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ALAH HALE BASIL RATHBONE

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WOMAN TRAP

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POLAND CURRENCY CONTROL

DECREES PASSED. BY GOVERNMENT

WON'T HURT

TRADE-

Warsaw, Apr. 27.

The Polish zloty has joined the ranks of controlled currencies,

A decree closely regulating foreign exchange transactions and establish ing a commission whose leave will be necessary for purchases or transter abroad of foreign currencies, passed to-day.

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WIDER USE OF SILVER SOUGHT

MOVE FOR PARLEY IN AMERICA

SENATOR KING BACKS PLAN

(Special To "Telegraph")

Washington, Apr. 27.

INDIANS

"NARROW

VICTORY

BEAT BROWNS BY

ONE RUN

CHICAGO

CUBS

EXTENDED

Now York, Apr. 27.

There was only one gume in the American Lenque to-day, the engagement between the St. Louis Senator King to-day introduced resolutions authorising President Browns and Cleveland Indians, at Roosevelt to invite, the Governments St. Louis, of Amerien to nitend a conference for tho purpose of arriving at a decision

The commission will also control on plans to increase the use of silver ing one tally on

The Indians took a close decision, Iver scoring twice on eight hits und allosy- seven hits to the to

for monetary and other purposes, bring about stabilisation of the allver Browns. Cumpbell hit a homer for

the Indiana. uniform price and to formulate a

the granting of credits to foreign and the Import and export of gold.

The Government officially explains that the decision is intended to pre-policy for such Governments in the

use of silver-United Press, vent speculation and the undue ex- purtation of capital, and fint it will not interfere with normal trailing conditions. Reuter.

Roosevelt's Platform

NATIONAL PLANS TO BE CONTINUED

Lie

In the National League Chiengo Cubs were extended to ten, innings before they snatched the game from UNIFORM POLICY

the Cincinnati Reds. Washington, Apr. 27.

the part of Two errors on Senator King to-day introduced Cubs, and nine hits, including a home resolution which would authorise Pre-run by Lombardi, swelled the Reds The Cubs evened sident F. D. Roosevelt to invite the total to three runs.

In the tenth, Governments of the two American the score in the ninth. continents, Including Canada, to at holding the Reds scoreless, Chicago tend a

a conference on plans to Increase squeezed a run home to win. the monetary,

use of silver and stabilise the silver price.

The conference, it is suggested,

formulate would endeavour to uniform silver policy-Reuter.

LATER DESPATCH.

Washington, Apr. 27. Serrator King to-day said that the resolution for a silver conference among the "American Governments" was intended to include Canada.

He said that he had proposed the

Washington, Apr. 27. President Roosevelt's 1938 model New Deal platform began to abapo itself as it awaited the primary elec tian testa 1 Pennsylvania and conference because he was convinced Massachusetts. The President sketch-tirat China and many Latin-American nations wished to resume the silver standard as soon as possible.

ed some of the essentials of his plat- form in his two speeches in the East he will add to them early in

during June

his pre-Convention Arkansas

speeches in

in the invasion,

and Texas

R

Also he said that he was disappoint.

United States Silver: ed with the Punchase Act because it had couraged the

on-

It is safe to predict that on June silver and Gaverinental use of

Rain spoiled the Pittsburgh-St. Louls game-Reuter.

Maternity

And Child Welfare

LATEST FIGURES FROM BRITAIN

London, Apr. 27. China and The latest figures showing. the various Latin-American nations into progress of maternity and child wel. by the edebasing silver, abandoning the silver fare work were announced

Minister of Health in a speech at the standard or selling the molal.

Further he said that the believed Mansion House this afternoon. his

that if a conference among the Ameri- Sir Kingsley Wood said the out- can Governments could be called, the standing feature of last year was the nations could agree to resume using new law record in the death-rate for

liver m greater amounts

and infants under one year-the rate eventually the interested nations could for England and Wales being 67 per thousand live births against 60 in

27, at Philadelphia, the President will endorse and interpret the Democratic party's formal platform at ceremonies in which he will necept venomination for the Presidency,

His Baltimore and New York speeches provided the President with everal choices. He could have at tacked

the Opposition, but he avoided personalities entirely.

