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POUNDED 1851 A WATA LAWF SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1931.
日四初月六
BOMBSHELL FROM NEW BANK BUILDING OPENED. TORY PLAN
AMERICA.
OPPOSED TO LATEST
FRENCH PLAN.
GEN. DAWES ORDERED TO ENGLAND..
PARIS DISCUSSION. WH
THILE EUROPE seems prepared to discuss the new French proposal for lending financial assistance to Germany and a feeling of optimism prevails_regard- ing the outcome of the conversations in Paris between the German Ministers and the French, America has dropped a bombshell by disclosing that if France follows up her present attitude in London, it will be opposed by the American delegates.
The importance attached to the London Conference by President Hoover is revealed by his instructions to General Dawes to return to England immediately to join Mr. Stimson and Mr. Andrew Mellon.
THE EXPERTS GET TO WORK.
Washington, July 17
semi-oteinily, as now stop to- President Hoover hus requested wards a Franen-German rapproche- General Dawes, 1e American | Bent. Thurd will be mutisfaction Ambassador to Britain, who
is if the first contact merely clears
THE NATTAÁL CITY BÁNK OF NEW YORK
111
HE RATION
The new building of the National City Bank of New York which was
opened to day. (Photo: A. Foog.)
Board of Film Censors.
IN HONGKONG.
at present in Chicago on special the air for better mutual under- NEW BODY SET UP leave of absence, dealing with his standing. duties at chairman of the financei committer of the World Pair. 19 return to England as quickly az wossible.
Germany's Need-.
PARADISE FOR BOWLERS.
CRICKET IN THE QUAGMIRES.
LEICESTER'S CLEVER
VICTORY.
London, July 17. Unsettled weather converted
FOR TARIFFS.
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Poddar Bldg.
Bulls and
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□ □ From the Office Butts.
"Government Dole Drawers"
rendu a newspaper headline. We
ᄆᄆ
prefer B.V.D's..
A New Scheme Armed robbers recently raided
Sprung.
a house at dawn, The break of city!
OO
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Don't rail against officialdom, It's not unsympathetic;
It keeps the sea for motordom. Whose case is so patheticl
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A Pelping woman has given birth to five bonnie boya. Wo understand Dr. Marie Slopes was
Radio sets can now be concen), considerably upset at the news. ed in furniture. This should
These imp days why not try a starch bath?
DO
| popularise musical chairs. London, July 17. "Britain is going to change
It is suggested that Hongkong her fiscal system shortly by the lady cricketers should challenge A doctor advises mothers not to general assent of the nation," the men. No doubt they would think their babies are ill if they declared Mr. Stanley Baldwin, appeal to the umpire.
throw blanemange on the floor. the Conservative lender, in 11
I may be just a sign that they speech at Hull to-night.
are destined to be film-stura.
The most interesting feature of the speech, however, was the out- Uning of a new plan by the Tories for applying their tariff proposals,
Another infamous saying:-"As a matter of fact we rather like the fog!"
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What is a good method of com-
Mr. Baldwin said that the bestmitting suicide way to deal with tariffs was to create a Permanent Tariff Com mission, non-political in character, whose recommendations on tariffs would be subject only to the assent of Parliament.-Bruter,
Hongkong had its boom during a recent thunderstorm.
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Go to Chicago, Hagen had Allisa time cut out to win the Canadian champlon. Einstein's new book, "Systematic
Оле good feature about ship! Research of the Compatible Field. In view of the recommendations Equation Consistent with Rie of the League of Nations' Com azan' Theory of Distant mission, it is indeed gratifying to Parallels," Is that is it unlikely to hear that the Hongkong Gover- be made into a movie scenario. ment proposes to drop a line.
NEW ZEALANDER'S in spite of
SOLO FLIGHT.
the Increased
price of drink. the old adage holds good that
NEWS OF ARRIVAL AT the wages of
MASBATE.
gin is breath!
p.m. Tho balance
Manila, July 15.
