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CANTON COTTON MILL

Laying Of The Foundation

Stone

Event Of Historical Significance

London, March 27.

Platt Brothers, Oldham, Are despatching complete equipment for two textile mills to Canton on Thursday. One is a ten thousand spindle cotton spinning" and weaving mill while the other is a twelve, hundred spin- dle woollen mil. All the

An event of great historical | MACHINERY LEAVING ENGLAND' algnificance was enacted when the Chairman, Mr. Lim Yung-koy, lald down the foundation stone of Can- ton's first Cotton Spinning Mill on Honan, last Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock A large bamboo shed had been erected to receive the officials and guests. A colourful atmos- phere was lent to the occasion by the gay buntings that from the eaves of the shed, the pleturesque uniforms of the bands- men and a company of laughing schoolgirls. About 200 people were present.

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The ceremony was opened Mr. Y. Y. Chan, the chief secre- tary of the Reconstruction Depart- ment, who deliverd somewhat

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lengthy speech, in which he traced

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chines incorporate the latest im- provements for high production and easy manipulation." Several Chinese, mechanics have been in Lancashire studying the con- struction of the machines and will superintend their erection.- Reuter.

the development of the textile in- ANTI-RED

dustry in China and the negotia- tions for the purchases of the cot- ton machinery with the manufac- turers, Platt Bros. & Co., culminat- ing in the signing of the contract for 20,000 spindles Inst summer. The speaker called attention that the annual output of cotton yarn of the new mill would supply about one-tenth of the need of the local market, but though the production was small he was glad, however, that a beginning was 'made of the textile enterprise in Kwangtung and that before fong, in his opin- fon, the Government would have to

CAMPAIGN

Progressing In South Kiangsi

(From Our Special Correspondent)

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1934.

TAXI STRIKE IN| HUGE OIL-WELL

NEW YORK

Settlement Reached At Last

IN GERMANY

Large Increase In Output Expected

New York, Mar, 27. * (Special to "Hong Kong The taxi-drivers' strike" here has

Daily Press"}} ended as the result of, the Mayor, (By Telograph, Cópyright, · Tale Mr. La Guardia, persuading the graphic Marages Ordinanas, 1894 trades union" drivers to sign, & | Received, March 27, 7:30 pm) plebiscite agreement and to in- struct pickets not to participate in violence.

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Mr. Dodge, the District Attorney. has instructed a grand jury to fix the responsiblilty for the ricta, and exorts are being made to dis- cover who ordered the police to be lenient to the rioters.--Reuter, VIOLENT DISORDERS IN CLEVELAND

Cleveland, Mar, 27, The most violent of the disor- ders that have prevailed in Ameri- ca for some time broke out to-day when mounted poitee rode into crowd, clubbed many, and hurled tear-gas bombs.

The trouble began when thou- sands of sympathisers with the strikers in the Cleveland Worsted Mills Company gathered round the mills. They were eventually driven off by police after repeated battles. Reuter.

DE VALERA GOES "ONE UP"

Crown Deputy Ignored

Dublin, March 27, A new departure in diplomatic proceedure will be adopted to-day, when Mr. McDowell, the new Unit ed States Minister to the Frish Free

the Free State Président, Mr. Ea- mon De Valera instead of to the Governor-General.

Canton, Mar. 27. Aerial bombardments of the consider the expansion of the mill, Communist fortifications outside of in order to cope with the market. Kwan Mun Ling in Southern The next speaker was the Chair-Kiangsi have been going on during man, who explained to the aud- the past few days so as to pave the lence that the cotton mill, the way for the coming military offen-State, presents his credentials to lying of whose foundation they sive on that stronghold., were assembled to witness.. was of › Those Communist forts are well. far-reaching" meaning to the fartifled, since Kwan Mun Ling is Kwangtung people. He illustrated the gateway to other Red towns his marks by citing Your points: such as Hul Chang and Jul Chin. (a) The mill would solve the To advance on Kwan" Mun Ling. problem of clothes for the it is necessary to destroy, first the. people;

defence works of that town. The forts are well hidden by forests and trees and were bullt by Communist officers who learned the art of war abroad.

