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COAL STRANGLEHOLD.

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HOW INDUSTRY HAS BEEN CRIPPLED.

MORE UNEMPLOYMENT.

(THROUGH REUTER'S ACENOT.]

LONDON, June 9th. Ara result of the coal stranglehold, industry is suffering grievously. Un- employment läst werk, excluding the miners amounted to 1,600,000 while textiles in Lancashire and Yorkshire are limping badly, and the cotton spinners handling American cotton have decided

to close down on alternate weeks.

The Clyde industries are crippled, and the iron and steel industries are practi- cally at a stand still. Only three binstfurnaces are at present operating, in Scotland, and the shipyards are

atagnant.

THE COAL DEADLOCK.

ANOTHER FRUITLESS

CONFERENCE.

Losnos, June sta.

As the outcome of Mr. Evan Williams'

1926 THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 101B,

LEAGUE OF NATIONS..

THE COMMITTEE'S NEW SCHEME.~

LONDON, June 8th.

A resume of the conclusions of the Committee which recently met at 'Geneva, to consider the proposed reconstitution of the League Council and which, pro visionally, will re-meet on June 28th, was given by Viscount Cecil in the House of Lords.

DAME MELBA. ROYALTY ATTEND FAREWELL PERFORMANCE.

LONDON, June 8th. Their Majesties the King and Queen were present at Covent Garden on the occasion of Dame Melba's farewell operatic performance. At the head of the uain staircase stood a bust of the diva surrounded by fower

Thoir Majestics congratulated the singer and wished her every happiness in her retirement

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FAR EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

{THROUGH RETTE'S ÄQENUT.]

CHENGTH OUTRAGE.

CANADIAN MISSIONARY'S WIFE STABBED TO DEATH,

MURDERED IN STREET.

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SHANGHAI, June 9th.

Ho stated it was agreed there should be nine instead of aix nor-permanent

A message from Chengtu dated June members to hold office for three years, one-third to retire annually, of which At the conclusion of a memorable perth says that Mrs. W. E. Sibley, wife of formance the stage was a mask of flowers, the Canadian Methodist Missionary only one might be re-elected if the as- sembly agreed by a two-thirds majority; the audience being keyed up to the stationed at Junghsien, was murdered on

the streets of Chengtu this morning. otherwise those retiring not to be re-highest pitch of enthusiasm. eligible until three years later.

The assailant attacked her with a big

Lord Stanley, as Chairman of the

The iden was that there would be rota-Royal Colonial Institute, handed her a knife. The police, after a chase, cap, tion of office to enable members sitting bouquet and dwelt on the admirationtured the murdered, but is it not yet clear on the Council as non-permianants hence-

and affection which Dame Melba had who he is. forth to assume office immediately elected inspired. Ha conveyed a message of love instead of at the next New Year.

from every corner of the Empire.

The new scheme would make the Coun- cil fourteen, assuming that Germany came in in September, or sixteen, if the United States and Russia entered. Ad- mittedly, this was rather a large number, but he saw no reason why it should not work successfully. The Committee thought that three of the non-permanents should represent South American States.

ANOTHER MEETING CONTENED.

GENZYA, June 8th. The Session Committee on the com

Dame Melba, much moved, spoke of the grief that she would never again sing within the beloved walls of Covent Garden.

There was tumultuous applause as Dame Meiba repeatedly kissed her hand to the audience, women throwing their flowers and bouquets or the stage.

LAWLESS TROOPS.

LOOT TOWN AND CARRY OFF INHABITANTS:

PEKINO, June 8th. Much panic has been caused in the Hainan region, near Paotingfu, by the appearance of a body of several hundred lawless troops, who are plundering and kidnapping without restraint.

MODERN WOMEN.“ GIRL OF 19 AND CHAMPAGNE.

CLASS OF LIFE MANY ARE

LEADING,"

"The prosecution has referred to the class of life the girl led. Unfortunate ly, it is the class of life to many young women are leading at the pretent time."

A solicitor made, thie statement at the Marylebone Court when defending Doris Neaves, a 19-year-old girl with Eton crop. who appeared on remand......

The girl was arrested at 1.0 am in Baker-street after a night club visit, where she had been drinking chum pague. She was fined 40s and 5 guineas costs for -baing drunk in charge of ker motor- car. Her driving licence was suspend- ed for three montha.. Neeve attended the court at the first hearing wearing a black akull cap, but when she appeared in the dock on remane this had given place to a fashionable fawn hat.

£12,500 PICTURE ROMANCE. 60-FOLD JUMP IN PRICE.

