THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933.
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BRITAIN REFUSES TO DISCUSS PUBLIC WORKS
TOO EXPENSIVE
A HOBBY
ONCE BIT, TWICE SHY POLICY
DAMPENS CHINA'S
ENTHUSIASM
LONDON, JULY 13.
IF OTHER COUNTRIES DECIDE TO MAKE THE EXPERIMENT THEY MAY DO SO, BUT BRI- TAIN IS NOT INTERESTED AND WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS FOR
AN INTERNATIONAL POLICY OF PUBLIC WORKS OR FOR THE PROVISION OF MONEY FOR OTHER COUNTRIES TO EMBARK ON SUCH
SCHEMES.
Thus plainly and flatly did Britain oppose the French resolution on the question of public works, which is strongly endorsed by the I.L.O.
Sir Robert Ho Tung, who is in London as an adviser to the Chinese delegation to the W.E.C. photograph
ed with his daughter.
FEATHERED SONGSTERS IN COURT
CHIRP DURING THE
PROCEEDINGS
Three baby magple robins, in a nest, chirped in magisterial sur- roundings this morning, when a Chinese youth, aged 10, was charged before Mr. Wynne-Jones with taking the birds from a tree. The youth pleaded ignorance the regulations.
of
Sub-Inspector Smith said the [nest containing the birds was taken from a banyan tree in Queen's Road Central. Defendant was seen climbing down from the tree by a Chinese constable. The jconstable had kept the birda alive
during the night.
The magistrate remarked it, was know he was doing wrong, probable the defendant did not imposed a fine of $10 or fourteen has been closed on orders by Dr. The Brown House at Viennaį and the headquarters of the Nazis, which
Dollfuss.
Inspector Smith added that the Inat lot of stolen baby birds had been cared for by the Sergeant-
EMBEZZLED FIVE Major and had grown very well.
CENTS
AND FINED $100!
Mr. Walter Runciman pointed out that Britain had spent £100,000,000 on such schemes in recent years and Company, charged before. Mr. does not intend to repeat the expensive experiment.
Dr. Colijn, the chairman, decided to report to the Bureau that a sub-commission should be appointed when the Monetary Commission is able to appoint half the members. This means adjournment sine die.
PLAIN SPEAKING BY MR. RUNCIMAN
London, July 13.
U. S. ATTITUDE.
The statement of the British Dr. Colijn (Holland) proposed Government's attitude towards the the appointment of a sub-com- proposals for the undertaking of mittee of both the wheat impor- large new public works and other ters and exporters for the purpose measures designed to diminish un-of coming to an agreement employment was made in the plen- ary session of the Economic Com- mission of the World Conference by the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Runeiman.
he said the question was one for each country to decide. The British Government held the view that at present nothing would be gained by her attempting to ex- tend her public works program-
within the framework of the Con- ference,
Mr. Morgenthal (United States) opposed and demanded that the exporters should first agree.
The first main wheat-producing countries proposed that the Danu- bia export quota should be fifty million bushels for Europe, but Danubia is demanding 50,000,000. In another committee, it was decided to drop the proposals for "We have in recent years devot-a pact of economic non-aggres-
me.
ed £100,000,000 to schemes of this ision-British Wireless and Reuter, kind. The result has been that,!
on an average, for every million:
-sterling expended, we have em CHINA'S - HOPES
ployed two thousand men directly!
and two thousand men indirectly. From that you will observe that this method of dealing with the problem is expensive.
TOO EXPENSIVE.
QUO TAI CHI'S SPEECH
London, July 13. In the course of the discussion "In our view it is unduly ex-on International public works, Mr. pensive and it is an experiment Quo Tal-chi declared that China we are not going to repeat. We shall offered an opportunity for useful not reopen these schemes no mat-productive work. ter what may be done elsewhere
money,
gramme
the
Lam Cheong, a conductor in the employ of the Kowloon Motor Bus
Butters at the Kowloon Magi- stracy this morning with embez-i zling five cents from the Company. was fined $100.
