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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1931,

COTTON DISPUTE

NEGOTIATIONS.

TO BE IN OR OUT OF GAOL.

TARIFF TRUCE CONVENTION.

PRIME MINISTER TO MEET WHERE GANDHI PREFERS

BOTH SIDES.

[BRITIER WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruany, Jan. 27.

The Prime Minister has invited representatives of the weavers' amalgamation and employers' or ganisations to meet him on Thurs day for the purpose of informing himself personally of the position regarding the dispute in the cotton industry.

Hopes of Early Settlement Revived.

Ruany, Jan. 28.

The Prime Minister, having broken the deadlock in the Lanea- shire cotton dispute by inviting. representatives of the employers! and operatives' organisations to meet him in London to-morrow, hopes of an early settlement are revived.

It is anticipated that the Prime Minister, accompanied by the Minister for Labour, will in the first instance meet the case separately.

TO BE.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BOMBAY, Jun. £. Mahatma Gandhi, asked if he would rather be in gaol or out, said:-"I prefer to be in, because being out only complicates matters, though I should like to be out as anon as our efforts are crowned with success."

DISORDERS AT PATNA.

VAST CROWD ATTACKS POLICE.

(THROUGH REITER'S AGENCY.]

PATNA, Jan. 27.

It is officially stated that five persons were killed and one "seri- ously injured as a result of the police firing on a crowd of 30,000) who nilacked them in a village of Monghyr district, after a number of It is recalled that Mr. Mac-| lenders had been arrested in eon. Donald's intervention in somewhat nection with Independence Day similar circumstances in the dispute | celebrations,

in 1020 resulted in a settlement by arbitration.

TEN MILLION INTERNAL LOAN.

REORGANISATION OF CHINA

MERCHANTS' COMPANY.

(Wah Te Fat Pao.)

NANKING, Jan. 28. The Ministry of Communications is contemplating issuing an internal loan amounting to $10,000,000, which will be devoted to commer. cial shipping development and the reorganisation of the Chian Mor- chants Navigation Company.

It also suggests that the newly- increased Customs be assigned as security for the proposed loan.

Nine members of the police were injured.

MRS. VICTOR BRUCE IN

MISHAP.

AEROPLANE TURNS TURTLE AT BALTIMORE,

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.` Mrs. Victor Bruce, who has mek with a succession of mishaps and -adventures sinch embarking on her long flight some months ago, was injured to-day when her aeroplane overturned as the British Indy fier was taking-off for Washington,

LATER.

It transpires that Mrs. Bruce escaped lightly, her injuries con-

The Ministry of Finance has sisting of little more than slight agreed to this loan proposal, and, cuts and bruises.

`as soon as a detailed plan govern- ing its issue is drawn up, it will ba submitted to the Central Political Council for approval.

GOVERNOR OF UNITED

'PROVINCES.

TO UNDERGO AN OPERATION TO-DAY,

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Ruay, Jan. 28.· Sir Malcolm Hailey, Governor of the United Provinces, who came" from India in October to serve in an advisory capacity at the Round Table Conference, has been com pelled on medical grounds to post- pono his departure for India.

He has been under examination in a nursing home for some days, and will undergo an operation to

ENOTTOW..

ROYAL TOUR TO SOUTH AMERICA.

PRINCES DUE AT BERMUDA

“YESTERDAY,

[DOITISH WIRELESS BERVICE]

Ruay, Jun, 28. The liner Oropesa, on board of which the Prince of Wales and Prince George are travelling to South America, was due to arrivo at Bermuda early this morning,

LATE MADAME PAVLOVA.

REMAINS. LYING IN STATE

LONDON,

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

Ruany, Jan. 28. Mr. Victor Bruce, whose wife is flying across America on the Inst

stage of her flight round the world, received the following cable from her at Baltimore:-Nosed over taking off in soft mud. Will repair here. Not hurt."

JAPANESE COCAINE_IN

INDIA...

CONTROL IN JAPAN: "SLIGHTLY DEFFECTIVE." ·

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Jan. 27.

.FAILS OWING TO NON-

RATIFICATION:

(THROUGH EKUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Jan. 27. Replying to a batch of questions in the House of Commons on the subject of the Tariff Truce Conven- tion, Mr. William Graham, Preal deht of the Board of Trade, stated that 11 countries, including Great Britain, had ratified the Conven- tion.

AMERICAN VAGRANT AT SHANGHAI.

-----་- SENTENCED TO SIXTY DAYS' DETENTION.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

TRADE DISPUTES BILL.

DIVISION AWAITED WITH MUCH INTEREST.

[DITION WIRELAND SERVICE]

UNEMPLOYMENT

BRITAIN.

IN

GOVERNMENT AGAINST PUBLIC LOAN.

[TaROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Jan. 27.

