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SEPTEMBER 1st, 1928.
NEW HORROR OF NEW PLAN TO
AID
WAR
FARMERS.
SILENT AND UNSEEN AIR
NATIONAL MARK" FOR
EGGS AND FRUIT.
RAIDERS.
FOUR COUNTRIES EXPERI MENTING.
HARRY HARPER,
of "The dir Way," The Steel Construction of Aero
Russia
kable progress is being Experiments, conducted on European Governments, * to producing aeroplanes be nearly silent as they
HOME GROWN.
STIMULATING EXPORT TRADE
A great scheme for testing, grad ing, and, labelling home produced foodstuffs, in order that they may
INWARDNESS OF THE MONGOLIAN COUP:
EXPLANATION OF REGENT ATTACK ON THE CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY
THE FINE HANDS OF COMRADE LASHEVICH,
HARRIX, Aug. 20th. The stack on the eastern section of the Chinese Eastern Railway last week by so-called Mongols is still occupying the attention of the compete on equal terms with im- Chinese authorities as well as the ported produce, will be put in general public and stories are now operation shortly by the Ministry leaking out which were at frat
on as a large Japaness cruiser aud. denly, entered Vladivostock bar. our last Wednesday, the very day that Lashevich was supposed to go
Only Preliminary. There seeme now to be no doubt that the attempts on the fine last of Agriculture, writes the Daily quite secret writes the Harbin weak were preliminary ones and gh the air, and almost Express agricultural correspondent. correspondent of the N-C. Daily that the intention was to make a
from the ground, rches are being conducted Vance, Germany, and
News.
HONG KONG STOCK
EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS,
August Sixz, 1929. B.K. Banka...
„31,987), bar. Do London..36137) nom. Chartered Banka maana baya Mersantiis Banks, A. #R...£35 nom. El nom.
B& East Alia Bank Akin 3 buy, Canton Insurances $385 buy. Union Lasurayote (1954 bay. 265 ma. Sarah (fire in to buy. ***:** Tim. 196 day.
OKEE
China Fire Insurance........1935 bay. Hong Kong Fire los....$190 buy., 780 x2. Douglases ng 38) nom, H.E.
buy. Tug.32 пош. Indo-Chinas (Pref.)....135 buy.
(Dest.)) Shell Transportati Bangnate $2.16 bay, Kailan Mining Admin,...t5/- nom. Langkats (combined)............2ls. 10 sel.
Do. (single) .............. bat Explorations
greater attempt this week end. Now that the authorities have got some information troops are being hurried up to Harbin from Mukden | S'dat.
buy.
bay.
and Kirin and the plot, whatever Shanghai Loans 11.3) nom.
Hanbu
$37 nom.
scheme will be the appointment, of a An important feature of the
Last Wednesday morning when national","marks committes, with the news first reached Harbin that Lord Dailing as chairman, to super the eastern line had been cut by
in many ways the simplest of the label, which will be a guarantee that contained a statement to the effect it was, has been nipped in the bud. Tronoh Mines L7/G DO
The silencing of acro-engines is vise the wie of a national mark, or Mangos marauders, the papers also
„3488 nom, problems, but immediately any the produite to which it is affixed that the Soviet Vice-President of weeks ago . Eashevich accom-China Providents. 35.60 buy, s.
It will be remembered that a few H.K. & K. Wha...3139 buy,, 139/| 12.
H.K. W. Locks mechanism is employed" which re-
is British
the C.E.R. was leaving in the morni duces engine noise, other sounds
panied by the Dabank manager, Rongbawalan Tim. 156 All home producers who subscribe |ing for Vladivostock but he did not "which begin to make themselves to the scheme will be able to send go and it was stated that he had. Boriskin, and the Soviet Vice-Naw kngineerings......................... Tim. 3 nom.
Consul made a trip to Halan Ewo Cotton Ts. 8.80 bay, desa.
Shanghai Docks apparent are the high-pitched notes their produce to packing stations. uddenly been taken ill. The story Arshan, the district where the ris Oriental Cotton Tis. 2.60 kmy. m 1 100 mom.
set up by the rapidly revolving air-
where it will be graded according as it now leaks out is that the ing of Mongols has now occurred. bal. Cottons (old). Tia 51 bou to quality, and stamped. With a Chinese authorities having received It is now suppceed that they cur- AX 8. Hotels.
Do, (new),1%. 274 nom. To cope with these propeller national trade mark as a guarantee certain information, politely tried money with them to give to a Lands The 122 buy.
of origin and reliability.
quested him to stay at home, the certain plotters and all arrange
screw or screws.
gress.
*
"noises is more difficult than to quieten engines: One way, how
The Daily Express took the lead' request baig made in the form of ever, in which this particular pro in pointing out that the old hapa demand. blem is being approached is illus-hapazard methods of marketing trated by experiments now in pro must go if British agriculture is to come into its own. It has long been a reproach that retailers have had reason to prefer carefully pack ed and graded foreign produce be cause British commodities reached them with the good and bad mixed indiscriminately.
