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Dutch East Indies. The experi- ence of almost a decade ago is to day remembered in Malaya, and rubber, interests there are deter- mined that Malaya again must not be left to "carry the baby."
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1931.
been prevailed upon to lend him- self for the urpose. The tine has come when public curiosity and sensationalism stand in die need of a curb.
Airmen in Trouble,
ANOTHER BRITISH
PICTURE.
"Scotland Yard". at King's Theatre.
SHOWING TO-DAY;
is perfect. One is not forced to listen to the American drawl in the heart of London and that is
Pangborn and Herndon are in To-day, the present Governor trouble in Japan. But they have General of the Dutch East Indies themselves alone to blame. The is a bitter opponent of any form Japanese law and regulations
Scotland Yard, showing at the of control. He may have very areas, and the carrying
concerning flying over fortified
of King's Theatre to-day, is very well sound reasons for being so op- photographic material, especially worth seeing if only for the posed, but the main reason cameras, is very clear and well glimpses of the Home Country Those who contraveno which are shown all too seldom hitherto advanced, namely, pro- known.
the regulations have themselves during the course of the story. tection of native interests in the alone to blame, and the action of Judging the film on the story the Dutch East Indies, does not seem the Japanese authorities cannot only real criticism to offer is that to ring true. For. it has been be regarded as drastic. No doubt it is a Httle fantastic and that the 's own how these very interests the American airmen will be re- Scotland Yard officials are just The photo- leased shortly, but the lesson they a little too shrewd. are being prejudiced by the non-have learned ought to be studied graphy is excellent and the wound adoption of control. It has been by all world fliers. shown, also convincingly, on the
Non-Co-operation Again. other hand, how they will benefit
Bombay feels itself slighted one of the chief attributes of the from a control of rubber. What in the matter of representation picture. The opening acene strikes the other reasons are for stiffen- at the Round Table Conference-a new note and gives quite a pléa- ing his opposition have not been only one of its three nomineestant sensation to the spectator ex- having been invited to go to Lon-pecting to be confronted with the revealed, and 'this secrecy, natur-don. So, in order to make some now almost inevitable scene of ally, has been adversely, com- body sit up and take notice, the night life, vaudeville turns, or the mented upon.
Federation of Indian Chanthers morning after the night before, So, as the new Governor-Gen- of Commerce has decided to hoy-which greatly precede the latest
cott the Conference. This is so eral, due to arrive next month, is childish that one is astonished Edmund Love in the dual role not being committed to the such a method should have been of "Dakin Barrelles," a wanted policy of his predecessor, it is decided upon by a reputed sane criminal, and that of "Sir John possible that the Dutch East body of men of affairs and busi- Lasher, the bank manager, gives ness. Bombay is, undoubtedly, an extraordinarily good rendering Indies may yet see its way to co-an important and wealthy city-of two totally conflicting charac operate, with Malaya in the mat-possibly the wealthiest in India ter John Bennett as Sir John'a ter of control.
-but Bombay is not India.
If, on the other hand, it is found impossible to revise the present policy, Malayn may be
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"hit."
wife typifies the modern aristocrat forced into a financial marriage with delightful ease and refresh-
To attempt to descrribe the ac- tion in the story would be to 'rob
fing exuberance. News in Brief.
expected to realise, at last, that The highest open air tempera-ja good picture of Its attraction, a "fight to the finish" must be ture yesterday was 83. degrees. embarked upon. In this quite The humidity was 80 at 10 a.m. unnecessary and barbarous cam- and 75 at 4 pm. paign of "survival of the fittest,"
has been almost as well and ably led. It has had difficulties to overcome within its camp, which
Mr. William Russell, Govern- it has since successfully done, the interests in Malaya will sinkment Marine Surveyor, to-day com- differences, gird up loins, and pletes 27 years in the service of whoever is the survivor, it will the Harbour Department. not be the Dutchman.
and it has now coalesced and organised itself into a body whose views cannot be lightly turned aside.
Control of 'Rubber.
So many have been the rumours in connection with the
There is much to be said for rubber industry that the cable published on Tuesday, embody.both sides, and that much has ing the Financial Times' Amster- already been said clearly and a great many dam correspondent's gleanings forcefully by of the Dutch Government's people. It is unnecessary to recapitulate the argumenta policy for the future, will be nc- cepted with reserve by those employed by both camps, the one
to make out a case for non essentially concerned.
interference with the industry, the other to make out as equally measure of a good case for control.
