1932-12-24

A MODERNLY EQUIPPED

BATHROOM MAKES EARLY RISING

A JOY!

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No. 12429 BAIEN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1932. lti-F

BIAULE, CUPT (19 CENTS FILM" PER ANNUM

the greatest possible

TYRE ECONOMY

CAMBRIDGE UNDERGRADUATES ALPS THRILL

B.A.T. AND BERGMANNS

SENSATIONAL ARRESTS AT DRESDEN

WHICH WAY DID MONEY GO?

Dresden, Dec. 23. The acquisition by the B. A. T of an interest in the well-known Continental firm of tobacco

NEW ZEALAND AND WAR DEBTS

GENEROUS.OFFER NOT

ACCEPTED.

London, Dec. 23.

SKI-ER FALLS INTO CREVASSE

The New Zealand Minister RESCUED BY LIGHT BLUE

of Finance, Mr. W. Steward, stated to-day that the British Government, while expressing their warm ap. reciation of the generous feel- ing which prompted New Zen-

-land's offer to resume respon- sibility for war debt pay. ments, had not accepted the ofer-British Wirclem.

manufactures, Bergmanns, has NOM

led to a first-class sensation in Dresden,

The brothers who own the large cigarette drm bearing their name, Karl and Sigmund Bergmann, havoj been arrested.

Broadcasting House, London, where lates to alleged illegal disposal of

the Empire programmes are made up and relayed to Daventry.

THE KING'S XMAS MESSAGE

MAY BE PICKED UP -IN-HONGKONG AT ABOUT 11 P.M.

1. It is learned that the charge re- eurrency and it appears to havel arisen from the reported acquisi tion of shares in the Bergmann concern a few days ago by the British-American Tobacco Com.

pany.

BROTHERS' DENIAL.

DE VALERA'S CAMPAIGN

MORE ANTI-BRITISH TARIFF MOVES

ABOLITION OF PREFERENCE

Dublin, Dec. 23.

CAPTAIN

NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH

(Our Own Correspondent)..

(By Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphia despes Ordinance. 189). Received. December 21. 10.05 m)

London, Dec. 23. An unexpected thrill was: provided for the members of the Cambridge University ski team practising near St. Moritz to-day, when one of the party had an extremely narrow escape from death.

Wonderful presence of mind and¦ courage on the part of the skipper or the team provided the thrilling The Free State Govern-incident with a happy ending. tend that far from disposing of ment have issued. a new currency, they actually brought it tariff order, the effect of

The brothers declare that the jeharge is ridiculous. They con-

into the country.

The sum involved in the transaction is sald to be in the region of from three to four million marks.

The namo of Bergmann is London, Dec. 23.

in every household His Majesty's Christmas Day known broadcast to the Empire will be Dresdon and their appearatec in court attracted an enormous relayed from Sandringham House to the Empire Broadcasting Sta-crowd to witness the proceedings. tion at Daventry at 3.35 p.m. Sandringham Time.

It is Interesting to note in this at connexion that all clocks

kept -Sandringham House

permanently half an hour fast.

are

This innovation was introduced by King Edward and bla order has; never been rescinded. King Ed- ward's object was to provide an hour of daylight for shooting partios. His Majesty's father was thus, saya Reuter, really the first Time in Introduce Summer England.

B. B. C. REQUEST.

After a brief preliminary hear- ing. the brothers were released on bail-Reuter.

PEDIGREE FLAX EXPERIMENTS

SUCCESS. ON ROYAL ESTATE

which is the withdrawal of the preference granted to certain British commodities. Among the articles affected by the abolition of the proference

The ski-ers were descending Diavolezza. Glacier and were going at full pelt when F.A. Jarvis, of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, worked too far off the track and sud-.. denly disappeared into

crevasse.

A scene at Euston just before the final szodur, showing a Jouble line of parcels for the North which extended the length

of an entire platform.

CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

LOCAL LAW BEING

AMENDED

The Gazette contains the draft of at Ordinance to amend further the Code of Civil Procedure."

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The Objects and Rensons state that Section 2 adds a new section 42B to the Code of Civil Procedure.

COLONY'S CREDIT BALANCE

SLIGHT DECLINE IN SEPTEMBER

MILD XMAS AT HOME

LONDON SHOPS FULL TO OVERFLOWING

THE EXODUS FROM LONDON

London, Dec. 23.

All over the country, prépara- tions for the celebrating of what promises to be an unusually mild Christmas are nearing comple- tion.

The temperature in London for several days has been at the nor mal. tovel for April and it is hoped that the fine spoil will lost over the week-end.

London streets present their usual aspect of bustle and the shops are crowded.

The holiday rueh on the rall- ways has begun and the Flying Scotsman, the Cornish Riviera Express and other long distance trains left London to-day duplicate.

Two hundred extra trains are being run to-day and to-morrow on the London, Midland and Scottish line and 97 on the

Financial returns just issued Southern. show that the Colony's credit

Fifteen thousand seats have balance at the end of September

trains, and sleeping car reserva- was $12,044.319, compared with been booked on the Great Western $12,320,811 at the end of August. tions on the night trains for Scot

The rovenue for the month wa land are expected to equal last $2,172,107, against $2,162,838 br year's guro of 2,000. Indanationde with....

