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DUNLOP Fort

In a class by itself

DUNLOP

FORT

BRITAIN AND U.S. STRIVE FOR ARMS CONTROL America Simultaneously Plans New Fleet FIRST ROUND OF

LUCKY COLONIAL MacDONALD AND HULL

OFFICIALS

FEROUENT LEAVE PROPOSED

OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL BY AIR

RECOMMENDATIONS

OF COMMITTEE

London, Nov. 13. Recommendations which may affect the leave of Colonial ser- vants in Hongkong, were mado public to-day.

The recommendations were_coti- tained in a report of a Committee, presided over by the Earl of Plymouth, and which was appoint- ed in 1932 by Sir Philip Canlife- Lister, Secretary of State for the Colonies. This Committee has beon considering the questions of leave and passage as they apply to the Colonial service.

The Committee recommends, inter alia that in the case of senior officers the length of tour shall be from two to three years, and the leave allowance five days in each month of each year, and that in the case of junior official the longth of tour shall be from three to four years with four days per month leave allowance.

All leave allowance will he ex- clusive of time taken in voyages.

It is proposed that leave shall be granted on 8-basin of full-salary,

It is further recommended that If an officer travels by nir, the Government should pay his full fure, and also that of his wife if she accompanies him, and the officer should be granted an exten- slon of leave equal to half the difference between the time taken on the air journey and the standard period for a sen voyage.-Bruter.

Wealthy Chinese Murdered

MOTOR BANDITS KILL THREE

Shanghai, Nov. 14.

A sensation has been created in local Chinese circles by receipt of the news from Hangchow that Mr. Sze Liang-zai, "Managing Director of Shun Pao, a leading

Chinese newspaper at Shanghai, was murdered while travelling by the Shanghai-Hangchow High- way yesterday afternoon,

Mr. Sze Liang-zal recently mnde

NEW TRIAL FOR ·

DOKE

Honour Slaying In California

(Special to "Talagraph")

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Woodland, Cal. Nov. 13.

The second trial of Judson Doke, Great War veteran and confessed slayer .of. Lamar Hollingshead, uni- versity student and poet, is to take place on December 4, it was announced to-day. The jury failed to agree at the first trial.

Doke shot Hollingshead aftor he had discovered what he considered positive proof of intimacies between the poet and Mrs. Halen Louise Doke, pretty young wife of the ex-soldier- United Pross,

The unwritten' law is to be ploaded in the

in which CAIS Judson C, Deke lo charged with the murder of Lamar Hallings-

head, California post, saltor of the former's wife, Hulen Louise Doke, who is seen above.

VIOLENCE FEARED IN NEW YORK

FINANCIAL CENTRE

PATROLLED

New York, Nov. 18,

"

ANNOUNCE POLICIES

FOLLOW SAME

PEACE PATH

NO HOPE OF ACCORD AT

NAVAL TALKS?

BRITISH PREMIER'S SOLEMN VOW

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH")

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telep bio Messages Ordinance, 1884. Received, Nov. 14, 8.40 a.m.)

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Washington, Nov. 13.

́SIMULTANEOUSLY, IN ENGLAND AND

Andrew Mellon; who is again facing charges of evasion of Income Tak,

AMERICA, MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD AND Federal Finger

In Mellon's

Jam Pot

CUP CONTEST

FLANDIN'S

SECURITY

Strong Vote Of Confidence

Paris, Nov. 13.

The Flandin Government to-day secured a strong vote of confidence in the Cham- ber, 422 to 118. The vote was one of the most definite ever given a French Govern- ment. Premier Flandin. successor to M. Doumèrgue, even gained some Socialist support, for there are 133 Socialists in the Chamber.

Out of 600 deputies, there were only 60 absten- tions. The vote of con- fidence for M. Doumnorgue's Government in February last was only 402 to 125.- Reuter,

THIRD DIVISION IN ACTION

COMPLETE DRAW

ANNOUNCED.

LEADERS GIVEN EASY TASKS

London, Nov. 13. The draw has been made for the first round proper of the English Football Association Cup Competition to be played on Saturday, November 24. The majority of the leading teams of both North and South Sections of the Third Division have been favoured by the draw not only in being given non-League clubs na their opponents but in many cases PRENTISSA by being drawn at home,

Charlton

Fresant leaders of the Southern Section, hava Exeter City

Bank Clerk Leaps To His Death

IMPALED ON SPIKED WALL

as their opponents but the match is being played at The Valley, Floyd |Road, where Charlton have not yet been beaten this season. Coventry, Tranmere and Halifax have home matches, but Reading and Stockport are called upon to travel.

