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DISTINCTION
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1928.
U. S. PRESIDENTIAL IMPROPER STORAGE OF BRITAIN'S TRADE
ELECTION.
PENNSYLVANIA VOTE FOR HOOVER.
NOMINATION PRACTICALLY
ASSURED.
CAREER IN CHINA,
FILMS.
LOCAL COMPANY'S SECOND
OFFENCE.
The How Woo Film" Exchange Company; of 27, Wyndham Street, was summoned before Mr. R, E. Lindsell this morning for storing
RECOVERY.
ELEVEN PER CENT, OF WORLD EXPORTS.
cinema films in a place other than COTTON ONLY DARK SPOT ON that allowed under the conditions of their licence.
HORIZON,
EMPIRE MARKETING.
London, June 12. That Britain's share of the
Sub-Inspector Ellis said that re- cently, on the 5th instant, a small fire occurred in the premises oc- cupied by the defendant Company. A roll of film was 'strung out in Kangaa City, June 12.
The backyard, apparently for dry The Republican National Con- vention has opened here for the ing, and the outbreak started when world's export trade during 1927 purpose of nominating the Party's cigarette was, thrown from had increased to eleven per cent, upper floor, and the lighted and i candidato for the Presidency.
came into contact with the inflam-or two per cent, less than In 1913, Mr. Herbert Hoover, by virtuemable material.
and that at the same time the European share of the world trade of promised votes, is practlenlly assured of nomination,
had shrunk from 62 per cent. to 52 per cent, were among the en- lightening facts disclosed by Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, the Preal- dent of the Board of Trade, in the House of Conimons.
not
When Mr. G. C. Moss, of the Later. Fire Department, inspected the The Pennsylvania delegation premises after the fire, he found has voted solidly in favour of Mr. film rolls being stored under the Hoover's nomination-Reuter's staircase, whereas they should American Service.
have been kept in the store-roam "A previous message stated::allowed in the licence for the pur $25 for thirty Tifin Tickets can be had at the Office of the above The Republican leaders of the nose. Moreover, the dour of this
National Convention have elimi-store-room was open, and it when nated President Coolidge as a pos-easy for the fire to have spread sible nomineee. for the Presidency into this room. has apparently clearing the way for the nomination of Mr. Hoover, Information has reached here that in the opinion of his closest friends Mr. Coolidge will not con- sent to run even if the Convention should stampede and nominate him: There is 'every indication that Mr.
Being handed a record of a pre- Mellon is most convinced that this view is the correct one and that vious conviction against the same the Pennsylvania, delegations to firm, his Worship observed that six months ago. the defendants the Convention will vote for Mr.had been fined $25 for a similar have offence, and they should
ILis Worship now doubled that taken a warning from that fine. penalty by imposing a fine of $50.
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600 whereas only 545 votes are necessary to nominate him.
Dawes as Vice-President? Mr. Mellon and Senator Borah both declared in favour of nomi- nating General Dawes for another term as Vice-President.
Apart from the Pennsylvanian vote, the Convention is entirely lacking in the usual excitement. The majority of the delegates ap- pear desirous of concluding the matter as soon as possible, in order
to return home.
had
In reply to his Worship, Sub inspector Ellis sald he did know how long those rolls been left under the staircase, he was not certain whether were there during the fire.
and
hey
Sir Philip was optimistic re- garding the future, and forecasted
steady recovery.
Steady Upward Trend.
He mentioned that during 1927 the steady upward trend of exports to the Empire was most marked, while we had secured an increas- ing market in South America, particularly in the. Argentine, where the exports for the first Afly three months of 1928 were per cent, above those for the first three months of 1924.
Sir Philip also declared that there exists a great opportunity. for sales in the United States in spite of the high tariff wall..
He again urged the necessity for combination in selling. especially in the many instances where competing firms were selling ANXIOUS ABOUT HIS the same goods, like, for example,
steel.
SON.
WHY A BANISHEE RETURNED.
That he had returned
to the
Colony to investigate the disap pearance of his son, who was re- ported to have been kidnapped, was "Like Hungry Wolves." the excuse put forward by
banishee who appeared before Mr. The proceedings were punctuat- W. Schofield, at the Kowloon Magis- ed by the boom of incessant flash-tracy this morning, on a charge of Highls, while photographers roam- disobeying a five-years' deportation ed round the hall like a pack of order. hungry wolves, seeking celebrities. Meanwhile, Mr. Hoover sat alone in Washington, out off from all visitors, listening by wireless with an open trunk telephone at his elbow, over which his man agers constantly reported the pro- of his cause.-Reuter's gress American Service.
Formerly in China,
It may not be generally known that Mr. Herbert Hoover, who is"
The defendant, who was banished under the Optum Ordinance three years ago, said that he had received report from his mother that his son had been kidnapped from his home in Canton Road. On re- csipt of his mother's letter, defen- ant returned to the Colony. His son, whose disappearance had been reported to the police, had since heen recovered from the hands of the kidnappers,
His Worship pointed out to the
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Shipping Supremacy.
Britain had regained her com- plete supremacy in the shipping world. We had attained
no less then 55 per cent, of the total world's new ship construction orders, while one of the new ships would afford a large scale experi- ment in the use of fuel pulverised on board.
The motor industry, too, had made rapid strides. In 1927, tho output of motor vehicles was 209,000, which represented
over increase of 77,000 figures for 1924,
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the
Britain was soundly in the lead of the five foremost exporting countries of electrical machinery.
