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WORLD TRADE IN COTTON GOODS
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN
DISTRIBUTION
AUSTRALIAN LOAN SUCCESS
QUICKLY OVER-SUBSCRIBEI
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1932.
ROCK PEOPLE OF CENTRAL AFRICA
ANCESTORS WHO FOUGHT
THE ROMANS.
BRITISH EXPEDITION IN THE LIBYAN DESERT
Landon, Oct. 16.The AustralianTM Loan issued last month met with a most satisfactory response and the The current Quarterly Bulletin of issue was quickly over-subscribed the Cotton Trade Statistical Bureau without allowing for any conver- begins with an interesting review of atou applications front holders of the general position of the world's the maturing 3 per Cent. New cotton industry and trade, in which (South Wales Loan, which falls das a comparison is made between the on November 1. As it is confident-mountains, will be studied by a year 1928--the last year before they anticipated that the Five-year present world depression started-al per Cent, issue will command a
Cairo-A little-known race known. as the Rock Pouple, whose ances tora fuught the Romans, 2,000 years
ADE
A LAWLESS PART
OF AFRICA „
HOSTILE TRIBESMEN IN
RIO DE ORO
FRANCE COMPLAINS TO SPAIN
**
SEX DRAGGED INTO CLUE HUNT WITH A
EVERYTHING
F
DOCTOR CONDEMNS MODERN ATTITUDE
--TO-MARRIAGE.
SELFISH COUPLES.
DIVORCE
MAGNET
POLICE PLAN TO SEARCH A SURREY. POND,
Godalming (Surrey),~What was
PEPPER: ATTACK ON HUSBAND
TWO WOMEN CHARGED
"I tell you frankly that it was a toss up whether you would not be a knife doing under the floor lino-sent to guol, cach for six months," said Mr. W. Spyer, the chairman Town of Albert Keen's longly cot of the Bench, at Hampetond to tage the day after he and his wife two women who were placed on
probation for two years.
Paris, Oet. 4-1 am informed that there is no truth in the report LIVES THAT LEAD TO MORE were found dead? that negotiations are in progress between France and Spain for the cession, by Spain of her. African colony of Rio de Oro in exchange for the French Tangier concession, writes the London Morning Pari
Police theorica incline to the possibility of a double murder.
Kepu, kennelman The way sox is dragged into every- Laurence Guillemard's estate at
M
on
Mra. Aileo Hutchinson, thirty- four, living at South Hill Park, Hanipstest, and Mrs. Ethel Cur Sirtor, thirty-two, her sister, giving
an address at Denning-road, Ham stead, were charged with being inflicting
and the first half of the present, premium over the price of 974, at Desert, vast areas of which, remain correspondent. The Tangier statuto thing-conversation, books and the Shackleford, near here, was found concerned together in
ago, and were driven into the British expedition which left Cairo to explore some of the more in accessible parts of the Libyan year. Figures of cloth production which it was offered either for cash entirely unknown.
The expedition is led by Major are me available, but the salietile conversion, there is a strong B., Bagnold, Royal Corps of gives the movements of yare pri probability that the ennversion up Signals, who led two previous ex duction and of piece goods exports plications
will
be sulatantially peditions in the Libyan Desert in 1920 and 1010, the course of the since 1988 as follows:-
larger than was thought likely wheter going through the heart of Index of Yarn Production:
she terms of the issue were frst the great aen of land dunes lying 1028-100,
made known. It was no thought, west of the Egyptian oRSTE. World. Britain. Japan for instance, that so short a dated eurity as a four-five year loan would appeal to ordinary invest Iment holders of the maturing 34 per Cent. issue, but the latter is ub Index of Cloth Expurta: 1923 100.usly now being bought to con
Great
Great⚫
1020
102
D
CON
0
77
1931
80
77
19012
Bi
103 105 115*
• (first half).
9.5
1030
75
03
62
47
World."Britain. Japan.
being recorded 101
124 110 dividend. 100 1
00
63
114
LET to 100), es
in it without the consent of the selfish people, which leads to more
}
divorce.
in Cut Mill Pond, a mile or two grievous bodily harm on Hugh international, stage-is a reversion to barbariem. I regulated by
Hutchinson (husband of Mrs. Allee Childless marriages result among from his cottage.
