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ALFONSO LIKELY TO BRITISH INDUSTRIES

SURRENDER.

COMPLETE. REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Mannin, Feb., 15.- The Calalan leader. Señor Cambe; arrived and was received by King Alfonso, who subsequently had conversation with General Beren guer at the War Ministry,

Señor Cambo stated to Pressmen | that he had advised King Alfons to accept a Government formed of members of the Left

King Alfonso has telegraphed to Señor Santiago Alba, the Liberal leader, who is in virtual exile in

Paris, to come to Madrid immedi-

Atoly,

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FAIR.

LARGEST IN THE WORLD

VOPENED YESTERDAY,

(THROCON HEUTER'S AGENCY.].

LONDON, F. 18.,.

The British Industries. Fair, the largest untional trade exhibition in the world, opens to-day, at London' and Birmingham..

It is estimated that £10,000,000 worth of British products are on display and over 2,300 manufac-, turers are participating, and buy. ers from 80 countries will attend,

HONG KONG I DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1931.

DAME MELBA.

S'PORE ARCHITECT'S

CLAIM.

UNITY AGAIŃST EXTREMISTS.

SUFFERING FROM A SKIN INFECTION.

{THROUGH REUTER'S

SYON]

Fob. 18. Dane Melia has entered a nurs.

home auffering from a skin

infection..

The distinguished prima donna's rondition is grave., -

JAPANESE FARMERS'

LOSSES.

SEVERE BLOW DEALT TO. -NATION'S AGRICULTURE.

"AN AMAZING PRACTICE." PARTIES RALLY TO AID OF

MR. H, C, ATKIN-BERRY'S EVIDENCE

The case was continued before the

Chief Justice (Sir William Murri-

BRUENING CABINET.

MOTION OF CENSURE DEFEATED.

Berlin, February 7-The pros son) in the Supreme Court, Binpects for an early consolidation of gapore on February 8 in which Mr. the political situation and the for- J. M. Jackson, an architect, auedmation of a united front against the Air. A. W. Cashin, a well-known extremists of the Left and Right| Singapore landowner, for 820,750 in respect of professional fees. The fees were incurred in the prepare tion of plans for a block of shop huas estimated to cost $415,000. Defendant plende tant plaintiff was guilty of negligence or breach of duty

Mr. Roland Braddell appears for the plaintiff, and Mr. H; D, Mun-1: dell, with Mr. B. A. Selb, are for the defence.

increased considerably to-day when the Reichstag, by 993 against votes and 13, abstentions defeated the National Socialist and Commu nista motions for a voto of censure against the Bruening Government. The Government rallied the largest majority it ever did rally in the present as well as in the last Reichstag, in the division on the Mr. E. V. Mills, assistant to the National Socialist motion demand plaintiff, said the proposal weeing the dissolution of Parliament

506,204 cubic feet. This closed the case for the plain tiff

Mr. Mundell, opening his case, said the test on the question of negligence was: had the plaintiff, in carrying out his contract with

practice and nary.

OIL COMBINE LEGAL.

SOCONY MERGER WITH VACUUM CO.

GOVERNMENT TO APPEAL.

OBITUARY

ITASU MATSUMURO.

[THROUGH RUTEN'S AGENCY.)

"Toxvo, Feb. 16. Itasu Mataumuro collapsed. Bul- St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 8. "The most important development affectdenly this afternoon while talking ing the operation of the Standard to a friend after attending a meet- Oil Company's units since the dising of the Privy Council, which had solution of the Oil Trust twenty just adjourned.

years ago."

This is the opinion in oil circles regarding the approval by the Courts of the merger between the Standard Oil Company of New York and the Vacuum Oil Com

pany.

The Government are trying to prevent the merger and yesterday bought the base before the United States Circuit Court of Appoils. This Court, however, rejected the Government's suit and now it is stated the Government intends to appeal to the Supreme Court.

BRITISH PRINCES FLIGHT

TO AREQUIPA.

SAFF LANDING AFTER FOUR AND A HALF HOUNS.

(TÜKOVON REUTER'S AGENOT.]

