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THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE.
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Economical 27-hp. 6-cylinder engine --reducing vibra- tion reducing engine-wear, reduc ing time-off-the- road, reducing ex-.
pontra.
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BERNARDS' OF HARWICH.
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CONSULATE SHIRTS & PYJAMAS : LILLEY & SKINNER FOOTWEAR ; ROLLS RAZORS: WOLSEYS."
· KNITWEAR : MACCLESFITELD SILK. NECKTIES: MOORES FELT HATS.
CHATER ROAD,
TONG TONG
SILVER BOOM CONTINUES UNABATED ON WALL STREET MARKETS
BOYCOTT
COMMENCES
WEDNESDAY
STOCK PRICES SOAR HURRICANE
IN NEW YORK
Russian Trade Delegates NEW U.S. GOLD EMBARGO
Recalled To Moscow.
VICKERS' EMPLOYEES LEAVE
FOR LONDON
Thornton And Macdonald In Prison Pending Appeal
Moscow, To-day,
A touching ceremony took place
PROVISIONS
ISSUE OF NEW CURRENCY UP TO
3 BILLION DOLLARS PROPOSED
SWEEPS NEW
HEBRIDES
Tremendous Havoc In The North
HALF THE CROPS AND PROPERTY DESTROYED
London, To-day.
Sweeping across the western Paci
fic Ocean at a terrific speed, a hur-
THE FULL WORLD REACTION TO PRESIDENT ROOSE- 'ricane has caused tremendous havoc VELT'S SENSATIONAL ACTION IN ANNOUNCING THE in the northern end of the central ABANDONMENT OF THE GOLD STANDARD BY THE a few miles out of the city yester UNITED STATES CANNOT YET BE DETERMINED. THE islands of the New Hebrides group. day evening, when immediately FLIGHT FROM THE GOLD DOLLAR HAS NOT BEEN EX-
Although the storm struck the is prior to their departure from Rus-TREMELY ACUTE, THE LONDON CROSS-RATE HAVING sia, the British engineers of Metro-MADE A COMPARATIVELY SMALL ADVANCE YESTERDAY lands on April 8 and 9, the news only reached the Colonial Office in TO 3.85. politan Vickers, Messrs. Alan Monk-
Speculation is rife whether France, the only important na- London, yesterday, house, Charles Nordwall, John Cush- tion now adhering to the gold standard, will follow America's move. No indication has yet been received from Paris and it is
The boxing match at the Royal Albert Hall, London, be- tween Don McCorkindale (South African heavy-weight champion) and Walter Neusel (Germany) over 12 three-minute rounds, re- sulted in a draw.-Walter Neusel down in the first round(S.
-& G.).
ny and A. W. Gregory hauled down thought that a decision will be deferred, until, word has been re- for miles, while small buildings COLONY'S TRADE
the Union Jack flying over the log cabin which has been their home for many years.
Mr. L. C Thornton.
"The flag has flown for nearly 10 years," Cushny told a Reuter correspondent with a wry smile, "but now we think it is time to haul it down."
So sovere was the storm, that). trees were up-rooted and blown
ceived from M. Herriot, former Premier, who is now crossing were demolished. Many of the Mr. larger buildings suffered serious the Atlantle for a conference with President Roosevelt. Ramsay MacDonald arrives in New York to-day.
damage, and the floods that fol-}·--
It is expected that the Farm Bill Amendment proposing the gran-lowed in the wake of the gale. ting of wide powers to the President to inflate currency, will be approve the plantation estates.
swept away bridges and roads on ed by Congress. The Amendment now includes a draft provision for authorising the issue of new currency up to G$3000,000,000. Silver prices, which had already commenced to rise on the strength of the silver schemes advocated in Congress, are booming in New York on the expectation that America's abandonment of gold will compel a system of bimetallism.
Crop destruction his).im- poverished many residents, and in some cases the des- truction is estimated up to 50 per cent.
DECLINE
Big Drop In Exports
And Imports.
TWELVE MONTHS' FIGURES TO MARCH, 1933
The Statistical Office of the Im- THE UNITED STATES TREASURY HAS ISSUED PRE-end of the islands and nd casual ports that total imports of mer- been received from the southern ports and Exports Department re- SIDENT ROOSEVELT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, FORBIDDING THE EXPORT OF GOLD EXCEPT IN A FEW INSTANCES; ties are reported chandise, Into the Celony during AND AUTHORISING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO REGULATE FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
Gold Embargo Order Explained.
EXPORTS PERMITTED UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS.
Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt's gold em bargo order, issued by the United State Treasury on Wednesday, pro- signed following hibits the earmarking for foreign the trial in which, together with Mr. Charles Thornton and Mr account and export, gold bullion William Macdonald, they were and gold certificates.
