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Mr. Neville Chamberlain's Hint During Commons

SOVIET SHOOTING

INCIDENT

Arrest of Frontier

Guards

Moscow, July 10.

Debate on Conference

STABILISATION SNAGS

The frontier guards who DISTURBING EFFECT ON

shot the three Japanese fishermen at Kamchatka, off Cape Olga, have been arrested. The chief of the Kamchatka frontier guards is also reported to have Investiga- been arrested."

tion into the actions of the guards is now being con- ducted.-Reuter,

PORTUGAL SWOOPS

PLOTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT

THREE

IMPORTANT ARRESTS

Lisbon, July 10.

A series of arrests has follow- ed the official communique" an- nouncing that measures were to be taken to dissipate the revolu-! tionary atmosphere which the enemies of the Republic have been displaying lately.

Dr. Antonio Sergio, the former! Minister

and tex- Democratic

PUBLIC OPINION

Mr. Neville Chamberlain and (right): Mr. George Lansbury. Mr. Lansbury urged Government control of cur. In the House of Commons

yesterday.

HONGKONG FORESHORE

YANKEES

ON. UP-GRADE

SENATORS. LOSE GROUND:

LATEST BASEBALL

New York, July 10, Cleveland did the New York Yankees a good turn to-day when they nosed out the Washington Senators. The

"INNOCUOUS STUFF" AMERICAN BOOM Dodech, wie den ra

LONDON, JULY 10.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, surveyed the prospects and the present posi- tion of the World Economic Conference before a crowd. ed House of Commons this afternoon.

DANGER

LOST PURCHASING POWER

ANXIOUS

Mr. Chamberlain described as "pretty innocuous stuff" the gold bloc resolution which President Roose- HIGH QUARTERS velt rejected, but the effect of the rejection on public opinion in the gold countries was extremely disturbing. The Chancellor advised a level-headed attitude, especially in connexion with violent depreciation of the Dollar.

Washington, July 10. Significant corroboration of the of President Roosevelt

con-

RIGHTS BILL

T. V. SOONG ON HIS Local

WAY HOME

Flying to Rome As First Stage

London, July 10. Mr. T. V. Soong left London this afternoon on his return journey to China. He is travelling to Rome by aeroplane in the first place. -Reuter,

Yankees piled up ten rana 2012KSESOREYNA LJEKARNING against Detroit and in sequence strengthened challenge to the leaders.

their

Philadelphia and Chicago broke)

Three Days

even in a double header, but on Chocolate

the National League, Pittsburgh nosed out Philadelphia.

Scores as supplied by Reuter

were:

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

-Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

R. H. E.

B

7

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Philadelphia

Chicago

187

ON

3 10

2

2 12

(Coleman homered for Philadelphia).

If they could agree on a return to the gold and Brig.-General Johnson lest standard, or on an international monetary standard, the the rip in prices has outstripped Conference would have done very useful work to the public's purchasing power facilitate a return to normal conditions. The raising of wasntovided to-day. prices or wholesale commodities was still the British the course of the Federal

Reserve, Board's Report on marketCleveland primary objective.

conditions. It is stated that the

MR. LANSBURY'S SUGGESTION

The Chancellor

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Philadelphia Chicago Washington

1 3.

7 8

0

2. 10 1

-1. 3 8

Biscuits

LIEUT. MATTERN'S ORDEAL

Moscow, July 10. Extreme fatigue and lack of knowledge of the country is beliovód

Protests Reach London

QUESTION IN THE COMMONS

GOVERNMENT EXPLAINS POSITION

London; July 10,

"I am perfectly certain that the Hongkong Government has ng intention of using the Bill for any evolutionary purpose," declared. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister in the House of Commons this after noon.

The Secretary of State for the

to have been the cause of Lieut. Colonics, was replying to questions James Mattern's crash in Siberia by Mr. Wardlaw Milne, who has

in the course of his World-flight.

been showing marked interest in

It is learned that he lived for the Hongkong Foreshore and Sea- three days on chocolate, biscuits Bed Works Ordinance.

value of department store sales in (Hale homered for Cleveland andthese had been exhausted; ox that as a result of correspondence

201 towns during the month of June was four per cent.lower than in June, 1932, despite the swift

there were 12 innings). New York Detroit

10 9 € 12

of

view

Sir Herbert Samuel, the Liberal

the Conference, but held that nobody rise in the manufacturing whole- sale business in the last two was to blame..

months.

(Lazzeri homered for New York)

Boston

3

St. Louis.

8

1

Colonel Aragao, who is famous for Exchequer expressed the his action in German West Africa

prices could not be effected netion They had only recently returned monetary

alone. to Portugal from Spain where they had been awaiting for the building up of confidence announcement of the amnesty for essential. those responsible for previous re- volutions against the Dictatorship.

