NEWFOUNDLAND CENSURE
COMMISSION'S REPORT
GOVERNMENT MAY
BE CHANGED
London, Nov. 21.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1099.
Outspoken Criticism of President's Monetary
Failure Predicted
Complete
LOTTERY TICKET
POSSESSION
SEVERAL OFFENDERS
FINED
Drastic proposals for rectifying Several popin lottery ticket the present difficulties of New-prosecutions Came before Mr foundland, based on the findings Balfour ut the Central. Police of the Royal Commission under | Court this morning, the chairmanship of Lord Amulroe were made known to-day in White Paper containing telegrams exchanged between the Dominions Secretary, Mr. 3. R. Thomas, and the Prime Minister of Newfound larid, Mr. F. C. Allardyce.
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Li Kwan, manager of the Wang Tai Grocery shop, denied a charge) of keeping 84. Bridges Street, ground floor, as a common gaming house for po-piu lottery, and also a charge of the possession of 12 tickets.
A Chinese detective deposed ta raiding the premises together with
Detective-Sergeant F. W. Fowlie. Defendant was if front of the counter, in a drawer of which was found one ticket. A further search revealed eleven more tickets in the safe to which the defendant produced the key.
If the recommendations of the Commission are also accepted by the Government of Newfoundland, the British Government will ask Parliament to pass legislation the effect of which would be to re- place the present Government of Newfoundland until such time as the island mar become self- supporting again by a form
Defendant:-The tickets were Government under the supervisory there without my knowledge and control of the United Kingdom they were bought by my fokis. Government, which would assume. His Worship convicted and im- general responsibility for theposed fines totalling $100. finances of the island and would in particular, make such arrange- ments as may be deemed just and practicable with a view to ing to Newfoundland, a reduction in the present burden of its public
debt.
secur-
A Governor and a commission of six members, three from New- foundland and three from the United Kingdom, would be ap pointed by the King and would be responsible for the government of the island, general supervision ,being exercised through the
Secretary of the Dominions.
STRONG CRITICISM.
Chung Sam and Mak Man, both unemployed, pleaded not guilty to a charge of keeping the first floor of 123, Hollywood Road for po piu latters and the possession of 300 Macao
First defendant claimed he was and Hongkong tickets.
stated he was a visitor to the floor. only a carrier, while Mak Man
A Chinese detective anid that on entering the premises the second defendant bolted from the rear cublele, inside of which the first defendant
IRONIC URGE TO
INFLATION
DOLLAR SLUMP FOLLOWS ANNOUNCEMENT
CREDIT BREAKDOWN THREATENED
Washington, Nov. 21.
Mr. O. M. W. Sprague, special adviser to the United States Treasury, former American adviser to the Bank of England, has tendered his resignation to President Roosevelt.
The resignation in itself has occasioned no surprise. It has been expected in well- informed quarters for some time past.
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The tone of Mr. Sprague's letter to the President has, however, caused something of sensation, foretelling as it does the failure of the Roosevelt monetary policy.
Professor Sprague believen that the present policy threatens a complete breakdown of the Government's credit,
A Warm Springs message anys; duced such a demand. that President Roosevoit accepted the resignation without concern | and without comment. is secre- was found wrapping (tary said that Mr. Sprague's action some po piu tickets. No tickets would not affect the President's were found in the second man's monetary programnie. possession.
NO DEFENCE.
His Worship discharged the
PROFESSOR'S IRONIC ADVICE.
Policies
President Roosevelt in the otel room of the White Hobia, signing the papers authorizing the RFC to established a govern. ment market for gold in the United States and to buy and well
gold abroad.
HARMAN GROUP'S DEALINGS
TON OF DOCUMENTS AT OLD BAILEY
MORE FRICTION
SOVIET ACCUSED BY MANCHUKUO
BRADMAN FOR ENGLAND?
AUSTRALIA SHY WITH CAPITAL
Melbourne, Oct. 20. DON BRADMAN, Australia's rent bataman. is threaten- inge to leave Australia,
The news has come like h bomh- shell to cricket lovers in Australla who thought that when he rejected the offer of a Lancashire League club last year he had given up any ides of going to England,
His threat follows the lukewarm reception given to a public appeal for capital for his sporta soods and outütters bustness.
