Convention concerning the employment of women during the night; Convention fixing the minimum age for admission of children to industrial employment; Convention concerning night work of young persons employed in industry; Convention fixing the minimum age for admission of children to employment at sea; Convention concerning the unemployment indemnity in case of loss or foundering of the ship; Convention for establishing facilities for finding employment for seamen; Convention concerning the age for admission of children to employment in agriculture; Convention concerning the rights of association and combination of agricultural workers; Convention concerning workmen's compensation in agriculture; Convention concerning the use of white lead in painting; Convention concerning the application of weekly rest in industrial undertakings; Convention fixing the minimum age for the admission of young persons to employment as trimmers and stokers; Convention concerning the compulsory medical examination of children and young persons employed at sea; Convention concerning workmen's compensation for accidents; Convention concerning workmen's compensation for occupational diseases; Convention concerning equality of treatment for national and foreign workers as regards workmen's compensation for accidents; Convention concerning night work in bakeries; Convention concerning the simplification of the inspection of emigrants on board ship; Convention concerning seamen's articles of agreement; Convention concerning sickness insurance for workers in industry and commerce and domestic servants; Convention concerning sickness insurance for agricultural workers; Convention concerning the creation of minimum wage fixing machinery; Convention concerning the marking of the weight on heavy packages transported by vessels; Convention concerning the protection against accidents of workers employed in loading and unloading ships; Convention concerning forced or compulsory labor; Convention concerning the regulation of hours of work in commerce and offices. Czechoslovakia According to information received from the League of Nations under date of April 10, 1934, the instrument of ratification by Czechoslovakia of the convention concerning the marking of the weight on heavy packages transported by vessels, adopted by the International Labor Conference at its twelfth session (Geneva, May 30June 21, 1929), was registered with the Secretariat on March 26, 1934. Estonia NAVIGATION INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION 11 The British Ambassador at Washington informed the Secretary of State by a note dated May 23, 1934, that the notification of the accession of Estonia to the international load line convention signed at London July 5, 1930, was received at the British Foreign Office on March 17, 1934, and will take effect 3 months thereafter. Brazil POSTAL POSTAL UNION OF THE AMERICAS AND SPAIN 11 By a note dated May 23, 1934, the Spanish Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Washington transmitted to the Secretary of State a certificate of the act of the deposit of the instrument of ratification. by Brazil of the convention of the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain, and the agreement concerning parcels post, signed at Madrid November 10, 1931. The deposit took place on March 13. 1934. India TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION 12 By a note dated May 24, 1934, the Spanish Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Washington informed the Secretary of State of the deposit on April 30, 1934, of the instrument of ratification by India of the international telecommunication convention signed at Madrid December 9, 1932. United States On May 1, 1934, the Senate gave its advice and consent to the ratification by the President of the international telecommunication convention, the general radio regulations, and the final radio protocol annexed thereto, signed at Madrid December 9, 1932. The Presi dent ratified the convention on May 19, 1934. "See Bulletin No. 54, March 1934, p. 14. 12 See Bulletin No. 55, April 1934, p. 17. ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA GOVERNING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PRIVATE EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS AND BETWEEN AMATEUR STATIONS By exchanges of notes dated April 23, May 2, and May 4, 1934, between the American Minister to Canada and the Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, the arrangement governing radio communications between private experimental stations, which was entered into by exchanges of notes in 1928 and 1929,13 has been continued. This arrangement was concluded pursuant to the provisions of article 6 of the general regulations annexed to the international radiotelegraph convention signed at Washington November 25, 1927. The international telecommunication convention and general radio regulations annexed thereto, signed at Madrid December 9, 1932, will, when effective, abrogate and replace in the relations between the contracting Governments the international radiotelegraph convention and the general regulations of 1927. By this recent exchange of notes it is agreed that the arrangement is to continue to apply to amateur radio stations, without change, under sections 1 and 2 of article 8 of the general radio regulations annexed to the international telecommunication convention of 1932, when the convention and regulations have been ratified by both Governments. The American Embassy at London transmitted to the Department of State with a despatch dated April 6, 1934, a copy of a memorandum from the British Foreign Office regarding the question of participation of the British Government in the Century of Progress Exposition at Chicago during the summer of 1934. The text of the memorandum follows: "On the 8th January last, a memorandum was received from the United States Chargé d'Affaires stating that it was planned to reopen the Chicago World Fair, a Century of Progress, during the summer of 1934 and expressing the hope that pending the receipt of a formal invitation which would be tendered as soon as the appropriate legislation had been enacted, favourable consideration would be given by His Majesty's Government to the question of participation in the Exhibition. "2. It will be recollected that the freedom of His Majesty's Government to participate in international exhibitions is restricted by the terms of the Convention relating to international exhibitions which was negotiated in Paris on the 22nd November, 1928, and signed by the British representatives. "3. Agreement by His Majesty's Government to participate officially in the proposed extension of the Chicago World Fair in 1934 would, in the absence of the formal sanction of the International Bureau set up in Paris as a sequel to the Convention of 1928, be in contravention of that Convention, since the regulations governing the frequency and period of international exhibitions apply to exhibitions in all countries whether parties to the Convention or not. While therefore the courtesy of the United States Secretary of State in prompting Mr. Atherton to make the enquiry in his memorandum under reference is greatly appreciated by His Majesty's Government, it will be seen that they are not at present in a position to accept the proposed invitation to participate in the Exhibition." 1 See Bulletin No. 25, October 1931, p. 22. Sweden The American Minister to Sweden reported to the Secretary of State by a despatch dated February 28, 1934, that the Swedish Government would be unable to participate in the Century of Progress Exposition at Chicago during the summer of 1934, by reason of the ratification by Sweden of the international convention relating to international exhibitions, signed at Paris November 22, 1928. |