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Republican crities say that they see tho of the breathing spell" in

end President Roosevelt's programme.

return to the silver standard.

were

Press-

share

"I understand that China is quietly 1931, B3 in 1921, and 130 in 1011. the maternity buying silver in hopes of returning to For this

of the credit. Observera generally express the the silver standard at the earliest and child service could rightly |

"Chim unly claim the major

The number of infant welfare cen- belief that he will accept re-election opportunity," he said.

number as a mandate to continue rebuilding abandoned silver because the Japanese

muggling it out in

large tres now was over 2,300. The America by national planning and

volumes for the purpose of under- of children under one year who at national petion.

mining China politically."United tended the centres for the first time 58 in 1935 was 351,000, equivalent to per cent. of the total births in the year, and in the same period visits were paid by health visitors to 68-1,000 children under one year, equivalent cildi

births.

thu to over 97 per cent. of the total

Maternal mortality was, on other hand, a matter of concern. The rates of maternal mortality had not shown д comparable advance over the

His speech at New York, particular- ly indicated the Now Deal feud with the "horse and buggy" interpretations of the Constitution, is not yet ended.

-United Presa.

SUBSIDISING FAMILIES

SOVIET REFORMS

IN DIVORCE

Moscow, Apr. 28. The termination of easy divorce is fore- and widespread abortions shadowed in the report of the com- mission charged to draft new mar- riage and divorce laws with the aim of achieving a population of 300,000,- 000 in 35 years.

The new laws will tax divorces on an ascending scale for each succes- sive annulment, will tax bachelors, subsidise families and forbid the surgical determination of pregnancy being carried out except in hospitals.

-Router.

MOTOR MAKERS' PROFITS

GENERAL MOTORS BUSINESS GAIN

New York, Apr, 27. The General Motors Corporation showed a first quarter net profit of $50,170,000, which is equal to $1.17 per share, compared with $29,316,000, or 68 cents a share, for the corres

year. ponding period last

sales The first quarter's net amounted to $341,000,000, cumpared to $252,000,000.

The net working capital on March

31, was $335,000,000 compared to $205,000,000. Reuter.

BOATS COLLIDE IN HARBOUR

SEVEN PEOPLE THROWN INTO WATER

A collision between two boats in the southern fairway, about 1.39 p.m. yesterday resulted in seven persons being thrown into the water,

Fortnaately, the steam launch op Sang was nearby and came to their taken rescue, and they were all aboard, none the worse for their ex perience. Two of them, Yeung. Lin- fa, 30, married woman, mistress of boat No. 1669W, and Lo Fo, were, however, rudmitted to the Kwong Wah Hospital, but they are sald to ba progressing satisfactorily.

The two boats involved in the colli- sion vero No.. 1660W and No. 1754V.-

a

port of the occurrence was made

to bite polleo by Leung Kam-cliton, master of No. 1669W.

SINO-AMERICAN TALKS

Washington, Apr. 27. The Secretary of the United States Treasury to-day said that the con- versations with Mr. K. F. Chen were progressing "quite satisfactorily" and declined to make any further com-

ment--United Press.

INCREASE IN TEA DUTIES

COMMONS PASSES

RESOLUTION

London, Apr, 27.

The House of Commons, by a vote

grown tea.

and

last 30 years, Although the provisional figure for 1935 of maternal births per thousand live births in England the and Wales was 4.0 lowest recorded since 1925, when the rate was 4.08-It was,, at the same time, satisfactory to record that the number of parental clinics in England and Wales reached 1,500 at the end of last year and during the year were by 288,000 expectant mothers, attended

presenting 46 per cent of the total births.

The Minister concluded by express-

of 242 to 118, to-day confirmed the ing a hope for the early passage in- now to law of the Government's Midwives! Budget, resolution embodying duties on both Empire and foreign- Bill, the second reading of which he will move in the House of Commons object of which The House had previously rejected on Thursday, and the the Labourite amendment to reduce is to secure domicillary service the duty on foreign ten to two-pence, Falaried midwives throughout the while Lient. Col. Sir Walter Smile's country and to raise the status of the amendment to reduce the Empire duty midwives professionBritish Vire- by a penny was withdrawn-Reuter. Icon.

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