The one hopeful feature of the news is the adoption of a policy. Such a decisión has long been overdue. As the cable says, "things cannot much longer be left to take their own course." That, exactly, is what. all rubber interests have been saying since rubber fell into a decline.
"
In Malaya, on the subject of control a much better word than restriction, with all its im- plications there are two clear-
rubber interests.
3.
Malaya, and the rubber indus- try, may be left to fight out its own battles and find a way back to a normal state of affairs. But the main point is how to find that way back with the lowest common measure of hardship to all interests affected.
As one considers the pros
espe-
Mail Commentary.
Alarming Poster.
Silk forwarded from here by the Empress of Japan on July 18 ar rived in New York (St. John's Park) and Hoboken on August 9, having been 22 days in transit.
and all that is left to be said about it is that it is a good straightfor ward picture unsullled by blood curdling scenes.
The forthcoming wedding is an-L It has been represented to us nounced of Clayton Leonard Seitz, that the contents of our poster of living at the Peninsula Hotel, Kow. yesterday appears to have caused loon, and Lilla Rita Gallaway, en annoyance to many of our route to Hong Kong. on the 8.8. valued readers, as being of too President Wilson. alarming a nature.
This was based on the follow- ing extract from a cable received through Reuter's Agency :- "
. stressed importance, drastic economies if national bankruptcy to be avoided Cabinet Committee meet immediately measures salvation.
should concert
Two returned bonishees made an
appearance in the Kowloon Police Court this morning, and were sent to jail for 32 months each with hard labour, for disobeying the banishment order.
',
Mr. Sun Fo has returned to 'Canton from Hong Kong accorn-
SMUGGLER FINED HEAVILY.
Wine and Tobacco on a Junk.
WELL CONCEALED.
"A Chinese, cook on board a junk, Was produced in the Kowloon Police Court this morning and charged with having unlawful. possession of (a) seven gallons of wine, and (b). eight pounds of Chinese tobacco.
The tobacco
Revenue Officer Humphries said, he stopped a junk in Capsuimun Pass at 12.16 á.m. this morning, and found the wine concealed under bundles of firewood. was hidden under the bilge board. The crew of the junk painted out the cook as the man responsible for the smuggling.
Fines of $150 on the first charge
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The and $100 on the second charge were imposed, or in default two months'
As will be seen from to-day's panied by Mr. Yu ̈Ming, of Chung cables, the British Cabinet is Shan, and Mr. Lo In-nin. taking prompt measures to deal latter is chairman of the purchasing with the necessity for economy commission of the Canton Railway, imprisonment..
*
Dr. P. C. Hsieh, of the Ministry of Finance, Canton, is vlafting the
atressed in the Economy Report. The Nautilus.
The Nautilus seems to be one Colony in an official capacity. Dr. of those "unlucky vessels." Once Hsieh is making a tour and inspect again she has developed engine ing the various Customs houses in trouble, and now is reported the district, afterward proceeding adrift and at the mercy of curto Hainan Island and Kwang Chow rents and tides... Much sympathy Wan on a similar mission. will be felt for Sir Hubert
The funeral of Mr. Guilherme Wilkins in this second set-back.
SHIP SINKS,
H.M.S. Sepoy Proceeds To Scene.
H.M.S. Sopoy left Hong Kong yesterday and is proceeding to Nam Kwan Harbour to stand by the 8.8. Wai Shing should she require pro- tection.
ly defined camps. And they and cons of the controversy, one On cannot help feeling that right is are about equally divided. the one hand, there are the on the side of those who favour to be staunch supporters of a survival control, but it has
it is 2 right of the fittest policy." They, recognised
But, seemingly, have the backing of divorced froni might. the Malayan Government, as it when mercantile and trading in was His Excellency Sir Cecil terests engage in a fight for It will be recalled, that en route Severiano Botelho, whose death oc- at the to Europe and America the curred yesterday morning
The Sepoy expects to arrive at Clementi who first used this supremacy, and that fight jeapar Nautilus was disabled at sen. home of his son, Mr. N. U. Botelho, Nam Kwan this afternoon.