Some of these Much fatigued from difficulties thin summer encountered in starting from dresses cer-
Ormoc, Leyte, F. C. Chichester, tainly shouldn't, the New Zealand aviator, who is have their place on a solo flight from Sydney to in the sun. Japan, arrived unexpectedly Masbate shortly before 5 yesterday. He expects to resume his fight to Manila at the first sign of favourable weather.
The trim-looking seaplane that less importance has been on the go since it left Just now Sydney, Australia, on July 3, the power circled gracefully over the low balance. of Masbate twice and then swoop-
of power in Europe 1s of
than
uf
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One thing
Co
about being a
baker, you can
loaf whether
“Hirnt typist; I wonder why the boss passed you over in the Ipat promotion?"
Second typist (tearfully); I can't think
First typist:Yes, I suppose that's the reason.
trade is good or bad.
With all these up-to-date buildings going սր in Hong- kong we have yet to hear of the song-proof bathroom. ០៨
At what age doas a flapper cense to be a flapper? When
she becomes n
口口
flopper!
ed swiftly to anchorage in the Thus n m critic in a Hong- Super-radio sets are to be put bay, making a perfect landing, kong newspaper:-" know all the on the local market shortly. All I was wildly neclaimed by the pictures turned out from Amerien we want is 'n super-dollar with enthusiastic crowd packing the are not rated at One Hundred which to buy them,
per centers-but their worst beats Britain's best."}
El Dorado Company wharf.
Dr. Bruening will be expected fo The establishment of a Board state precisely The attire and the of Censors for cinematograph The President desires General extent of the help that Germany films and posters is intimated THRILL AT LEEDS. Dawes to assist Me. II. 1. Stimoon, peeks from France, the Secretary of State, and Mr. The French and Germans within new regulations made under
His first stop after leaving Andrew Mellon, the Federal Trea lefer atore sorrow (Saturday), the Places of Public Entertain-
Sydney was at Thursday Island! on July 7. He arrived at Mati, surer, at the London Conference. They will be joined on Sunday by ment Ordinance. Hitherto, the which is apparently expected to the British and American recensorship has been in the hands the majority of county grounds in ached Ormoc, Leyte, at 3:30 Mindanao, at 3.30 p.m. last Sunday of the Inspector General of into paradises for bowlers, and Police or persons deputed by remarkably low, scoring was his plan to stop at iloilo.
pm Monday. He has cancelled Optimism in Londen.
him for the purpose.
the Chester hopes to fly to England London, July 17.
The new Board consists of the the feature of cricket in
The only from the past three days.
Japan. taking # route The feeling of optimism regard- | inspector General of Polive. ing the outcome of the financial Secretary for Chinese Affairs and player to reach three figures over Kamchatka, the Aleutians, crisis has strengthened somewhat the Director of Education, and in Was Croom, the ex-Berkshire Canada, Greenland and leeland.
Warwick's leading This has future all films and posters must player, throughout the day.
which sontulivva, --- Zenter,
1-
he protracted and in America is taking a livelier terest in view of the new French, proposal.
Sailing in Mauretania.
General Dawes will sail by the Mauretania on July 22, Wedues day next.
Trans- Mr. Stimson kept the atlantic telephone busy to-day in conversations with President Hoover and Mr. Cast, the Undert Secretary of State.
It is strongly intimated that If the present French attitude I followed up in London, it will
he opposed by the United States.
New Banking Decree.
Berlin, July 17,
A new emergency decree issued by the Government to-day pro- vider that from Monday to Thurs day next, savings banks may pay put twenty marks only vach day to each customer, and a hundred murks daily may be withdrawn from current banking accounts. Transfers of funds may made up to fifteen thousand marks. All persons having deposits and holdings abroad must declare the aniount. "The
be
General Dawei.
penalty for false declar-cen reflected in the markets and tion regarding foreign holdings in London the cheerful tone which imprisonment and loss of civil apparent when the Stock Minrkets opened, was maintained rights. Those voluntarily declar- ing their foreign holdings will be to the close of business. British given relief in the form of 'moratorium as regards their debts.
Newspapers Bound.
