1933-07-26

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1933.

SWIFT ACTION TO PREVENT GRAIN SPECULATION

LICENCING

THREAT

TRADERS ORDERED. TO

DRAFT CODE

MEANING OF THE “NEW DEAL” ·

(Special to "Telegraph")

By Telegraph, Copyright. Telepraphis Alcantara Ordinance, 100. Resrived, Juis 16, 19.94 x.m.)

Washington, July 24.

Mr. George Peek, the Federal Agricultural Administrator, hasj summoned the grain tradera to- gether and ordered them to un- dertake immediately the draft- ing of a code in compliance with the Recovery Act,

He warned grain traders that unless they took the netion requir-į ed to reform the market, the Go- vernment would act.

The present grain market re- strictions are to remain in force, pending the completion of the code.

If the crash is repeated, said Mr. Peck, he proposes to invoke the power to cancel traders' licen-

сея,

In the course of Mr. Roosevelt's broadcast address, he warned in- dustrialists that they must assumei their fair share of the burden, and he urged the increasing of wages and the shortening of hours Rs a means of keeping the wage level, commensurate with increas-f ing prices.

ROOSEVELT ACHIEVEMENTS.

He reviewed the Administra- tion's achievements; pointing out that they had not only balanced the budget, maintained national

credit and re-opened the banks on

a sound basis, but they had taken

the Wall Street brokers' clarks

Reminiscent of the 28-29 boom months many windowed towers alight,

feverishly work into the night hours.

district's

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor, Hongkong

Telegraph.)

The Cost of Living.

steps to restore individual credit -Sir-Yeur timely leader to-day by the Home Loan and the Farm points out that reduced wholesale Loan

Acta United Press. Per prices have not been reflected in costs to the ultimate consumer. Gold Bar Company,

SIR E. GRIGG

AFRICA

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TEACHING ENGLISH IN MALTA

Italianisation of Colony Danger

London, July 25.

The situation in Maita was sub-|

MOVE

Tokyo, July 25.

com-

CABARET NOISES

(Continued from Pago 1.)

or area had been exempted.

Furthermore, a section was not a bye-law. Its validity could be questioned but it was of equal validity with other Inwa · of the Colony, However, ona might look for guidance under the bye-laws regarding noises.

His Worshop held that this scetion covered the noises made by an orchestra.

DRIVEN OUT OF HOUSE.

The complainant, Mr. Hans Jocquim Luhring, said, he was a merchant, residing on the first floor of No. 32, Hankow Road. On the night of July 8, he got home nt about 7.30 p.m. and at 8.40 p.m. tho musle from the Chinnova Dancing Institute started. 14 was just the usual noise of an or- chestra playing but later on 110 heard some people ainging.

In order to avoid the noise, hvitness left the house shortly after

1 a.m.

ROUND BRITAIN

IN CANOES

MAN & GIRL'S ESCAPADE

London.

A man and a girl are ricing

-in canoes.

MORE GOLD RUSHES

SIGNS OF RESURRECTION

NEW HUNTERS

San Francisco, California. each other round the British Isles "Ghost Towna" of the old Wild West of mining days--Tombstone, Virginia City, Leadville, Tonopah, They set out from Westminster Angels Camp and many others one morning several weeks ago. which have added purple pas Both paddled off down-streani, sages to American history but neither knew what route the spring to life again if metal prices other intended to take once the continue to advance in U.S.A, as open sen was renched,'

a result of the inflationary "boom" and increased value of gold in paper dollars.

SHOWING UP YOUNGSTERS.

may

Signs of resurrection have been The man is a 37-year-old Lon- doner, Mr. John Nolan: He has a shown by a survey of the mining very poor opinion of the average areas of California, Washington, young man of to-day and thinks Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Idaho, it is up to some of us

each to show In

state

operations them up."

established firms have been panding to some degree,

Gold Is the objective of the greater part of these new opera- tions but the miners of eliver and copper also are looking forward to

ex-

19 o'clock but when he returned, at about 11.30 p.m.. the orchestra was still playing. This wont 011 He is out to beat the world re- till midnight and, as a result, he cord of 400 miles for sea canoeing, could not get to sleep till about at present held by a German.

