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No. 1100

SALWAR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1934.

HONGKONG GovernmeNT AND GREEN ISLAND CEMENT

SPIES!

CZECHO-SLOVAKIA

ALARMS

THREE HUNDRED ARRESTS

Prague, Mar 27."

The greatest spy case in the history of Czecho-Slova- kin is revealed by the news- paper, Narodny-Listy.

ht

NEW L.C.C. AND BUILDING

Town Planning Scheme To Be Prepared

London, Mar. 27.

It was announced at A meeting of the new London County Council to-day that Instructions have been given for the preparation of a town planning scheme for London-British Wireless,

Already three hundred people BRITAIN'S

have

been arrested

for, alleged participation in a great espionage tho according to organisation, journal, which states that a num- ber of employees of the famous Skoda Armaments Works at Pilsen are included.

Workers at other factories have

BUDGET SURPLUS

also been detained as the result of or police investigations into the rumi- icationa of the organisation.

It is alleged that espionage was out in Czecho-

being carried

Slovakia by two different groups,

ENCOURAGING FIGURES

a Nazi group for Germany, and a NEARLY £30,000,000

Communist group for the Sovlet.- Reuter,

THREE COMMUNISTS BEHEADED

Nine Months After Alleged Crime

Duesseldorf, Mar. 27. Three Communists were behead- ed this morning for killing a Nazi storm-trooper on June 6 last year in the course of a Communist attack-on-the-headquarters of the storm-troops at Erkrath.

ALREADY

QUESTION IN COMMONS

LOCAL SPECIFICATION

FOR TENDERS

M.P. ASKS

WHY:

London, Mar. 27,

The failure of the Hongkong Government to carry out their implied promise to use Green is land cement as far as possible in public works was alleged in the House of Commons to-day.

The matter was raised by Mr. S S Hammeraley (Con. Stockport) who inquired of the Secretary of State for the Colonics why, despite the assurance of the Governor that as much British cement as possible would be used, out of forty-two

Works Public

invitatione for tonders, the Government specified

Japanese cement in thirty cases, locally manufactured cement in nine cases, and mixed cement in

two?

Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, reply- London, Mar. 27. ing, sald it was the universal prac- Britain's financial year ends tice of all Colonial, Governmenta on Saturday next and the latest to give preference to British goods weekly Treasury statement (whon possible.

shows receipts into and issues He was not aware of the circuma. out of the Exchequer up. to stances associated with the con- Saturday March 24.

tracts quoted by Mr. Hammersley,

At that date, there was a net but he would inquire-stenter. surplus of revenue over expendi- ture of £28,188,400, after allowance! is made for payments in respect of the War Dobt of United Statea for money set Government and aside for the now sinking fund.

The amount of inland revenue collected. last week was £12,816.- 000, bringing the total so far General Goering commuted to collected from this source to £381. life imprisonment, the sentences 894,000 which exceeds the budget of death passed upon seven other estimate for the whole year by Communists for complicity about two million pounds.

-Reuter.

AUSTRALIA'S TEST TEAM SAILS

FAREWELL SCENES AT FREMANTLE

Fremantle, Mar. 28. The Australian Test cricketers salled for England to-day aboard the 8.8. Orford, a military band pinying: "Australia's Sons Let's Rejoice For We are Young and Free,"

HOME FLEET RETURNS

SPRING --CRUISE-

SINGLE COPY 19 CIDITE

日四十月二 HLOS PER ANNUM

DUNLOP

DRASTIC BRITISH STEPS TO STAMP OUT LOTTERIES

NO LOOPHOLE

HAKODATE DEATH ROLL SOARS

IN NEW LAW Expected to Exceed

Two Thousand

BILL PRESENTED IN LORDS.

IMPRISONMENT PENALTY

Hakodate, Mar. 28.

As the search among the ruins of Hakodate .con- tinues, the number of vic- tims discovered is increasing dally.