(b) it would give employment to

Grmany;

(c) the money which was sent abroad to buy yarn would hereafter remain in the pro- vince;

The main force of the Kwang- tung units is concentrated at On

Speculation is rife as regards the reason, but по authoritative in- formation is forthcoming.

Otherwise, in accordance with the custom Mr. McDowell will be es- corted from the Legation to the Government Buildings by a troop of cavaïry, and sälute of 15 guns will be fired during the presenta- tion....

The French Minister was the last to present his credentails, but

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A TOKYO MYSTERY

Alleged Arrest Of Britisher

·Tokyo, Mar. 27." It has leaked out that a Britisher W, M. Bickerton, who was teaching in a Japanese Government Higher School at Tokyo has been arrested, Berlin, Mar. 27. possibly sometime ago, on a charge huge" oll-well which had of Commnnist activities. The recently been tapped near Nien- palice, are most reticent and re- hagen is at present gushing 218 fuse details as whether a trial is tons of oil per, day, according to | impending-Reuter. Voelkischer Beobachter, which siates that the production will probably be doubled in the near future. The discovery of ollfield whose yield is said to con- tai an unusually high percentage of gasoline is attracting wide at- tention and it is anticipated that extensive drilling operations will be begun in this region shortly. --- Transocean Kuo Min

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ths SINGAPORE

M. BARTHOU IN BRUSSELS

·To Confer On ·

Disarmament

(Special to "Hong Kong Dally Press") (Bg Telegraph, "Copyright, Tela- graphic Messages Ordinance, 1894. Received, March 27, 7:30 p.m.)

THE GERMAN BUDGET

BALANCED

DIRECT TAXATION ESTIMATED AT M. 2,440,000,000

Bert, Mar. 27, The German. Budget has been balanced at 6,458,000,000 marks, Direct taxation is estimated at 2440,000,000, indirect taxation 2.- 930,000,000, beatdes 674,000,000 from other sources.

THICK FOG AIDS ATTACKERS

Mimic War Ends

Assisted by a thick fog which rendered defence work somewhat dimicult, the "enemy". in the sham

TRADE FAIR bour service. The ministry of Air war which was carried out during

Twice As Large As Last Year's

As already announced, the Bri- tish Trade Fair will be held at the Great World, Kim Seng Road, Singapore, between May 4th and 12th next. The number of stalls. applied for is 149, This year's Fair, therefore, will be twice the size of the successful enterprise held in "May, 1933, at which 75 stalls were taken. This striking increase in the demand for space has naturally made it necessary to entarge considerably the alte of the Fair.

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The building of the stalls is in hand and visitors to the Fair may confidently look forward to seeing a representative display of British goods. These will include, in a Brussels. Mar, 27... The French Foreign Minister, Mist too long to specify each item. Barthou, arrived here on Tuesday in detall, the following products: provisions in general, beverages, forenoon for his long projected visit to his Belgian colleague, M. milk, chemicals, rubber goods, Hyams, with whom he will confer electrical goods and apparatus, on disarmament problems. It is machinery, soap, sporting goods, duplicating apparatus, sewing believed that the question of de-

machines and fence will form the chief topic of discussion

The conversation between the two foreign ministers will take most of the afternoon. M. Barthou is returning to Paris on Tuesday evening. Transocean Kuo M. |--

THE

MARITIME MUSEUM

(d) it would help to balance our

trade against foreign im-Mun Ling. A military report ports.

Yuen, 80 miles South-west of Kwan he presented them to the Governor Generous Offer Of Sir

.

