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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 14, 1988.

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H. K. LABOUR CONDITIONS Special Inquiry Urged In House Of Commons Secretary Of State GUERILLAS

Decides It Would Be Valueless

London, To-day.

TRICKLING INTO SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day.

panese military circles.

....

GERMANY TO BUILD GIANT ATLANTIC LINER

win the Blue Riband of the Atlantic.

Hamburg, To-day. Shipping circles state that, in the very · near future, Germany will Labour conditions in Hong Kong were the subject Numbers of Chinese guerillas are

begin building a gigantic ocean of a question in the House of Commons yester said to be steadily closing in on day by Rev. R. W. Sorensen (Lab., W. Leyton). Shanghal, causing concern in Ja-liner with which it will attempt to He asked whether there would be a special inquiry It is said that hundreds have instituted into the social and industrial condi- already managed to enter the French tions of native workers in Hong Kong, with and a view to securing reliable information con-equipped with firearms. cerning the hours of labour, wages paid and The authorities are taking

precautions and are searching suspects. also the infant and adult mortality rate?

Mr. Malcolm McDonald, Secre tary of State for the Colonies point- ed out that the Governor had re-i cently decided to appointed a full- time Labour Officer to the Secre tariat for Chinese Affairs and as part of that Officer's functions, he would make investigations into the cost of living, the rates of wages and the local industrial conditions to which Mr. Sorensen had referred.

NO ENQUIRY

With regard to the infantile and

CHOLERA'S TERRIBLE TOLL IN INDIA

Lucknow, To-day.

International

Settlements,

In discussions on the subject, 90,000 tons are mentioned as the probable size of the new vessel. If this plan should materialise the be new German leviathan, would all the largest steamer in the world, the French Normandie" at pre- sent the largest having a tonnage, of 83,400 and the British "Queen Mary" having a tonnage of 81,250.

The Japanese are also taking great, precautions. Japanese sen- tries have been doubled.--Our Own' Correspondent,

WUCHANG BOMBING

In connection with this project, an article appearing in a semi- official National Socialist economic publication has aroused great in- terest in shipping circles, the

article discussing the subject of

giant ocean liners with reference to the launching of the new "Mauretania” of the British Cunard White Star Line at Birken- head on July 28.

Hankow, To-day. The total death roll in Wuchang The cholera epidemic reported as a result of the Japanese air raid adult mortality, reliable informa- on June 15th in the United Pro- on Tuesday was 181 and the num- The article comes to the conclu- ber of wounded was 458--Central sion that even from the economic tion as to deaths were already revinces is driving the inhabitants

point of view these monster vessels News. corded in Hong Kong, but the in- to North Gahrwal to seek re-

have established their future since high speed and consequent saving formation as to the mortality rates fuge in the neighbouring forest,

of time has always assured prefer- was admittedly unreliable.

notwithstanding that the latter This was partly on account of is infested with bears.

Charged with keeping a gaming ence for the fastest vessels. incomplete compliance with the law

The work of cremation in some house in an unnumbered hut at Speed Has become a decisive fac- for the registration of births cases has been

n neglected owing Shek Kip-mei- village yesterday, tor. Besides that, these monster (which was being remedied by ad- to the haste to escape. Over 20 and with writing or printing, and vessels prove great promoter of ministrative action) and partly to thousand are already dead and with selling and with possession of the national interests of the coun- the fact that a considerable section an army of voluntary workers is lottery tickets, two persons, Cheung try to which the shipping company of the Chinese population has not being mobilised under official Cheuk, 48, and Leung Sin-kwok, 89, belongs. Finally, the article con- direction to check the spread of were fined $100 or six weeks and cludes, the largest British steamer $100 or one month respectively by ever built, the "Queen Mary" has Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the achieved an economic success even Kowloon Police Court this morn- greater than the owners had ever ventured to expect, Trans-Ocean. ing.

a fixed habitation in the Colony.

In the circumstances, Mr. Mc- the disease.—Reuter, Donald thought that a special in- quiry would not be helpful.-Reuter,

LULL ON YANGTZE FRONT

⠀⠀ Kiukiang, To-day. The lull on the Yangtze front continues, according to a telephone message from the front.

ALLEGATIONS OF JAP. OPIUM ACTIVITIES

London, To-day.

Mr. R. A. Butler, in the House With the exception of a brief of Commons yesterday, said that exchange of fire between Japanese he had not received any informa- warships and shore batteries at tion regarding Mr. Arthur Hender- Changchiatu near Hukow, the Po-

son's allegations that Japanese em- yang Lake area was quiet yester-ployers were distributing opium to their Chinese employees in China Sustaining heavy losses in recent in lieu of regular wages. engagements, - the Japanese are

Mr. Butler said that he would consolidating their positions and awaiting the arrival of reinforce-enquire if Mr.. Henderson would ments-Central News.

day.

40 CASUALTIES IN LOKCHONG

Canton, To-day.

It is now ascertained that more than 40 civilians were either killed

or

communicate to him any report which may have reached him. He added that the British Consuls had been asked to report on the alleged Japanese drug campaign. Reuter.

LOCAL SHOWERS

The Royal Observatory reports wounded during the Japanese that a weak anticyclonic area cov bombing of Lokchong, on the Caners the Pacific to the east of Ja-| ton-Hankow Railway, yesterday. pan and a ridge of high pressure The Altogether 27 missiles were re-extends to the Eastern Sea. leased.

depression over S. W. Manchuria Namhung, in north Kwangtung, appears to be moving slowly north- was also raided by the Japanese eastward. Pressure is relatively planes which dropped 11 bombs, low over Tongking and the south- About persona were killed or ern Philippine Islands. Forecast;

South winds, light to moderate; maimed and 10 houses destroyed. Central News.

fair generally, some local showers.

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