Prosecuting, Sergeant Wagland
Mr. Wynne-Jones-I should like to hear how these birds get on.
KIDNAPPED 2 YEAR OLD CHILD
WOMAN'S UNUSUÁL
METHODS
A BRAVE WOMAN
OVERCOMES BIG OBSTACLES
NOW STRIKES LUCKY
PARLIAMENT'S NEW GROUP
TEMPERANCE TO BE PROMOTED
MR. ISSAC FOOT AS CHAIRMAN
London..
COMMODORE HOISTS PENNANT
Captain Elliott Taking
Over Duties
The broad pennant of Commodore F. Elliott who arrived in the Colony
on
DiB.
Tuesday aboard the Rajputana to. take up duties ps Commodor-in-Charge, Hongkong. was holsted in H.M.S. Tarantula, A Temperance Group of Mom-slip of the senior naval officer, bers of Parliament is West-West River, at eight o'clock this minster's latest addition
morning. The pennant was saluted long list of special groups of this Tarantula returning the salute at to the by H.M.S, Tomar with 11 guns, the or that subject.
three minutes past eight..
Mr. Isaac Foot, a Samuelita Liberal and former Minister of modore H. R. Marrack, who has
The broad penant of acting Com Mines (who resigned with the other Liberal Ministers over the Home of the Inte Commodore E. been acting since the departure for Government's tariff policy) is to McC. W. Lawrie, will be struck in be its Chairman, while the vicc- H.M.S. Tamar at sunset to-day and Chairmen include Lady and Mr. Morgan Jones (formerly ferred
Astor that of Commodore Elliott trans- Under Secretary for Education in fo'clock
to the
Tamar at eight the Labour
to-morrow morning. A Government.) Salter (Lab.) is one of the secre- Taruntula and returned by the Dr. salute will then be fired by the taries to the group.
Tamar.
This is said to be the first time in Parliamentary history that the
To-morrow the following calls House of Commons has had a will be exchanged:-11. a.m., Com- temperance group, and
the immodore on
H.E. The Governor; mediate reason for its formation (11.16 a.m., H.E. The Governor re- is to oppose the Hotels and turns call aboard H.M.S. Tamar: Restaurants Bill, a private mem-the G.0.C.; 11.45 am., H.E. the 11.80 a.m., Commodore on H.E.. ber's measure which seeks to ex-G.O.C. returns the call tend the hours during which
aboard drinks may be sold.
H.M.S. Tamar. Salutes will be fired from the Tamar.
an op-
FINANCIER FREE
HUGE RANSOM PAID TO KIDNAPPERS.
GRAVE CHARGE RECALLED. No stronger-not to say fanatical-opponents of alcoholic drink would be found than Mr. Foot, Lady Astor and Dr. Salter. Lady Astor never loses against the "trade" and she makes portunity of carrying on warfare as her slogan "Drink milk, not j
La Grange, July 131 beer." Dr. Salter is-If that be! Jacob Factor, the financier, who possible-an even stronger tem-has been in the hands of kidnap- perance advocate and some time pers since July 1, has been re- ago brought himself into sharp leased. It is believed that a ran The woman is no longer, young, conflict with the flouse by sug-som of $200.000 was paid the kid- Defendant went to Hunghom on but her spirit is, and she came to
gesting that M.P/8 often gatnappera. July 3 and enticed the girl away Edie Creek three months
drunk at Westminster. The ac- with a picture book. She paraded determined to make fortune.
cusation created quite a
Factor, who is sometimes known the girl in Yaumati and there were though she knew nothing what- witnesses to say that she offered ever about gold mining.
tion at the time and the matter as "John Jake the Barber," rose was raised In the House
from being a West-side barber to. her for sale in the street. Hor methods were most unusual as she dressing table in the hut when On the box which serves as a
breach of privilege. Representa- millionaire stockbroker. He is had no accomplices, but worked serves as her home, is a photo-withdraw it however and in the scale.
