The Archive
Tuesday, 3 February 1931
The North-China HeraldCourt Procedure Tan. 80An interesting memorandum has been issued by the Tients British Committee of Information on the working of the modern Chinese courts. The document contains the recital of three important cases which occupied the attentio… The North-China HeraldMr. Churchill RetiresJan. $1. Mr. Winston Churchill's withdrawal from the "shadow cabinet" of the Conservati Party cannot be said to come surprise. His now notorious speech in the City of London on the Indian Round-Table Conference evoked, a… From the Kuo Min News Agency · North-China HeraldStudy of AviationNanking, Feb. 2. It is learned that permission has een granted to Colonel Huang Ping-hong, Vice-Director of Aviation Department of the Mini try of War, to proceed on a tour inspection of, aviation conditions in Europe an… The North-China HeraldThe Factory LawJan, 29. the "North-China Daily News" of Tuesday last Mr. M. T. Tchou contributed a long but thoughtful letter on the subject of the proposed enforcement of the Factory Law in China as from February 1 next. With Mr. Teho… The North-China HeraldA Tale with a MoralOnce, in a city not very far from Shanghai, there lived a scholar, His learning was such that it was fully expected that when "he took the forthcoming district examination he would pass with honours and confer further br… From Reuters · North-China HeraldThe Canadian LoanWashington, Jan. 81. Mr. R. B, Bennett, the Premier of the" Dominion Government of Canada, to-day declared that except for newspaper reports he has heard Jnothing officially or otherwise of plans for a Canadian loan to C… The North-China HeraldThe Whispering GalleryFeb. 2 faculty has given his Government some measure of diplomatic anxiety. For himself it has Drought the uncomfortable experience of having to face a court-martial. The course which the Government of the United States … The North-China HeraldAmerican Treasury DeficitWashington, Jan. 28, Increased taxes and harder times economically, would be caused if cash certificates for compensated War claims were paid to America's rans of "the 'Great War, MMe. Andrew' W. Mellon, the Secretary th… The North-China HeraldRates Equality RefusedTokyo, Jan. 28. After a series of meetings the Japan and) Manchuria transport parley, which is new in session here, reported, practically to have reached a deadlock, owing to the firm' stand of the' delegates representin… The North-China HeraldThe Schneider Cup7 Jon. 34. Britain's chance of winning the Schneider Cup for the third successive time is now assured by the decision of the Government to afford provisional assistance to Britain's entry and; authorize the ce-operation … The North-China HeraldA Pledge Fulfilled Jon. 29Whatever may be the demerit of the Labour Government's Trades Dispute Bill, it -cannot be denied that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is scrupulously fulfilling his election pledges in sponsoring it, There are Conservatives who hol… The North-China HeraldA Quaint StoryMany stories for this superstition, none of true but all more or less interesting. One of them relaces that in the distant past a certain official held office in Huchow. Near mi tone evening he was returning oficial boat… The North-China HeraldLocal Courts toThe presidents of the Second Branch of the Kiangsu High Court (Dr. Hsu Wei-tsun) and the Shanghai Special District Court (Mr. Yang Shao-yung) are contemplating the removal of the two courts from. the present busy locatio… From Reuters · North-China HeraldShanghai and Ningpo: Shaiand Canton: Shanghai and Foochow: Shanghai tsin, 7. That the Head Office of the Company should be established in Shanghai This memorandum was forwarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Communications… The North-China HeraldStill More BooksIt hus been said for many years that, too many, books are being published but the flood shows no Sign of abating and in 1930 15,393 were issued compared with only 14086 in 1929. "The increase was fairly evenly distribute… The North-China HeraldWeihaiwei Under ChinaConditions Worse but New Officials Keen on Developments: Trade Decline Weihaiwei, Jan. 20, After 31 years of British rule, Weihaiwei has now been. -three months under Chinese control. Con-! ditions are not so good as the… The North-China HeraldYOUNG MARSHAL ON HIS POSITION Difficult Task of Disbanding Shansi ForcesMukden, Jan. 31, In an interview yesterday, Mar. shal Chang Hsueh-liang stated that the problem of reorganizing} the Shansi and Marshal Feng Yuliang's armies was a very com plicated one. He stated, however, That the rumo… The North-China HeraldAnnual Report ofHeadquarters Changed: Organization Grows: The Annual Report of the Interna-1 Y.W.C.A. for 1930 is at hand, of the important changes and growth of that worthy organization for the past year. The first change was in the Y.