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LEAGUE OF NATIONS ACTIVITIES.
December Promises to Be a Busy Month.
ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES.
Geneva, Nov. 8. The League of Nations will maintain . intense activities throughout the month of Decem- ber until the holidays force a tem- porary let up, the Secretariat an- nounced to-day...
The most important activity of the month will be the continua- tion of the Preparatory Disarma- ment Commission which has been in session since November 6. It is still a question whether this will be able to finish before the holidays, or whether It will be obliged to adjourn over into January.
Specific Tariffs.
HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES.
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S' QUOTATIONS,
On London-
Annual Meeting of the Bank, wire
Association.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
On Paris
By kind permission of His Excel-On demand
4 months* leney the Governor, the annual gen- Credits,
sight.. oral meeting of the Girl Guldes
On New York--- Association was held in Govern-
On demand ment House this morning.
Lady Peel, President of the As-Credits, 60' days"
sight saciation, presided over a large at-
On Bombay- tendance.
Wire
The meeting was opened by Miss Dorothy M. Jacques, Acting Colony Commissioner, who said that on behalf of Mrs. W. T. Southern, Colony Commisaloner, (absent in Britain), herself, those present, and all connected with the movement, she wished to extend a hearty wel- come to their new President. (Lady Peel).
Mrs. T. H. King, the Colony Secretary, read the minutes of the previous annual general meeting which were duly confirmed.
On December 8, the League's Committee of Experts on Specific Tariffs will meet. As the League has been unable to secure any
Misa Jacques then addressed the general worldwide reduction of meeting. She said that as the an- tariffs it is now centring its nual report had already been cir- efforts on securing general tariff culated she would not read it. Mr. reductions on at least certain Southorn, she said, had sent along specific articles such as cement. a letter which formed an introduc The commission will prepare ation to the report, and printed list of such articles whereon it is copies of it were on the table. considered most likely that gen- eral agreement for reductions can
be secured.
December 10 will witness the meeting of the League's Commit tee on Allocation of Expenses which endeavours to see that the League does not spend more than is coming in.
On December 15, there will be
On demand
Wire
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE
Opening Daily Official Quotations 9th Dec., 1930.
Basks.
Hong Kong Bank ..............$. Chartered Bank
Mercantile Bk., A&B. ...
#1
c.
Bank of Asia $115
insurances.
Canton Ins...$1205 Union Im...$506
Shipping.
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On Singapore On demand
On Manila--- On demand
On Shanghai- On demand Dollar
On Yokohama... 'On demand Sovereigns (Bank's
buying rate) Bar Silver in Hong Silver (per oz.)
Kong Copper Cash Rate of Native In- Copper Cents
terest
Chinese Sub. Coln
All that remained for her to say, therefore, was that the greatest Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par. problem of the Association this year, as in the previous year, was the flading and keeping of officers, particularly in the Chinese Guides Companies and Brownie Packs. She thanked those who had come forward to help during the year, and those who had continued to
the Colony Secretary and Treasur
a meeting of the Preparatory help. They were also grateful to Commission for the Conference on Rural Hygiene which will have the double object of improvement, and the Badge Secretary and two Equipment Secretaries for in public health and of increasing the hard work which they had put agricultural production by the maintenance--of-healthy-condi- tions in country United Press.
districts.--
DEADLY FOG.
EXHAUSTIVE ENQUIRY TO
MADE.
In behind the scenes.
Mrs. R. M. Dyer, Colony Trea- surer, commented on the balance sheet, which showed a credit bal- ance at the bank of $1,099,86. She remarked that considering the con- ditions obtaining at present the position of the Association could be regarded as satisfactory, and BE there was no danger of it going
| bankrupt."
Brussels, Yesterday. In response to the desire of the (Due San Francisco, Jan. 1, 1931
Queen of the Belgians, made on her and Europe via Siberia.).. Registration....Dec. 10, 5 p.m. return from the fog stricken area,
Letters.....Dec. 11, 8.30 a.m.
DECEMBER 11.
Monado Maru
Roado
Hydrangea Bremerhaven DECEMBER
Hai Ning
8.30 am. 1.30 p.m.
12
3 p.m. 5 p.m.
2 p.m.
Terukuni Maru to connect with
Nieuw Zeeland at Singapore. (Due Brisbane, Jan. 8, 1931.) Registration.Dec. 12, 4.15 p.m. Letters ...
.....5 p.m.
Terukuni Maru (Due Marseilles, Jan. 8, 1931.) K.P.0.
G.P.O. Registration Dec. 12, 4.30 p.m. Registration ....Dec. 12, 5 p.m. Lettera
........4.30 p.m.. Letters
..6 p.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18. Holhow, Pakhoi & Haiphong..... Taming Japan, Canada, U.S.A., C. and S America and Europe via San Francisco
8.30 a.m.
an exhaustivo enquiry is to bo opened to ascertain the elements of which the death-dealing fog was composed.
A special Commission composed of six professors is to be establish- ed to investigate the matter.- Reuter.
MOTOR RECORDS.
MORE FEATS BY BRITON IN PARIS.
Rugby, Yesterday." The British racing motorist, Jack Dunfee, in his three litre British Sunbeam, yesterday broke four more International records on the Montlhery track, Paris, including, five kilometres at 126.98 miles per hour, and five miles, ten miles and fifty kilometres.
Mrs. A. E. K. Phillips, Badge Secretary, presented the test re-. port for the November term, which showed that proficiency badges were awarded as follows:-
38 Domestic Service. 26 Child. Nurse. 19 Needlewoman, 18 Toy Maker.
17 Health. 15 Athlete. 14 Cook.
7 Knitter. 7 Artist.
6 Laundries.
$ Sick Nurse.
