THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY
1984.
NEW CUNARDER
TO BE RESUMED
TREASURY TO ADVANCE OVER £9,000,000
MERGER CONTRACT
(SPECIAL TO “TELEĠRAPH”)
(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messages Ordinance, - 1891. Reocived, February 9, D.90 a.m.)
London, Feb. 8.
Almost immediate resumption of work on the giant Cunardór (No. 534) is expected, an agreement having been reached between tho White Star Line and the Cunard Line.
The merger between the companies, which is applic- able only to the North Atlantic branchés of the activities of the two companies, is contingent upon Parliament's endorse- ment of the Government's decision to provide financial facilities.
An announcement was made in the House of Commons this evening by Mr. L. Hore-Belisha, who stated that the agreement to merge the Cunard and White Star companies had been reached,
RADIO BROADCAST
TO-DAY'S BROADCAST.
VIOLIN-PIANOFORTE RECITAL FROM THE STUDIO.
From ZI W on a wavelength of 355 metres?
4.30-10.30 p.01. Chinese recorded
programme.
7.30-10.30 p.m. European pro gramme.
7.30 p.m. Closing Locni Stock Quota- llons, etc.
7.33-8 p.m. From the Studio..
The 28th. of a series of lessons in "Cantonese" by the Rev. Mr. H. R. Wells.
8 p.m.
Report.
Local Time and Weather
p.m.
Selections
of
8.3-8.45 Etholbert Navin's Musle, played by the Victor Salon Orchestra and Group.
A Day in Venice-Narclasus-Coun- try Dance-A Shepherd's Tale Lullaby My Desire Mighty Lak' a Rose-At Twilight-Oh That We Twa. Were Maying-At Rest-Little loy Thousand Blue The Night Has a Eyes-The Woodpecker--In Winter
The half-finished Cunarder in John Brown's shipyard on the Clyde, Got Up at Night-Every Night-Bent
(Photo Planet News).
FANLING GOLF
conditional upon legislative approval of Mr. Høre-Belisha | STARTING TIMES FOR the Treasury advance to the merged company of a maximum of £9,500,000.
GOVERNMENT'S TERMS FOR AID
The Government will receive.
SUNDAY
Old Course
FATE OF RICH
Upon Mino Little Heart A Life Lesson--Barchetta-Serenade""Twar
a Lover and His Lass-The Rosary.
8.45-9.15 p.m. From the Studio, A Violin and Pianoforte Recital by and Professor A. Maklezoff (Pianist). Programime.
ENGLISH WIDOW Professor N. A. Tonoff (Violinist)
"CONFESSION" TO POLICE
9.28 T. G. Monaghan, D. S. Edward.
Cannes, Jani 1. 9.32 D. L. Prophet, S. A, Sieap. 9.30 W. H. E. Thomas, K. S. Morri
The Cannes police have received Icfter purporting son. 9.40 J. P. Warren, F. Syme Thom-an anonymous
to be a confession to the murder son.
In her hotel bedroom here last month of Mrs. Dora Hunt, the rich English widow. The murderer
9.44 C. II, Bradley, D. Ellis. 0.48 H. C. Hopkins, T. 8. Whyte
Smith.
9.62 1. H. Geare, O. Gordon. 9.50 R. I. Cherrill, H. H. Mundy.
1. Gypsy Serenade (Kreisler).
Words 2. Song Without (Mendelssohn)
3. Tambourin (Ramonux).
Prof.
4. Ballade (Grieg),
N. A. Tonet.
Prof. 9. Maklere!T, Serenade (Arenzky).
1. Menuett (Mozart).
7. Gypsy Dance (Nashes).
Prof. N. A. Tonoff. 9.15-10.30 p.m. Orchestral Concert. Overturo Pique Dame (Suppo).
