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HOME COAL CRISIS. SETTLEMENT REACHED BY AID

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LONDON. July ist. coal crisis has been settled.

Later.

PREMIER TAXES HAND,

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LATEST CABLES. CONGRATULATIONS FOR COOK.

Lespon, August 1st. Mr. Cook, the Miners Union Secre- tary; has received letters and telegrams from Trade Unionists throughout the country, congratulating him of the great initial triumph for solidarity."

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD

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INDIAN PAPER TRADE. TARIFF BOARD RECOMMENDS PROTECTION.

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SIA, July dish. The report of the Tariff Board on the application of protection for the paper and paper pulp expresses the opinion Mr. Cook has issued a manifesto, desthat industry is unlikely to survive with cribing the seitlement as merely an armis-out protection. It therefore recommends

рег tice. Grent issues must still be faced, that the existing Afteen including the complete reorganisation of ad valorem duty on all sorts of writing The settlenient of the real crisis fol-the industry, the elimination of a royalty paper and printing paper other than towed a series of conferences betwin the for the owner, and privats ownership to newspriut containing 3 per cent. or more Premier, the parties to the dispute and prevent the exploitation of the consumer mechanical pulp, be changed to a specific duty of one anna a pound. No change and give the nation a return for its ten

of the duty is proposed on any other raillions subsidy.

'kind of paper.

The Board does not recommend any

It is of protective duty pulp

on

Trade Union Congress Committee. It is anderstood that the discussions in the morning related chiefly to the form

The Chairman of the South Wales Coal-

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d scope of the Gnancial assistaure pro-owners Association, in an interview, said posed by the Government in order to

BARLIER CABLES (THROUGH ARUTER'S AGENCY.]: CRICKET AT HOME. GLAMORGAN TEAM UNLUCKY AT BATH.

LONDON, July atat. Following are the latest cricket cosults: At Bath, Somerket led Glamorgan on the rst innings, Scaros:

Somerest (1st) 185 runs. Glamorgan (1) g runs. J. J. Bridges took a wickets for 37 runs and J. C. White 4 for 18.

Somerset (2nd), 52

Ryan tok wickets for 33 ruas and J, C. Clay 4

for 11.

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{rengrok REUTER'S AGENCY.] SITUATION IN NORTÀ. CHINESE POLICE FIRE ON

AT NANKING..

*** MONKEYVILLE."

HOW TENNESSEE WON FAME.

[BY AN AMERICAN.]

The recent Scapes" (religion) case, cabled reports of which recently reached MOR the Colony, and the prosecuting Counsel in which was Mr. W. J. Bryan, who died with tragic suddenness a few days after its conclusion, when Scopes was orifered to pay a fine of $100, gives the following article a peculiar interest. It was writ ten by a U.S. journalist for the Daily Daily Maile prior to the trial.

PERING, August 1st. ***Offeihl reports from Xanking differ considerably from the "earlier version.

No British subjort was killed. The Chinese police-not the British naval men-fired on the mob.

CAUSE OF TROUBLE

SHANGHAI, August 1st.

Fame in a day has come to Dayton, Tennessee, a haulet of 2,500 inhabitants Not ever the town that voted the curth was fat bad, in the vernacular, "anything on Dayton: for it is here that the tria: will shortly take place of one, John T. Scopes, a teacher of science in the Rhen

A British naval message, by wireles School at Dayton. His crime is (ilmorgan (2nd) 110 runs for 3 wickets, from Nanking, reports that, on Jaly that he taught the evolution theory after At Gloucester, Gloucestershire lost to 31st. the International Export Company the Legislature of Tennesee turned ita back on it. A wag suddenly thought it reduced. its "Chinese staff..

would be well to call Dayton, Monkey- Sutres by 190 runs: "Feares:-

The men, who were dismissed, became ville," and as such it promises to liva Surrey (1st innings) 320 runs

millions of Americans the whole thing is a joke, and a sorry one now that com- munication with the outside world makes Tennessee's antien u subject of world-wide consideration.

