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Roger's Greatest Romance
All-Talking!
́CHARLES (BUDDY)
ROGERS
Mary Brian
and
June Collyer The River of Romance"
Adventure! Youth Love!
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ECONOMIC MISSION.
SIR ERNEST THOMPSON PAYS OFFICIAL VISITS,
Having recovered from
indix-
On December 20th the motor pas- senger and cargo vessel Tilsadanc, position, Sir Ernest Thompson, built for the Java-China-Japan. Line
Chairman of the British Economic
by the Netherland Shipbuilding Co. Mission to the Far East, accom- (N. V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw. Mattschappij) was launched."
panied by the Principal Secretary
The principal dimensions are. (Mr. T. St. Quintin II) paid an
Length 458ft. Ain., broadth
02ft., official visit yesterday morning to
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
FANLING RACES TO-MORROW.
LADIES' EVENT ONE OF THE FEATURES.
[By "Ringtall,”]
Although the weather is a little cloudy at the moment, some enjoy- able sport should be seen al Fanling to-morrow, and a big crowd is sure to turn up to this popular venue.
..
Fields may be on the small alde In some of the events, but this will be compensated for by the quality of the new entrants. The course could not possibly be better condition, this boing. due to the light, rains which have fallen during the last week.
A ladies' race will figure as one of the tit-bits of the meeting, and a very exciting finish should be Been. when some of our lady champions will be out to see who Is the premier rider.
Mr. Stanton's Christmas Frolic should bring his master home in the hurdle race, as he is a firm Jumper and can stay well,
My elections are:
1st Race.
Fanting Stax. Fernleaf.
Duke of Nieglung.
2nd Race.
San Francisco As You Like Blue Buy.
3rd Race.
Christmas Frolic, Young Pretender. Sergeant Murphy.
4th Race.
Sunnting. Done Again.
Hartford,
5th Race.
Chemal, Country Club. Big Ching.
6th Race. Christmas Belle, Marquis Hall. Diana,
PERSIAN WITHOUT
PASSPORT.
TO BE EXPELLED FROM
COLONY.
Sherriff Ahmed, described as u Persian. but who addressed the Court in Russian, appeared before Mr. Williama at the Central Police | Court this morning on a charge of
failing to have a valid passport.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1931.
FINANCE CRISIS IN MR. BALDWIN'S LOVE
AUSTRALIA.
CONFERENCE PRACTICALLY ENDS IN FIASCO.
SCORN OF EXPERTS.
OF RURAL BEAUTY.
HARESFIELD BEACON FOR
THE NATION.
Mr. Baldwin, on behalf of the National Trust, on a recent Salur- day attended the dedication for tho use of the public of Haresfield Bea- con, a spur e" the Cotswold Hills, near Gloucester, once in Roman watch station.
Canberra, Feb, G. Australia's finances are in precarious state and a conference enlled to-day for the purpose for The ceremony of handing over tackling the problem ended, more | the tile deeds to Mr. Baldwin was or lean, in flasco,
performed by Lord Dickinson of Painswick.
Mr. Scullin, the Federal Prime Minister, painted an extremely
In accepting them, Mr. Baldwin gloomy, picture of the state of the spoke of his great love for "the country's finances in the inaugural unequallet, unexampled, and un- speech at the athering, which paralled beauty of the English was a conference of Federal State countryalde.” Ministers, who assembled with the} object of considering a three- "We have become largely an years' plan for rehabilitation. urban folk.", he continued, "but
} there Ilos deep down in the hearts,
for two and three
Mr. Scullin said that чолие experta estimated that the totale of those who have toiled in
our ellies fall in the national income was at least £100,000,000. It was, there generations, an Ineradicable love for country things and country fore, essential to form a plan to beauty. To them the country re- deal with the short-term overacas debt which would be £55,000,000 Presents eternal values and tradi-
at the end of February.
