EUROPE NEARER
PRECIPICE.
REPUDIATION AND CHAOS: THE CHOICE,
P. & O. CHAIRMAN'S NOTE OF WARNING.
no.
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London, Jan. It in by means an exaggeration to say that the economic and sosial structure of Europe is daily moving rearer a precipice The blunt truth that if things go on as they are now going the choice in, quite simply, between ropudiation and chaos," declared the Hon. Alex ander Shaw, deputy chairman of the P. & O. S. N. Co. Company and a Director of the Bank of Eng. land.
FAMOUS CASTLE RUINED.
DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY
FIRE
TWO MEN KILLED AND 40. INJURED.
Darlin, Dec. 22-Great "damage has been caused by fire to the remantic castle of Stuttgart, parts of which date back 900 years.
The fire brigade, police, and other helpers have boon fighting the flames for over 30 hours. Two men have been killed, two are reported to be missing, and over 40 have to hospital injured," been taken many of them soriously.
Just as it appeared that the fre had at last been brought unter con. He was addressing a meeting of trol, fames burst business and shipping men tower Liverpool and went on to say, "It must, never be forgotten that while Amorien remitted 18 per cent., of Britain's
debts War
liability, Britain as a creditor had forgiven the Allion 70 per cent, of their dulta. I believe she is ready to cancel the whole fin soon na a world arrangement is possible."
Instead of frog
contribution of
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1932.
FASTEST TRAIN IN THE WORLD.
-BRITAIN HOLD THE RECORD.
The story of the progress of the British railway companies during 3991 is a striking one.
The title of the fastest train in
'the G.W.R. Cheltenham Flyer, the world has been regained by which daily accomplishes a start- to stop-speed of 0.18 miles an hour...
"SPAIN'S CROWN JEWELS.
MYSTERY OF LOST TREASURES.
Many treasures of the erstwhile Spanish Monarchy are mising. It is believed that numbers of them are in private handle. though
ed by the Republican Government, strict" search has yet boon institut-
There is considerable dispute a to which of the Royal treasures wore public property and which Cheap tickets have never before belong, historically or by inherit been obtained with such indility,ance or purchase, to King Alfonso. Iargs, and valuable set of crown and many restrictions on cheap It must be remembered that a very travel have been withdrawn.
jewels was dispersed during the Napoleonic invasion.
Radio and Talkies.
!!
Comfort has. also improved, There are more Pullman cars and out again in a better springing and upholstery, on the south side, In
And on some trains vita-glass
talkigs and chocolate neighbouring portion of the build-radio, ing the roof and two storeys cai-machines were introduced,
Big electrification schemes, ke lapsed with a roar, shaking the structa in the vicinity and throwing down a fire escape from which halt the Brighton. Upminster and Man. a dozen firemen were spraying the chester-Altrincham lines, have been two fatalities oc pushed forward, and a scheme is building. The carred then.
By five o'clock this afternoon the localised in two fire Rad been
rentres, but there is no longer any hope of waving the grent south- u7eastern tower. It is sinking slow ly towards the central court. Great cracks have appeared in the walls of the northern and southern wings yardu. of the castle, and it is feared that they may collapse also..
men and means to a common cause during the war, the Allies drew the
and logical aud most odł historical distinction. When An American shall was fired by Ameris can artillerymen from an, Ameri- can gun the United States did not
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"Among the valuables now missing is the famous "studded crown." At the time, of the Revolution a num bar of the Royal jewels were on exhibition at Rome or Paris, and titl these, it is understood, are abroad.
-
Bourbon Heirlooms."
-" GLEN ” LINE, LIMITED. NOTION TO CONSIGNEES. Глом
UNITED KINGDOM VIA
FORTS.
THE Motor Vasso!
GLENAMOY having arrived from the above Forts, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed
their risk into the hasarions and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, whence, and/or from the wharves, Delivery may
be obtained.
Goods not cleared by the 30th Jan.. 198 at Noor, will be subject to Boat, All broken, phafod and damaged Packages are to be left in the Godowns where they will be examined in the pre- sence of Consignees by Messrs. Goddani Douglas on £9th January, 1932. at 10 am. To comply with the General
in attendance when damaged dutiable Bonded Warehou's Begalations o
goods are
examined. signces must have a Revenue Officer
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DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
SHAREBROKERS,
ASSOCIATION.
