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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 1927.
THE TWO LEADING BRANDS
ON THE
FIRST STILL
1627
300 Years
MARKET
STILL FIRST
1927:
it's itood the test, And still of whiskies is the best; "Tis "Scotch" but that's a trifle.rague- To get the BEST SCOTCH call for "HAIG"!
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MARCHING WHERE?
THE PREACHER'S QUESTION AT. ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.
[CONTRIBUTED.]
NEW ZOO IN THE CHILTERNS.
OVERFLOW FROM REGENT'S PARK.
BEASTS ON VIEW IN MORE NATURAL CONDITIONS,
The sinking of artesian wells and the erection of enclosures mark the beginning of, the rast scheme for providing the Zoo with a country in
;
the Chilterns.
It ઠંડ intended to provide
The question was asked by the preacher on Sunday evening at the Cathedral, speaking in reference to that grand old Hyun-" Onward Christina Soldiers." and certainly gives one food for thought. Where are we marching to as a Nation
an overflow from the existing Since the finish of the Great War, Zoo, a suitable breeding place for rest hare fur have we advanced in Spiritual certain species, a
animals which are affected by the things, or are we progressing on fog and close
confinement
.of the lines of perfecting the machines Regent's Park, and a new show for destroying life, instead of con-place for Londoners where a large centrating our energies in making variety of birds and beasts will be on view in more or less natural life happier, and more profitable to conditions. live in the true sense of the word.made than the fine sweep of wood- No better choice could have been Looking at things at Home, whated downland sibasted at Whipsnade. do we find? Thousands of men in at the eastern extremity of the the Dockyard towns clamouring for Chiltern Hills. between Dunstable
and Tring, 38 miles from London. more work. meaning warship con Facing west, the slopes of the struction, the only kind of work Downs eninmand an unapproach- that is allowed in the Royal Dockable view of the beginning of the Vale of Aylesbury-locally it is not yards; on the other hand the Goy inappropriately called the Gold ernment steadily pursuing a policy Vale. af cutting down the building of warships, thereby turning-men adrift who have been engaged in this class of work for years" past,
Nature Unspoiled,
The nearest railway station is Dunstable, three and a half-miles away, but there are two main road
from
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BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO.: Tonai Tha Wellcame foundation Lee, LondoM, BET.)
LONDON AND SHANGHAI
All Rights Reversal
but simply allowing them to sign on the Labour Exchanges and adding the multitude already there, drawing money and giving nothing in exchange.
to
on to the old Icknield Way, and the other by way of Watford and Hemel Hempsted.
From the point of view of the animals and the creation of a
htural show place, 12 times larger than that in Regent's Park, the choice would also appear to be a
wise one.
One thing has to be definitely accepted, which is that thousands
The existing woods give, ready to of men, who before the war were hand, the means for forming a bird ngaged in the shipbuilding indus-sanctuary-the immediate aim of ty, will not be employed in the the project and the downland can'
conveniently be converted into pad same way again, as with the adop docks for much viewed animals tion of improved and simplified on holiday. The present beautiful appearance of the site will be un- methods, together with the exten-
impaired. sive use of, welding and machinery, Walls and fences will be limited the demand for labour has declined to the lowest possible number, and twenty-five per cent. The demand their place will be taken by deep. trenches similar to those on Monkey for ships does not exceed the supply Hill. Neither will there be shelters und the result is uncniployment for or cages to give an appearance of a great number.. What then is to artificiality. For these will be sub stituted dena hollowed out of the became of these men! The Gov-hillside, and camouflaged by natural- ernment of to-day ought to be able rock and plants.
to solve this problem, or are they content to have a permanent system of labour exchanges?
No Rgaming Wild Beasts
There must be considerable build-
ing to provide cottages for keepers, and to overcome difficulties of rights
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of war and to secure necessary THE FUTURE OF ROMANTIC
Turning to Spiritual affairs, dur- ing the War our Churches and powers a Bill has been promoted Chapels were crowded with people.which, it is expected, will come be-
fore Parliament early next year: They were not in the true sense worshippers, but the catastrophe of the_wer was "so great, it brought "realization home to them and they turned to God in their distress. Since the strife has there been the
a desire to meet together for worship There is no need to an swer that question; the facts speak for themselves.
The query of the preacher still remains to be answered-Where are we Marching!
U.S. TAX AND DEBT REDUCTION.
COMPROMISE BETWEEN EXTREME DEMANDS.
The society in this measure, will seck powers to manufacture gas of electricity and to supply water in the neighbourhood-in-areas--which are not already supplied by com- panies or local authorities.
Admission to the public will be Banner similar to regulated in a that already existing at Regent's Park.
DRAMA.