Liam Feb. 15. The Prince of Wales and Prince George left for Arequipa by agro- plane to-day, and landed three

The stalls of the London Fair at Olympia, cover 300,000 square feet, with a frontage of eight miles. Tokyo, February 8. According to Canada and India have separate an investigation by the Japan It is expected that King Alfonsohibits, while Newfoundland and Agriculturalists' Association based will request. Beñor Alba to form nylon will be newcomers to the on the farm statistics made by the Empire Marketing Board's section Department of Agriculture and Forestry, the deercase of the total income of the farming population throughout the country in 1930. ae far as rice and raw silk were con- cerned, was valued at Y:738,000,000, compared with the total income in the defendant, followed the ordi. Parties from the Social Democrats business reasons for the merger ing that King Alfonso is willing to fabric) and an artificial silk ex 1029, recording the decrease of usages of the profession of archi- on the Right marching solidly into wholly, unconnected with any do. city required the Princes to rise to

Government.

Popular feeling in favour of a complete revision of the constitu tion which would greatly reduce the powers of the King is very strong, and the impression is grow. ever

surrender to the extreme Left.

Queen of Spain Returns From

England,

LONDON, Feb. 15. The Queen of Sphin, who came

in the Empire's Main Street."

Simultaneously a cotton,tride rexhibition will open at the White City (which will be decorated with 1,000,000 yards of cotton

hibition at the Albert Hall.

Some of the Novelties,

which was rejected by 318 against 207 votes. The subsequent divisions on minor issues resulted in similar comfortable majorities for the Gov- ernment with all the non-extremist established on the Left to the People's Party.

The fight, therefore, is not yet concluded but in the meantime thoso, interested in the oil trade emphasize that there are sound

sire to establish a monopoly." Y.385,000,000 for rice and Y:335,000,-, trots He submitted the plaintiff the Government's lobby.

The voting was preceded by, a had not done so. He did not pre-

The eridones during the hearing debate which greatly pare specifications, did not advor. lively tine for tenders or take out an strengthened the impression that lefore, the Circuit Court of Ap. extimate of costs. In that the de the National Socialists have over-pals dealt very largely with the reached themselves and are now herouness of foreign competition, fence submitted he was negligent,

The question of negligence had a beginning to lose their hold and bearing in two ways it might that after the first wavering the special reference being made to disentitle the plaintiff to rooover, majority is now resolved to settle the competition from the Royal

000 for raw silk. As illustrating how widely, repre- Japanese farmers also suffered a sentative the Fair will be, the big decline of income accruing from products include such novelties as wheat, fruits, other farm products to London to see her mother, Prin-the first British invention showing and various. wages to the amount talkies" in home clocks as frig of Y.602,000,000. bringing the total cess Beatrice, when the latter was

as men, penny-in-the-slot machines decrease in income of the farming dangerously ill, left for Madrid to.

delivering a lighted cigarette; and population in 1930 to Y.1,240,000,000. dny.

a woman's handbag containing a This adverse situation in the farm telescopic umbrella.

districts of the country means a considerable decline of the purchas- His Lordship: The defendant has ing power of the farmers who com-heen playing with theen other archi- try's population, providing the trying to get rid of plaintiff.

Mr. Mundell: That is Mr. Jack worst factor to. the business deprès-

son's story. Bion of the nation.

Minor Disorders at Madrid.

MADRID, Feb.. 15. Minor. disorders broke out in

or it might ronider him liable for the result his negligence. In the present case, the defendant did not claim damages, but contended the plaintiff, by negligence, was dison titled to recover.

various parts of the city yesterday. BREACH OF INDIA'S SALT prise a great portion of the coun-tects behind his back, and now he is

Meetings of Republicans were held in spite of the official ban.

Tho police repeatedly charged and dispersed the crowds.

: King Alfonso spent the day re- ceiving the political leaders, who submitted various idens regarding @future Government.

King Must Agree to Modification of Policy.

PARIS, Feb. 15. Santiago Alba, interviewed by Reuter to-night regarding King Alfonso's telegram, refused to com

it himself to a. definite statement of policy, but he said he would not return to Madrid without receiving

LAW.

