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MARRIAGE

Housing Regulations

The Ministry of Health has published its fifth half-yearly return of the progress of hous- ing in England and Wales, which shows that in the last year a record number of houses DANBY-BLACK. On February nearly 340,000

15th at St. John's Cathedral by It is obvious to everybody that has been built. the Rev. H. W. Baines, Ronald the boom in the building trade, William Denison, only son of which depends largely upon the Mr. & Mrs. James Denison Dan-

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

by, to Frances Mary, eldest Construction of new houses, is unabated and probably at its daughter of Mr. & Mrs. D. E.

peak. But the fact that new Black of Calgary, Canada.

houses are being built is not an automatic indication that the problem of the slums is being solved; the proportion of houses which are, as a rule, rated be built by private enterprise, Fond the means of slum-dwellers, is much larger than those built by local authorities; in fact it is private enterprise which has

Mrs. A: H. Abbas and children tender their grateful thanks to all who were present at the funeral and also those who sent floral tri- bate.

Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1937. been responsible for the recent

LIBERAL FOREIGN

POLICY

building boom.

This

beginning of a fresh

year is to see the

effort to

end overcrowding. The stan- dards laid down in the Housing

There was a keen if one-sided Act of 1935 are conservative debate on foreign policy at the two or more persons of opposite recent meeting of the Liberal sex over ten years old, unless Council. The cause of the trouble they are husband and wife, are was a pamphlet recently issued not to sleep in the same room, 2 further standard

with the title "Peace or War?” and there number and area

and described (a trifle inaccur- based on the

ately as it now appears) as "by of the rooms in a house which the Liberal party" In fact, the limits the number allowed to statements made in the pamphlet sleep there. Children of less had not, for some reason, been than one year are not counted, submitted to the Council at all, and from one to ten years count and though it contained nothing as half an individual. that seemed likely to rouse dis- It will be seen that the in- sension in the Liberal ranks, a position of these standards will resolution in the name of the not end crowded living condi Executive endorsing its policy tions, and the landlord is liable was opposed by Lord Lothian to a fine only if he has allowed and a few followers.

the overcrowding to occur after Lord Lothian is one of those

the standards have come into who believe that the chief aim effect that is to say, after of the League of Nations should January 1 in some districts and be universality and its chief after July 1 for others (includ- weapon that of peaceful per-ng most of the worst areas). suasion. It was not easy to tell Further, the landford cannot be from his speech whether he convicted unless the au offer alternative would now oppose all sanctions

modation. against an aggressor, but he went far enough to disagree Nevertheless in spite of all with the Liberal statement on

these half-hearted reservations several points. In particular he

1937 will mark another step in thought that an attempt by the the slow advance towards secur- British Government to organisering decent living conditions for the remaining members of the the whole of the population of League against possible aggres

Great Britain. sion would be directed against Germany and Italy and would only be a return to a system of alliances.

can.

orities accom-

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

This view hardly does justice days of peace if any since peace Parador "Europe has had few either to the Liberal statement was officially or, for that matter, to the de Madariaga. League Covenant, which was de-f signed to supplant alhances and which offers the same guaran tees to any Power willing to jom the League. There also seemed to be a slight confusion speeches made on both sid one point.

At present there is no obliga tion in the Covenant to

Moderate:

the good of the country it is mportant that

the Repulican Party be strong, but I do not want to see it get too strong."

Mr. Farley.

shall shoot

Order, Please: the first one who pulls a gun.”

ent of the

action against an ag-Arturo Tas, Pr gressor but only economic ac Senate.