Witness added that he was "If I complete this trip success-the possibility of prices that will driven out of his own house prac- fully," he said,

"I shall cover make their operations profitable tically every night by this noise (about 2,000 miles in 3 to 2% once more. and said that if it was not a months." nightly affair, he would not have "My canoe, the Wide World, is taken any notice of it at all and of gubberised material and is a let it pass.

Mr. Butters: When du you usually go to sleep? My bed time is between 10 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. because I have to wake up at 6 o'clock every morning.

FOND OF MUSIC?

You were prevented

this particular night from going to bed in the usual hours ?Yes,

How do you know that Mr. Silva is the proprietor of the Institute? 1 first made a report to the

the

800 NEW MINES.

CUTTING DOWN SALARIES

HEAVY U.S. PAY SLASHES

INDICATED IN FUTURE

Washington, D. C. High salaries paid to leading Amorican business 'officials are be- ing challenged by the U.S. Govern ment and there are indications that there will be some heavy pay of corporations asking for anan- slashes soon among high officials clal assistance from the taxpayer in the form of government loans.

Corporation, which has already The Reconstruction Finance

banks, railways and business firms lent more than $2,000,000,000 to

has decreed that big financial and to keep them from bankruptcy, industrial houses borrowing from the government must reduce the salaries of their officials to a "reasonable" figure. Subsequent ly the Senate adopted a resolution calling on government agencies to report on the salaries of officers: and directors of banks, public utility corporations and other corporations engaged in interstate. commerce having capital or ausots of more than $1,000,000 and whose securities are listed.

60 PER CENT CUT.

The Senator said that the pur- pose of his resolution "is to deve op information which should be Useful in determining publie. Policy with respect to the exten- son of government credit to private corporations and other private organizations."

But gold is still king, in spite of its legal divorcement from the copy of the Eskimo Kynk. It money that passes through the

is painted bright scarlet, and I shall chah registers of the U.S.A. wear bright scarlet clothes, so Many historians credit the gold that if I get into distress I shall and silver of Nevada with having be easily seen. I am

a strong helped the desperate Anancial swimmer and I shall take the plight of the Northern States dur- must expect to subject themselves Those asking for help, he said, further precaution of equippinging the Civil War of 1861-5. myself with a good life-preserver.

Almost daily new hunters of the before they are made the privileg

to reasonable federal conditions previous metal appear, some ofed beneficiaries of government them with pick and pan, others

favora. with big ore mills and machinery "Already I have completed an for sinking great shafts in the That was in a Canadian, couve, inland voyage

of 2,450 miles. earth.

2,450 MILES VOYAGE.

from Edmonton, Alberta, down to reopening of 700 to 800 mining California has shown the actual the Mississipi. And I have ridden properties in the last 15 months, n pedal bicycle 2,500 miles over employing 8,000 witness, the deserts and mountains of

Police and they kave me particulars.

the

Cross-examining Mr. D'Almada asked:-

Mr. Lubring, how old are you?

-25;

YCB..

WENT TO CINEMA.

the

In addition to his lifobelt and the provisions necessary to take him to his next "port of call," Mr. Nolan's luggage consists of a pair of gum boots, a lent, cooking utensils and a Union Jack which flies from the stern of the Wide World.

THE RIVAL.

camora, EL

STRANGE “WATCH DOG”

re-

men and presenting 171 Investment $3,500,000 in equipment-Reuter

HALF OF WOMAN'S BRAIN REMOVED

DOES NOT AFFECT HER INTELLECT

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Removal of almost all of the right half of a woman's brain, with no noticeable effect on her

The

inaugurated its new policy in the The Reconstruction Corporation

road, which has been granted Case of the Southern Pacific Rail

Corporation advanced the funds loans totaling $23,500,000.

on condition that salaries above $100,000 be cut 60 per cent, those between $50,000 and $100,000 fifty per cent and to on down.-Reuter.