Since the order for their de portation was
charged with espionage, sabotage The Secretary of the Treasury, and bribery, the four Britishers have lost no time in packing Mr. William II. Woodin, may, how- their belongings, and they left ever, license the export of gold for England at 10.45 p.m. on the earmarked or held on trust for a International Express.
Mr. Gregory is leaving the country of his own free will. Mr. Nordwall wns accom- panied by his Russian wife. Large crowds gathered at the rail. way station to witness the departure of the party, who were seen off by the staff of the British Embassy.
Messrs. Thornton and Macdonald are now in Lublanka prison serving their respective sentences of two and three years' imprisonment, but M.) Braude, their counsel, is still en gaged on the appeal.
(Continued on Page 12)
KING AND QUEEN AT EPSOM.
en
His Majesty's Horse In A Dead Heat.
London, To-day.
His Majesty the King, accom-
foreign Government, foreign cen- tral bank or the Bank of Interna-! tional Settlements.
·
The Secretary may permit the export of gold which is imported for re-export," and
also reasonable amounts for". the trade requirements of re-
finers importing gold-bearing materials under the agreement, to export gold.
Gold exports required for the
fulfilment of contracts entered
+
An Erratic Day In Londor.
INTERNATIONALS RISE IN STREET MARKETS.
London, To-day. After somewhat erratic day in the London foreign ex- change market yesterday, the gold dollar rate on sterling im proved at the close to 3.85. Other markets were, at first, con- elderably affected by the American development, although British funds changed but little, with War Loan, 8% per cent. unaltered at 102 8/16.
Little selling occurred in the Kaffer market which. finished firm, as did also internationals generally. After the close, the latter showed renewed strength in street marketa, nickels jump- ing from 15% to 17% and Brazil tractions from 10% to 11 1/16.
Up to yesterday, no news had
PRINCE WILHELM TO MARRY
May Renounce Claim To Throne.
EX-KAISER AND PARENTS NOT CONSULTED
Berlin, To-day. The Hohenzollern adminis- tration in Berlin has laconi». cally declared that Prince. Wilhelm's engagement oc- knowledge of the head of the... curred “without the previous
family ex-Kaiser Wilhelm, and the Prince's parents.”"
CRITICAL
SITUATION
AT CHARHAR
3,000 Japanese Troops Along Border.
REFUGEES FLEE FROM AIR BOMBING
Chinese Reinforcements Rushed
Peiping, To-day. Some anxiety is being felt. con- ceming Charhar.
Chinese despatches from Kalgan. assert that 3,000 troops, represen- ting the vanguard of the Japanese Western expedition, reached Chal- ing on the border on April 18, where they clashed with the Chin- ese garrison and the situation along the Charhar border is regarded as tritical.
Chanese troops, it is reported, are being nushed up to reinforce the garrisons.
Japanese planes are very active in bombing the Border towns and are causing a large exodus of re- fugees-Reuter.
EVEN CONTESTS IN US. BASEBALL
Jimmy Foxx Hits Two Homers. of the South Sea Islands, lie about March 31, 1933, amounted to a de The New Hebrides group, part the twelve months period ended.
(1,000 miles of “the coast of Queens-clared value of $686.1 millions as
GIANTS" WIN. AGAIN land, and fe composed of Espritu compared with $7216 million dur-
New York, To-da Santo Is, Mallicojo Is., Aurora Ja, ing the year ended March 31, 1992-
Court circles regard the de- Jimmy Fox1917 home run king, Lepreux Is., Pentecost Is., Ambrym Exports were valued at $450.2 claration as indicating that hit two four-hangers in yesterday's Is., Apl Is., Sandwich Is., Erro-millions as against $528.9 millions. Prince Wilhelm may renounce his game against the Senators to give- mango Is., Tanna Is, Futuna Is., During the first quarter of 1933, claim to the German throne in the Athletics their second win of Aneytum Is. and numerous small imports amounted to $132.8 mil-favour of his brother, Prince the season by the large margin of er islands. The principal products lions as compared with $170.7 mil- Ferdinand. — Reuter,
8 to 1
are yarn, bread-fruit, coconuts, lions in the first quarter of 1932, Prince Wilhelm's engagement to Sowell, the only other. batter to rice, maize, tobacco, manioc, sugar, while exports totalled $150.3 mil-Dorothy Von Salvaiti, decendant of bit a homer, made an sallant, but cocoa, vanilla, fruits, palms and lions as against $127.0 millione, an old aristocratic Italian family unavalling, effort for the Washing bamboo, British Wireless Service.
BRITISH POLICY
IN F.M.S.
Sir Samuel Wilson's Recommendations.
DECENTRALISATION POLICY URGED
London, To-day.
Twelve Months' Figures. The following table shows total values of imports and exports of merchandise and treasure during the years ended March 31, 1939 and 1932:
who migrated to Prussia at the ton team.
The game between Cincinnatti time of Frederick the Great, was
and Pittsburgh was abandoned ow- announced on Wednesday.
