THE : CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1953.
Mother Of Siamese Twins
Pro-
Boko and Tamu, the Siamese twins, joined by a bridge be- tween chest and abdomen, were separated in a long and com- plicated operation taking over two hours at the lammersmith Hospital in London. The operation was performed by fessor Aird, assisted by Mr Selwyn Taylor. The mother. Mrs Veronica Davies (above) of Nigeria, brought her children to London for the operation and has been in and out of the box. pital constantly slice their arrival. She used the children and spoke to them before the operation commenced, and walted at the hospital to give some of lier skin if necessary plastic surgery-Express Photo.
"World Calendar
Discussion By United Nations
Geneva, Dec. 15.
for
The United Nations is to discuss the intro- duction of a "World Calendar" as a universally adopted system of time measurement, to take the place of all existing calendars.
India, which alone has four major calendars for various sections of the country and a number of minor ones of strictly local.character, has taken the lead in introducing this question before the United Nations.
CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas Day would always
With the Quarters of equal' length, each Quarter Day would be a Sunday,
Australian Wool Sales
TRADE and
COMMERCE SECTION
United Kingdom's Part In Financing Suggested C'wealth Development
For US
Boston, Dec. 15. Wool men here were not over
enthusiastic about a suggestion put forward by a leading" Aus- tralian breeder that an on-the- Brot auction be cstablished here to facilliate sales of Aus- tralian wool.
1
The news that Ceylon and Malaya are shortly to raise loans in London has revived the debate on the part that Britain is playing and should play-in financing the economic development of the Commonwealth.
A good deal of what is writ- |contribullon to the general dis-
of cussions: ten and said on the subject
At the present time, inancing Commonwealth deve-¦ whan consumption is high and A United Press canvas show-lopment flows from The belief homo trado is keeping industry ed that wool men felt general-
hat London has declined as a employed without длу Aub. ly that the idea, while having source of capital.
stantial sinck, it would be folly seme advantages to US manu-
to encourage or allow facturers by making wool
CONSOR Toans. But if the ex- readily available, would be too
verscOS difficult to put into practice, and that the objection overweighs the merits..
The Financiat Edlior of the Manchester Guardian Points out, however, that there has been virtually no reduction this year in either the sum invested in the Commonwealth or in the proportion that this investment bears to the total amount of money raised
A dispatch from Sydney re- ported that George Faikiner in recommending the Boston auc- tion, Bald
that locul dealers with limited capital would market. then not have to inance wool Но purchases from Australia.
claimed also
that market would enable American menufacturers 10 get high quality wool with the same ense they
now buy synthetic
·
relail alump arrives afier and affects production, the cap
capital market will bear look- ing at again. Of course, If there a substantial American recess-
whole on the
question will
come scuto, in the Londonis
first
that
bo
What is essential pomeone-and prefer- ably the Government should make room for any oveT5008 During the
eleven
Investment that is being done, Boston months of this year. £41 milLondon Express Service.
lion of securities were issued in London by overseas borrowers, or just 11 per cent of the total new capital raised in this mor- ket. Last year bail amounts were very similar.
material.
Commenting on the Faikinar proposal, George L. Anderson, President of Adams and Leland, wool inercants, said:
OVERSEAS INDUSTRIES
Most of this borrowing was done by Colonial Governments, MAJOR OBJECTION
but there is still a cerinin raised "The major objection to this amount of capital being proposal is that it Involves in London by overseas
indus- shipping wool to the United fries, specially mining ven- States for storage. This brings tures. However,
the Manches- Guardian up the question of the amount ter
writer admits and quality of wool to be sent that "the great period of of here. If American manufactur- wholesale British investment or ers wish to buy wool under the risk capital in the opening up present system, they simply and development of Common cable their bids and they have wealth mining seems 10 bo the whole Australian output to over for the present" select from. But if the Austra-need for development lians shipped the wool here, the is as great as ever. buyers would have only a small
What part Britain can or amount to select from because should play in providing this only a small percentage of the capital is still a matter for de- Australian crop is imported to the United States. Last year it was only 8 or 9 percent of the total.
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET
(From Our Correspondent)
Business done on the Stock Exchange this morning amount- ed to $341,003.80. Noon quota- tions and the morning's trans-
actions:
Yet the
SHARES DUYERS BELLERS BALEB capitalBANKS
bale.
The Manchester Guardian's makes this Financial Editor
GRAINS IN CHICAGO
"The question also arises as to the advantage to the Austra- lian grower. If he markets "his wool in Australie, ho has the world-market bidding for it. II the wool is auctioned here then, there would be only American manufacturers competing for it. Furthermore, the grower would have
the to pay in advance cost of shipping the wool here, storage charges, and there Closing prices per bushel in cents:
Wheat, "No. 2..red would be complications and de- lay in his getting paid. When Dec (201) 203
Spot he sells down there," the pro- March ducer is pald in a matter of May July days. It might be months under sept. this suggestion."-Uniled Press.