"If the new enterprise Talls to provide me with a Hvelihood will have to seek other means, dr employment, efther In Australia or England," he declared to YAY.
The truth of the matter th.that "Bradman idolatry I no longer At fever heat in Australia.
It has, been on the wine alte Larwood-holy line or hot- tarnished the lustre of the great bataman.
A proposed Insue of 26,000 *) ahares in Don Bradman, Ltd., with a nominal rapital of 136,000, was announced alultaneously in Mol. bourne and Sydney.
• The prospectus was, issued tón daya ngð, yet it is understood that £6,000, the minimum subscription for allotment, has not been rea- ched yet.
It is now being freely ausreited that Bradman'a fhrent, fa'another Way of saying that if the flotation Harbin, Nov. 21.
Taifa ho will nettle in England chuo aud, Soviet Russia has lian Test team, and play for the Further friction between Man-after the next tour of the Austra arisen over the alleged crossing of club that makes him the frontier by a party of Soviet In the trial of Martin Coles Har-soldiers, who are said to have open. man, financler and owner of Lun-ed fire on frontler guards. dy Island, at the Old Bailey the Manchukuo is protesting the books, documents, and other exaction,
offer.
the best
His existing contracts with vari- oua firma expire in February.
Lancashire Offers
In 1031 Lancashire Leaguo clubs hibits in the ease weighed over Although there are few details competed for Bradman's services
of the episode known here, it is
Offers A professional.
Moit The alternative, he concludes, ta- ton. second defendant and convicted In his lotter to the President, to abandon the present policy or charged in company with three of crossed the frontier in a motor
Harman, who is 47 years old, was believed that the Soviet troops made by the Nelson and Accring-. The report of the Amulree Com- the first, imposing a fine of $100 Mr. Sprague says there is no de to meet the Government's expondi-is directors, Berkeley Fairfax truck in the vicinity of Manchullton Ca
on the first charge and a fine of mission, which was appointed on $200 on the charge of possession fonce against the afendy drift into ture with additional
Herbert Hey They ponetrated one mile Into the late autumn, when Bradman paper money. Cuntgrave (01),
Negotiations dragged on until of the tickets.
unrestrained Inflation iz ths The distrust of the currency Pounds (64) and
Emile Georges Manchukuo territory. Arrested at the Wing Lok Street/United States, other than or already manifest would then ex: Changeat (87)~with conspiring to Bither on their penetration of the finally announced that he was
tend a frantle
Manchukuo territory, or on their stopping in Australia.· long and outapoken document Wah was fined $27, while Ngan
return ncross the frontier, they Several wealthy sportsmen were It ваув that ever sinco Ping, who absented himself on a
He adds that he fundamentally
apparently came into contact with said to have used their influence war, the island has lived charge of the possession of 29 disagrees with the President's
tickets, had his
party of frontier guahls of the to- Induce him to stay in Australia. Manchukuo army, and allegedly estranted.
fired a fuellade nitongst them,
the joint advice of the Govern- ments of the United Kingdom, Canada and Newfoundland, Is
the beyond its means, and is now in extreme #nancial difficulties,
The Newfoundland political system is strongly criticised, and the report declares that a com- plementary requirement to the measures of financial relief is that the form of Government should be temporarily modified in such a way as would serve not merely to check the unfortunate tondencies to which the present system has given rise but also to promote the rehabilitation of the island on sound principles.
ball of $25
"RACKETEERING” IN HONGKONG
UNEMPLOYED MAN GAOLED
"This is a case of racketeering," said Detective-Inspector Elston at the Central Police Court this morning, before Mr. Balfour, when he prosecuted Kong Tak, aged 23, unemployed, for demanding® $15 with menacea from Wong Kan, a tenhouse waitress. The defendant pleaded guilty,
he proposes to contribute,
monetary policies.
CERTAIN TO FAIL.
anything but currency or securl-Chogen Corporation, Limited, and ties yielding a fixed income return. fraadiently applying various game
Upon ΠΟΙΗ
of Professor for purposes other than those of the Sprague's resignation, reaching company, New York, the dollar cased from
The pleaded not guilty. $5.35 to 6.30 and then to 0.42. Wall Strust is of the opinion that light from the dollar will IntensifyRouter.
He is stronuously opposed to the gold purchases abroad because hoj is convinced that the policy is the certain to prove Inoffective in its aim of securing a speedy rise in prices.