£132
Hallor
Baire Now) wi
MONDAY, JANUARY 25.
Sellers
Nuyers
Nuim
Banks
Claims agains the Vessel inotading those for Cargo short delivered must be $24 presented on the Spesial, Form provided and must also be submitted within 30 days of arrival, otherwise they will not
be
recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be affected by BRİD BUY OREO whatever.
Hills of Lading will be countersigned by JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lan,
Agenta. Hong Kong. 23rd Jan, 1832, [1737 BERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
CONSIGNEE NOTTUE
R junu 200T
$1,420)
ADD
21004
H.K. Banks
Do. (London)
8124 Chartered Banks
SIR
27%
$197
Mercantile BEA"
Bo
Bank of East Asia... N. C. & S. Bapku
Insurances
37.350 Canton Insurancos....
| $4,821 Underwriters
******4.50 $4.00
North Chinus.*.* *..........
$415 Union Insuranoes.. $400
1*
Yangtare Insurances China Fires ***** $1.250 .K. Fires
Shipping
Douglases a da Steamboatsiger Indes (pref.)...)
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$1,490
$12
$1,860
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Shell Transporta, ......
325
Water boats
Mining
$122
Benguol
$11.75
5.
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Kailans
30%
30/-
T4
Langkats (slugle)
10 Explorations.........
T2,40
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$39
$20
AR-
When the Queen left Spain she
6.8. "ATHO3 TT." In the collars of the custic, the preparation for the electrifen took with her the famous Bourbon water boiled and seethed like a ton of certain lines from Liver-jewels, valued as some hundreds of thousands of pounds, but, un
ARRIVED. HONG KONG or volcanic spring,
pool-street.
the per
TUESDAY, TH 19TH JAN., 1989.. ·15,90 Goods sransport has been con- questionably those wore
$8.46 siderably accelerated The G.W.R.sonal property of the Spanish alone has sayed 022 hours on 43 Royal family, and officially recog. From MARSEILLES, &c. vía Saigon,
mised as such by the Republic.
CONSIGNEES of Cargo by, the The evacuated Royal palace, how named Steamer are hereby trains and the LN.ER. is intro.
informed that their Goode with the during the last word in marshalling over; was ransacked, and many
treasures mysteriously disappearception of Opium, Treasure, and Valu- od. Priceless proient tapestries ables, are being landed and, placed at had been torn from the walls, and their risk in the Godowns of the Hong. Kong and Kowloos Wharf and Godown valuable pottery was taken,
In September the director of the Do., Ltd., Kowloon, whence Delivery can Goods out cleared within days, in- Secret Police announced that some obtained as the Goods are landed. of these valuables had been covered Two hundred and fifty cluding date of arrival, will be subjoot.so: five packages of jewels, plate and Rent art objects, smuggled out of the palace, had been found in a Lapestry factory in the suburbs."
The old castle of Bluttgart is in- charge against the Allies either dtimately linked with German his-i pay of the soldier or the cost of tory; it played an important part the gun and' shell. But when an in the mediaeval wars of emperors and vassals; in 1920 the Govern American shell was fired by Britishment of the Reich established its or French soldiers to the same pur-headquarters in the eastern “wing
during the Kapp pretech. pose in the same common cause it
General sympathy goes out to widow of the created
to the Fran Anna Blox, n gold debt dus United States Never before in State President of Wurtemburg, whose lodgings in the castle were history was such lop-sided ecm mercialism so misapplied.
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cutre of accin and intellectual life in Stuttgart. All ber belong- The healing message for which inge have been destroyed, incind the world was waiting," concluded ing her husband's very valuable the speaker, was forgive us our library and the manuscript of a debte as we forgive our debtors. book on which she has been for 4
ENGLISHWOMAN SHOT DEAD.
PARIS CAFE DRAMA.
An Englishwoman whose name is ziven is Mr. Daisy Middleton has been shot dead in the Cafe de Monte Carlo in the Etoile quartier
of Paris.
Another woman WLI seriously injured.
long time engaged.
ADMIRAL BRISTOL ON U.S. NAVY.
DESTROYERS UNFITTED FOR ANY SORT OF CAMPAIGN.
Washington, Jan. 18.-Rear-Ad- miral Bristol recently commanding the American Asiatin fleet, mate NOT startling statements of the American navy before he Senate naval affairs Committee to-day.