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Reading have to visit Ninian Park to meet Cardiff, but Stockport will have either North Shields or |Blyth Spartans as their opposenta.

The draw is as follows:

v. Wigan Athletic Y. Acerington

Birmingham

MR. CORDELL HULL RESPECTIVELY AN- NOUNCED THAT THEIR GOVERNMENTS WERE PURSUING A' COURSE WHICH, IT WAS HOPED, WOULD MAKE POSSIBLE THE COMPLETE CONTROL OF INTERNATIONAL ARMS MANUFACTURE AND TRAFFIC IN $2,000,000 CLAIM FOR the roof of 15 Fuk Wing Street Southport

MUNITIONS. BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, AMERICAN SPOKESMEN INTIMATED THAT THE UNITED STATES, FEARING THE COL- LAPSE OF NAVAL CONVERSATIONS, HAD IN MIND A FORMIDABLE WARSHIP BUILDING PLAN.

EVADED TAX

A terrible tragedy occurred at Carlisle Shemahuipo yesterday, afternoon

Mansfield

when a Chinese bank clerk named Workington Chiu Taui-ying throw himself off

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Corporation

Tramways

v. New Brighten

v. Rochdale

Y. Barrow T. York

V. Blatybridge

Darlington.

Shildon Colliery v. Lincoln

Blyth Spartans v. Stockport

and was impaled on railings fixed Wrexham to a wall at the fear of the pre-Doncaster mises. Four spikes entered his Burton Town Washington, Nov. 13. body and one passed through his Tranmere improper declared Mr. Andrew The man was employed at the Nun Co

"It is impertinent, scandalous and arm. Mellon, American financier and tional Commercial Savings Bank, North Shields or multi-millionaire, when replying to and was 32 years of age. a claim of the Internal Revenue It appears that Chiu was walking Crewe The States Department has tacitly admitted that Bureau for about U.S.82,000,000 down Fuk Wing Street with father Gaventry

additional income tax, allegedly due land wife when suddenly he thren- the United States has practically abandoned any hope from him for the year 1931. taned to commit suicido. Breaking of an immediate general disarmament agreement. Mr. In his reply to the Bureau's away from his relatives he ran up Darwen Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, said to-day that the chargca, Mr. Mellon denied be owed the stairs of No. 19 and clambered Rotherham

more money to the Government and on to the roof. He went to the United States was working for an immediate inter-contended that his 1931 income tax rear side and threw himself over Chester national agreement for the control of manufacture and report was properly prepared. the edge. As he fell he turned on traffic in arms and munitions.

Mr. Mellon" recently faced to his aide and fell lengthwise along federal court on. almflar charges the top of the spiked boundary wall Ashford

Bristol R. for evasion of income tax returns between No. 19 and No. 20. arms traffic control for another period, and paid a large

The Police were notified im- mediately and the Mongkok fire Southend sum to the Treasury-Reutor,

appliance summoned. When the Dulwich Hamlet Brigade arrived two ladders were

Bedford Town DANGEROUS BLAST IN placed on either side of the wall

and the spikes were eut through Watford Charlton Just below the body. A rope was Guildford City then tied the body which was Yeovil & Petters hauled up to the roof..

Brighton

"

Mr. Hull added the effort would ing of an be pushed without waiting for any agreement-Router. general disarmament agreemont.

Mr. Hugh Wilson, American dele- gato to

the Dizarmamant Con- forence, had already sounded Mr. Matsudaira, the Japanese diplomat, on Japan's attitude in the matter,-*-*- United, Prest.

CLEARING THE WAY.

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MACDONALD'S PLEDGE.

London, Nov. 13. As he stood before the Cenotaph on November 11, he vowed Great Britain

NAVY YARD

should be an instrument in Hundred Acetylene Tanks making war a thing of the

past, declared Mr. Ramsay

The American naval pro- MacDonald, when speaking! gramme for the immediate future in Southampton to-night. is assuming a shape which is re-

undicationly important due

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v. Hartlepools

v, South Bank or

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PARTY GAINS

ANTICIPATE SLIM MAJORITY

MANY WOMEN GO

TO POLLS

Bombay, Nov. 18. From the results of the elections:

Bournemouth -Leyton or

Kingstonian

v. Gillingham

Walthamstow

Avenue

Northampton

v. Reading

Router.

FLIERS AFTER NEW · RECORDS

JONES AND WALTER OFF TO CAPE

Men London, Nov. 18. Cathcart Jones and Kenneth

The Government, he said, was indications that the interna-zealously pursuing the

a policy of Ordinance, 1884. Resolved, November tional naval agreements may poaco. He was working day and!

Boston, Nov. 18. collapse.

