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VAN MATAKWE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16,
1934.
日七初七
SINGLE COFY 13 CENTU
$34,00 PER ANNUM
WHITEAWAYS
SUMMER
SALE
NOW ON
H. K. DOLLAR AND FRENCH ALLIANCE WITH MODERN METHODS
SILVER PRICE
3,000 FEET UNDER
THE SEA
Dr. Beebe Establishes Now Record
Bermuda, Aug. 15.
A new world's undersea record was established lo- day by Dr. William Becbe, who descended 3,028 feet. He stayed below surface for 2 hours, 46 minutes and remained for
five minutes at the maxi- mum depth.-Reuter.
FAMINE FEARS
IN U.S.A.
REASSURANCE BY
PRESIDENT
PLENTY OF FOOD
(Special to "Telegraph") (Dy Telegraph. Cepyright. Teleprophis Ma sages Ordinance.
Rockford Augwat Ja, 7.03 a.m.)
1824.
Washington, Aug. 15. Widespread destruction of wheat crops in the United States hayo created undue anxieties in some quarters where there has even been talk of famine.
STRANGE
DISPARITY
LONDON QUOTATION UP
TO 1929 LEVEL
BRAKES ON THE DOLLAR
Silver in London yesterday. reached the highest price re- gistered on the London market since 1929.
The price rose a further one- eighth of a penny an ounce in 214d for cash and 21.11/16th for forward delivery.
It should be noted that In 1929 the quotation. was at the gold value whereas yesterday's price was in sterling.
Further interesting observations may be gathered from the quota- tions of the Hongkong dollar in 1929 and to-day.
In 1929, the lowest quotation in London was 21.5/16ths, a farthing below that of yealer- day, while the Hongkong dollar in that year did not fall at any time below 1s. 7d. on demand. To-day's opening quotation was 18. 6th, unchanged since Fridny of last week,
move
EXCHANGE AGAINST U. S. DOLLAR
British Policy on Silver.
Washington, Aug. 15. "There is and-will be plenty of
Exchanges continue to food available," said President against the dollar, largely because Roosevelt to-iny in response to of the European emphasis on the inquiries regarding the food dangers of American inflation. situation
a result of the it is hinted in London that drought.
British polley will be to force the "There is no excuse for pro- United States to buy silver instead
the President, of gold. fiteering," said "And any instances of proẞteering The drought will enable mar brought to the attention of the ginal-countries to get good prices government will be dealt with by for their raw products, allowing. the Federal authorities."gen
Food prices in the United States them to resume payment of their defaulted debts and purchase industrial gonds.
this week are the highest in thirty months, being 5.5 per cent; above 1933-Reuter Special,
HAY FOR CATTLE.
Later.
Prealdent Roosevelt is consider.
India is exporting wheat for the
¦bertson and. Fritz,
RUSSIA IN PROSPECT
M. Litvinaff.
MORE
FOOCHOW MYTHS
CAPTURE NOW
REPORTED
RIDICULED BY INFORMED
in-
EASTERN
"LOCARNO" PROJECT FAILS
LITVINOFF IN FRANCE
GERMANY WILL NOT JOIN
(Special to "Telegraph")
ry Teleprash, Cepyright. Telegraphia Man Received Axgust 2806 anne Ordinance.
18. 10.15 0..!
London, Aug. 16.
A military alliance be- tween France and Russia is
M. Barthou,
envisaged as almost a certain THE HARBIN
outcome of the refusal of
Poland and Germany to enter
into the vaunted Eastern Locarno Pact.
That they have declined wasi learned from authoritative quar-| ters and another project for the stabilisation of the European situa-
tion thereby falls to the ground.
Assistance
may
PIRACY...
FRESH VERSION OF OUTRAGE
MINIMISES ITS SERIOUSNESS
IN POLICE WORK
SCOTLAND YARD'S LATEST
AN AUTOGIRO FOR
TRAFFIC
RADIO MOTOR "COPS"
London, Aug: 15. The first trial flight over London of the new Scotland Yard Autogiro took place to-day to test the value of the observations which can be made from such a machine for traffic control and other police work. -
Assistant Commissioner Tripp.. who is in charge of the traffic
RUSSO-JAPANESE
WAR SCARE
Soviet Citizens Soli Homes In Imianpo
Harbin, Aug. 16,
The Sulfenho scare of the imminence of a Russo- Japanese War is evidently rolling westward as Soviet cltizone at Imienpo are sell- ing their houses and belong- ings at one-third of their value-Reuter.
BRITISH TRADE RETURNS
IMPROVEMENT CONTINUES
}
£17,000,000
London, Aug. 15."
section of Scotland Yard, was in EXPORTS UP BY the Autogiro and after the flight,; anyi British Wireless, he express- ed the opinion that there were great possibilities for traffic regu lation from the air, the value of which has already been proved
connection with Isolated again reflected in the Board of problems such as the Derby Day Trade returns for July, congestion.
in
An improved trade outlook is
The value of Imports last month Police experiments will continue was £58,020,218. In the previous for some wecks,
months, they were valued at £61,- 172,638 and in July, 1933, at £53, 714,758..