BUIT OVER PROFITS.

Agate concerning a picture of "an Old Lady" by Franz Hals, the 17th century painter, stated to have been bought for £200 and resold for £1,500, Fcame before Mr. Justica MeCardio and ́ a special jury in the King's Bench Division.

The plaintif was Mr. Frederick Seymour Salaman, the trustee of the property in bankruptcy of Dr. Arthur. Edwin Tait, and the defendant Mr.

The Nicholas van Slochem, of Marlborough- Fehambers, Jermyn-street, London..

claim was for half of the profits on the resale of the picture, and Mr. van Slochem denied liability,

Mr. Barrington Ward, K.C., for Mr. Salaman, opening the case, said he thought the jury would be interested in the history of the picture. It was not every day that a man bought_a-picture which was believed to be a Rembrandt and turned out to be a Frans Hals for The chargesheet described her as of £200 and was lucky enough to sell it for £12,500. Dr. Tait was in May, 1994, independent means and residing as Bakar-streat, but according to the police carrying on his profession at Marble she hails from Winchelsea, in Sussex. Arch, and he was asked by a Hr. Regi Mr. Herbert Muskett, prosecuting, said (nald Smith, an are dealer, if he would the facts disclosed a deplorable state of buy a picture which was attributed to Rembrandt and was in the possession of affairs

After her, arrest by P.-c. Ansell, she, Mr. Blackwell, who lived in Holloway-

an extraordinary scene by road, Bayswater. created screaming and shouting, Let me ge Let me go. I have only had a few drinks at the Manhattan Club."

PURCHASE OF THE PICTURE.. Dr. Tait went and saw the picture, for which Mr. Blackwall wasted $380. Mr. Van Slochem was a patient of Dr. Tait, who suggested that he should join him in buying the picture and Mr. van Slochem said he would see it. Subse quently Mr. van. Slochem and Dr. Tait made an agreement to share equally the

letter to Mr. Herbert Smith a meeting Position of the Council has fixed June der Mme. Marchesi made ber debut asmanded. One result of the disturbances man-street; Piccadilly, and remarked: profits on the sale and a document to that

of the Ccalowners' representatives and Miners' Federation officials, took place this afternoon, lasting for 3 hours, but it was abortive.

29th for the adjourned extraordinary session of the Council, convening it be fore the meeting of the Assembly in September.

"Just because I have been to a nightellect was drawn up. club you my I am drunk. I admit I had a few drinks. "

She also called for "Peggy," a friend at the flat where she had stopped, and on (Dame Melba made her debut in

the way to the police station she strug Brussels as long ago sa 1997, and she had thus been singing in public for near- Tantsun Chen, an important market gled very considerably to get away.

At the station he admitted to In ly 40 years. She was born in Melbourne (after which town she took her stage town, was looted, and a number of capnector Dale that, ahe had been to the name) and having studied in Paris untives carried of $200,000 ransom is de- Manhattan Club, a night club in Den-

la Monnaie, Brussels. In the following Gilda in Rigoletto" at the Theatre de rear she first appeared it Covent Garden in "Lucia" and celebrated the 25th anniversity of that. appearance by famous performance at Covent Garden This indicates that so agreement basin 1913. Her work on behalf of war A Mineoners' statement says that the other side emphasised that it was not disbeen reached with Spain and Brazil with charities, was rewarded in 1918 by her Most has been spent posed to shift the position hitherto taken regard to the future composition of the pire, rest of her of the British Em either in Australia or England, and she has been one of the world's most out up, and the owners regretfully conclude

standing figures in the realm of song there appears to be no immediate, hops

She published her life story last year of carrying the matter further.

and announced her decision to retire.]

Reuter learns that the atmosphere of the conference was far from conducive to peace. The miners, it is alleged, took up a challenging and impatient attitude and absolutely refused to consider any departure from the present hours of working and would not entertain an eight-hours-day under any circumstances

or a reduction in wages. They were of

opinion that reduction would be unneces

sary if re-organisation were carried out

LABOUR CONFERENCE.

MARITIME QUESTIONS DISCUSSED AT GENEVA.

GENEVA, June 8tb. The eighth International Labour Con- ferczce closed on June 5th and the ninth opened yesterday to deal with maritime questions. It debated to-day the draft- ing of an international code of rules relating to seamen's agreements.

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Mr. Cuthbert Laws, the British, en- ployers' .delegate, reproached the Inter- national Labour Office for not applying "the decisions of the Genoa conference.

