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BLOW TO CHINA
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'drastic devaluutions amongst European currencies sets in, in which case a 50-cent dollar is) possible.
Little difficulty is anticipated in carrying through the December
refunding, though new borrowing
in
the Spring will necessitate
careful handling.
GOLD BLOC ANXIETY Advices from Washington indi- cate that the position of the gold blue is becoming more critical daily.
The silver purchase pro- gramme will be continued in-
spite of „China's protests.
It is reported that the Budget
could be balanced if there was a firm intention to do so.
The President is expected to explain his financial aims at thei Banker's Convention in Washing- ten late this month.
UNEMPLOYMENT
SHOWS DECREASE
IN GREAT BRITAIN,
(Continued from Page 1)
On September 21 the numbers of unemployed persona on the regis
SAUSALITO
GOLCH
THE "CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1934
BAY.
The Concentration of the most dangerous American criminals on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, for which the Government had been preparing for a year, has now been carried out. Al Brown, allas Capone, was one of the early arrivals. He is shown (left) as he appeared in custody on a previous
trip. Also pictured are the inland and its warden, James A. Johnston (centre).
LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
The .. Tilawa will leave Amoy. on Wednesday and is due to ar- rive here on Thursday evening.
One case of diphtheria was re- ported in the Colony during the 148 hours ended October 7.
The Sincere Co., Ltd. announce ters of employment exchanges were that in celebration of the Chinese 1,647.673 wholly unemployed 352, National day, all their atores will GOG temporarily stopped, and 81,618 be closed to-morrow business re- normally, in casual employment, suming in the next day. which was 54,501 leas than the month before, and 254,740 less than the year before.
the depression. In the Midiandi
Engineering and Building
MORE COAL HOISTS AT CARDIFF
Mechanical Spade Provided
and Grants) Act, 1929.
Railway
SOCIALISED STEEL INDUSTRY
Very Little Desired State Council
SUBMITTED TO T, U. C.
·SHOWING TO-DAY AT THE
MAJE
THEATRE
at 230 5:20 7.20, 9.20 p.m.
YOU'LL HARDLY
BELIEVE
-what your own eyes won't
—what your own ears will
heart
—what your own sense tells
you Is Impossible.......
—YIT WHAT HAS BEEN ACTUALLY AC- COMPLISHED AND PUT ON THE SCREEN TO GIVE YOU THE MOST AMAZINGLY MYSTIFYING THRILLS OF YOUR LIFE!
INVISIBLE MAN
From the story by
H.G.WELLS
The Great Western Company have completed the Be- cond of two new coal hoists on A scheme for the socialisation the East side of the Roath Basin. of the iron and steel industry was Cardiff, completing the program-outlined in the report which the me of improvements under the General Council prepared for Development (Loans: Guarantees, submission to the Trades Union Congress at Weymouth. There The new hoist, at the southern would probably be very little de The newly erected annex of the end of the basin, has been erect-sire, the Council say, to have the Kowloon Branch of the Hong Kong fed on a jetty, 50 ft. from the quay, socialised industry "conducted as The feature of last month's re- Chinese Y.M.C.A. w be formally which permits of vessels being a State Department on the fines turn was the reduction in the opened to the public by the Rt. Rev."scarfed," 80 that: two large of the Post Office." "The possi- number of employed in areas which Bishop R. O. Hall tomorrow at 4 ships can load simultaneously at bility of international difficulties,” have suffered most severely during P..
this quay.
they go on to say, "must be cop- I addition to escalator-type sidered in the case of an industry: Administrative Division' the reduc.i A total of 4,464 new cases were anti-breakage devices to both hoists, carrying on a highly competitive ENGINEERING FEAT tion during the month was 34313, treated by the St. John Ambulance a mechanical spada or digger is trade if such a form of organisa
IN AMERICA · Narth Eastern 31,018, and the Association New Territory Medical being installed on the quayside heist]tion were adopted. North Western 9,388. There were Benevolent Branch during Septem-to facilitate the loading of washed At the same time, it would pro- slight increases in the Southern ber.
duff and other coala that do not bably be thought unsuitable from Cable Replacement At counties-British
ruu freely. while screens have the point of view of flexibility Boulder Dam On the occasion of the "Double been provided for the jetty hoist, and freedom from direct political Tenth" holiday. The Wing On Cocity of 60 ft., so that vessels high ward by the Iron and Stee! have a lifting capa-influence. The scheme put for
Boulder City Nev. Ltd., will be closed to-morrow, and out of the water can be readily Trades Confederation itself pro the construction of the gigantic One of the unsung exploits, in will re-open for business on
bunkered,
poses to bring the industry with Boulder Dam is the replacement Thuraday.
in the control of a public
cor of the huge cables stretching |poration, and, after full consi-
jacross, the dam site.. deration, we believe this is the
The cables are used to convey best form of organisation. The best, course from both tech-in building America's, most am- men, concrete and other materials nical and commercial points of bitious water and power project view would probably be to create ed
vire.
Wireless
TATTOO LIKELY TO
BE OUTSTANDING
Ser-
A meeting of the Sanitary Board
PRODUCTION will be held at 4.15 pm, to-day.
