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Hongkong Daily Press.
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ESTABLISHED 1857
No. 42879. ***WESTBAXS 1¤¤Ã¶¤‡A HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1936. ★AD BRABTE*#*#4* Price
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. INTERPORT
TIME TABLE
On and after October 1st, 1936, until Further Notice.
-TATIONS
Пост Карачен
A MAX.
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Słow
وتا
CARGO CRICKET WORTH
$5,000,000
OR TRAINS
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1
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9.40- 10.18 13.1218.45
1.25 1.60 2.30
(1.82 1.69
| 164 211
Th
1.57 8.25
| 3.58 5.00 5. 19: 7.85 15.278.02 (418) 4.30
5.80 8.14
5,52 8.27
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3.09 2.34
4.5501 | 5,538,39 4,468,088,12
AFTER BAD
START
Brilliant
Kowloon ...Dep. 8,30 8.25|| Yannati.Dep 6,33... Shatin Dep. 633 Taipo ep 17.04 ... Taipo Market.
Dep. 7.08
Fanling... Dep. 7.1
Shaungani
Dup. 7.24 ($1)
Shumchur Arr. Į 7,30° 9,00
Canton...AIT.
--9.61| 10,2413,20
0.03, 10.97/12.821
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9.5 10.66 13.62
9.38 11.06 1.03 ... 2.12 2.48
9.40 1.11 1.07) (83)] 2.17 2.53 3.064,51 ...5.138.46 0.48 11.17 1.18 1.39 2.93 2,60 9.127457 6.85 0.18) 8.62
11.20 6.00
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4.03
7.30
7.65
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9.15 6.40
1.108.15
4.50
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| 4,40) 1,44 6,46;
11.42)12,81| 2,44 ... 4466-48 6.30,
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5,01 6.04 7.05|
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($1) Slip Lunch last class on Sundays and Public Holidays. (32) Slip Buffet or Luncheon Car 1st class on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. *Will stop at any station on request. 1st claes only.. "Tai Po Feile Parlour Railcar will be attached to these trains every day whenever possible. Bullet and Luncheon Car will be attached to this train daily,
Further information may be obtained at the Railway Offices, Kow. loon, from Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., Hong Kong, from The American Express Company, Hong Kong, from The China Travel Service, 8. Queen's Road, Hong Kook, from Messrs. Wing On Co, Ltd.. from Onina Emporium, Ltd., Hong Kong and from The Travel Advisors, 315, Gloucester Building, Hong Kong.
By Order,
R. D. WALKER; Manager.
Recovery SPECIE FOR
LOCAL BANK From Shanghai
Fielding
Shanghai, Oct. 8.
After a shaky start when at one stage they had lost four wickets for 87 runs. Shanghai -recovered remarkably during the afternoon and at the end of the first day's play in the Interport cricket match against Hong Kong, had scored 286 for the loss of six wickets.
Three batsmen, Barson, the Shanghai captain, Pat Madar and. Leckle passed the 30 mark, the latter two being undefeated with 51 and 50, respectively, to their credit.
The weather was cloudy and the wicket fast.
Barson was successful with the spin of the coin, and decided to bat.
Stokes and Sevenoaks opened the innings.
With a cargo of specie valued at $5,000,000, the Chinese customs vessel," Hai Hsing," berthed at the Douglas steamship whart on the praya carly yesterday....
Under heavy. goed, the specie was removed "expeditiously from the hold of the customs ship to the vault of a local bank.
This "treasure" has been trans- ferred from Shanghai to Hong Kong for political reasons which would be improper to divulge pub- licly at this stage..
METEOROLOGY
CONFERENCE
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To Meet In
Hong Kong
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SPECIAL SAILING SCHEDULE The Night Steamer will leave Canton. daily at 10 PM instead of 4.30 PM.
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and was caught by Colledge at the" wicket. (1-1-1),
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ESSAYIST
Visit To Hong Kong|||
When the Eastern and Aus-
tralian liner "Changte" arrives in
port on Friday morning, she will have on board among her pass- engers Mis
MacLeod, Shirley
whose essay on a visit to the China Beas won her a trip to Hong Kong.
Made At Rotary Club Meeting
Immediately after the conclusion of the Rotary. Club meeting yester- day, the Hon. Dr. R.H. Kotewall'
DEBATE
TO-DAY
Critical Surveys Expected
The debate on the Colony Bud- was handed a cheque for $500 for get for 1937 will be held in the the Hong Kong Society for the Council Chamber at the meeting this afternoon at 2.30 pm.
