TOKYO POLITICAL SENSATION
SEIYUKAI LEADER
RESIGNS
MURDER ARREST AT LANTAU
SAMPAN WOMAN
MISSING
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1931,
Tokyo, Dec. 31. Cheung Chau police have ar Mr. Shukoi Katsută, prominent rested Wong Ma-chau, d
Hoklo member of the House of Peers, has fisherman, and charged him with surprised political circles by anthe murder of a sampan woman nouncing his withdrawal from the between December 27 and Decem- Seiyukal.
'ber 29,
According to, statements made In explaining his withdrawal. to the police, the woman, accompani- Mr. Katsuta stated that he wantsed by the accused and two other) to be free of party ties, so that men, left Cheung Chau Jaland in ho can voice his personal convica small boat at 4 a.m. on Decom- tions regarding Japan's internal ber 27. Before, their departure, and foreign affairs. He also ex- they told the villagers that they preasca dfsantisfaction with the were going to a near-hy Island to lines on which political parties are cut grass, but soon after leaving run at the present time.
Cheung Chau the boat headed out to sea,
Mr. Katsuta anid there was no
When the boat returned to connexion between his withdrawal
¡VAR and that of Mr. Yosuke Matavoka, Cheung Chau the woman formerly head of the Japanese missing and Wong Ma-chau's delegation to the League of Nassociates aprend the story
drowned. tions, who maintained that all she had been existing parties In Japan should while. Wong had left for Lantau
Island with his brother. be dissolved,
It is understood
that
Mr.
LONDON STOCK
'
PRICES
MARKET VERY
FIRM
The following quotations on the London Stock Exchango have beon received by Messrs, Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Houter. Market: Generally very firm. Glit edged accurities and Kairs were a feature.
Dec, 29. Jan., 2. Chinese. Bends. . 4% Bonds 1808
(Eng. Ism.) .......... £100% £100% 44% Loan 1908. £ 8814. £ 80 Loan 1912... £ 61 £ 01
80 £881⁄4xd
6% Reorg Loan
% Bonds 19025-47 £ 80% 1013 (Ldn. Ise.) £ 90% 6% Shai.-Nanking Rly. *** Tlent-Pukow By: .......... £ 18-22
Tient-Pukow
5%
that
Railway (Sup!,
Loan)
Mean-
On hearing the story of the wo- man's death from the villagers,
£ 66
£ 60%
£20-20
£ 16-20 17-22
£ 03
S'hal.-Il'chow- Ningpo Rly.... £ 90 15% Honan Rly... £ 20
5% Hukuang "Rly,
1911
Katsuta informed the President of the police made enquiries and on 5% Lung £28
the Salyakuf, on December 19, of New Year's Day arrested Wong. his intention to resign from the Up to the present, the woman'a party, but that the President pre-body has not been found, but vailed upon him to postpone this police launches are searching the act. It was therefore a surprise, waters surrounding Luntau and even to party leaders, when his Cheung Chau Island. resignation was announced yester- day,
WANTED
NUMBER
OF WIFE'S GRAVE
BANISHEE'S STORY
IN COURT
ST. GEORGE'S BALL
DANCE PROGRAMME FOR FRIDAY
Below we give the dance programme for St. George's Ball, which a being held at the Peninsula Hotel on Friday #night.
The supper buffet will be open from 11 pm onwards.
9.10 Extra, Fox Trot, My Jig-Saw
Puzzle of Love.
Banished from the Colony year ago, Leung King, who was charged before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy, this returning from morning with
banishment, stated that he came back to find out the number of his wife's grave. He said she died when he was serving his last terni of Imprisonment in Hongkong, and when he came out, he was deport-
from the Colony.
The Magistrate:-Why didn't you write to the Hongkong Gov- ernment for permission to comie back?
Defendant:-i didn't know the regulations.
The Magistrate:-You have four previous convictions for larceny and two other convictions for returning from banishment. The lant time
infringed you
the banishment order you also com- mitted a larceny. Now you are
swallow
your expecting me to story.
Sentence
im. of 12 months' prisonment was passed.
LOCAL ESTATES',
ONE-SWORNAT $290,000
Ho Tsz, late of 48, Robinson Road, who died on March 13, 1933, sworn under left local estate $290,000. Probate of the will has been granted to Io Hong shan, of 67. Pokfulam Road, and Ho Hong-ho, of 48. Robinson Road.
Louis
(or
Japan 5 Sterling
Lonn 1907 Japan 1024
8% Sterling
£ 78%%%
£ 90 II.K. & Shal, BK,
(lain, Regd.) £132% Chartd. Bk. 45 h. £ 15
(Bearer) Chinese Eng.