Hobbs

bridge over the crisis and enable a full that the Government had allowed the opinion that hamboo puip tolds immensrade 2 Sandham 83, Duet 65; Parker disgruntled and assumed a threatening! long in the memory of America, To investigation to be made of the rondi/country to be enreed. It was a disaster.nossibilities in the production of cheap took 9 wickets for 118 runs.

tions of the industry. A number of dif Baaities presented themselves, "the main is being the extent of this assistance. at is moderstood that the owners strongly arged that Government aid should be uficient 1c secure reopening of the pits losed during the recept klepression.

MR. BALDWIN CHEERED,

was The House of Commons, which trowded, cherred the Premier when he entered. Mr. Baldwin, announced that had been the mine owners' natires suspendej, for a fortnight and the men or Mered in their Exevitive to remain at work..

Mr. Baldwin also stated that a pro

reached Psigial agreement had been with the mine owners, subject to district confirmation, and the Miners Executive

were

UNREST AT ESSEN

ESSEX, August 1st.

paper in

India.

only deferring the evil day,

and recommends the The President of the Cardiff Chamber Government to explore the question fully of Commerce, interviewed, said that if by assisting the bamboo pulp industry up the coil trade needed a subsidy, so did to the maximum Government liability of the strel, shipping and other industries,

The Board bold's that twenty lukha abundant supplies of bamboo are likely to become the basis of a considerable,in

histry, capable of meeting the country's The Miners' Unions have given notice

requirements and even providing sub- to end the present wages agreement an

stantial quantities of paper pulp for ex- port if the world prices for paper re- August 31st, unless wages are increased,

Bamboo de It is improbable that the miur-owners main at the present level." will agree, owing to the depression development will be slow, but the rapid to the inability to dispose of the huge diminution of European and Ameristi supplies of coniferous wood justifies the stocks of coal as the pit-howls.

belief that an increase in the price of paper is inevitable-

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RUSSIAN BONDHOLDERS. FRENCH PRESS IN HOPEFUL MOOD.

PARIS, August ist.

Le Petit Parisien states that since Mr.

- sending at the following telegram Krassin's return from Moscow, negotia Notices suspended; continue working"tions for the settlement of Russia's Jehts Mr. Baldwin added that if there was any foral hitel owing to the dateness of the hour at which the settlement" was reach ed, he trusted all parties would go operate to remove it.

FRENCH DEBTS. -ANGLO-FRENCH NEGOTIATIONS

PROCEEDING.

Losos, July 31st.

STATEMENT BY M. CAILLAUX.

PARIS, July 31st.

Gludicester (1st. innings) 199 runs.

attitude

A British naval party was landed." The moh mauled the Chinese police, whose officer ordered them to fire.

Three men were killed and four wounds

Surrey (2nd innings ) 201 rans for. 5 wickets declared. Hobba mude 35 and P. G. H. Fender 38,

Gloucester (2nd innings) 127 runs, P. G. Jed, nae seriously.

Afterwards, a British subject, on his H. "Fender took 3 wickets for 37 runs and

way to his home, was attacked in the Peach 3 for 4.

He was taken to At Northampton. Northamptonshire street and injured. lost to Lancashire by si ruas.

Lanes (1st) nas. V. W. C. Jupp took 4 wickets for 79 runs.

Northants (1st)-133 rupa. Parkin took

Herres-hospital.

4 wickets for 38 guns and Sibbles 4 for 24. Lanes. (2nd) runs. Clark took 4 wickets for 37 runs.

Belany Northants (2nd) 231 Funs. nrade 64.not out; Sibbles took 1 wickets

for 33 ruis.

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Today all is quiet and the Chinese Palice appear to have the situation well in hand.

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But while, willions regaril the whole business as a joke, there are other millions anxious to see the action of the Tenness Legislature taken before the Supreme If the Court of "the United States. verdict goes against Scopes, as it may well do, then a body of influential citizens will carry it to the Supreme Court, for it is contended that Tennessee has fallen

foul of the American Constitution, that The trial it has hit directly at freedom at sperch and liberty of conscience. therefore means everything to the en- lightened men and women teaching in American schools and universitie

PERING, August 1st.

That strange figure in American public Messages from Nanking state that a dispute arose at six o'clock Inst even life, William Jennings Bryan, qft-defent ing. at the International Export Com el candidate for the Presidency, a res pany, regarding the payment of wages.solute "dry" and a devout funda A riot ensued, in which it is reported mentalist," has offered his services in

Hriton was killed, whereafter the those who are, proscenting Scopes.