In the House of Commons at

SCHNEIDER CUP: RACE:

PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES DEPUTATION.

[BRITISHI WIRELESS SERVICE]

SHANGHAI, Jan. 28.

Brony, Jan. 27.

Ruory, Jan. 27." The Prime Minister to-night re- The American Court in empower- The House of Commons to-day ed to convict anyone on a charge continued the debate adjourned question-time, Mr. Philip Snowden ceived a deputation of members of of vagrancy if he has no means of from last work on the second adhered to his position of Novem. Parliament interested in securing subsistence in Shanghai, even if he reading of the Trades Disputes and ber, namely, that it was emphatica British entry for the Schneider posscases 11 million dollars in Trades Unions Amendment Bill ally not the Government's policy to Cup Race. America, ne laimed by a former The vote, which will not be promote a public loan for unemploy. Extra Expenses Forthcoming. scuman Robert Russel), who re-taken until to-morrow night, is ment.

RUGBY, Jan. 29. ceived 60 days'-détention for dis awaited with much interest, as,

The Prime Minister told a de- although the Liboral Party is offl

putation of members of Parliament cially to abstain, individual Liborals

last night that he was willing to are expected to vote against the

reconsider the Government's deci sion not to take official part in the Schneider Trophy race and would. make a statement in reply to a, question in the House of Commons

The time-limit for ratification ex-orderly behaviour. pired on the 25th instant, and no provision had been made for its extension.

He was unable to explain, he said, why Britain's chief commercial com. petitors had failed to ratify. The question of bringing the Convention into force had been postponod aine die.

FAMOUS SWEDISH' AIRMAN

KILLED.

RESCUER, OF ITALIAN NORTH

POLE EXPLORER.

(THROUGH NEUTEN'S AGENCY.]

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 27.- The airman Captain Lundborg crashed and died from the injuries he sustained.

Defendant admitted that he could not do without liquor, and had started drinking when in school.

mensure.

It is generally believed that the Government will avoid defeat, but PRINCESS BEATRICE SUF-only by a narrow märgid.

FERS FROM BRONCHITIS.

CONDITION NOT WITHOUT ANXIETY.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Lospor, Jan. 97. H.R.H. Princess Beatrice, aunt of H.M. King George, slipped and fell at Kensington Palace yesterday and fractured her left forearm.

A bulletin issued to-night states that the arm is satisfactorily pro- The deceased' won fàme by rescu-gressing, but an attack of acute ing Col. Nobile after the accident bronchitir has supervened, to the airship "Italia" tho Her Highness' condition is not North Polo Expedition in 1929.

without anxiety.

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DOMINION HIGH COMMIS- SIONERS' STATUS.

PRECEDENCE. ISSUE DECIDED,

[BRITISH WIRELESS BEN VICE-).

Ruant, Jan. 27. His Majesty the King has been pleased to direct that

ou ccre-

monial occasions, except when the Dominion Ministers are present, the Dominion High Commissioners in London shall rank immediately after the Secretary of State; and that the same shall apply to the High Commissioner for India.

This order correspónda with the

feelings expressed on the question Conference, and does not affect of precedence at the last Imperial

the position of visiting Dominion

Ministers.

- BRITISH AEROPLANE

EXPORT TRADE.

FIGURES FOR FIFTEEN MONTHS.

[DEITISH WIRELESS 'OBRVICE.]'

Sir John Campbell (India) told.

Rcoor, Jan. 7. In the House of Commons to-day,, the Opium Committee that largo quantities of cocaine with Japanese the President of the Board of Trade, marks and labels had been seized Mr. William Graham, stated that in India. They were intended for British aeroplanes and air engines illegal traffic

valued at £340,000 were exported

September, 1920, between December, 1930,

Sir John Campbell added that im, mense stocks of cocaine were re cently available, for export from Japan; where 4,074 kilogrammes remained unaccounted for over a period extending from 1923 to 1029.

The Japanese Government were bound by international obligations to suppress these activities, but, in spite of seizures and information

U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS.

and

given to the Japanezo Government, NEARLY SIX MILLION IDLE.

no tangible results had been obtain. ed.

Mr. Sato (Japan) admitted that control in Japan was slightly defec- Live. His Government were anxious to remedy that.

He promised later to give figures different from Sir John Campbell's,

INTERNATIONAL SUGAR

AGREEMENT.

RISE IN PRICE PREDICTED.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

NEW YORK, Jan, 28. M Chadbourne has arrived.

before long the price of sugar to producers would rise about two and

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

The body of Madame Anna Pav. love arrived in London this morning a half cents per lb from the pro- from Gravesend, and was taken to sent" "ruinous oan and a third the Russian Orthodox Church, cents.

He felt confident that the inter- where it will lie in state until to national

morrow.

aigned.

[DEUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE,]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. According to an estimate prepar

L

· [BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] General Condition Dangerons. Ruday, Jan. 29. Princess Beatrice, who is suffer- ing from acute bronchitis which supervened upon hor accident caused by a fractured forearm, is expected to arrive in London to

marrow.

The Princess was reported this morning to have had a comfortable night, her general condition being dangerous.

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IN

GREECE..

FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CABINET IL.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

The speeches to-day centred main- ly on the legal aspect of the men

sure.

Bir Boyd Merriman, the leading Conservative lawyer, declared that his party and the country generally desired that the measure should be clearly phrased to ensure that no Government was again harassed by such an event as the general, strike of 1923.

[BRITISH WINELESS SERVICE.]

Пuany, Jan. 29. The Prime Minister's statement on the unemployment problem next Feck will meet with exceptional in- terest in view of the rumours that the Goverment will accept the Liberal party's resolution calling to-morrow. for the raising of a great national reconstruction lann for development works in connection with the mitign tion of unemployment.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. P. Snowden) stated emphatic- ally in the House of Commons yes

terday that it was not the policy of the Government to promote a loan and then devise, means for

Mr. MacDonald, who has done n great deal of flying, is personally desirous of an attempt being made to retain the trophy, and the de- putation were impressed by Mr. MacDonald's extensive, knowledge excluding purely technical ques- of all aspects of the contest, not

tions.

The question of expouse is no Lord Advocate Hutcheron main-spending it.

Ile endorsed the langer regarded as an obstacle to tained that the measure simply answer given last session, in, which participation. Amended the injustice which the it was stated that provided the

Other aspects of the matter are 1027 Act had imposed on trade conditions were complied with the being discussed to-day with the Air unions, and declared that it con- Government would consider favour. Ministry and the Admiralty. tained nothing which interfered ably any proposals for national Lady Houston yesterday offered with ordinary common law,

development, and if that be apto meet the extra expenses of de- Sir John Simon asked the Gov-proved then the Government would fending the trophy beyond that ernment to state whether, if the provide the necessary finance.

which has already been provided events of 1028 recurred, the pre-

privately. scat Bill would make them legal or illegal.

The debate is continuing.

Battle Between the Lawyers,

Пuany, Jan. 28.

The second reading of the Trades' Dispute Bill last night resolved itself into a battle between the lawyers.→

Sir Boyd Merriman'a criticism of the measure from the Conservative benches, was followed by a speech

of over one hour on behalf of the Government by Lord Advocate Craigie Hutcheson."

The newspapers suggest that this method is capable of application to much of the Liberal plans.

'UNCONSCIOUS” OF

THEFT.

CASE DISMISSED AFTER PROFESSOR'S EVIDENCE.

ALL SHE REMEMBERED.

POACHER'S SON'S ROMANCE.

NEW KNIGHT TELLS HIS STORY.

That there should be a knight hood in the New Year's honours list for Mr. James

Sexton, the Dockers H.P.", as be is called, has been accepted as an event which. seems to show that romance in these days is not dead,

For the honour to Sir James career as Sexton is a climax to a exciting as much in fiction,

A ragged boy-son of a poacher and a gipsy-born in the slums s tramp with his parents hawking on the road-a stowaway in a ship to San Francisco-writer of versen in the fo'castle this is part of the story of the man who is now s knight.

them.

A successful plea that a woman, who was alleged to have been de- He explained the difficulty of tected in taking a jumper from a drawing the line between the econ. large Leeds store was in the first omic object of a strike and the stages of an organic brain disease political object, and he contended which robbed her of appreciation that the phrase used in the 1927 of moral values was made at Leeds Act declaring illegal and coercive Police Court. Mrs., Ellen Stead, strikes having any object 'ather aged 33, was found not guilty of than a trade dispute in the indus. stealing and was discharged.

Mrs. Stead, fashionably • dressed ATHENS, Jan. 27,

try" was too narrow.

In an armchair before, a' roaring Sir John Simon followed with a evidently feeling her position very fire in his pleasant house at Huyton, The influenza epidemic in Greece has assumed such alarming propor: long attack on the Bill, which was keenly, had been, remanded in cus- Sir James sat reading telegrams of congratulations-more than 200 of tions that the Government have gonerally regarded as being design-tody for medical observation.

Dr. F. W. Eurich, Professor of Grandfather Hanged, decided to close all schools. untiled to influence his fellow Liberais further notice and cinemas, theatres to oppose the Bill on the second Forensic Medicine at Leeds Univer

His dog snuggled against, bin reading rather than to amend it insity, said that Mrs. Stead was subslippers; his glasses were well down and music-halis for 10 days.

ject to attacks of dizziness. These on his nose: and he looked very Public meetings are to be pro-

Fcommittee.

contented. He told me something The debate will be concluded to were followed by a stage during of his life. He told how his grand- hibited.

night:

which she would act with complete father was hanged on the shaft of

· Four members of the Cabinet are

It is expected that the second unconsciousness of what she was 1797; how his father joined the a cart during the Irish rebellion of ill with influenza, the Prime Minis-rending will bo carried by a small

doing. ter, M. Venizelos, being among the majority, most of the Liberals

gipales, married, and lived in a slum victims, but his condition is satis. abstaining from yoting.

