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AUSTRALIA'S

.BUDGET BALANCED

WAR DEBT SERVICE EXCLUDED

(THROOGX REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CANBERRA, Sept. 1.

INDIAN DEFENCE

PROBLEMS

TRIBUNAL TO MAKE

REPORT

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HONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1932.

MOLLISON GIVES UP RETURN FLIGHT

TO SAIL FOR HOME ON THE EMP. OF BRITAIN

(REUTER AND BRITISH WIRELESS, '}'

LONDON, Aug. 31.

HERR VON PAPEN'S PROGRAMME

WILL BE PRESENTED TO REICHSTAG ON SEPT. 8

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

SINO-SOVIET AIR MAIL

AGREEMENT REPORTED

REACHED

[HROUGH REUTER'S AGENCE.}

NANKING, Sept. 1. ACCORDING to officials of the Eurasia Aviation Co., a Sino- in regard to opening air mail traffic between the two countries.

FIGHTING AT MUKDEN REPORTED

CHINESE ATTACK ARSENAL

THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY, }

TOKYO, Sept. 1.

C.E.C. THIRD

PLENARY SESSION

MID-SEPTEMBER MEETING

20

POSTPONED

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, Sept. 1. THE third plenary session of the

of Representatives, excluding the with the Government of India, basing favourable weather in Nova September 9 to hear Chancellor von Soviet agreement has been reached against Mukden, resulting in heavy mid-September has been postpon

MR. LYONS has presented a balanced budget to the House

service War-Debt to Britain, leaving an estimated surplus of £12,000, but if the service debts.

Ruany, Aug. 31. HIS Majesty's Government in the THE Atlantic airman, Mr. J. A. United Kingdom, in agreement | Mollision, who has been await- decided to set up a tribunal to Scotin to continue his retura flight deal with the following points: to England, has, on urgent medical advice, decided to abandon the project and will leave Quebec for England on Saturday aboard the Empress of Britain,

(1) To consider and report whe are included the sarphus would ther, and, if so; on what bases be turned to a deficit of £4,000,000, there should continue to be contri- It is estimated to include inbutions by India towards the re- the savings £1,479,000 of which cruiting and training expenses ut £1,100,000 is in pensions cute; home of the British Army in £946,000 reduction in parliamentary | India. Allowances and civil service (2) To examine India's claim salaries, also the suspension of the that a contribution should be made gold bonus from September, 30. from Imperial revenues towards The total estimated expenditure military expenditure from Indian is £67,288,000; £2,938,000 less than revenues. last year

(3) To examine the War Office There is no new taxation and claim that India should pay

(4) To consider whether the sea

Mollison's nerves were severely shaker during his experiences on the cutward flight across at Atlan- tic.

He received several appeals from this side to accept his doctor's advice, including a cable from Lord Wakefield, who has supported most of his long-distance flights.

Mollison is flying to Quebec to-

Human Machinery.

practically all agricultural machi-direct contribution towards theniorrow, it is understood. nery will be exempted from the cost of the regular and supplemen sales tax and primage duty, also tary reserven. machinery parts used for mining.

A proclamation has been issued which removes all import pro hibitions imposed by the Scullin Government in order to rectify the adverse trade balance. The items affected include watcher, cast iron

pipes and fittings, wireless sets, batteries, accumulators and plated

ware,

YOUTHFUL EARL'S ROMANCE

MARRIES COUSIN SECRETARY

(THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGÈNCY-]

CALGARY, Aug. 31. IT was revealed to-day that the 18-year-old Earl of Egmont, 200 of the "Rancher Earl, who returned to Canada after the death of his father in n motor smash in England in May last, was recent ly married to his cousin, Miss Ann Geraldine Moodie..

The

of

Earl and Countess Egmont are now on their honey- moon in British Columbia.

DISAPPOINTMENT

TO SCIENTISTS

DARK CLOUDS OBSCURE SUN'S ECLIPSE

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.}

New Yoвк, Aug. 31.

BUSINESS throughout the city was virtually suspended at tea time yesterday during the eclipse of the sun. Office workers gathered Un reots and at windows and aaw a 95 per cent, eclipse in an almost. cloudless sky.

