HONGKONG DAILY PRESS ·
U.S. SHORT-WAVE RADIOCASTERS APPOINT CO-ORDINATOR OF NEWS
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Careful voluntary guardianship of the news sent by short waves from the United States to the rest of the warld has been undertaken by American short wave interests.
This is the effect of the action taken recently when Stanley P. Richardson, a veteran foreign correspondent, was appointed Interna- tional Broadcasting Co-ordinator for six lending companies in the short wave radiocasting field Mr. Richardson resigned his post as Executive Assistant to Joseph E. Davies, Chairman of the Presi dent's Committee on War Relief Agencles, in order to accept the ap- pointment.
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FINANCE & GENERAL
Finance and Commerce
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LONDON, May 27 (Reuter) The High Command of the tish Imperial forces look the Malayan garrison as the Insurance of peace the East, declared Major-General E Percival, General Officer Com- manding, Malaya, in an interview yesterday.
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KWANGTUNG TEA H.K. Stock
INDUSTRY
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SHIUKWAN, May 27 (Central) -With Д view O developing Kwangtung's ten industry, a factory' capitalised at $400,000, will shortly be established "Jointly by the Provincial Reconstruction De- partment, the China National Tes Corporation and the Kwangtung Office of the Foreign Trade Com- mission of the Ministry of Fin-
ance.
The announcement of Mr. Rich-cording to the announcement, will ardson's appointment was made by be to assist the radiocasters in the a committee representing the Na-development of a more effective tional Broadcasting Company, the and comprehensive world coverage Columbia Broadcasting System, the by radio. In the case of one short
for radlocaster, General Electric Company, the wave Westinghouse Electric and Manufacilities for beaming to both Latin
Decision to the above effect was facturing Company, the World America and Europe were design-
made during conferences between Wide Broadcasting Foundation and ed, Yet, it was learned, the station
General Percival disclosed that General Li Hon-wan, Chairman of the Crosley Corporation.
has never used ita European beam SAW NEED OF CONTROL more than twice, both times upon the garrison stretches from the the Kwangtung Provincial Govern- Malaga to ment. and the Central authorities Mr. Richardson's appointment specific request, preferring rather northern frontier of
visited Chung- grew out of the determination to concentrate on Latin America Borneo and explained that the when the former of the Nation's chief short where the possibilities of political aerodromes which extended to the king recently.
frontiers of China must be pro- wave radiocasters to make more involvement were fewer. effective use of their facilities. Ac- NINE STATIONS INVOLVED tected by land forces, cording to a pleture drawn from In the radio co-ordination plan
The past policy, he added. reliable sources the radiocasters satare nine short wave stations stret
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In order to help develop China's tea trade the Kwangtung Office of the Foreign Trade Commission
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has decided to set up sub-offices RAUB AUSTRALIAN | | ||
Tsingyun. Hokshan, Szewul,
having a large number of aero- in their offices in a dozen leadung ching from coast to coast. Their dromes had proved wise one. Walyeung, Tsekám, Lienping and shot wave stations determining total rated power is 450,000 watts. This further increased the man-other places to buy what and what not to radiocast The effective power of these sta-fold difficultles of establishing duced there for export. from a constant stream of news.tions, however, is much greater hostile air superiority which, The radiocasters, lacking the Gov. Directive antenna, concentrating
ernment's valuable sources of in- the radiocast energy Into narrow formation, have had to make debcams, multiply the signal many cisions
hourly and often with times, misgivings. Many of them took Short wave stations included in their cues from the newspapers on the scheme are located at Boston, what types of information to stressSchenectady, Philadelphia, New or Ignore.
In
any case, was difficult of achieve- ment" owing to the distances volved.
the tea pro-
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GOLD MINING CO. The Hongkong Stock Exchange yesterday received a cable from Raub Australian Gold Mining Co and in transisting reads as follows: "Report 572 Ounces Fine 1,461."
A Large-scale loan service for the HONGKONG · development of agriculture and water conservancy in Kwangtung
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TEA QUOTA FIXED York, Cincinnati and San Fran- LONDON, May 27 (Reuter) But that was not enough. Under- cisco. These stations are licensed to The International Tea Committee with the view to increasing the neath was the feeling of the radio- operate with 33 frequencles, a raised the tea qucta for the cur-province's agrarian products will casters that despite their precau- greater number than used by either rent period of regulation from 90 he inaugurated. tions, and due to their ignorance. the British or the Germanu.
ito 95 per cent. with £ view to A plan to this effect is being fatal mistakes might be made. Mis- Mr. Richardson, after concluding alleviating the position of the drafted by the Pearl River Water H.K. Electrics (0) takes involving the Government in his work with the President's Co-eastern markets where the Com-Conservancy Bureau. It is estimat- have ed that the project will entail a total of more than $10,000,000,
a political crisis ahead of its own mittee on War Relief Agencies. mittee thinks the prices desire. In a crials such as this the plans to establish headquarters in risen extravagantly: Government even might have been New York City. Private opinion in forced to take over short wave the industry was, however, that
radiocasting facilities in order to Mr. Richardson, or an assistant, HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
have control over what is sald. would also have to be established
Rather than Government control in Washington. This would be due STOCK EXCHANGE, the short wave radiocasters volun-to the fact that a co-ordinator
tarily preferred to police them- would have to have a very long "ayers Belles Bales Nomin selves. The appointinent of Mr. finger in the State Department be Richardson, was the result.
"A
cause of the confidential nature of
The task of Mr. Richardson, ac- the task
(C:S.M.).
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FRANCE'S SOCIAL, GOLDFISH GROW
STRUCTURE.
A preparatory study alming to draft a plan, of the future social structure in France will form the
Chicago Goldfish grow signif-
object of a survey to be carried out rantly faster in water in by a special committee known as other
goldfish have
which $176 previously the 'Committee for Professional lived for a Hmited period than Organisation.".
they do in other water. Dr. W. C.