MASS, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AGAIN BREAKS OUT.

(THROUGH, REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SURAT, Feb. 16.

Masa civil disobedience and the. breaking of the salt law are report- ed again to have broken out at Dandi, where Gandhi first broke the Salt Law on April 6, 1930.

It is stated that about 21 tons of salt were carried off from the salt pans,

TITLED WOMAN AND

CONVICT.

same impression is also voiced by the majority of the papers in their comments on those divisions in the Reichstag which are generally in- terpreted as an important victory for the Chancellor whose prudence and courage in handling the difficult the Republican partios. :. situation is extolled by the press of

Dutch and Shell interests.

safely after a flight of four and a tlf hours.

Arequipa is 7,000 feet above son- level, overlooked by an old volcano

The air journey to this ancient and subject to earthquake.

considerable hoights to avoid great spare of the Andes chain, which they skirted all the way.

- LANCASHIRE MILLS

·RESUME.

FLOW OF ORDERS FROM INDIA EXPECTED,

(THROUGH EXUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 15. 'Lancashire's cotton mills restart

**This is directly dug to

Anti-Trust Decree Unviolated. St. Louis, Mo., Fob, 8.-The in- terest of the business world to-day was, centred on yesterday's action of the federal circuit court of ap-

long-projected merger of the peals here in declaring legal the Standard Oil Company of New Rebut to "Steel Helmets."

York and the Vacuum Oil Com-to-day with well-founded hopes of

n trade revival. That the Republican parties are PRDY Preparing Sketch Plans.

not willing to give way to the ox- In ruling that the proposed mer- According to a Daily Herald Mr. H. C. Atkin-Berry, samor tremists as easily as the latter may per is legal the court, deciding sensage from Manchester, the flow

have thought is also shown by the against the federal government, de partner in Swan and a rebuff administered by the Prussian clared that the Bocony-Vacuum of orders from India is to be re- with 20 years' experience in Malaya, said the usual practice in Minister of the Interior Dr. Sevor- conbine will not violate the anti sumed. the profession in building shop. ing, one of the outstanding Social trust decree of the United States the success of the Round Table house would be to prepare sketch Democrat leaders, to the light-suprema court.

radical Steel Helmet " organiza" In 1911 the anti-trust decred com-Conference.” plans and got them approved by the tion in the campaign the fattor con polled the great Standard Oil client. When those were approved ducted together with other opposi Company of New Jersey to sever scala working drawings were-pe tion partics for the dissolution of its connections with all of its subgress by Senator Arthur Capper pared, with specifications. The Prussian Diet and consequent new. sidiaries. When the government Republican of Kanans, and which plans were signed by the owner elections. In a letter to the execu; learned of the propperd Socony.. and then submitted to the Munitive committee of the

Steel Vacuum merger it applied to the provides for limitation of duty: free petroleum exports into the A convict and a woman of title cipality. After being passed, ton- Heimet" the Minister bluntly re-

courte for a ruling, contending United States has been given are to be married at a fashionable ders wore called for. The architect fuses to accept the organisation's that the combine would violate the preferred position on the senaik endeavoured to get as many tenders demand to open lists for a pre-anti-trust laws. The government London church on the man's re-

calendar. as possible in order to get a fair liminary voting on a plebiscite by lost its case yesterday and it is

Belief that Senator Capper's lease from prison at Easter.

The Sunday Express was able to

price.

which the question of a dissolution now expected that the interrupted, bill will pass was expressed by His Lordship: Should they be of the Prussian Diet was to be de pians for the merger will be ro- Senator Thomas. He declared that reveal on January 11, the niton

the report of the federal tariff advertised for 1-It is not essential. cided, the Minister's refusal being uned. A romance that was born within Any building over $100,000 should based on the argument that such a The merger, to be affected through commission on the relative costs of prison walls and brought to frui-be advertised. It goes on value. It request must, according to the con-

an exchange of stock, some months tion by means of smuggled love is advisable to adverties shophouses stitution, be accompanied by 20,000 ago was approved by the share. oil production at home and abroad i

because more are likely to tender.

holders and directors of Socony and Vacuum. It will result in formation of one of the world's largest petroleum firms.

