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BOXING
Harvey Becomes An Empire Champion
(Special Air Mail Service.)
London. Feb. 9
of the Lan Harvey boxed one cleverest fights of his long career when he beat Larry Gains at the
WHAT CHINA NEEDS
Opinion From
London
London, Feb. 27. China needs better Government communications
better export prices, less taxation, and a silver currency which will not affect her appreciably in comparison with these things, declares the "Finan- cial News in commenting on the Shanghai Bankers' Association protests.
Royal Albert Hall last night in a 15-round contest for the heavy- weight championship of the British Empire. Some may
think of Harvey more as the born spoiler than the born boxer, but that hardly does full justice to a man The raising of the price of beans, who, within the space of 12 months, silk, eggs. ground nuts, tea, skiris has held four titles, the Middle, and coal is a problem for those Light Heavy, and Heavy-weight | who want to expand the Chinese, Championships of Great Britain, and the more expansive title he has now, acquired at the expense of Gains.
With the world's championship be brought back to this yet to country after an unconscionable lapse of years, neither the Empire nor Harvey can afford to be too complacent over last night's vic- tory. It still is necessary to ap- | peal for a proper sense
of pro- portion in these matters, and all the more so in this case because Gains, a Canadian negro boxer, once in the first flight, is now de- finitely barely in the second-that
export trade. It will pot raise the price of the currency but doubt less it would be of considerable advantage to China if the various silver plans gave some degree at increased stability to the price of silver-Reuter.
RETURN OF KUPEIKOW
To Be Handed Over To-Morrow
is in the aggressive, physical sense.
Peiping, 'Feb: 27 Arrangements have been com- Certainly he is a mere shadow of the man who outpointed Carnera pleted for the return of Kupeikow a few years ago. As a boxer, how-to-morrow and five minor, Passes ever, Gainis still is more than along the Great Wall. enough for the average heavy- weight, and in neutralizing his ad- vantage, as it must be called, of over 23, Harvey had to use all the finer points of his craft as well as the more notorious.
FEBRUARY 28, 1934.
U.S. TRADE
WITH SOVIET
Banks Created For The Purpose
Mr.
Washington. Feb. 7.
was hitherto Peek, who Farm Administrator, has accepted the presidency of the New Import and Export Bank to assist the
United States trade with Russia.
Mr. Peek announced that a second bank.. is being created to assist trade with Cuba, and a third will be established to deal with other countries.
He emphasised that the sole purpose was to assist the foreign trade of the United States to ever- tually balance the exports and im- ports. Reuter.
CLASH WITH YOUTHS
Communist Killed
The Fight
INDIAN BUDGET PROPOSALS
Fresh Taxation
New Delhi, Feb. 27. Fresh taxation for providing a surplus of nineteen lakhs of rupees is included in the Budget intro- duced by Sir George Schuster.
It includes an excise duty on sugar of 21 annas per cwt., a duty on raw tobacco of 38 annus per Ib. in place of the standard 30 annas, a preferential excise duty on matches of 36 annas per gross boxes, and a. reduction f silver duty from seven and half to five annias per ounce.
It abolishes the duty on raw hides-Reuter.
CONSIGNEE NOTICES.
- NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM -NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
YONSIGNEES par Co.'s Vessel
"DIUMED"
FROM UNITED KINGDOM
VIA SINGAPORE are hereby notified that their cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf Kowloon, where it will lie at Consig. nees risk and subject to terms and conditions of storage at Holt's Wharf The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 26th Feb
Optional cargo will not be landed. here, unless notice has been given prior to steamer's arrival but carried on from port to port to the final prot of call to which the option extends.
All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined onany Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 AM and Noon within the free storage period.
No claims will be admitted atter the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 5th Mar will be subject to rent.
ANGLO-FRENCH TRADE
Now Commercial Agreement
London. Feb. 26. The British Government to-day" handed to the French Ambassador In London a reply to the French note regarding the quota restric- tions which suggested that pend- Ining ending of negotiation of the ew commercial agreement, the present measures should remain in operation but that no new ones should be instituted on either side. No Fice Fasurance will be effooted. Although it is possible
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Governments may be necessary, it 20th February, 1934. conversations betwen
Agentie. is now hoped that negotiations for
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the new
agreement will begin during the coming month-Brl- tish Wireless.