Mr. Herbert Phillips The British Consul-General, Mr. Herbert Phillips, spoke briefly, as follows:-

claims that the vanguards of the two opposing forces are but seven miles apart. The garrison com- mander at Kwan Mun Ling is Lieut.-General Yeh Cofen Ying, "I have great pleasure in being who claims to have 7,000 crack present at the laying of the troops. Yeh is also the comman- foundation of this, very important dant of the Communist Military. cotton mill, which marks 2

and real Academy. development of the 3-Year Plan, graduates of that Institution. which every body is watching with great interest.

I understand that the cotton mill is a favourable scheme of the Chairman. I myself from the very beginning also took the keenest interest. I recall that less than

his

troops

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CANTON DAY

BY DAY

Are

General, and not to Mr. De Valera.

-Reuter,

PRICE ON GENERAL LIU'S-HEAD

$6,000 Dead. And $10,000 Alive

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Peking, Mar. 27. General Han Fu-chu has offered & reward of 86,000 dollars for General Ldu Kuei-tang, dead, and $10,000 for him alive.

The marauders are continuing

ly pursued.-Reuter.

two years ago I introduced Sir Walter Preston, of Platt Bros. & Co., to the Chairman; and when I (From "Our Special Correspondent) their fight eastward and are close-

was on leave to England last year,

I learned from the Department of Overseas Trade that business had

Canton, Mar. 27. The Ministry of Industries in

taken shape and that the contract | Nanking has instructed its Canton had been given to Platt Bros. representative to investigate local Therefore it is very fitting that I trade and industrial conditions. should be here, having been with The local authorities are requested the project from the very begin to give facility to this industrial ning"

conditions. The local authorities are requested to give facility to

I heartily congratulate the Kwangtung Government on its en- terprise. I am convinced that the Anglo-Sino relations are on a very good basis.

I have "talked everywhere about the 3-Year Plan, and to-day we have the practical sign of it. Again I congratulate you on this. under- taking."

The Right Step

·DISARMAMENT PROBLEM

this industrial commissioner and Clarification of French

to introduce him to local mer- chants and industrialists.

The resident agent will comply statistics on the trade returns here as a means to"Improve trade and industry in China.

....

Railway Negotiator. Appointed

Mr. Dennis Reiss, of Messra. A cable dispatch from Nanking Reiss, Massey & Co., was also call-stated that the Ministry of Rail- ed to say a few words,

ways has appointed Mr. Liu Cheng

"I have a special interest in this Chang, former traffic manager of <ceremony," he said. "My frm has the Canton-Kowloon Railway, to sold cotton machinery for nearly take up negotiations with the a hundred years. I might feel sad | British authorities in Hong Kong when I think that the cotton mill for the revision of the Canton- is put up here in one of our old Kowloon Railway. est markets. But I feel also that Mr. Liu left Shanghai to-day for this is the right step: you should, Canton and will consult railway supply your own needs,

officials here before approaching Everything is changing in the the Kowloon section. Mr. Llù was East, and reconstruction is pro the frst trame manager of the ceeding everywhere." If one coun-tallway and served there longer try does not supply machinery, than any other, raliway official un- other countries will. Ang I am til he was transferred to be traffic glad that. Platt Bros. are supplying manager of the Shanghai-Nanking the machinery for this cotton mill and Shanghai-Hangchow Railways, I am sure I am voicing Platt At one time. He was appointed Bros. desire when I wish you Good | managing director of the Canton- Luck and Prosperity."

Kowloon Railway but did not take

Two other speakers who follow-up" the post. ed were Mr. Taung Lul-kuan, of the Kuomintang Party, and Col New 20 Per. Cent. Surtax Lee Hok-lun, representing: Marshal Chan Chi-tang.

Fourteen taxes here will be in- Among those present were as creased by twenty per cent, al- follows: The Chairman, Mr. Lim though all the payment is in bank- Yung-kay, Mayor Lui Chi-wen, tes. The new surtax will be British Corisul-General Mr. Her-collected for a period of one year bert Phillips, Mr.. Y. Y. Chan, Mr. and will be levied shortly. The 20 Dennis Reiss, Mr. W. J. Scotcher, | pár rent, increase will be put away Mr. and Mrs. H. Briggs Mr. F. F. as a way to reduce the amount of Urbanek. Mn. J.S. Wright, Mr. Ho provincial bank-notes in circulat- Kal-lal, Mr. Lee Fons, and others. tion.

