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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY,

OCTOBER 25,

1930.

CENTRAL

THEATRE

HEAR

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Acclaimed in London and New York as the Greatest of all Pictures.

The Greatest Screen Drama Of All Tim

TIFFANY

JOURNEY

END

What Do Men Talk About Before Rushing Into Battle?

These two-one young and untried, the other old and baule-jarred-discuss surprising things far removed from

the terror they are about to face.

ALL-TALKING

From the Play by R. C. SHERRIFF Directed by JAMES WHALE

With Colin Clive Ian Maclaren

David Manners

Anthony Bushell. Billy Bevan Tiffany-Gainsborough Production BALTIFFANY PRODUCTION

British Actors-British Author

British Director All-Talking-Made in Hollywood.

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DIX

IN

“REDSKIN"

A Romantic Episode of The Golden West

Photographed in Startingly Beautiful Natural Colors.

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IN

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The Majestic Theatre

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TO-DAY, at 2.30, 5,30, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

COLLEEN MOORE

in

FREEDOM OF CITY OF NEWCASTLE,

MR. ARTHUR HENDERSON HONOURED.

REVIEW OF POLICY.

London, Oct. 24.

DEATH OF MR. H. POLICE PENSIONS

GOSLING.

AMENDMENT.

[TRANSPORT WORKERS' CHIEFİ BRINGING PROCEDURE INTO

PASSES AWAY.

NOTABLE CAREER.

London, Oct. 21.

LINE.

TERMS OF NEW BILL.

The Gazette contains the draft

This provides that Section 17 workers' lender.of the Police Force Ordinance,

Speaking at a ceremony at The death is announced of Mr. of an Ordinance to amend the Newcastle to-day when he received Harry Gosling, Labour M. P. for Police Ordinance 1900. the Freedom of the City. Mr. Whitechapel and former. Minister Arthur Henderson, the Secretary for Transport.

The transport of State for, Foreign Affairs, re-] viewed the strongly pacific trend Mr. Gosling was of British foreign policy in the past few years.

He referred in the course of his speech to the British Empire's signature of the Optional Clause in the statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, pledging acceptance of the deci- sions of the Court on justiciable | disputes, and said that the Govern- ment was now discussing with the representatives of the Dominions! and India to enable them to go farther and to accept the General Act for the pacific" settlement of all international disputes.

05.

born in London 1900, be repealed and, the follow-

in 1861 of a

family which had; ing section substituted therefor: been watermen for 17.--(1) It shall be lawful for generations, the Governor in Council to make After a brief regulations for the granting of perled in an office pensions to members of the Force, he began his seven or in respect of service in the years apprentice-Ferce, and to determine in special ship as a lighter- cases. where the regulations

Inan and worked

on the river appear to the Governor in Council; to be inapplicable or to require 1800 when his Trade Union, the modification, the amount (if any) Amalgamated So.of the pension, the terms on which ciety of Watermen it shall be granted and the man- and Lightermen, er in which it shall be paid. elected him to an official post... Ap-i (2) Pensions granted under Mr. Henderson declared that pointed General Secretary in 1895, this Ordinance shall be paid out this Instrument, if generally ache held the post till 1910 when the of the general revenue of the cepted. 'as he was confident it Union was merged in the Transport Colony, would, he, would definitely Workers' Federation, of which he

The Objects and Reasons tablish the

the reign of arbitration became the first President. instead of force in the settlement

During the great transport strike state:-Under section 17 of

Force Ordinance, 1900;; of all disputes.--Beuter,

of 1911, he was Chairman of the Police Strike Committee and the success of the Governor in Council not only dockers was largely due to the ef-regulates the general conditions forts of Gosling and Ben Tillett, then which and the manner in which result being the first

agreement pensions are to be granted to mem-į governing the conditions of portbers of the Force, but determines Jabour. Gosling took a leading the question of granting a pension part in the London transport and the amount thereof in each strike of 1912. He was also a particular case. There does not member of the court of inquiry seem to be any sufficient reason which in 1920 worked out the new why members of the Police Force dockers' settlement and of the body should be thus singled out from which is the same year inquired in-other pensionable public servants, to the tramways industry. When or why the Governor in Council in 1921 the Transport and General should have to deal with each case Workers Union--the biggest of its of retirement especially where the kind in any country-was formed pension is a Gosling was elected its President. calentation."

