1937-06-10 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 1

· 10, 1937.

THE

1STRIKERS

HALTO

WORLD INDUSTRY

A

GOES BY

has

WORRIED young man

written to dear old Aunt Agony asking why the man should always have to pay when he takes a girl out for the evening.

pay.

POWER COMPANY SHUT DOWN

New York, To-day. The United States strike front has widened perceptibly as a re- sult of the employees of the Con- sumers Power Corporation of Michigan starting the second power strike in the course of

The answer is because the girl Iets him: and she lets him, out of three weeks. kindness, because she thinks it

The strike which is being car- gives him a sense of superiority to ried on in the highly industrialised Saginaw Valley, has rendered idle However, I think it would give nearly 100,000 industrialists and him a far greater sense of his inconveniences 400,000 residents of superiority-and the girl, too-if the area. he were to snatch her bag from her when they meet, and take what money he wants for the evening.

Remember: be Strong, be Ruth-

less.

Another Strike

NEXT Ignoring appeals of their leaders, the strikers have shut down all the CHANGE Valley's major industries.

This, combined with numerous! other strikes, as well as the fact that voluntary forces are being mobilised to augment the police in one phase of the widespread steel strike, has led to demand for a general labour investigation by the Senate.-Reuter.

New York, Later.

Seventy men in a sausage factory in Southwark, says a news item, have come out on strike. Presum- The Siganaw Valley power strike ably there will be a Court of In-has been ended by an employers' quiry, and then the historic "bag vote.-Reuter.

of mystery" will be mysterious no

more. And what mysteries will be

revealed? Into what complicated EXCHANGE FUND

grades of skilled and other labour

does the Ancient Mystery of Sau-SUFFICIENT FOR

sagemen and Allied Meat Squeezers fall? holder-up stand shoulder to should- er with the bolony-pusher's mate?

1. Does the bone-crusher's PRESENT NEEDS

London, To-day.

Does the same Union call out the The Financial Secretary to the casing twister's apprentice, the Treasury stated yesterday at ques- journeymen puppy walkers, and tion time that the present statu- the black pudding benders? These tory limit of the Exchange Equali- are definitely things the public will sation Account was sufficient to want to know more about. What finance present currency transac- the strikers expect to gain remains|tion.-British· Wireless. to be seen. The cry "sweateỡ sausages!" may prove a edged weapon.

From Hollywood

double-

New British Tax Proposals

London, To-day. Asked by the Opposition Leader in the Commons when the Govern- The picture business is a whole ment's new tax proposal would be lot like every other business in one presented to the House, the Prime respect. There are a lot of people Minister replied: "I cannot yet say responsible for its success that you with certainty when the proposal never hear anything about. For will be available, but the Chan- instance you never hear anything cellor of the Exchequer hopes to about the technical adviser. When put the necessary Ways and Means they're makin' a Roman picture, resolution on the paper in the course they have a technical adviser who of next week."-British Wireless. studies up on the early Roman period so he'll be able to tell us just what kind of spears they use -what kind of saddles--and suits of armour-and shields and things like that, and even what they ate. in those days.

One producer was makin' a reli- gious picture and he tried to cut down expenses by not hirin' al technical adviser. He watched the director makin2. one scene where they were using the 12 apostles and he leaned o over and tapped the director on the shoulder and says "That scene looks pretty bars you better put on about 15 or 20 more apostles."

DOJIMA MARU VICTIM

A little over three weeks since the explosion on the O. S. K. Dojima Maru, Mr. M. Takakasha, one of the victims, died in the Queen Mary Hos-. pital at 5.30 this morning.

Netherlands Trade

Decision

Amsterdam, To-day. -As from July 1 this year the The Kwangtung Kuomintang Netherlands Government will grant office has received instructions from to Britain and Germany the same the Central Committee to cease the special import quota conditons to registration of any new news which all signatories of the Oslo agency or newspaper in the pro- Agreement are entitled. Trans- vince.

Ocean.

The P & O. 6.s. “Bhutan” left The P. & 0.8.8. "Corfa" left Singapore for this Port on the 8th Shanghai for this port on the 8th inst. and is due here on the 12th inst. and is due here on the 11th inst. at about 10 p.m.

inst. at about 6 a.m.

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