METAL MARKETS..
FIRMER TENDENCY DISPLAYED.
TIN SHOWS DECREASE,
Copper.
Copper, has been active and irro gular. The higher prices have not been maintained, but the market
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1930.
PLUCK OF A YOUNG NURSE.
month.
'A MAN.
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CHEVALIER'S 44,000 A WEEK.
CHANGE OF MIND THAT...
LED TO FAME.
This is how Maurice Chovalior had his fret inkling that he was in the £4,000-a-week class.
He had just made Innocents of Paris," and a request came for him to sing at a private party given by one of the Vanderbilte.
„still shows in' advatice of £1 s | BALCONY STRUGGLE WITH
compared with lnst Friday's close, Earlier in the week, great activity prevailed and prices sharply ́ad- vanced, when up to £50.8.0 was paid
“A young hospital nurso's struggle The following weekly review of on Tuesday, some fairly heavy buy, with a male patient on a balcony metal markets, dated December 5,ing and hear covering being stimu4ft, above the ground was describe has been issued by Messrs. Rudolflated by more favourable advies cd at an inquest at Portsmouth Inst Wolff & Co., London': ---
[from America, whore it was report Metals, with the exception ofed that Electrolytic, hitherto offer. copper which has on the whole dining at comparatively cheap rates by played a firmer tendency, have been outside interests, had been either quiet and easier, though prices absorbed or withdrawn and the show little change of importance as price advanced to 11.60 cents as compared with those ruling a week compared with 10.50 cents previous
ly reported. These movements rather tended to confirm the impression that the official prios of the Exporting from neuraathenia, while theme and the audience." Association of 12.30 centé c.i.f. Con- nurses on duty wore attending to tinent would be maintained, where another patient, Banger get out of bed and made his way to a ward at the top of the building.
·ngo.,
Tin.
Tip has been irregular. The market opened with a firmer tono but, renting since, the earlier advance has been lost and the pricain some quarters it had been shows a decline of about 22 as thought that the situation would compared with our last report, necessitate some reduction, The Sales in the East during the week upward movement, however, did net have amounted to 1,246 tons, and induce a corresponding, movement for the present month are estimated amongst consumers and with buti- at 7,000 to 7,800 tons. Premiums ness in this direction notably re on Strails and Banka are quoted duced, the advance in Standard did at £4.10 and 24 respectively. The not hold, and prices have since statistics published on Monday reacted, the market closing with showed an inercass in the total easier tendency, influenced by visible supply of about 1,200 tons, rather less optimistic industrial bnt this was to some extent counter reports from Amerca and restrict balanced by a reduction in theed business with the consuming carryover in the Straits Settle- 'trades. nients amounting to 600 tons, whilst the reduction in the actual stocks lying in this country of about 1,500 tons was regarded as a favourable
indicatión..
Lead.
Lead has ruled quietly steady, the price showing little variation throughout the week and closing 2/04. to 3/0d, "lower, as compared The market was fairly well sup with our last report Conditions ported earlier in the week, but lat do not apparently show any terly buyers have shown
more material improvement; business reserve and values recoded gradual with consumers in this country and ly in face of a little selling and on the Continent is dull, arrivala liquidation. The market continusa are heavy and stocks must be ne- to meet with a fairly active reslat cumulating. It would seem, there ance and there is no disposition to fore, that the market will still ró- unduly depress values, having inquire to be strongly supported if 'view' the low level to which prices decline is to be prevented, or even. have already fallen. Buring of the present price level maintained
more general character, however, is withheld pending a more defnito outlook and some clear indication.
to the actual extent to which production is being restricted, either by Association agreement or under the pressure of economic neoessity; and as regards consump tion, as to how this may develop with the turn if the year.
According to mail advices from Hong Kong ander date November 8, stocks there amounted to 1,018
tons.
CHICAGO MILWAUKEE
ST PAUL
NO PACIFIC
Spelter.
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The patient, Ernest Augustus Bauger (82), of Milford Road, Portsmouth, was a man of aft. 10in. He weighed 14 stone. The nurse, Miss Edith Forter, is a slightly built girl of 22.
Banger was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital; Portsmouth, suffer
Nurso Porter followed him.
Struggle for Telephone, The man went towards the doors Nurse leading to the fro escape. Forter caught hold of him by one hand and, pulling him away from the door, tried to reach the tele
phone with her free hand.
Banger pushed the doors open. Nurse Porter grappled with him and cried for help. She hung on to Banger while he struggled to climb the balcony railings, and she still held him when two other nurses ar-
rived
But Banger broke away and fell to the ground. He was picked up
dead.
the coroner for her plucky conduct.
Miss Porter was complimented by
The jury found that Banger com mitted suicide while of unsound
mind,
liquidation, coincident with the turn of the month and, as is often the case, the early arrival of metal in fairly substantial quantities our plus to normal requirements. Ad- Spelter, after opening with view from the Continent indicate slightly firmer tendency, has weak a steady market there with, how enod again and the price shows ever, only very moderate demand on decline of 10/- as compared with the part of consumers, but witli last week. They weakness has been comparatively little pressure on the part of sellers, who scem Joth to due to lack of interest on the part dispose of their holdings at a price of buyers generally; busincas with which producers as a whole regard consumers in this country has slacks scarcely remunerative. The meet. ing of producers held in Paris last ened again, whilst the market at the Saturday was, according to reports, same time has been subjected to a concluded without agrement being certain
volume of selling and reached. In the U.S.A., the market remains quietly steady, and the (Continued on next Column 1 price shows no material change...