This committee has not yet held Allee. Asher J. Kinkel, and Walter an official session for most of its H. Hoskins of the University of members are in occupied France: Chicago have demonstrated that
the but a special Secretariat locat-in
course of 20 to 30-day ed in Vichy has commenced pre-periods the average increase in liminary work and is examining size of goldfish living in "fish-con- at present thousands of letters ditioned" water over the increase which were addressed to it and in size of other fishes is a slight ́ which contained suggestions from but statistically significant amount. workers and industrialists in vari. Unfed fishes, experiments show. shrink less in "ash-conditioned" ous parts of France.
than in pure water. ' The Committee will consist of 27
There seems to be a growth members selected both from in-
promoting factor in the mucus dustrialists and.. former unions:
secretion from the skin of tize the French Confederation of "conditioning" Ashes. This is in- Labour (CGT), and Christian dicated by the fact that fish-skin labour unions. The committee wil extract added to also include representatives of the minute amounts significantly in Intellectual professions.
creases growth.
Dr. Lester Ingle and Mr. Finke! have gone a step further and Ash mucus stimu-
The fundamental principles of shown that
the future social order in France lates the growth of even such very were outlined by Marshal Petain distantly related
organisms
in his message to the nation of water-deas (Daphnia). August 10th, 1940, ang In his lates:
They have therefore come to #164 speech addressed to the workers of believe that they may be dealing. the industrial cities of St. Etienne with a general growth-promoting and Commentry stressing the principle of animals which may necessity of substituting a spirit parallel the already well-known of class collaboration to the form growth-promoting. principles of er class struggles.
Labour quarters have recently MORE EXPERIMENTS expressed the opinion that the Further experiments, by Mr. principle of tyll freedom of as-Finkel and Dr. Allee, In which. sembly for workers must be pre-minute quantities of tin chloride served and that workers should be were added to the water, showed free to form whatever associations an increase in length of the fishes they deem advisable for the de-living in tin-conditioned water over fence of their interests. For the the increases of other fishes dur- Effective time being. It is pointed out here, ing 20-day periods. the former trade union organisa-amounts of tin are so minute that tion of France is merely suspended it can be used practically in aqua- and not suppressed and it remains tiums and some lakes.
Several years to be seen whether this organisa-
ago R. 8. Young tion could subsist within the of Cornell University demonstrat- framework of the future organisa-ed that the growth of timothy, tion, ie whether the employers and also of algae, is stimulated and employees could retain their by minute traces of tin, B. B. Cohen present respective bodies and col- of the University of Chicago de
tin monstrated last year that Iaborate together.
traces stimulate the growth of labour quarters have
a transitory solution sunflower roots. The present work providing for the creation of tri-of Dr. Allee and Mr. Finkel shows for the first time that tin" stimu- partite committees including de- legates of labour, capital and the lates the growth of vertebrates. and demonstrates a growth-pro- state. These committees would function pending a definite solu-moting principle which plants and
Some advocated
tion of the question, the former labour unions to be preserved for
animals have in common.
the time being. Finally, workers trade unionists who were arrested demand the liberation of militant for their pacifist Idea
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RURAL PRODUCTION IN KANSU LANCHOW. May 27 (Central)- The Kansu Provincial Government has completed arrangements with the Central Bank of China, the
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1941. —PAGE
BLACK & WHITE
POL
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麗晶酒
It's the
SCOTCH WHISKY
"BLACK WHITE"
DIOICE OLD SCOTCH WHISK
CLOTHES MOTHS SQUEEZE THROUGH
tine.
TINY CRACKS
Scotch!
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London, May 26 (Router). Nu. Standard, Cash, Middle Price, £255-1/2.
Tin, Standard, 3 months, Middle Price, £265-1/2.
An opening only four thea. sandths of an inch wide is large enough to admit & newly hatched clothes moth larva, according to Market easy. "Easinesa was at Wallace Colman of the Bureau of tributed to Board of Trade's re- Entomology and Plant Quaran-fasal to grant export licenses. Cash was particularly weak as Mr. Colman has been testing to United Kingdom official stocks find the snallest crevice through rose for third consecutive week. 'which larvae of the common webb- Traders generally unwilling to Ing clothes moth can pass. His operate. After hours-3 months at tests show that a larva just out of £265-1/2 were paid for fifty tons
LONDON GOLD
London, May 26 (Reuter),
the egg can crawl through an opening no wider than the thick- a sheet of good quality ness of bond paper. Most newsprint paper is slightly thinner.
This explains why woollens pack-
Bar Gold, Fine per oz., 163/-
MISSION
Bank of China, the Bank of Com-ed in boxes or cheats tight enough JAPANESE munications and the Farmers to keep out flying clothes moths
"BANGKOK, May 27 (Reuter) still may suffer moth" damage. Bank of China, for a loan 01 $10,000,000 for extension of credits Mr. Colman says when a flying It is reported that Japan will opening, to a box shortly send an Economic Mission In aid of the increase of rural moth finds the 'production,
of of woollens too small to get through to Thailand to conduct the trade a total $32,000,000 together with previous herself, she lays her eggs in the negotiations and also to survey the loans for the same purpose in the crack. The tiny larvae that hatch economic situation with a view of furthering the Thai-Japan econo- current year.
in a few days have no The fund will be distributed to crawling into the box and getting mic relations. different, hsien by the Kansu Pro- at their food supply of woollens.
making
vincial Co-operative Enterprises
trouble
To keep clothes safe in a chest
Administration. A part of it will or trunk seal all cracks with gum-keep plenty of moth flakes in with be used for building granaries: ned tape. For extra precaution, the clothes.
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