Sir Dan Godfrey conducting tho
Bournemouth Municipal "I entered Mrs. Hunt's
Orchestra. shortly before nine o'clock in the Soletto--Dearest Nume evening, hiding myself under the
wrote:
Firstly, advances of not exceed- secured now stock in exchange. ing £1,000,000 to the Cunard Com- Tho nasistance to be rendered pany to be secured by the issue at by the Government will not only par of Cunard debenture stock, the enable the completion of the sus-advances to be handed over by the ponded Cunarder now lying half Cunard to the Merger Company. 10.00 C. W. F. Booker, J. A. R. Selby. completed-nt John Brown's ship- Secondly, advances of not ex- yard on the Clyde, but will permit ceeding £1,000,000 to the Merger 10.12 R. C. Webb, J. Macknight. bed. Round about nine o'clock, Song-Barbiere di Siviglin-A Little
10.04 L. M. S. Lloyd. J. R. Hinton. 10.08 R. Younit, A. E. Lissaman.
by the 10.16 N. K. Littlejohn,
the
Irole,
W.
the construction of additional Company to be secured ships, including at least one huge issue at par of debenture stock of Stewart. ahip as big_ or perhaps even the Merger Company.
10.20 ACL. Bowker, Cdr. G. bigger than No. 534.
Thirdly, advances of not. ex-110.24 W. J. Roberts, 18. Forster. ceeding 11,000,000 to the Merger 18.28 W. A. Butterfield, J. Coulthart, Company to be secured by
10.32 E. M. Hanlon, C. B. Robertson, 10.30 J. W. Mayhow, M. N. Cootes.
D. S. Ro
Robb. 10. aleahy, T. R. How 10.48 19 10.52 G. A. Stewart, W. H. B. Rigg. 10.66 G. 11. Dond, J. Forbes. 11.00 W. G. Rubertson, S. S. Perry. 11.04 A. Kidd, P. S. Grant. 11.08 C. W. Jeffries, G. B. S. Tham-
room
the chambermaid entered and
.
Volce I Hear (Rossini).
Marion Talley (Soprano), tidied up the room, placing a hot Piano Concerto-Hungarian Fantasia
(Liszt).
water bottle in the bed,
"Mrs. Hunt came into the room about ten, undressed and went to bed. I waited about half an hour.
Government and tong issue at par of income debenture 10.40 Thwaltes, H. N. Williamson, Then I crawled from under the{
The announcement comes after two years of ceaseless representa tions to negotiations between the Com panies, Government assistance being withhold pending. the elimination of competition bo tween the companies on the North Atlantic.
stock cluss "A" of the Merger Can- pany.
CAPITAL NEEDS.
sums not ex-
Son.
11.12 J. P. Sherry, W. A. Weight,
bed and began pocketing the jewellery and money.
Arthur de Greef and the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald. Song-Pagliaccl-On With the Play
(Leoncavallo). Song-Paglineel-No! Punchinello No
(Leoncavallo).
Moro
Glovanni Martinelli. Orchestral-Tho "Clock" Symphony
(Raydn),
Sir Hamilton Harty, conducting
the Halls Orchestra.
1.
(a) Adagio (b) Presto.
2. Andante.
NEW INQUIRIES. "Unfortunately Mrs. Hunt woka up and I was obliged to silence her with a crack on the head from my revolver. At the same moment the revolver went off, a shot entor
The letter in dated Bordeaux, and the police there have been requested to investigate NowN. the matter,
In addition, the Treasury will. from time to time, advance to the Certain modifications in the de-Merger Company, #ign of No. 634 since she was ceeding £1,500,000 to provide the frat laid down have been prepared requisite working capital.
11.16 Major E. Field. Capt. Michelling the bed." Of this amount, the first £750,- 11.20 J. E. Dovey, C. Myenek. with a view to increasing her speed. It is now the objective 1000 advanced shall be secured by 11.24 F. des Voeux, A. B. Purves. of the Cunard Line to build her the issue at par of additional de-11.28 H. F. Sommers, W. Wright. to be capable of a speed in excess benture stock of the Merger Com-
New Course
of thirty knots-an-hour-the-re pany-and-the-remainder of such -9.82-Mrs:--Syme-Thomson, capture of the Blue Riband of the advances shall be secured by the Atlantle being regarded as im-issue at par of Income debenture perative. United Press.
TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT
"Cunard White Star Limited"
Misa
Thomas, 9.40 J. L. and Mrs. Adams. 9.48 W. G. and Mrs. Fischer, 9.50 1. G. Allison, II. F."Phillips."
stock of Merger Company, elnas' B. Legislation is to include power to the Treasury, in their discretion 10.00 G. F. Rees, C. E. Moore.
10.08 T. C. Fairburn, 0. J. Shannon.;
to advance to the Merger Company 19.43. T. A. Pearce, A. K. Mackenzie. the cost, not exceeding £5,000,000
of an additional new ship or ships on terma analogous to those on which advances of not exceeding £2,000,000 are to be made to the Morger Commany towards the com-. pletion of Number 634. .
GOODWILL ACQUIRED.
UNREST IN SPAIN.
STUDENT MOB KILLS POLICE OFFICEN
Madrid, Feb. 8. An uneasy situation in this city The Memorandum of agreement is growing steadily more serious, mone to-day that a formal agree between the companies provides Scores of arrests have been made ment, conditional upon the that the new Merger Company will already.
London, Jun, 8.
It was announced in the Com-
from
AMERICAN SUGAR CONTROL
SCHEME OUTLINED BY PRESIDENT
Washington, Feb. 8. Strict control of sugar is out. lined in a Roosevelt message to Congress recommending na experiment quotas on home pro- duction and imports from Inwall, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Cuba
necessary nasent and the passing acquire the North Atlantic good-
Rioting students, after having and the Virgin Islands,
He also recommends an amend- of legislation by Parliament, has will of both companies, their exist-alet a policeman to death, march-
release ment to the Agricultural Adjust now been entered into between ing North Atlantic fleets, and the to the toen gaol to
ment Act to make sugar beet and the Cunard Company, the Occanie unfinished ship Number 534, and their comrades. Steam Navigation Company and that after its formation, the board
Labour circles are also restive, caue one of the basic agricultural the Treasury whereby financial of ten would comprise six to be Waiters in a large hotel struck commodities which would enable facilities will be provided by the nominated by the Cunard and four suddenly, after refusing to serve the collection of a small processing Government for the completion by the Oceanie, in preportion to the Home Secretary and Chief of which would compensate the farm of the now giant liner known as their shares of the capital. Police at a big banquet,-Router.
Number 534.
The necessary legislation will
shortly be Introduced.
Power will also be taken to
British Wireless.
Special
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF give assistance in the laying
a sister ship
One case of paratyphoid was re. commitments in that regard are CREEP IN SERVICE WHERE IT CANNOT ported to the local health authorities
an Wednesday.
down of
yet undertaker.
WHITE PAPER.
but no
You
KNOW THAT LOVE WILL
GO.-Shakespearo.
The my, Silveryow, from New York, sails from Shanghai to-day and is ex pected here on 12th instant at day. light.
***
tax on Sugar, the proceeds
3. Minuetto and Trio.
4. Finnte (Vivace).
10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Prens
10.35 p.m. Close Down.
TWO NEW ITALIAN SHIPPING LINES
BID FOR PERSIAN TRADE
Rome, Dec. 81. Two morc
Italian shipping schemes are announced for the coming year. Apart from the now Italy-South African service al- ready reported, new lines will be opened, eastwards to Persia and westwards to Brazil.
run
The Lloyd-Triestino Company from Italian ports to the has already inaugurated a regular of Persian Gulf, but it. is understood that the steamship Fenicia is only era for holding their production the first ship of a fleet which will to the quota level.
be built during 1984. The object of the legislation is
"The increase of Italian shipping to reduce the price of sugar to the consumers and to provido for to the Persian Gulf will not de- the retention, but for no further pend only on trade, but on the The quota will apply to raw communications and public works. expansion, of the home industry, development of Persian hinterland sugar and the 1924 crop-and might retroactive to January 1- Reuter.