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"No, I can't sing at parties,” Maurice told Mr. Tom Hearn, bis personal manager. "It's not in my line. 1 should be nervous among all those fashionable people. I must have the footlights between
Quite right," said M Hearn "Don't go if you don't want to, Bub the Vanderbilts are very big pbople, and you can't give them just
blank refusal.”
So it was agreed that they would close the matter by asking an ab
surd fec.
The particular Vanderbilt. con cerned was informed that M. Cho
aller would be pleased to sing, but was afraid he would have to ask a rather high fee--$1,000 (£200).
Accepted.
KING CAROL LOOK- ING FOR NEW WIFE.
SUCCESSOR TO QUEEN HELEN?
Vienna-A Press correspondent has been confidentially informed be persons in tho entourage of King Carol of Humania that the young king, realising that a reconciliation with Queen Helch is but of the question, is now trying to persunde hor to leave the country and sa permit him to marry another woman of royal blood and make the succession to the throne more secure than it is at present.
The natural sensitiveness of Queen Helén is said, to prevent bor from contemplating a remarriage with the husband who once deserted her for the pretty commoner, Mrac.
upescu.
Michael, the son of Carol and Helen, is a smart, sturdy boy, but should anything happen to him the succession would bä jeopardised; hence Carol's anxiety to remarry is easily understood.
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While Carol's first wife, the dark Zizi Lambrino, is ready to stir up trouble by pushing forward Carol's. first son, now twelve years of age, To the surprise of star and manMme. Lupescu, who solded Carol ager this offer was immediately as during his exile, appreciates the cepted. More private engagements situation, and, in spite of rumours came and the fee was raised grad to the contrary, has kept away from ually antil Chevalier's charge for her royal friend, and is remaining appearing at a private party is in har little chalet in Switzerland. £1,000.
It is no conventional compliment to say that personally he remains unspoilt. He dealt with all sorts of relevant and irrelevant questions in his frank and amiable way, and he kept a level hand in bis tactful evasions when he thought inter- viewers were going too far.
His Londen reception was beyond anything he had anticipated
"In my French and Latid idea," be said, "I had thought the Eng- Nsh so restrained, and when I saw all the different kinds of people in the crowd-old ladies and little boys, well-dressed and poorly dress ed men and women, all eager to shake my hand-well, it nearly made me cry.
"I was a poor boy and I have had to work hard as a small artist for very little money; and really it was wonderful to see people of all sorte coming to welcome me"
MYSTERY TRIP OF MR. MONTAGU NORMAN.
LINER-TO-LINER DASH,
What is the mystery behind the rapid trip made by Mr. Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, to Cherbourg harbour and back?
M. Norman was a passenger in the Gorman liher, Bremen, which be boarded off. Cowes, travelling from Southampton in a tender with other travellere.
."
Some hours later, according to ene report; he received a wireless
message.
As the Bremen stormed into Cher- bourg in darkness a rope ladder was lowered over the aide. Mr. Norman, accompanied by a friend, One person whom M. Chevalier Dr. O. Sprague, and his valet, was nover fails to mention in telling of helped down the ladder into a wait- his past is Mr. Ronald Kennedy, ing boat, in which they were taken the Durham schoolmaster who
taught him English when they werd to the White Star liner Majestic, war prisoners together, Mr. Ken which was in harbour. nedy will be bis guest in London during the coming week-end,
MAN-HUNT IN LONDON.
MOTOR-CARS SEIZED BY POLICE.
A large number of policemen blow their whistles and engaged in
Again by means of a rope ladder Mr. Norman and his companions climbed aboard and two minutes later the liner sailed for Southamp tombed bucket tem
On arrival: Mr. Norman wag giren precedence in landing.. A motor-car was waiting and in this he drove to Londoù; which was reached Iras than 24 hours after h had left. the city.
thrilling man-hunt through theIt has been suggested that Mr. narrow and dimly-lighted streets of Norman was recalled because of au Bloomsbury recently in an effort to anticipation that a War Loan Con recapture a man who escaped from | version scheme is shortly to be custody at Hunter street Police Sta launched by Mr. Snowden. tion:
Heavy mist obscured the streets when the alarm was given about half past nine.. ---
At the first blast of whistles policemen appearing running in all directions, and those in Hunter street station anatched up their truncheons and helmeland set off in_pursuit, dan apa
The fugitive, was already clear; and had outdistanced his pursuers in the direction of Brunswick
Bquaro.
the Bank of England, put forward Sir Josh Stamp, a director of
another explanation.
"As far as I know," he said, "Mr. Norman was not going to Amerios. at all. He wanted to talk with an American banking magnate; who has been in Europe and who was returning in the Bremen,
[Mr. Harrison, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has been conferring with bankers in Paris and Berlin.1
The police commandeered pri-To have a last-minute talk the vate motor-cars and taxicabs, and Governor, travelled with his friend even leaped on to running boards as far as Cherburg."
of motor-cars and ordered the drivers to disregard all speed
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When he realised that his part the installation. This objection has Buers were close on his heels he apparently now been overcome, for scaled the mailings, and in a moment an agreement has been concluded
under which the principal wireless- he had disappeared.
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