It is expected that critical com-
as the guest of the Australian Orl-Protection of Children by one of of the Legislative Council
those present who wishes to re- main anonymous. The donor
ental Line.
Miss MacLeod will be entertain-
ed at an "At Home" to be given at wishes to be known as “Mrs. B. An-ments will be made by the Un-
the Helena May Institute on Fri-cnymous." day "at 5.30 p.m. when those pre-
Box collections taken at the Ro-
will be forwarded to the Society.
sent will be given the opportunity tary meeting totalled $122 and this of meeting the lucky person,
MISS SHIRLEY MCLEOD
MARINERS WARNED
intervals of six years a Conference Derelict Junk Danger
of Directors of the Meteorological services of the World. renews or modifes the mandates of the Commissions, and re-clects the International Meteorological Com-
Kwu Chung Ching, Kwok Fat mittee..
To Navigation
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SINO-JAPANESE
RELATIONS
official members all of whom, with the exception of the Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau. It is understood, are speaking.
The Colonial Secretary (Hon. MR. R.AC. North) will reply on behalf of the Goverment and HE the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, will wind up the debate.
Tokyo Instructions TYPHOID
To Ambassador
KAWAGOE.CHIANG
MEETING
Nanking, Oct. 6. Immediately on his arrival here by air from Shanghai this morn- ing, Mr. Kuwashima conferred with
VICTIMS Health Report For Last Week
&T-
Mr. Kawagoe to whom he con-
Eighteen cases of typhoid were veyed instructions from Tokyo, į notified to the local Health concerning reopening of Sino-thorities for the week ended Octo- Japanese negotiations.
ber 3. Of these, ten occurred in The much heralded meeting be- Victoria, six in Kowloon, and one tween General Chiang Kai-shek | each in Sharkiwan and Rural Hong and Mr. Kawagoe is fixed for to-Kong. There were two imported
afternoon
the when
cases of typhold. Three deaths Japanese Ambassador will, be re- were reported.
Ten ceived at General Chiang's private
cuses of diphtheria with residence at the, central Milltary seven deaths; one case of measles Academy.
and 57 deaths from tuberculosis were also notifed.
morrow
Although Chinese political cir- cles label the event as merely a "courtesy call," much significance attaches to the meeting as in- dicating the resumption of Sino- Japanese negotiations- Reuter.
Captain E, Hannevig, master of the Norwegian steamer "Hiram"
CHINA'S DEFENCES'... and Lee Kang Yin, appeared on Although the term interna-
reported to the Harbour Office last
Canton, Oct. remand before Mr. Q. A. A. Mac- tional is used, the constitution of
Monday that he passed a dis- It is reported that owing to the Zadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy the Committee and the Con-
masted floating Junk, while on a dangerous world situation, and the yesterday charged with the posses-ference has been mainly Euro-voyage, to this port from Bangkok increasing tension "at Shanghaf sion of arms and ammunition.
pean, and the venue of the Con-
via Swatow,
and in North China, the Central The position of the derelict. Government is feverishly occupied · (Continued on Back Page.)
which is considered to be a dan- with the work of strengthening ger to navigation, is given as Lati- the defences of the country tude 22 degrees 14 minutes North against foreign aggression. and Longitude 114 degrees 33 minutes East.
Inspector A. H Elston prosecut-
ed.
Chung Yu Lia, contractor fore- man, said that on September 22 at 4.30 p.m.,
when he returned home he found the first and second defendants there. The second defendant asked him for money and when the defendant was asked if he could put up security, be produced 2. Mauser revolver.
Det.-Bergt. J, Headridge stated that he was taken to a clump of bushes in Kowloon City, and was shown a revolver and four rounds of ammunition.
The weapon was in servicable condition.
&
Mr. Macfadyen: From the facts, it tends to show that the first and
second defendants knew a lot more about the case, but there is a deficiency of evidence on which to convict them,
The first and third defendanta were discharged.
The second defendant said that he had been given the gun by a friend in the Cantonese Army for him to sell, and being afraid, hld the gun under the bush.
Mr. Macfadyen disbelieved his story, and fined him $500 with the alternative of six months" hard labour.
VARIETY CONCERT
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BRITISH CONSUL AT GORE
Evacuating With Foreign Nationals
"Dorado"
Arrives
The R.M.A. Dorado arrived from p.m. yesterday, Penang at $.30 She carried 168.112 kilos of mail and 450 kilos of freight. There were no passengers,
Two cases of diphtheria and one of typhold were notified on Mon- day.