"Our destroyers now are unfitted The enfe www crowded when a man scated at a table with the two for any campaign which we may women suddenly drew a revolver be studying or any emergency, and fired six shots at them. Mrs, he declared. He added that the ALiddleton received a bullet in the navy was "unbalanced" and he pro- head and fell dead. Her composed that instead of annual ap- panion, Mile. Garmaine le Penvin, propriations for naval construction a young Frenchwoman, was wound the government should smbark on a
ed by stray bullets.
There was wild panie in the -room, but the man was overpower-
ten year construction plan,
ed after a struggle and handed HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL
He is a pro. fessional dancer named Balthazar
over to the police,
Masghini, aged thirty:-
He said that Mra, Middleton was,
a widow, French by birth, and had promised to marry him.
She in- formed him this afternoon that she had changed her mind, and he lost his head.
"A
PARTY LOST IN MOUNTAINS.
TWO MEN DEMENTED BY SUFFERINGS,
SNOW.BOUND; FOR THREE DAYS,
Wellington, Jua, 14.- school teacher half-crazed from lack of food and exhaustion staggered into the little town of Bealey to-day, and haltingly told`n tragic story of the mountains.
REGISTER,
Hong Kong Observatory, Jaanary-26,
Road Transport. Fleets" of road transport belong. to the railways have come into being, and schemes of new work on many routes have employed thousands of men.
There have ako been dock im provements and additions to the walkways' steamer fleets.
SHIPBUILDERS,
SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS," FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE AND
"ELECTRIC WELDERS,
MECHANICAL AND
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
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THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD &
ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED.
OF HONG KONG,
SALVAGE TUG "TAIKOO' WIRELESS CALL
Y.P.G,N. 200 METERS.
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Shanghai Lanne...!
Raub *****
Tronoh Mines
Docks, WharvSH
Godowe, "sto.
Hongkowe ..........
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$138 H.K. &K Wharfa...
Providents (ald) ... $6.95 Do. (new)... $2.35 tik. Dooks ...
81682
$5.80
$29
$19.
S. China Motore "A"
$10
$12
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1.91
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New Engineerings
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315.15 3212
15.10/20
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15.10.20
(new)
$14,80
481
1.30
Shanghai Lande ....
$13.50
HK Realtys
$11.70
Humphreys.col3)
1174
Do.
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Chinese Evlates.............
Cotton Mille
Ewox
T.1 T.18 16.101.33
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"All-Ulaims must be sent to the Under signed bafora Thursday, the 28th Jan, 1982, or they will not be recognized.
Damaged packages must be left in the Godowas, for examination by the Consignees and the Company's Shr veyors, Mears. Goddard & Douglas, at 10 am, on Tuesday, the 26th Jan., 1939. Consignees must have a Revenue Ofhoer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods are examined by the $223. Company's Surveyors:
No Claims will be admitted after the
Goods have left the Godewas
No Fire Insurance will be effected by
nu În Boy (ked whatever.,
R. OEL - Ásten. Hong Kong, 19th Jan, 1932.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
¡1719
31.
The Steamship
-DRY DOCK
Length 787 Foot.
Length on Blocks 750 Feet.
Depth on Centre of
SMI (H.W.0.5.T.) 34.ft. 8 ins.
-THREE SLIPWAYS.—
Capable of Handling Ships Up
to 4,011. Tens Displacement.
·Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons at 70 Foot Radius.
BUTTERFIELD ́&. SWIRE, Agents,
HONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN.
TEL ANDERS: "TAIxooboox. Hồxo Kona". TELEPHONE: 30211
Fox MIDDLESBRO, LONDON AND STRAITS.
BENVENUE," ..
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed into
andjor extra bazardous Godowns of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, whence and/or from the wharvos Delivery may be obtained. No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 26th instant will be sabinot to Hent.
All Claims against the Steamer must. be presented to the Undersigned on er before the 9th February or they will not be recognized.
All broken, abafed and damaged Gooda are-to-be-left-in-the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 28th instant at 10 am, by Mears. Goddard
Douglas
To comply with the General Bonded Warehouse Regulations consignees must Hevenue Oficer in tiondance. damaged dutiable goods are
examined.
No Fire Inrarance has been affected Bill of Lading will be,countersigned
Previous On Date On Date
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213 30.22
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B-Blue sky; C-Cloudy; D- Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightning; M Mist, OOvercast; P-Passing Showers; QSqualls; B-Bain; T- Thunder.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLI, From January 18 to February 1, 1982.