Taych as |

month last year, -For

Once again the growing popit- for Senfor Mas

Master

the and Taxing period from January to Sep- Master" and "Bailiff" for "Official tember Inclusive, the revenue was larity of air travel has set up a air linors are in service and those Process Server) with Order XI. $24,040,522, as against $23,901,770 record. At Croydon, ell available Rulo 18 of the Supreme Court in last year.

Section 42A of the Code, Expenditure during September leaving to-day were full

2 full to capa- Boots and shoes,

against the captain of the team, who hap

Unusually large pumbers ↑

färge are Men's and boy's clothing,

pened to be slightly to the roar and 10, applies only to service of $2,628,970 in 1931, whilst for the this your spending their Christ- Certain iron and steel articles. and witnessed the mishap, brought process for foreign courts in coun-period January to September the mas at sea on the numerous winter The motor-car duty rate is himself to a sudden stop in a trics with which no Civil Procedure respective figures were $28,346,882 pleasure cruises arranged by the leading shipping firms-British roduced to that of the preference flurry of snow and regardless of Convention has been concluded, and $22,000,477.

Virelona. rate, which means that foreign the danger, dashed to the rescue. cars will enter Ireland on the sama basis as British vehiclen.

are:

Many articles constructed of Iron and steel are exempted from duty under the new order, includ- ing such things as sewing, print- ing, hosiery, boot-making and agricultural machinery.

MR. DE VALERA'S.

London, Dec, 23. The experimental growing of

Mr. de Valora's sole idea pedigree flax on the King's Sand- ringham Estate, under the super-appears to be to make the Irish vision of the Linen Research As-Free State

mero

CAPTAIN'S RESOURCE.

C.S. Taylor, of Trinity College,ing to Order II runs totalled $2,448,509

Jarvis, himself, by some miracle of PR tad not been thrown to the boltom, but had been able to gain a the wall of the grip on crevasse from which he was dangling like a fly,

He was close enough to the top to be able to seize hold of one of Taylor's sticks and pull himself to Independent anfety.

than it has been. The very exemptions of machinery from

TERRIBLE FATE LIKELY.

It is understood that the B.B.C. Bociation and the Department of economically of British manufac- is circulating a questionaire to Scientific and Industrial Research,tures listeners to the Empire short-wave is believed to have proved

duty payments are Intended But for Taylor's prompt action, service. The typo of Information successful.

Linen obviously, to encourage the deve-Jarvis would undoubtedly have which is desired, in order to make! A deputation from the adjustments to the service, is Research Association was received lopment of new industrial activity fallen to the bottom of the crevasse

by the King and Queen at Bucking-in Ireland. Reuter.

shown in the following selection from the questions:

1 When do you receive the Empire Transmitter beat?

(a) At what period of the year.

(b) At what time of the day in

that period of the year?

2-(a) What transmitters

ham Palace this week, and Their

Majesties inspected a variety of

Hinen goods manufactured from DOLLAR SLIGHTLY

flax grown at Sandringham.

The newspapers suggest that large areas of the Royal Estate may

other be devoted to flax next year, as a

RISES

than the Empire Transmitter lend to home production of this BUT UNDERTONE ON

Important raw material. Meantime (b) Are they received better than research is continuing.-British-

are receivable?

the Empire Transmitter?

Wireless,

EASY SIDE

The Hongkong dollar rose 1/8th this morning to in. 3d. The mar-1

and he would probably havo perished of the bitter cold before he could have been drawn up.

XMAS PARTY: AT KOWLOON

Provision for cases whore docu ments to be served emanate from a country with which there is Buch

Convention is made in England STOP PRESS SHANGHAI CO., LTD.

by Order XI, Rule 13. Conventions extended to Hongkong have been. made between the United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium. Czechoslvakia, France, Germany, Norway, Spain, and Sweden.

Other Conventions which will probably be stmilarly extended have been made with Italy, Portugal THREATS TO PATRIOTIC

and Poland.

In consequence it becomes neces- sary to make provision in the Code of Civil Procedure for such cases.

ARMED ROBBERIES ON MAINLAND

SOCIETY-IN SHANGHAI

(Special to "Telegraph”)

WINDING-UP PETITION

DEFERRED

At the Supreme Court this morning, the Chief Justice (Sir

Joseph Kemp) adjourned sing die

the hearing of the winding-up petition of the Shanghai Company, Limited. The petition was pro- sented to the Court on December 9th by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company Limited.

His Lordship, granting the adjournment sald:-This petition Shanghal, Dec. 24.

has been advertised for hearing During the past week, various to-day and I have sat in order to call it on in public. But the Chinese, patriotic organisations in

petitioning creditors and the Shanghai have received letters Company both wish the petition from a mysterious organisation to be adjourned because a scheme of arrangement is in course of which calls itself "The Sino-negotiation. Japancaa Alliance."