The death roll is now ax« pected to exceed two thou- sand. . Already 1,878 are known to have died in the fire. The property loss is about 150,000,000 yen. Reuter.

London, Mar. 27.. Drastic measures to suppress participation in such lotteries as the Irish Sweep in England are provided in the now betting and Lotteries Bill which was read for ZECHARIA a first time in the House of Lords this evening.

·

Here is sen the reflector used on

The purpose of the measure is the micro-ray radio service serozs the English Channel. Micro-rays are the to amend the law with respect to smallest length rays yet used, and are betting on tracks where sporting The outcome of Marconi's latest re-events take place, including the law with respect to totalisators arch. They can only be picked up

CONGRESS

IN REBELLION

FOUR-TO-ONE-VOTE TO OVER-RIDE VETO

BUDGET ISSUE

Washington, Mar. 27. The inclination to insurrection against President Roosevelt noted latterly in Congress took a more definite form to-day when the biggest vote against the Ad- ministration sinco Roosevelt as

STORM IN A sumed occurred in the

TEACUP

by a specially-designed receiving set on horse racecourses, to authorise, U.S. DIPLOMAT AND

in the direct path of the current.

subject to restrictions, the es tablishment of totalisators on dog! race-courses, lo prohibit betting on tracks with young persons under

DE VALERA

office

House of Representatives.

The quarrel is over the In- dependent Omees Supply Bill, which was passed by Congresa yesterday and later vetoed by the President.

The Bill removes practically all the economy measures" In the Economy Act of 1933, restoring voterans' * compensation," the

February 1 and authorising an increase of pay from July 1. .

FRANCE'S HEAVY seventeen, and parimutuel belting, STATE DEPARTMENT Federal employees pay cuts from

"AXE

80,000 DISMISSALS IN GOVERNMENT

LARGE SAVINGS

Paris, Mar. 27. Eighty thousand French civil servants are to be retired and their positions left vacant by vir- tue of a Cabinet decision which will be made known by decree in a few days, according to reliable

reports.

except by authorised totalleators, and to amend the law, regarding lotteries.

The second half of the bill deala entirely with lotteries and prize competitions and is of a drastic character.

WIDE-COVER.

EXPLAINS

Washington, Mar. 27.

The President vetood the Bill on the ground that the increased allowances to war veterans and to

The State Department in- Government employees would dicated to-day that the greatly bxceed the Budget

Estimates, United States Government The House of Representatives. Every person will be guilty of has no intention of acting in voted more than four to one, 310 an offence who, in connection with:

dential veto. The Senate will vote:

any lottery, either in Great Britain collusion with Mr. de Valera votes to 72, to override the Presi or elsewhere, prints, soils, distri- in any attempt at pin-prick on the measure to-morrow and the butes, offers or advertises, or has

highly problematical-Reuter,

CAPITULATES

Mails For Private

Companies

in his possession, for sale or dis-ing of the British Govern-line the members will take is tribution, any lottery tickets; or ment. who prints, publishes or distri. Yesterday's report that the now butes, or has in his possession for American Minister to the Irish distribution, any advertisement of Free State, Mr. W. W. McDowell, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT a lottery, any matter descriptive who-la-succeeding. Mr. F.A. of a drawing or intended drawing Sterling at Dublin, would present COMPLETED

of a lottery, or any list, whether his credentials to Mr. de Valera: Simultaneously, the "pluralism" complete or not, of the prize win- instead of to the Governor London, Mar. 27.

ayatem, under which, very often, ners, or the winning tickets in a General, caused a sensation in Ships of the Home Fleet return- one Government official occupies lottery, or any other matter relat-political circles, until Mr. Gordoll Air Customa and excise receipts ed from their Spring cruise to-day. several posts, will be abolished.

ing to a lottery, being matter of

Hull explained the situation from One of the most important nature calculated to for the week were £6,000,000 and and, headed by the battleships

act the American point of view. inducement to the total is now £283,206,000 Malaya and Rodney, steamed into effects of these economy measures an

persons In that participate

lot- which is considerably in excess Devonport during the morning, will be a considerable reduction in to

appropriations for Stafetery

lotteries. The whole Fleet will assemble at the

other of the budget estimate.

or, in With receipts from other Torbay on 19th July:

MONEY SIDE. also It is estimated that the total sources, the total ordinary revenue!

