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GOLD STANDARD | DOGS AT THE OVAL.
IN JAPAN.
COUNTRY SPLIT OVER RETENTION.
ABANDONMENT NEXT YEAR?
Tokyo. Dec. 7. Retention of the gold standard is the most difficult problem facing Japanese finance us the year 1931 drawn to an end. The nation is split on the problem and there are grave doubts that the present free inovement of sold can be continued through 1932.
Mr. Junnosuke Inouye, Minister of Finance in the Minneito Party Cabinet headed by Premier Baron Beijiro Wakatsuki, declares the
and selli gold standard can
be maintained 12348 That those elementa favouring replacing the embargo in gold exports, lifted two years ngy, are advocating a polley which would
cripple antonal nanees.
Mr. Tauyoshi Mukai, president
PETITION AGAINST
PROPOSAL.
TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1931
THE
HONGKONG
MASS POACHING IN SPAIN.
LORD BORODALE TO MEDIATE.
WOMEN CREATE UPROAR AT LONDON TENEMENTS RATES
ALGEÇİRAS.
Madrid, Nov. 5.
Petitions against the proposal I to hold grey hound racing on the
A clash between Civil Guards Oval cricket grend at Kennington have been signed in London. and armed peasants in the pro- Berferences to the scheme have vince of Badajoz to-day led to one been made from the pulpit, and leath and several gravely wounded. numbers of clergy endorsed the Ninety men from various villages criticisms of the Bishops of Wool-arranged to hunt on a private wich and Kingston.
estate, and 80 Civil Guards were concentrated to prevent them. The petition forms were cireu-
The Civil Guarda fred in the larised in the neighbourhood, and pulle meetings were held to de-air as a warning, and then charged elde on the method of offering a the ponchera. The latter tried to protest. The Bishop of Kingston surround the Civil Guarda, but the presided at one of these, and he Guards opened fire. A lively ex- was supported, by the Mayor of change of Bring took place before the Civil Guarda were able to put Lambeth.
arrests were made. the poachers to flight. Many
Dr. J. Darlington, viear of St. Mark's Kennington, said he view. ed the proposal with grave disap proval, and he invited members of the congregation to sign petition forms. He quoted St. Paul's ad monition in the
Epistle to the Romans that no man put a stum bling-block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way."
of the Selyukal-principal opposi Other religious bodies are also tion party and the natural choice moving in the matter. The Roman for Premier in event the Wakatauki, Catholic Bishop of Peila, Mgr. W. Cabinet should fall -declares the F. Brown, who is rector of the gold standard should have been | loend Roman Catholic church, nade abandoned months ago and the yen in statement in which he expressed allowed to seek its natural fevel | disapproval of the scheme. following the policy urlopod by Great Britain's National Govern-
The Nelyakui addrendy İM on record with a resolution declaring the embargo on gold and silver exports ought to be reapplied at
Bishop's Appeal.
ment with regard to the pound "The dignity and stirring me sterling.
mories associated with xrent County and Test matches," he said "with the presence of international crowds on many occasions, seem to my mind to be outraged by thei proposal to turn the cricket ground into a dog racing course,"
once.
Foreign Business View. Foreign businessmen in Japan generally believe that the Seiyukai policy eventually will prevail and that the gold standard will have
the
it-
i
Within 100 yards of the Ovall there is a Roman Cathodie convent and bourding school, and almost
to be abandoned within Rfew directly facing the grumad there Montian whether
Wakatsuki is a home for aged poor with 300 Cabinet is overthrow F nol, inmates, They support their arguments by i eiting the fact it has been possible to buy forward ex lange on New York at quotations near par for months and that the Government has refused to allow any purchases of dollars earp lave sleepless nights and suffer proved legitimate commercial
transactions.