BYRON,
0.0 A reader wants to know why Hongkong cannot have a zoologi- from en garden..
We could make a start with a few specimens of
If by talkies you are smitten, Just avoid the films
Britain: Unless
s you want a really nasty lounge lizards, poodle-Takers and
the greater road-hog. foreign
worst of
scure.
the For the
pictures, Can't deserve
stricturea,
” ៨
"Nudism cannot be killed by the sweeping ridicule," anys an apostle of the One has to face
bare facts!
As the best of Britain's movie pult. Quite!
plays
-Oh Yeah!
somewhat
be eensgred by a member of the batsman this season.
The Board or some other person ausi
outstanding
Though bowling GREEK TRIBUTE TO thorized by the Board with the achievement was accomplished by Maurice Tale who took 8 wickets approval of the Governor.
There is a new provision to thein Northants' first innings for 31 effect that any owner or renter of a runs, and all four wickets that film or poster who may be dissatisfell in the second innings for 27 fied with the decision. of
any in-runs.
dividual censer shall have a right; Lolcoster and Yorkshire credit- themselves with brilliant of appeal to the Board, whose deed cision shall be final. The fee for victories. Yorkshire led Essex by censoring in any appeal is to be one run on the first innings and iumphed by ten wickets, Hamp-
$5 per reel or poster.
In
POET'S MEMORY HONOURED.
London, July 17. The Greek Prime Minister,· M. Venozelos, yesterday took part in home of Lord
all other cases of censoring shire declared against Leicester, ceremonies at Newstead Abbey. films, the fee is to be $1 per reel, setting them a heavy task, that of the ancestral compared with 20 cents hitherto.
tough
assertion. You should cultivate averslun, For every British film however
rare,
For who
As the Peak Jady remarked when hubby read the newspaper heading, "Hants Defeated"—"Was It with Flit, dear?"
heading: Public Public out
Newspaper wants English Works out of Loan."
of luck?
ឆ. ជ
"Land lubbors" are to get first But
phrasing? Which, sez you, is so amazing, And the worst of Britain's movie
plays
use of the Colony's bays.
-Oh Yeah!
-CYN.
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Other regulations provide that coring 224 to win on a wretched | Byron, which has been shifted to Duce inndies most affairs; more
wid aboad dose who are lubbors ob de Ben?
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Rending of a slump in gold
Gan hardly cause a quiver; It would be better to be told About a rise in silver!
In lots of places in the world
Judging by the forcible way
wicket. Leicester obtained the the City of Nottingham to be appropriate spelling of his namu managers of theatres must arrange runs with three wickets to spare. maintained in perpetuity for the would arem to be "Muscle-ini."
Only 418 runs were scored in enjoyment of the public and in for the projection of films and pos-
When the Inst of the police ters for censoring at auch place the Gentlemen - Players match at memory of the poet. as shall be appointed by the Board. Lords, but no result was achieved. M. Venezelca said he brought to sentry-boxes have been consumed and that cinematograph theatres
memory of Byron the deep by white ants, perhaps it will this is likely to be the sort of a in the summer when a business man Bomebody shall not be used for any other pur-;
And sincere homage, gratitude and dawn upon
won't have to leave his office to pose than the exhibition of filmsi
remembrance of the whole Greek Government that thera's such a go into the country for rest and without the premission of the In-
nation. Modorn Greek history thing us cement, had been enriched with the magic spector General of Police.
FEETHAM REPORT
BROADCAST.
and German bends also recorded a funda in particular were strong renerul improvement, The Im
SENT TO BRITISH. & proved atmosphere is largely attri
U.S. POLITICIANS. butable to the prospect of the Another emergency decree com-
Conference
of pols all newspapers to pablish all Ministr
(Our Own Correspondent.) which it is proposed to Government manifestoes and pro-j hold in London on Monday, and
Shanghai, July 18. clamations gratis.
to the progress of the informal
Mr. Justice Feetham's report on Any newspaper attacking the conversations which are continu- the future status of Shanghai has Government is forbidden to coming in Paris..
