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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY,
REAL PROGRESS
BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR®
OPENS
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London, Feb, 20.
PARTY UNIFORMS
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FEBRUARY 21, 1984.
HELENA MAY CONCERT
PROGRAMME TO BE GIVEN
BY MISS AMELIA LEE The following is the programme London, Feb. 20. The British Industries Fairwas Sir John Gilmour to-day report of Miss Amella Leo's pianoforte oponed yesterday at Olympiad in the House of Commons that recital at the Holena May Institute White City, London, and at Castle the number of street disturbances to-morrow, commencing at 6.80 Bromwich,
Birmingham. Since had been doubled in the last three the first fair was organised by the months In consequence of Board of Trade in 1915 this annual wearing of uniforms by political (a) Mazurka in F Sharp Bfinor," trado exhibition has grown ten parties.
Op. 59, No. 8. (b) Nocturne in C Minor. (e) Etude in F, Op. 25, No. 3.
the P.m.:
fold and is now the largest nation- The question, he said, was en- wil trade fair in the world. Ingaging the serious attention of the vitations to visit it during the next Government,
ten days have been accepted by
IIla statement is understood to buyers from 01 different countries, refer to the growth of the Fascist Up to last evening, when the movement in Britain.-Renter. general public were admitted, 1,- 713 oversons buyers and 5,954 home buyers had visited London sections. These numbers showed most signiflernt indications of a. considerable improvement on activity was the volume of raw both home and oversoas buyers material for uso in British fac over last year. At Birmingham torics purchased from abroad.! the aggregate attendanco was 4 The volume of retailed Imports 180 as compared with 2,330 on the of raw material was greater than In the past three years and in corresponding day last year.
arogards to wool, hides and tiraber they were even greater than in 1929.
The Duke of York attended dinner at Mansion House in con- nection with the opening of the Fair last night when 400 guests, Including members of the diploma tle Corps and buyers of many countries were present.
The export trado had begun to show signs of recovery and com- which the mercial agreements, Government had concluded during Referring to the trade outlook, the last year, had contributed to improvement. Continued Prince George said forces which this.
however, had had the world in bondage satisfactory progress, were slackening. Beginnings of was dependent upon further im- conditions, a revival of trade were taking provement in world place, but the rond recovery he added.-British Wirelcea, was no casy one. Signs were fa- vourable.
to
men
Chinese First Visitor
(d) Etude In A Flat, Op. 10, No. 10.
Chopin. .Palmgren. (a) The Bea. ....
(b) Liebeslied Krelsler-Rachmaninoff. (c) Etude in D Sharp Minor,
(d)
Op. 8, No. 12 ...Scriabino. Grande Vaise de Concert,
Glazounov. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor
for plano and Orchestra.
Rachmaninoff, Orchestral part played on Second Piano by Mr. A. M. Bowes-Smith."
Adagio Sostenuto; 3rd. Movt. Allegro 1st. Mevt. Moderato; 2nd. Mort.
Schertando.
NEWSPAPER CODE.
THE RECOVERY PLAN IN AMERICA
Washington, Feb. 20.
In common with other Indus- tries, the newspapers now have a code under the Recovery plan, drawn up after considerable dis- cord..
London, Feb. 20. "Wo still have as rich assots and great national resources as the Mr. Loh Hwa-Boong, a Shanghai rest of the world, and immense and Chinese businessman, was the first improved capacity of
and customer to call at the British In-
In approving the nowspaper machines to convert those rcdustries' Fair, which opened to-
Ho repre- code, President Roosevelt has re- sources into instruments of human day in Birmingham.
sents well-being," he said.
a large Chinese electricalquested that newspapers with circulations of over 75,000 in Interviewed, Mr. Loh paid tri-large towns should place their bute to the all-round superiority of staffs immediately on a working British manufactured electrical ap-basis of a forty hour week of five
daya-Reuter. paratus-Reuter.
Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade said they could speak of 1933 as the year in which there was a. definita change for the better. One of the
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