SLEEP ON YOUR STOMACH

DOCTOR'S ADVICE TO CO-EDS

la' on the stomach." If children

Western America and Old Mexico." Mr. Nolan intends to put into I take it you are fond of music, his journey which, he says, is so land and camp every night during and this is undoubtedly correct ject to questions addressed in the aren't you? am foud of certain hazardous that no insurance com-

There is one most important House of Commons to-day to the music. factor which to-day keeping Minister for Colonies, Sir Philip Do you know music at all?pany will accept the risk, ONcosts far above their true level, Cunille Lister.

and to this you did not refer- Asked if he was aware that inf Do you suggest that this musiu the heavy overhead of rates, taxes regard to the teaching of English is bad music?--I cannot any. and duties.

and Italian, people were growing, CANNOT REMEMBER. When the dollar 15*1] B nt its exceedingly anxious at the growing DEVELOPMENT OF

lowest in respect to Sterling. Italianisation of the British colony,

the

How long have you been staying CO-OPERATIVE STATE Hongkong Government raised the the Minister said the House off in these premises From the be-

Assessment rate, increased the Commons unanimously approved ginning of February,

Have you ever been to a dancing London, July 18 duty on tobaccos and alcohols (and of the course which the Government A suggestion that the govern- thus automatically on their deriva- took in regard to the teaching of hall?--No.

petrol English in Malta. That decision. Are you fond of the cinema?-I of flannel trousers, Mr. Nolan's reported to the American Medical Clad in a blue shirt and a pair sia on the left side, has been

mentality and only partial paraly PERFECT POSITION ment of tropical Africa should be tives,) Instituted a developed along the lines of -n co-increased postage rates

would be strictly carried out. go about twice a week.

He thought the Maltese Govern- put it to you that somebody seaman, Fraulein Fridel Meyer.

rival is the daughter of a German Association.

Madison, Wisconsin. operative state, with a strong and licence taxes and in other]

ment understood there could be no induced you to take out this sum- field of

Now, twenty months after tho "Sleep on your stomach and executive and representative legis-ways sought a new lature, was made this evening by venue, all, or almost all of which question of modifying in the slight-mons.I can't remember.

Last year, she canoed from her operation, the surgeon said, "Ex-practise swinging by your hands," est degree a unanimous decision of Sir

home on the River Maine in amination discloses no changes in Professor Danniston tells Univer Edward Grigg, formerly fell directly on the ultimate

Nobody suggested that you Baverin, Con Parliament.--British Wireless. should take out this summons?-Ishe has set off to circle the British

Westminster. Now her intellect."

sity of Wisconsin co-eds who Governor of Konya, in an address sumer-none was borne by in- before the Royal Empire Summer dustry or by the wholesaler, or

also cannot remember.

Isles-and hopes to be back before brains have been removed in a few

The right halves of people's would perfect their figures. School at Oxford.

landlord. Today, with the dollar PEACE AND ORDER

Mr. D'Almada : Very

Silhouette photographs are made. poor Mr. Nolan.

previous cases but most of them of every girl as the first step in It required a great deal of think-at least half way back towards its

memory,

She disdaina a lifebelt. All her died within a short time from outline corrective measures, and ing out, Sir Edward asserted, but pre slump position, there can

Continuing, Mr. D'Almada asked luggage is contained in one ruck recurrence of tumers or other at six-week intervals new pictures In Italy at the present moment no possible justification for taxation!

witness if it was not true that sack into which that kind of thing had gone a long on so heavy a seale, but until the NAKAMURA'S TROOPS when he issued the summons, he tent, a sleeping bag and a comb. apparently suffered no major ill made.

