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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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June 29, 1939.

N.Z. PLANES Rubber Quotas GIBRALTAR OFFERED Are Fixed GOVERNOR

60,000-ton Increase Snubbed By Spain's

Dominion Plans In Time Of War

LONDON, June 28-In the House

In Five Years

LONDON, June 28.

the

Dictator

BURGOS, June 28. of Commons to-day, Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister for Air, announced.

An official White Paper pub- THAT General Franco declin- that New Zealand has agreed to the lished to-day discloses that led to receive General Sir Edmund establishment of a new airplane Britain,

Netherlands, Ironsides, the Governor of Gib- factory in the dominion and also to France, India and Slam have raltar, when he passed through increase training facilities for aviators, signed an agreement prolonging Spain on his way to London, has enabling New Zealand to send Britain 1,300 fully trained pilots and other the International Rubber Pact attracted a good deal of atten- nying personnel minustly in war for five years to 1943, and at the tion in Spanish political circles. same time gradually increasing This will be a most valuable con- the basic quotas by a total of tribution to Imperial defence", said Sir Kingsley.

time.

60,000 tons over that period.

The quotas decided were, as fol-

In his statement regarding new constructions, Mr. Chamberlain told lows:-

Commander Fletcher, the Labour member, who had asked whether Britain is in touch with the ficads of the Baltic States;

"We are in touch with the French Government, but I cannot say we are in touch with the heads of the Baltic countries," the Prime Minister zold, United Press.

1,300 Pilots a Year LONDON, June 28. Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Minister. to-day an nounced agreement between the New Zealand and British governments on the recommendations of the recent air mission to New Zealand.

He said that the recommendations had two inter-related

namely

the creation of New Zealand manu-

1939

1940

--1041

1942

1043

1,519,000 tons 1,541,000 tons

- 1,354,000 tons. 1,503,000 tons 1.500.000 lons

It is noteworthy that the biggest increase will be next year with an increase of 22,000 tons tapering off to an increase of only 0,000 tons in the Just year-United Press.

I. R. A. Soldier

Goes To Gaol

facturing capacity for the production Was Once Sentenced

of aircraft, and, secondly, expansion

of training facilities in New Zealand To Extreme Penalty

ERROL FLYNN - OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND - ROSALIND RUSSELL in view of the increasing output.

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Before leaving Gibraltar, Sir Ed- mund was reported to have expressed a desire to meet General Franco. However, he was met only by Count Jordann, and General Ironsides pass- ed' through Spain without contacting General Franco,

This is especially poteft now In view of the Spanish insistence that Gibraltar is a "thom in the side of Spain," and the suggestion put forward by one. Spanish ́Minister that Gibraltar In the hands of Spain would be of paramount im- portance toTM Spain, but of little algulilcance to Britain, — Trans- Ocean.

INSPECTOR DROPS DEAD

Sub-Inspector I. G. Baker dropp- fed dead at the Police Training School shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. whilst taking # class

of police students.

Additional facilities.

to be established would enable New Zea-

LONDON, June 28. land to send overseas in the event)

JOHN KEANE, aged 37, a self- of war at least 1,300 fully trained avowed soldier of the Irish He- The sub-Inspector, who joined the plots and

other flying personnel publican Army, was to-day charged Hongkong Police Force in 1925, was annually

with the possession of explosives, sitting in his chair in front of the He added, amid cheers, that this found guilty and sentenced to 10 class when he was seen to sway. further assistance as given by New years' imprisonment. Zealand would be a most valuable

thirty seconds and then fell to the contribution to imperial defence. Scotland Yard detectives testified ground. When police officers rushed Reuter Special.

that Keane has been a member of the to pick him up he was dead. 1.R.A. since ¡013.

Colonial Office Demands

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He was captured drilling irregulars by a wife, said to be in England, and

Sub-Inspector Baker is survived OPENING with an ALL AMERICAN REVUE In Iceland in 1921 and was sentenced two sons, who are at school in Hong- to death by drum head court kong. martial.

Ho arrived in the Colony in 1925 This sentence was commuted and and was promoted lance sergeant in Keane

Leane WOS finally granled an the following year. He became u Amnesty. LONDON, June 26-The Colonial

police sergeant "In 1920, an acting He went to America and returned sub-Inspector in 1935, the latter ap- Secretary was asked in the House of to England in 1936,

pointment being confirmed in Commons he had under considera- Keane remained defiant throughout September of the same year. tton the growing demand for a stand-his trial and refused to plcnd.

During his career with the Hong- Ing parliamentary cominittee for United Press.

Police Force he received com- mendations for his work in 1920, 1931, 1834 and 1038.

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colonial affairs.

ORDERED TO QUIT TATUNG

Mr. MacDonald sald he was aware that this proposal was looked upon with favour in various quarters, and he was considering it, not only on its individual merits, but on the wider basis of the adequacy of exist ing arrangements for carrying out the colonial policy. The Govern-i PEIPING, June 23, The Japanese inent was proceeding in the matter as military authorities are reported to rapidly as was consistent with the;

given the British Anglican i nature of the problem and he could, Mission one week's notice to vacate not say anything more at the pre-

their hospital in the suburbs of sent-British Wireless.

Tutung in Shansi.

Terriers Rush

To Colours

have

He served with the British Army during the Great War, and was awrd- ed the Military Medal and Military Cross. At the time of his death he of the Regular Reserve

The funeral will pass the Monu- rent at 5 p.m. to-day,

was оп Officers.

Raffles

Bishop Norris is going to Tatung Ito investigate the Japanese demands. It is stated that the property is worth $400,000, but that the Jupan-Gubbay at Erne Freedlander's recent The raftles organised by Mrs. D. S. ese are offering $70,000 for 1-hibition at St. John's Cathedral Reuter.

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LONDON, June 20.-During the recruits joined the field force of the fortnight ended last Saturday 4,586 Cripps And Labour

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The number of officers and men who have joined since the announce

twelve weeks ago of the doubling of the territorial army is about 190,000.-British Wireless,

I.R.A. Member Gaoled

London, June 28.

There are two. One for a large modern water-colour, and the second for one of Mrs. Freedlander's decora- tive monotypes.

Mrs. L. Dunbar has kindly con LONDON, June-28-No decision sented to make the "Draw for these readmission to the Labour Party of Gloucester Building, at II a.m. on has yet been reached regarding the at the Women's International Club, its former leader, Sir Stafford Cripps. Saturday.

cation for re-admission was examined Erne Freedlander's work are now on To-day, Sir Stafford Cripps' appli Examples of both these styles of by the executive committee, and re-display at the above Club. Anyone ferred to a special committee.-Trans-interested in the draw will be wel Occun.

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Ten years' penal servitude was passed on John Joseph Keane, 37, for possessing explosives.

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Materials for time bombs were found in his home at Camden Town. Keane refused to plead. He sald that he was a member of the I.R.Aman Reuter Special,

CALCUTTA, June 28. Ten are reperted to have been killed, and 21 injured when an express from Delhi ία Dehradun left the rails near Moradabad, in the United Provinces

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NEW YORK. June 28-Orders for steel-mill equipment, valued pt several million dollars, have been placed in the United States by Japon- use Orms—Reiter,

WASHINGTON

June 28- The United States Treasury Department was set the purchase price of foreign ilver at 30.25 cents per ounce, in anticipation-of-an-influx-of-bullion efore-the-buying-programme-expires on Friday-United Press.

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