For Monkeyville" it is a great ad- British are reported to hase fired, kill- At Bournemouth, the Hampshire ving four and Wounding several rioters,vertisement. The baseball park will be Sussex match was abandoned without any The British residents were taken aboard the scene of the trial. Every big.news warships. A British naval party landed paper in the country will have special result being reached. Play was only and is guarding the Company's factory writers, at the ringside. Tennessee,, a of three.ne Briton is reported to have been made State which has contribute much to the development of the country, whose sons 1-risoner and taken to the University.

helped greatly to make the West and to THE PEKING CONFERENCE.

retrieve Texas from Mexiqu, is in the world's Spotlight.

Sussex (1st) 188 runs. Kennedy took swickets for B4 runs and Boyes 4 for 30.

Hants (1st) 3 runs for 7 wickets, At Derby, Derbyshire last first innings pomes to Essex. Scores :--

Essex (1st) 02 mins. P. Ferrin made

It is declared that reports of the Ango-possible on one day out have become more activ. It is hoped to French debt negotiations having broken Scores:- reach a settlement shortly, which will down are quite untrue. partially satisfy holders of Russian bonds and also-prov dreptable, bath (politically and financially, to the Soviet.

The Time Paris correspondent says Mr...ynes expressed his very great sense of relief at Mr. Lloyd that the Soviet offers to recognise in George associated himself with Mr. paper francs 49 per cent. of the pre-war said that although there was a notices, H. M. Morries 54, Cutinore 56 and Clynes' words with regard to the relict Russian, debts. amounting to

Before the Cabinet Caillaux made statement with regard to the Anglo French deht negotiations in London. He

fourable difference between the British and Russell

Derhy (1) French viewpoints, the beginning of an

runs.

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Lee (G.3L)

Lesbos, July Plut. Renter learns that nothing is known in well-informed circles regarding any United States proposal for a conference at Peking in the autumn on the question of extra-territoriality in China. Though

But Tennessee, not a youthful profes-

is on trial.

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it is true that an Anglo-American ex- HOME PUBLIC HEALTH COST. change of views has been progressing on

the subject, it is not thought that any FOUR FOLD INCREASE IN FORTY

thing a concrete has hitherto emerged.

felt by the whole community that "thi,illiard paper franes, or 10 per cent understanding had already been achievinade 65: Hipkin took 5, wickets for 44 holding of such a conference when pric-

dark blond would not it present break ppon British industry.

Asked with regard to the conditions

of the pre-war. Russian debts, calculated in gold. laterest since 1818 will be added to this sum The Soviet will issue new hoads representing the total obliga. greached, Mr.- Baldwiu said the negotiations, which will take the place of the

tions had only been ennrluded within the pre-war bonds: and, after the conclusion | Jast five minutes. Mr. Churchill would

of the agreement, a sum covering the Fave ertain information which would interest payable on these bonds will be be published to-night and the

pould be discussed, it necessary, week, probably Thursday.

ed.

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AUSTRALIAN STRIKE. FEDERAL UNION EXÉCUTIVE URGES SEAMEN TO RETURN.

MELBOURNE, July 31st. The shipping strike is regarded

The Federal Exe definitely settled.

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It is known that the British Govern- inent has all along been agreeable to the THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. Sir Arthur

Newsholme (Putnam, 3s.). ticable. It is felt that an improvement Nobody more suitable than Sir Arthur in the situation in China is now apNewshollur, who was principal, medical. Essex (2nd) 142 runs for 5 wickets.

parent such as might warrant the cou offer of the old Local Government Board At Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Notty voking of the Powers as envisaged in the from 1908 to 1910, could have been found to write an account of the complex Scores: Washington treaty. lost to Kent by four wickets.

machinery of the Ministry of Health. AGREEMENT IS REACHED. Freeman (A.P.) Notts (1st) 134 runs,

There are in Great Britain altogether Loswin, August 1st. took a wickets for 65 runs.

