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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1930.

AN IMPORTANT TIN TWENTY YEARS TO THREE SHIPS STILL

MERGER.

BIGGEST FACTOR IN EMPIRE INDUSTRY.

LONDON SYNDICATE.

London, Jan. 16, At an extraordinary meeting held in London to-day of the Lon- don Tin Syndicate. It was unanimously agreed to accept the financial scheme proposed by the Board.

*

PAY $20.

PUISNE JUDGE AND SHADY TRANSACTION.

INTEREST PAYMENTS,

•

AGROUND,

ONE REFLOATED BUT GOES ASHORE AGAIN.

"KOCHOW" SALVAGE.

Kapur Singh, watchman of No. Of the three steamers reported 1. Conduit Rord, will have to whit yesterday to be aground in the nearly 21 years before he collects West River below Wuchow, only the final instalment on a loan of one has been refloated, but even $20, according to an order made this ship, the Kong So, grounded. in the Summary Court this morn-again on the Second Bar after ing by the Pulene Judge (Mr. being got off. The scheme was necessitated by Justice Wood). Papur Singh sued The Talhing is still ashore some the recent amalgamation of the a Chinose named Bun, public eighteen miles below Wuchow, Tin Selection Trust, Ltd., the Lon-motor car driver, claiming the sum repeated attempts to reflost her don Malayan Tin Trust, the Anglo- of $50 under an 1.0.U. dated De- ¿ving without success. Bauchi Tin-Dredging Company cember 6, 1920. Both parties And the Mongu Nigerian Tin conducted their own cases. Mines, Ltd.

Defendant admitted that he signed the note, saying he received an advance of $20.

Mr. John Howeaon presided over the meeting, and he told those present that after the merger of the companies, the Landon Tin Syndicate would control directly or indirectly an annual output of over twenty thousand tons of tin oxide. They would alan become by far the largest Individual factor in the Empire, tin-mining industry.

It was proposed, he said, to re. name the Company; the London Tin Mining Corporation, Ltd.

It would have a capital of £1,206,000 as compared with an lased enpital of £2,125,000 of the existing Individual companies.-

Reuter.

LABOUR'S RETURN JUSTIFIED.

(Continued from Page 1.j

in power in this sense. But a con- siderable power of initiation rested

His Lordship pointed out to defendant that he had signed the note in 1926 and asked what had happened in the meantime..

Defendant replied that he had paid $2 interest per month until July last year when he stopped such payments because he became unemployed.

With regard to the Kochow,] which had to be beached after striking a rock, we learn from the owners of the vessel that salvage work will be proceeded with immediately. Fifteen Chi nese mechanics under Mr. Purves, Marine Engineer,

are leaving for Wuchow this evening on the .. Kwong Hung, in order to examine the vessel and see what repairs are required to refloat her.

The Kochow is owned by Messrs. Wog Ping Co., Ltd., 'and' This was denied by plaintiff not, as stated in a naval wireless who said he had never asked for message yesterday, by Messrs. interest and had not claimed any. Butterfeld. and Swire, Her Defendant promised to repay the owners are selling her, and wel money but kept on putting it off learn that a My Mok has paid a. from month to month. Plaintiff deposit to the Woo Ping Company agreed he advanced $20.

and it is expeeled "that before Remarking that he did not long the Kochow will be. in the think it had been a straight-hands of her, new owner. There forward transaction, his Lordship are three European officers on kave judgment for plaintiff for the board the ship, consisting of the Sum of $20 only and coste, and Captain, the Chief Engineer and mude an order that plaintiff Chief Offfeer. should pay $1 annually into Court, the first payment to be made in January, next year.

in the hands of a Government in HIGH FINANCE AT

offer. even a minority Govern- ment, and it was insofar as it had failed to use this power that he contended

the Labour Government had failed.

"

THE HAGUE.

MOBILISATION PLANS FOR

'REPARATIONS.

GERMANY'S PROMISE.

The Hague, Jan. 16,

The owners say that the engine room is not damaged, while the cargo on board consists mainly of firewood and sundries,

DONCASTER UPSET ··

STOKE CITY.

TWO MORE ENGLISH CUP

RE-PLAYS, -

Was

match. Saturday's game abandoned when only fifteen minutes remained for play.

The speaker congratulated Mr. Hunt on his powers of debate. Mr. Hant had succeeded in creating,

London, Jan. 16. general impression of the Labour

As so often happens in such cir Party's fitness for ollee without

cumstances, Stoke City, who were having adduced a single proof. He

Tending by three goals to two when had spoken of the brilliant con-

leir Cup-tie against Doncaster stellation of brains in the present

Rovers on Saturday was abandon- In the course of a discusalón ro- Government, the difficulties chiefly due to the bitter hostility of the garding the mobilisation of wared, paid a heavy penalty for the Press. But this was no proof that debis and reparations, M. Tardieu, defeated by the only goal of the abandonment To-day, they were the Labour Party and justified it-the French. Premier; declared that self. Only at the end of his speech it was essental that Germany should did Mr. Hunt refer, in passing, give a guaranice not to raise a rail- to Labour's achievements, mostly way loan or a Post Offer loan, and In the field of foreign diplomacy, not to Issue foreign loan of any and on ground already prepared description, until the first issue of by years of patient effort by the the reparations bonds were made. late Foreign Secretary. The cler- tion of last May had been fought mainly on the issue of unemploy ment. It was on this issue that the Labour Party concentrated, con- demning the late Government's proposal and making proposals to Holve the problem.