The Director of the Labour Office re- plied and said the Genon conference endeavoured to effect a uniform settle- ment of judicial conditions for seamen and the Labour Office acted in coafor- mity with the Genoa policy in drawing" up a Convention which the Governments had never criticised."

Mr. Henson, the British workers' -delegate, opposed the proposals of the employers which Mr. Cuthbert Lawn sub mitteti for the cheervance of the Inter national Seamen's Statute as fixed at

Genoa.

LATER

Council.

BRAZIL AND LEAGUE

GENEVA, June 9th.

The Brazilian representative Senhor Franco Mello, took his sent at the public sitting of the Council to-day.

[A previous cable stated that the news- paper 0. Globo (Rio de Janeiro) an- nounces that Brazil is formally notifying its resignation from the League of Nations in a few weeks time, and will

THE LIBERAL SPLIT.

DEFINITE BREACH AS RESULT OF MEETING.

has been the closing down of the Famine Relief Commission's operations in this locality, where about $200,000 worth of dyke repair work is in hand. These re- paire are urgently needed, and unless

reason it is feared the district will be completed before the advent of the flood again inundated. Four boatloads of soldiers have been sent down the river to quell the rioters.

KOREA'S EX-EMPERORE, - PREPARATIONS FOR FUNERAL AT SEOUL

TOKYO, June 9th. Final preparations for to-morrow's not participate in the Assembly Meeting been split into sections headed by Maneral of the Ex-Emperor of Korea are in September at Ganeva. It is note norths in connection with this that the Lloyd. George and Lord Oxford as the complete. Many thousands of Koreans

Lobos, Faue 8th.". The Liberal Parliamentary Party has

Brazilian representative, Senhor Franco result of a meeting in the House of Mello was absent at Monday's meeting

of the Council on the ground of indis-Commons, at which thirty-three members

position, but failed to send, the usual substitute.]

OPIUM ADVISORY COMMITTEE,

"LATER. The Advisory Committee on Opium and other Dangerous Drugs has concluded its labours, and adopted a series of resolu- tions inter alia, desiring prompt ratific- tion of the Opium Convention of Genera, the adhesion of Turkey to the Hague Conventior, insisting on the urgent necessity of the adoption of efficacious measures to control the illicit opium

traffic from the Persian Gulf where the situation remains stationary," and draw- ing aftention to the smuggling of drugs by post destined for the Far East.

CANADA'S NEW GOVERNOR- GENERAL.

LORD WELLINGDON'S APPOINTMENT.

were present.

A letter was read from Lord Oxford saying that nothing had happened to alter the views he recently expressed in which he criticised Mr. Lloyd George's attitude during the strike.

from all parts of Japan and Korea are arriving at Seoul. The police are taking Precautions against disturbances. More than 3,000 police and gendarmes are guarding the funeral route.

A REVOLT PLANNED.

FOR KOREAN

A motion to the effect that the Liberal M.P.'s deprecated the publicity given to RUSSIAN MONEY the leaders' differences, and hoping for restoration of unity, was carried by 20 votes to 10.

After this, an amendment to delete the first part of the resolution was rejected by 20 votes, to 12 The voting thus favoured the Lloyd George section. Simon will lead the Oxford section in The opinion is expressed that Sir John

the House of Commons.

THE SALT TAX.

'DAILY TELEGRAPH'S" STRONG.

COMMENT.

years.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.] AMERICAN PROSPERITY. BOUND POSITION OF THE TREASURY.

MALCONTENTS.

TOKYO, June Oth. It is claimed that papers seized at the headquarters of Korean malcontents

funda" had been supplied from the in Seoul afford conclusive evidence that

Vladivostock headquarters of the Third International for the purpose of creating a Communistic demonstration and revolt on the occasion of the funerai of the ex-Emperor to-morrow.

SQUARE WEDDING RINGS. DELICATE BANKS OF WHITE. "GOLD."

White gold "a mixture of 18ct. this new type of wedding ring.. gold and other metal-is in demand for

"The aquare wedding ring is becom ing popular among Jewish brides," said Mr. N. Steingold, a Whitechapel-road jeweller.

