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TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1926.

ARMY ESTIMATES.

PROMOTION OF OFFICERS QUESTION.

Rugby, March 15.

HOURS OF LABOUR.

INTERNATIONAL.

CONFERENCE OPENED.

London, March 15,' Mr. Stanley Baldwin at the In introducing the Army Eatim.

Ministry of Labour has opened. of ates for 1926-7 in the House

the.International Conference, con- Commona, Sir Laming Worthing-vened by the British Government, ton-Evans, Secretary for War, said to consider the possibility of an International agreement for re- that it had not been easy to secure,

Bri- gulating hours of labour. the reduction of £2,000,000 which tian, France, Belgium, Germany.

Italy are represented.-

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"Rugby, March 15,

the Estimates showed, as compared and

Reuter. with the current year. The total net amount he was asking for, was £12,500,000, As compared with In his address of welcome to £41.500.000 in the current year. Conference on hours of labour the delegates to the Internationali

He pointed out, that in 1921, army Mr. Baldwin, the Premier, 'said: expenditure was £88,000,000 or "We are all of us advanced coun- twice the amount of the Estimates tries and we enjoy the benefits! 01 a high degree of social pro- now, submitted. Even of the £12,-

greas. Uniformity among our- 500,000 which he asked for. "nelygelves may have far reaching con- £8,000,000 would go to retired pay sequences to the civilisation of the whole of Europe. There are and pensions.

people who say that international The Minster, said that the man labour regulations may be of more Dovrea of last Autumn had tatt benefit to one country than to an- them important lessons in regard other. That is not so. There can to the use of mechanical vehica be no question in Europe of any It was shown that the necessary country attaining prosperity at mobility could not be achieved if the expense of another country. horse transport accompanied me- Bach one of us can prosper best chanically moved troops. Ual, and can make the greatest pro- however, a satisfactory type of ma-gress in material well-being, when chine could be evolved, which also prosperity is the common property had commercial possibilities, the of all countries and when pro- cost of mechanicalising large forces gress can be made by advancing would prove prohibitive. Research together."-Reiter, and experiment were being tinued with a view to evolving something which could be of gen- eral as well as of military use, and which commercial users would stock so that it would be availa-

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PAKHOI EVENTS.

Continued from Page 11 ble in large numbers in case of pective Governments. On the big

The extent, therefore, to

gate of the American Pentecostal which a field army could be Holiness, Mission someone wrote in mechanicalised still remained in big Chinese charactersThe doubt. It had been decided to ap-Christian Church is Imperialistic." proach the problem step by step. Destroy the Christian Church," In the first instance, they would and "The Christian Religion is

form a small mechanical force of B Superstition. However, the having arriver. Consignees of all arms for experimental pur-Christian schools have reopened cargo are hereby informed, that

as usual, but with a decreased at-1 all goods are being landed and poses, and they would not attempt large production of

tendance, Christian services are placed at their risk into the any hazardous, and, or extra hazard-mechanical vehicles until they not so far molested but St. Luke

certain that they had ous Godowns of The Hongkong Were

Church of the English Mission has and Kowloon Wharf and Godown evolved the required type. They been "borrowed" several times by was advised, already the Agitation Committee for the Company Limited, where de-were, he livery can be obtained as soon ahead of other nations in mechani- as the goods are landed:--

calisation and there was, therefore purpose of preaching the political No claims will be admitted no justification for uneconomical doctrines of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

The antl-British feeling is very after the goods have left the haste. Godowns and all goods remain-

Dealing with the promotion of strong. The walls of the town are full of anti-British posters of every ing undelivered after the 22nd of officers, Sir Laming Worthington description, blaming the English March 1926, 4.00 p.m. will be Evans said that the Army Council for most of China's troubles. subject to rent.

were unanimously of opinion that' However so far, to the writer's! All broken, chafed and damno change in the present system of aged goods are to be left in the normal promotion from Second knowledge, no Britisher has been Godown, where they will be ex- Lieutenant to Major was.

molested. Only one missionary is either

Jeft in the English Mission in amined by Messrs. Anderson &

necessary or desirable and that a Ashe on the 20th of March 1926, thing should be done which would Pakhoi, namely Miss Dunk.

reach US of at 10 a..

Many rumours in any way impair the greatest severe fighing in Kwangsi and All claims against the vessell must be presented to the Under-asset which the British Army troops have been rushed up to the from signed before the 25th of March sessed, namely, regimental esprit border from here and also 1926, or they will not be ri de corps. The Army Council had,

both Liemchaw and Yamchow. It however, decided that in the Junior cognised:"

is said that Tong Kai-ye is making No Fire Insurance will be ranks, officers of marked ability

progress and that the Reds have should receive accelerated promo- affected.

Bills of Lading will be counter- tion. Promotion above the rank of been defeated, but so far no con- signed by

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SLUMP IN BELGIAN RATE.

London, March 15.

The French and Belgian francs in London to-day closed respective- ly at 134.75 and 1164. The Belgian francs had previously slumped to 121.50 after being steady at about 107 for a year.) The market was puzzled, at the slump which was attributed to the cessation of Belgian Government, support as the result of a hitch in the negotiations for London and New York advance of credits to Belgium-Reuter.

BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ACTS,

Brussels, March 15. Le Soir says that the Minister of Finance declares that the Banks have fully assented to the measures to meet the situation and that from to-morrow the exchange will be properly supported by measures contemplated to prevent specula- tion and to control exchanges, and will be reinforced. The Minister has made a statement to the Cabinet regarding the negotiations: with London bankers, who are de- manding control over the Belgian railways in connection with the de- stred loan, according to a news. paper report from Paris-Reuter.

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