SIR JOHN MARTIN-HARVEY'S
OPTIMISM.
"I have every faith in the future of romantic drama, "and am putting say faith to the test on my suturan tour by only producing one play, Scaramouche, instead of staging
The doubts of local residents on one point have been set at rest-an extended repertoire as I have lions and tigers will not be permit done in previous years," This was ted to roam in the new park.
There will be nothing more ter- Sir John Martin-Harvey's state. rifying than kangaroos, zebras,ment as he was leaving London for ostriches. eland, wapiti, and per Newcastle. haps some buffaloes and bison.
£12,000 A WEEK REFUSED. THE NEW MESSIAH'S ADMISSIONS.
BOMBAY,
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
NOVIMзZE 16TH, 1947.
now.
B.K. Bank
-Do Chartered Bank £201 buy.
Do.i
0....213, num. Mercantile Bank 4 &B... £31) nom.
Bank
210 nom. P. & 0. Ba
163 DOM. East Asia Bask Uantes Inramace540 bay,
$292 bay.
Brion aguas, la 149 nom. North China Ins,
K. Wharfs
Providents
Orientale
.320 nei.
1.90
now.
$35 Bel
$4 nom.
Tls. 1451 bay. gu. i buy.
Tla. 95 bay.
1 Tl, 7.35 buy-
7.15 rel Tis now
Yangtze Insurance..........M. $48) day. China Underwriters $1.20 sel. China Fire Insurance....$216 nom. Hong Kong Fire Jna......8590 buy. Douglases ..............8354 buy. Stesipboat, H.K. Tag "In this view," Sir John added, Indo-Chinas (Pref.)....$30 nom,
Da.
$48 DUBL. (DEL) I have the experience of Mr.
Shell Transporta..... ...B9. nom.. Waterboats.........si
..$17 nom. Rafael Sabatini, from whose book
Scaramouche has been adapted, | Benguets ...................52 nom.
silan Mining Ad....53. to confirm me. He wrote romantic Kailan novels in the face of auch dis. Langkats (combined. Th. 177 buy.
Do. (single) Th. buy. couragement, and now he is one 8'ha. Explorations. Tie, 2.00 buy.
***Th. by buy. Reduction of both taxes and the
The members of the Hong Kong the best sellers.' But one has Shanghai Loans
to play these dramas, not mouth Banbr
3) bay. public debt are expected to be in- Theosophical Society may be inter then, and really live one's part.” Tronoh, Minas
19/3 tori. cluded in treasury department re-ested in the following announce
Sir John and Lady Martin-Harvey H.K. a
..$120) boy. commendations to Congress at the ment made by Krishnamurthi to there touring by motor car.."I find H.K. W. Docks.... next session.
press at Bombay, and published in While treasury officials declined a copy to hand of the Straits when we are moving from town to China
town playing a repertoire, that the Hengkaw to discuss the details of the pro- Times: posed recommendations, they will! "I can now say that I am the Sunday mator journey is the only New Engineerings. attempt to strike a compromise teacher, said Mr. J. Krishnamur. fresh air we got. Then our lives Shanghai Dooks
are just one general reheamal, My Ene Cottons between the demands for both thi, the "New Messiah," to a heavy debt retirement and a sub-group of pressmen, after landing old friend, Rutinad Barrington, was
in my company some years before Bhanghai Cottona (old).... 45 buy. stantial tax reduction.
here to-day.
Do. He spoke with boyish frankness his death, and he said, "I lived on
(wow)......Tl. 23 day. Supporters of debt retirement do not expect to keep up the pace and simplicity of how the image rehearsals and hot milk, us I gener H.K.&B. Hetals
..3564 scl. 16 sa. reached in the last fiscal year, when of Shri Krishna had been planted ally took a glass of hot milk in the E.K. Lands
Shanghai Lands
Tis, 120 bay, the debt was curtailed $1,131,309,383 in his mind by his mother, in his middle to keep me going.'
For the past week Sir John has Humphreys Estates...$12 bay. & n.
161 buy... by application of the entire surplus, early days and later on the forms At the same time, they hope to of the Lord Maitreya and the Lord been rebeareing from 10.30 to six Hong Kong Realties.. with an interval for lunch," inter- B.K. Territorials .....
313 Bel. bring the retirement this year above Buddha.
Prince's Building..... 13120 tug. the normal reduction of approxi-
Hia constant endeavour had been jected Lady Martin-Harvey, su
..$20 buy, & su. ...$14 201 mately 8587,000,000 that will accrue not merely to see these mastere as you see the work is strenuous. But H.K. Tramways
(new)...