The government
declares it
gold policy is necessary to prevent
"I appeal to the gual Feeling of to the Duchy of Cornwall adminis the County Club authorities and tration," Bishop Brown said, "to have consideration for these unl
her defenceless people, who will
emsiderable evenience,"
flight of the yen, which is caused DARING AIR TESTS.
by Jack fo confidence in
the
country's essentint finascial
Bo ex-
stability. If there were change restrictions, the Minister of Finance asserts, speculators would
wreck the yen in short order.
PILOTIS 8,000ft. SPIN IN
EXPERIMENT.
Details of one of the most daring air tests ever undertaken are given in Aeronautien! Research Committee 10 Fuport just issued by the Measure Spins on Aeroplane I," by S, B. Gates.
Great financial houses of Japan. including the famous House of Mitsui, already have been accused of plotting the fall of the yen. The government asserts that the Muis and other financial
con- verns have bought great quantities of American dollars with the deli- berate idea of driving the ren offight and left with a certain type
the gold standard and reaping enormous profits.
The
Mitsuis and other concerns deny this charge and state they are merely following sound policy. They nasert it is their opinion the yen cannot indefinitely be held at its gold parity on New York and that they
have got to protect their interests by buying dollars to cover their operations for an far in advance as possible.
No Parrallel with Britain The Government declares this is merely apeculation and shows a lamentable lack of patriotism. The Minister of Finance asserts the gold cover can fuli to a point far lower than at present- It is HOW more than 50 per cent. -and the gold standard still will not be in danger. Reasons which causeți Britain to abandon the gold stand ard, he asserts, do not exist in Japan. There are no short term credits here to be withdrawn and no large foreign investments the with trawal of which would cause a panic.
1.
11 was desired to measure the accelerations, rules of turn and
der movements in spins to the
of single-seater fighting aeroplanes
Che
WAR..
servative M.P. for Peckham, in to Lord Borodale, the young con. act as medintor in the Peckham tenementa dispute.
He proposen to get in touch with Sir William Ray, the Leader of the Municipal Reform Party in the London County Council, and with the Camberwell Borough Council to see whether a conference can be called immediately. He is nisu to raise the matter in Parliament.
Sir William Ray told a reparler: "I shall be only too pleased to dis ens the matter with Lord Borodale, and see what can be dane to put thei question on a isfactory baals."
At Algeciras ʼn crowd of women Sixteen members of the borough created a disturbance to-day out-ácil have announced their inten- side the town hall, necessitating the tion of making a weekly collection intervention of the Civil Guard of ratea, the objective for which the before order was established. The Tenants have been fighting. object of the women's demonstra- on was to demand the release of some Syndicalists and Com- munists who were arrested yester- day for distributing manifestos,
THE "TELEGRAPH" ART SUPPLEMENT
To-morrow's Picturial
Offerings.
Variety will be the keynote of to-morrow's isgate of the Telegraph Pictorial Supple- matt.
A feature will be a series of photographs of the principals In "Mias Hook of Holland," which opens at the Theatre Boyal to-morrow night,
ioral weddings Amongst illustrated will be those of Mr. Jams Cameron and Miss 1. M. Young, Mr. E. I. Powell
Miss D. E. Clements, and Mr. P. 1 Larken And Miss Chan.
Sporting events covered will inelide the Kowloon Dock howls closing day nad the Rugby match between the Club and the Army. There will also be anapshots taken of the Volunteers in camp, Brow nies enjoying games at Gov- ernment House, and a group taken at the Police Reservo dinner, as well as a photo- graph of the Scottish Company of the Volunteers with the Chieftain of St. Andrew's Society.
Amongst portraits will be those of Mr. T. N. Chau, the new member of the Legislative Council, and Mr. Li Yuk-tong. who has just celebrated his 81st birthday.
and
aubversive
known to be dangerous in a spin.inciting the people not to any rents The machine was fitted with special until their landlords reduced them recording instruments, and Flight by 50 per cent. Lieutenant C. E. Maitland, of Experimental Section at Farn-
The women became disorderly borough, took it up. After climberies when mounted Civil Guards ing to a great height he put the came upon the scene to clear the
were shouting machine into a right-hand spin and street. One woman was wounded. held it in with the controls felly Around the local prison a special After a few slow steep turns, the guard is mounted. The Syndi speed of rotation suddenly in-calista are threatening a general creused, the machine flicking round strike for to-morrow. viciously and the time of each turn falling to only 1.2 seconds.