Unemployment Net Cured. Continuing, Mr. Carruthers said that Labour had promised 'n cure for unemployment. The country. had had presented to them merely an extension of the Unemployment Insurance Act, an admission from Mr. Thomas that the problem was a stiff one, and a promise to em- ploy about three per cent, of the unemployed at the taxpayers' ex- pense.

Considering its position, the Gov- ernment had had a glorious oppor- tunity of tackling, unemployment on non-party lines. It would have earned the lasting gratitude of the country, if it could have cast party prejudice aside and appointed a non-party committee to deal with: the problem. The Labour Party had reversed the policy of the pre- vious Government-which

Charlton Athlette made no mis- take at Shepherd's Bush. They meet Middlesbrough' in the next round.

were.

The results cabled by Reuter

1 Stoke City .. 0 0 Charlton

The German delegates at the Con- ference declared that they were not in a position to give the suggested Doncaster moms Q.P.R.

R.100 FULL SPEED TRIALS.

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Does Over Eighty Miles An Hour.

London, Jan. 17. In the 'course of a 12-hour trial at full speed, the new Bri- tish airship. the R.100, at- tained 81 miles per hour, with 600 h.p. in reserve, this being eleven miles above the contract speed.

She easily beat the Graf Zeppelin's world record. *Dur- ing her trip, she was running into fog almost continuously,

Sir Dennistoun Burney, who aboard, declared that a cruising speed of 90 miles an hour is ensily in sight-Reuter,

LIVELY SPECULATION IN SHANGHAI.

LAMPSON AND FEETHAM THERE TOGETHER.

...

Shanghai, Jan," 17.

8

Sir Miles and Lady Lampson are now staying in Shanghai with their son, who is shortly proceeding to England for his schooling. Lady Lampson will accompany his na far as Hongkong.

The British Minister is returning

to Nanking for discussion of the

extralty issues, shortly.

The synchronisation of the ar rival of Sir Miles Lampson and, Mr. Justice Feetham, the famou jurist, who is in Shanghai at the special invitation of the Shang- hat Municipal Council for the purpose of discovering a solution, of the problem of the future of Shang-

had guarantee without consulting fin-hal, is creating lively speculation.

Our Own Correspondent. realised that relief from taxation uncial experts. was the principal need of British It is understood, however, that industry and proposed to lay after lengthy discussion the Ger fresh burdens of taxation on in- man delegation, expressed thein- dustry.

selves un prepared to agree not to attempt to obtain a loan in the foreign market in the financial year beginning April 1.

Seconders' Speeches.

This agreement is acceptable to Germany on condition that the creditor Powers give authority for the German Railways and Post Of fee to float a £25,000,000 loan in the American Market at an early.

Mr. E. R. Price, seconding. Mr. Hunt, referred to various schemes promoted by the Labour Govern ment to aagist local authorities in pressing on with works of develop ment absorbing employment, also to schemes promoted under State guarantee. But It was with regard to broader inues that Labour's] =

date.--Renter."

Apert

SLAVERY EVIL IN CEYLON. (Continued from Page 1) they are sold to the traders. Families are broken up never to meet again. They are sold into a life of hopeless misery, which ends only with the grave.

"Their punishments are terrible. I have a picture of a slave who had stolen some trifling object. His hand and his foot had been cut off, and fie was thrown into the market

at the root of the problem. Ex-of primary importance. unemployment policy was striking and Imperial affairs was therefore place to die in terrible suffering, Nobody seemingly cared, for he perience had shown that Rationali- from a little vulgar self-advertise was a property slave. sation as understood and attempted ment the only accomplishments of children bought in China, vouched "There are terrible stories of by the Tory Government proceeded the Labour Government consisted too slowly for our present needs in the creation of trying situations for by Dr. Contes, a missionary of unless the State stepped in either in India and Egypt, and attempts ment by pouring boiling water over twenty year standing-punish- with encouragement or with the to bolster up, trade with the their hands and dislocating their threat of compulsion. The coal-Dominions and Canada at the owners had already been brought expense of young growing indus to heel and Mr. Snowden had tries in Great Britain. The awakened the sleeping consciences Labour Government had sacrificed of the City financiers with regard any hope of ultimate salvation for to the provision of facilities to the anke of a little tomnorary those British Industries who pre- relief,

pared schomes for reorganisation. -After discussion from the body. In the Labour Party's policy of of the hall and the final speeches tackling unemployment from the point of view of State action in regard to industry lay the only pas sibl. permanent solution..~:

wrista."

HMS. YORK.

LEAVES FOR EXTENSIVE

SEA TRIALS.

London, Jan, 10. - of the leaders, the vote was taken, The new cruiser H.M.S. York, resulting in the motion being built at Jarrow and launched by carried by 33 votes to 21:

the, Duchess of York 18 months The Chairman 'summed up the ago, left the Tyne to-day for exten- Mr. Holmes, soconding Mr. Car- argumenta pro and con at the sive ses trials, ruthers, claimed that the country conclusion and congratulated the She Is of the "B" type of cruiser, was living by taking in its own speakers on the thorough manner having a displacement of 8,400 washing and that the attitude of in which the subject had been, tons and carrying six 8-inch guns. the Government to International thrashed out.

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