(Bearer)
Min; J. & P. Conts Courtaulds Distillers...
dustries
9.20 Extra, Fox Trot, Hold Me. 9.30 Interval for Reception of II.E.Impl. Chern. In-
the Governor. 9.40 (1) Lancers, Amelia. 10.00 (2)
Moazz, A Kiss in
Impl. Chem. Ind.
the
Def, 10/- sh. Impl. Tobacco
16.12 (3) Fox Trot, Under My
Umbrella.
10.24 (4) Fox Trot, Night and Day.
in 10:30 (5) Fox Trot, Girl
Int. Ten Stores
5/-
Internat. Nickel
the Pinchin
Do par val
Little Green Hat. 10.48 (6) Waltz You, Just You. 11.00 (7) Fox Trot, Blue Prelude. 11:10 (8) Fox Trot, Thres Wishes, 11.25. (0) Fox Trot, Moonstruck. 11.40 (10) Waltz, Deep In My Heart 11.65 (11) Fox Trot. Learn to Croon. 12.10 (12) Fox Trot, Going, Going,
Gone!
12.25 (13) Fox Trot, I only want
One Girl. (12.40 (14) Waltz, Estrellita.
12.55 (161 Fax Trut, Shuffle Off to
Buffalo. 1.10 (10) Fox Trot, what Have We
Got to Lose ?
POISON PLOT IN FINLAND
20
Johnson
10/- Rh.
39/3 83/6 Turner & Newall 42/- 42/3 Unilever
. 27/3
27/- Miscellaneous. Burma Corpn Rs Anglo-Dutch
Candian Pacific
Rly. $25 ah. charts.
(Bearer) Gun
Kalumpong Rubber Trepca Mines Langlangte
Estates London Tin 10/-
201.
Rubber Trusts
Shai. Elee. Constr. Van Ryn Deep'.. Vickers 6/8d each
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
MARKET STEADY
YESTERDAY
According to Mcours Swan Culbertson and Frits, the Now York market was steady yester- day. Business dono, 1,270,000 shares. The Fall Street Journal reports:--- The market opened higher due to general optimism and weakness of the dollar whereafter it sagged on account of dullness duo to traders Awaiting President Roosevelt's mies- #ngo to Congress. The Steel & Iron Institute reported steel production at 29.3% of capacity.
Qur New York office cablo:- Stocka: The market' is muintulaing an impressive firmness and stocks appear to be hended for, higher levels. Wheat: There was an early advanced due to corn buying. Dry conditions continue. Buying sido is still favoured. Cotton: To-day's liquidation at 40 for March delivery und 58 for May were well taken onil there la confidence for a better cot- ton market Some-buying continues textiles on expectation that the Presidential message to
Congress te-morrow will be constructive. Sil- ver: A large volume of business was done and the market
has strong undertone caused by persistent rumours of possible further Congres- slonat ailver legislation.
The R.F.C. gold price was $34.00, unchanged.
The opening figure yesterday of the Dow Jones Industrial average WAS 100.43.
Dow Jones N.Y, averages;
Daw-Jones N.Y, Avorugen ——
High Low Dec. 20 Jan. 2 108.07 G0.16 29.00 100.30 60.69 26.43 40.80 40,97
7.73 10.23
33.29 21,18 80.07 75,21 B4.50
11-Commodity Ind. 60.41 41.98
$4.06
49.00
The following market closing prices pre quoted subject to confirmation as Laccuracy in transmission:
:
TO-MORROW
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
PICTURE
with
MADGE
EVANS
ALICE
TO-MORROW
QUEENS
Three Footloose
Daughters of a
Modern Skin Game!
Working GirlS
by Day WORKING MEN
by Night!
THE SURPRISE HIT!
BRADY
OTTO KRUGER, UNA MERKEL
MAY ROBSON, PHILLIPS HOLMES
BEAUTY
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture.
Carlsberg
20-
£ 28
Taing U. Hal Rly. 1913. £ 11
£ 11
Foreign Ronda and Banka. German 7 Int.
Loan 1924
874
88%
£ 77%
£ 80%
£132
Tob.
£ 15 Industrials and Breweries. Associated Elec.
Industries Brit.-Amer,
17/3 17/0
114/41⁄2 113/9
23/0 24/ 63/- 03/-
80 Industrial
20 Kaila
20 Villiten
40 Honda
44/7 45/-
81/3
81/0
Rubber
30/%
30/9
Dec. 30. Jan. 2.
G/- sh.
29/-
29/1
oner
Elec.