It is possible too that the machine will be used in connection with the new motor car war on criminale.
Exports during July were of a. total value of "£33,220,621;"./The" ¡total for June was £32,120,075 and
for July last year £29,947,351.
Comparative figures for ro-ex- 4,816,612 for June and £4,328,714 in July 1933.
Nevertheless, some surprise has been caused in 'Londun by indica-
A different version of the tions that a Franco-Soviet dofen- sive military alliance, euphemisti-Harbin piracy outrage, Despite authentic
a Pact of Mutual cabled by Reuter, throws no formation from Foochow cally called
bo concluded fresh light on, the affair, revealing that the alleged during the presence of M. Barthon while minimising its serious than double the number now in ports were £4,128,719 last month, attack on the city by a Com- munist army was a figment and M. Litvinoff at Geneva in ness, of a fertile imagination, wild September. rumours continue to be spread.
A cable from the United Press in Manila this morning reveals that the Fookien Times, presumably a Chinese daily printed in Manito,
LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP.
.
£10,000 CRIME WAR CENTRE.
Five hundred radio cars-more
service will be placed on duty in London when the new police wire less station is ready.
Plans for the station, which will be the largest and most effi- clent in the world, have now been officially passed.
The cost of its erection
SEVEN MONTHS FIGURES.
During the first seven months of the current year, imports reach- ed a total value of £419,867,012, re- at presenting an increnes of £46,066,- spending period of last year, and 782 as compared with the corro- an increase of £7,176,637 on the figures for 1932.
A United Prens message states that eight persons were killed, in- an cluding five Japanese and The Pact will, it is hinted, he an American, adding that women accompaniment of Russia's pro- aboard the ill-fated steamer, a
small river-boat, were violated.
Beuter's story in that thirty Grove-park, Camberwell, is est sportive entry into the League of
pirates masquerading as passen-mated at £10,000, and it will be Nations.
This information reaching res-gers captured the steamer ner completed at the earliest possible ponsible diplomats in London, has Harbin and then moored the ships moment.
some thirty miles to the north of
ON LONDON'S ROOF. widespread crodence, the city, where they were rein- received
hundred COR-
The new alte occuples one of the although it is understood that forced by two such a bilateral alliance will
The ship was then pillaged from highest points in London, on the
top of Denmark Hill. The local naval authorities, who only be signed in the ovent
experiments have Elaborate in constant communication that Germany and Poland main
Is the capture of the vessels,
first time since 1930.-Swan, Cul publishes this morning a "Special" from a correspondent in Hongkong, reporting that the Communists have captured Foochow !
ing a plan for the purchase of GERMANY BUYING
hay in Canada to feed the cattle in the drought area.
if the seheme is enrried through, Goverment officials anticipate that there will be possibly a fifty per cent. reduction in the hay tariff scale, or even duty free importa; tion.
CROP DISPOSAL.
WHALE OIL
AGREEMENT WITH ·
NORWEGIANS
(Special to "Teisgraph")
(De Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphia Mas- Recelerd August anger Ordinance, 1886. 18. 7,04 nm)
Oslo, Aug. 15. A group of Norwegian whaling
The President is also authoris- ing a plan to regulate a normal and reasonable crop aurplus is he estimates that the drought han speeded up by two years the time companies has reached an agree- it was expected would be taken ment with the German Ministry of in disposing of past crop surpluses. Food and Agriculture to deliver Senator Bankhead has recom-1160,000 tons of whale oil et £10 a mended President Roosevelt to ton, subject to a special clear- suspend, for psychological rea-ing agreement being reached.-- sons, all processing taxes and to Reuter Special
ix the price of cotton at the pre-
sent level of thirteen cents.
Senator Rankhead argues that not so much money is now needed to finance cotton marketing and control next year and that the pegging of the price would carry the collon price over the usual Bagging during the perled of marketing.Reuter.
NEW AIR MAIL SERVICE
`LINKING UP THE
BRITISH ISLES
London, Aug. 15.
The Arat inter-city air mail service in the British Jales, and also the first service of its kind to link. England and Ireland and Scotland, will come into operation on Monday.
The new service, which is being operated on babalf of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, will
run between London and Glasgow, Mira' Slade, daughter of a British calling at Birmingham. Man-admiral, the disciple of Gandhi, re- chentor and Belfast, British Wire-cantly arrived in London, when the leas.
abova picture was takan.
are
foderates.
stem to 'stern.
Exports for the seven months $229,048,967, an increase of £17,820,891 on last year and an in- crease of £6,721,943 on 1932.
Re-exports for the seven months were 538,185,872, an increase of £3,624,894 on 1933 and of £500,962
with Foochow, through a warship tain their refusal to join the pro- } Reuter saya, two persons were kill been carried out in different parts on 1932-British Wirclean.
on the spot. described the report as "Pifflet"
Foochow remains quiet.
