Evening star., 1931-12-01
3 C, Madrid. - Agricultural Ia
Dorers in the vicinity Of Valen-
cia, engaged in the harvesting of
rice and oranges. recently pre-

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" Dorers in the vicinity Of Valen-
"A cia, engaged in the harvesting of
4 \ rice and oranges, recently pre-
sented petitions to their en-
ployers, which, though denied in days
past, now have a better chance OF con-
Sideration because Of the threat Of q
general strike of all rural workers.
These petitions, of course, concern
the hours Of work and the rates of pay,
with preference always to be given resi-
dents Of the locality in which the labor
is required. It seems that numbers Of
dwellers in Valencia and other cities,
unable to find employment in town,
have gone out into the country dis
tricts and are taking work away from
the rural element. The country people
claim they have the first right to this
industry and are well able to place OBJ
stacles in the way Of gathering and
shipment II they are Disseminated
against 1t is likely a commission will
be appointed at Madrid to hear the con-
fiicting contentious Of the growers, mid
dlemen and workers in the orange and
other farming industries In an effort to
placate their disagreements.
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Traffic Control
Is Problem In Nice.
lie Petit Nicois, Nice-Many sugges-
tions have been made to the M. Vignolle,
director of police d'etat, relative to i'm
provement of traffic conditions in the
central portion of the city. One-way
restrictions seem the best method OF
solving the problem, with a turning
point at the angle of the avenue Thiers
and the avenue de la Victoire. This
would be the logical center for traftic to
change direction to reach any point de-
sired, and remove from other thorough
fares the danger to pedestrians and
drivers in being required to watch two
directions simultaneously. 1t would also
make it easier to intercept speeders and
other Objectionable drivers. deprived OF
opportunity to escape in several direc-
tions. So far the automobile has scarce
ly compensated in its sane and proper
uses, for its Unemployment as an in
strument in the increase of vice, acci-
dent and crime, but 1t is likely here to
stay, and must be controlled with new
yigor and vigilance.
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Mexico Halls
Discovery of Natural Gas.
Ell Universal, Mexico. D. F.-Natural
gas has been located in the VAL
ley of Mexico. This amazing dis
covery will indubitably revolutionize the
most important features of domestic
life in the capital. The gas will be
piped to the city for many manufactur-
ing purposes as well. for OF all fuels it
Is the most satisfactory and convenient
as well as the cheapest, for supplies re-
quire no manipulation and are prac-
tically inexhauStible. A number OF
drillings have already taken place about
nine kilometers out Of the city, where
the railroad crosses the Lago de
Texcoco, and all of them have re-
Sponded with copious flow of gas. A
company has already been formed which
will use the most modern equipment.
both for conservation of the product in
tanks and for constructing the neces-
sary lines to convey it to the capital,
, which is the only one in the world with
supply Of such convenient COM
bustible at its very gates.
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Holds Fall Of Pound
| Will Not Affect Poland.
Gazeta Warszawska, Warsaw.-For-
mer States Minister Gliwic, in talk
ing to representative Of this paper re-
Gently relative 10 Poland's reaction tc
England's financial adjustments, par.
ticularly in the latter'S reputation oi
| the gold standard, declared that for the
present this "baisse" (falD of the pounC
| sterling will have little effect. Polish
exporters will be virtually the only 10.
cal interests affected, especially ex.
y porters to England. Mr. Gliwic, who |.
the general director of the WARSAW
Bank Of Commerce, stated also tha
England's share in Polish short-tern
loans is small, and her other financia
transactions limited mostly to seasona