… From United Press · North-China HeraldMUKDEN LUNCHEON CLUB Long Held Ambition at Last SatisfiedMukden, Manchuri Businessmen of Mukden feel that they are in step at last with the rect of the world because they now have a weekly luncheon club, too. For years the residents here have looked enviously at the Pan-Pasifi… The North-China HeraldTREASURE TROVE IN HONAN Stops to Prevent Exportation of Historical RelicsPeking, Jan, 22. While digging an irrigation ditch fon his farm recently, a Chinese Peasant near Weihweifu, in northern Honan province, discovered a price Jess collection "of antique bronze, which is reported to have bee… The North-China HeraldA Tea PartyQuite a few people dropped in to meet Baroness von Collenberg's teest on Wednesday. Mr. Fahrenholtz, incidentally, came for a few days' and has decided to stay a month or so, having taken a liking fo Shanghai'the moment … The North-China HeraldMr. Blunt LeavingThe departure of Mr. A, D. Blunt from Shanghai will be regretted by innumerable married couples who owe him their present state, blissful for otherwise. Mr. Plant has' always sziven to the marriages at the Consulate @ pi… The North-China HeraldIn a New GuisePeking, Jan, 28, Certain Chinese newspapers are complaining that the position as regards likin is little altered. They assert that there has beet merely a change of hamp with no more effect than the "change of name from … From Reuters · North-China HeraldThe Loan ProposalSilver Loan Not Sufficient: British Banker Stresses Raising of Eastern Standard ANOTHER official view of the much-discussed proposals for making @ large silver loan to China has been provided by Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister … Letter to the Editor · North-China HeraldThe Price of ThingsTo the Editor of the '"Nontu-CuiNa Dox News." Sm—Such replies as the oil trusts have condescended to make to the letters which have appeared in your columns regarding the retail prices of their wares are feeble in the ex… From United Press · North-China HeraldChinese Version of World ProblemThe Dangers of Disbandment: Bandits Peking, Jan. 22. jinese leaders here have just decided that banditry and famine, [which have come to be regarded as China's own peculiar problem, are merely this country's version of t… The North-China HeraldThe Factory Law as YeeChild Labour and. in other id] must sidered. as move OF Jess violent and revolutionary diss turbance of existing social and economic conditions amd as such will undoubtedly occasion harm where cod was intended unless. so… The North-China HeraldReturn of PoliceThe, Chinese papers understand that Col. Yuan Liang, Commissioner of Public Safety for Greater Shanghai, has submitted a petition to t Mayor, Gen, 'Chang' Chun, "request. ing him to bring about the rendition the police r… The North-China HeraldFor Pink Bye1 am not intending to turn this Into' medical discourse, but a Chinese friend of mine has just told me another use for tea. You your eyes with it when you have pink-eye, and as there seems to be, so much of that: annoyin… The North-China HeraldFactory Law PostponedThe Chinese Government shown themselves reasonably ready to. listen to well-argued repre. /sentations, in their postponement of the enforcement of the Factory Law until August 1, instead February 1, as at fist contemplat… The North-China HeraldGold and Silver Valuesthe tiidland Bank and the originator Mr. J. F. Darling, a director of the "Rex. Money Plan" was entertained te-day to a "rehabilitation of silver" luncheon by the Royal Empire Society. He said, further, that he is not in… The North-China HeraldCHINA AND DISARMAMENT Better Understanding Between Nations Urgedby Delegate Urging that until the nations of we frequently stress these ideas the world adopt moral safeguards we shall be promoting the work of Peace will never be ensured, and Jdisarmament, and thereby the hap-Advocati… The North-China HeraldCity of Chicago Again BankruptChicago, America's ga ital, the home of the vest culture, America's and the beer-running and gi industry, for the second time within a year was bankrupt to-day. 'So serious is the financial plight of this great city that… From the Kuo Min News Agency · North-China HeraldCommunist Plot onCER, Headed by Red Agent from Moscow Mukden, Jan, 31, A Communist plot to convert the entire Chinese, "Eastern Railway Yegion into a "Red" district has hern laid bare by. the authorities following the recent arrest at Po… The North-China HeraldRailway Bonds DefaultLondon, Jan. 26. In the House of Commons to-day, replying to-Mr. A. M. Samuel (Conservative) in regard to the Chinese Cy default in respect of railway bonds, including the Hukugng,, Tientsin-Pukow, Lung-Tsing U-Hai (Lung… The North-China HeraldNotes and CommentsLosing a Point te, oun taboo pty, 'The diferent appearance of the type in the "North-China Herald" will no doubt be noticed,—This Gifference lies "in? the fact that the lines' are one seventy-Second part of an inch close… The North-China HeraldReported Gold Loanthe" Chinese Snewspapers which An interesting story appeared in ated that a "report. was current in government circles in Nan-King to, the effect that the League of Nations {s contemplating the ut of '@ Joan of £10,000,0… The North-China HeraldAuspices to Alter Control(erect 10 71 A series of conferences, which began yesterday and which will continue throughout the week, een instituted by the local,' Kuomintang with the purpose of devise Ing some scheme with the tacit consent, at leas… From Reuters · North-China HeraldImprovement of SericultureExperimental Station to be Opened at Wusih Nanking, Jan. 20. A. determined effort to improve ina's oldest and best-known inthe production of silk, being made by the Kinngsu Provincial Government, has been decided to esta… The North-China HeraldA BIG BOON TO STEAMERS Extensive Dredging of Fairy Flats: Five Years Planvery ambitious scheme to avenge the Fairy Flats, is to be undertaken' by the Chinese Govern Inient which, when realized, should Tecult ina' great improvement in, the south channel, of the entrance to the Yangtze River an…