Scientists, assembled at Conway, New Hampshire, were disappoint- ed: Dark clouds obscured the phenomenon and only a thin rim of light from the Corons was visi. blo.

British observers assembled at Magog, Quebec, were similarly dis appointed. Clouds destroyed ail chance of observation in totality.

The famous airman says: "I have transport contribution paid by the already demonstrated the superior War Office to India should be con-ity of British aeroplane manufac- tinued or modified after March 31, turers, which was what I set out

to prove. 1932.

return trip through the failure of humar machinery, it would bo detrimental to British aviation."

(0) To cxamine and report It anything went wrong on the mutatis mutandis on such of the questions raised in the preceding paragraphs as are relevant to the contribution at present paid from: India in respect of the Royal Air Force personnel in India.

CERMAN AIR FLEET

INVADES ENGLAND

FAMOUS FLIERS AMONG

VISITING PILOTS

(THROUGH REDTER'A AUGNCY.}

COLOONE, Sept. 1..

Sir llobert Garran, lately Solici tor-General the Commonwealth Government of Australia, will set as Chairman. Associnted with him will be Lord. Tomlin and Lord Dunedin, nominated by His Majes ty's Government in the United Kingdon, and Sir Shadi Lai and Sir Muhammad Salaiman, wominat- ed by the Government of India, will be confidential, and its report,

The proceedings of the tribunal FIFTEEN aeroplanes, flown by some of Germany's best known which is to be made to the Prime airmen and airwomen, left Dussel- Minister, will be advisory. Its re-dori Aerodrome this morning to commendations will therefore not attend the great week-end Air Meet be binding on either Government.

at Heston, organised by British Arrangements are being made for fliers to repay the hospitality re- the tribunal to assemble in, Londonceived by them abroad. early in November,

The invading fleet is led by Herr von Hoeppner, vice-President of the German Aero Club and includes SIKH BOYCOTT OF ROUND auch celebrities as the long distance woman flier Fraulein Ellibeinhorn, TABLE

Captain Loerzer, famous war piloty Herr Rucluman, well-known Ger- man film star and many others.

(THRDUGA REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LAHORE, Aug. 31. The dissatisfaction of the Sikhs. at the British Government's Com- munal electorate decision, is shown by a resolution passed by the Sikh Council of Action," pro- hibiting Sikhs from participating in the Round Table Conference and urging Sikh legislators to resign and to seek re-election in order to demonstrate the strength of Sikh feeling.

OMNIBUS REMAINS

SUPREME

LONDON UNDERGROUND

EXTENSIONS

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

While the scientists fumed at their costly instruments, New York's millione, to whom the pheno-

Rucny, Aug. $1. menon was no more than an amuse-FIVE new stations and 4 miles ment, gaped skywards through smoked glasses and saw all details,

INDUSTRIAL

of railway track will be added to the equipment of the Under- ground Railways within the next three weeks. The total number of stations will then be raised to 130

| 150,000 STRIKERS IN L'ANCASHIRE

LITTLE DISORDER

REPORTED

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 1. NINE-TENTHS of the Lanca- slire cotton-weaving industry in expected to shut down.

More mills closed yesterday. The atrikers now exoced 150,000. The employers allege intimidation by the strikers but hitherto there has been very little serious disorder.

DE VALERA AS LEAGUE CHAIRMAN?

MR. THOMAS MAY RENEW

IRISH NEGOTIATIONS

(THROUGH REUTER'N AGENCY.)

Loxios, Aug 31.

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BERLIN, Aug. 01. The Reichstag meets again on

Papen's political programme, after which it is expected it will adjourn indefinitely in order to avoid dis solution.

The interval will ployed in negotiations between the Naris and the Centre Group which at present only in the initial stages. possibility still exists of dissolution by degree, since, the Cabinet will not allow discussion of the emer genay decrees, against which the Social-Democrats have already sub- mitted a motion.

