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NINETY-FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION
HONG KONG, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935
SHANGHAI BANK
FAILURE
Small U.S. Concern
In Difficulties
· PAYMENTS SUSPENDED
Shanghai, To-day.
CARDINALS
·BEAT DODGERS
BY 8-7 MARGIN
GIANTS FALTER AGAINST CUBS
RAIN AGAIN HOLDS UP U.S. BASEBALL
MACAO CHINESE
PROTEST
Against Electricity
Tax
APPEAL TO CANTON
Canton, To-day. At a meeting of the Board of
Addressed to the Central Kuo-!| Directors of the American Oriental
mintang Headquarters, the Pro Banking Corporation, which is
New York, To-day- vincial Government, the press and small American bank operating in Three American League Baseball other public bodies, a circular tele- Shanghai and Tientsin only, a de encounters were again held up yes gram has been issued by the cision was reached this morning to terday owing to inclement weather. Chinese residents in Macao strong“ auspend payments and apply to the while the first night game in the ly protesting against the new re- United States Court for China for National League, between Philadel-gulations concerning collection of the appointment of a Trustee, to phia and Cincinnatti,- was- also tax on consumption of electric || conserve the assets of the Bank in | postponed owing to rain and cold, current, as recently promulgated." the interests of depositors.
until to-night.
in the Portuguese language by the It is understood that the assets in, the only American League Mscao Government, to be effective are more than sufficient to pay all clash the Tigers beat the Red Sox, on, July 1 depositors in full through orderly Greenberg making a circuit clout. The telegram declares that the liquidations.
The Cardinals improved their Macao Government should not put
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A meeting of the Board of Dire-position slightly in the Nationalja heavier burden on the shoulders tors of the Asia Realty Company League with a win over the of the Chinese residents in this this morning decided to apply to Dodgers.by an 8 to 7 margin after time of business depression; and the United States Court for the 10 innings, while the leaders, theịthat they have decided not to use appointment of a Receiver for the Giants, faltered against the Cubs, electricity at all if their efforts purposes of reorganisation.
for whom Kiki Cuyler hit a four-jfail to get the regulations cancell-
The Directors have instructed bagger. the Management to conserve assets. Results pending the appointment of a Rewere:— ceiver-Reuter.
Another Company
Involved
National League
R H Boston
I 9 Wally Berger hit a homer. Pittsburgh
Arky Vaughan hit a homer.
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A later message says that the Directors of the American Oriental New York Finance Corporation and the Raven Chicago Trust Company say that they ex- pect to apply to the United States
ied.
as cabled by Beater. The Chinese community solicit the Provincial Government and various public bodies to negotiate E with the Macao Government for O the cancellation of the regulations;
and to be ready to afford relief to 0 the unemployed, as factories own- jed and operated by Chinese in Macao will be forced to close and S many thrown out of work when
the regulations are enforced.
Following receipt of the tele- gram, the people of Chungshan
Kiki Cuyler hit a bomer.
Court for China for relief in *Brooklyn similar manner to the Asia Realty St. Louis Company.-Reuter.
LOCAL DOLLAR STEADY
Silver Prices Fall
* 15 8 18+ Joe Medwick hit a homer,
American League
Detroit
→ -8 Greenberg hit a homer. Boston
$ Tables To Date AMERICAN LEAGUE
9
The local dollar is steady, opening Chicago lon demand this morning at 2/5. Boston"
Spot silver fell to 34 5/16 and Cleveland #forward to 34 7/16.
Washington
26 14 12
30 16 14
29 15 14
1 County issued a manifesto in sup 0 port or the protest. — Central
¡Press..
COLONY FINANCIAL
STATEMENT
Official Government Statistics
F. W. L. Age, į 26,,16 10 6:15 591 27 16 11
In the financial statement for the 26 15 11 576 month of February 1935, published 538 in the Government Gazette, the 533 Revenue and Expenditure Account 517 shows a favourable: balance. 370 sisting of excess of Assets over 216 Liabilities, of $13,850,741.7L : This figure is obtained after deducting 620 Total Liabilities of $7,603,640.31 .606 from Total Assets amounting, to 553
$20,954,382.02. 533 529 4441 366
27 10 17 23 5 18 NATIONAL LEAGUE ..
The Lorder on New York cross-New York rate was steady at £-US$432, as Detroit compared with £ US$4903⁄4%. Philadelphia while the New York on Lon St. Louis don cross-rate was quoted at
US$92%, as compared with New York £ US$4.92.
Brooklyn Chicago
PAGEANT AND TATTOO TO OPEN TO-MORROW-NIGHT
(Continued from Page 1}
All the players will find their
own costumes, but £25.000 is to be spent on seating accommoda- The tion and special lighting. Committee are preparing for a nightly audience of 11.000 The pageant will last people. from 9 till 11.15.
Мајо
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnatti
Philadelphia Boston
29 18 11 33 20 13 27 15 12 30 16 14 34 18 16 27 12 15 30 11 19 28 8 20
.285
Revenue from February 1 to 28! amounted to $2,006,696.42 and Ex- Penditure to $2,051,833.28, but the excess of Assets over Liabilities on January 31, 1935, amounting to |$13,395,878.57 was also taken into?
MILITARY TRAINING consideration in preparing the ac-
FOR STUDENTS
Thee Weeks Course Decided On
Canton To-day.
count.
GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS
The following notifications of appointments are published in the Government Gazette:-Mr. Thomas
Sir Follett Holt is Chairman of the Pageant Committee.
Mayor Liu Chi-wen and Mr. Maynard Hazelzigg, MC, to be s Gould Walker will be pageant Huang Lin-shu. Education Com-director of Widows and Orphany master. and Mr. Le Seur, assist-missioner, decided to have all Pensions, vice Mr. E K Holmes, ant pageant master.
student corps of various schools CBE; Mr. Thomas O'Connor to The Prince of Wales is patron concentrated for training for act as Inspector of Mai Tsai, with of the pageant and Lord Wake-three weeks in the summer vaca-effect from May 18; Dr. Li Shu field is president.
tion, from July 18 to August 7, Fan, JP, ME... ChB, DTM&H, The proceeds will be given to at the Kwangtung Military and FRCS (Edin.), daly elected the Tower Hill Improvement. Political Academy at Intang member of the Sanitary Board, Fund
(with effect from May 22.
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