Instead of using an ordinary two or four-bladed propeller, tests are being made with screws having six or more blades of rather a small size. Thase blades-embodying a very large amount of laboratory work are designed and shaped specially with a view to lessening the noise they make when in rapid motion,
secret demonstrations, which are
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Unths Enghts (old)........ $12.15 bay.
Do. (newjis:$11,90 buy 11.95. Do. (1923 Larne) $11.50 bay.
Dow •(now) sais,849 buy,
China Bac
ments were then made for the pre-
Plot To Cut Ballway.
seat attack on the railway line: Coming back the thres gentlemen Apparently a plot had been met with a serious motor accident hatched to cut the railway on both which made their visit public, the east and west sides of Harbin otherwise it might not have been and this plot was partly connected known. M. Borikia nearly lost. Blectrics (ald).1501 bay. with the Soviet authorities. Though his life and has gone to the Crimes Macao Electrica: 163 bay. it was given out that M. Lashevich to recuperate and M. Abeltin, the Talphonse was very seriously ill, dinner and Vice-Consul, has also left Harbin, suppers with wints and other leaving only M. Lashevich here, A beginning will be made with refreshments have been sent to him and he was about to leave last fruit on September 1st, when at his house every day from the scheme to sort fruit into three Railway Club kitchen, and on two grades extra laney, ano, and evenings. Suppers are deas for Far-Reaching Effects,
With the arrival of more troops eight people. This does not look from the south in Harbin it is just HK, Hopes (all) as if he was very ill and gives rise possible that Mukden will join with Do. (now) to the supposition that he is con Nanking at once and immediately United Asbestos fined to his house by police orders, close the Soviet Vice-Consulate Wataa
Dairy Farms
senonsenser meu.$14) bay, here. If in doing so anything re- Der A. Wings garding the railway adventura is Lana Urawfords...
the Chinese authorities
Mackintowa......... Pahertype@equesting
HO.E.Rto leave Was Powells
It is probable that before fong already being discussed, will be con-will take effect. The national ducted with large aeroplanes equip trade mark will be on red, blue, Fed with silenced engines and or yellow labels for the three
grades.
noiseless.types of multi-bladed metal air-screws; and the sounds these machines make as they rush through the dir will be further re- duced by the elimization of ex- ternal wires and frion-producing projections.
*** Early Next Year,
Fa details have also been brokender marketing eggs in the me way and a third scheme will A more immediately practical also be perfected for meat. ..... field of research, and one "almost
It is expected that the new system equally fascinating, lies in the pro- greas which is being made with of egg distribution will come into invisible" paints or dopes. effect in February. The producer In this country the authorities will only have to send his egga to have evolved a queer, dark dope of & dull, greenish hue. This not packing stations, where they will only makes a big machine elusive be graded as specials, standards, background of cloud, but it is also proved manner, and despatched for to aight when moving against a
and mediums, packed in the a the colour which has been found sale. Payment will be according to least conspicuous when a high-grade to encourage improvement in fying machine comes into the rays the quality and reputation of British of searchlights directed on it from the ground,
A problem even more complex than those already mentioned is
now reported to be under inves tigation in certain German isbor stories. This dens bich the redue tion "and possible, with the elimination, of tell-tale shadows.
Giant Metal Monoplanes. Recently German designers and builders have accomplished remark able strides in the production of giant metal monoplanes simplified
in construction so as to offer s
True Scarlet.
As everybody knows, Lashevich as the Commanderan Chief 32LIN Red Army in Siberis
week but could not.
specially selected" for the relat
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Tractions Do. China Sugar Kalabon Bugars Canton Ice Cements (odhbined).
(old)
Liờ
.12. 11 buy.
(Prof.)
buy!
19:30 buy.
li nom.
$5.3) not
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10.50 nom..
20 now 19 bay..
Amusement 126) bay. Lonstructions1.35 buy.
que ladim Bonda...64% bay.
buy-buyer's; sel-sellers; sa-saka; Dom-nominal
or Loan prem, buy.
the grounds that the Soviet E.B. Vice-President by uns Maiden
agreement has been cow Government. Last year he was broken, there being a clause that called home in disgrace owing to no propaganda work must take koma business which he had been place. given to do, failing; but he man-
The situation is extremely in- aged to patch up affairs in Moscow teresting and at any moment some- and was seat once again to Har thing may happen which will en- bin to execute other add new tirely alter the course of events in Manchuria. It is very far from orders of the Soviet Government.
