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HOME RULE FOR

SCOTLAND?

SINGLE CHAMBER

GOVERNMENT.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY,

MAY 7. 1927.

WOOLWICH FIRE.

NOTHING FOR ROSYTH.

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ADMIRALTY REPLY TO

CLAIMS.

DESPERATE EFFORTS AT

ARSENAL.

"Nothing doing" is, in effect, Shortly after six o'clock one the reply of the Admiralty to the night in mail week n great fire was The text was issued last month application of Dunfermline Towu seen inside the Plumstead Marsh of the Scottish Labour M.P.s' Gov- Council for compensation conse-side of the Woolwich Arsenal, ernment of Scotland Bill to pro-quent upon the placing of Rosyth There was great excitement in the vide for the better government of Dockyard on a cure and mainten neighbourhood, and in a short time. Sentland. It is presented by Mr.nce basis."

15 engines were on the scene fight- Marr, and supported by Messrs. In a letter to the Town Council,ing the flames. Adamson, Buchanan, Wheatly, the Secretary of the Board of Ad- Desperate efforts were made to Johnston: Maxton, Stephen, Kirkmiralty states that the Lordy Com-confine the fire to the locality in wood, and others.

missioners regret that they are which it started, and in this the The memoradam to the Bill ex- unable to discover any grounds firemen were successful.

It was first of all thought (saya plains that it provides for the es-upon which they would nuthorise tablishment in Scotland of a sin-payment of compensation, and they the Dolly Sketch) that the fire had at the fase' gle chamber Parliament dealing are, therefore not in position to actually broken out

factory. A rumour to this effect with Scottish affairs which, shall acred to the claim. have Rovereign power to make Their Lordship are neverthe-spread quickly in the district, and laws for the peace, order, and less disposed to admit that in point caused considerable alarm mons good government of Scotland, and of equity at the claims relding the inhabitants of the neighbour- an Executive Committee to nid and to the liability of the Town Courhood. The buildings cover an advise His Majesty's representa-ell to the Scottish National Housing area of about 200 feet by 150 feet, tive in Scotland.

Company in respect of the con-and are used as engineers' work- Deriving its power from the struction of roads in the garden shops, people of Scotland voting in Purity stands on a somewhat differ liamentary elections, it shall con- sist of 118 a embers, representing the existing constituencies, and retarned by the Parliamentary electors, as defined in the Bill.

The representation of Seatland in the Commons House of the Im perial Parliament will cease the data when the Scottish Parlia

ment is constituted.

at

The fire blazed furiously for an ent footing from the rest of the hour and a quarter and the flames, items, and they understand that which leapt up 40 or 50 feet at the Treasury Commissioners would times, could be seen all over Wool- be prepared to consider whether wich and from ships on the river, relief could be given to the Town The whole of Woolwich was exeit- Council in respect of the claim offed and thousands of people crowd-, the housing company amounting ed into the street around the gates to 220,000), provided the Town of the arsenal. Council's compensation in respect of the dockyard is formally with

drawu, +

The members of the Imperial Parliament who represent Scottish constituencies shall then retire from that Parliament, and no others shall thereafter be elected.

Fire engines

were continually arriving. Altogether 25 of them passed through the fourth gute to Saving at Expense of Town. fight the flames. At one time traf Replying for Dunfermline Town fe was almost impossible in the Council, Mr. A. Shearer, Town roads adjoining the arsenal, so Clark, states that its terms have great was the thrang.

evasinned much disappointment.; The building, which is a two-

gas masks, "and, adds that there can be no storey one, contained Lord High Commissioner,

question that, but for the repre-and the anti-gas apparatus as The executive power

the ur-well as light machinery used for will cons

sentations, and, indeel. the vested in H,M. the King, wha gent solicitations of the Admiralty, ammunition making purposes.

The billing adjoins a newly- will be represented in Scotland the Town Council would never a Lord High Commissioner, who have embarked upon the large ex-erected fuse fartory and is quite shall be appointed in like manner penditure and incurred the seri-lose to the chemical research distance ous obligations which now em-depot. as the Governor-General Canada; and in accordance with barrass them. It is submitted away from the really dangerous the practice observed in the mak-that it is inoquitable to effect a part of the arsenal where higien-

national Econonty at the expense plosives are manufactured. ing of such appointments.