WEDDING ON HIS RELEASE:

SMUGGLED LOVE LETTERS,

an undertaking that the King will Gandhi's Conditions for Truce Net ishing story behind this romance

modification of the agree to a traditional policy of the Spanish monarchy."

AMERICA'S GRAIN POLICY.

CHAIRMAN OF FEDERAL FARM

BOARD RETIRES,

Essential,

[BRITISH WIRELESP SERVICE}

RUGBY, Feb. 14. Dr. Moonje, delegate to the In dian Round Table Conference, in a

latement to the Times last night, said he thought that Gandhi and

letters,

For reasons that will be obvious the Sunday Express is not disclos ing the identity of the characters in the story.

Convict Can ex-public, school. boy, is serving a long term of im- prisonment,

signatures.

He did not think six contractors. as a fair number to write to for tenders. In the ease of the proposed building in question be would have some being "jerry-built" and the thrown tendering open, and would rest being improvements on the old tpe His firm was not a member Do you always prepare specifica-f the local Society of Architecte probably have got 20 tenders. One day he asked a prison visi-tions -Absolutely. It is essential: For shophouses?--Yes, for evry tor to call on his mother and gis-

building, ter, and to arrange a reconcilia- tion with them. They had cast him off since his convicition, and He had cabled this advice to his the knowledge had made him doub-tainly not. friends in India.

the leaders would be wise to accept the invitation of the Prime Minister and the Viceroy for further discus. sion and negotiation.

ly unhappy.

The prison visitor promised to do all in his power, but decided that his sister, and not himself, would be the botter person to heal the breach between the convict and

Is there such a thing as a stan- dard shophouse--I should say

-

Mr. Braddell: Te it not a fact that the majority of architects in preparing plans for shophouses put in about the same amount of in- formation in the plans as the plain-" tiff has done, and don't preparo. specifications 7-I am surprised to hear it. I am sure it ought to stop. We shall take steps to stop it.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.

Can anyone say off-hand that the price of a shophouse is so much After many struggles against odde, in which he often met (with

With regard to the conditions

per cubic foot? It is absolutely

are infinite Knowing how the plaintiff got his tenders, can you say whether severe criticism from the opposi reiterated by Gandhi, such as the

impossible. There varieties of shouhopses,

He went on to say that it was not the plaintiff is entitled to anything tion in Washington and the wint abolition of the Salt Tax and the

possible to tender properly with for what he has done?-I cannot "growing centres, which did not prohibition of foreign liquor, they his family.

out specificatious unless the plans answer that. It is very difficult to favour his groin policies, Afr. were of a kind which could be dealt. The prison visitor's sister was a

were extraordinarily full. On the say. titled woman; she carried out her

Witness, in answer to further Alexander Legge, Chairman of the with by the legislature after the brother's request; she succeeded in

plans in the present case he thought it was quite impossible to get an questions, said the sudden change Federal Farm Board, has announc-revised, constitution was establish her mission; and from that event

explained details to the contractor an extraordinary procedure. He d that he will retire from thed. They were not essential to the there has sprung one of the most accurate tender, 11 th architect of architect by the defendant war thrilling and extraordinary of ori that would aasiat considerably was surprised, the other firm took Board on March 4 and resume the

working out of that constitution, son romance.

In June, 1927, his firm baile three the work. He objected to Mr. Wil presidency of the International

consequently they should present

shophotect opposito, the defendant's run giving videos on practice. Harvester Company, which he re-

no insuperable difficulty at this

1. signed in July in order to takes up stage. Earnest, sincere and honest the Chairmanship of the Farm attempts must be made for the present truce to grow into actual

Board at Président Hoover's re-

queat.

SCOTLAND'S SOLITARY “' DRY '' -- ADVOCATĖ.

PRIVATE BILL GETS. POOR

RECEPTION.

[DRITISH WIRELESS SKAVICE.]

peace.

Serious Communal Tension at Benares, (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BENARES, Feb. 15. The communal tension continues to be serious.

