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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 12, 1937.

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RAW MATERIALS

CONFERENCE

ITAI Y CRITICAL

Committees Terms Of

Reference

MEETING AGAIN IN JUNE

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GENEVA, TO-DAY...,” THE RAW MATERIALS CON- AGRE- FERENCE YESTERDAY ED TO TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE WHICH WILL DEAL WITH QUESTIONS OF SUPPLY, QUES TIONS OF ACQUISITION PAYMENT, AND STATISTICS.

Both the first and second sub- committees will examine the ques- tion of how the present situation. can be remedied.

Disastrous Fire In Nanking

Nanking, To-day.

dis-

Festerday morning was astrous fire 'caused heavy loss in Nanking.

At 345 am; a fire broke out in the Greater China Market and the whole building with 21 other buildings in the neigh- bourhood were completely de- stroyed.

It is learned that the total loss is well over a million dollars.

It was the biggest fire that has occurred in Nanking since it became the capital of China.

Our Own Correspondent.

AND BURETE £2382827

It is hoped to close the present session of the conference to-day. while the next session will be in the second half of June.-Reuter.

ITALIAN COMMENT

MISS O'KEEFE'S DISPLAY

Outstanding Success Last Evening

The chief feature of the highly Rome, To-day. successful performance at the Italian opinion has apparently King's Theatre yesterday afternoon taken exception to the view express- given by the pupils of Miss Daisy ed by Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, the O'Keefe, was the remarkable dis- British delegate to the raw materials play of Miss Betty Pestonji Dis- conference, that the reason why cer-playing a technique and assurance tain countries had difficulty in ob-worthy of a professional of many taining raw materials was in part years' experience Miss Pestonji's dances both classical and due to their own economic and mone-solo

modern, were very well-received by tary policy.

The "Tribuna" writes that such an audience that filled the spacious an assertion-"sounds like a joke." Theatre to capacity. Among those "Apparently the President of the present was Lady, Caldecott, attend- German Reichsbank, Dr. Hjalmar ed by the A.D.C., Capt. Cragg, and Schacht, spoke in vain when he said His Excellency's Private Secretary.

The most charming and amus-- that. only those raw materials ob

on the programmè, tainable in one's own colonies were ing-number of any value to a country faced was a sailor's horn-pipe by the in- with foreign exchange difficulties, fants. Smartly attired as rollick- seeing that in order to purchase ing sailors, these youngsters show- other raw materials one must be ed a delightful disregard for uni- given a chance of paying for them"formity in movement and the seri- ousness with which ther went The journal asserts that Sir Fre through their various manoeuvres, derick's statement that the welfare resulted in loud shouts for encores. of natives should be respected comes near to scorT

“NEAR TO SCORN"

Special mention should be made of Sally Fuxman, the soloist in “At the Cod Fish Ball" She sang and "Apparently the League of Na-danced in the approved Shirley tions has been brought into exis-Temple manner and led her chorus tence merely to safeguard the trea-in great style. sures and wealth of Great Britain."

The paper concludes by saying that those nations lacking in raw materials must choose a path that does not lead through Geneva Trans-Ocean.

APPROACH TO PEACE IN GENERAL MOTOR STRIKE

Detroit, To-day.

Jazz

A dance entitled “Jazz” given by the older pupils would have done credit to a Hollywood production. Led by Miss Betty Pestonji, they went through the intricate steps of a tap-dance with a precision, which reflects great credit on their in- structress. -

Miss Kathleen Glover and the League of Health and Beauty ably demonstrated how the ladies of the Colony manage to keep themselves fit Set to music, all the exercises

The representatives of General Motors and the union of automobile were performed in a whole-hearted workers are approaching a signed. settlement of the labour dispute.

manner.

A tap item by the Chinese mem- bers of the league, and a solo by The conference, however, was ad-Miss Kathleen Glover were both journed till to-day, it being declar- very well received. ed that there are still minor details to iron out-Renter

Montreux Conference a

London, To-day.

Grand Finale

As a grand finale, all Miss O'Keefe's pupils took the stage in member entitled “The Blue Danube," the most pleasing and beautiful item.

The Secretary to the Depart- At the conclusion of the... per- ment of Overseas Trade, Captain formance, the stage was in in- Euan Wallace, will lead the United undated by a wealth of beautiful Kingdom delegation at the forth-flowers. coming-conference at Montreux on the capitulatory gime in Egypt.

British Wireless.

The annual meeting of the mem- bers of the Bibliotheque Francaise will be held at 5 pm on March 23- in the offices of the Consulat de France,

andra Building The reports was that the

Steak and Kidney Dinner, fol- lowed by moking Concert is be ing held at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, on Saturday evening of volumes has increased to