Adams Express ... T
7%
(England) Guinness
42/6
42/9
00/0 100/-
Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Co. Allied Chemical &
22
224
⚫ 32/3
9!. 111/3
32/41
American 9/- 111/11/2
148444 American Can ....... DA
& Foreign
160
08
23/10 20/-
Power American & Foreign Puw. 7 Pref.
ጸ
8%
18
18
American & Foreign
$ 214 $ 21
Pow, Warrants
6
Ung.
American Metal
19
10%
American Smelting 44% American Tel. & Tel. 111%
Tosneco Amerient
444
- 110
60%
00%
Water-
20/1
13/3
$12 $ 12/9
20/3
18
18%
i3/3
Anaconda Copper
1.1
14%
Auburn Automobile 51% Allas Corporation Baltimore & Ohlo
55
12
11%
2344
23%
21,-
21/6
Bethlehem Steel
37
3716
18/-
18/6
13/-
12/10
Borden Company. Borg Warner horg Canad an
20
20%
22
22%
Pacific
Railway
12
127%
27/-
27/--
Care
J.I.
60
Chase National Bank
Pekin
Synd 2- ord. sh.
15/15 16/
(bid price)
10%
10%
Chesapeake Corpora.
3/
tlon
3--
3/3
27/19
Chrysler Corporation 525%
GB
28/-
61/
617-
30/3
16/10%
∙Bluetric.....
12
117%
0/-
C'prumonwealth and
9/3
Southern
1
1%
Oils,
Anglo-Persian Oil Burma Oil Mexican Eagle Royal Dutch 100 Mex. $4 sh....
Shell Trans
Trad (Bearer), Geldenhuis
47/6
177/G
New
ons York
Consolidated-Gas-of
38
38
87/6
67/6
Continental Oil
17%
17%
Corn Products
Una.
76
10/1
10,409
Caty Inc.
Ung.
4
£215
£ 21%
Curliss Wright Com
24%
24
Douglas Aircraft ..
and
Ung.
15
Du Pont de Nemours 95%
9-136
50/74 50/7 30/7 31/3 190/- 10178
Eastman Kodak
81
824
diretrie Bund
Share
12
124
Chote Power
Light
45% G
Fox Film "A"
Ung.
13%
Jan. 1.
น.
Paris. Geneva terline. Iglsingfors. Delo
pens. Buenos Aires.
Imaghai.
82.31/3 General
Jan. 2neral Foods
General Electric
General Aviation
5
19%
10%
321
12%
16.80
1:101
10.00 .68215
13.03
10.8 General Motors
General Railway
Signal
96%
36%
33%
31'
10.90
Gold Dust
17%
18
Goodyear
Tire
&
550
Yakolsam:s.
Brussels.
.29),40 Stockholm.
19.39% Copenhagen .22.40 Lisbon
100% Bombay
1/6.1/6 Rio
45%
.35% 240 .6.13%
. ຕ9 16
1009% 39.9/16 Tinliday
.01.13/16
1319 The Holiday .6.13%
8.10
58214 61%%% 35 International
Cement Holiday
Rubber
+35%
35
30
30%
5.16%
Internationa!
Har-
8.10
Yester
40
49%
650
20 International Nickel 22 10912
International Tel. & 30.10/92 Johns Manville
21%
COPENHAGEN
1/6
Tel. Kennecott Copper
114 00 20%
14
6036 2014
23.12
10.301 Liprett
Lehman Corporation 65%
& Myers
66
78
79
92.40
GU
Lorillard P. (Com.) 17 45 Meintyre Porcupine 1/2.15/32 1/2.16/32 Mines Ltd.
100% Loew's Inc.
2831
28*4
10%
42
414
5.15 (bid price)
36 Montgomery Ward 224
240 National City Bank
2244
21
21%
19.5/16 National Distillers
20
.26%
ver (forward).
33%
334
-British Wirclean.
15%
1441
8114
10
10
3%
44
Studebaker Corpora-
Rail-
elon
4%
30
30
Texas Corporation.
24
24
Transamerica
0%
944
216
2
Union Carbido
10%
104
Carbon A
47
471⁄44
0%
7
Pacific
112
113
Or.
Tebaeca
24
2%
United Aircraft &
Trans.
31%
324
44%
444
United Corporation
1.
46
Am
United Gan Improve.
7%
84
nient ....
16
16
U.S. Rubber
10
15%
10%
15%
U.S. Bleel
47
48%
10%
18
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&
221
227
"BERKELEY
71%
714
Pictures
44
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45%
Westinghouse E.
Products
M.
38
3844
50%
4814
Woolworth
48
43
MOVE TO MURDER DEFENCE EXPERTS Helsingfors, Dec. 29. biggest munition factory, as well The whole of Finland is aroused over the discovery of a piot by un- known criminals to poison various leading technical experts in the na tional defence departments, Accrown Mines cording to the papera to-day, numerous arrests are imminent.