are packed a causes. In this case the woman are taken to show the progrens burdan is lightened, so long will]

just put down July 3, without any From her canoe, the Stella effects except paralysis of the left He denied that he was advocat-living costs remain higher than

serious thought because the band Maris, she flies the German flag, arm and partial paralysis of the centuries accepted as a model of The armless Venua de Mfic, for ing a Fascist state in Africa, but they should be.

went on every day. Witness re-while on one of her fingers she left leg, but not enough to prevent ideal feminine proportions, was said that to avoid a colour line Similarly almost every form of they must get away from terri- focd imported into the Colony War Office says that after reaching summons taken out against

A communique issued by the plied in the nilirmative.

wours a ring bearing the emblem her from walking and And I think you read about the now worn by all good Germans-- staira without aid.

climbing exhibited in Dr. Denniston's effoe as an illustration of how not to torial representation. A strong from China--and this represents the necessary understanding withi

the swastika. executive would be as necessary the bulk of food consumed-pays Chinese and foreign authorities, Cathay Dancing Academy ?--Yes. As she paddled off, her dog sat perform her household tasks and in

She is able to talk, go shopping, stand. for white settlers as it would ferian export tax to the C.M. Customs. Lieut-General Nakamura,

contentedly in the opposite end of general carry

The theory of sleeping prone the natives/Reuter.

Rates were raised and put on amander of the Japanese garrison

the canoe Reuter,

on a contented for good body form is one of her. Gold basis when Silver slumped at Tientsin, has decided to station

existence.

principal teneta. Dr. Denniston As a matter of fact you were at and certain taxes have from time his troops temporarily along a the cinema on the night in ques-

On the left side, the part usually said: to time been increased. There is section of the Shanhaikwan-Peking tion, weren't you?

thought of as controlled by the "The perfect sleeping position no sign of a reduction in the Railway, east of Tangku.

right side of the brain, the woman tariff.

Witness replied that he went to

can not feel pain as much as were taught to sleep that way and This move, it is stated, is for the the King's not because the pro- It is thus true to summarise preservation of peace and order in gramme

formerly, and can not distinguish to play games in which they hang the factors responsible for continu-that section.-Renter.

attracted him but he

between 40 and 140 degrees of by their hands there would be fewer led high costs us:-

went in order to get away from

heat. There is a slight weakness chost imperfections and spinal 1 Fallure to pass to the

the noise that the orchestra was con-jer, and members of St. John Am-making.

on the left side of the face in the curvatures in adulta."--~Router. sumer reduction in primary costs. bulance Brigade for rendering Mr. D'Almada:

2 Continued heavy taxation by their valuable service in assisting to you that you wont because of And I put it

emiling. Hearing in normal in #he local Government.

both ears. She can not feel light the disposal of tickets.

the particular picture that was on.

touches and pin pricks on the left inurant, for supplying our troupe

Mesara. Tal Chung Kwok Res-No. I was driven, out,

Ladysmith, Natal.

aide below the neck-Reuter. You have read the

There is a strange "watch dog" with dinners for three nights. dence in the Press for and against at a house in Ladysmith. It is a Messra. Wing On Co., Ltd. for these cabarets. Have you been In- 161⁄2-foot python and it is secured the gift of a big gong, and fluenced by this correspondence7by a riem. The python is the small gong, a pair of big cymbals I have been a correspondent my property of Mr. M. C. Coetzee, who and a pair of small cymbala. Bcll.

*19an claims, with considerable truth, Mesars. Sincero Dollar Store for

You are one of the chief gro- that as a guardian it is more the gift of biscuits,

sera against the cabarets7----

effective than the most savage dog. Messrs. Kwong Sang Hong Ltd. don't know

Mr. Coetzee was fishing one day. for the gift of Cosmetlen and face

at the junction of the Tugela and powder.

