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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 13, 1938.
OBRIGHTER OUTLOOK
3,000,000
CAR OWNERS FOR NEGOTIATIONS IN BRITAIN
London, To-day.
A return issued by the Ministry of Transport, which appears on the
Komorn, To-day.
The Hungarian-Czechoslovak ne- gotiations: going on here were re- sumed yesterday at midday, the session terminating at 14.30 o'clock..
The
Minister for Carpatho- Ukrainian affairs in the Prague eve of the opening of the Motor Cabinet, M. L. Bacinsky, arrived in Czech Komorn yesterday and de- Show at Earls Court, shows that clared that the Carpatho-Ukrainians the total number of private motor had already. exercised the right of self-determination and decided to vehicles licensed has passed the
remain within the State of Czecho- couver 3,000,000 mark.
Slovakia.
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Canada Oct. 14
Oct. 16
Oct. 19
Russia Oct 27
Oct. 29
Oct. 31
Japan
Nov. 11
Nov. 13
Nov. 2
Nov. 16
Oct. 21
Nov. 5
Nov. 18 Nov. 24
Oct. 28
Nov. 14 Nov. 29
BOOKING PLANS FOR 1939
ARE OPEN
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Speaking last night at the an- nual dinner of the Society of Motor
In the course of the Hungarian- and Traders, the Czechoslovak conference yesterday Nov. 2 Manufacturers
Minister of Transport described this decision of the Carpatho- progress since the Ministry became Ukrainians was communicated
is. the highway authority for 4,500 the Hungarian delegation. It miles of trunk roads.
stated both by the Hungarian and
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(Continued from Page 4) of the King George V Playing Fields is a step in the right direc- tion, but does not go far enough. There should be many more such parks.
In view of the foregoing conclusions| we recommend:--
(1) That a permanent Town Plan- ning and Housing Committee be form- ed to advise Government on Town Plan- ning and Housing matters.
L
(II) That a permanent Town Plan-
ning and Housing Sub-Department of the Public Works Department be created.
to'
He said, that a survey of the by the Czechoslovak delegates that session. whole length of thirty trunk roads the two and a half hour had been completed and a long- yesterday proceeded with far less. term policy drawn up for each tension than that, for example, on road. Where realignment or safe-Tuesday.
quired.
guards against unsuitable develop- The Czecholsovak delegation ment are necessary, an Order un-after conversations with Prague der the Trunk Roads Act is re- yesterday night submitted counter- : proposals to a part of the proposals
made by Hungary. These Czech. counter-proposals were the subject of negotiations.........
While in the year ending last March, 76 such orders were issued, in the first six months of the cur- rent year 108 more had been issu- ed. 82 out of a total of 184 orders were now sealed and the necessary protection of powers obtained.
On both sides of the conference tables yesterday, the delegates were optimistic and believed that the critical position that developed on At time of transfer, County Tuesday night has been successful- Councils had in preparation ly handled and that now the fur- schemes estimated to cost £4,500,-ther course of developments would' 000, and in its first year the Min-
be satisfactory. In well-informed istry added schemes costing an-
circles it is intimated that the de-- other £4,500,000. Estimates for the
liberations on individual questions: present year amounted .to
will last another two days so that | £10,000,000.
the close of the negotiations is not to be expected, before to-morrow" night.-Trans-Ocean, ·
LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT
FINNISH
GENERAL
Helsingfors, To-day.
Dr. Leslie Burgin spoke of the complications involved in the ac- quisition of land for road schemes. In some countries the State could take possession of anyone's land at once for public works. Arguments on compensation or objections were dealt with afterwards, sometimes The retired Finnish. General" summarily. But in Britain the Bruno Jalamder left the liberties of the subject were still capital yesterday for Perpignan safeguarded jealously by Parlia- ment - even against the Ministry of Transport. As a result, the Ministry had often to negotiate with as many as 150 separate sending home of the Spanish volun-- interests per mile of new road.
A year ago it was in process of acquiring 3,000 interests, and the figure had now risen to .12,000, while in the meantime nearly 1,000 acquisitions had been completed.
The Minister reminded his au- dience that apart from sums spent (3) The provisions of Sections 6 on road improvements, the main- and 116, so far as they relate to au- tenance bill for the roads of the thorized architects, shall not apply in
be deleted, and the following two. sub- sections be substituted:
any case in which the Building Au- country reached £32,000,000 per thority shall so decide.
annum. British Wireless.
(4) Buildings in accordance with type plans, approved under Regula-| tions, prepared under the direction of the Governor in Council, and con- tained in Schedule O, may be erected in any part of the Colony (Note: Schedule O will, presumably, be pre-
LOCAL DOLLAR
The demand rate on the Hong
"Spot" silver was quoted
in
pared by the Town Planning and Kong dollar to-day was 1/2-%. Housing Committee).
(VII) That Government shall as soon
(III) That, when that preliminary as possible put forward proposals for London at 19-3/4 and forward at werk has been completed, it should be the provision of parks in suitable areas. 19-9/16.
The London on New York rate subject to review and criticism by an The Report. concludes with a re- acknowledged expert from England. ference to the valuable services of quoted at U.S.$474.50 owing to (IV) That Government should en-Mr. W. H. Owen, Secretary to the a holiday there was no quotation courage and, where necessary, 'assist| Committee.
on the New York/London rate. the establishment, by charitable or ganizations, of "settlements” in the
slum areas,
London, To-day,
The Governor-General of India,
(V), That Government should consi- der the erection of expérimental quar- ters for their Asiatic employees. While Lord Linlithgow, left London yer- the provision of these quarters will, in terday on his return to India after
• small degres; increase the amount of available accommodation, their special four months leave. He was seen. abling experiments off by the Marquis of Zetland, Be- view to devising a cretary for India, and by Lord Hal-
of dwelling.
fax former Viceroy --British
valpe: will 16
to be made
more satisfi
167:Sub-Section
ice of 1935 Wireless.
SCORELESS WONDERS BEAT STRAWBERRY HILL
first round match of the Eyo «Bowling; League "played at the
Bowling Alleys on Tues Scoreless Wonders, défente cry Hill-by 552 points.
Finnish
where he is expected to arrive to- morrow to take over the direction" of the international committee for"
teers.
LOCAL SHARES
Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations this morning:
BANKS
Hong Kong Bank $1455 s.
SHIPPING
Union Waterboats $9. b.
MINING
Antamoks Ps...30 sa. Atoks Pa. .38 sa.
Benguet Consol. Ps. 11.60 sa. Coco Grovė "Ps. 431⁄2 sa, Consolidated Mines Pa.: 0085. Paracale Gumaus Ps. 12 sa. San Mauricio-Ps, 78 BEZ Suyoc Consol. Ps. 18% sa. - United Paracales Pt. 86% on.
LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS,"
H. K. and S. Hotels $6.00 4. H. K. Lands $991⁄4 –
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Old): 88% b
Gights) $10 b, MISCELLANEOUS
ans, Ing. (Labe