Attitude Wanted

London, March 27. Apart from seeking clarifications

James Caird

London, March 26.

The National Maritime Museum is to be established in a range of buildings at Greenwich including. **Queen's House""

The Prime Minister informed the House of Cominons that Govern- ment had received from Sir James

Caird the generous offer of his magnificent collection of maritime relics together with the promise to defray the cost, amounting to £29,0000, of furnishing the build

order for 'ing and putting it in

their reception. The contents of the Naval Museum would be transfer- red there together with the hand- some gifts made by Sir James Caird and others in anticipation of es- tablishment of the Ntalonal Mari- time Museum-British "Wireless.

SILVER MARKET (From Our Special Correspondent)

London, March 27. London silver prices to-day were as follows:-

Mar. 27 Mar, 26

202 20

20.1/16 20.1/18 The London on New York cross-

.Spot

Forward

in Paris of the French Disarma- ment attitude, it is understood that the British Government, as the re- sult of yesterday's deliberations of rate at the closing to-day was the Cabinet Sub-Committee, 3 $5.10. communicate with Berlin Rome. Reuter,

and

U.S. Stock Control Bill

ROOSEVELT DEMANDS ITS

ENACTMENT

Washington, Mar. 27.

be able to courect abuses. arising President Roosevelt has sent a in future-Reuter: letter to Congress, demanding the enactment of a stock control Bill with "teeth in it.

STOCK EXCHANGE BILL

Washington, Mar. 27,

A message demanding the enact ment of a Stock Exchange Bi} "with teeth in it has been sent to Congress by President Roosevelt.

Special mention should also be poster designs. made of the display of British

motor vehicles.

Visitors will and that the side entrance to the ground halfway down Kim Senz Road will admit them to the centre of the area occupied by the Fair.

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Excellency, Major-General

2. O. Lewin, 03. CM.C., D.S.O. General Officer Commanding the

Troops, has very kindly consented to declare the Fair open on the date mentioned.

RECENT PARIS RIOTS

May Be Repeated Shortly

Warnings

unless

Paris, Mar. 27. of a possible coup d'etat and further riots political organisations are disarm- ed were uttered by witnesses at the Commission of inquiry into the recent Paris riots,

The Commission is resolved to bring the attention of the Govern- ment to the danger and to secure regulations to prevent the arming of political groups. Reuter.

GOVERNMENT ASKED TO TAKE MEASURES

(Special to "Hong Kong Daily Press")

(By Telegraph, Copyright, graphic Messager Ordinence,

Received, March 27. 7.30 g.m.)

Fala. 1804.

Right Wing radical organisations

Rumour that numerous Left and

in the recent riots have got to the notice of the Parliamentary Com- mission who passed a resolution requiring Government to take im- | mediate measures to meet the situation Transocean Kuo Min.

M. BEAUMONT BEATEN

In S'hai Municipal Elections

Shanghai, March 27.*-- Despite an intense electioneer- Ing campaign, 'M. "Beaumont was- .hopelessly beaten in the municipal

elections. He polled only 338. votes, which is more than a thous sand less than other candidates. Reuter.

U.S. SILVER EXPERT TO VISIT JAPAN

Washington, March 27, The United States Commerce" Department sliver expert, Mr. K. M. Bratter, has been sent to Tokyo

Calling attention to the highly organised drive against legislation, President Roosevelt declared that he had two principal objectives. | The objectives are, firstly, that to study the financial situation.