LONDON, June 8th. 7 The Daily Telegraph in an editorial describes the confiscation of the revenue of the salt tax at Tientsin on June. 4th as an undisguised breach of the agree ment of 1913 and the gravest by far of LONDON, June 8th. many similar acts in defiance of the It is officially announced that Viscount agreement which have occurred in recent If such high-handed action is Willingdon has been appointed Governor-possible at a Treaty Port there is no

assurance that even a fraction of the Square wedding rings, frail and light," General of Canada

revenues are safe for the purposes pro and delicately chased on the surface and Viscount Willingdon, G.C.IE., G.C.S.L,vided for. in the 1913 agreement. The who is at present in China as the head paper asks whether the British and other round the edges are the latest fashion for of the British Boxer Indemnity Com-Governments concerned are still of the brides.

opinion that their position as regarda mission, recently passed through Hong- the Tariff Conference should not be kong in route for Manila, where he spent modified and whether the case does not

demand vigorous measures. brief holiday with Lady Willingdon. After" being Governor of, Bombay from. 1913 to 1919, Lord Willingdon was ap- pointed to the Governorship of Madras, which post he held until 1924. Aged 59, he is a grandson of the first Viscount

WASHINGTON, June 8th. Hampden, famous as "Mr. Speaker

Remarkable evidence of the prosperity Hampden." "As, Mr. Freeman Thomas, of the United States is shown in the he married a daughter of the late Earl statement by Mr. Mellon, that for the Brassey. He represented Hastings and first time since the Government started its post-war financial programme there later Bodmin as a Liberal in, the House will be no quarterly offering of short term securities for refunding purposes of Commons. In his day, he has been a

The revenue receipts from income ta five cricketer. He u A.D.C to Lord etc, exceed the estimates by such a wide Brassey when the latter was Governor margin that it will now be possible to LONDON, June 8th..

meet all current expenditure and retire of Victoria and was raised to the Peerage 2331,000,000 of outstanding short-term The Daily Graphic announces that Vera, Counters of Cathcart, is engaged in 1910, received the G.C.S.L, decoration debt without further borrowing. to Mr. Gideon Eoissevain, of the well-in 1024 and was at the same time raised U.S. ADMIRAL'S APPOINTMENT. known Dutch-American banking family, to a Viscountcy. Lady Willingdon re Boissevain says he only met her a few cived the Kaiser-I-Hind gold medal in 1915 for her special work in the war and weeks ago and that the marriage is being the decoration of the Crowp of India in

2017, being Later made a G.B.E. celebrated next week.

The Labour Conference has rejected the employers' resolution by 78 to 27 votes, and decided to take the Labour Office proposal as a basis of discussion. The Conference adapted the workers amendment favouring the formation of three separate commissions each to study the draft of the convention.

COUNTESS OF CATHCART, TO BE MARRIED AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

WARNINGTON, June 8th.. Admiral Charles F. Hughes has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the United States' battle fleet, effective in September.

"A rabbi who was asked if there was any objection to the new ring said that there was no reason why a bride should not wear one, but, in order that there should be no distinction between rich. and poor, it would be better if a bride in the synagogue wore the ordinary plain gold ring for the ceremony, and after- wards exchanged it for one of the newer typer og dek

Dr. Percy Spurgin, the divisions Burgeos, examined the girl, and found that she was in a state of drunkenness and quite unfit to drive a car. She was unable to stand without support. Indeed, she was not the morning she was stift our o'clock in bailed until 7.30 am on the day that she appeared at the court.

Mr. Muskett said he did not suggest of course, that so young a girl should be sent to prison, the more so that there was no danger so far as the police could' see, but he did. ask the magistrate to consider the suspension of her licence and ber disqualification as a driver, Whatever kind of life the lived, she was but a child.

M van Slochem, however "(said coun- sel) went and bought the picture for 200 and then told Dr. Tait he was not going to buy, as he did not like it. Mr. van, Slochem asked for the return of the. agreement, and Dr. Tait, relying on his statement that the matter was off, parted.

sald to a Mr. Lewis for £12,500. -

Dr. Tait was in financial difficulties. at the time and Mr., van Slocher d vanced him money, and after a great deal of persuasion he succeeded in obtain- ing Dr. Tait's release from the agree ment. Dr. Tait had been unsuccessful in obtaining his share of the profits. In the action he claimed for money - dus under the argeement or alternatively damages for alleged fraud.

with the contract. Later the picture we

CALLED HIM A TRICKSTER. Dr. Tait, giving evidence, said that THE GIRL'S DEFENCE.

when Mr. van Blochem told him he would Mr. Freke Palmer, the sclicitor de- not purchase the picture he (the doctor) fending, said that it was only after con-banded back to him the agreement be- course of pleading guilty. Neerca was into small pieces, and then he said, " I siderable hesitation that he had taken the tween them. Mr. van Slochem tore it only 19 years of age, and she went to a have bought the picture," and he showed friends to a glass or two of champagne book. Mr. van Siarhem said he paid, night club where she was treated by witness the counterfoil in his cheque

5900 for it The friends were all dider than she was

and ought to have known that it was more than a girl of 19 should have. The question was whether they were not more. to blame than she was.