(Continued From Page 1)
Overture Of 1812
demonstrated.
Kong.
Summoned for obstruction with
These hoists
ENGINE- BUILDING AT CREWE
&
each
UNIVERSAL PICTURE: With Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, William Horrigan, Dudley Digges, Une O'Connor, Henry Travers, Foraster Harvey.Screenplay by R. C. Sherriff. Produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. Directed by James, Whale, Presented by Carl Laemmle.
HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE
APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES,
Sept. 30 Sept.
1934-1918
Ota Cta
Sept. 80 Sept. 1934 1915 Cts. Cte:
POULTRY
Chicken
16: 48 30
BUTCHER MEAT. -
Capons, Small
Beef Sirlain
Ib. 84 24
50
28
B
Prime Cut
30 28
31
52
28-
Cornede
#
Roast
84
24
36
22.
#
ย
Breast
8220
each 28
22
Soup
Steak
13
124
Large Dack.................... Doves
Eggs, Hen (cooking); per dos, 88
Fowl, Hainan Eggs, Hen (fresh); · 40 23
ל.
Stank Sirloin Sausages
Bullock's Brains
Tongue, fresh
corned.
28 20
50, 30
86 28
par sat 20 PA
Hutton Chip
Th
* 15
1.80 set $1.50 1.00
-15.: 65 90
45 25 45 -25
ˊ
45. 85.
Canton
each 88" $0
64
Geese
# 1.08
40
23
Pigeons, Canton
Turkeys, Cock Snive Hen
Hezd
1.80
each 86
80.
Heart
b. 29
Hofhow
23 20
Homp, Salt.
Foet
each 12
· lb.
72
6B/- 61
Kidneys Tall
Pheasant
Quall
each. 20 pals 2.00 $2.20- sach
Liver
"Tripe
'Calves' Head & Fest
Partridges
FRUITS:
19
1570 85
24
20
A
Lor Shoulder Baddie Brains
Fig's Chitlings
"
per sat. 5
Jan.
6. Jan.
38. 27
Feet
·10
Fry
28. 15
Lemon China Lemons, Americas Lichess, Driad
The
Head-
·15---- 29-**
each 10 10
1.20
Kidneys Liver
12:10
4580
Fork Chop
30 25
35
Log
80 60
Fat or Lard
20
his car, Mr. A. C. N. da Silva, of
Renewal Programme One of the features of the Tat-the Hong Kong University, was For Next Year a board for each of the separate It is necessary to stop all opera too will be the Massed Bands, fined $10 by Mr. E. W. Hamilton at
branches ~ e.g., pig-iron, ingotations foor 48-hours to replace the drawn from each Regiment, which the Central Magistracy this morn- The London Midland and Scot-and semi-products, tirplates, and will play selections, including the ing.
tish Railway Company inform us so on-there being ten or a dozen Wound, on huge spools, the
cables. Overture of 1812, to which the
that it has been decided to con-lin all, the precise demarcation ber cables, burning of Moscow will lend
2 A fine of $10, in default two struct 117 new locomotives at the jinga technical matter. which
weighing 55,000 colourful touch.
pounds, are placed near the head Another attrac weeks' hard labour, was imposed on company's workshops at Crewe would be determined by those, who
tower of the cableway: and. one tion will be the contrast in Au- Sin Chu, unemployed, by Mr. Q. A. and Derby under the 1935 loco are charged with the direction and is strung to and through the cient (1857) and Modern (1931) A. Macfadyen at
the Central motive-renewal programme.
and conduct of the industry.
Each of these sections should. The new cable, is dragged across.
top of the tower. warfare, in which the most up-to-Magistracy this morning, for being Crewe will be responsible for 55 date military armaments will be in possession of a quantity of elec-new engines, and Derby for 62. have a considerable degree of in the canyon and fastened to the tric wires In Queen's Road Central Ten of the locomotive will be of ternal autonomy, but it would be old steel rope, After the new No less than 50 per cent. of the yesterday.
the Princess Royal class, designed necessary to have some machin cable is secured by: supports. profits will be given to local chari-
for working Anglo-Scottish ex-ery, "for "co-ordinating them and
which also hold. the old cable, the. Almonds ties, the remainder going towards
for planning the industry as A dog, alleged to have belonged Press trains
used steel rope is hauled away Bananas (bride's) the construction of more playing to No. 105 the Peak, was sent to
Appier (California) Included also in the total are whole." grounds and facilities for the in- Kennedy Town for observation,
Each cable is 2500 feat in Carambols ten 2:8-0 tender locomotives for Compensation Question creased number of troops in Hong after having bitten Ma Shum, of these are of a new design prepar-existing interests on the socialisa-
length and costs approximately Cocomta working heavy freight trains; The compensation to be paid to us.$10,000% No. 102 the Peak. Ma was admited by the company's chief me- tion of the industry must depend Booking Opens To-morrow. ted to the Government Civil Hos Booking, at Moutrie's, opens topital yesterday.