The Conference broke before lunch,
down
never
tions from which we must allow ourselves to be separated, This sum, he added, was 'exclu- "Wo have to protect the country- sive of the annual liability over-side until auch time as the educa- sens of £34.000.000 la interest,tion of our people has taught all which, owing to the unfavourable to love the country in their hearts. exchange, had been augmented by fand soul. Modern transport has $10,000,000,
enabled all kinds of goods to be taken out of the district where they are produced and transferred into other portions of England. Mr. Srullin refused to allow the Our countryside owes its beauty old days expert officials committee to sub-to the fact that in the mit
build he people were only able recommendations 2499 objected to their dictating Govern their houses, farma, and cottages. ment policy. Mr. Scullin further of materials which belonged said that no plan should include the district, and which harmonised wage cuta,
with the landscape until it made that perfect complete and unified whole which we love no much in all parts of the country.
The Premier of New South Wales. Mr. Lang went further and said that he intended to raise wages.
The et result is that the Con ference is without a plan and there is no chance of the Ministers agreeing upon one.-Reuter.
The Expert Plan.
to
to
"If a man wanted to build in the Cotswolda he used Cotswold stone. You can never see those abominations of red tile or Welsh alate. It is not a question of age that makes buildings harmonious with the landscape. It is a ques- tion of using the materials that The report of the experts com- look at home and not allen. It is mittee warns the various govern- because it cultivates that eye for ments that the position is becoming beauty, that sense of rest and increasingly serious and declares peace, that we rejoice that a place that the reality of publie and pri-¡ike this will be preserved for vate adversity must be faced.
The commitica estimate that the defelts of all Australian Govern-
ever."
nents next year will be £25,000,000 MR. HOOVER HITS BACK untess remeilial action is taken.
The experta point out that Aus- tralian stocks are now at a lower price in London than the stocks of South American republics, Reuter.
PLIGHT OF THE TEA INDUSTRY,
SENATE DEMAND REFUSED,
Washington, Jan. 11. President Hoover, showed once gain over the week-end that he is prepared to fight back, vigorously whenever challenged by the Sen ate. Yesterday he met the Senate's attempt to force the dismissal of three recently appointed Power Commissioners with a blunt refusal
Detective Sergeant Whaht in- formed his Worship that the de- fendant. possessed a Chinese pass- part issued by the Chinese author-PLAIN TALKING AT LONDON to return their nominations.
[ities for one year, but it had ex-
pired.
it was stated by the police off- cer that the accused had come from Canton and was arrested at the Tokyo Hotel.
MEETING.
|
London, Feb. G.
"I am advised," the President declared, that these appointments In reply to his Worship, the de-
were constitutionally made and fendant remarked that he did not Presiding at the annual meet that reconsideration by the Senate have enough money to renew hising of tea-buying brokers. Mr. would be the festive to disturb passport.
J.J. Bunting expressed the opinion the appointees in their offices. } that the tea industry to-day was cannot admit the power of the nearer to ruin than at any time | Seunte to encroach upon executive in its history.
functions."
The only way in which Congress The causes Included the folly could take constitutionn! action of over-producing and luck of would be by impeachment proceed. vision on the part of Growers" Associations with regard to their Ings.
The Federal Power Commission dealings with Russin eighteen inonths ago, when some 40,000,000 was established in 1920 to super- vise hydroelectric power plants to 50,000,000 lbs. of tea might have been taken off the London and was originally formed of three members of the Cabinet who were market.
unable to devote sufficient time Other reasons were the selling to the work. Mr. Hoover decided broker who served successfully to create an Indepondent commix- five members whose two masters, and the antediluvian sion of methods of marketing tea In nominations were approved by the Senate before the Christmas England. Reuter.
On the prosecution asking for a heavy penalty, his Worship sen- tenced the defendant to three months hard labour, to be followed by explosion from the Colony.
BANK RETURNS.
NOTE & SPECIE FIGURES FOR JANUARY
The return of the average amount of bank notes in circula- tion and of specle in reservo in Hongkong, during the month ended PRINCES FLY OVER THE
31st January, 1931, as certified by the Managers of
Banks are:-
Blanke.
Chartered Bank
the respectivel
Averag Specic
In Reserve 7,800,000*
Amount. 2,130,410 Hongkong Hank .... 112,203,442 80,000,000
__0,485,294 1,350,0001
Mercantile Bank ...