Rumours of a menace to Amoy Bro also considered in well-informed quarters to be nothing more than
rumours.
"RED" RAID INTO HUNAN
YUCHENG REPORTED
CAPTURED
posed Seven-Power Eastern Eur-ed, both of them Manchurians, and opean Pact of Mutual Assistance, that ten were wounded, eight of them being Manchurians and two Further efforts are expected to | Japanese.,
be made to induce a change of Thirty Manchurian passengers,
mon and women, were kidapped. mind in Berlin and Warsaw.
LITVINOFF IN FRANCE.
It is reliably learned that M. YELLOW RIVER DYKES
Litvinol, tho. Soviet Foreign in Miniater, now on racation France, will proceed to Paris bo- Tore the meeting of the Disarm- |mont Conference Bureau to dis-
cuss the situation.
M. Litvinoff will be prepared to announce Russia's acceptance of Canton, Aug. 16.
League mefbership if and when from Shiukwan, over two-thirds of the members of northern treminus of the Yu-Han two-thirds of the members of
A report
COLLAPSE
Changwan Entirely Submerged
Tientsin, Aug. 16. Another disastrous flood has
Railway, alleges that Klangs the League vete in favour of an accurred in southern Hope and "Reds" made a surprise attack on invitation to Russia to join. Yuchung, in southern Hunan, and United Press.
occupied it early yesterday morn-
ing:
Numerous inhabitants
.
are
C. E. R. TENSION
wald to have fled to Lochang, in Northern Kwangtung.Contral
News.
RUSSO-JAPANESE SETTLEMENT
FISHERY ROYALTY
PAYMENTS
- Tokyo, Aug. 15.
ARREST OF THIRTY SOVIET EMPLOYEES Harbin, Aug. 15.
It transpires that thirty Soviet employees of the Chinese Dastorn the Railway were arrested by Manchukuo-Japanese police be tween the 12th and 14th Inst.. including M. Plutov, 'station-master at Imlenpo and other two station anasters. They are charged with
part of Shantung following the collapse of Yellow River dykes at Changwan, which has been antiraly submerged in, water.
The flood threatens to spread over a wider area. Thousands of Inhabitants are fleeing for shelter in high country-Central News. !
DOG BITES LADY
ANOTHER KOWLOON.
CASE
of London, including Tottenham,. Kew, Imber Court and Esher, to find a site free from all inter- ferences, and the one at Camber- well proved to be the ideal,
All wireless messages will be sent by Morse Code, as the radio- telephone system has been found to be slower, more liable to serious
mistakes, and more costly.
YARD STAFF'S 'MOVE.'
BRITISH TARIFF
INCREASES
EXPECTED IN NEAR FUTURE
Washington, Aug. 15. Further British tariff Inercases The wireless station at Scotland on electrical good, cutlery and ma- Yard will be dismantled as soon chinery are indicated as likely, to as the new station is completed, Įtake place in the near future. and the whole staff of engineers | Swan, Culbertson and Fritz. and operators will be transferred
to Grove Park.
The 500 radio cars some of which will have transmitting as well as receiving apparatus--will the 700 square miles of the Metro- to on constant patrol throughout politan police area,
In case of need, the cars will
be used outside this area in cha Ing criminals, and wherever they so, and whatever their speed, they will always be in wireless touch with the head station,
SALFORD LOAN POPULAR
OVER-SUBSCRIBED IN| FIVE MINUTES
"AMNESTY FOR WHITE RUSSIANS
..
Washington, Aug. 15. Russia is expected to grant an. amnesty to the White Russian dxiles on November 7-Swan, Culbertson and Fritz.
STOP PRESS
Toronto, Aug. 15. Mr. Labatt's kidnappers, failed London, Aug. 15. to meet the victim's son carryi The Russo-Japaneso dispute inpying and hostile activities. connection with the payment of It is learned authoritativolý A European lady, Mrs. Morse; of Subscription lists for the £1, the ransom demanded t royalties for the lease of Soviet that they are accused of complicity 147 Waterloo Road, is the latest 000,000, Salford Corporation 8% resources of the State have), fisheries has been amicably settled in the frequent bandit crimes victim of a dog-bite. She has been per cent. loan, issued at par were been thrown into the according to an announcement along the eastern section of the sent to the Kowloon Hospital for closed, within five minutes of the United Prox by the Japanese Foreign Offico. C.E.R.
opening the issue being heavily treatment..
over-subscribed. Negotiations are said to have re The bandite have invariably.
„by a Sho was bitten yesterday. salted in an agreement, that singled out trains loaded with dog bolonging to Mra AC Tin The terms of the issue were royallies be paid. In Japaniono yon Japanese and Manchukuo troops son, of 9 York Road. The animal slightly below the market duoca. at the rate por rouble-Central as objects for attack Central has been sent to the whataulok tion of equivalent intros
Briften Wirelessä). News,
News.