Dr. Tait said he was angry, and called Mr. van Slochem a trickster, a thief, and not gentleman. Eventually Mr. van Slocher said that he wanted a free hand. to deal with the picture, that he did not intend to treat him as an ordinary busi- ness person, and that if anything came out of the picture he (the doctor) should get his full share.

Dr. Tait declared that if he had known the true facts he would not have parted with the contract. Later he told Mr. van Slochem of his financial difficulties,

It was said that she fell against the bannet of the car, but what happened was that as she started the car it jumped forward and threw her on to the bonnet. She was not very drunk but she was in a very hysterical condition, and Mr. Freke Palmer suggested that she had punished herself infinitely more than the magistrate could punish her for this escapade she had not had a wink of that he wanted some money, and that as sleep during the whole of the week's re-be believed the picture was a vàluable one, he suggested Mr. VAR Slochem mand.

might advance some money. Mr. van Blochem said the picture was not a valu- able one, and that it was not worth go- ing on with.

COCKTAILS.

Dr. Spurgin gave evidence that she was not very drunk but had had mors

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than she should have had while driving car. She smelled very strongly of alcohol, and he suggested that she had been, drinking cocktails. It was certain. ly more than champagne.

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Mr. Treke Palmer.-She has made up her mind to drop it. That is the good. resolution the has formed. She was all right when she left the night club, and the fresh air must have affected her.

| PROFIT-SHARING IN INDUSTRY. BRITISH FIRM ADOPTS IT. DIVIDENDS FOR WORKERS. Ats meeting of employees of the Raleigh Cycle Company-which has 2,500 Bowden, the chairman, announced that workers at Nottingham, Sir Harold the management had decided to inaugurate a system of profit-sharing. Pleading for a new spirit of "human" relations between employers and em- ployees Bir Harold said that although there had only been one. serious dispute at the Raleigh works in 33 years, under modern conditions no firm could pros per without good will between both sides. Explaining the new scheme Sir Harold said t

Out of the profts of the Raleigh Cycle Company, which in a private family business, the Government take 20 per cent. for income tax and a large percentage for super-tax, leaving wed-balance of something over half the

“This is done at many Jewish dings, the bride giving her ring to the bridegroom to wear, and receiving in its place one of the latest type

The new ring is nos likely to find favour with the brides of a year or two ago." It will soon be possible to fell the date of a girl's wedding by the style of ring she wears said a woman who was married six months ago, "I thought I was in the fashion with one of these thin court rings, but if the style and pattern of wedding ringe keep an changing like this, I shall soon be as out of-date as my great grandmother."

original amount available for the pur chase of new plant and premises, for for maintenance of buildings, for general extension of the business, and for payment of dividends and interest on capital

We are now considering making provision to enable our workers to have aahare of the profits over and above their wages, and I can see only one way of doing this, and that is by diverting a proportion of the share bolders' dividends into your pockete (Continued on next Column),

Mr. van Slochem also told him the pic- ture was not worth more than £500 at Dr. Tait said that subsequently on agree- the outside. With regard to the release

ment was made by which he was prepar ed, for an advance of £100, to take only" third of the profits on the resale of the picture.

HADDABBLED IN PICTURES" Cross-examined by Mr. J. B. Matthews, KC, Dr. Tait said he understood Mr. van Blochem was years of age, and that ha succeeded to the antique dealer's business of his father, who was dead. The doctor added that he had dabbled in pictures...

The Judge. In what particular schools? The Dutch and English schools.

The doctor said the arrangement was that Mr. ven Slochem was to find the money for "the picture. Witness never: agreed to find any money towards it. The suggestion of sharing afty-fifty was not in consideration of his putting up $100.

The hearing was adjourned.

CHANGE FOR KEEN WORKERS.

Continuing, he said that the directors would take as a basis the figures of, the profit of last year, which was considered a satisfactory one. The basic amount available for distribution would £15,000, or about two weeks wages. Should the profit exceed last year's figure a pro portionately larger amount would be distributed, but if profits fell by £18,000 below last year's Egure there would be no sum for division:

Any balance less than £15,000 would be distributed and any percentage ins crease would be added to the 10,000 bans The method of distribution would "be a percentage on wages.

He believed that any satisfactory scheme, of profit-sharing must give the workers not only a share of profits but a greater share of further profits. This would create a keenness and interestin the business."