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The

sion that the Reichstag deputation, President von Hindenburg's deci. consisting of the Speaker and Deputy-Speaker, shall not be re ceived at his country seat but must await his return to Berlin next week, caused consternation among the Nazis but they do not consider the door closed to their efforts to

induce the President to changa his views about the Reichstag, wherein they believe a working majority is achievable with the Centre. The success of such efforts is regarded as most unlikely, since President von Hindenburg is convinced a Nazi-Centre Coalition would be only a chance product of party bargaining, without a programme

of value.

ANOTHER BOMB RAID AT S'HAI

EXPLOSIVE THROWN IN CROWDED STREET

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]..

SHANGHAI, Sept. 1. ACCORDING to the China Press

this morning, the anti-Japanese tension has been tightened by one more incident. A clock store in the heart of Shanghai was bombed last night by the "Bloody Group," presumably, since last week the owners of the store are stated to have received a warning letter from the Group domanding that a search be made for evidence of Japanese merchandise.

Despite the fact that a search was made and no evidence was found, without warning last night n bomb was thrown from a motor- car during the height of the traffic rnch, in which the bombers quickly disappeared.

The shop sustained some damage,

but there were no casualties,

A FRESH serion of attacks was launched early this morning fighting, according to the Asahi

Groups of marauders, estimated to total five thousand and pleati fully equipped with machine-guns and tronch-mortars, are aiming specially at the arsenal, the aero- drome and the radio station.

A DENIAL

!

Tokyo, Sept. 1. The War Office has issued an cficial statement denying the Asahi report that heavy fighting occurred at Mukden, and declares that there was only a minor clash last night. on the outskirts of the city where a few hundred disbanded soldiers

were discovered assembling and were promptly driven off.

SHAI'S FOREIGN SETTLEMENT

V V V T

JUDGE FEETHAM'S REPORT NOW COMPLETE QUESTIONS OF ADMINISTRA.

TION

[TOROVOK BLÜTER ́B, ADENCE.]

SHANGHAI, Sept. 1.

THE concluding volume of Mr. Jus

O.E.C. orignally scheduled for

ed. The reason given is that many members are engaged in the anti- Communist campaign.

LEAGUE ASSEMBLY MEETING

CHINESE DELEGATES APPOINTED

THROUGH RLOTER'S AGENCY.]

NANKING, Supl, 1.

MR. W. W. Yen, Dr. Wellington

Koo and Mr. Quo Tai Chi have formally been appointed Chi- nese delegates to the forthenming meeting of the Longue Ansambly.

with many questions which are ra garded as routine questions, withous referring such questions specifically for the consideration of the Council or its committees.

Standing Committees,

Judge Feetham recommends the establishment of five or six stand- ing committees and that the num ber of co-opted members of such committees bo not in excess of one

third of the total committee men- bership.

tice Feetham's report on the Raorganisation of German Army According to the China Prear, problems of the foreign settlement which quotes the Eastern Times, à

here is published to-day. It deals. Denling with qualification of PARIS, Aug. 31. Japanese group called the "Red almost entirely with internal quee Council membership, Judge Fer An important note from the Jacket Protection Corps is at tions of municipal administration. tham says the Land Regulations French Ambassador at which, it is understood, communic Chinese "Bloody Group's activi- in the Council's procedure, em-

Judge Foctham suggests changes deal only with financial qualifica Berlin, present in formation to oppose the

tions whereas municipal. constitu ates the German views on reorganisation of the Ger that they will retaliate against the

Government's ties, and has warned the merchantsbodying the development of the tions usually contain express provi- committee system. His chapters aiona as to certain circumstances man army, was received at the Japanese boycott with pistols and are devoted to:-(1) Financial con- which have the effect of disquali trol and functions of the Financefying reasons from being elected Quai d'Oracy and despatched. to bombs. Premier Herriot at Cherbourg to- |-

In view of his pro- Committee; (2) provisions relating | councillors, day. The Foreign Office in silent!

to the appointment and duties of posals for increasing membership of in regard to the contents, but it

auditors; (3) qualifications of mem- is assumed it advances Germany's

the Council and prolonging the bers of the council' and'rules affect- term of office to two years, Judge claim to equality of armaments.

ing their conduct and tenure of Feetham thinks it desirable that office; and (4) questions, affecting definito provisions dealing with the position of the Council's em-

these matters should be included in the Land Regulations when revis- ed. Ho mentions "specially the disqualifying of Council officers and sorvante from membership, disquali fiscation of member for habitual ab Bancs from meetings and inability to attend through illness or absenco from Shanghai, and councillors being financially interested in corr tracts made with the Council,

FROM CHINESE NEWSPAPERS.