tives of all Parties indignantly wanted" in England for alleged denying it. Dr. Salter refused to share-pushing frauds on a large. entirely on her own."
end the House contented itself, with recording its formal judg-roadhouse
Jacob Factor was leaving a Iment that the charge was a cross suburb of Chicago, with a com- near Evanston, ย libel on members and breach of privilege.
a grave panion, when he was pounced upon and taken into a passing ear which disappeared.
said an inspector of the Bus Com- Appearing at the Kowloon Ma- pany boarded a bus in Nathan gistracy this morning to prosecute
Rabaul, New Guinea. Road yesterday afternoon and a young married woman named of a woman on the mining fields This is the tale of the courage after he had got on board, he saw Ip Ho on a charge of kidnapping a of Edie Creek, how it has over- defendant taking a ticket away girl of two years, Detective In- come tremendous obstacles, and from a passenger. His suspicions spector Elston of the S.C.A. told how it's now beginning to obtain were aroused and he asked the Mr. Butters that the methods she its reward. conductor why he had taken the employed were most unusual. ticket. Defendant refused to give an explanation whereupon the inspector demanded to
все the ticket. There was a struggle and defendant, threw it out of the window. The inspecor jumped off the bus and retrieved it.
Mr. S. T. Louie, manager of the Bus Company, was in Court and said the Company took a serious view of the case.
very
CAR OFFENCES
OBSTRUCTING AND FAST DRIVING Mr. A. Mielenta, residing at No. 7, Felix Villas, was summoned be- fore Mr. Schofield, at the Central Magistracy this morning, for hav- ing caused obstruction by parking his car in an un-named street, East of Queen's Theatre.
The defendant remarked that he had been asked to park his car there by one of the attendants at the Theatre. There was a notice against parking there.
$5.
Mr. Schofield imposed a fine of
·
ago,
graph of two achoolboys, her sons, who, she hopes, will HOOLI matriculate.
The attention of the Hon. S.C.A. had been attracted to this case and he, after investigations had been made, thought that in view midnight to 6 a.m. daily
She is working gold from of her youth and the circum- bitter cold of 7,000 ft. mountain In the stances of the case, half the usual top, while all the rest of the camp Rentonce would be sufficient to sleeps, because, when secure her banishment from the matriculate, she plans to have the boya Colony.
the money ready to put both Sentenco of six months was University
through the medical course at the passed,·
MOST KISSED MAN DEAD
FAMOUS NEW YORK PERSONALITY
She is Mrs. Giblin. Having won her lease in a recent Vallot, she caught the next plane from Port Moresby to Wau.
WORKING GOLD.
From there she walked the 1 miles up the winding way to Edie,
a
songa-
48 4
un-
PASSING OF OLDEST INDIAN RESIDENT
Mrs. 'Abbas was 90 years age, and was born in Hongkong in 1843, two years after the Colony was ceded to the British. She was one' of the oldest sidents of the Colony.
SYMPATHY UNLIKELY. The Temperance Group is also
Fow of the facts are shown to credited with the Intention of the police, but it.ia reported that endeavouring to secure a modi-Factor's son Jerome, who was kid- fication of the present arrange-napped himself not long ago, was ments-in-the-Parliamentary re-driving his father in the car when freshment dept. The Palace of he was bundled out by two men, Westminster, being Royal who drove off at a great speed. Palace, does not come under the They carried off a Chicago attor ordinary laws as regards closing ney, Mr. Al Epstein, with Factor, times and alcoholic refreshment but soon released him-Router. is obtainble at any hour when the House is sitting-not an reasonable arrangement one would have through considering that M.P's are called upon to sit, For leaving his car unattended
right through the night on many outside the King's Theatre, Mr. L.