Hutchinson), by throwing a qua;' statute, and no change can be made
His wife was in her kitchen with tity of popper in his face and striking him on the head with a other signatories, which include
fatal injuries,
harmer. The Keens, who were in their Britain, Italy, and Germany. It would therefore be impossible for The attitude of looking upon a France to offer it in exchange for family as a sort of crime in pro fifties, were reputed to be a happy another territory.
This is not the first time such bably due to the children of the ad affectionate couple, with no reports have heen circulated; they divorced, who lack the discipline of probably originated among Spanish family life! Republicans with anti-Imperialist. The doctor of to-day is much more views who have frequently urged that Spain should get rid of her highly educated than his predecessor
of thirty years ago,
These were among the views ex-
Colonies.
The question, however, has lately bean given rather greater interest
Cox.
cars.
A cudgel has been found in Cut Mill Pond, and this, with the knife, A divisional police ofleer said to will be submitted for analysis.
me to-night- "Thore is
a chance that there
Mr. Hutchinson asked permission to withdraw the charge against his wife, saying he would rather not say anything about her.
Mr. Spyor: This is an offence We cannot against the public allow you to withdraw the changes
until we have heard the circum- stances.
Mr. Hutchinson them, stated that Mrs. Carter caught hold of his arm and slung him round," and managed to close with Mrs. Carter- and his wife; who wore together, and after getting the bammer away he succeeded in reaching the police alextroatation.
The party expect to be away for two months and to cover some four thousand miles of unknown coun- try. The transport consists of four enre capable of carrying all supplies of petrol, water and food for 1,200 miles at a stretch. For this pur pose baggage is reduced to a mini version purposes, dealings in itinum, the ears being stripped of owing to the French military opor-pressed to-day by Dr. Alfred Co, may be another weapon, or some ho felt a blow on the head. He
madguards, honiets, and all nations in the Atlas. Rio de Oro, who has just retired from the me vital clue, in the pand.
though nominally under Spanish audical secretaryship of the British May Send Down Divers. essentials.
lawless The general line of the route is thurity, is still largely a
Association, Dr. Modical
We may have to send divers along the extreme north-western country and provides safe refuge,
down, and perhaps e explained: areas of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. for dissident tribes, some of whom
"By the incrented education of, magnets to fish for a weapon." It is hoped that much new know have crossed over the border to
Major Groffrey Nicholson, chief ledue will be gained both of the escape the orderliness imposed by the medical anan I do not mean he
eastalla of Surrey, saill:- nature of the country itself and of
is necessarily a the little-known Gurnan tribesmen,
tienily, but he is better equipped. the Rock People.
"The sciencs of bacteriology has comes into been introduced into the study of Radium medicine. Radiology medicine and surgery. baths and exercises receive much more attention than before.
WOMAN MOTORIST
ACQUITTED
BRANDY TO RELIEVE PAIN
1062 *(first half). The decline in British production : and exports has been greater than that those of the world as n Whole, but Japsa has been able to position. 14 her 1998 improve While increasing restrictions in
cerational trade have brought charge of being under the in-ar down the volume of world trade to fluence of drink ta such an extent al level, the bulletin says, theres to be incapable of controlling her ear was preferred at Margle have heca important changes in the one against Miss Audrey Hare distribution of trade between differ- Bicker Carton, aged 32, of Thor- ladia and Japanney-court, Palace Gate, Kensington. ent countriek, followed Great Britain off the gold A police patrol officer said that
standard, and these three countries
the French army.