Klip Rivors, when he heard a hiss Messrs,

behind him. Turning round he have received the following: quota- Mozara, Swan, Culbertson and Frits Sir.-I am pleased to inform Water Factory for the gift of witness. He gavo evidence bear alternative of Jumping into the wheat and silver exchange for yester Connaught Aerated Mr. Hamil Carcers was the next saw the python. He had the Bone on the New York cotton and you that the theatrical perform- nerated waters. ances held on 21st to 23rd in Mesara. Nanyang Brothers To- under cross-examination

ing out that of complainant and river or of tackling the snake. He day. stant at the Ko Shing Theatre tobacco Co., Ltd. for the gift. of that there were seven liquor licen- the python on the head with his agreed decided on the latter course and hit raise funds for support of the clgarottes. Choung Chau Hospital now being

cees in that particular district, but red, "temporarily stunning it. Ho Messrs. Sam Man Knitting Fac-deafed that the noise came from then grasped the anako and tied bullt havo- realised $6,377.00 In-tory for the gift of towels.

July cluding $1,244 donations.

these establishments. Witness it in a Back, Later he took it Mesars. Man

Chung for

cir, said that although it was true that home and although it at first January. There is another sum of $58.00 culars and posters.

December soldiers and sailors frequented showed fright It now lies basking, March obtained from the sale of biscuits Messrs, Hong Lok for tickets, these places, one could not expect in the sun while sightseers watch May kindly donated by Messrs. Sin- Messra. South China Electric a soldier to make a noise for three it from a safe distance-Router. Spot coro Dollar Store to add to our Co. for the loan of lamp bulbs and hours. enuse, making a full total of alectric wire.

Witness went on to say that the $0,436.20. A gentleman who has servod naj

Messrs. Hop Hing Co. for the ricksha coolies in that district Through your valuable column transporting of equipment of our made a lot of noise, but they were agreed that the band was not un-September

July. a director of the Dickson City 1 beg to express my heartfelt troupe, School Board for 17 years and has thanks to the following gentlemon

particualrly nolgy when they duly nolay and that, from all ether been board treasurer for å long

Mossra, Man Wo Tai for the gift collected outside the Casanova at appearances, the proprietor had December time, testifled; in court recently and firma for their gifts and as of paper work decoration at the closing time is for Enken every possible measure "to that he cannot read or write and sistance to make the performances entrance of the Theatre.

eliminate the noise. Inspector Lane) of, the Water

July nover wont to echool in his life, such success:

In conclusion I also beg to ux- Police Station, then went, Into the This closed the case for the Boptember And wastheer. He rechive: $4,000 Mr. Lul Wafchau, for arrang, prase my nincere thanks to your fazon. Wevidoneaza formiraliini prosecution, and the case was nd: December

at 216 p.

CHICAGO IS SO MODEST

10,000 NUDISTS GET "THE AIR"

Chicago, Illinoia.

3 Continued heavy taxation on: Ton thousand Nudist fans can't foodstuffs exported from China, by have a stockade in a public park the Chinese Government. here behind which to go sun bath-| ing.

"The chief reason we turned the proposal down" said the President of the Board of Commissioners, "was the cost of the stockade. It would have to be built of lumber absolutely free of knot holes and to prevent persons from spying down from high apartments near- by, it would have bad to be a sky- line affair."--Reutor.

· CAN'T READ OR WRITE

YET HE IS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

Scranton, Pennsylvania, -

CITIZEN.

Yours faithfully,

Hongkong, July 25.

Recent Charity Theatricals

To the Editor,

of Hongkong Telegraph,

for three-nights...

Air. A. Morris, the commission

In-your-

correspon-

LICENCED PREMISES.

post hemm Instituters, vihen - crvan Lotamined by:MrA@D'Almada k

PYTHON GUARDS A process of closing the eyeg and

HOUSE

"August"},"

COTTON,

WHEAT AND SILVER

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