Nanking reports that twenty-ployees. Keven acroplance, ordered recently by the China Aviation Company, arrived in Shanghai last week.

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It is understood the British Gov. ernment has already been approach- ed verbally in the same matter by the Wilhelmstrande. * *-**

M. Herriot is due in Paris to. morrow for 4 Cabinet meeting which will consider the matter. Meanwhile, a Berlin message states

It is reported from Tainan that dhat German official quarters, while warnings have been issued to vari admitting the new demarche in ous merchants by the "Blood and connection with the reorganisation Iron" Society. of Germany's defences, are some. what indignant that the naws was allowed to slip out before it was known to the French Premier.

French Loan Conversion. In addition to the German note. to-morrow's Cabinet meeting will also discuss a French Loan Con-

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Reporte from Nanning state that big shipment of machinery, or Jered by the Military Headquarters of the 4th Route Army from Ger- many, has arrived in Wuchow, and will shortly be transported to Nanning. It is stated that the shipment is valued at $150,000.

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version Scheme, which is expected The Russian Government pre- to apply to about 100,000,000,000 poses to increase the number of franes in bonds, bearing from five troops on the Manchurian border. to seven per cent. interest. The It is also reported that a strong new rate will probably be four and aerodrome has been completed by a half, or a saving of 1,200,000,000 the" Soviet " Government wear

the border. france yearly.

It will be necessary to summon a special session of Parliament for the purpose of voting the scheme, which, it is expected, will, be in troduced in early October.

and track mileage to 132 miles, in-IT is understood that Mr. De In Hong Kong DEVELOPMENT cluding 46 miles of deep level tubes. Extensions of the line in other directions will be completed later in the year..

Valera bas decided to attend meetings of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva în September. He will probably be elected chairman.

The trains run on London's Underground from. 5.30 a.m, to It is rumoured that Mr. J. H 12.30 a.m. the following morning at Thomas will visit Dublin soon, au average frequency of one overy probably by the end of the week. 2 minutes, but latest statistica show that, although 841,917,902 MR. THOMAS LEAVES passengers-travel by the under-

LONDON ground route yearly, the omnibus is still the most popular mennt of transport,

NEW ORIGANISATION

UNDESIRABLE ·

(BRITISH WIRELESA SKRŢICE.)

Ruchy, Aug. 31, THE Committee, appointed to in

vestigate the desirability of promoting a new industrial deve lopment by the establishment of a central organisation to institute research, has reported that the ex-

Of every 496 journeys, per head isting Government organisation is which were made by Londoners in efficient and sufficiently flexible for 1831, 236 were by anibus 130 by the purpose, and that they are trams, 78 by underground, 50 by therefore unable to recommend the suburban trains and by coaches.- catablishment of a 'now organiza-

tion.

SHIP TO SHORE RADIO

SIX ATLANTIC LINERS NOW IN SERVICE

·FRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]

SWEDISH MATCH COMPANY'S PLAN

་་ ་

AMERICAN 'CREDITORS. GIVE FULL APPROVAL

TAHOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 1: BUGGY, Aug. 31. REPRESENTATIVES of the THE Fostmaster General amounces American creditor banks have that radio telophone service now definitely assented the with ships on the North Atlantic Swedish match company's recon- route now covers the Empress of struction scheme proposed on July Britain, the Homeric, the Levia 22 and there are now real hopes then, thủ Majestic, the Olympic, and that the losses which were anti. the Bremen.

cipated - from the collapse of the hugo mangpoly may be largely cur- tailed

...... The charge for a parson-to-person call to my of these ship 126 per minute when the ship is within 500 miles of Landa End, and 248. at other times with a minimum charge as for, three minutes.

to

There is a chance, many finan- ciers believe, that the Swedish Match Company will once again take its place in big business,

BRIEF VISIT BEFORE HOLIDAY

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Ruday, Aug. 31. MR. J. H. Thomas, the Dominions Secretary, returned to London yesterday from Balmoral where with Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, tho Prim Minister, he has been the guest of His Majesty the King. ›

After a brief visit to the Domi- ious Office, Mr. Thomas left for a holiday in the country.