Inhabitants Alarmed. The administration will be car of a small section of the commun-

The fire reached its climax when ried on by the Lord High, Commisity which has expended large sums aloner, advised by an Exerative money in furtherance of am the roof of the building crushed. spared to Committee of a Scottish Privy tional object, subsequently squet-No precautions were

rated.

prevent the fire assuming serious Cameil.

While welenming the recogni-proportions. From witin The control of all persons and

tion that as regards one branch at minutes of the alarm being given through the matters in Scotland at present

engines poured in yealed in and gatrolled by the least of their claim the Town Com Imperial Parliament at Westmin-il are in point of equity entitled to ster shall be transferred from the consideration, the Town Councils, but quick as they were, the Iaprial Parliament, and with the not admit

that in point of

Creeption, of the Navy, the Army,quity their claim to relief is con the Air Force, and the Foreigned to their liability to the Seol-

El is

Nume

a few

fire had got a strong hold on the building, and the fames lit up the arsenal for a great distance,

A fire in the arsenal is, of arse, a serious thing, and if it

Office in this Bill referred to as It is submitted in any case that I not been got under as quickly: "joint services"), which shall be "administered jointly by the Spots and Imperial Parliaments, except As otherwis provided for, all the national services and departments, including the postal, telegraph and wireless services, the adminis tration of old pensions. national health and unemployment insur- ance, and Customs and Exrise, shall be under the sole control of the Sects Parliament.

Provision is made in the Bill for the separation of any or all of the joint services on the demand of either the Scots or Imperial Parliament. or when the Parlia- ments fail agree on the prapor- ion of the east of the joint ser- vices to be borne by each or the administration of the joint ser vices.

fish National Housing Company,

as it was, still more fire engines the Town Council, who are a re-

their would have been called from Lon- presentative body, and occupy a

don. Inhabitants of Woolwich na- fiduciary position toward constituents. to whom they areturally felt alarmed. Some people answerable, cannot well be asked, left the local places of amusement as a preliminary condition of any

out in the arsenal. Special appli- without

sent from the fire relief, to abandon formerly all when they heard a fire had broken

to compensation claim

AN Pneus were

brigade headquarters, and the mest up-to-date apparatus for any assurance that even gards the branch of their claim whose equity is revegnised, they dealing with dangerous fires hold will receive anything at all.

srediness in case the fire spread.

to the danger zone.

An opportunity is asked to cuss the position without prejudices]

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A monkey server! a brict ap- The power of levying and col

as d waiter in the lecting all taxes, including com prenticeship tax in Scotland, shall be transfer-bullet at Victoria Station, Londen, red to the Seats Parliament, and recently, and then disappeared.

it is supposed concludes the Sketch account) that the outbreak originated among some oil stored in the building for hardening pur- was practi poses. The wilding cally destroyeri.

Great secrecy was observed by the arsenal oficials with regard to the cause of the outbreak, and a Dally. Meil reporter was refused all It is understand. information. however, that the re was one of

"the taxes so levied and collected | 11a owner and the station oflrials a series of four in the same de-

shall be paid into the Scottish

· Treasury.

are still looking for him.

partment during the last twelve Mink. as he is called, wasnths. brauchs into the bar by his owner.

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the cork, however, might be given a few biscuits. Hetime to draw The expenditure connected with cage door was opened so that heo of liqueur. He was not given the aforesaid national services stepped out at once to show what and seelor that he was in peril and departments, which on the aphe could do.

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throughout, Mink seemed to consider that tration of the joint services shall with the sandwiches, when Miss be paid partly by the English and James, one of the barmaids, caught this proved" that he had fulfilled partly by the Scottish Treasury in him and returned bin to his cage. all the duties of a lightning waiter. Before the door could be closes he left the bar and went to in- proportions to be agreed upon be- tween the two Governments, and in be escaped once more, and show-speet the working of the hotel lift.

Ir has not been seen since. default of agreement, to be aseer- ed his own preference in the way tained by a Joint Council, subject to ratification by both Govern- ments, and this arrangement shall continue until such time as all or any of the joint services are se- parated.

It separation of all or any of these services should take place, each country shall then adminia- ter and finance its own service, A consultative council, to be called the Joint Council, shall be estab- lished for the purpose of ancer- taining and declaring the rishta of the two countries in any mat- ters of common interest, where there is any disagreement between the two Governments on such mat- ters. This Council shall meet as often us is deemed necessary by. either Government and full infor- mation on all matters referred to it shall be supplied to the Council by both Governments.

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