chanical engineer, Mr. W. A. in the opinion of the Council, on morrow, the sub-agencies being at
Stanler, and will be built at the general circumstances Messrs. Wing On, Sincere, Sun,,
Crewe-
vailing at the time of socialian- China Emporium, Lower Peak Tram After having been bitten by a The remaining engines, are of tion. "The basis of compensation Station, Feninsula Hotel, Kowloon, dog, the property of Hui Yiu, of the 4-6-0 three-cyclinder, 4-6-0 might well be," they say, the $50,000,000 Structure and Messrs. Paul Rennet and Cle. No. 18 Sal Street, Lee Wing-kwong, mixed-traffic, 26-2 passenger reasonable net maintainable re- Over Great Belt
Car parking arrangements 14 years, of No. 41 Lower Lascar tank, and 2-6-4 three-cyclindar venue of the undertakings con- now ready and those buying Tattoo Row, was admitted to the Govern- tank types.
cerned, having regard also to
Denmark is now completing the tickets are asked to purchase their ment Civil Hospital yesterday. "for
whatever. financial benefits have
building of a gigantic bridge. car-parking tickets at the same treatment.
PRODUCTION OF PIG already been conferred on the in- time, at $1 per night and $2 for the
IRON
dustry by any Government assia the Great Bejt to facilitate Beet Root three nights.
the traffic with Germany and the Brinjal, Green Chan Tik was removed to the
Continent. Another bridge across Cabbage, Chinese Car-parking areas in Hayden, Government Civil Hospital, yester
If the public, by granting pro the Little Belt for more speedy, Irving, and Percival Streets have day, suffering from a knife wound
Increases In Germany tection or any other form of
*(Shanghai) connections... with England via Caulifswer (Large) been reserved for owner-driven in the left hand, said to have been
sistance, has materially improved Eabjerg, is being planned, 59 (Medium) Cars, and attendants of the Hong inflicted by another Chinese male,
Berlin, the prospects of the industry, it
(Small) Kong Automobile Association will who has absconded. ↑
Striking proof of the improving would not be right that the publicing to build still another big Celery, Chinese
Danish engineers are also plan Carrols be present to direct the parking.
economic situation of the Reich when taking over concerns should bridge across the Sound between Chillies, Dried Other areas are at Evo Hill, Per
was given by the production Agures to pay more on that account.
Elsinore and Helsingborg on the cival, and Great George Streets.
•
аге
tance.
pre-
DENMARK'S GIANT. Oranges (Canton)
BRIDGE
of pig iron in August which totalled The form to be taken by.com Swedish side.
Oranges
Peara (Canton). Peanuts
Persimmons, Large
Pumelo, Slam Walnuts Grapes
each
VEGETABLES, ETC. Artichokes Beans, Sprout
Long
For Bed
Personal Pars
more than in July 1984,
Mrs. P. M. Hodgson and Miss V.98,500 tons which is 22,800 tons pensation is, in fact, not a matter Thus Denmark hopes to form Cucumbers
of the first importance. It might
The Caroline Hill Road will be reserved for officials and per Hodgson are among the passengers formers' cars.
Red
Curry Stuff, English into a glant railway june Garlle All motor-cars must on board the s.5. Sarpendon, which As July and Augusthave the take the form of redeemabletion of Scandinavia. This last Ginger, Young carry their parking label on the is due to arrive here on Saturday me sumber of working days the Government bonds bearing med bridge is calculated to cost 850,-- Old
increased output, amounts to 4.1. per Interest or the form of tormin. Mr. F. W: Kendell, of Messrs. cent. As compared with Augustable annuities. Arnhold and Company, is due to 1938, which had a production return to the Colony on Saturday $72.900 tons, the increase in: 68.6 by the 8.8. Sarpedon,
wind-screen.
BRITISH PREMIER--REGAINS
TOUCH
(Continued from Pane 1) A Mr. G. L. Wilson, o of -- Messrs. His first public engagement fol Palmer and Turner, and Mrs. Wil lowing his return from Canada willson, are among the passengerson be on October. 29, the day before board the ss. Sarpeku, which is Parliament reassembles, at alan due to arrive here on Saturday. cheon given in his honour by the
National Labour Committee, This
gathering will also be attended by
the Rt. Hon. Mr. Stanley Bak
and Sir John Simon Wireless Ser
BH
per cent
LENINGRAD BUILDS HIGH VOLTAGE DEPOT
Board Of Ten
The Corporation would have: board of about 10, appointed; by President of the Board of Trad the ground of their compat conduct the try.
large
of course, Eave
of:
in or
Indian Corn
Lettuce
„Okroes Onlopa
ericän
Lion
15 16
Sheep's Head & Fest per set 90
Bucking
Heart Kidney Liver.
Pig to
order. Saet, Beef
Buet; Beef
Mutton
Sausages
No.
FISH.
Barbel
Bream
Canton Fresh
Codfists
Water Fish
Craba
Eels, Conger
18:
.10
25
24 16
10 8 10:
Cuttle Fish Dace
8
*FTORT
Carospa
Gudegon
Herrings
24-22
Halibut
Lebater
-761-62
Hackerel
Mullet
Oysters
Pearch
Pike
32 88
8286
65 10
62 36
18