Two big difficulties immediately occasions. There is little like- It was China's policy to develop B. Guttierrez, residing at 20, Ro-
confronted her. First, on and we do not think we can use the country by prudent public
New York.
in-lihood that the temperance
MRS. specting her lease, she found that advocates
S. ABBAS binson Road, was fined $5. Defen- York is dead.
The most-kissed fully participate in any interna-work, especially in the matter of
will man in New it was on a hill, requiring the sympathy in such a demand, for receive much Elonal scheme of similar status. transport facilities. There
dant was not in Court, but sent
removal of a huge quantity of while the House of Commons re-evening at her residence at 216. The death occurred yesterday. a note pleading guilty. There are many ways in which a
pro- country may participate in these limited by their financial resource.
and aims
He was Captain Edgar, who overburden before there was any spects the sincerity even of ex- Wanchai Rond of Mrs. Shalk Abbas, were only Chan Ping-tong, the driver of a for 28 years was the stage door possibility of getting down to the tremists, it usually approaches the oldest member of the local In- international schemes, out of their
motor cycle, was fined $20 They desired ardently to raise having driven at an excessive speed Opera House.
for attendant at the own resources and for their con- the standard
Metropolitan wash; secondly, she had no water such matters from a more or less dian community. ventence and other is by lending enlarge
supply. of living and to
along Des Voeux Rond.
commonsense standpoint.-Router. Traffic Sergeant Wenslede 'snid
With his snow-white moustache, The first-comers having, prior scope
A keen water war was raging. of skilled employment.
that he picked up defendant opred boutonniere
and broad- One of the greatest poten- vent through Bonham Strand at the celebrities of the New York to beg, buy or steal a supply, or posite the World Theatre, and he brimmed black hat, he was one of rights, and the newcomers havinit tialities for solving the world If we are asked whether we erials lay in the French resolution,
scene. would participate in any schemes
It became almost a rite clse give up beaten. China, he said, was typical of
Mra. Giblin did none for the great luminaries of the for International public works, we a number
these opera and the ballet girls to im- things. shall say that, so
of countries, which, sing Soviet orders abroad. We plant kisses on his moustache as labourers to dynamiting and shovel- far as such while most needing a forward pro- Achemes are concerned they are gramme, were the least able to
Instead, she set her 10 Kanaku the affairs of each individual finance this without assistance.
don't merely engage in talk about they entered the theatre. trade, and in this instance
ling away the hilside of over- country.
This was a point to which the
made what is à concrete proposal Farrar,
He was close friend of Caruso, burden. Her determination and And if we were asked as a capi- Conference could very usefully
Patti and Melba. He'ndependence obtained that would prove to be of benefit loved to tell how Gadaki, whose more respect and help from the for her tal market to provide money or direct its attention.-Reuter
to all countries, including own. However, in case of necess. would rush out to him a half hour arguments and complaints which our passion in foods was potatoes, grizzled miners than all the ity, our trade development may before the end of a performance some of the men newcomers em- progress along independent lines." and say:
ployed. By the time the overburden TRADE WITH BRITAIN. · "Captain John, telephone to my given permission to use a noigh- had been removed, she had been Turning to the subject of Anglo-potatoes on."-Reuter.
house and tell them to put the hour's water supply from Soviet relations, M. Litvinov sald ho was gratifled at the resumption of negotiations for a new trade agreement between the U.S.S.R.. and Britain, but declared it to be of "vital importance that our trado relations with Britain be freed of the continual menace of suspens- ion due to causes of a political nature. Experience in past years and months has shown that such suspensions have a paychological effect on our nation. How can wo
WOULD NOT DISCUSS IT.
RUSSIAN TRADE.
to raiso loans for this purpose we could not do so. We have come to the conclusion that schemes of this kind of international public' In an Interview with
the works, are a most unremunerative News Chronicle on the subject of way of dealing with the unemploy-his plan for increasing Russian mont problem. If a committee is imports by U. S. $1,000,000,000, M. set we could not participate in Maxim Litvinov, Soviet Comminenr Its deliberations.”