One hundred gas tanks in the The proposal of Congressmanit to diminish the world's armas Following rumours of a walk-out Vinson for the building of two giant cats, and would accept no defolt. acetylene plant of the Charles- town Navy Yard exploded to-day, With regard to the private killing one man and doing damage with his family and was returning hundreds of police bave been move towards higher efficiency in manufacture of arms and arma; estimated at U.S.$175,000. A tour of Hangchow in company by the building service employees, dirigibles is one feature of the now to Shanghai yesterday by private drafted to offices in the financial naval and air armament. Then, ments, there were thousands of motor car. When his car was pas district of New York, including the too, the Budget Bureau is reported unemployed in Britain, he said, hension lest the explosion should ing a point in Haining District, it Stock Exchange building, the J. P. to have approved of expenditure of because the Government had re- affect the ammunition depot or was met by another motor, which Morgan company and forty other try huney for the building fused to allow the manufacture of start a serious fire, but quick pre-

of 24 warships in 1986, under the war wespons for certain purposes, cautionary measures avoided a to the Legislative Assembly an- Walter have provisionally fixed was proceeding in

business blocks. the opposite

Vinson programme. direction, carrying a number of

Fifty mounted policemen are High naval officers, finally, do-

Yet when we urged an embargo i more sèrlaus loss.-United Press. nounced, the India Congresa Party Sunday, at dawn, for the start of also on duty in the district, while clare they have little faith in pocket on arms to Japan and China the centres of the garment manu- battleships, saying they are not during the Maachukue troubles, Dominions Secretary Mr. J. H. majority.

the Government with a narrow flight to Capetown In the De their attempted' record-bronking: The gunnien ordered Mr. Sze's facturing industry are guarded by able to withstand the attacks of the other countries would not agree to Thomas, and representatives in car to stop, but his driver refused 500 armod constables,

The Congress Party has won all Havilland Comet in which they to obey their order and drove on at The President of the local capital ships. It is indicated, it," the Prime Minister recalled. London of the

therefore, that the United States

Dominions and four contested non-Mohammedan recently made the return light to Cull speed. Thoroupon, the gunmen garment · makers' Union haa will build heavy vessels if she un-menta manufacturing business is

"The way to handle this arma- | India.

divisions. It has already been Australia, gave chase and opened fire, killing charged some of the garment trade dertakes a naval extension plan to extend the licensing system and latest position with regard to the Meanwhile, they will have Desert and Nigeria down the The object was to place in announced that they hope to for a non-stop fight of 2,000 miles. They will carry suficient fuel Mr. Sze, his driver and another per- employers with violating agree United Press.

formally before the latter the capture fifty seats. son. The murderers excaped.

and propone to fly vin the Sahara ments framed after the last strike.

maks, it international. We are The tricô between the union and

going, takty to get that done at Raval conversations with foreign support from the Malaviya group, west. Coast of "| Africa.-—-British:

Governments which for some in all probability. This saction Wireless. Ganova aloon as possible," he weeks past have been proceeding. normally votes with the Congress added.outer.

-British Wireless,

Kuumen.

Mr. Szo's body was struck by the owners expired last year- shots, while his wife and son Router fortunately escaped. The bodies of

moved to Hangchow.

NAVAL TALKS.

London, Nov. 18.

hopes to be in a position to fight

Party: Bix of the Malaviya can- didates are expected to be returned, There has been an increase in

HITLER ENVOYS:-CALL-

HOPE ABANDONED.

Washington, Nov. 13. The United States bus abandon the three victims have been re-director of a number of universities, ed hope for an immediate generalDOMENIC

„DOLANIONS INFORMED " hospitals and charitable societies. disarmament agreement and Mr.

FA London, Nov. 18, also one of the most successful Cordell Hull announced to-day that

Loudon, Nov. 15."

the number of voters compared to Herr Von Ribbentrop, President: Besides being well-known

as a business promoters in Shanghai. Mr. Hugh Wilson, delegate to the meeting took place at the In connection with the naval the last elections, and the un-Hitler's adviser on subjects re Chinese newspaper magnato, Mr. He is financially interested in a Disarmament Conference, had been Dominions Office to-day between conversations; further mosting usually large number of women lating to disarmament, made a persons in educational, social and ton yain Inctories, and book stores, Affaufe powa to: whether they cluding the Foreign Secretary, delegation will take place to-mor- time provided in feature of the the Foreign Offee to-day

[asked - top sound European, and] United Kingdom. Ministers, In hetween British and United States who used the ballot for the first courtesy call on Sir John Simon at

Coste parties to the draft, fir - Juhu......... Simon," and "> the row-Brattah Wireless,

polling Rexter

philanthropical endeavours, being Central News.

Wireless.

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