FEES IN GOVERNMENT

SCHOOLS.

CHANGES EFFECTIVE NEXT YEAR.

it is noted in the Gazette that en and after January 1st, 1931. the annual fees payable at the undermentioned schools will be at the following rates:

Quem's College--Classes i

Lo ( King's College-Classes 1

to T

$120

120

For over a quarter of a century he served on the London County

Central British School Belilios Public School Vernacular Middle School Vernacular Middle School.

Normal School Gap Road School

DUTCH NAVY VOTE OPPOSED.

LIVELY SCENE IN SECOND CHAMBER.

there

maller

Council first as a leading mumber PROBATE ORDINANCE

He became

AMENDMENT.

SEQUEL TO ARRANGEMENT

of

18 of the Progressives and then after 481919, when the Labour Party was

formed, as its leader. 24an alderman and was vice-chairman 36 of the council for a year-the only Labour man to hold that position: He was also a member of the Port of London Authority, the Civil Ser-1

The Gazette contains the draft vice Arbitration Board and the 1n-of an Ordinance to amend the| dustrial Council.

WITH AMERICA.

Probates Ordinance, 1897.

Gosling was a member of many The object of this Ordinance is of the wartime committees, notably to give affect to an arrangement the Port and Transit Executive which has been arrived at between Committee, which was charged with His Majesty's Government and the the regulation of all incoming and United States Government relat- outgoing vessels. For his valuing to the manner in which the The Hague, Oct. 24.

able services he was made a Com-provisions of Article 3 of the Real The Second Chamber by 61 panion of Honour. His loyalty to-and Personal Property Convention votes to 93, has adopted a Bill Au- the Trade Union movement led him of Washington of the 2nd of

thorising the construction of a to refuse several tempting offers of March, 1899, which eniser and two shoops for use remunerative posts, made both from applied to this Colony, may be principally in the Dutch Indies. Government and private quarters.carried out.

the feet-Roder.

THREE FIRES OCCUR

has been

A lively Debate resulted in the In Jan. 19233 he was elected M.P.

Under the arrangement steps temporary suspension of a Com-for Whitechapel: On entering the have to be taken to ensure official munist member. The Dolence Labour Government in Dec., 1923, notification of the death of every Minister stated had the Bill in nos Transport Minister he resigned United States citizen in this wise implied undue extension of his Trade Union post, but after Colony to the nearest Consular the fall of the Cabinet in Nov. Officer regardless of whether such 1924, he was invited to return. citizen leaves heirs or executors

Early in his career he sat on the in the Colony.

ind the. London Trades Council General Council of the Trades. Union Congress and had presided over both. Gosling studied labour conditions in other countries. In 1917 he visited the U. S. as dele- gate to the American Federation of Labour and later he assisted ut Canton, Oct. 24. Three fires have occurred here Hamburg in the formation of the the past twenty-four new Labour and Socialist Interna-

tional-Reuter and I. B. S.

IN CANTON.

NARROW ESCAPE OF MILL WORKERS.

during hours.

Yesterday morning at 2 o'clock

a large rice mill at Honam 'was en-

ANNUAL LICENSING

SESSIONS.

FOUR NEW APPLICATIONS

TO BE MADE.

Thirty-three applications are to) come before the Licensing Ses- sions on November 14th, Amongst

tirely destroyed, the damage being main door was mislaid and the them are the following new ap- estimated at about $150,000, of fokis were obliged to return plications for restaurant keepers' which about $80,000 is covered through the flames and then jump adjunct licences;

by foreign and Chinese insurance from the first floor windows. No companies. In this case the fire serious casualties occurred. is said to have originated through Yesterday afternoon a fire broke defective electric light wires, the nut on the Tai Ho Maloo which mill having stopped work at mid- completely gutted three small re- night. A number of fokis were tail shops, and during the night| sleeping on the premises and they another fire broke out in a cotton were nearly incinerated, for,mill at Honam, destroying a con-| during the excitement at the time sidérable part of the property.— of the outbreak, the key thel Our Own Correspundent.

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