Paris, Feb. 27. One Communist was killed and several people injured in a fight between three hundred left wing- ers and a patriotic youth organisa- tion, a strongly nationalistic body after a meeting held by the latter.
Kupelko has been in the hands of the Japanese, since last May-Reuter. when it was the scene of heavy fighting.Reuter.
CABLE AND WIRELESS
New Control Body Created
Holder and hitter on the break- away and mere aggravating spoll- er Harvey often has been in the past but those members of a hage crowd who showed impatience lest night did neither man justice. It was a battle of boxing wits and Harvey won, but it was something more. Harvey's watchful patience and cool courage on this occasion, encouraged him to use a left lead more effectively than one, ever re- members seeing him use it before, and it was this left lead, combined with round after round of skilful. The feinting and drawing on of a man who had little to learn about, such things, that gave Harvey his clear lead on points. The in-fighting admittedly was of the type that cancelled out somewhat dully be- cause both fighters knew too much. Gains used his rabbit punch and right dig to the ribs, Harvey work- ed his arms in the way pecullar to himself. He held and hit. but Gains was too clever to be caught often on the breakaway. All that,
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Washington, Feb. 27. creation of a Federal Communications Commission 19 authorised to control the wire. cable and wireless communications which are at present controlled by the Radio Commission.
this
DISARMAMENT DIS. CUSSIONS
J
Capt. Eden's Reports Considered
London, Feb. 26,
further the two
BRITISH TRADE
IMPROVED
Recovery Had Come To
Stay
be presented the undersigned on All Claims against the Steamer must or before the 18th Mar, or they will not be recognised.
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SS. "ANDRE LEBON."
ARRIVED HONG KONG OF SATURDAY, THE 24TH FEBRUARY, 1934.
From MARSEILLES, &o. UNSIGNEES of Cargo by the above-named. Steamer are hereby
London, Feb: 6. Belle! was expresed to-day by Capt. Anthony Eden, Lord Privy the Chancellor of Exchequer, Mr. seal, began his conversations with Neville Chamberlain that improve-U Signor Mussolint at Venice Palacement which had taken place informed that their Goods, with the evening. Earlier to-day he British trade had come to stay. exception of Opium, Treasure and Vala had an audience with the Pope. He The Chancellor was speaking at a ables, are being landed and placed at was accompanied to the Vatican luncheon at the Birmingham sec- their risk in the Godowns of the Hong by Sir Roberi Cive, Minister to the tion of the British Industries Fair. Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Holy See, and his conversation with "From all directions you, get in- Oo, Ltd., Kowloon, whence Delivery can His Holiness lasted half an hour. dications that trade recovery inbe obtained as the Goods are landed. Capt. Eden also met Pacelli, Papal Secreary
Cardinal Britain is firmly on the upgrade," Goods not cleared within 7 days, in of State. he said was general revival of con- cluding date of arrival, will be subject to and afterwards made a tour of fidence and the people felt that | Roul the Vatican
they could safely. All up their All Claims must be sent to the Under- The Inter-State Commerce Com- mission recommended by President the Rome conversations issued in
An official statement concerning stocks and expand their plant and signed before Tasaday, 6th March, Roosevelt in a special message to Rome tonight stated that the head had come to stay. Although Bri-
quipment. They felt IBCOvery 1934, or they will not be recognized.
Damaged packages must be left in should be fully empowered to in- noon Congress said that the new body of Government received this after- tain had given preference to the Consignees and the Company's Sur the Godowns for examination by the vestigate the business of the exist- Eden, Lord Privy Seal, who into know that if they bought more
at Venice Prince, Capt. Empire, she wanted other countries vegas, Mass. Goddard & Douglas, at ing companies and make recom- formed him of the conversations from Britain she would buy more
10 am. on Friday, the 2nd Mar., 1934, mendations to Congress for addi-
Consignees must have a Revenue "which had taken place in Paris from them. tional legislation at the
in attendance. when damaged next and Berlin. Tais Information en- The Chairman of Lloyd's Bank, untiable goods are examined by he session.
abled them to examine afresh the Bir Beaumont Pease who also Company's Surveyors They found themselves in accord British and Italian memorandum. spoke, advocated the extended use was a pity that the use of this old as to the object to be reached and, method of financing trade had In particular, as to the possibility of bills exchange and said that it
anding baxts of general agree- fallen away.
be all those relying on wires. cables The services to be affected will
and radio as the medium of trans- mission-Reuter.
no doubt, was inevitable. The real- 17 suprising thing was that Harvey scored as many clear-cut blows as he did. Further, it was an obvious and significant fact that all through the fight, long before the Impness of fatigue" was added to the impness of a fine boxer with most of the snap and fire gone out of his fighting. Gains was fabour-sting in any of his blows except armament met to-day and it is ing uphill.