...37 sol. from the two permanent sources of be had often seen them, as objec- we are looking forward to the pro- Peak Trame (old)
$54 LOM. Biar Ferrios debt retirement, the sinking fund five things, or outside the picture, vincial season and to the Canadiaf
tour which, follows it." and foreign debt payments."
He was now able to say, in the As to his plans for the future, Sir China Lights (comb.......$12 nom.
91 DUZD.- The debt had been reduced from words of one of his recent ad John said, "Some day I must revive Do. (new).....$6) nom. its peak in 1919 of approximately dresses: "I have become at one
'Oedipus Rex.' I made a financial $20,594,000,000 to approximately with the Beloved.
I have been success of this at Covent Garden, H. Electrics $18,511,000,000 at the end of the made simple, I have become glori-and when I got it into my own Macao Electrics ...................... last-facal year. Four times dunus fed because of Him, and because of hands and produced it in the coun- Telephone............. this period the annual reduction Him. I can help my purpose, which try I improved it very much. China Bases exceeded the billion dollar mark, in is not to create discussions on the Oedipus has got to be done Singapore Tractions... 1920, 1922, 1924 and 1927, but in the authority of Krishnamurthi, but to again. If I rain myself I'll do it. Chine Bugars other years only normal reductions give waters that shall wash away The only question. is the best place Malabon Bugars
Canton Lee Four sorrows, your petty tyran to do it in.”. were made.
Treasury officials pointed out that es and your limitations, so that they cannot make an accurate fore- you will be free, so that you will cast of the extent to which tax re-eventually join that ocean where duction could go until the depart- there are no limitations, where mental estimates of expenses have there is the Beloved." been submitted. They are under- He had renounced everything atood, however, to be giving parti- He had attained liberation and cular attention to the corporation wanted to help others to attain it. tax, which administration leaders
he declared. "I was offered hapo declared should be reduced.
There will be tax reduction, but £12,000 per week by American how much is another matter," one cinema companies. Of course, treasury official declared
declined the offer..
but to be at one with them.
"I could become a rich man,"
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EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS,
Of London,
November 16th, 1927, Telegraphia Transfor ..2,01 Bank Bills, on demand 2/0 5/16 Bank Bills, at 30 days'sight Bank Bills, at 4 months' Credits, at 4 months sight. 2/11
entary Bills,
sight...
Ox Pa
...3/0
....2/13
Beak Bills, on demand Credits, 4 months'sight
Bank Bills, on demand
1,250
1,325
61
O NEW YO
.
ON BOMBAY
Credits, at 60 days' sight... Telegraphic Transfor Bank Bills, on demand...}
ON CALCUTTA
Telegraphic Transfer Bank Bills, on demand... OK BUANGHAL-
Hauk Bills, at
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135
135
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OF YORGHAM-On demand... 107 Os MARNA-Ou domand ON SINGAPORE-On demand...
Or BATAVIA-On demand
...
20
87
121
ON ENG-On demand... ON SAIGON On demand ... noma OX BANGKOK-On demand ... 921 BOYERSIGN, Bank's Buying rate $9,55 GOLD LEAP, 100 Bue, par to... BAR NILTER, per oz.
...: 2611/16
EXCHANGE RATES. ·
{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
Paris
Ruany, November 13th,
New York
Brusscis
Genera
124.05
4.87 13/32
34.94
25.27
Amsterdam
12.074
Milan Berlin
891
90.43
Stockholm
18.10
Copenhagen
18.18
Oslo .......
Vienna
18.41
34.551
Prague
∙184)
Helsingfors
Madrid
bay., 54.10 108, 541/544 24.
Lisbon
193 28.60 2 27/32
buy.
3.10
b
8 bay.
Athena Bucharest Rio Buenos Aires
380*
786
5 23/32
..$13 som.
$30 val.
Cements (combined).....37,
Da (ald)....6,60 nom. Do. (new)... mel. H.K. Bopes (old).........$10 nom.
Do.
(new)..... ...$5.nom. United Asbestos...........$13 sel. Dairy Farms.......$15.10 om. Wataons *****............$11 nom. Der A Wings, 36 nom. Lane Crawfords..... ..$5 #bl
....$22 sol. Mackintoshs....... Sinceroses (Qontinued at foot of next column)
Shanghai
Hong Kong Silver (apot) Silver (forward) Yokohama...
Prague
47 31/32
2/7 2/01 20 11/16 20
1/10.15/32
... 1644-
W Powellegemezi..$5 að). H.A. Amusemente aroo 101 nam H.K. Constructions. .....$14 sel· B'que, Indus, G. Bonds...(55% tmy.,
H.K. Gork Loans.14% prem, buy. buy,--buyers;; polemikallezu; esmaklas com.miza)