Such a rise, he says, must develop from a sustained demand for labour and materials. Theré is nothing to show that the do- preciation of the dollar has In-
KING'S HOPES FOR FUTURE
BRITAIN PLEDGED TO LEAGUE.
London, Nov. 21. The state opening of Parlia- was
|
Washington, Nov. 21.
1 think the sun will rise to- morrow and the next day and that the birds will still sing," was Mr. Morgenthau's com- ment of Professor Sprague's resignation-Reuter.
EINSTEIN'S LOSS
PROPERTY OF WIFE ALL CONFISCATED
The Bolicitor-General, Ste Donald Somervell, sulit Chosen Corporation Limited had mining concessions in Koren and in 1927, for reasona of Japanese law, three aubaldinry com.. panies were formed to work tha mincs. Chosun Corporation owned all the share capital in there com panics.
The report does not speak of naualties or of any reply to the Soviet soldiers' fire-Router
MYSTERY QUAKE WHOLE WORLD BHAKEN LONDON REPORTS ADVISERS ARRIVE.
London, Nov. 21. An oarthquake of considerable BIR ARTHUN SALTER IN magnitude, the epicentre of which
· SHANGHAI
in variously stated to be the Black Broadly speaking," said Sir
Soa, the Caspian Sea, Gulf of Donald, "at all the material dates
Shanghai, Nov. 21. Mexico, Siberia, Japan or the the Jpanese companies and their Sir Arthur Salter, a Frenchman, 140th degree of Longtitude, Is directors in Japan did what Har- M. Monnet, and Mr. Drummond, puzzling acismologists. The shock man' instructed them to do.
son of Sir Eric Drummond, the was recorded at 11.28 p.m. you "Harman," the Solicitor-General former Secretary-General of the terday, and Its suverity was continue, "is a financier who has | League of Nations, arrived here evidenced by the fact that the had a great many interests. The this evening aboard the Empress maximum swing of the seismo-- three defendants, other than Har of Japan to join the National graph needle, during the sixty man, were men who were prepared Economic Commission In the to work with him and work his capacity of advisers. schemes."
Gained Control of the Board
number of companies known as the Harman was associated with a
chairman., Harman Group, of which he was
The three immediately proceed od to the residence of Mr. T. V. Soong, former Minister of Finance, who recently resigned, where they dined-Reuter.
minutes of recording In London, was ten inches.
The West Bromwich seismolo- gist believes the earthquake was very near, and adds that last night the whole world was shaking.
Bucharest does not confirm the quake reports from the Black Sea
area.
COD FISHERY. Regarding Newfoundland and prospects; the roport criticizes the way in which the cod fishery, Inspector Elston said defendant her chlef source of wealth, is asked the girl to give him 15 for conducted. It advocates its her own protection against reorganisation
calls assaults. She was unable to pay and also
Berlin, Nov, 21. attention to the inadequate the and he went to the teahouse, when
The whole of Professor Einstein's made of other natural resources, he eventually reduced the sum to
counts and other deposits, has been wife's property, including bank ac such as forests and minerals and her home and repeated his request; ment by their Majcatiea
52. She agreed to pay. He followed Largo tracts in the Interior
confiscated by the Prussian State.
The confiscation is based on the suitable for fur-raising. Detallea The next day at the teahouse the carried out with all ancient core. suggestions on these points are money was pald over and the demonial, but in dull weather, law regarding tho seizure of
In December, 1930, there was aj
"Some of the shares were bought made, including a schome designed fendant was arrested by a district There was the usual brilliant Communist property.-Reuter.
disputo on the Board of Chosen by one group company at from 45.
Sydney reports shocks felt át to extend by four months the
scono at the House of Lords. "We ask for a heavy fine in this Intensive fishing season and other.