The Prince is the son of the ex-ing to rala.
Prince and the" favourite] The following were yesterday's Crown grandson of the ex-Kaiser. The results as cabled by Reuter:
R. H. E. latter, it is believed, had "great. Bosten hopes of Prince Wilhelm acceding to 1981/1932 1932/1988 the throne. Merchandise 721,552,771 686,130,811; Treasure. 64,918,474 84,003,152)
Total
General Sir Samuel Wilson, Per-Merchandise manent Under-Secretary for the Co Treasure
New York telegrams report that lonies, reporting on his visit last Total the markets there opened buoyantly year to Malays, recommends that with prices generally increasing British Wireless Service,
SILVER RISE
CONTINUES IN
WALL STREET
Importa.
786,471,246 670,133,965 THE NANCHANG C
Exports.
1981/1982 1982/1983
528,898,717 450,214,956|
CAPTIVES
106,464,199 157,136,348 Unhurt During Recent
685,862,918 607,851,304 Quarterly Figures. D
Imports.
the policy of decentralisation be The following table shows pr adopted and carried out gradually, gressive quarterly totals of Importa
he first stage covering a period of and exports of merchandise: four years to allow for the readjust- ment of the financial relations of Federal and State Goverments and 1st Quarter the strengthening generally of the financial position of the Federated 2nd Quarter
prior to the date of order will also Remarkable Strength In Malay States be sanctioned.-Reuter.
"Dollar Dictator.”
POWERS PROPOSED FOR MR. ROOSEVELT.
with
New York Markets.
INDUSTRIAL STOCKS ADVANCE SUBSTANTIALLY
New York, To-day. Heavy deals in silver, which clas
1931 1932 1933 6.9.0 11.9 8.15 $1869 170.7 182.8 £ 8.7102 $180.1 164.7 $ 9,0 9,8 $182.3-142.4 4.11.894 $188.4 148.2 (Continued on Page 7).
Sir Samuel extended his Malayan Brd Quarter trip with a visit to Hong Kong, arom riving here on December 15, for a 4th Quarter stay of five days.--British Wireless Service.
Washington, Later, ed after rising the tires cent lim British Army Officer's Widow
the Prealdent's featured the New York Stock Ex To Be U.S. Minister To Denmark
panied by Her Majesty the The proposed legislation in con- allowed the metal exchange, Queen and the Princess Royal, at nection tended, the second day of the program Epsom Spring Meeting yester powers as "Dollar Dictators have change yesterday
General busin showed za re day. His Majesty witnessed one now been drafted. very fine finish when his entry, The draft includes a provision markably high figure, 7.130,000 The Abbott, ran a dead-heat with Jime Thos.
for authorising the fasue of new shares being dealt i
currency ‚up to G$5,000,000,000/
The Epsom Spring Meeting opened on Wednesday, the prin- Reuter.
cipal event = being the City and
Suburban Handicap: which was " H.M.9. Kant" with the Comm won by the American-owned In-Chief, Bir Frederick Great Scot at 20-1 British board, left the Min Elv Wireless Service, vine
accompanied by, the Falmou)
way to Woosung,
Messrs. E A., Pearce "and:
through their local pondenta, Messrs. Aal
Washington, 2 [son is the first woman member of the The Senate to-day confirmed the cabinet E nomination of Ruth Bryan Owen,, Fare Owens of Un British army and har
Sheyla' the widow of Ma), Berinaid
maar "Florida'" Congresswoman, to be fame” children. Kri., Oman, wa later to Denmark without chanding member of the last two terms the nomination to committee, the nami gross but was defeated
Jon Last sufrimer.
first disation to
Pirates' Fight.
Peiping, To-day."
It is learned that none of the three Britons abducted from the steamer Nanchang were burt during the recent fight in which they were captured from their original abductors,
It is understood that among the gang now holding them are several brigands who were for merly in Pel Pa-tien's gang, which last September captured Mrs. Pawley and Charles Cork ran. Reuter."
MURDER CASE IN POLICE COURT.
Chinese Remanded.
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh Brooklyn
Detroit Cleveland
St Louis
Chicago
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8
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American League.
Washington
La Sewell Hit A Homer, Philadelphia
8.1 Jimmy Foxx Hit Two Homers. (Continued on Page 7.)
QUEEN'S PARK SURPRISED:
Celtic Hard Pressed By Airdrie.
London, To-day. Queen's Park, the famous amateur club, sustained their first defest in seven games: when they lost at home, yes- terday to Clyde by 4
Previous to this? at the Chan Hi, alias Tin Kal-hi; 22, of amateurs had secured 18 out of Kau Kong village, Nam Hol, was a possible 14 points from their, remanded:" for 24 hours in Police last seven games, z custody
ured
Celtic were hard at the Central Airdrie on their own.
acy, this morning, charred only succeeded by t
ptad m
Lö in three. ?They are,
the
the championship