It is generally believed that the ultimate object of the criminals is systemically to destroy the technical staff of the Finish
army.
Local estate valued at $82,100 was left by Luk Chi-ngan, of 69. Kwong Tap Street, Canton, who died on April 5, 1933. Probate of the will has been granted to Luk Hue-hong, of 111, Des Vocux The Minister of Defence, M. Rond West.
Okhala, declared to-day in Ernest
Lewis) interview that the
poison canì Pingüet, farmer, of Lion's Head, puign case had assumed
vers Farm, Kowloon Tong, who died on
rrent dimensions, but he refusei. October 20, 1933, left legal estate to make further revelations fo. valued at $3,100, letters of ad- the present, ministration to which have been granted to the widow, Mrs. Daisy Mary Pinguel, of 7, Jordan Road, Kowloon.
Chan Chang-wing, ΑΣ 675, Nathan Road, mercantile nssis tant, died on October 30, 1933, leaving local estate valued at $10,000. Probate of the will has been granted to Chang Theung- ahi, widow, of the same address.
THIEF STEALS AERIAL
LET OFF WITH A CAUTION
Meanwhile, the police have ar rested five members of the gang. alleged to have taken part in the murder by polson of Colone Asplund, manager of the country' na three other factory officials in April, 1932.-Reuter.
of
BOYCOTT URGED BY MR. GREEN
AMERICAN LABOUR AND GERMANY
Washington, Dee, 31. Mr. William Green, president of the
American Federation Labour, 18 urging American workers to boycott German goods Making his way to the roof of in conformance with the resolu- 100, Lockhart Road, Wanchai, an tion adopted at the recent Ameri- unemployed man, Li Kau, 53, de- can Federation of Labour Con- camped with a wireless neria!. Hevention. was arrested, and when charved The Federation condemns the before Mr. Balfour in the Central action of the Nazis in Magistracy this morning, it was ing labour unions and restricting stated by Det-Sergt. C. Goodwin the privileges of Jews. that defendant was born in Japan and had recently arrived here. He wished to return to the country in Shekki.
suppress-
EXCHANGE RATES
Tew York. Amsterdam. Vienna... Madrid Bucharest Hongkong
Montevideo. Belgrade
Montreal
Silver (spot)
War Loan.
19 New York Central 201
North American
Company
POST OFFICE PROFIT.
SPLENDID YEAR SHOWN
BY STATISTICS
Gas
Owens-Illinois Glass 81 Paelle
Electric Packard Motora Pennsylvania
road Pennroad Corpora-
tion Phillips Petroleum London, Jan. 2. During the financial year Just Radio Corporation
Radia Keith pansed, the turnover of the Post £870,256,000. In the same period.
pheum Onco reached the total of Rida
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the despatch of letters, telephone Sears Roebuck... Under the protext of purchasing business, savings bank depoalts, Shell Union ....... motor accessories, five Chinese, armed canh on deliver transaction, postal | Socony-Vacuum Cor- with scissor blades, gained entrance orders and postal drafts, all show. poration Defendant said he was sent to shop, 67, Lockhart Rtead, and after ders and trade charge orders
to the Hong Hop motor accessory ed material increases. Money or Southern California
Edison Hongkong by the authorities in binding and gagging the master, Lam maintained their position the sur-
Standard Japan as he was out of work, He Chi-kong and other Inmates, they de
Electric was a cook.
camped with $580 cash and other plus for the year in the Post Office Standard Oil Co. of His Worship: will give you a properly to the value of $300. The
NJ. chance on account of пне. You robbery was perpetrated shortly after the largest over recorded-British Sterling
o'clock Inat night.
are bound over,
accounts is $10,702 ^^n
Wireless.
Inc.
45%
OPERA
LEPERSSON PEREIPART BY
CARLSBERG
Union
Railway
Univerenl
Tobneco Vanadium
Warner
BEERS
PILSENER AND LAGER
TAKE THE LEAD
IN ALL THE WORLD'S MARKETS,
A CENTURY'S REPUTATION.
PACKED IN CASES OF 8 DOZEN PINTS.
Obtainable at all leading
Compradores and Stores.
Distributors:
TY SHING COMPANY
108, Queen's Road Central.
MASSAGE.
Mr. & Mrs. Y. Mori, Holder of Japanoso Governmen! Liconco.
Cures Sprained Ankle und Welow, trommended for many zam`kj local
and Doctor.
4. Wyndham Stroot (Tat floor! Tel. No. 26051.
SQUARE"
WHEN AT HOME
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