It is apparently suggested that to the belief

began plotting chief

SLUMP IN DOLLAR..

Meanwhile, the marked slump in the dollar which is an important contributory factor continues.

It means that the actual turn- in 1916, were among the first to that the raising of commodity leader, praying for the restoration. be dragged into the net.

by of international trade, expressed over of goods in bulk had been

the opinion that if defensive mea-much less, The

sures were necessary they should was be calculated to meet a particular levil in view, for instance, of the fact that the yen had depreciated The British delegation adhered forty per cent. and that Japanese

that the world's goods had flooded the market. troubles could unly bel

DRASTIC MEASURES. against the government upon their solved by international action

He said it was no good adopting return to Portugal,

ten to twenty per cent, tariffa to meet competition of this kind. It Ineeded far more drastic measures. Most of the speakers urged that The grave proportions which the stabilisation question had sterling be linked with the dollar! assumed and its final effect in and that the Government should bringing some of the Conference's work in close association with the

they

at

once

It is also revealed that the and. agreement.

colonel in command of the Thirty- Fifth Infantry Regiment at Viana was arrested on Saturday on a charge of conspiracy-Reuter.

JAPAN'S INCREASE IN

POPULATION.

Exceeding a Million in

1932

Tokyo, July 11.

For the first time on recard, Japan's increase in population over

a twelve months', period has exced- ed one million.

TEMPORARY HALT.

work to a temporary halt was United States.-Reuter.

described by Mr. Chamberlain,

He said that no agreement had

been reached in reference to AT THE CONFERENCE future progress, but they hoped that it would still be found pos

sible to bridge the difficulties.

Had they known beforehand what was going to happen, it might have made some differ- ence to their view of the desir- ability of holding the Confer ence.

Committee of Ten Appointed

London, July 10, Contrary to expectations, the Conference did not to-day reach any conclusive decisions on mone- tary matters, but a large measure of agreement was reached on the

Nevertheless, he urged that the largely unnatural violent and official 132 depreciation of the dollar should According to the figures just published, the

not lead them to early and economic side. crease in population was 1,007,000. considered conclusions, Reuter.

in-

NO SPARKLE.

The morning trading was active in a thin market, but later things quietened down, the American dollar hardening at 4.79 to the pound, only seven points oli parity.

(Storti homered for St. Louis).

MACAO D.P.W. LEAVING

SHORTLY

COL. MONTEIRO'S GOOD WOK

(Our Own Correspondent).

Macao, July 10. The early departure of Col.

which he was carrying, and when, perienced the greatest dificulty in securing food.--Reuter.

MATTERN OFFERED NEW MACHINE

Lieut.

Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister stated with the Governor (Sir William

Peel), certain amendments "had been made to the. Ordinance and the matter was still under con sidération.

Juneau, Alaska, July 10,`.

He added that the Bill for James Mattern, the General Powers was subject to American round-the-world flyer very special conditions regarding who-was-lost-for nearly-a-month

in northern Siberia and who was rescued a few days ago, will res sume his flight in a plane, be-

|compensation.—Reuter,

GOVERNMENT'S POSITION.

In simple language, the Ordin longing to the rescue expedition.

The sponsors of the expedition ance provides general powers to have cabled its lender to fly an take over re-claimed land for aeroplane to Anadir and hand it over to Mattern.

The leader will be flown home in a Soviet plane later,-Reuter,

public works...

Enquiries at the Colonial Secre tary's Office this morning elicited the information that the chief purpose of the ordinance, was sta permit the Government to resume

ANOTHER KIDNAPPING marine land for public purposes

without being compelled to pro mote a special Bill for each pro ject.

Both brokers and barkers pro- fess Ignorance regarding the specific cause of the dollar's weakness, but they suggest that! it may be attributable to Schiappa Monteiro, who has been speculation and to a minor the Director of the Public Works 24 Year-Old American's was the last subject of a specia flight of American capital in a Department at Macao for several very thin market, where even years and as such has contributed | `smüll deals will cause a fluctun-

tion in the rate.

CLOSING FIGURE,

New York, July, 10. The American Dollar closed at 4.79 7/8 on the Wall Street Ex change to-day.--Reuter,

great deal to so much recent activity, 'at' Macao, will be noted

OUTRAGE

Life

Threatened

Albany, July 10,

with more than ordinary interest. The Pallee have learned that the Hongkong has, in recent years, 24 year-old John O'Connell, a rela- attention to the tive of the O'Connell brothers, well- paid

great

The Praya East Reclamation

Bill and the Foreshore and Sea beds Ordinance is designed to obviate needless delay and ex pense..

PRIVATE RIGHTS,

private rights, compensation, an the power of the authority to over ride private rights.