His Majesty's speech is sum-
Corporation, Limited, and at the to bs, each and sold to the Japanese the same time as those in London, annual general meeting Harman companios at £1 each, the group Estimating the locality as some- wise to revive and expand the 80, your Worship, as there was marised as follows:
ditions in our export trade, had large majority of proxies company pocketing the difference.
where on a line running between country's primary industry.
absolutely no excuse for him to The central purpose of my Gov-especially by negotiation of trade and gained control of the Board. He (the Solicitor-General) aub- New Guinea and Japan. The report also points out that ask for the money," added Inspec-ernment la to promote and to sue agreements, whereby I hope oppor The non-Harman directors retir-mitted that this scheme was frau- Victorin, B.C., describes 盘口 the island lica on the main trunk for Elaton. Defendant had been in tain by every means in their tunities may be afforded for the d and the other defendants, dulent from the beginning. It earthquake of tremendous pro- route between Europe and North Hongkong for about two years and power, the peace of the world.“ development of the cotton, coal and Pounds and Changeat, came on as was a fraud on the shareholders of portions, the greatest on record at
formerly worked in a medicino Amorica, and is destined to play shop.
My Government will continue to other exporting trades.
directors, so that at the end of 1930, the Chosen Corporation, because the Dominion Meteorological Ob- an important part in the develop
co-operate with other Govern- Mensures will be submitted, the four defendants were the only money which should ment of the trans-Atlantic air hard labour, was imposed.
A fine of $200, or three months'ments in an endeavour to reach a amongst other things, to put unem-directors.
have been servatory, and the epicentre is avallabio for them as dividends or believed to be 2,000 or 8,000 miles Service. British Wireless.
satisfactory solution to the com-ployment insuranco on a Bound and At that time and throughout 1931 reserve by the defendants, and in distant, probably in Mexico or pilcated questions of Disarma-Permanent footing, and to and in 1932 Harman was being one case at least the transaction Siberin-Reutor." ment, I order to achieve a nettle establish a new system to assist heavily pressed by creditors: resulted in a personal profit for MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS. ment acceptable to all; and to at the unemployed outside insurance.
COTTON, WHEAT
AND SILVER
LATEST NEW YORK QUOTATIONS
મ
Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz have received the following quotations on the New York cotton and wheat and silver oxchanges for yesterday,
Cotton.
December
January March
May July October Spot
10.56.10.00 10.20-10.00
watchman.
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"A number of his companies vera Harman. tain fruitful results from the pro-j
Rude Interruption
in strults for money and were being The defendants, he alleged, used longed labours of the Disarmament
pressed by their bankers, and Har their position as directors to ex- OPPORTUNITY OFFERED TO Conference, my Government is de-
After His Majesty had delivered man was similarly in straits and triente themselves and their com LOCAL RESIDENTS
termined to uphold the work of in speech, the Left Wing was being very hard pressed, pantes from financial difficulties at International
Labourite. Mr. McGovern, who has
"The British Bank for Foreign the expanse of the Chosen share- co-operation by action Madame Lottle Gordon, Aus-collective
through
been suspended from the House of Trade of which he was chairman, holders. the
Commons on several occasions for was in great difculties, ofi first specially selected machinery. of the League
defying the broadcasting contract artist, and Nations and by all other ways formerly Head Musical Directress calculated to further good at the First Melbourne (Victoria) lations between all states Broadcasting Station, also founder peoples. and World President of the "Em
tralia's
Indian Reforms.
and
1
$1,000. CLAIM
'PROMISSORY NOTE. POINT
A Bank's "Fine Title"
The hearing was begun before What about the Means Test Unem- Speaker, shouted:
A Real Gold Mine
Referring to the British Bank for the Puiane Judge, Mr. Justice reployment Cut?" And then, re-
Foreign Trade, the Solicitor-Lindsell, at the. Supreme Court" ferring to the splendour of the one actual and metaphorical gold title, but at material times it was against Lee C. Solomon, c/o Brea **In these companies there was General sald the Bank had a fine. this morning, of a claim for $1,000
Ltd..
Entertainment scene: "It is a shame....while mine-Nurnpl. This was making not at all a good bank in the senso
Building, people are starving." piro Link" Music Club, and its auxiliaries of name, for Australian
vory substantial profits £20,000 that it has easy to get money out of Queen's Road Central, No notice wes takon of the in- for the year ended March, 1031, and 12 which people had put in. My Ministers hope that the
Claimant is Chih Chung-wu, of,
Nov. 20. Nov. 21.
