· FOOTPADS ON · THE TAIPO ROAD
Woman
Held- Up at Revolver's Point
Held up at the revolver's point, Mrs. Tom Lal-sho, aged 30, living ot 20 Fuk Wah Street, and Tom Choy-ming, her 29-year-old neph- ew, wore last night robbed by two men having the appearance of Hakka on the hillside above the Basel Mission on the Taipo Road.
who
HARBOUR PIPE
CONTRACT LET TO HUME
PIPE CO.
Unique features will be em. ployed in the laying down of the second harbour pipe line, as a result of Government award- ing the contract to the Hume Pipe Company.
THE
HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER
1934.
LONDON STOCK NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE
LATEST SHARE
QUOTATIONS.
The following quotations on the London Stock Exchange have been received by Messen. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter,
Chinese Bonds.
Sept. 6 Sept. 0
£101.
It is understood that the con- tract was secured by this Com- pany, which recently opened In Hongkong, in the face of keen Bonds 1808 competition from pipe-makers in Britain.
(Eng. Iss.) £101 x 4% Loan 1908 £ 93
Lann 1912... £ 71% Reorg. Loan 1913 (Lars. IRR.) £ 944 Bonds 1925-47 87% Shal-Nanking
As opposed to the existing 125 Inches diameter steel pipe, the new steal main which the Publle Works Department intend to lay towards the end of the year, will be of 18 inches diameter and will be specially
The shell
tornally and extacted both in
The couple had been admiring scenery from the top of the hill, and at twilight were desconding the incline to reach Taipo Road, Sonie 860 yards above the Basci Misalun house, they saw
two Chinese
made known wn their Intentions by one. of them producing a revolver with of the pipe will be made of stool which he threatened the couple. 7/16 inch thick and when form- His companion proceeded to striped into pipes of approximately 20 the woman of her Jewellery, this in-foot in length, the latter will bo cluding a pair of jade car-rings, tested to withstand an internal three gold Angers-rings and a goid hydraulle pressure of 500 lbs, per bangle. The total value of the square inch; this results in atrces- jewellery was $146.
ing the pipe walls to four tous per inch run.
The robbers ran away in westerly direction, towards Castle Peak, after telling the victims not to ahout for help.
The victims were accompanied by two young children of Mrs. Tom Lei-she, who ran
away at outact of the robbery,
PHOTO
CONTEST
the
Winners To be Announced To-morrow.
EXHIBITION ON MONDAY.
Amateur
photographers and others interested in the Tele- graph
Photographic Amateur Competition should make a point of securing a copy of to-morrow's Issue of the Telegraph, which will contain the full Hai of prize- winners Judges' comments, and reproductions of the principal winning entries.
The Competition this year has exceeded all previous contests,
both
In regard to the number and quality of the entries.
The whole of the entries will be on view in the Morning Post Building from Monday, 10th inst.. to Friday, 14th inst.. inclusive, from 9 am to 6 pm. daily. There will be no charge for ad- mission, and all interested are cordially invited to inspect the magnificent array of prints.
FLANNEL DANCE
ST. ANDREW'S, CLUB
EVENT
Members of St. Andrew's Club held a successful flannel dance in the St. Andrew's Church Hall last night.
The pipes will then be wrapped externally with a special marine conting evolved by the Hume Pipe Company, which coating has been found to be particularly resistant to marine borers
and will thus adequately protect the steel shell. Internally, the steel shell will b protected from corrosion by a half inch thick concrete lining, opub in the pipes by means of the latest Hume patented process.
6
Bly £ 601⁄21⁄2
... £ 31
Tient.-Pukow
Rly.
Flent. Pukow Railway (Supl.
-Loan)...
S'hai-ll'chow-
£ 03 £ 7214
£ 14% £.98
£00%
£ 31
£ 23
£ 23
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€ 27
Ningpo Rly.... £100
5% Honon Rly... £ 7
520 Hukuang Rly.
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Lung Taing U. Hal Rly. 1013... 174 £ 17/4
Foreign Bonda and Banks. German 75% Int:
48
**** £ 74%
£ 8G
48
£ 76
£.80%
Loan 1024 Japan be Sterling
Loan 1007 Japan 6% Sterling
Loan 1924 1.K. & Shot B.
(Lan. Kegd.) £136 Charld. Bk. £6 sh. £ 16% 16%
Industrials and Breweries.
Elce,
Associated
Industries British-Amer. Tob
(Bearer) Chinese Eng. and Tate & Lyle
Min. (Bearer) Courtaulds Distillers Dunlop Rubber Everready sh. Electric
To facilitate the laying of this pipe along the bottom of the har. bour, the pipes will be welded into lengths of 100 feet and in the process of laying, special flexible ball and socket joints will be at ted to allow for unevenness of the harbour bed and also expansion joints, to equalise stresses in the main which are set up by any lon-General gitudinal movement.