The diplomatie correspondent of the 1,727 public health authorities, as com- Kent (1st) 205 ruhs. Barratt took 4

London, between

Washington, and 655 boards of guardians."" that it is Tokyo is now complete, regarding their easy to see how vast is the organisation reply and that of the other Treaty of the Ministry of Health.

The work of the health authorities has powers to the demands in the Peking"! Government's Note of June 24th. All that certainly achieved striking results. Says remains to be settled is:. Firstly, whether Sir Arthur: the reply will take the form of a Diplo- matic, Note or an open declaration to the Chinese people; secondly, the dates' when the fiscal conference and extra- territorial commission shall start work.

natter included annually in the Soviet budget.cutive, of the Seamen's Unior has tele.wickets for 56 runs and Staples 5 fur Daily Telegraph states that agreement pared with 317 education authorities and

next

JH. COOK'S STATEMENT. Me Cook has stated that the miners wages and conditions will continue the Bane until the spring, for at least nine Donths during the sitting of the Com

BRITAIN AND HOLLAND.

TREATY OF ARBITRATION IS

RENEWED

THE HAGUE, August 1st. The Fortier Ministry announces that the Anglo-Netherlands arbitration treaty, made on February 2nd, 1905, and-whieh

mission of Enquiry into the Coal In-had expiral. has been renewed for a dustry,

further period of 5 years.' It contains The Trade Union Congress Committee proviso that matters for arbitration Bas' vireularised the Trade Unions an-thall be submitted to Court of Inter- Bouncing that the co-owners and the national Justice.

Miners Federation haven accepted the Government proposal, that the embargo on the movement of coal will be with drawn and work to be continned by all Unions involved...

GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.

WOMEN ATHLETES. BRITISH CAIN VICTORY IN TRIANGULAR CONTEST.

LONDON, August 1st. At Stamford Bridge to-day, the British

The Government's assistance to the team gained the victory in a triangular coal mines will take the form of a sub-athletic match. The points were:

vention in aid of wages for nine months

Gil May 1st, 1990, during which wages. will be paid on the basis of the 1924 agreement, but if in any month the wages -calculated in accordance with the re- ognised ratio division between wages, and profits are anywhere lower than the 1094 minimum, the deficiency will he provided by the Exchequer, while in any month in which it is estimated that the average profit, where the subvention payable, will exceed 18. 3d, per ton, the excess will be used in reducing the

bvention.

The cast javolved to the Exchequer Fannot at present be forecasted, as this must depend on the course of trade.

Britain ...... Czecho-Slovakia

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CAMPAIGN IN MOROCCO. FRENCH ARMY NOW BUSY IN REORGANISING.

Paris, August 1st. The French army in Morocco is busy regrouping and reorganising. General Naulin is profiting by the lal to rest hia tired troops, who have been in the front line since April. The temperature re- cently has been 116 deg. in the shade.

This and the necessity of fall prepara- tion'mem to justify the forecast that the French offensive will not be undertaker before the end of August.

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Notts (2nd) 3 runs. A. W. Carr, graphed all branches urging acceptance made 10 and Payton b of the agreement reached by the sub-

Kent (2nd) 23 runs for 6 wickets. committey of the conference of owners. L Bryan made 172 not out and C. H.

Kautt 37. and seamen."

HOLLAND'S NEW CABINET.

THE HAGUE, July 31st... The new "Calinet is constituted follows

premier Finance "Minister

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ad interim Minister for the Colonies, Heer Collijn.

Foreign Minister, Jonkheer Van Karn-

sheer.

£10,000 MANSION FOR £1,500. STATELY HOMES THAT NO ONE

WANTS

LITTLE HOUSES BOOM Mere Hall, Cheshire, the residence of the !ate Sir John Graybill, which cost over

for £1,500.

Minister of Interior and Agriculture,£10,000 to build, was sold in Liverpool Half the proceeds of the sale go to charity.

Heer De Geer.

Minister of Justice, Heer Schokking. Minister of Education and Fine Arts, | Heer Rutgers.

Minister for War and ad interia Minister of Marine, Major Lamhody. Minister for Waterways, Railways and Posts, Herr Bougnerts

Minister of Labour: Commerce Industry, Herr Koollen.

and

POLITICS IN "JAPAN. VISCOUNT KATO COMPLETES HIS NEW ABINET

TOKYO, August lat. Viscount Kato was summoned to the Palace this morning and received in audience by the Crown Priner.

