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of which was desterilised, a con- TO-MORROW„“PECK'S BAD BOY AT THE CIRCUS"

siderable amount of silver must re-

main to be purchased if the Cur- RKO Picture rency Act, stipulating a ratio of 75 per cent. gold to 25 per cent. silver, is to be fulfilled. Reuter.

CONGRESS MOVE FOR SILVER ACT REVISION

New York, To-day.

The Washington correspondent

of Dow Jones, the Wall Street financial journal, says that a strong movement is being put under way the Silver Purchase Act, with at- that in Congress for major revision of

tention centering on proposals to ban the Treasury from buying foreign silver.

The master of the junk in report to the police states whilst fishing off Mirs Point at p.m. last Tuesday. a Japanese traw- ler approached and fired three shots.

A boarding party then searched the junk after demanding that her licence be produced. The master The movement is supported by and crew were then forced into a many members of the silver bloc sampan and the junk taken in tow. who fear that continued large-scale The crew of the junk followed purchases of foreign silver may in a sampan and eventually coming ultimately tend to exhaust the upon a British destroyer, reported ready market for domestic silver. the matter..

The destroyer steamed off in the general direction of the trawler which released the junk.

FIRST FRUITS

OF PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Rio de Janeiro, To-day. Establishment of a "Rio-Wash-

'

MORGENTHAU NOT. CONSULTED:

Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secre- tary of the Treasury, stated at a Washington press conference yes terday that he was opposed to pro- cessing taxes on farm products, being of opinion that the taxes on consumers were sufficiently high.

the

Mr. Morgenthau also said he had not yet been consulted on Senate proposals to discontinue foreign silver buying.-Reuter.

ington Axis" against extraterri- MR. CHAMBERLAIN

torial influences will be discussed

when Senor Aranha, the Brazilian BACK AT WORK

Foreign Minister, goes to Washing-

ton next week at the invitation of President Roosevelt, it is stated unofficially here.

London,. To-day.

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A DAY RACES

The Prime Minister was at work 2 DAYS ONLY! TO-MORROW & THURSDAY.

at Downing Street yesterday after:

Commercial problems interesting the strenuous few days in Rome AN ACTION FILLED AIR DRAMA AGAINST SMUGGLERS !

to both countries will also be discussed.-Reuter.

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from which he returned the pre- vious day.

He had consultations with a number of his colleagues in anti- cipation of resumption of the weekly meetings-of the Cabinet on Wednesday.

During the morning Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary for Air, visited No. 10 and remained for an hour.

Sir John Anderson, who is res- ponsible for civil defence, also saw the Premier.

After lunch Mr. Chamberlain. saw the Chancellor of the Exche- quer, Sir John Simon. British Wireless.

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