2 Ambulance."
1 Embroider. 1. Writer.
This terminated the meeting.
MOUNT KAMET.
A HIMALAYAN EXPLORER'S EXPEDITION,
Rugby: Yesterday. The Himalayan explorer, Mr. F. S. Smythe, ha completed a party of five for next year's ex- The track was in a frozen and pedition to Mount Kamet, 400 slippery condition-British Wire-miles west of Mount Everest, which is still unconquered. Kamet is 25,431 feet high.
President Jefferson (Due San Francisco, Jan. 6, 1981.) laas Service.
Parcels ..... .Dec. 18, 8 p.m.. Registration Letters...
Shanghai and *Europe via Siberia President Jefferson
Foochow via Swatow
SUNDAY.
Swatow and Bangkök
4.15 p.m. .5 p.m.
U.S.
Registration....Dec. 18, 5 p.m.
Kaying
Letters
Yu Sang
DECEMBER
14.
Hozan Maru Anking DECEMBER 15.
Yuen Sang
TUESDAY,
+16.
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa ... Amoy:
Strafts and Calcutta
MONDAY,
Holhow and Bangkok Swatow, Amoy and Foochow
Parcels
Letters DECEMBER
Kwei Yang Halching
"Superscribed. correspondence only.
6 pm US. FINANCE ISSUE OF SHORT-
TERM LOANS.
MAANANCE.
5 p.m.
8.80 a.m. 9 a.m. 9am.
The party include Mr. E. Shipton as one of three Britons. -British Wireless Service.
BRITISH MUSEUM.
LOANS FOR - EXHIBITIONS OVERSEAS,
Washington, Yesterday. The Government of the United States proposes to meet its De-
Rugby Yesterday, comber financial requirements To enable the trustees of the .Dec. 15, Noon. with short term loans, with the British Museum and National Gal-
1p
lowest rate of Interest for such lery to make loans of articles in
st for such loans since the war. have their collections for... exhibition 10.30 am
The issues will be £30,000,000 overseas, a BILL has been intro- for six months at 3 per cent, duced in the House of Lorde by p.in.
and £50,000,000 for a year at 21⁄4| Lord Parmoor, Lord President of per cent.-Reuter's American Ser the Council British Wireless Ser vice.
více.
Paris New York Brussels
Indo-China (Prof.) ...$] ...
· (Def.) ...$ Shell Transports.) Union Waterbosta ...$
S'ha Exploration...Tis. 1
Loans Th. Bj *Rayba ****
Docks, Wharvas, Gadowas, de.
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LONDON EXCHANGES
Rugby, Yesterday.
123.641⁄2
4.954
34.77
• Buildings.
Geneva
25.06
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Milan
92.67
*1080/10.00
Amsterdam
12.06
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182
Berlin
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81.
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20.36
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14
*
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Copenhagen
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18.16.
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$9.85
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163
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43.55
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July 81, 80
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-British Wireless Service.
THEFT FROM SHOP.
| IDENTIFICATION OF "PECULIAR EYES"?
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part paid $29 China Boca .......................The. S'poreTraction Ord.)}-
(Prof.)/
Industrials.
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June 16, 10
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Mar. 11, 80
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Dec. fur 100
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On resumption yesterday of the case in which a Chinese is charged China Sugars with the theft of $200 worth of Maisbon Sugars jewellery from Messrs. Komer and Cold: Marg, Ord.... Ths. Komor, a counter clerk of a Chinese Canton Is boarding house stated that he re Cements (pa)....$ 17.65 172 cognised the accused as the late
(old) $ {12}
occupant of room No. 108, and add-
Pref....T.
ed that he came on November 12, | H., K. Roper ....................... describing himself as from Kwang- United - Asbestos tung, and giving his age as 25. Accused left on the 18th.
ro
Stories, &c.
31
Watsons
In reply to the Magistrate, wit Dairy Farms C/R X/R ness said that he easily
Right..... collected the accused out of the many hundreds of guests that had
Der A Wings infor passed through the Hotel because
Lane Crawfords .... he had peculiar eyes.
Mackintoshs His Worship intimated that he Sincere would require time to go into the W. Powell evidence of the whole case before coming to a definite decision. He Miscellaneous. adjourned the casa until Thursday. MORE JAPANESE.
WHAT LATEST CENSUS FIGURES REVEAL,
Tokyo, Yesterday. The official figures of the.cen; aus taken last October show that the total population of Japan Proper le 64,447,000, showing an increase of 4,017,000 during the past five years.
The density of population. Is 169 people to the square kilometre and the annual rate of increase. 1.05 per cent.-Reuter.
Feb. 25, 80
Fob 6, 30
In Liquiction
Deo. F. for 1973.
Apr. 11, 20
Doa.47 months 2929................... Apr. 80, 80
130 cance an oid for 18 Mar, 19, 80 Decorts on new
Deo. Laat dividend for 1934
107
...
10.40
J 8.80
July-Nors
++
was 6.20
11.40 11
134
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251
Feb. for year 25-3-30
Doc. $1.80 for 1920
Mar-14, 80
12.6073 conta for year t-to-29 Mar. 31, 80
8.70Fab Last fividend for year 28-450
11.60
| May 18, 30
....86 Feb. 25.com je year 18-2-29 June 10, 29
182.5067 PraferradiĮ for joas Mar. 13.00 on Deferral, 21-430 Sept. 21, 80 -
Deo. Nons
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3
{11
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*Speculative - shares, #Sales to Shanghat.
Interest half yearly.
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