LOW WATER, HOX WAT,
Three of his companion school-Kong masters and himself had gone into the mountains of Southern New
Hong
Standard Time.
Hong Kong Blandard Time.
Zealand with the intention of en-
joying a quiet and healthful boli day.
́h, m.
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tion, with the others too exhausted Feb. 29
the party was dead, continued the Sat. 20.
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07.00
TR 20
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to stop him, Another member of
teller of the tragedy, before he
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1
fourth lay beside the dead man in
18 20 15 2
a 'demented condition.
Mon. L
05 80
A search party was immediately. organized and set out from Bentor to comb the Alps.
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LLOYD TRIESTINO
FORT NIGHTLY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FUE
BRINDISI,
VENICE & TRIESTE
Via BINGAPORE, COLOMBO, BOMBAT, ADEN, SUEZ, and PORT SAID. Taking Cargo on through Bill of Lading to Fiume, Genios, Al Italian, Adriatic, Lorant,,Black Sea and Danube Porta.
Passengers to LONDON (Overland),
NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
Bilangial & Japan
....' For
Blogapore in Italy 10th Feb., p.m. -
• 8.8. GANGE" (passenger boat)lat Jan, a.m.
14th Feb. M.V. "OOL DI LANA" (surge boat)..
18th Mar, 8th Jub. 8.8. MONCALIZEI" (cargo boat) 8.8. CONTE BOS80 (pass, boat),4th Mar., Moon 18th Mar., p.m.
Passenger Boss to Stapghal only.
Attention is called to the A, Gange and s.. Cente Rosso which will make the voyage Hong Kong to Venion in 23 and 11 days respec tively thus allowing London passengers to reach destination the day after their disembarkation at Venise, For further particulara plonso apply to "
Queen's Building.
Tel.: 22021.
DODWELL & CO. LTD.. Agents,
HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
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3771 H.K. Electrics
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Sandakan Lizita
Telephones (fully pd.) (part pd.)
Do.
China Bussa
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Io. (pref.)..
Industrials
Malabon Sugars T14 Caldbeck, ((or) To Macgregors [(pref.)]
Canton Ice
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Cements (comb)... 310:
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$194
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$560
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$161
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§ 7.15 am, & £7.00 am. &, 16,00p.m.
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8.00
€8.15am, & (8,80 mm/
by
GIRE, LIVINGSTON & Co., LID4
Agenta. Hong Kong, 19th Jan, 1997.
WEER DAYS,
SUNDAYS & HOLIDATË
[1718
FOX
Fxox GP.0.
FROM CHAKUNAWAN
BRANON P.O,
Cinton
amahal and Wuchow (By
direct steamer)
7.18 a.m. à 57.00 {6.00 p.
400 р.т.
7.00 pm,
1.00 Patt
1.00 p
having arrived, Conngness of Cargo are hereby notified that, their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk
(7,38 mm, 6} § 7.30 am, 21.10 p.
1.80 p.m.
(1.15 p.m... | | 1.80 nm,
Bundays 6.157.
only
Sunday 1.9,30 Lonly
be
.
Longmoon (excrit Futuranya) Kankong (except Batordayn). Fatahan and Wuchow (Ey? 7.10.
Train)
5.00 p.,
0.00p.m. B00 p.
6.00 pm
6.00p.m. 6,00 p.m.
4.0,00. 10%, & $2,00p.m.
8.00 pm.
100 p.m. &
,1 1,00. A,XİL 5,90 A
in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf Macno & Tuomar and flodown Company's godowns at
can Kowloon, whore Delivery obtained sa the Goods are landed.
Optional Cargo will be landed, unles
been given prior to Steamer's arrival
No Claims will be admitted after the Ooods have left. the Godowne, and all Tai O
Tai Po
Goods remaining undelivered after the 20th Jan., 1932, will be subject t. Bant
All broken, chated, and damaged shumobun Goods are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be examined on 25th Cheungahow Jan, 1982, at 10 mm by our
our Surveyors, Douglas.
Messrs. Goddard de
1 Claims must reacht before the
8th February, 1932, or they will not be recognised.g
No Insuranion will be affected Bill of Lading: will be countersigned by the Undersigned.
JEBBEN 00, Agente. Hong Kong, 19th Jan, 1992.
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