The discussion scheduled for 8.300 p.. this evening at the Bishop's Ifouse has been cancelled.
The_management of the Repulse The a.s. President Jefferson will sail Bay Hotel advises that there will bo for Manila at 4 p.m. to-morrow, in- no dlaner dance at that establishment stead of 6 p.m., as previously an- to-morrow, Saturday.
nounced.
NO SURPLUS
AUSTRALIAN WHEAT.
YIELD
Italian commerce is building up a first call on the expected increase in Persian trade, because much of the engineering work now being carried out in Persia is being done by Italian firms and by. Italian labour on terms which involve guarantee for eventual trado ex- changes, together with the employ. ment of Italian ships.
A White Paper giving the terms of the agreement was fasued this evening and states that as a re- sult of the negotiations, suggested the chair by the Government, mon of the two boards recently arranged terms for a merger in
The Iden! Radio
Electrical and 4 now company of the Cunard
Mrs. P. W. Cameron and Miss N. Services have sent out excellent com-
The Italian Press, has already. and Oceanic North Atlantic in Cooper wore the complainants before blued calendars and diaries, with tear-
begun_propaganda for more trade terests, nad an agreement was Mr. Balfour in the Central Police off slips for each week.
The latest survey of the Auswith. Brazil. The present trade thoreafter concluded with the Court in a summons against two
in sedan chair coolies for allegedly using The annual dimmer of the Institution trallan Wheat situation, by the balance favours Brazil, but the Treasury as to the terms
Commonwealth authorities in Fascist equivalent of our Cham- which the department would re-insulting language at Bowen Road on of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Hongdicates that, because of sabbers of Commerce are searching,
January 30. The defendants falling kong, will take place in the Institution command the Government to grant a pear, the summons was adjourn rooms on Friday, March 20, at 8 pm. stantial drop in the estimated yield ways and means for developing financial facilities.
His Excellency Sir William Pool, the for the season, there will be no ox- the Italian side of the balance The Agreement provides thated for a week.
Ilon. President, has intimated his in-portable surplus to deal with.
sheet to the advantage of both the new merger company is to be
Charged under the Wild Birds tention of being prezent.
Under the international wheat called the "Cunard White Star Ordinance, Lan Kwek-ying, described
agreement, the quota allowed Aug countries. The Institution of a now. Italian-Brazil steamship line Limited" or by some other name
as a professional baggar, was fined Fung Po-wan, charged in connexion tralia was 155.000,000 bushele. by the Cosulich Company is ac to be agreed upon by all parties. $10 or fourteen days' hard labour by with the murderous attack on a wo Unless undisclosed stocks of
Mr. Balfour In the Central Police man, Chan Lai-ching, in Queen's Roadliwheat from last year are dicepted as the first stop to now. DEBENTURE STOCK.
Court this morning for the unlawful Central on February 1, was formally covered, the problem of wheat con- possession of a wild pigeon. The remanded for another week on bla bird in. to be forfelted. Defendant appearance before Mr. Balfour in the trol will be solved, and the Govern-
convenient lines said he caught it In Wing Lok Street. Central Pelice Court this morning ment and the wheat export interests up inviting and Inspector Stimson stated it was not "The woman is still in hospital," said will be saved the worry of roof freight and communication, and the type of pigeon to be kept in Detective Inspector M. Murphy, who gulating exports, says Austral then to push the trade exchange
side of the deal.. captivity.
applied for the remand.
Nows.
In order to provide the requlaite
finance for the completion of Nura
ber 684, the Treasury will make ad- vancas not exceeding in all £3,000, 000 in the following sequence.
commercial conquest,
Italian policy is first to build
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