1936-11-10 — Page 28

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ANGLO- ITALIAN ACCORD

SUMMARY OF TERMS OF AGREEMENT SEEK RETURN OF TRADE

London, Nov, D.

A summary of the terms of the new Anglo-Italian clearing agreement and commercial agreement communicated

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TUESDAY,

PERRY TO EARN FAT SALARY

BACKED BY FORMER DAVIS CUP MEN ON ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD

As predicted by Mr. William

T. Tilden months ago, and an-

NOVEMBER 10, 1936.

MARITIME STRIKE SPREADS

SHIPYARDS JOIN WALK-OUT. NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED.

New York, Nov, D.

The maritime strike has spread to

nounced by him yesterday, to San Francisco's shipyards, the Joint was the Hongkong Telegraph, Fred Strike Committee to-day announcing

fessional.

was treated

This morning Reuter cables from New York:

Fred Perry has turned protes.

Now York harbour was calm

The strikers assert over 200 vessels and 17.00α during the week-end. men are idic, in Atlantic and Gulf ports alone, but ship-owners these Bgures are exaggerated and that only 11 ships are actually tied up.

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to the House of Perry, England's great Davis the walk-out of approximately 3,000

Shipbuilding Corporation plants. Commons by the President of the Cup player, has turned pro-workers from the three Bethlehem

Trade, Mr. Walter

Ships strike-bound on Pacife const Runciman, who expressed the hope that they would enable trade between

Mr. Tilden's announcement that are being allowed to proceed to their the two countries to be satisfactorily re-established on basis which Perry had already signed a contract home ports, would promote a progressive return to play professionally 10 normal conditions. The clearing with a little scepticism in some quar agreement provides that all debts in ters, but the Hongkong press was able

Italian world was aware of it..

to announce the fact before the rest of the price of respect

the the United imported goods into Kingdon shall continue to be paid to the Anglo-Italian Clearing Office, that this sterling shall be and

-70 per cent. allocated as follows; to current trade, that is, trade after alonal.

14 lust; 27 per cent, of which 122 mercial arrears, of

per Perry will tour with Vines and in respect of others, making his debut in the agreement debts for Imports into Madison Square Gardens in January Italy from the United Kingdom or and receiving a guaranteed percent- freights for the period March 17, age of the gate receipts, expected to 1935, to November 18, 1935, covered yield him $100,000 (U.S. currency) by the

payments agreement of April, annually. 1935, and 9 per cent to agreement debts and extra agreement having being former debts, the incurred before March 10, 1935, and the latter between November 17, 1035 and July 15, 1930. The remaining 3 per cent. is allocated to financial debts and remittances.

pre-

Sterling collected by the Anglo- Italfun Clearing Office from July 15 to November 15 is to be allocated HM to 50 per cent, to current trade and ns to 50 per cent. to arrears.

Under the commercial agreement, the Italian Goverment undertake, in; authorise effect, that they will Imporis into Italy of United Kingdom goods and codish from Newfoundland to a total quarterly value of lire 97 tnillion. Restriction of current trade to this level has been arranged in order to ensure that there will not of any be

accumulation fresh untransferred arrears. For coal and coke, the quarterly quota will un ire 43,5 million-British Wireless.

N. E. I. EXPORT IMPOST

RUBBER IS TO PAY1 NEW TAX

Batavin, Nov. 9.

A bill introduced into the People's Council provides for an export duty lands East Indies' products, including of two per cent. on certain Nether-

rubber.

Exempted products include leather, nutmeg, white pepper, husked rice. coffer, gambir, timber, resin, etherial oils, sugar, tobacco, rattan, gold and silver-Reuter

CORRESPONDENCE

An Acknowledgment

The Editor,

Hongkung Telegraph.

Sir, I shall be obliged it you will gran! me the courtesy of your the columns In order to express thanks of the Hongkong Benevolent Society to all those kind people who, in response to my broadcast uppeal of Sunday lust, have sent us sub- stantial gifts of clothing, etc.