The battleship Nelson already amounts to £713,430.123 reached Portsmouth from Gibral-saving will be in the region of appreciable us compared with the budget tar to-day. Aboard her were their Fr.2,600,000,000, an estimate for the whole year of Lordships of the Admiralty who proportion of the economies totall-bring or to invite any person

He merely paid to-day the usual arrange for the acceptance of bids from private companies with a £698,777,000.

had been present at exercises of ing four milliards of francs needed send lottery tickets or advertise- ment into Great Britain for sale self-balancing the combined

Nelson to balance the Budget-Router. Fleeta.

or distribution, to send or to at-official call upon Mr. de Valera as view to handing back the trans- tempt to send money received, or the Foreign Minister of the Irish portation of the air mats to such llems, the budget revenue so far arrived nearly a day ahead of her

any document recording the sale Free State Government, and left concerns as soon as possible. collected amounts to £795,180,129. time-British Wireless.

or distribution or identity of the with him the usual duplicate:

Including the

BIG SAVINGS.

Ordinary expenditure last week was £11,137,000 and the total up

All Australia was tuning in to io March 21 was £674,632,240 hear the forewell ceremonies over which compares with the budget the wireless, but they were dis-estimate of expenditure for the

announcement appointed by an that a ban on broadcasting as well whole year of £700,866,000.

as upon writing had been decread by the Bourd of Control.

The members of the Davis Cup team sailed at the same time. They were subject to a similar ban,

-Reuter,

Whon self-balnacing expendi- ture is included and the special! lasues out of the Exchequer re- ferrod to above are accounted for, the total expenditure is £767,011. 729.-British Wirelcas.

STOP PRESS INDUSTRIAL

Washington, Mar, 27,

Communists, Nazis and "Allce!

in Wonderland" wore among the

origins to which Congressmen_to-!

RESEARCH

COMPULSORY LEVY PROPOSAL

London, Mar. 27. Mr. Baldwin, in the House of

day attributed the charges of Pro-Commons, promised sympathetic fensor Wirt against the Brains consideration to the proposal that Trust.

U.S. BANKING CONDITIONS

IMPROVEMENT IN SHORT TIME

salaries,

TAIMOSHAN OFF AGAIN

REFLOATED AND REPAIRED

NOW BOUND FOR BERMUDA News has been received in

8

MERELY DUPLICATES.

The State Department declared that Mr. McDowell was expected to present his credentials to the It is also made an offence to Governor-General in customary

to

manner,

date any lottery ticket out of credentials, which were addressed Great Britain, or to use any pre-to "George the Fifth, Defender of mises or permit their use for pur- the Faith."-Reuter. poses connected with a lottery.

CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS..

a

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Washington, Mar. 27.

On the eve of his departure for ten-day flabing holiday in

Florida, President Roosevelt in. structed Post Office officials to

The announcement Indientes a

sharp withdrawal from the posi- tion originally taken up-which was made to appear by those affected as the act of irresponsible dictatorship-although the posi

the Army Air Corps had proved efficient, instead of letting the President down.-Reuter:

Exemption in given to small lot- FUNERAL OF DOWAGERtion might have been different ir

teries, incidental to certain enter-i tainments, where the prizes are not in money and are not the only inducement to persons to attend the entertainment.

QUEEN EMMA

Private lotteries, conducted by Simple Ceremonies at CHEAPER BROKER

members of a Society established

for other than gaming, and among persons who work or live on the

Delft

New York, Mar. 27. The first batch of "Condition Statements" submitted by the commercial banks in response to the call made by the Comptroller of Currency, shows a pronounced improvement over the positions the Colony by cable from some premises, are also exempted.