Orur
Flight Lieutenant Maitland still hold the machine in the spin, and it was not until it had done ten turns ihat he attempted recovery. The machine refused to come out, and
The non-payment of rent. is another weapon being utilised by Syndicalista and Communists in various parts of Spain, to produce disorder.
It was announced to-day that the
Signs of Spreading. Meanwhile, the passive resistance campihen against the quarterly payment of rates, shows signs of
spreading from the Hi-street tenements to other tenements in the distret.
"G.1.0." of the Workers Defence Movement at the Hill-street tene ants is barely furnished room. Half a dozen men and one wonian Intern guard there,
tiuard for Collector.
Mr. E. Spokes, one of the men's Fenders said:
"The council's rent collector bus Lakes If he may come and collect the rents. He may do so. We lave given our word that, he will But be molested. atl be will have n yard to take him round. But something will happen within thei next few days.
"We have but 100 men acting as pickets all day with hourly reliefs. and tonight the number will be in-
reaped in 180."
Another of the men's lenders A: "If there is any trouble, there will be teh a show as has not been seen in London for many eurs, the council try force they will be met with forte. We do not intend to get out of here. without a struggle.
In addition to workers' organisa- tions from Camberwell and South- wark, the Deptford Workers' De- fence Movement have offered help and have been told to keep in readi-
Buss,
IF YOU LIVED IN · RUSSIA.
Continued from Paye G.1 window in the corridor to apit out, the seed. Formerly the floor! would have got them.
singing rollicking Revolutionary A girl on the shelf above mo,
songs, leans down and points to wall. "Put your ashes in there," an iron container built into the she says, "It is not sanitary to throw stubs on the floor."
One day, down in the Causasus, gave an old, fat pennant woman and her two children a piece of energy for several hours. gum which she chewed with great The next day each child in turn got the gum.
the speed of rotation "partially dla Royal stabies in Madrid will be hied" the pilot, causing him to lose taken down within 15 days time his sense of direction and not to to make way for public gardens, know which way he was applyingplanned by the Madrid muni-lower berth in a "soft" comp the rudder.
For more than 8,000 feet Flight Lieutenant Maitland hurtled 10- wards the ground, his machine wisting round with the speed of a That partial volt embargo has top. Dazed by the violent motion existed for werks, however, im and the dizzy fall, he tried every partial observers do not dens, device to extricate the machine Even small depusitors with small without success. For farty turns yen accounts in forchen banks of the aircraft fell out of control, and Tokyo--such as the branch of the then the engine stopped and the National City Bank of New York machine came out and flew level. cannot exchange their Recounts into gold at the quoted Tokyo- New York cross rate. Such tran- actions are forbidden by the temporary rules of the Ministry of Finance.
cipality.
class in Russia, you must also re- If you travel first or second-
vise your habits. At the border the tourist guide tells vizitora that they may get a atranger of the op- posite sex in their Coming out from Moscow I drew a compartments. oft compart- ment for four, with an American engineer and a Russian chemist as my companions. When I was ready to turn In, I merely said 80 and they both
and went out up Fot into the corr
corridor to smoke. I closed the door and when undressed, opened the door, crawl- ed in and turned my fuce to the wall When the last person in was ready for bed, he shut A glimpse of the other side of locked the door, and turned out And
DUMPING SCARE AT LONDON DOCKS.
THE OTHER SIDE.