The Rounds.
ment
The Cabinet Committee on dia-
understood, the members const dered the reports from Capt. Eden of his conversations in Paris and
the digs to the body. And those were too few and far between to tell very much. By the time the
at the Brst encounter and it may was boxing well within himself, short stay in Paris on his journey, Harvey shot out his left effectively 10th round was reached, Harvey
Berlin. Capt. Eden will make a
from.
British Wireless.
well have added to his confidence, generally getting in first with the
Rome and is expected in Soon he was swinging his right left and still compelling Gains to London at the end of the week and missing, like Gains. Once, too, come in none too hopefully though Harvey ran into a left counter cleverly enough. Some of the. and. deserved praise for the prompt crowd cried for something more ex- way in which he steadied himself citing than this, but Harvey was and reverted to the kind of Bght not to be furried, and-well, Gains simply had not got any ferocious attack in him.
he evidently had planned. Foc ing Gains to come to him, he swore ed with a stiff right to the body and took the round: Gains tried to attack in round two, but beyond
MLLE. HILZE · ARRIVES.
Harvey meanwhile was mixing up French Aviatrix On Way To his boxing cleverly, now using a
hook as well as a left and fol-"
Japan
Mile. Maryse Hlize, the well-
a few digs to the ribs at close lowing right, now a shoulder-high quarters achieved no more than his right to the head. At the infight- watchful opponent, who did beating he was, if anything, the strqnknown French avlatrix who is on with the left. This round was ger of the two after 10 rounds, Har her. second flight to Japan arrived drawn Harvey's ability to get in vey must have felt the rabbit pan-here at 4.45 yesterday afternoon, first wherever Gains tried to lead ches, but, equally so, Gains was She left Tanol at 11.30 yesterday gave him the third round, and al- fast losing whatever chance he had morning, and her arrival was so though the latter's body blows shaking his man badiy with the unexpected that, according to Mr. neutralized Harvey's lefts in the right. Nor was he, able to develop Moss, in charge of Kai Tak Aero- next, the latter now had found the the left book that had proved so drome, there was nobody present distance with his left and any idea effective against the over-contd to receive her, that the bigger man would score a ent Don McCorkindate in the first As can be imagined, she had a knock-out in. the earlier rounds al- two of their three nights. Gains rather bad and trying trip, and we ready must have left the minds of got in once in the last round but learn that she intends to leave for those who had backed him to win one, but Harvey promptly brought Shanghai this morning a In a cautious bout, in which Har back into action his stinging left
Arrival at Hanof vey boxed largely on the offensive to the face and, very coolly and defensive, Gains himself locked deliberately. outmanouvred and safe enough from the worst- outpointed his man In the last knock-out punch-but there was no round.
Hanol, Feb. 277 Mie. Maryse Hilze who is on her night to Tokyo landed here this "morning-Reuter.
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SINGAPORE'S AIR FORCE Immediate Addition Urged
London, Feb. 27. A substantial increase to the Air Force stationed in Singapore is
strongly urged by Naval ̈and ·Air Force officers, according to the "Daily Telegraph" which adds that it is a growing demand of Government supports for the im- mediate addition to the Royal Air Force of at least ten squadrons
Reuter..
HAPSBURG MONARCHY
Revocation Of Banishment Laws Requested
Officer
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No Fire Insurance will be affected by
in any case whatever,
R. OHL.
Agent Hong Kong, 24th Feb., 1924,
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Vlerina, Feb. 27.10 Speculation has been aroused by the fact that Prince von Starhem- berg attended a Monarchist masa
If, when at home, they will meeting and was given a warm call or telephone to the above ovation.
The speakers at the meeting address, they will receive the demanded the revocation of the utmost assistance and the laws banishing the Hapsburgs as a latest available information on preliminary step towards the
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