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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1931.
BARONET SENT TO NAVAL HOLIDAY
ASSIZES.
[Continued from Page 1.)
APPROVED.
HOME FOOTBALL
SURPRISES.
into Conversion Lonn," said Mr. Britain and U.S.A. WEST BROMWICH WIN
Fallug, "they transferred the Wor Loan Stock to their nominee, and later transferred out of his name a similar quantity of Conversion Loan.
To avoid creating suspicion in the mind of one of the victims, said Mr. Paling, Wheeler and Com. pany on May 1930, wrote her:
Accept.
AT MANCHESTER.
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London, Sopi. 23. Intornational lenguo ang jeenage sans en ) jag match nt Blackpool to-day, the English League defeated the Irish JAPAN DISSENTS.
Washington, Sept. 23,
Lengue by four clear goals.
in the league, West Bromwich Alblon advanced to second place The United States favours in the table, a convincing win at enabling the jump. Manchester
one- reference to your holding the Italian proposal for a of £000 Five per Cent. Conversion year naval building holiday, de- while Everton also made progress. Loan, this holding entitles you to clares Mr. H. L. Stimson, but The full results of yesterday's five months' interest on May 1. We accordingly enclose a cheque will expect to continue the pre-league games follow: for £0 138. 90, being the amount sont destroyer construction pro-
Birmingham gramme under any agreement due to you."
Everton On November 1 another cheque reached in this matter.
At Geneva to-day, Mr. Hugh Gib- Manchester C. ቢ። Hent
of the lu, respect
son, on behalf of U. S. A. accepted dividend.
the truce in naval construction after Lard Cecil had made a state- Bristol City ment in accordance with Mr. Bald Notts County win's announcement in the House of Commons.
Buying Stock. Mr. Tuling said the second group of summonses referred to people who entrusted cheques to the firm for the purchase of Wari Loan.
First Division.
Sunderlanı Derby C.
D
1
2 West Brom A. 6
Second Division.
0 Plymouth A. 2 1 Oldham
0
Third Division (North).
In the absence of the Prime Hartlepools Miniater, Mr. Baldwin had told n questioner that the Italian proposals for a truce had been followed with
• Southport
-Reuter.
rent care by the United Kingdom. MANCHURIA OUTLOOK..
(Continued from Page 1.7
at over
to-
The cheques received, alleged Mr. Paling. were
„paid"
inte Wheeler and Company's accounts and the process used by Wheeler
General Acceptance Needed. and Company in its business.
Wheeler and Company, he said, Instructions had. as a result, that they had not received the cer- that he could agree to the naval with the exception of Copenhagen," received complaints from people been sent to Lord Cecil to the effect
stands in respect of the conver- proposals subject to their cup where it now tificates sion of the tock, The replieslanec by all other Powers and that
twenty shillings, the pound they cay rather suggested that he should give an undertaking on day was worth slightly less than The delay occurred at the Bank behalf of the British Government
yesterday. of England, The Bank heard of that they would not increase the The matter and communicated with army or air force estimates for
1932-33 Sir Arthur,
alove their present low unforeseen circum- interview took place on level unless An March 11, 1930, at the Bank bestances arose, tween Sir Ernest Harvey, Depaty The British Government wore in Chief cordial sympathy with the mo- Accountant, Sir William Leese, the tive that prompted the Bank
of England solicitor, the tion of the Italian delegation. Treasury Solicitor, and Sir Arthur would create a favourable atmos Whroter
phere for the World Disarmament Conference and they would do all they could to further it.
Governor.
M
Walker.
Sir Arthur stated then tut was doing his best to liquidate the position.
Letter From Sir W. Fisher.
Hugges-
It
Lord Cecil's Suggestion. Viscount Cecil, at Geneva to-day,
Foreign Exchanges,
The position In the London Foreign Exchange Market Was practically unchanged and rates were again more or less nominal. Among the latest nominal rates. were:
Paris, 105
New York, 4.14. Milan, 8.5
Berlin, 18,5
Silver spot price was 16% and forward, 16 3/8ths.
The Governing Committee
of
Later a letter was addressed to proposed that, all States declare by him from the Commissionera of November 1 what they were pre-the New Work Stock Exchange the Treasury stating that serlous pared to do for the work of pacif- has rescinded the ban on short selling of sterling-Reuter and complaints had been received by cation.
the Bank of England from persons There were only two dissenters. British Wireless. who had had transactions with Japan urged postponement until the him, of delay, and consequent Disarmament Conference. Poland wanted full guarantees from her postponentent.
"It has been assumed by the neighbours-Reuter and British complainants," the letter stated. Wireless. "that the delays in question are due to lack of diligence on the part of officials of the Bank of
only be
WEATHER REPORT.
The Royal Observatory reparts that the typhoon is about 200 miles E.N.E. of Foochow, moving N.E.
The letter was signed by Sir The anticyclone, remains central to
the S.E. of Hokkaido, Warren Fisher.
Sir Arthur's Reply.
England, Investigation show that this is without foundation.
The delays, the letter
Sir Arthur Wheeler, replying injhe was of opinion that no useful were solely due to delays on the part of the company. They could his own handwriting, said that no purpose would be served by it,
"It is clear on the evidence," described
such inference as that the delays as habitual. and the Commissioners were bound to were due to the Bank of England said Mr. Paling, "that both defen- where any such suggestion of what was golig on. Certainly Inquire and They were willing to whether this practice had ceased, had been heard of it had been Sir Arthur was no mere figure
It was he who controlled and they asked whether Sir Arthur promptly corrected. He had taken hend.
con the office, and it is he who takes would be willing that an account drastic steps which he was
fident would remove the cause of all responsibility for what ant should exumine his books.
"You must understand," the complaints and ang recurrence of done." letter concluded, "tint their lord-them. ships' future action will depend on
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On March 3 last, defendants With regard to the suggestion filed their petition in bankrupter. the action you take in the matter." of an investigation, he added that enter and Ex.
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A North China Flood Relief As- sociation has been officially formed by leading Chinese for the organiga tion of a widespread appeal for
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WIDOW FINED THIS
BORNING.
So Kun-han, a widow rosiding
at 84, Percival Street, was sum- moned before Mr. Schofield at tha Central Police Court this morning for having An unregistered mul-tagi which
she had
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ferors was immense. They were to be numbered in millions and only a
the unsettled She had been in for one month and on
sigantic effort could: achieve any/hobring that registration was ne cessary, the girl was taken to the
sort of auccesa.
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|=y ́A fine of $25 was imposed.
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