WHEAT PROBLEMS.
for Foreign Affairs, gave a clear indication that steps would be taken to develop the foreign trade of the U. S. S. R. on independent Mr. Ramsay MacDonald presid-lines in the event of the failure ed at the meeting of the four of the World Economic Conference wheat exporting countries and to reach some form of internat consuming countries, when the tonal agreement, present state of the conversations between the representatives of expected nothing from the con- The Soviet government, he said, Australia, Canada, United States forence, but nevertheless had done and Argentina was fully reviewed.overything it could to assist it.
The United States represonta- ive said that no agreement among! the exporting countries containing]
a speed of 30 miles an hour,
We
COMPRESSED AIR FOR PLANE
NEW INVENTION BY: SPANISH AVIATOR
Madrid,
пн
of
mid- night to 6.
Now she is working gold, and hor dream that her sons will
become doctors is daily coming closer to reality-Reuter.
ECLIPSE STAKES.
ALTERATIONS TO LIST OF.
PROBABLES ·
London, July
School Impot For Prime Minister
M. DALADIER
?
TC-
The deceased is survived by a Iargo family of children and grandchildron (of which there are over sixty) and a number of great-grandchildren. Her surviv ing sona include Mr. A. R. Abbas Kowloon
CAUGHT SMOKING! Wharf and Godown company lon
"Daladier!"
“Yes, Sir!”
"Are you smoking?” "Yes, Bir!"
Paris.
"Bring me a thousand by to-morrow!"
"Oh Sir!"
A, H. Abbas of the Hongkong Club, and Mr. A. Abbas of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews.
Mrs. Abbas enjoyed the esteem:" and friendship of the whole Indian community for many years. lines She had been in indifferent health for the past two years and her passing came as no surprise to her many friends.
the
This painful scene In schooldays of Franco's Prime Minister, Edouard Daladier, was laughingly recalled to-day by his soventy year old head-master, M. Bonnet.
The funeral takes place today at 5.00 p.m...
FOUR POWER PACT·
NATIONS TO SIGN
SATURDAY
"He was an excellent pupil,". Bald old "Poro" Bonnet, "always top of his class and I never had accept long-term obligations to Compressed air is uned
to punish him for bad work. INCREASED CAPACITY.
ward British Industrial firms itmotiye power in a new type of
"However, & remember coming: we are not assured a certain polinying machine invented by a six entrants have den seratched unexpectedly into my classroom to pecific figures had yet boen pro-to find ways of increasing the
"It is important," he continued, tical peace and stability?"
Spanish engineer, Don Fernando from the list of probables for the
fnd Daladier and a friend had
Paris, July 18. « pared. It was decided that
The European Four Power Pact made In conclusion, M. Litvinov said Garrido. He hopes to achieve vir- Eclipse Stakes, and there are three
"cigar" out of bay and will exporting countries will consult capacity of industrial enterprises, that in elaborating the text of a tunily vortical flying in this additions. The following in the com- paper, which he had it with day be signed at Rome on Satur
and to determine which countries with the Russian delegation to-
new trade agreement with Britain machine and also to reach the plate entry tablo:
atolon matclice. Firdausal (Elliott); Loaningdale
dfdf Great Britainë norrow and afterwards with the are in a position to increase their
"I hurriedly hid the cigar un- and Germany would. decisively stratosphere in it.
Canon Law epresentatives of the Danubian imports and on what terme.
(Dick), der his exercise book on my entry. According to s reject any attempt to establish Don Fernando la woll known in Thokeen (Fox) Chatelaino (Sammy Wragg), Fox tafes to show how far they can I proposed on behalf of the discrimination against the U.S.S.R; Spain.az the author of s
I had to take notice of it. Fibuller.comtimulate-trade-place Oustheles_in_the_why us for boring a-tunno under the Richards), Ivolopment by considerably incron- hor trade..
Belfry (Smith) And thousand lines e straits of Gibraltar-Router. Alexander (Nicoll).—Reuter.
on of their exporta,
tho
tho U.S.B.R.