Cotton Troubles, Referring at some length to the cotton industry, Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister drew attention to the fnet that while the world was apparent- ly consuming to-day about 5,000,- 000 bales of cotton more than pre- 1,000,000 king approximately bales less,
United States Serretary of Com- defendant that his proper course war, the United Kingdom was
merce, spent several years in China as
young man, being was to have written to the police for permission to land in the Manager of the Chinese Engineer- ng and Mining Company, and that Colony, explaining why he wished he did much humane work among Chinese refugees at Tientsin during the Boxer, aprlslag."
to return
The defendant said he was aware he had broken the law and express nd regre.
Mr. Tang Shan-yi, the veteran
His Worship intimated that he retired Chinese statesman, tells an would like the defendant's state- interesting story of Mr. Hoover's ment verified, and adjourned the work in this latter connexion. At the time of the Boxer Rebellion, case until to-morrow.
Mr. Tang was general manager of
the Peking and Shanhuikwa Rail.
The world's increase was large ly accounted for by the develop- menta in foreign countries, which were relying more and more upon manufactures for their own con- sumption.
Britain, however, was now meet- ing the keen competition from Japan. Threats of disputes in Lancashire had recently held up a number of orders, but now that
way, and he lived in the foreign Mr. Hoover asked for a dozen men that issue seemed to be definitely to follow him. The men were settlement in Tientsin, whilst Mr. and Mrs. Hoover resided just detailed off, four for water and out of the way, we might hope for eight for rice, and through the progress with amalgamations and long, hot day Mr. Henver led the with trade.--Reuter.
opposite his house;
Boxer Bombardment.
men to the deserted shops whose owners had fled, and gathered sup-
Relating Mr. Hoover's courage.tes for the penned-in refugees.
ous work, Mr. Tang says:
"The Boxers were shelling-the-
Cotton Spinner's Viewn. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Cotton Yarn Association, Fearless Work.
Manchester, to-day, the President, Settlement with a powerful gun
"Then I called Mr. Hoover's at Mr. G. L. Tattersall, quoted some which they called 'The Empress Dowager." It threw a 750-pound tention to the thousand or more startling figures indicating the shell, and was being fred con-Chinese refugees in the cellars of plight of the American Section of tinually. They called us southern the Bank of China. It was Mr. the Lancashire cotton trade.
Hoover and Dr, Tenney who, for He explained that every pound Chinese 'half Boxers, and we were 20 days, absolutely fearless in of yarn spun was sold at a less, in constant danger of our lives. their humane mission, supplied and those losses, added to the "A shell from this gun struck the refugees at both places with losses of the mills that had stopped my, house and my wife and my food and water and probably saved and allowing reasonable charges fourth daughter were killed in their lives.
for depreciation and fair interest, stantly, There were about 200 "It was a tense period, filled with made a total loss equal to £6,000,- men, women and children in my suspicions, and accusations. To 000 every year.-Reuter. home at that time seeking refuge,gether with Mr. Chang Yen-man, and while quite a number were director general of the mining com. illed or injured, it has always, been pany, 10 days after the commence a wonder to me that so many sur-ment of the siege I was arrested on vivod. We were panic-stricken. the charge of communicating with My first thought was to seek safety the Boxers, by the Chinese authori in some other quarter. I carried ties, after they had destroyed my the body of my wife on my back home and killed my wife and and led the way to the large daughter. For three days we were Yorkshire 4. Essex at legion on May 12, cellars of the Chinese Engineering Imprisoned in a coolic house in when Holmes and Batcliffe reached this stre and Mining Company which were Butterfield and Swire's compound. The crstenary of where birth was about two blocks distant.
It faced the west, and with a July commemorated recently. A standard which sun beating down upon us, the the early French kings received from the Abbot of St. Denis betere going on a cam- situation: reminded me of what netan. Antwerp Cathedral, Ghent Cathe
Calcutta:
Helped Refugees.
.
',
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
The following are the replies to to-day's questions
before
separated. 1 Dante Gabriel
"Mr. Hoover rushed to my house had read about the Black Hole of dd, the Wallace Collection wife. Intors the
about the same time, and at the risk of his own life, carried out a numer of the dead and Injured. A day or two Inter my house caught fire and was burned to the ground.
Secured Release.
"Mr. Hoover, learning of our arrest, together with Dr. Tennoy, afterward Charge d'Affaires of the American Legation in Peking, and
the Louvre, B According to legend, A creation of Eve 6 Addison's "Cato." 7 What will be will be (Italian). Ely. The LN. E., and the L... Before the grouping of the railways the GER, the G.N.It. the LN. W., and the Midland 10 A secret trenty between Charls, II, and Loula Rolated 1787). In return for a subaldy Chur-
declars, himself, Rom serped to Holland, although England was alrendy pledg
day the Triple Alliance to support Holland. The Rubicon was a amail river in Italy
and to asset Louis in a war agafrist
"Meantime about 1,000 refugees had assembled in the collar. Mr. Mr. Carson, agent of Jardino's, apd Hoover promptly appeared and his peated, to the commander of a Britch Julia Garant craard at the head of first question was: "Mr. Tang, tish gunboat and through their by doing so he declared war on the what can I do for you? and I presentations, brought about our republie. Hence the expression is, and to do arribo any Important and irrevocable decision. 12. Bir. Johnston Forbes-Robertson. answered, 'Get us rice and water.'lease with apologies,"
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