THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 1 1987
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WORLD CURRENCY PROBLEMS
Interesting
Discussion
At Berlin Conference
NEW LN.E.R. SPEED TRAIN TO EDINBURGH
London, To-day.
One of the new London North Eastern Railway coronation trains Berlin, To-day. destined to maintain a 6-hours Yesterday's session of service between King's Cross and the Congress of the In-Edinburgh from Monday next made apreliminary run yesterday to ternational Chamber of Grantham, Commerce was devoted to currency systems and the gold problem.
SUPER HIGHWAY ACROSS EUROPE
Berlin, To-day
Plans for a super-highway be- tween Berlin and Rome, proposed in January when the Italian Highways
Britain Recaptures Altitude
Minister discussed the project with Record
Herr. Hitler, have now reached the point where a definite course has been mapped out.
German, Austrian and Italian en-
gineers are now surveying the most satisfactory route over the Tyrolean Alps.
London, To-day. world record altitude
of
53,937 feet was attained by a Royal Air Force plane piloted by Flight-Lieutenant- M. J. Adam at Farnborough yesterday.
Eight miles south of Grantham on It is announced that the German the return journey, she covered a portion of the highway will be com-
Interviewed after his magnificent complete mile at 109 m.p.h. Thepleted by 1941, in time
achievement, the record breaker for the whole 105 miles of the return jour-World Fair in Rome, and Italy in-ing" he heard a very loud
mentioned that when near his "ceil- The Chairman, Signor Alberto ney was covered in 851⁄2 minutes. tends to begin work on her portion
crack Pirelli, who is also President of The Coronation train without en- in the near future.-Trans-Ocean.
overhead. the Italian Joint Federation of gine had a weight of 312 tons.
He found a large crack in the Stock Companies, initiated the British Service.
transparant roof of the cabin, which discussion with a long review of
apparently burst owing to contrac- the principal developments in the
tion of the material due to the cold. money and credit field during recent years.
The Vice-President of the Con- AN END TO LAND
gress, Herr Otto Fischer, then dis- cussed the disturbances of the eco- nomic balance of the world through unequal distribution of gold.
DEBT LIQUIDATION
CONTROL
London, To-day.
It is generally recognised here that the action of the Portuguese Government in suspending the sys-
VON BLOMBERG'S BUDAPEST VISIT
95 MINUTES
Flight Lt. Adam used the same plane as did Flight-Lt. Swain when with modifications. he broke the record last September,
Reuter.
Budapest, To-day. The German Defence Minister, Field-Marshal von Blomberg, began a round of visits here yesterday The climb lasted 95 minutes. when he called on the Premier, Dr. Kalman Daranyi, after having laid to Britain from Italy, who won
The height record thus comes back a wreath at the foot of the Hun- only recently. He pointed out, however, that
garian war memorial. gold was still one aspect of an even tem of observation on the Spanishter, Dr. Koloman de Kanya,
He also visited the Foreign Minis- Trans-Ocean, In
The new greater problem, that of. interna- Portuguese frontier, virtually puts Commander-in-Chief of the Army, tional debts.
an end to land control. Because of these, the interna-
the Chief of General Staff and the tional exchange of goods was hin-
Reason for Portugal's action, said Archduke Joseph-~~_______ dered: through heavy payments of Mr. Anthony Eden in the Commons, Marshal Blomberg. was also the interest and amortisations.
was the gap in the control plan on guest of-honour at a luncheon given the other side. Trans-Ocean.
by the Premier. Trans-Ocean.
The problem of Internationa debts, he declared, required gener- al liquidation if their detrimental effect on world commerce was to be remedied.
The Japanese delegate, Mr. Kadona, stated that the world was still far removed from fine) solution of the problem of finan- ces and gold but that certain tendencies towards stabilisation were noticeable in the present re- covery of world trade.
He recommended freer movement of capital.
The former Governor of the Czecho-Slovak Bank devoted his remarks to the problem of control of foreign exch ge, while the En- glish delegate, Mr. d'Arcy -, Coo per
discussed
length
Increase In Funds
Of Equalisation
Account
London, To-day.
the
The House of Commons yester- day passed its second reading with- out a division the Bill providing an increase of $200,000,000 in the change Equalisation ̈ Account. Reuter
REV. J. O. CURNOW PASSES AWAY.
~~London, -To-day
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The s.8. Nanking will now sail for stralia at 4 p.m. on the 2nd July.
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