WARSHIPS
IN HARBOUR
Positions of warships in harbour yesterday were as follows:
North Wall: H.M.5.. Decoy. · South Wall: EMS. Defender. Elast Wall: HMS. Pandora, Oswald, HMS. Proteus,
As already declared by Dr. Wang Chung-hui, former President of the Nanking Judicial Yuan, and General Chang Hok-liang, China | HMS. is only anxious to protect herself | Régulus. from foreign aggression and in- vasion, and should the peace in the Far East be endangered br broken by the aggressive acts of any foreign power, that power alone shall be held responsible and
lable for what happens.
General Chen" Bing of the Cen- tral Military Affairs Department, and Adviser of the Kwangtung
London, Oct. 6: News has been received in Lon- don that Captain Erskine, British Consul at Gore is making good pro- gress with his evacuation and is expected shortly to arrive at Gom- bella, a hundred miles distant. He has proceeded over mountain. passes through bandit-ridden coun- try by mule train with a party of foreign nationals, mostly Greeks,
The Dorado is piloted by Capt. Army flew from Hankow to Nan- chang to interview Marshal Chiang shead of him, and followed by Raa J. H. Lock.
Kai-shek a few days ago, and it Imru, at one time commander of
is reported that he flew to Canton the northern Abyssinian aring.
yesterday morning with Marshal Ras Imru is leaving Abyssinia and
Chiang's instructions to General has been given permission to settle
Yu Han-mow, and landed at the in Uganda..
"Tin Ho" Aerodrome at 10. am
(Continned on Back Page.)
Practically all foreigners have left Western Abyssinia except a few traders
at Jimma and Some missionaries at Birama who con- sider it safer to stay rather than risk the perils of the tourney.
British Wirelenn.
END OF RESISTANCE?
London, Oct. 6. What may indicate virtual end' "of organised Abyssinian redistance" in Abyssinia is contained in the news reaching London_to-day from Captain. Nourse Erskine, British. The Hong Kong University Consul at Gore, that Ras Inru. Women Undergraduates' Club pro- leading commander of the north- poses to stage a Variety Concertern Abysstutan army against Italy in the Great Hall of the Univer- and later joint head of the Abye- sity on the 31st October, 1936. | slplan Government at Gore, la ac2 Tickets will be obtainable at companying him to Gambella on King's Theatre and the Hong Kong the Sudan Frontier. Ras Imru has University Union Office Part of been given permission to settle in the proceeds, will be devoted to Uganda.--- charitable objects.
Reuter
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON:
Ia. 2.3/4d."
T.T. ON NEW YORK; 30.5/16.
LONDON: SILVER MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondert)
London, Oct. 6. London silver prices to-day: were up 1/16 for "Spot". and 1/8 for: "Forward,” as follow:
Oct. B. 20-1/8 20-3/18
·Bpot ......20-1/18 Forward 20-1/18
|
North Arm: HMS, Daring, bak West Wall Dock: HMS, Duchess, HMS. Diamond, HMS. Lowestoft, In Dock: HMS, Dainty. HMS. Diana, HMS. Olympus...
Taikoo Dock! H.MS. Regent. No. 3. Buoy ELMS, Adventure. No. 7 Buoy: HMS, Moth No. 13 Buoy: HM.S. Tarantula, GUNBOAT DEPARTS The French gunboat Argus left yesterday.
ANNA MAY WONG
Miss Anna May Wong, the famous Chinese screen star, who has been here on a brief visit to her father and sister, Miss Lulu Wong, re- turned to the North aboard the
MANILA GOLD SHARES President Hoover which sulled yes-
Local Dealings
Buyers
Raubs, $11,35 Vanz, Goldfelds, $54. Benguet Explor.. 40.cts. Paracale Gumaus. 314.
Sellers
Ipo Gold, 38 cts.
Sales. Demonstrations, - $1,64-1.85.-| Itogons, $3.55.
Paracale Chumaus, $1.55-1.60), Ban Mauricio, $5.98.5-02 United Paracalę, $3,85,
(Full quotations on Page 12)
terday morning for San Francisco, via Shanghai und Japan ports.
NEWS INDEX
Cables. Rotary Meeting
Radio Programmės Cinemas
Page 8, à, Page Page: 4.
Page 5.
Local Diary Police Courts Funeral
Page 4.
Page 6.
Page 7.
Sports US Baseball
Mail Notices
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