Later it was announced that Viscount Kato had been re-appointed Premier.

CABINET IS COMPLETE. "

In my annual report for 1017-18, I. stated that the 514.870 deaths occurring in 1871 would have heen reduced by 200,000 had 1871 shared the average national experience of the period 1973-

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In the year 1671-2, the total local taxation expenditure in England and Wales

officially given £31,185,471; in the year 1011-12 the total" aggregate expenditure of all local authorities (other than expenditure de- frayed out of loans) was given as £134,073,327. In 1871-9 the outstanding loans of at local authorities amounted to £60.461,087; in 1911-12 they were £556,571,130.

The mansion is unoccupied, and coù-

Une trembles to think what they will tains valuable tiles, ok fittings and panels Three of the panels depict

Viscount Kato has completed his be for 1024-25, but by 1921-22 the out- Biblical scenes, and some of the oak is. hundreds of years old. The auctioneer cabinet. He has assigned the portfolios standing external loan debt had risen to announced that the lease expired in 1978. of Justice, Commerce and Agriculture £768,506,752.

Bidding started low and advanced, by to the Kenseikai members. Messrs. Egi, 25-and 210, to £100, and then by £50 ayami and Kataoka

Other Ministers are as before- bids to £600.. At this stage the auC- tioneer exclaimed. Why, gentlemen, PRESS NOT DISAPPOINTED. [REUTER'S AMERICAN. SERVICES the tiles alone cost three times the sum.

The re-appointment of Viscount Kato fully accord with the expectations of

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TENNIS IN U.S.A. MISS RYAN WINS FINAL AT SEABRIGHT.

SEABRIGHT, N.J., August int In the final of the women's lawn tennis singles, in the Seabright tournament, Miss Ryan defeated Miss Wills

The scores were: 6-3, 6-3

SWIMMING RECORD. WEISSMULLER LOWERS PREVIOUS -HUNDRED YARDS' FIGURE.

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SEATTLE, Wa., August 1st. Competing in the American amateur swimming championships, Weissmuller covered 100 yards in 10.9.5 seconds. This constitutes a world's record.

respectively.

GALLANT GIRL SWIMMER: NARROW FAILURE IN CHANNEL ATTEMPT.

A United Press message from Paris,"

As there was no reserve he was com pelled to knock the ball down at £1,500.

Estate agents in London were not sur. the Press and others, who are particularly prised at the result of the sale. An ane scornfu; of the political maneuvring of

the Sciyukai, who by breaking up the dated July 16th, states that after a tioneer said to a Daily Chronicle repre-conlition and immediately waking over gallant attempt to swim the British Harrison, the Bentative.

"There are a lot of large houses and turen to the Seiynhanto gave evidence of Channel, Mins Lillian

forced to give up five miles from Dover. mansions in the market. The owners have their real intentions by bidding for champion swimmer of the Argentine, was She had started from the French side,

to cut their losses.

Almost every house beyond the needs

power,

The Kenseikai, the Government Party,

of an upper middle-class family, with is the largest in the Lower House, but and returned to Bolognr. Her headquar more than five or six bedrooms, will lose, does not comiaand an absolute majority,trs were at Cap Griz Nex": money in the market.

JAPANESE FLIGHT.

"Last week I disposed of a detachrá residence with six bedrooms in a London" ASAHI" AIRMEN MEET WITH

uburb for £1,000. It had cost. £4,500 to build.

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"On the other hand, a house almost adjoining, with four bedrooms, a garage and a moderate-sized' garden, which cost £1,350 to build two years ago, found, & |buyer at £1,500,"

BAD WEATHER"

HX130, August 1st, The Asahi aeroplanes left bere for Harbin this morning. Later they had to

return on account of bad weather.

Miss Harrison's latest attempt was but one of a series and was, though a defeat, a hard-fought battle. She onen swam this River Plate, a distance of 261 milex, în a little over 24 hours

Thomas William Burgess, who was successful in swimming the Channel on September 5th, 1911, after a long series, of failures, acted as trainer for Miss

Harriana.