Recently French airmen forced to descend in the Spanish zone have They inhabit the mountains of met with considerable hostility from Ennedi and Erdi, in Equatoria! the inhabitants, and in certain Alrien, and on the west fringe of cases have actually been ill treated, the South Libyan Desert. They Complaints have been made to the decended from the ancient Spanish Administration, but in figure in the view of the absence of any real au- retain Garamantes, who classical wirtings for 000 years ontharity it is impossible to wards from Herodotus, who men- redress or secure anfety of the tins their four-horsed chariots. Europeans. The Romans fought them in 10 B.C, and drove them south-east to their present remoter hills.
the
Air Service Menaced. The only one way to clean up The results of previous explora: the region would be for the French to take over control of it, but this, 3.5 m. he saw Mias Bickertions show that stone implements in de first half of 1002 have be| Cuarteu'à car zig-zagging along. w them taken a greater share Baker-street at 25 miles an hour, and sock drawings are to be fead of course, they cannot do as lang
in remote and now waterless parts
as Spain remains theoretically in of international trade, at the ux- A woman in the passenger's seat
possession. As it is, the country expedition is not only a danger for the Dakar Accompanying pase of the United States and fad her head or the driver's should- of the Librar Desert. Europe. The following table shower, and when Miss Bicker-Caarton
are At the the values of the cotton piece goods, lighted she staggered,
Dr. K. S. Sandford, Oxford Uni-Air Service, but the state of unrest is monacing the flank of the French; vaporteil by the principal countries, expressed as forentages of the total, lice-station she continually asked versity, who for the last six years occupation.
has been carrying out n geological Survey of the Nile Valley;
Mr. W. B. K. Shay, late of the Suren Forestry Service, who goes
world export
Percentages of Total Value of World Exports of Cotton Piece Goorb
Grent
U.S.A. & Britain, Japan. India. Europe
1.7 38.8 40.8 14.7
1.7 36.7 44.1 17.5
1.7
40.2 18.1 1930 40.0
2,1 43.7 10.8 3-4.4 1031
20.0* 18.5 2.0 1932 42.0
(Gret half).
1028
for water and drank eight half Pint glasses,
Dr. Baldee, divisional surgeon, said that the woman was under the influence of drink.
Dr. Robert M. Chance, of Clarges street, said that he examined Miss Bicker-Caarten an hour or so after- wards, and in his opinion her con ition was due to exhaustion and not to alcohol.
Miss Bicker-Charten, giving evi- dence, said that she had been ill The change in the proportions for some weeks following au opera- of world trade enjoyed last year. and in the first half of this year by... On this day she motored to Great Britain and Japan should be Southampton, picked up an Ameri "noted in conjunction with the foot friend, and drove her to a that, white Japan's exports increas. Friend's house at St. John's Wood.
She
as botanist and archeologist:
Major . E.. B. Boustead, com manding the Camel Corps in the
better man prac-|
Every doctor must be a practice al psychologist, but the science of paychology, the influence of mind over body, now plays a big part in a doctor's training.
"I am all for plain speaking, when necessary, but I do think that the way sex is dragged into every thing, conversation, books and the stage, is a reversion to barbarism.
"Unless family life and civilisa- tion are to be broken down com. pletely, there must be a considerable
revulsion from it. There are, sure- ly, still subjects that are reserved for private conversation.
!
"We are anxious to get in touch with any one who was near Cut Mill Pond between 8 p.m. and mid- night last Friday.
Any passer-by may give us ex- tremely valuable information, and
to help us.".
appeal to them to come forward
Sir Laurence Guillemard, of Rod- sale Manor, stated :-
་
Keen had not an enemy in the world. He was a quiet, honest workman, and his wife was a very nice woinan. Thore was no ques. tion of unhappiness."
GANDHI LIKELY TO RESUME FAST
Bombay, Nov. 5.-Mr. Gandhi has threatened to resume the
death," which
"fast unto
ho
This is of special importance at the present moment in view of the critical stage which has been ranch- ed in the work of "pacification." During the year the French army has made steady progress in the Atlas, and many of the most im
"The danger is that childless the Pact of Poona for better treat
ment of the untouchables." portant peaks which furnished re- fuge for the dissidents have been marriages result among selfish peo- Mr. Gandhi demands that the Only recently 15,000 ple, which leads to more divorce. A famous Temple of Guruvayorr,
take marriage Tim. G. T. Prendergast, Roval tribesman offered their submission couple with a child or children are Malabar, S. India. be opened for
It is only quite recently that it started but broke off when his has been realized that it is the duty terms were granted. He says he of people to regulate the size of will begin to fast again on January their family to the number of child-1 unless the caste Hindus carry out ren they can properly support.
