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KAREN MORLEY-NILS ASTHER.
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Fashions
of 1934
The
China Mail
NINETIETH YEAR OF PUBLICATION
HONG KONG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1934.
THE PASSING OF A NEW PRODIGY FROM
GREAT MAN
Sir Robert Parks Dies At Age Of 85
WORLD FAMOUS ENGINEER
London, To-day.
Sir Robert Parks, who died yes terday at the age of 85 years, had
TIFLIS
Peasant Of Nearly
150 Years
TREASURY BILLS ISSUE Maximum Allotted
London, To-day.
The total amount applied for in From Tiflis comes news of yesterday's Treasury bills was prodigy. Following recent re-£48,385,000. The maximum amount ports about the Georgian peasant, of £40,000,000 was allotted in bills Artemy Lagashvili, whose age is at three months.
Bomewhere between 146 and 160, The average rate per cent. was
a distinguished career as an en. a report has now been received to 9/3.94d., as compared with 6/8.978. gineer and financler, and was con- the effect that an inhabitiant of per cent last. week-British Wire- cerned with the construction of some Abkhasia (Transcaucasia) has less Service.
of the world famous works, includ-reached the age of 154 years..
RAILROAD STOCKS
ing the Manchester Ship Canal, thej This veteran is Haper Khiut of INCREASING INTEREST IN U.S. Forth Bridge, the Transandine Knidguy village, Ochmir district. Railway, the harbour at Alexandria, His age is confirmed by official re- the quays and harbour works at Rio cords of the Ethnographic Insti- de Janeiro, and port extension worksite of Abkhasis, the museum of
at Buenos Aires. He was a pioneer which possesses a picture of the in railway developments.
old man.
His firm, Walker and Company,}. built the circle railway in London, and he was Chairman of the Metro- politan District Railway.
He was for many years a Liberal) member of Parliament, and throughout his life, as a Methodist, took a prominent part in religious work-British Wireless Service.
PETROLEUM FUTURES MARKET
PLANNED FOR U.S.
New York, To-day, The Chi-. cago Board of Trade and New York Commodity Exchange Dro planning to establish a petroleum | | futures market. United Press, per S. E. Levy and Company.
CARLOADINGS DECLINE
--HEAVILY IN US.
REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
REACH 849 IN U.S..
New York, To-day--Brokers
road issues including heavy buying report an increasing interést in rail-
of Pennsylvania Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.- United Press. per S. E. Levy and Company.
MONSTER SUM SOUGHT FOR NEW U.S. RELIEF
New York, To-day. The Se. curities Exchange Commission has announced that there have been
New York, To-day-The Fede- 840 registration statements, Coral Relief Administrator, Colonel vering issues totalling U.S.31,242 Harry Hopkins is seeking to induce $120,717 for the 15 months ended President Roosevelt to establish a October 31-United Press, per Federal work relief organisation S. E. Levy and Company,
and appropriate for relief, between U.S.$8,000,000,000 and U.S.$9,000.- 000,000.-United Press, per S. E. Levy and Company.
COMMON STOCK PRICE -- EARNINGS LOWER
EXTRA DIET SESSION
(Continued from Page 1)
Regarding the proposed re form of the Japanese administra- tive organs in the Three Eastern
New York, To-day. Dow Provinces which had provoked Jones has reported that the price New York, To-day. The opposition to Japanese police in earnings of 25 representative American Railroad Association re- Kwantung, the Premier said that jeommon stocks show a ratio of ports that car loadings are estim- the reforms would be executed 16.9 per cent., as against 25.0 per ated at 3.3 per cent below last with full respect to the indepen-cent, last year and 27.7 per cent. week-United Press, per 3. E.dence of the so-called Manchu-in 1929-United Press, per S. E. Levy and Company.
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