"

A score of houses were burned down, and looted, a Moslemn family consisting of a father, mother and Ruday, Feb. 14. Only 18 membera voted for Mr.baby being stabbed to death. Serynigmour's Prohibition Bill Shops are closed, work suspend in the House of Commons stored, and even the postal deliverica day as against 137.

are stopped, Mr. Scryingenur is the solitary

ment,

He has been returned for 100

expensive type that those designed at a cost of 23.5 conte per cubic foot. They were of a slightly more

Convict C was so grateful that

thanks to the woman who had when. next the privilege of writing a letter, fall due, he wrote his helped him. She in her tura visit ed him in prison, and the sequely Mr. Jackson. -wa-that-they-fell deeply in love, and became engaged.

Prisoners are allowed only onc letter every two months, and, na turally, the Inves could not bear such long intervals of silence in tween them. So a meatie of amug gling letters in and out of the prison was found a means that baffled the authorities for nearly three years.

"Amazed to Hear It of age

Do you agron that it is not the practice for architects to prepare specifications of buildings of the shophouse type1-1 um amazed to near it.

the Singapore Society of Architreis in uzuecessary 7-Yes, I do. I have. put the question to the Board-it Architects, and we are going to ap- proach the Royal Institute in Lon- do

"Society Unnecessary.

Mr. Braddell You consider that

Mr. Braddell went on to cross- examine on the practice of making specifications, and eventually con- 'cluded with the remark: Well, if I ever have to call you before a

Commission I shall not get much

elp from you.

Proceeding witnons Baid that specifications were essential, cope cially in contracts of 8400,000, Es considered that the plaintiff's plan The method was simple,, and in was deficient, and there were mum-

Re-examined, witnem mid he con. volved neither the bribery of warderous things in it over which dis-sidered it was a most extraordinary ere nor the help of the titled wo putes might arise. In 1027 there way of dealing with tenders to open man's brother; but while it re was a recognised scale of charges them as soon as they arrived in the mained undetected, it was effective, among the leading architects, but, offio. Every clerk in the office and not only love lettere, but of course, there was a lot of under- would know them very quickly. photographs, found their way into ulang.

Witness said he was a member of is firm were at present building

some shophouses, of a slightly bet the convict's cell

Eventually the smuggling was the Board of Architects which had tor type then designed by the plain- cents a cubic stopped, and the prisoner lost his powers similar to those of the Bar till, for just over remission marks for breaking the Committee. He agreed that the foot

"prelitutionist member of Parlin Moslems attacked a Hindu-Mos- Dundeo mince 1922. As an Indenentem procession led by leaders of the rules. But the lovers have agreed plaintif had done the work up to In answer to a further question to marry, and they are waiting point, but it was not sufficient, by Mfr.: Braddell he admitted that until Enster, when Convict Cwill treause in his opinion, there it was extremely unsafe to value

DIAMETER KshowA have been a motification

skont Fle failed to secure

the two communities through the dis-

perance members owing to its extreme character.

Lady Astor, who supported the Jebate, temperanco.aoin the did not vote for the Bolt, as she wanted local option.

peace.

Some processionista were injured, Armed police are patrolling the disturbed area.

Then the ex-public school toy aho involved, himself in dishonoursary, through wild finance, and the titled. woman who reconciled him to his family, will be married at fashionable London church."

anything at the past

tenders cano in he opened them] Cross-examinained by Mr. Brad and placed them in a drawer in dell, witness said shophouses nora his desk which he locked. days were not the same ne formerly:ways kept the key himself.

The hearing was adjournedo: (Continued on next Column V

Tariff Barried Urged. Washington, D.C., Feb. Renator Elmer Thomas, Democral Oklahoma, announced to-day that the bill introduerd into Con (Continued on sert Column.)

dent American oil producers that justifies the claims of the indepen

is essential for them, if they do survivo, to restrict petroleum imports or erect a high protective

hig tariff wall.

For Boveral weeks independent? 8.cit producers have been waging

fight in congress for a high tariff on petroleum and petroleum pro ducts or a drastic restriction of petroleum imports from abroad.

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