The Rubber
Markets
Chicago, Dec. 15,
20412
... 1590 1600 14 @ 1000
200 @ 13
HK Dank INSURANCES
Loinbard Union X Underwriters SHIPPING
Asia Nav1.275 DOCKS, ETC.
K. Wharf Dock
Provident
54
$50
200 @1.11
(21.20 2135 500 0 21.30
(0) ..... 12.70 12.80 2000 12.00
Providend
2300 er 12.70
__(N) * 11.60 || 12) 850-@ 11.90 Wheelock XD 8 8.10
LAND, ETC.
HK Hotel...
JIK Land
2400 a 14.
1500 or 0.55
77 7715 200 7714
Itealty 1.875 1.0211⁄2 1000 de 1.00
UTILITIES
..
750 00
Trat 20.20 20.40 300 € 20.30 Star Ferry 145
15 et 145
C. Light (0)
XD
C.
13,40 13.60 107 23.40
10.60 100 @ 10.40
Electric ...28.70 20.00
Telephone -28.70 28.00 500 @ 2830
INDUSTRIALS
Cemont
200
206-2037 1967%
10075
Corn, No. 2, yellow Spot Dec. March
Rops STORES. ETC.
160*4
Dairy
15213-15
Watson
15122-20
May
July Sept. Kyc
1504 15419-2 150-1506
Doc. March
Oats
Jan
Dec. March
Soybeans, No. 2, yellow Spot
March
Singapore, Dec. 15. The market opened quiet and but steadied alightly casier
MAT during the day on good buying f Sept. enquiry and sellers reserved.
Closing prices.
She
has asked that the would always fall on a Sunday matter be taken up at the next and the end of the year would Bession of the United Nations always be Saturday, Deccin-
ber 30, Economic and Social Council.
to be followed by the The basic principle of the dateless "World Day." proposed "World Calendar" would be to irun out all tie irregularities of the existing Gregorian Calendar, introduced be a Monday, by Pope Gregory XIII in about 1580.
The "World Calendar" as sug-
Although some 17 countries gested by lis
the sponsors,
the have approved
proposed Calendar Association. World
"World Calentar," many diffi- would consist of four equal
culties have to be overcome be with 91 days. Quorters
fore it can be universally The first month of each quarter. for Je uary, April, July and Octo-adopted. Not the least of these will be strong opposition from ber, would always have 3 religious authorities in many day's and the remaining two
No. 2 rubber per 1b. Dec. 55) of the world. paris
No. 3 rubber per 1h. Rec. Mind months 30 days each.
favour of 打 No. 4 rubbeer per . Dec. 53-5830 This would give a yearly, total Speaking in
Spol rubber unbaled the British
.... 5072-0712 Blanket crepe of only 304 days. To fill the Astronomer Royal, Sir Harold
No. 1 pale Crepe gap. It is proposed to introduce a Spencer Jones, declared in a dateless day, to be known
asjecture
the in London "World Day" between December irregularities and defects in the 80 and January 1 each year.
But since the world revolves present calendas "are the cause
of much
to the Bus Inconvenience
on
cach
Calendar,"
that
its axis cree in just about business community as well as 305 and one quarter days, an in normal civilian life.
my
extra day, another "World Day" "Different schemes of reform also having no specifie date, have been proposed. To would be included between June mind there is only one that is 30 and July 1 every fourth year the calendar advocated by the
This, as n present itap years World Calendar Association. would account for the six hours
This scheme of calendar days is revolutionary in the sense that it has not
or the quarter of a day lost cach
your.
DIFFICULTIES
extra-
entered into previous calendar Even this, however, would
schemes. But it should not be rive rise to dificulties for future opposed on that ground.
"IL provides a calendár · of generations. The earth actually revolves in about 11 minutes great simplicity in which the Short of 355 and a quarter days, day of the week of any date of that, as the centuries pass, the year can be found mentally the striel accounting for six in a few seconds. This colendar hours lost soch year, instead of is perpetual."
lead
five hours 49 minutes, would The present Gregorian Calon- to the same situation as dar and the proposed "World that which led Pope Gregory to Calendar" colnelde on Sunday, January 1, 1956. India sug- introduco his calendar.
Gregory found that gests that that would be a con- for tho change of the venient date which was over-China Mall Special.
