Wireless Service.

CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE

(Continued from Page 1)

PROSPECTS FOR BRITAIN

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(Continued from Page 1)

TRADE PROSPECTS Mr. Chamberlain said that al-

.

The Hungarian Cabinet resign- led in a body during a special ses sion, called upon the news of Pre- zzier Julius Goemboes" death. The The resolution recommends the Regent thereupon commissioned States members to relax and as the Agricultural Minister, Moon as possible to abolish the Daransi, who until now had acted present system of quotas and ex- jas Deputy-Premier, to form a new

change control The appeal is. Government, which as is announc

supported by the Scandinavian though Britain's foreign trade ecuntries, Holland, Switzerland till lagged a long way behind. and Belgium and is expected

19 that of some years ago, there was be adopted.-Reuter.

already an indication of an im- provement during the past year, with a marked advance in

ed, will be undertaken next week Trans-Ocean Service.

REARMAMENT IN BRITAIN

(Continued from Page 1) Mr. Herbert Morrison, Finan- cial Secretary to the Treasury, de- clared that the executive of the Labour Party considered that in

Full Text Of. The Resolution

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FRANK CAPRA'S FIRST GREAT SUCCESS !

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"To a number of countries, for- merly our good customers, the readjustment of the erchange | value of the franc must come like

the absence of a policy of colles- London: The Economic and Fin-the cracking of ice at the ap tive security. the Government's ancial Commission of the Assem-proach of the warmer season rearmament policy was purely bly continued its debate at Get-an ice-bound Polar explorer.”

He was agreeably surprised at:

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it in the House of Commons," he the League's. Economic Commit- the quickness with which the concluded-Renter.

tee.

The Belgian delegate de-world seemed to have grasped the the tripartite clared that Belgium would sup-implications of port any attempt to organise the monetary delaration.

***Though at first it will be expansion of world trade by the

provide security||| concerted action of all the Gov-necessary "to

against violent fluctuations of the Jerzments.

Foreign Policy Criticised

· EXECUTIVE'S ATTITUDE EXPLAINED

Mr. Stanley Bruce (Australia)value of gold, as expressed in terms of commodities, I do not said that the present debate was

see any insuperable difficulties in perhaps the most important ever the way of our ultimately again London: International policy held under the auspices of the arriving at an international car and defence were debated all yes-League. Economic questions were rency system based on the free terday at Edinburgh by the La-often more significant than poli-exchange of rold," he concluded. bour Party Conference, whichstical ones. H a serious effort)-Reater. eventually approved the National was made to re-establish general Executive's statement issued on prosperity rapidly the danger of Saturday by 1,738,000 against war would be avoided. 657,000 on a card vote. The A draft resolution has been statement declared that in view tabled following Mr. W. S. Morri-

to co-operate in the organisation

GEN: CHIANG'S BIRTHDAY

(Continued from Page 1).

It is learned that General Pei

the of the threatening attitude of son's speech of Monday, which Chung-hs, 2 member of Dictatorships, which are refusing reads:

Standing Committee of the Mili-: tary Affairs Commission, will fly "The assembly, noting with sato Nanking from Kweilin with of peace, the armed strength of tisfaction the joint declaration of General Chen-Sheng on the Bos- the countries loyal to the League the Governments of France, the ble Tenth.

of Nations must be conditioned by United States and the United Pei has arrived at the capital, the

As soon as Generall the armed strength of a potential Kingdom on September 26 and the rst meeting of the National De aggressor, and reaffirmed the po-adhesion thereto Immediately fence Committee will be held. It licy of maintaining defence forces given by several States, recognis-will be remembered that General ponsibilities as a member of the that the declaration, harmon Pei is also a member of the Com-

ises with the recommendations mittee. League, with the preservation ofmade by the Economic Committee

consistent with the country's res-

PAKHOI CASE

the people's rights and liberties of the League in its recent report on It is reported that the Pakhoi with the continuance of democrathe present phase of international case has not been opened for die- tic institutions and with the obeconomic relations, considering cussion by the Chinese and Ja servance of international law the concordant policy designed panese authorities. It is stated The statement also condemned to re-establish durable equili-in" well-informed circles that the the Government's record in brium between the economies of Japanese Consul-General at Can- foreign policy. The debate reveal the various countries to lay more tan appears to be prepared to al- ed some division of opinion and solid foundations for the stability low this case to be discussed at Mr. George Lansbury, Lord Ar of economic relations and to pro-Nanking, but the Chinese authori nold and Sir Stafford Cripps were fate international trade would ties differ from him. The Istier jamong the prominent members effectively contribute to the con-prefer that the case should be lo-

who opposed the Executive's resolidation of peace, the restora-calised. solution.

tion of international order, the

The leader of the Opposition in growth of world prosperity's and uqua'action to ensure the applica- the House of Commons, Major an improvement of the standard tion of the policy indicated to re- "Attlee, winding up the debate, of living of the peoples,, afirms änce excessive obstacles to inter- [emphatically denied that the re- the general desire of the States national trade and comamaica- solution committee was a party to members of the League to parade tions, and in particular to relax, supporting the particular: propo-the realisation of these objects, and as soon as possible to abolish, sais of the Government for re- and invites all States, whether the present system of quotes and armament, but explained that members of the League or not, to exchange control”—British Wire what the Excentive had in mind co-operate fully to that end-fleas Service.

I was that the system of collective}" "It urgently recommends to the security must have sufficient force Stater, as an essential condition

IL M. Suburise Phoenix, is ex-| |behind it-British Wireless Ser- of final success, to organise with "pected to arrive in the Colony to-

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