STRANGE SHARE DEALINGS

INJUNCTION GRANTED

IN LONDON...

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Sept. 1. Mr. Justice Goddard has granted a motion by five minority, share holders of the Chosen Corporation, Limited, against the directors of the company, for an injunction re straining the defendants from (Continued on next Column.).

To-Day

FAIR GENERALLY

-“YESTERDAY'S" WÉATHER, REPORT, PORECAST AND BEMARKS, 188UED BT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 8.23 P.M., STATED =~~~

WEAK ANTI-CYCLONES ADE BITI- ATED OVER Nonra CHINA AND 70 -THE EAST OF THE BONING. A DEPRESSION IR CROSSING NORTH JAPAN ON A NORTH-EASTERLY

THACK.

LOCAL FORECAST: N.E. WINDS, MODEBATE; FAIR CENSUALLY.

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After an interview with Gen eral Tsai Ting Kai, Mr. T. V. Soong, Finance Minister, agreed to advance a sum of $700,000 to the Fukien Government to help them out of their financial difficul· tica,

A consignment of over 1,000 tasis. of opium recently seized in Shang- hai was publicly burned yesterday. by order of the Greater Shanghai Municipality.

It is rumoured that the Nanking Government has appointed Gen- eral Chiang Kwong Nai, Com mander-in-Chief of the 19th Route Army, as Chairman of the Fukien Provincial Government.

Two representatives of the Man÷ churian

Volunteers arrived in Nanking yesterday to report on the present situation.

General Fung Yung, late Chan- cellor of the Mukden Military. Academy in Manchuria, arrived at: Nanking yesterday from Peiping by plane. It is understood that be will discuss with the Govern ment the question of further sup port for the Manchurian, “Voluns teere."

utilising the Corporation's monics. for subscribing to three Japanese According to a report from Pži- companies whose shares the Cor: ping a section of the South Man- peration held and preventing these churian Railways was completely companies from using the money to destroyed by the Chinese "Volun buy Chosen Corporation shares unteers.". Following the blowing up til the trial of an action.

of the rails, a fight, occurred with Japanese troops and lasted for about six hours, Casualties were suffered by both sides.

Plaintiff's counsel said that fifty thousand pounds had been spent for shares at par (which in £1) while the value of the shares had navor exceeded six shillings.

Mr. Justice Goddard, giving judgment, referred to the sale of shares of the Corporation at a price much above that obtainable on the London Stock Exchange and said that if that sort of busines had been going on it was wholly undesirable and, if proved, might turn out to be fraudulents

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Mr. Sun Fo will shortly leave Hong Kong for Shanghai..

It is rumoured that the Nanking Gor ernment has offered him an import- ant position.

Preparations have already been. made by General Ma Chan Shan, of Manchuris, for another attack on „Manchukuo..

Council Procedure,

...

In the chapter in which he sug gests changes in the Council's pro- cedure he explains that "proce dure" covers generally the methods adopted by the Council for arriving at and giving effect to its decisione, Ho suggests that the Council be enlarged to not less than 2 mem- bers and not more than 30. He describes the prezent procedura of Council meetings as informal pro- cedure of a small excentive body This has the merits of freedom and simplicity but obviously would not be well adapted to requirements of a farger body and he then goes into the advantages of the committee system of administration, which ho anya would relieve the full Council of a great deal of detailed work

Judgo Feotham is slightly critical of the procedure which allows cer tain cbiel officials--heads of depart- ments, the secretary-general, the treasurer and controller-to exer ciso a considerable measure of exe autive authority in carrying out the actual work of administration and deal on their own responsibility (Contiuned at next column.)

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Judge Feetham also deels st length with the position, of om ployees of the Council and suggeste they be given, in certain sections

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