Slight alterations were made to the "dumping" scare at London the light. In the morning, the
the machine, and Flight Lieutenant Maitland volunteered to do another test. This time the machine did 34 turns before coming out, and it was decided to abandon the teals,,
received by the Docks is afforded by a letter from Mr. E. R. Hatfield, chairman News-Chronicle of Regents North Quay Wharf, Ltd., who handle part of the trade which in alarming the Protectionist Praus. Mr. Hatfeld Baya:
plan was reversed.
the country shows you the growth Any trip out of Moscow through of Russia more than the capital Despite efforis to prevent the outflow of gold, however, the loss
Itself. In 1925, on the whole trip of gold during the last half of
from Chino, For stealing a gold wrist watch
"Exactly the same scenes have were composed of tiny mud or Siberian villages this year has been alarming and from Minden Villas, n Chinese was always taken place during there can be no question that the sentenced to one month's hard labour months of October and November mud streets, were grouped about the wooden houses, set in unattractive you would collapse at once if the by Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magis every year, this being the acasona decorativo Russian church.. Its government's restrictions on pur-
tracy this morning. It was stated when the Christmus trade from gold-starred dome stood out as the chases of United States dollars thint defendant stelo the
watch abroad naturally finds its way in- dominating feature of every settle- were removed,
during a vinit to Minden Villas.to the London market. Predictions by well informed agreed that the theft was probably Inspector Elston, who prosecuted, persons are heard daily in Tokyu due to sudden temptation. that Jann will abandon the gold stridard during the first quarter of 1982,
A lesture em "Midwifery," contain-
ment.
To-day, travelling through the country, many of the churches still remain, but now, huge smoke- and now allos full of now grain, atacks pouring forth black smoke
dominato, the scene.
The Russians travelling with
"The potato tramle is quite exceptional and is solely due to shortage of supplies owing to the Colonel Myles, accompanied by partial failure of the British members of his staff, Majors Flood crop." and Anderson, are to conduct Part I of
The result of the increase In the Ralpha Shiold Competition, in connoxian with the St. John Ambus the seasonable trafic, the letter you will point out the smokestacks lance Brigade, at Queen's College on adorable improvement in the ship: hours on figures of production that valuo, was glvot by Professor English
points, has boon a very Con and granaries and hold forth for before an audience composer of mom-
Sunday. This comprises company bere of the Hongkong University and stretcher drill. Part II, napes. ping, stevedoring, dockers and are being reached under the Five Medical Society in the Union Assemb-and-viva-voce examination, will be oxistence of these foreign stock
tle of squipment, treatment of casos carrier trades. Moreover, the Year Plan. 1 Room Inst evening; At the con
clusion, a koarty vote of thanks for taken on the following Sunday, 20th must help to prevent any quickala....Playgrounds everywhere Next: Recreation in Soviet Rus his lecture was acèorded the speaker.
instant...
Increase in the cost of living. , for children and adulte an well
Ing muck that was of Instructive
RADIO BROADCAST
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME OF RECORDED MUSIC.
Front 2. B, W. on a wavelength of 355 metren.
6.00-7.00p.m.
programme.
Chineso recorded
European pre
of
7.00-10.30 p.m. Kramme.
7.00-10.00 p.m. Programme Victor and H. M. V. Records,
7.00 p.m.
Stock quotations, mall notico, etc.
7.06-8.00 p.m. A Concert. Instrumental Trio-I Zingari
(Leoncavallo).
Do Groot (Violin) David Bor (Piano) and H. M. Calve (Cello). B3028. Song-Swiss Echoo Song (Eckert),
Marion Talley (Soprano). 8593. Duct for Two Pianos-Impromptu.
Rococco (Schutt), Duet for Two Pianos-Valga
(Arensky).
Harold Bator and Oasip Gabrilowitsch. 8102, Song-Danny Deever (Kipling-
Damrosch).
Song-On the Road to Mandalay
Kipling-Speaks).
Reinald Werrenrath (Baritano). 6638. Violin Solo-Serenado (Drılia). Violin Solo-Serenada (Drigo).
