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MASON'S
DELICIOUS
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SAUCE.
Hongkong Daily Press.
DUNLOP
ESTABLISHED 1857
Registered as a Newspaper at the General Post Office in the United Kingdom.
No. 23:18. MINAMNIFE★RM XWJX64#1 HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1932 EN UN#ASKIEM Price
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. FINANCIAL CRISIS IN
TIME TABLE,
On and after NOVEMBER 2st, 1933, anti! Farther Notios (all previous
Time Tables cancelled).
Kowloon Dep. 6.25 8.15 8.97 9.05 Yaumati Dep. 6.88
Shatin...Dep. 0,46|| Taipo
485 455 6.05 7.40 5.06.167.48 8,00
*** 5.20 0.41 6.14
|8.89 8.68 8.19
642 657 6.30 4.477.02 8.34
8.43 7.06840
UP TRAINS
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Taipo Market.
Dop. 7.04
0.55 10.50 12.18 12.40236-
Fanling Dep.7.16
1000 11.01 122 12.62 200...
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Dep. 7.20 9.14 0.43 10.11 11.0612.87 1.04 5.11|2,50 Shamchar...
Arr 7,268,58 9.30 9,43 10.17.11.1212.43 1.10 2.17 2.06 5.18 Canton...Arr.] (11.85)
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EXCITEMENT
WITH.
{TREACH SHELTER'S - AGENCY.)
Capetown, Dec. 26 THE country is seething with ex- citement on the political crisis Farmert aze vociferously support ing My Tielman Roos policy for devaluation of the Afri- can pound. There is intence in- tarest in the opening of banks on Wednesday. Then they will see whether the unlimited exchange in maintained or curtailed by an em- ergency act.
Business men are already pre paring for this situation:
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THE PORT OF CHINKTANG
Beautiful Situation; Not Compactly Built
BUDDHIST TEMBLE TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD
(From Gef.: Own Correspondent)
CHINKIANG, Dec. 23. Chintiang, the Erst large treaty port after leaving Shanghai. is beautiful) for situation, though not compactly: "built together. It lies on the southern bank of the mighty Yangtze, st its junction with the Grand Cansly, which bounded the original walled city on its western alde:
DR W. W. YEN'S
NEW POST
AMBASSADORSHIP. AT
MOSCOW, CONFIRMED
́NANKING, Doc, 27.5
THE Excentive Yuan, this morn wing, decided to appoint Dr. W. W.-Ken suosisador at Moscow..
SECOND TENNIS TEST MATCH
56 SET MATCH IN DOUBLES GAME
(THROUGH REVILE'S AGENCY.]
MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. TN the Second Test Match between
Australia and America, Van Ryum beat McGarth, 64, 62
Vines bang Crawford, 6-3, 3-6, 63. Orawford and Hopman beat Allison and Van Ryan, 30, 62,
It is estimated that millions in
On the western side of the Canal:- sterling has left the country inlay the one time foreign concession, the last few days. Speculators together with densely populated ticipate a crisis which will result Chinese suburbs, extending to a in the abandoning of the gold range of hille jutting out to the standard.
Yangtze and also bounded on the south by bills, so it lies in a well defined hollow. The beauty lies in the surroundings of the port. The river frontage is long and strag-119, 4-6, 6-3 gling, and at low water expecially, does not hear too close inspection But Silver Island and Golden Island in conjunction with the rocky headlands standing-east-and west of the long frontage combine to produés a scene of great beauty when viewed either from the river (Continued at font of next Uplumn)
Four-hour Dabinet Mosting.
PRETORIA, Dec. 26 An interesting feature of the four hour Cabinet meeting to discuss the crisis was the urgent summoning of the Governor of the Reserve Bank, who private ly conferred for hours with Bt. Hon. Mr. Havengo, the Finance Minister.
Afterwards Mr. Hayenga con- sulted Premier Hertzog
A number of officials of the Re- serve Bank, have been 'recalled from leave.