Matters have been quiet for a likely that the Mongols made last long time but, seizing the opportu week's raid on their own initiative nity of differences between the and eye witnesses declare that young Marshal Chang and the there ware Cossacks in the bands Japanese, the trial attempt on the which damaged the railway line,
THE BONG RONG DAILY line was made laat week. This and not one single Soviet servant
PRESS., LTD., and the HONG There is even talk of developing failed owing to the eastern side of the railway was even slightly KONG WEEKLY PRESS. through the British egg industry into an ex- pet doing its part of the plot, wounded. port trade striking change from probably through the fact that
To-day infantry, cavalry and artil- their London Office, at 21, BRIDE LAKE, the attitude that has hitherto ac-ashevich was not permitted to godery we arriving in Harbin from B, E-Ch du are prepared to cepted an annual importation of that way. Curiously enough the the south, but the morning train regarding
give Aubscribera "and. advice 3,000 million eggs as a-necessary next, men in command to Baires pel four outruction placed on the salon,
eggs.
Packing stations under the scheme, which will be voluntary, can be run privately or co-operative ly. Each station must:--
(1) Guarantee a minimum week.
ly quantity,
(2) Tent separately every egg within forty-eight hours despatch.
of
(3) Grade all eggs according to national standards of weight and quality,
(4) Pack in new, non-returnable
cases exclusively,
minimum of resistance to their own We offer you our services as buy-progress through the air. Conti- ing agents for British ar
Such huge craft have their motors goods Katablished in 1844 but sunk in a big single wing projecting pantal thoroughly up-to-date, our success attained by making out entomers on either side of the streamlined our first aims. Five sxpert bull, and when they are flying immediately towards any observer with capable staffs, m viewing them from the ground these ferent
departments, buying. with
large machines, widespread will devise measures for protection The national marks committee grostest care every class of
though their wing-span is, présent at astonishingly small object to the against the misuse of the national mark, and atopa will be takes to eye.
Frevent the present, all too com- mon practice of selling foreign eggs in British cases.
giving our onstomers all the advan. Very tage of wide experience, and curing their requirements being rightly sup plied as lowest prices and best discounts.
KETMER, BUN & CO. Waiteraire, London. Talog: Koyuer, London," Hist. 1844
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EUGBT, August 30th.
... 124.23.
34.50
Paris A. Brussels Amsterdam ... Berlin Copenhagen Vienna Helsingfors
Lisbon "Bucharest ... Buenos Aires New York Geneva... Milan
12.105 20.37
18:19.
[34,421.
1923.
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:7973 471 4.85.5/16 25.20
02.00
Stockholm Osla
18.13
Prague
Madrid
Athens
18,13 1031 *29.225 378
Bio
Bombay
Yokohama
1.29/32 1/5.31/32 1/101
Shanghai..
2/7
Hong Kong
Silver-(spot)
Silver (forward)
27.1/10
But when such a machine, as it is flying, passes overhead until it is in a position almost directly ahore, the eye is attracted by därk all- revealing shadows which are form- ed and held under the lower surface of the large curved wing. It is these abadows under the wing,
ZURICH AND LENIN.
rather than the wing itself, which MEMORIAL TABLET ON HIS draw ode's attention to the machine,
Stark Possibilties.
"One of the lines of research which,
OLD HOUSE.
ZURICH, August 2nd.
it is understood, is being followed The house at Zurich, where Lebin in German laboratories, and also spent the last years of his czile be- At certain Russian experimental fore he could return in triumph to stations, is to devise special means Bussin, has just been marked with whereby, owing to secret treatments, a memorial tablet announcing the of plane-surfaces and adjacent fact to the world. It is an old parts, heavy shadows are so dis building in the oldest part of the tributed and broken up that, when city, an ideni hiding-place for re viewed from below, they no longer volutionaries, far away from any. reveal so plainly the shape and traffic, the Epiegelgasse being aize of a wing
so narrow that people might nearly shake hands out of the windows
a dark bedroom, lonely and un- noticed.ES PARA SAGE P
In many respects such aerial re- searches are the most significant across the street. There he lived in and also the most sinister ever undertaken The evolution of a machine, which will rush through the air unseen and almost unheard has possibilities which are practically illimitable.
te
Used as a weapon of war ita horrors would be almost unspeak able. It would represent in stark, terrible reality that silent and in visible death whichweiters of fiction have so often described Darly Mail.
The city was surprised and none too pleased suddenly to notice the marble tablet. It had not been un- verled with any "ceremony, and zobody knew by whom it had been placed there. It turned out that: the City authorities were themselves responsible. Last spring the Small City Council got a majority of one vote, and this is one of the uses= they have made of it"
Board, M. Gekker, went being an
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when at home, they will call or he was refused audience from both centre of attraction during the talephone to the shore address, they will the President and Vice-President next few weeks or even months receive the utmost maxistance and, the of the South Manchurian Railway, and there will be many sensational latest avaliable information on all sub- Evidently the Japanese authorities telegrams sent abroad by certain jects of enquiry will be placed at their had got wind of what was going correspondents.
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