Pope
during the 1,000 years
Julian Calendars Cacar in i
introduced by
47 B.C. and also measured the year in exactly 805 and a quar- ter days, the world had got ton days ahead of itself.
So he decreed that these, teft be
superfluous days should dropped when the Gregorian
calendar was
SANTA CLAUS
IN GAOL
Aarhus, Denmark, Des.” 15. Santa Claus was in goal bodar
introduced in for burglary.on
order. to get the position back
15
-Spent days ago the Police aur-
to normal. But for a long time prised two burglars on house non-Cathoile countries refused breaking. One got away. The
to accept this, and by the time Polich dast, night currested ́ ́a England" finally agreed. In: 1752, "Santa Claus who was selling she had to cut out 22 days. dols, on the market, "square, In the World Calendar," Udder the colton beard and red
No. 1 rubber per 10. Dec. 575-577
1
Feb.
LONDON MARKET
London; Dec. 15. The
rubber market wes quietly steady with No. 1 Reg spot quoted at 17% pence per lb. Frices: No. 1 Ras spok Settlement house term: Jan. Feb.
March,
Jan./blarch
April/June
Jity/Sept.
General markets.
Σου, Jpn. Feb.
Extate crepe thick
Vin
1726-1736
19% nom
United Press,
NEW YORK MARKET
New York, Dec. 15. Rubber futures today closed
16 to 25 points higher with sales
of 21 contracts,
Barley, spot Spot,
New York flour
200 lbs, Back
773L 79-15
30 n
30314-303 3032-1 3001 2041-299 2004-2012
130-102
$13,801
United Press.
PENINSULAR
18.00 10.00
400 10.70
1000 24.10
21 1500 20.70
.... 24.10 20.00
L. Crawford 24.60 24.90 COTTONS
300 gr 20.80
Texul Corp. 6.80 0.35 500 Er 6.75
MISCELLANEOUS
Yangtze ..:0.15
10200 0.00
1500 0.3I
Exchange Rates
Business was done in the local unofficial exchange
market
marning at the following rates;- US dollar (per 1)
Sterling note (per 1)
Indonesian rupiahs (per 1001 Slamical (per 100)
Bingapore (Biraita)
Indo-China plastres (per 100)
& ORIENTAL
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
R.M.S. “CARTHAGE”
SAILS:
NOTICE TO PASSENGERS
Covering orders in the July BAGGAGE; delivery, plus high cables and the activity in shipment offer. ings all combined to lift prices.
Dealers blading was a little more active in the spot market after futures closed, with spot No. 1 Rss going up to 204 centa per pound. Future closings:
March May:.. July
Sept. Dec.
March
Friday the 18th December at 12.00 noon for the UNITED KINGDOM via Straits, Colombo, Bombay, Aden and Port Said.
Passengers are requested to gend ALL baggage to the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf Co.'s Godown at No. 2 Gate, CANTON ROAD, ENTRANCE, - by NOON on Thursday, 17th December, 1953.
0.400 SPECIAL NOTE: With the exception of hand packages
20,400
20.03
20.35
AMSTERDAM MARKET
Amsterdam, Dec."18... The rubber matices was steady. Prices closed as, folk, Town (in, guliders per kilogramı): No. 1 rubber Jan. “............2170 buyer
which is to be submitted to the closes, they found the mixing i so. 1 rubber reported Pr United Nations, New Year's Day housebreakers-United Press.
EMHARKATIO
carried by passengers themselves, ALL BAGGAGE must pass through the Wharf Cols Godown for loading on board by ship'a 'slings' only,
BAGGAGE COOLIES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO ENTER THE WHARFAN AZOK
Passengers should 9.80 and 11 December:
US DOLLAR BONDS OFFER
Washington, neo, 15. - The World Bank expects to offer a sido mallop
of United Statca dollar bonds on or about January 1932, 1954, ALF Eurene Black, President of (ho Bank, has sunguhoed.
Mr .Black sald the maturity · of the new lasuo was expected to be shout 15 yearu. "The exact maturity, and the price and Interest rate for the issue, will be determined in the labt of market condi- Hons prevailing at the time of the offering” he added.
The bonds will be offered through an anderwriting syndicate managed by tho First Boston Corporation and Morgani Stanley and Co-Reuter..
NEW YORK STOCK
MARKET
New York, Dec. 15.
Tobacco shares were steadier
The stock market registered | after their renewed setbacka, ita eighth successive decline
Only Reynolds "3" dropped
today but it was tempered by a sharply-losing 6 to $373%. late rally paced by the Industrials?
General Electric
selling ex- dividend, neverthelem ran up 11⁄2 points. to 687 to feature the industrials.
Activity on the downside picked up on the late rally.
Sales for the day umounted 1,450,000 shares compared with 1,540,000 yesterday.
Commentatora, attributed the | late Improvement to reinvest ment of year-end dividend pay ments which is common at the
end when yeur traditionally had a recovery.
or the 1,148 issues traded today, 355 were lower with 03 at new lows. United Press.
DOW JONES AVERAGES
New York, Dec. 15. Dow Jones closing averages on Wall Street were as follows: 30, Industrials
20' ra the market utilities
63 locks 40 bonds
Steals were little changed.
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