Her movements would be auto-in Newcastle. matic and she would be unable to "I was born 75 years ago in a

slum, and I was reared in a slum,' factory,

distinguish what was right and said Sir James... wrong. Then she' would'suddenly, "When I was nine, my family, revert to normality-be awakened tramping the country with a ped- in fact and realise her actions. lar's pack, reached St. Helene, and' From his inquiries and his know there opened, a small umbrella-re- ledge of such cases he would say pairing shop. I went to work in that she had been for the last four the glass works, and put in 20 hours or five months in the first stage of a week for 2s. 6d. an organic brain disease that was well known and appreciated.

COMMONWEALTH,

TRIBUNAL..

DOMINIONS, SECRETARY EXPLAINS ITS FUNCTIONS.

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)

Ruopy, Jan. 27::

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In a Parliamentary anawer to-day, the Dominions' Scoretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, explained that the object

an arbitral

ITALIAN ALPINE TROOPS SWEPT BY AVALANCHE. CAPTAIN AND TWELVE MEN CARRIED AWAY.

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PARIS, Jan. 28. A startling report from Modane states that a column of Italian Alpine troops on the march near the Franco-Italian border, were surprised by a hillside avalanche, which carried away a captain and

12 men:

"A company of Alpini reported to

Saw Blue and White,

In this case her recollection, was, somewhat indistinct. She remem bered only getting out of a train at Leeds railway station, accing a lot of blue and white, being walked along a dark lane, and then ooming to a place with a lot of iron bars at the end.

day.

ed by Mr. Green, the President of of the recommendation of the Im. be missing are said to have arrived the American Federation of Labour, perial Conference regarding at Bardonneche with several dead. there were 5,700,000 unemployed Commonwealth Tribunal was to wage-earners in the United States early in January,

This alarming figure does not in-tribunal by providing for machinery DEATH OF SHIP'S OFFICER. do 20 clude farm workers or office work whereby the tribunal could, in any

given case, be brought into exist

ers.

facilitate recourse to

enco.

It was not therefore necessary for further steps to be taken unless hand until a difference of the nature'

contemplated by the Conference

MR. M. L. BRODIE."

We regret to record the death of Mr. Bradio, familiar to many as a ship's officer on the Ching Coast. A native of Argyloshiro, Boot

and, the late Mr. Malcolm Lamont

RABY CASTLE DRUG: SEIZURE.

INSPECTION- REVEALS ADDI TIONAL CONTRABAND.

Bradlie has been go the Ching Coast 1-for “many”ycara, Wilhur recent. [RAUTZ'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

members of the British Common-years he had hoen in indifferent Health, and latterly had been stay. New York, Jan. 27.

wealth, when the machinery recoming with friends at 324, Cantor Further inspection of the British mended by the Conference would Road. It was while there that he motor ship Raby Castle revealed be brought into operation by agree. becare seriously ill, passing away an additional 1,400 tins of opium,

The late Mr. Brodie, who was 41 years of age, was unmarried.

"After that I stowed away in au American-bound ship for Frisco, and sailed all over the world.

"Jinnie" Stilll.

"Once in an. American dance. saloon I was sand-bagged and dumped unconscious aboard an out- ward-bound liner,

"Whilent. ses I began to write. the verses versos that have since made him famous as

Tatters, M.P!

Calling to mind these things. Sir. James exclaimed:

The Magistrate: Would you be prepared to certify her 1-Not to

Would you have been prepared to "Bir James1 No I'm Jimmie on the day of the alleged Sexton atill; but I'm grateful for theft, December 19-Possibly the honour."!! would have.

Dr. Eurich added that a person might be in the minds of the ex amining doctors, certifiable one day and appear to be perfectly normal the next,

Dr. Hoyland Smith, Leads police

surgeon, who stated that he had the woman andan kangan

Eurich...

He, permitted me to quote from what he called his latest "bit of dogerel":

We still will play the same old game, and reach a glad Now Icar, With our politicians stunting, apd

East make up, their troubled mind w To slay the economio pest encam-

bering all mankind.

"That," said the stipendiary magistrate (Mr. Horace Marshall) is quite sufficient for me." tugm He discharged Mrs Stend, and Mr. Frankland, on behalf of her hus-

would be taken of her in the future. mind the step."

"Shut the door as you go out,

agreement would be bringing the total value of narcoticni ment among the parties to the at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning band; stated that all proper care he said, as I left..

aboard up to $175,000 (gold),

dispute.

Good-bye, lad