Some quarters. suggest that if the domestic price level of 1924/25

The Hongkong Chamber of Com dollar is probable ns compared development of its little neigh-known Democratic lenders, was kid- morce and the China Association is reached, then a sixty-cent gold with to-day #63.26 cents-Reuter bono, and in no sphere of napped on July 7.

In London are both materially in A ransom of G.$250,000 is de- terested in the Government's Bi activity has the interest been greater than with the development manded by the kidnappers, who which has encountered certal of public works...

threaten to shoot the captive if the dimculties on the question o pa's administration in the dual

For Macao, during Col. Schlap- police are called in-Router. capacity of Director of the Public

the local Works Department and the Port that

government

The Bill was sent Home in it Works, has been developed and could contributo for

public final form in May for considers improved on a large scale.

The works. Ho made the best usation and if approved, will.com traffic problem which is now en-of the little there was and it before the Legislative Council gaging more than ever the atten-is gratifying to state that during tion of the authorities, has been his term in the office many import greatly relieved by the opening ant works were completed' in Ma- of now avenues, widening of the cao. narrow roads, making alignments With Col. Schiappa's technical of tortuous streets, and resurfac- advice and encouragement he Ing with cement concreto' or as helped in the solution of the fro phalt the principal thoroughfares blem of the water supply for the GEN. FANG CHEN-WU

Vienna, July 9.

of the colony. The planting of colony, a problem which occupied ATTACK ON DOLONOR

shrubs and trees in the city, when the attention of so many of his led by Mr. George Lansbury, the The Bureau of the World Econo-

Groat excitement was caused on ever possible, has also engaged predecessors, Loader of the Opposition, who acmic Conference which assembled Tuesday morning in the Austrian the attention of the Public Works Mukden, July 10,

His attention went farther, for The Kwantung Army has do- cused Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. this morning for what was expect National Bank when sirens began Department so to make this city measures wore adopted to dred o

to MacDonald of an entire lack of ed to be a fateful sesalon, since it to shriek and armed guarda rush- more attractive. spatched reinforcements

the channels of both the inner and The population of the Go was to decido what work could ad through the building to occupy Dolonor to resist the attack on policy.

the outer ports, so as to maintain Reich is now estimated at 683

DAY AND NIGHT BATTLE

the Japanese troops by. General Fang Chen-wu, whose vanguard was repulsed on July 9th by the garrison at Dolonor after fighting which lasted all day and night- Router,

At the meeting of the Mone- tary Commission, the American delegate, Mr. Cox, declared that The debate lacked sparkle. work could not proceed except on the basis of unanimity. It was It merely afforded the

necessary to appoint a drafting text for the leading speakers of committee to compose the difer- the House of Commons to preach encos. their well-worn (if not worn-out) A Committee of Tèn was unani- economic and financial principles.mously appointed, with Mr. Cox

There was little criticism of the ns chairman.-Reuter.

London, July 10. Government apart from that level-

VIENNA BANK· SCARE

›MISTAKE BY A CLERK

POPULATION OF GERMANY

TWO MILLION MORT WOMEN

Berlin, July

a draught sufficient for Hongkong 000, according to provisiona

I financial system fiad outlivedono o'clock this afternoon with its in the meantime been closed au- state that during recent years the ping, the

This figuro includes: 890,000

be profitably continued by Con- their posts at the seven entrances, WATER PROBLEM Mr. Lansbury declared that ference delegates, adjourned at the heavy steel gates of which had It is unfortunato but true to and Canton Lines and other ship-turns taken from the recent C the present Industrial and

task only partially accomplished.tomatically. The counter shutters its usefulness,

Reports were received from were likewise dropped and nobody local government has not beori It is safe to say that Col. Schlap habitants in the FT alkatr various sub-Commissions..

The Bureau

was permitted to enter or lento able to dispose of sufficient means pa occupies a conspicuous: pla approved the re- the building until it was discover the Central Government has delio Works at Macao, and be le for much needed puble works, for amongst recent directors of! ports, from the Economic sub- od that the alarm had been caused manded more money from the col-Macho, on the expiry of hiss Commissions on indirect protec-by an official in the cashier's offleb Monism:

onlos for loan servicos, Despite of aorvie with th co-ordination in' pro- ánd duction--and M&Fketing CORE SOLIT

He urged the Government to take control of the national cur- Two Chinese women who admitted rancy.

DERMA DECENT TEAR” koppingly brothels in Hollywort

Mr

Amory:

and $75 respectively by Mr Wynno- Jones in the Central Police, Court this Dominions Secretary "shed a de,

Csontstear" DVð

tems which thus for these subordinate bodies unanime button idilli en motion the alarm of the smoke(Continued on Pad ho? FeedP

officer did not diminish any

efforts with the limite