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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1932.

SWATOW STRIKE

GIVEN NEW POST.

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EAST OF BORNEO

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ith ROSE HOBART, CHARLES BICKFORD, Mašina Tovar, Georges Remivent. Produced by Carf Laenude, Je

Wirected by George. Melford. Presented by Carl Laemmle.

ABSO

SLIM SUMMERVILLE ·

IN

"SARGIE'S PLAYMATE"

NEXT

CHANGE

ENDED.

STUDENTS AGAIN AT SCHOOL.

(Our Own Correspondent).

Swatow, Jan. 17.

The students' strike is now end-

ed, and all students will return to morning. their books to-morrow They have asked for, and will pro- bably be granted; a week's holiday to celebrate the settlement1

The trouble originally arose when the students amashed up the pre- mises of the local Party Headquar- ters as a protest against alleged slackness in proscenting the Anti-i Japanese boycott. The Party lea dern thereupon closed the offices of the Boycolt Committee, accuslug the students of being unable differentiate between Japanese and other foreign goods, with the re- suit that non-Japanese goods had been legally confiscated.

to

The stulent retaliated by stat ing that Japanese goods were being

General DAWUS.

appointed

hand of new American credit organization.

Diplomat Turns to

imported vin Britain and Canada, Finance.

and came out on strike. Meantime) the merchants of Swalow were be ginning to And things dimeult, thousands of dollars worth of goods twing held up, and the prospects of closing their financial year at Chinese New Year satisfactory ex- Tremely remote.

As usual both parties were pare tially rigj. A settlement has been reached by the Party Meadquar: tions in Canton promising t wond a man to Swalow, who is to be the mole judge, in case of difficulty dispute, au what Jupe r otherwise, The Bay Poft Committee is to be resurrunis.

дрежива

GENERAL DAWE'S NEW POST.

Washington, Jan, 19.

BIG

STREETS.

IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED.

(Our Own Correspondent).

Wuchow, Jan. 17.

In furthering their purpose of making Wachow a modern city. the authorities have decided to Inaugurate new plans which in- clude the widening of several streets. It is claimed that the work of transforming these ald

shloued. narrow, dark and passageways Intớ“ wide. clean, and well-lighted streets. facilitica with modern sowerage will commence shortly after the Chinese New Year. The anticipated improvements will necessitate the razing of the parts of some build- ings,

of the but the widening streats will ultimately add to

to the value of the property concerned.

Thesu

prospective. improve- ments, if carried to completion, nre part of a project which was launched some years ago but was hindered by the trouble between Kwangal and Kwangtang

BOTY

Mach work in the line of Im- provements was undertaken last year, including the building of a ahort retaining wall and bund along the west river'ront, the re- surfacing of several streets, and the starting of work on the Wuchow water system.

When

completed, It was disclosest today that General Charles Dawes, U.S. system supply water to every Ambassador in London. has part of the city. An intake into above the city, and a reservoir nt een appointed as the head of the Fan River, a short distance the Reconstruction Finance the back of the Sun Yni-Men Corporation recently formed by memorial are under construction. the Government.

After the anmangement of his

will

tha

water

el, and all sides are haps roads appointment, General Dawes stated. ROUND TABLE IN

time.

CHINA POLITICAL

SITUATION.

CHIANG AND WANG TO GO TO NANKING,

Shanghai, Jan. 20. News from Hanschow that Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Ching- wel, will be leaving, together with Sun Fo, for Nanking this after- noon is causing the highest in- terest in political circles.

that his resignation of the Am bassadorship would become efferlive" immediately.

The Brennstruction Finance C poration, with a huge capital, Jas been formed, with the approval of Congress, for the purposes of pro- viding for the extension of indus trial credits in the United States.. =Renter

Chinese militia

being who are isointed and disarmed in Southern Fengtien and on the Fengtien- Jehof frontier.-Kenska.

feld Up by Weather.

Nanking. Jan. 20,

INDIA.

LORD WILLINGDON'S INVITATION.

London, Jan. 18.

The Viceroy, Lord Will- ingdon, has issued invitations to the members of the Round Table Conference Working Committee to meet on Janu- ary 28 at New Delhi.

over This working committes, which Lord Willingdon will himself Prime preside, as deputy for the Minister, was set up so that the Round Table Conference should be kept in being and in order that the It is understood that Mr. Suni A telephone message from Hankirillah Government, through the Fo, who represents the Executive chow states that Chiang Kai-shek Viceroy, might continue in effee- Yuan, has addressed a long letter was unable to take off for Nunking tive touch. to Marshai Yen Hal-shan inviting this morning, as intended, but he

When the Franchise, Fedural him to proreed immediately to will fly to the capital this after Finance and States Enquiry Com- Nanking to join the Coalition Guy-noon if the weather clears up. If mittees, which will shortly begin not, he will definitely leave for work in ladin, have made their re- Nanking to-morrow morning.

commendations, this working com- Interviewed in Nanking. Alar

General Wang Shib-ho, conman-mittee, which is representative of hal Feng Yu-tulang yesterday strongly advocated the severance der of Chiang Kai-shek's lady practically alt shades of Indian of political relations with Japan. guards, arrived here this moraing op'sion, will be brought into con He considered it imperative that with a number of his men.sultation thereon before the final the Nanking Government should Chang's return here is now con conclusions are adopted by

Government-Brilish Wirclens. cender material assistance to the Midered a certainty.-Renter,

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