TO REMAIN ON GOLD STANDARD
„¿THROUGH KEPENN'N-AGEN OT-]
PETORIA Dec, 27: THE Cabipet, while proclaiming adherence to the Gold Staną dard.". proposes to take power under the Emergency Act to with«. draw sovereigas from circulation and thus prevent export and hoard- *Ing.
ROOSEVELT-DAVIS CONFERENCE
MANY WORLD PROBLEMS, DISCUSSED
[THROUGH BEUTER'S. AĠEROY.]
ALBANY, Dec. 27.
DISARMAMENT, the world
-economic conference, tariff re- adjustment, stabilisation of cur runcy and the revaluation of silver wero discussed at an important President conferende between Roosevelt and Mr. Norman Davis, who declared: "We need dis armament to restore confidence, confidence means credit, and is the dynamo of trade."
Mr. Davis will later return to Washington to resume conversations with Pros. Hoover.
DEBT BOGEY IN SUSPENSE
"LIKELY TO REMAIN 50 TILL MARCH 4
28.
ITEZOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
WASHINGTON, THE debt bogey is "in a state of suspended animation, and is. likely to remain so nutil after March 4 and Mr. Roosevelt as sumes his duties. It is understood that: President Hoover believes it useless to appoint a mere fact find ing Commision, as suggested by Mr. Roosevelt and is inclined to band over the whole problem to his
Mr. Roosevelt, after discussing -the problem with. Senator · Owen Young and other advisers.in closest secret gives no indication -81 10 what line be will take e
It is believed a appois session of the naw Congress, would be call- ed this Spring to provent » gahersi
default of June paymente deal with pressing home.
budget
Fis contem
for
free
IN HONG KONG
TO DAY
SOME DRIZZLE OR MIST
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND KERKRIGES ZETUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 6.15 P.M., STATED—
„MODERATE ⠀ ANTI-CYCLONES COVERS N. "CIONA" AND MAN LentynIA MODERATE TO VEESH MONSOON WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST OF CHLKÄ AND OVER THE NOKIHEEN CHÍNA SEL
LOCAL FORECANT N.E. WINDS. MODERATE TO FRESH}" CLOUDY, SOME" DRIZZLE OR MIST,
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MORNING COFFEE
AFTERNOON TEA
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The Melodian
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Vines and Gledhill beat Sproule and MoGarth, 6-3, 97, 69-7.
CARGO STEAMER SUNK
HSIN FUR TAI STRIKES ROCK OFF NINGPO
[THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENOT ].
SHANGHAI, Dec. 21, A CHINESE Cargo steamer, the
Hem Fah Tai of 1,000 tona. TEN aground on rock twenty miles from Ningpo yesterday, in heavy-fog and sank No passengers Were Dosrd and it is believed the croN. – KIT
£500,000 DAMAGE IN BARCELONA
'CAUSED BY FIRE ON XMAS DAY
(THROUGH BEULKE'S AGENCE.]
BARCELONA, Dec. 27-2
THE loss from the fire here on Christmas Day, is estimated
at half a million sterling.
There were no fatalties, but fire- men and seven others were injured. CARDINAL BOURNE - VISITS THE POPE
CONGRATULATED ON RECOVERY FROM ILLNESS {THROUGH AKUTER'S AURECY.]
ROME, Dec. 28 CARDINAL BOURNE for the frat time since he was taken ill, left the hospital and visited the Pope, who congratulated him' on his recovery from a serious illness.
Cardinal Bourne recently acted as Papal Legate to Dublin at the Eucharistic Conference.
or some point of vantage on the hills, looking towards the river DUT & BTMdhist Temple,
The Eastern rocky headland is arowned by a large rambling Buddhist temple, which is said to have been built in the Han Dynasty 2,000 years ago A most wonder- ful view of Chinking and sure rounding country is to be seen. from its rocky heights. The face of the cliff is very precipitous, hundreds of feet high and covered with large trees, and undergrowth; At its base is a ledge; which at low water is a path w which is wide enough to walk right round to the low land beyond. An afmentation in the cliff affords room for sta shrine for the god of the river,
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