1. The requirement of margina || margins should be so high that No oficial announcement. has. so high that speculation would be speculation even like to-dar, been made of his appointment, but of necessity, drastically curtalled should be drastically curtailed. It is said to be in accordance with 2. The granting to the Govern- and secondly, that the Govern- the plans to increase the Govern ment of powers of supervision soment itself will be able to correct ment's financial advisers in dif- that the Government itself would | future abuses-Renter

ferent parts of the world-Renter.

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The biggest items on the ex- penditure side are the ministry of defence of which the Army is allocated 654, 30,000, the Navy 236,000,000TM beside 250,000.000 extra allowances for the cost of unifum į for Nazi troops and voluntary la

absorbs 209,000,000 of which,, 50;000,- the whole of Monday night and 000 is for aerial protection. The up till the early hours of yester- ministry of labour takes 1,019,- day morning. made a landing neat 000,000 comprising social insur-Hebe Haven in the early hours of ance. Unemployment. relief pen yesterday and pushed through to slona amount to 1,280,000,000, Debt Customs Pass where they were held aud up. service requires 578,000,000 the war bürden costs 439,00 000.- Reuter.

H.K. SHAREBROKERS'

· ASSOCIATION

Tuesday, Mar. 27. Banks:-Buyers: $1,825, i Bank of East Asia-Sales: $93.80,

70

2

Bank;

cent,

National Commercial Buyers: $6.65.

Unions:-Buyers: $673. Antamoks: Buyers: Sales: 74 cents.

Baguio Gold:-Sales: 45 cents. Big Wedge:--Sellers: 15 cents. Wharves: Sellers: $114 Lights Old:—Buyers: Sellers: $8.90.

Telephones Old:-Buyers: $231.

$3.75,

Cements Old:-Sales: $1.80. Cements New:-Sales: $1.80.

cents.

Constructions New:-Buyers: 65

Gold Bands:-Buyers: $834 per cent.

"In our report of yesterday, we stated that machine gun are had opened shortly before midnight, and keeping up an all-night vigil, the defenders sighted enemy ships about two miles from the land at" about 3 am. The moon,... strug- gling gallantly to pierce the heavy clouds gave enough, light for the defenders to "spet" the outline of the ships and then bombardment began in earnest.

Landing Made

Two hours later it was learned that a landing had been made in Chuk Wan and in the resultant hand to hand skirmishes, the Fun- jabis were ordered to retreat up te hill under cover of heavy fre from the platoons, stationed at strategic points.

Fighting went on unabated in- til 10:30 am when it was reported

that the enemy had been ca

tered.

Earlier on the previous night the attackers made an unsuccesɛ-). ful attempt fo land near Talpo Station but they were quickly dig- posed of.

CANADIAN MARKETING BILL

Dominion Board Given Wide Powers

Ottawa, March 27.

INDIA AND BURMA

"Trade Relations Discussed In Parliament

pointed out that the question of that country's separation from India was a matter which awaited the recommendation of the joint "select committee and the decision

of Parliament.

A National Products Marketing Bill was tabled in the Canadian

London, Mar." 26. House of Commons, yesterday, by Replying to Parliamentary ques- the Minister of Agriculture, the tlons regarding Burma, the Secre- Hon. Mr. Robert Weir, which tary for India, Sir Samuel Hoare, creates a Dominion Marketing Board and gives the organised producers of farm and other na tural, products the widest powers ever granted between provincial and export trade. ·

Exporters may be reimbursed through......... carry- for many losses ing out the Board's orders, - and also for losses due to fluctuations in exchanges,

Like the British Agricultural Marketing Act, the Bill provides that growers may organise and a sufficient number agree, that they may petition for tre appro- val of a marketing scheme,

cision was for separation, Parila-

He anticipated that if the de-.

ment would find it necessary to arrange that it will not be sudden,

and the serious dialogation of close trade contact with India on: which Burma's prosperity and greatness largely depends but to do so with least possible limitation of Burma's freedom to establish lier trade relations with countries op a basia COR- The importation of-natural pro- sistent with interesa, ducts may be restricted if they herself rather than witä compete with Canadian products. India as at present-Bri -Reuter,

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