Budan:
Captain V. F. Craig, Royal En. gineers, in charge of survey and
food supplies:
Tank Corps, who accompanied the recent. Army experimental convor to the Sudan:
Lieut. . N. Harding-Newman, Royal Tank Corps, and
Lieut. D. R. Patesron. Royal
FRANCE DISCOVERS ** ENGLAND
ed from texañ0,000 square yards in Ou‘arriving she felt tired and ill Corps of Signals, the first half of 1991 to 713,000,000 and rested until 4.30 a.m. square yards in the following half then got an to drive her American friel to Kensington, much her to 815.300,000 Year, and again square yards in the first half of hostess gave her a small class of 1932, British exports for the three brandy, which ferk away the pain. She said that she was a teetotal periods were respectively 847.000,000 er. While driving the awful pain square yards. 903,300,000 square reurred, and her America frivad
1,147,000,000 yard, and
squaro
ut her arm round her to soothe Was yards,
her.
She denied that she neder the influence of drink.
Tho carnes stone laying ceremony of the Railway Officials Memorial Monument whs held at the com pound of the Shanghai North Rail- way Station at 10 am. on November large number of Chinese oficials and representatives of public bodies being present. The monument is in memory of the 14 milway officials who lost their lives in the recent Sino-Japanese hos
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ilities.
She did not mentium the condi tion of her health to Dr. Baldie, she said, because there were always as many as four men in the room luring the examination.
The Magistrate said that he was not antisfied beyond all reasonable doult, and dismissed the charge.
He expressed the opinion that there women were concerned, it would be better that the medical examination should take place in a private room.
RECORD NUMBER OF
TOURISTS,
of
Paria-A record number Fronet: tourists visited England this mammer, largely due to the, activi- ties of the Paris branch of the Travel Association of Great Britain and Ireland.
captured.
bound
Lack of Discipline.
in a single day.
It remains, however, to consoli-zoriously. date the conquered positions, and, as in the Riff some years ago, the work is rendered much more diffi cult by the proximity of an un- subdued region such as the Rio de
Oro.
It will be recalled that it was not till the French armies were allowed to co-operate with the Spanish that the resistance of Abdel Krim was finally overcome, and i would appear that the same me thod is required again.
ing the most interesting places that can be seen in a short time.
Until a few years ago Great Bri- tain was about the only European country which was not offeinlly re- presented by its own tourist "bureau The branch organised special in Paris, and the present premises 3,000 of the Association, which are the tours for parties, and over visitors, mostly students, saw Eng- amallest and least conspicous of all, land in this way during Septem- the national offices existing here for her alone. The tours were made at the same purpose, are far from ad- reduced prices, and many valuable equate for the volume of work in- facilities were provided for visit- volved.
more" untouchables" by the New Year.
As this temple is one of the strong- holds of ortiradoxy, the trustees of the temple are not likely to yield "The want of discipline among and it seems almost certain that le the young, and the attitude of look will resume his fast.-Reuter. ing upon a family as a sort of crime, is probably due to the child. ren of the divorced, who lack the discipline of family life.
it is discovered, the cure will much "I look forward with anxiety to more easily be found,
"I think people are much more. the couple who will be the first to announce their marriage and the crodulous than they were bity yčars prospective date of their divorce at, ago. the same time. I really believe it!
Electricity, wireless and radium smattering of knowledge krefts them from seeking expert information.
is coming to that, so indifferent is suggest magical cures to them. A the modern attitude to marriage.
"A remarkable change in the attitude of the public towards con- sumption and other diseases has come about,
"Consumption used to has the great dread. Now it is cancer. After all, people must die, and on soon as the medical profession stamp out one disease, another comes along to take its place,
"The time when we shall only dis "Any day we may get on the of old age has not yet come. track of the cause of cancer. Once
"There is one doctor to every We 1200 people in this axuntry. may be overcowded to some extent, but we are not nearly so badly off countries; some Continental where the excessive number of doc ters is a serious problem,
ля
I believe that any young man or woman who is prepared to give ing will find that medicine is an seven years of hard work to train- attractive and successful means of livelihood.
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