The Hague, Mar. 27. at the end of 1935.

The Bill also contains reatric- The funeral cortege of the late in This improvement almost Jamaica of the successful

on prize competitions con-Dowager Queen Emma proceeded entire strid the Governments refloating of the Hongkong-ducted by newspapers or in connec-in solemn state through thronged entirely attributed to Treasury

Infotreets to

Royal the Palace built yacht Taimoshan, tion with businesses, success fiscal policies.

The increase in deposits is also which went ashore on Crook which does not depend to a sub-Mausoleum at Delft, which con

stantial degree on skill.

tains the remains of the Dynnaty partly ascribed to the imports on

William Vi, to the present Offendern under the measure from gold for the account of foreign ed Island, in the Bahamas,

whilst on the final stage of would be liable, on conviction, to day he request of Queen Wilhel- banks and corporations.-Reuter.

on the first offence At the her voyage to England. and to imprisonment, for subsemina, the ceremonies were of the The information received is to quont offences. British Wiralcas. mest almple character, involving the absence of foreign royalties. Reuter. the effect that the yacht, after being refloated, underwent repairs! at Nassau, and left on the 23rd Instant for Bermuda."

a compulsory levy for financing THE KING HOLDS industrial rosearch should

bo

Mr. Rainey has decided that the placed on industries. charges are "too silly" for in- vestigation by the Department of creasing support for such a pro Justico.

The resolution demanding a Congressional Investigation has boon referred to the House Rules Committee, which will decide what action is to be taken to-day.

It was stated, there was in- posal among industries Belves.-British Wireless.

them-

ANGLO-FRENCH TALKS

London; Mar. 27.

LEVEE

ST. JAMES' PALACE FUNCTION

Landon, Mar. 27. II. M. the King hold a levec at St. James' Palaco to-day. He State carriage from

The French Ambassador, M. drove in a

In the meantime, Professor Wirt Corbin, was received by Sir John Buckingham. Palace, accompanied has received a letter threatening Simon at the House of Commons by an escort of Royal Horse him with death.-Reuter.

this evening.

It is understood that various points connected with the recent Fronch Note on disarmament were discussed British Wireless.

Guards.

His Majesty and all present word mourning bands for the late Queen Mother of the Netherlands.

-British Wireless.

heavy dines

SIR ALEXANDER CADOGAN

SEATS

SLUMP IN NEW YORK PRICES

New York, Mar. 27. Seats on the New York Stock Exchange were sold today for. considerably lower prices than have been ruling. latterly.

Three were sold, one fetching $100,000, one $85,000 and, one $80,000..

These prices compare with Bold |$112,000 realised on one

yesterday-Router. :-

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

INTER-VARSITY GOLF MATCH It was on June 1st last year that the Taimeshan set out from Hong-

OXFORD LEAD IN kong, with a crew of naval officers.

FOURSOMES and succeeded in crossing the Pacific after an adventurous trip.

London, Mar. 27. being one of the smallest craft to

The first stage of the Inter- crossing have

made the

H. 8. Rouse, Varsity golf contest, thirty-six Designed by

by Mr. E.

Cock, the Tai-hote foursomes, was played off at

Her day.

Oxford won three matches and

last night from Nanking. He is ground of the Clyde FC to-day, Cambridge, two.

Ton sigles will be played to proceeding to Peking for the first Hearts defeated Clyde by two

time to-morrow-Contral News goals to ono-Reuter, morrow-Router,

ABBISION as built at Kowloon Formby in fino warm weather to:

Docks, on racing lines. owners Intend entering her for nome of the races organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club after her arrival in England.

LEAVING SHANGHAI FOR PEKING

Shanghai, March 28,

Sir Alexander Cadogan, British Minister to Chion, arrived here

CLYDE DEFEATED

AT. HOME

London, Mar. 27.

In the Scottish League, on the