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DANCING: After Dinner every Tuesday, Thurs-
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Monday to Friday-7.45 p.m. to 8.30
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Saturdays-12.30 p.m. to 1.80 p.m.
and 8.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Sunday Concerts-9.15 p.m. to 1 p,m. Robert Dreacher's Famous Viennese Orchestra Plays During Tiffin and Dinner Every Day.
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THE HONGKONG
LOCAL ESTATES IN ADMINISTRATION,
TESTATOR MAKES BEQUEST TO CHARITYY.
A bequest to charity is contained in the will of the late Ma Joe-gum (or Kum), marchant, into of No. 2, Babington Path, Hongkong, who died at No. 18, Run Horata. E. Costa, Macao, on June 7, this year. Probate of the will has been grant ed to the widow, Au Shi, of No. 2 Babington Path. Local estato amounts to $47,300.
Testator directs that his estate be realised and divided into ten shares. One share ip to be "donated towards the charitable fund Christian token of respocity Hospital as a
Half of another share it to go to the Kung Yick She of his native village for its expenses, and the other half is to bo used for repairing ancestral graves, any balance to be used for producing interest, for worshipping
purposes.
The remaining eight shares arn given over to the executrix to ad- minister.
Death Presumed.
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TELEGR
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1931.
BAŞLE EXPERTS' REPORT.
The
GERMANY'S PLIGHT
STRESSED.
Hasle, Dec. 24.
Basle exports' report
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emphasies that transfers from one country tu
another scale so large an to upset the balance of payments can only ac
case of a debtor country from the centuate the present chaos, and re-
burden of payments which it is un- able to bear, may merely
have the effect of transferring that burden to the creditor country, which, in its chameter as debtor, in its turn may be unable to bear the burden.
Analysing Germany's capacity to pay, the committee says Germany is peculiarly susceptible to a great crisis owing to the large amount of her short term foreign debts. Government shows th. 46,000,000 A census taken by the German was owing at the end of July. Germany had to meet in 1931 with- drawals of capital totalling about £245,000,000, which, after using other resources, caused a drain of gold and foreign exchange from the Reichsbank of £85,000,000.
The late Tao Sul, nline Tao Su. alias Tow Suey, alias Io Sue, late of Oakland, San Francisco, US.A.,
Germany's Plight. who died in April, this year, on Germany's industrial production board the s.s. President Madison, Tell between 1928 and 1931 by one while on a voyage from Seattle to third, resulting in the unemployed Hongkong, left Hongkong estate increasing to five million. Ger- worth $22,400. Letters of ad-many's demand for capital to fill ministration have been granted to a non, Tae Woon-iu, No. 62, Con- naught Road West.
The Inte Tro Sul disappeared from the ship during the voyage, and on a motion coming before the Chief Justico (Sir Joseph Kemp. leave was granted for death to be presumed as having occurred in
the gap left by the war and lis aftermath, WNA met to a sub- stantial extent by an influx of capital estimated by the bankers committee at £900,000,000. Though £500,000,000 was offset by repara- tions, the balance of $400,000,000 together with Germany's own sav ing, led to large development of public and private enterprises in 1925 to 1930, when no less than £1,640,000,000 WAS invested, of which £1.120,000,000 represented RECENT ARRIVALS AT investments by public authoritles.
April, 1981.
AQUARIUM.
BABY BEARS, SNAKES AND KINGFISHER.
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Severni recent arrivals at the Aquarium in Des Voeux Road have added to the interest of the various specimens there and are well worth visiting.
Pages.
The report concludes by expross- ing the opinion that it is certain equilibrium in Germany will ulti- mately be restored, with the as- sistance of the measures suggested in the report.-Reuter.
Britain's Part.
London, Dec, 24, viewed in connexion with the Basle Mr. Famous MacDonald, inter-
committee report on war debts, said the Governments ought to meet without delay. The British Government was ready to meet im- mediately.
Chief among them is a pair of baby bears, that are only eight months old. These should prove amusing to children, for they gambol and play round in their
"For God's sake let us meet at Of the common Asiatic
orice." brown bear type, this couple was
declared Mr. MacDonald caught 20 miles from Wuchow, when interviewed at his home at and were the first bears to be seen
Losiemouth. He added that the in the vicinity. At present they Basle experts' report shows very are only about a foot in height plainly that the Governments ought but will grow rapidly to a big to meet without a moment's un-
necessary delay.
vize.
A blue kingfisher with its yorgeous plumage 18. another interesting specimen that twitters merrily and swoops down to the pond specially built in ita cage to catch the fish placed there for its food.
The Aquarium has also added to ita stock of snakes, among which is the rare water snake, which is found only in sea water. This particular reptile was caught off, Repulse Bay. There is niso pretty green bamboo anake and couple of young pythons, Although now only about a foot long, they will soon grow to the immense size of the fully-grown specimen already in the aquarium.
STEAMER AFIRE.
OOSTKERK DAMAGED AT ROTTERDAM.
Rotterdam, Dec. 23. The steamer Oostkerk with a cargo of copra and oll has been seriously damaged by fire in Rotterdam har hour-Router,
The Oostkerk is a steel screw vessel built in 1914 by Howaldswerke A. G. for her owners Vereenigde Neder- landsche Scheepvaartmaats. Her port of registry la The Hague.
She has a gross tonnage of 8,085, tons and a net tonnage of 5,002 tonu."
SALESMAN SAM'
WHAT'S
TH' MATTER, HEEZY?
It is understood. that the Inter- national Reparations Conference will be held at the Hague.
Mr. MacDonald's ruddy health is returning in consequence of golf in his invigorating native air, though he still devotes long hours daily with his secretaries over im- mense files of correspondence and State papers. The Premier And Miss Ishbel will be joined to-day by their son Malcolm, and will be spending together a quiet Christ- mas.-Reuter.
American Opinion.
Washington, Dec. 24. Widespread temporary or per- manent default next year by the United States' debtors, it is the opinion here, will be one result of the findings of the Young Plan advisory committee.
It la belleved that at least some will invoke clauses in their debt agreements permitting a suspen- sion of payments, amounting to about G.$88,000,000.-Nenter's Am- crican Service.
She is 475 feet in length: 808 feet in breadth and 32.7 feet in depth.
She was frst named the Aagterkerk and afterwards Eastminster Abbey. Hor last name, before changing to the present one, was Heilbronn,
Hor agenta in Hongkong are this Java-China-Japan Line.
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