Letters of acknowledgment are be ing sent to those whose names are known to us, but we now wish to thank all anonymous donors and es- pecially the one who has sent us the splendid gift of an order on a local firm for 20 pairs of children's shoes.

B. HALL. President, Hongkong Benevolent Society.

NON-INTERVENTION

London, Nov. 9. The ninth meeting of the Chair- man's Sub-Committee of the Non- Intervention Committee was held at

the Foreign Office this afternoun, and resumed consideration of the pro- posal for the establishment of a sys-

designed

to secure tem of supervision the execution of the Non-Interven- tion Agreement. This matter will be further considered by the Sub-Com- morning British mittee to-morrow Wireless.

TRIAL POSTPONED

Los Angeles, Nov. 0. The trial of Maria Wendt, charged with complicity in a marcotic smug- gling plot, has been indefinitely post- poned and the counsel for the girl; who is from Shanghai, is at present In Louisiana on another case.-United Preas.

ANTI-NAZI OUTBREAK?

Washington, Nov, D. The police have thrown a cordon around the German Embassy, following rumours that anti-Naki do sympathisers are planning a monstrationUnited Preis.

1.

are group of Perry's backers American sportsmen headed by the former Davis Cup players. Francis Hunter and Howard Voshell

Perry is guaranteed a minimum of $23,000 a year for his playing.

His first contest will be against Vines on June 1, 1937.

The English star has signed up with Hunter and Voshell for competitive play only and has reserved for him- seit all other rights and privileges ns a professionul. At the moment he is en route to Hollywood by train.- Reuter.

Meanwhile, Mr. F. W. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of the Depart- ment of Labour, announces the re- between

sumption of conferences ship-owners and at least one of the striking unluns-Router.

Big Year For Labour

ROOSEVELT · MAKES ' PROMISES

Washington, Nov. 9. President E. D. Roosevelt to-day predicted that the coming year would be an outstanding one in the annals of Labour legislation. It is noteworthy that Mr. Tilden

Delivering a message to the third has further predicted that England's National Conference on Labour texts- loss of eye at Devin Cropylation, he said he believed the United the nation that trophy. States had just given a mandute to Moreover, the veteran master of the the legislators and executives of the will cost

the Vines and

country for the adoption of

of this spurt has asserted that Hans Nusslein will murder" Perry much-needed labour legislation. He when they meet him in professional believed the mandate directed the tennis.

legislators to proceed along these nes until the workers in every station throughout the country were assured of decent. working conditions. ---Reuter.

FASCISM WILL SURVIVE

BRITISH LEADER

PROMISES

London, Nov. 9. "No lawyer's tricks can extinguish

Sir declared

Osvald Fascism,"

Mosley, leader of the British Fascists,

in a speech at Birmingham.

Sir Oswald said the Government were taking action against the victims, instead of the aggressors, and fic eme phasised that the abolition of the black shirt would not hurt their movement. Reuter Special.

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HISTORY OF LONDON VOLUNTEERS

London, Nov. 8. A "Defence Pageant," showing the history of the London Volunteers time was a feature of to-day's traditiount Lord Mayor's procession, following the proclamation of Sir George Broadbridge as the new Lord

from the 16th Century to the present

Mayor.

Detachments depicting the Volun teers at the time of Nelson preceded men in the klik! Bit of the Boer War and the Great War und anti- aircraft gua, searchlights, tanks and armoured-curs of the modern Army.

Although the traditional represen talions of the historie City Companies

the opinion was

London, Nov. 0. The House of Commons to-day gave formal first rending to the Public Order Bill prohibiting the wearing of political uniforms in connection was omitted, with political objects and the main-pressed that the procession was the tenance of associations of a military most colourful display of recent character-Reuter's Bulletia Service, years.-Reuter's Bulletin Service.

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