COTTON & WHEAT

TWO EARLY THIS MORNING Valuables amounting to $1,385 were stolen by a gang of four ENJOYABLE EVENT AT armed robbers who gained ad- These letters from the "Alliance"! mission to the Tung Tak crockery CLAREMONT

shop, of 77, Ki Lung Street, emphasized the necessity of Sino- The Misses Ellis, of Claremont Shamshuipo, during the early Japanese co-operaation and warned patriotic Associations to stop their 3-(a) Did you ever hear the old THE ROUND TABLE kot locally is very quiet, with the Hotel, Austin Road, Kowloon, gave hours of this morning...

undertone slightly easier than an enjoyable children's Christmas The inmates were aroused by activities. They added that it yesterday.

party yesterday afternoon in the the intruders shortly before five would resort to drastic measures Hotel.

o'clock and after the robbers, who In London, silver advanced FA farthing spot and 3/16th forward, The dining room was tastefully wore armed with a revolver and If the warnings were ignored. with it between 6 p.m. and FINAL SESSION TO BE the rise being chiefly due to decorated with streamors and three daggers, had bound and The activities of the "Alliance"/tions on the New York cotton and,

speculative covering and China lights and, at one end, a Christmas gagged the occupants, they ran have aroused deep interest in local buying. After the official fixing, tree stood laden with presents and Backed the premises.

(d) At what time of the day and year do receive them best?

Bellish Experimental Station G5SW (Chelmaford)7

(b) How does your standard reception of the Empire Transmitter

(vour time) 7 (a) Are

bothered you atmosphorics 7 (b) When are they must trouble-

Home? (c) Are they equally severe on all wavelenghts under, any, 100

motren?.

SUGGESTIONS, SOUGHT.

used t

CONFERENCE

HELD TO-DAY

London, Doc. 23.

As the result of the rapid pro- gress achieved during the past few days, the tasks before the Indian Round Table Conference are now practically completed.

the market ruled very quiet, with buyers satisfied.

There is no change in silver prices in New York. The cross rate is 8.33.9/8, steady.

BATAVIA SUGAR

SCHEME

sweets, The children, most of Eight men.. armed with whom wore in Yancy dress, after chopper, committed a robbery at being, photographed had ton and Shek Pik Chung Ha, in the Tai O played several sames, and, later: District, shortly after 1 o'clock Fathor Christmas arrived and

this morning and stole money, and presented gifts to them.

Jowellery. According to a brief Three hearty cheers were given report received at Polleo, Head- for the Misses Ellis and their quarters this morning, one of the helpers, and thon Father Christmas inmates was wounded.

· REVISED ́FORM APPROVED

Batavia, Dec, 23, The scheme for creating a centrari":

(Mr. J. J. Cornelius) was escorted out by Mr. John Russell who acted as M.Q.

Bags of sweets were distributed,) after which the merry party broke up carrying, with them happy memories of a glorious afternoon.

عم

HONOUR FOR SIR WM. PEEL

By this evening, the committeas 5 Can you offer any suggestions for had finished their work of examin- improvement In the Empire Servicing the various aspects of the coin-

(a) On programme considerations? (b) On technical methods, as, for plicated questions at issue and the example, the wavelengths to be raporte of the committees and

been noted by the Conforence."

Late to-night, the Conference, What types of programase do you which had had two sessions earlier consider come over beat from a

in the day, was summoned to meet technical point of view?

(Please reply purely on technical for a general discussion on the reached and to- grounds without being influenced by conclusions the types of programme which you morrow morning at the final son-

The death occurred at 27, Jordan aion, the third Indian Round Table like.}

7 What types of programme in Conference will be formally agar-aslling organisation, super-

The interesting announcement tarent you most

proved in a considerably amended Pellopa Denenberg, widow of the late (Plenas reply purely on grounds of brought to an end.-British Wirevised by the Government, was ap Road this morning of Mrs. La

form at a special meeting of the Professor F. P. Danenberg, at the age is mada in the current Issue of 59 years. The deceased. Indy, wife of the Crown Colonist that His your own, taite, buc state if a

People's Council.

had lived practically all her life in Excellency Sir William, Pael," favourite type of material does not

Mr. J. Finaer, of 13, Kent, Road,

The scheme embodies a provision Hongkong, was well-known and highly K.C.M.G.; Governor of Hongkong. como over well.) MPLSE

S(8) How much time, have you, Kowloon Tong, has reported to, thal

police that his terrier dog hit Cheung for compulsory contributions by respected. She leaves abe daughters, for listening

(b) What are the most suitable Sau, delivery coolle of the Britannis Sugar, sellers and augar employees with whom much sympathy Kill be has been elected an Honorary

[bridge. house (your zimy for your own Arrated Water, Co. The animal was to a fund for the unemployed in the felt. The tuneral panier the Monu. Fellow-of-Queens College, Cam-

nient at 8p.m. to-day." taken to Ma Tan Kok for observation. sugar industry—Rejler

HON. FELLOW OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

business circles-Router.

HOLIDAY WEATHER

FORECAST.

Cloudy weather over the Christmas holidays, is - anti- cipated by the Royal Observa- tory. To-day's forecast fa: East winds; moderate; cloudy generally.

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