Total 187,130.140 89,150.000 *In addtion Sterling Securitim era deɔoɛfied with the Crown Agroat vained at £1,328,100,
PANAMA CANAL.
FIRST ROYALTY TO MAKE THE FLIGHT.
London, Feb. 6. The Prince of Wales and Prince
tin Audition Securities deposited with the George aboard the liner Oroposa ar-
Crown Arentz and Stralia Government valued at £2,012,818,
addition Berurities depralta
Crown Agents valued at $80,000.
with Eng
TENDERS ACCEPTED.
LATEST GOVERNMENT
NOTIFICATIONS
rived at Cristobal, Panama, this
morning.
The Princes motored-to-France- field. on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone, and flew to Paitilafield on the Pacific Side, being the first Royalty to fly over the Canal.
recess.
The first act of the new Com. misalon was to dismiss three sub- | ordinates who had failed to work harmoniously together. Two of these were in sympathy with the vlews of Senators belonging to the insurgent Republican-Democrat
protracted de who, after bate, secured a 44 to 37 majority for domanding the recall of the nominations of the commissioners. responsible for the dismissals,
group,
The President denounced ut- tempts which had been made dur
ing the Senate debate to make him appear as the tool of the so-called alnister in- Power Trust, whose fluence upon the Government will be heard of with increasing fre- quency as the 1982 election cam- paign draws near. The Princos called on the Presi After receiving the President's sident of Fanama and the Com-message the Senate decided, by a
to 23 vote. manding General and Governor of 30
to reconsider
depth 38ft, sin.. draft_201t., in the Chairman of the Hongkong The Gazette notifies that the Gov-the Canal Zone, and afterwarda | nominations. placement 18,150 tons. By six bulk-Goneral Chamber of Commerce ernment has accepted the following lunched with the British Ministor. heads the ship is divided lato soven and China Association-Hongkong tender: compartments, and the double bottom Branch-(the Hon. Mr. C. Gordon running the whole length of the ship
arranged for carrying water Mackie),
ballast.
Subsequently Sir Ernest Thomp Accommodation has been arranged son and Mr. Hill visited the Chair-Fung.
After passing through the Canal, the liner will make for Salara on
Wireless.
DRIZZLE OR MIST.
Motor spirit. P.W.D.-A.P.C. (for six months),
Clothing, H.K.V.D.C. Suoy the north coast of Pern-British Boots, H.K.V.D.C.-Fook Sing. for passengers first-clara, 42 pas-man of the Chinese Chamber of Construction of songers second-class, and '00 pas-Commerce, Mr. Ll Yick-mul, who
vehicles forry sangers third-class.
The propelling machinery consists was accompanied by the Vice-berthage, Kowloon.-Woo Hing.
Improving existing main roads of a Werkspoor diesel engine of E,400 Chairman (Mr. Chau Yue-tong)
(Mr. Chan for motor traffe, Kowloon,-Young h.p., which will give the ship a speed and the Secretary
Fat & Co. knots.
Supply of prisoner provisions.
The local weather forecast to -Hop! Keo,
noon to-morrow is:-N.E. winds, Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERGY Cleaning Typewriters.-Ramsey sirong; 'generally overcast; some FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria & Co.
drizzle or mist. Hongkong.
of 18
Heung Pak).
The health bulletin for Eastern the wock end- por covering Ing January 31, reports-Plague:--- Baghdad, 3 CEICA, 42. deaths): Bassoin;
ona caso; Colombo, 1 (1); Bangkok 4 (8); Pnom Penh 2 (2); Cholera:-Calcutta, 24 (19); Madras, seven deaths; Negapatam, one death; Pindicherry, 3 (3) ; Hollo, 2 (2); Bangkok, 1 caso; Prom Penh, 2 (2) Small-pox:-Bombay, 2° (1); Calcutta, 40: (29)] Cochin, 8 cases; Karachi, 2 (1) Madras, 3 cases Penang, (1); · Bhanghal, fot deaths: Greater Shanghai, 0 (1), M
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