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point of such importance as A motion for ratification of the construction of warships. London Naval Treaties was On the other hand, there made the subject of a debate in nothing to be gained by ignoring the House of Commons yesterday. the fact that two big naval Powers, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, First Lord Italy and Japan, had not joined of the Admiralty, in initiating the these Powers. discussion, which was mainly res
ITALY'S POSITION
tricted to technical aspects of the He was able to say that Italy Treaties, pointed out that the Unit- had no objections in principle to ed States and France, had already the naval agreement, and he hoped to see her way ratified the naval agreement, and that Italy would
it had said it was high time that Britain join the agreement after followed suit.
been ratified by Britain.
It was a matter to be appre- As regards Japan, the position there ciated that the five major Pow-was more difficult, though ers had reached agreement in a was no reason for support of the theory that Japan intended to make it impossible for the other Powers to observe the obligations laid down in the Naval Treaties. Trans- Ocean.
Typhoon Likely To Pass North
The typhoon
The Commons approved the se cond reading of the Bill authorising the ratification by Great Britain of the London Naval Treaty of 1936.-British Wireless.
day 300 miles east-north-easter: FALSE STORY
Manila, is now near the eastern
part of the Balintang Channel OF HOW HE
and is moving in a north-westerly direction.
WAS SHOT
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Should it continue in its present] course it should pass well to the north of Hong Kong, and would pro- bably hit the coast somewhere be- Chui Ning-sang, aged 30, pleaded tween Swatow and Amoy. :.
guilty before Mr. W. Schofield at the The weather continues to be cool, Central Magistracy to giving false yesterday's maximum temperature information to the Police by stating unknown being only 86, the thermometer that he was shot by an dropping to 79 degrees during the person in Wanchai Road on July 13, night. At 10 o'clock this morning] whereas he was shot on the third it had again moved up to 86 degrees floor of 155, Hennessy Road by in the shade.
man named Tae Sin. Only .03 of an inch of rain fell in
Inspector Baker asked for the 24 hours ending. at 10 o'clock week's remand and stated that the this morning, but the average for defendant came to No. 2 the year
is still 21 inches above Station with the false report.
All normal.
available men were turned out and The Royal Observatory reported the other stations notified. this morning that pressure con- Enquiries were made and the re tinues highest over the Pacific to port found false. It is hoped that the east of Japan, and is relatively the other man will soon be arrested low over China generally.T
for possession of the revolver. Defendant was allowed bail the sum of $100.
Forecast:
mo: East winds, derate; fair generally.
ORDER OF LENIN FOR VYSHINSKY
Moscow, To-day.
Vys-
MR. LANSBURY VISITS MR. EDEN
Police
The Public Prosecutor, M.
London, To-day. hinsky, has been awarded the Or Mr. George Lansbury, Crusader der of Lenin, the highest Order in for the cause of peace, who has in- the Soviet, for “consolidating re-terviewed Herr Hitler and Signor . volutionary lawfulness and streng-Mussolini in connection with the yes- thening the Procurator's office." holding of peace conference, Reuter.
terday visited the Foreign Secre tary, Mr. Anthony Eden, at the Foreign Office-Trans-Ocean.
M. Vyshinsky won considerable notoriety in his conduct of the pro- secution in the trial of the British Metro-Vickers engineers, as well as
several mass trials which resulted Britain's Revenue
from the various Stalinist “purges.”
Returns
London, To-day.
Four cases of dysentery, one from Hong Kong and three fi
from Exchequer returns show - that the New Territories, and one case total ordinary revenue amounts to. of typhoid fever, were reported to £175,161,684 compared with £164, the Health Authorities yesterday. 468,131 at the corresponding, date
of last year.
The P- and
od O. 88. "Ranchi" left Shanghai for this port on the 20th instant and is due here on the 23rd instant at about 6 a.m.
· Total ordinary penditure £249,755,955, compared with £240,- 146,814 at the corresponding date. of 1936-British Wireless.
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