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Many Conservatives Stay Away From Poll

HAUL ON SHIP FROM HONG KONG

Brooklyn (N.Y.), To-day. Treasury officials announce the Beizure on board the British freighter "Silveryow" of eleven Backs containing 850 five-tael tins of smoking opium valued at U.S. $255,000.

The Chinese second boatswain, Tein Ho-zon, was arrested, while the captain, first mate, chief en- gineer and five Chinese members. of the crew wère taken by Cus- toms officials to headquarters for questioning-Reuter.

ARMY HIGHSPEED PATROL BOAT HITS NAVAL BUOY IN HARBOUR

London, To-day.

Results of the by-elections in Walsall, Doncaster

and Bridgwater are being awaited with the

keenest expectancy in political quarters, as the

possibility of an early general election hinges on the voting.

SHACKLETON'S

MEN COMING TO H.K.

Two men who accompanied the

Reports from Walsall, which polled yesterday, have encouraged the Opposition to believe that they may capture the seat from the Government as they indicate that many Conservatives, dis-late Sir Ernest Shackleton on some agreeing with the policy of compromising with of his expeditions to the Antarctic, Hitler, refused to exercise their votes.

are due to arrive in Hong Kong

This attitude leading to large any bargaining by Government abstentions from voting, in har-with Herr Hitler over Colonies. mony with the policy of the Con- TORY PARTY RESIGNED |servative Opposition in the Com- The miniature "general elec mons, is regarded as more dan-tion" proceeding is being fought gerous to the Government than almost wholly on foreign policy, the ability of the Labourites to and at Conservative Party head swing voters in their favour. quarters there is increasing con- Similar reports have come viction that Mr. Chamberlain through from election agents in will be compelled to go to the Doncaster, which polls to-day. country soon after Christmas. Mr. Alexander Monteith (Liber-

It is revealed that the War De-al National) is opposing Mr. John

partment Motor Coastal Patrol Boat, Widgeon, was involved in an

accident this week when it struck

a Naval buoy when travelling acròss the harbour, and sustained material damage to its bow.

A very powerful vessel built somewhat on the same lines as the Royal Air Force tenders, the Wid- geon is, at the moment, on the slips at the Royal Army Service Corps Camber, undergoing repairs.

Morgan (Labour) in this consti- tuency, and the voters have been heckling. Mr. Monteith on the

issue of whether there is to be

SOVIET VIEW OF POGROM

MOSCOW, TO-DAY.

DENOUNCING THE “FASCIST POGROM MAKERS” THE NEWS- PAPER "PRAVDA" ASSERTS THAT · GERMANY'S ANTI-JEW DRIVES ARE THE RESULT OF A "HOPELESS SITUATION IN THE REGIME.”

This is the second accident in which the Widgeon has been in- volved, the first having occurred when, at high speed she grazed a

The paper says that the Tsarist fast motorboat from the Aircraft Government resorted to pogroms in Carrier Eagle. Neither. was seri-order to divert the attention of the ously harmed.

masses from politics, and the Ger- man Fascists are repeating this The accident which put the practice in still more brutal form. Widgeon out of commission occur- The journal declares that the red in pitch darkness when the trade and finances of Germany are craft, which is capable of about 37 experiencing unprecedented difficul- knots, was travelling at a fair ties owing to the heavy war burden. speed. She just avoided head on collision with the buoy. She struck the side and her bows were smash- pd in.

The pogroms, the paper con- |cludes, did not save the Tsarist monarchy and will not save Ger- man Fascism.-Reuter.

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They are Captain Dawes and Commander Worsley, officers board a new vessel which has just been bought by a Hong Kong firm. The vessel, the "Honalda," left Manchester at the beginning of the month for Hong Kong.

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