Mischa Elman. 1538 Song-The Rosary (Rogers-Nevin).
itost Ponselle (Soprano). 108, Organ Solo-Organ Paraphrase on
"Love's Old Sweet Song" (Molloy arr. Monte). Organ Solo-(a) Morning Dew (b) The
Old Oak Tree (Power).
Arthur Meule. Song-A Pair of Blue Eyes
(Kernell),
Rong-1 Feel You Near Me
(McCarthy-Hanley).
C1426.
John McCormack (Tenor). 1463. 8.00 p.m. Local tinie and wenther report.
8.04-8.31 pm. Musical Comedy. Selections from "Good Newa." Selections from "Funny Face."
Virtor Ardon-Phil Ohman and Their
Orchestra. "Love Lica"-Selection. "Five O'Clocks Girl"-Selection.
New Mayfair Orchestra. "Dear Love"-Selection.
Talkie Tunes ond
36018.
CIULS.
New Mayfair Orchestra. C1792. 8.31-8.45 p.in. Operatic. .. Orchestral-Carmen Suite-Soldiers Changing the Guard (Bizet). Orchestral-Carmen Suite-March of
The Smugglers (Bizet). Philadelphia Symphony Orch. 0874. Band-Aidn-Grand March and Finale
(Verdi).
Band-Aidn-Introduction and Moorish
Ballet (Verdi).
36780.
Creatore's Band. 845-0.42 p.m. Variety. Humorous Song-Thate How I Feel
About You, Sweetheart. Song-Thoughts of You.
Gracie Fielda. B317G. Instrumental-Memory Waltz. Instrumental-Hawalian Star Dust,
Master's Hawallins, 23681, Song-A Room with a View.. Song-Mary Make Believe.
Noel Coward (Haritone). B2719, Pinno-Accordion Soio-Accordionette. Piano-Accordion Solo-Accordionoin,
.......... Pietro. V.36.: Song-Can't Help Lovin' dat Man. Song-Bill. Helen Morgan (Comedienne). 21238. Organ Solo-Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes, Organ Solo-Salut D'Amour.
Reginald Foort. B3468, Song-Jimmie Rogers Visits The
Carter Family. Song-Moonlight and Skies.
Jimmie Rogern. 23574. Humorous Dialogue-An Old Flame.
John Henry and Gladya Horridge. B8278, (The Records in the above European Programmes are kindly supplied by Mesra, Moutrle and Co.).
9.42-10.27 p.m. Liszt's Concerto in E Minor played by Alexander Brai- lowsky (Planlat) and the Philhar- monic Orchestra of Berlin conducted by Julius Pruwer,
(This suite has been kindly loaned by Mr. A. M. Bowes-Smith).
10.27 pm. Rugby mid-day press
news.
10.30 p.m. Close down.
HONGKONG SHARE
MARKET.
OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY STOCK EXCHANGE.
The market opened this morning with the prices established yesterday maintained and in some instances improved, and there
more enquiries for a number of stocks
-Sales.
Trams, 21.10. H.K. Electrica, $78.35. Star Ferries, 800. Dairy Farms, $29,16.
Buyers.
Unions, $430. Douglases, $20. Raubs, $42.
Providonts (old), $5.15. Providents (old), $2.86. H.K. Lands, $80, Chinesa Estates, $96. Peak Trama (old), $15. China Lights, $28.
Canton Ices, $6.
Dairy Farms, $20.
wero
China Underwriters, $4.00..
Shanghai Explorations, Tis. $2.49. Wharves, $163.
Hotels (old), $15. Hotels (new); $14.60, HE Renities, $12.05. Troms, $21-20
Star Forries; $U5%*~~ H.K. Electrics, $78. Comenta (combined), $19.20. H.K, Government Loan
prem.
Bellers.
Hotels (old), $16.20. 8.C. Enterprises, 810, China Lights, 12835. Venezuelan Goldflaliis, $2.
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