The B.. Wai Shing, which sank phrase to indicate his leanings in dises the prospects of a country. She was finally towed to safety 19, Mosque Street, took place at
Catholle cemetery, near Amoy yesterday, is one of the the controversy which raged for a long period of years and, in in Ireland and from there to the Roman
its train, brings bankruptcy, England, where repairs were car- Happy Valley, last evening, being fleet of the Indo-China Steam shortly before he went Home on
ried out. It is now understood attended by a large gathering of Navigation Co., Ltd. (Messrs. Jarz leave last year.; This camp is ruin, and starvation to a very that Sir Hubert had very mater mourners.
dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., mana- gera), and is registered in Hong mainly composed of European large number of people, it surely ially curtailed his programme
Fung Shun, a house boy at 105 Kong. She is a steel screw steam- geems reasonable to expect a for this year, and intended nink- On the other side of "no man's Government, whose interests are ing only a limited exploration of Stafford Road, Kowloon Tong, has er of 1,865 (1,170 het) tonnaga.
the Arctic regions. The second reported to the Folice that at about She was built in 1903 by. Mesers. land" are gathered the Oriental the peoples' interests, to step in mishap may oblige him to aban-4.80 nm. yesterday he was bitten in Wigham-Richardson & Co, Ltd., rubber! interests and a few Euro- and protect the many from the don the enterprise all together the left side by a Chinese chow dog Newcastle, and has the following for the present. A3 the owned by Lam" Ylu-ming of 6 dimensions: Length 2753′; breadth pean interests. They are solidly depradations of the few, e in favour of some form of control, cially when, in the general wel-utilus is said to have been Stafford Road. He received medical 40; depth 12.9.
accompanied by a Norwogian treatment, whilst the dog was con- either voluntary or compulsory. fare, the interests will not co-warship anxiety for the safetyveyed to Mataukok for observa- They favour the former, but ap-operate for the common good. of her crew may be discounted tion. preciate the difficulties in the There is, of course, the old-time heavily..
The film star, Edmund Lowe, way of operation, so are prepared repugnance to Governmental in Poseidon.
seama "to be in great demand just to submit even to some compul terference in the realm of trade Barring sensational mongers now. To-day ho is both at the King's sory measure of control to set the and commerce; and there is the and fiends, few will find fault Theatre in Scotland Yard" with industry on its feet again, argument to answer that all that no reference be made to the Theatre in "Men on Calf with Mas with the Admiralty's request Joan Bennett, and at the Majestie The campaign has been con- trade and commerce is finally and Foseidon in the "talkie" that Clarke. He is also appearing at ducted vigorously by both sides, essentially just a case of "survi. Elstree is about to make of the the next change of programme at. General Officer Commanding and it has gone, so far, rather val of the fittest. Both are, recent tragedy In China waters, the King's Theatre in 'Don't Bet (Major-General Sir G. M. Kirk- more in favour of the "survival unfortunately, very live facts, a matter of fact, Elstree On Women" with Jeanette Mac Patrick) this morning to 89 war- might be well advised, for the Donald, star of "The Love Parade," rant officers, non-commissioned of the fittest" camp, mainly be and cannot be ignored.
present to abandon its proposi- "Monte Carlo," and "The Lottery officers and men of, the RG.A,
who served in the Great War.¿The...:; cause of better and more astute One cther point in this matter on which already has been de Bride."
It may
parade took place at Murray, Bar leadership, and because it has has to be considered. Thatile, scribed as "gruesome.”
racks and was under the command: greater resources, and the ear of even the stoutest champions of be showing initiative and up-to- dateness, but the tragedy has
of Lieut. Col. W. O. S. Saunders, the Government which, seeming. some form or measure of control been the cause of wounds to
CRA assisted by the Adjutant, Major Hickling, D.8.0. The medals. is more sympathetically are convinced that such is, only many which are yet raw and will attuned to its burden of son fensible If there le full co only the more be exacerbated trical goods and 20 cases green presented included a 1914 star with by the picture when shown. It pons will be auctioned on Friday clasp and two roses, -14 1914-15 But the campaign on behal of operation by other rubber produc- 1 to be regretted, also, that at 11 am by Messrs Lammert stars, 31 British war medals and 80
Oriental rubber interests, ing countries, especial the Petty Officer WU should have Brothers.
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