been forwarded to the British ment upon the Government's reply Doctors Bruening and Curtius Parliament and also to the to the attack in the same issue were expected to leave Berlin Into Foreign Relations Committee of In which the Government's reply to-night for Paris and will be in the United States Congress.
contact with the French Ministers, A copy of the report has been the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Dr. Bruening, the Chancellor, Arthur Henderson and the Amert applied to onch member of both
appears.
to-day issued a statement to the mi nation declaring that he and to-morrow and Sunday.
can State Secretary, Mr. Stimson Dr. Curtius are going to Parls
As at present arranged, they will with a firm will to open up across to London on Monday morn mutual, oxchange
of viewing. which it is hoped will prepare the way to co-operation and pro- vide a visible means of inter- national solidarity, eng
Nothing Official.
So far the British Government have not received any official de In Paris" the visit of Dr. Bruen-talls of the suggestion put forward
bailles.
GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS.
Gentlemen: 131 and 166. Players: 88 and 33 for 0.
Drawn,
ten
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP, Yorkshire beat Essex by
wickets, at Leeds.* Warwick beat Kent on first innings,
at Birmingham. Middlesex v. Glamorgan-Drawn, Sussex beat Northants on the
first innings, në Brighton. Surrey beat Worcester on first
innings, at the Oval. Leicester beat Hants by three
wickets, at Leicester. Notts beat Gloucester on the Grat
innings, at Nottingham. Friendly:
the
quiet.
doors?
口口 A constable recently won a motor-cycle
contest spcod
a%
of the great English poet
What's good for sticky and nobody could think of free Greek Move into a tent! without thinking at the same time of Byron and his faith for the freedom of Greece-itish Wire
less.
DUKE & DUCHESS
OF YORK.
IN PARIS FOR BIG EXHIBITION.
Mongolia.
The remains of a pony with Home. Here in Hongkong, we've claws have been discovered in got some who know no limit.
It must be a relle of Business Opportunity: The the days when ponies did their Aberdeen garage proprietor who own scratching
bought a baby car and then ad- vertised charabane trips..
A Kowloon woman is said to have chased her husband all over
nearly We Another, Sappor has the houso with a mashio.
learnt to swim this year. It is do not know how many she went anticipated, however, that she will. round In.
forget all she has learnt as soon
□□
If this rain continues, there is London, July 17,
Just the possiblity of Hongkong The Duke and Duchess
York Lying with Greenock. travelled to Paris to-day on short visit in connexion with British Woek nt the Franch 119 Colonial Exhibition.
New Zealand beat Scotland by 235
runs, at Glasgow.
HONOURS LIST. Bafting. Croom (Warwick)
Bowling. Tate (Surrex) the Governor has approved the cata-Macnulay (Yorka.)
It is notified that His Excellency (20%
blishment of the Chinese Public Dis- Parker. (Gloucester) pensary, Aberdeen, as a District Nichola #Estex)
.
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as another instructor contes along..
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Lots of Chicago, people suffer from shooting pains.
An apple a day buys the doctor's coupef
៨. ជ "What does a young man
do when he can't afford to, tako
Where do all the in the summer-time,plus-fours-go 0.0 What did Shanghal do with Its To-night they will witness a electric hares? display of native dances and to
D.D 9 for at morrow they will make an official The instalment system is all girl out to dinner?" enquires a for 27 tour of Inspection, after which right. Anyway that's the only nuancially embarrassed youth. 7 for 24 they will lunch President way you can eat a mangosteen. He just takes her out to dinner. 7.for 40 Doumer.
ADD
0 for 20
Registry Office, for registration of ILAW¿V. Roblins (Gentlemon) 5 for 26 itish Legion will parade in the Lots of these anti-doggista for-Young America goes forwar
births of Chinose, and that the prin- Jacques (Yorks.) cipal clerk of the Chinese Public Dis. Verity: (Players) ponery Aberdeen, is appointed an Voos (North)
5. for 88
On Sunday, the branch of the
get that if it were not for the says a novelist, with tha B for 41 grounds of the Bridah Embassy, house-dog many would never have of a past 6-for: 49 wheto Their Royal Highnesses are a chance of guling to tha, Club of Just
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