Ho wan and British War
"You may well ask yourselves, Loung Fat Terrace. Sailors and Joint Committee on Indian Con- House in le bolesties leaving £25,000 for that ended March,
the in accordance with the 1932... Closing Closing Soldiers, wishes to announce that atitutional Reform will complete programme-Router.
whether any honest board of represented by Mr. C. Y. Kwan, Rango Range free scholarships will be awarded its arduous task in time to enable
The money coming out of the directors, knowing, what they did defendant being, defended by Mr. 10.04-10.05. 10.00-10.07 to young talented artists and definite proposals, in leglaintive
Colourful Scene.
gold mine, the property of Chosen put money into it, but they put
about this bank, would continue to F. G. Nigel. 10.13-10.13 10.15-10.15 singers etc., of all nationalities, of form, to be submitted to Parila-
London, Nov.-21. instead of being distributed In
Mr. Kwan said his client'a, 10.20-10.20 10.32-10.33 Hongkong, the Peak and Kowloon. ment at the coming session.
Accompanied by the Queen, la dividends to the shareholders, was £71.262 Into It."
(claim was based on a promissory Majesty drove from Buckingham | used by an ingenious schome for the Sir Donald went on to deal with noto dated June 1, 1983, and the 10.42-10.48 10.40-10.40 Madame Gordon will interview. The past year has been marked Palace in the State Coach drawn béndfit of 'tho distressed companias other of the group companies | Doint-at, issue, was whether the: 10.73-10.73 10.70-10.70 artists etc., at the Airlie private by a steady growth of confidence by eight bay horson. The Prince of the Harman group, sald Sle which, he said, benefited under the agreement which had been the
hotel. Kowloon, each morning from in the future prospects of British Wales, was present at the Donald, and in at least one case for scheme.
subject of a previous action, 10 to 12 a.m. and afternoons by trada and industry. It is most im-eremony in the House of Lords, the benefit of Hatman himself. appointment, by ringing up 57357, portant that this confidence be there the King was received by
The Rock Investment Trust, for affected the note. If they were example, owed at material times. independent of each other, ho Formor "Empire Link" Scholar-
treat Officers of State and the
4/ Shares For £1 ship winners and artists of Madame maintained and increased.
540,000. In one transaction they submitted they should succeed. Back To Normäl
His Lordship intimated that ho bought 8,000 shares for £1.948 and Gordon are now singing in the big-
seremonial procession was form-
"The scheme," Sir Donald went sold them to the Japanese com- was in agreement with Mr. Kwan Roat
theatres and talkios in
careful attention, By
Bound id..
on, "was substantially this these panies for £8,000, the difference of on this point, but said he could Ladies and Gentlemen of the Australia, London and America, principles, control of expenditure Including Jacqueline Ramont of and measures
La Royal Household, in five Semi-moneys were spent in buying shares £0.067 going to the Rock Company, not consider it without the facts. Columbia Records and John Friora encourage enterprise, my Ministers tato coaches onch with four bay Japanese susidiary compariles and Company sold 1,800 shares to the proceeding..
In the Chosen Corporation for the In a second transaction the Rock The hearing of the ovidence is Nov. 21. of Union Theatre Pictures and will endeavour to promote the horses, and a full Sovereign Escort buying them from the group com- Japanese companies at £1.each, Partataphone records, and in many gradual return of the nation to of Royal Horse Guarda, accompanies which wore in difficulties at 1.000 of the shares having been broadcasting stations and so forth. conditions which will permit the panied their Majesties.
The forthcoming wedding in an Written applications must be aceasing of the present burdens. Large crowds lined the route have been obtained by these group market at between 45. 9d. and Pent
prices which could not possibly bought by the Rock Company in the Dearmer Cunhar, living spateku nounced of Mr. Moritz Charles companied by a stamped addressed My Ministers will continue their and warmly cheered the King and companies in the market.
sula Hotel, to Kiam Kleen efforts to cresta favourable · con- | Queen,.—British Wirelern,
Da. 6d, each.:
of,10, Somerset Road, Kow
10.25
10.26
Wheat ▾
Nov. 20,
Nov, 21. "O'ona W'paq. O'cara, W'phɛ.
80 64 884044 02% 68 02% 08
Dec.
May
July
01 09 DI
Eliver.
Νον. 20.
00%
44.45' 44.57
46,23 45,35.
45.7045.36.
December March
Total sales for the daying
8,200,000 ozs. 8,860,000 OKE, envelope.: (828 Contracts); (334 Contræeta).
calculated