Local Manufacture.
(England)
Def, 19 sh... Impl. Tolueco Woolworthin
Internat. Nicket
по риг ул
Pinelun
EXCHANGE
MARKET REGISTERS
DECLINE
RADIO BROADCAST
A TALK ON VITAMINS' FROM THE STUDIO
CLASSICAL PROGRAMME.
From 2BW on a wavelength of $56 motren (845 kilocycles).
-4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.
7.10.20 p.m. European Programme, 7 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quota.
The following reports on the Now York stock market have been re- celved through Mesare. Swan, Culbert- | ton & Fritz: The Wall Street Journ- al report on yesterday's markets: Stocks were downward, due to the more than 14-point break in United Staten Smelting issues owing to the Company's earning for the past eight months being estimated at $5 to $0.50 per share, which is about half the annual rate of $15 a share. Bonds werd érralle featured by ♫ star recove y in United Staten Government aures, which was duetions, London and New York Stock to the fact that the Comptroller had ¦ ånd Commodity Quotations. ruled in favour of the National Banks' condition that the statements may classify fully-guaranteed Government | Song-Near and yet so far. obligations, such as homeownors'
Evelyn Laya (Soprano). loans, the Loan Corp. and the Federal | Plano Dust-The Way to Love....... Farm Mortgage Corp. an direct Gov- Selection. ernment issues. The Curb Exchange | Plano Buet-Footlight Parade.... was irregular, Wheat prices were higher, due to the strong coah wheat situation, in spite of extensivo profit- taking.
earn-
S. C. & F. New York office cables: The stock market avas under moderate pressure in the late trading, as metal shares slumped on the disappointing earnings report by the U.S. Smelting Corp. Further irregularity is in- dicated: The textile strike is the predominant news, Tho walkout le now about 47% of the industry, ne- cording to Pross surveys. The new Federal Mediation Board is expected to hasten a settlement of the dia- pute. Other nows is featureless. The Alaska Juneau Mining's ings for the eight months ended August 31st amounted to $1,559,700, against $930,000 for the correspond. ing period of last year. Montgomery Ward's earnings for the six months ended July 31st totalled $4,153,600, against a lona of $3,479,000 during last the corresponding period of year. Daily crude oil output last werk was 27,000 barrels below the Federal quota, Mr. Donald Rich- berg of the NIA upholds the profit Incentive. A Trade Treaty Columbia in being sought. "Iron Age reports ibal steel put is unchanged at 19
with The
out-
per
cent.
Iminediate prospects arc
uncertain.
7.08-7.30 p.m. Variety; Sonz-Brava Hearts.
Selection. Carroll Gibbons and John W. Green. Vocal Duet-Mood Indige,
Layton and Johnstone. Violin Solo-The Child and his
Dancing Doll. Violin Solo-Spanish Serenade.
Albert Sandler.
8 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report,
7.30-8.30 p.m. From the Studio. Selections by the Orchestra of the R.M.S. "Corfu.**
Programme. March: Great Little Army..Alford, Selection: Lilau Timo....Schubert. Violin Solo: Londonderry Air.
Morris.
1.
(by R. H. Rogera), Dance Music.
Over somebody Else's Shoulder,
2. The Show le Over,
3.
A thousand goodnights.
4. The wrong side of the Fence. 9.30-8.40 p.m. Octeln. Salut D'Amour (Elgar). Barcarollo-Tales of Hoffmann"
(Offenbach).
The J. H. Squire Colento Octel. Gavette, from "Mignon" (Thomus).
The J. H. Squire Colcato Octet. 8.40-9 p.m. From the Studio, A Talk on "Vitamins" by Lawrence Leong, G. and D., F.C.S. (Lond.).
9-10.30 p.m. Classical Programme.
Isolde Menges (Violin).
The Edison Electric Institute reporta | Sonata In Major (Ifandel). that electric production was ofˆ 8% during the
Willem Mengelberg and his Concert-
221/0 2170
1257- 125!-
24/0 267-
31/-
D1/-
16/-
4613
89/0
88/0
48/7% 4870 28/- 28/-
4674% 46/4
Boolan
40/3
40/6
Impl. Chem Ind. Impl. Chem Ind..
3670
30/0
9/4
9/6
12973
120/3
187-
T-
$ 24
$ 24
Johnson
10/....... Turner & Newall
41/1
41/-
4679
40/9
23/-
21/3"
Miscellaneous.
week ended September Suite No. 2 in B Minor for Flutes and Ist. The National Cash Register endest sales for the eight months August 31st tolalled $11,025,000, ngainst $8,491,000 during the corres- onding period of last year. The Electric Autolite has been awarded all Chrysler Motor business, Wool-. worth's August sales were' up 2.165%. Business done: 600,000.
Strings (Bach).
gebouw Orchestra.
1.
2.
Grave lending to allegro. Allegro.
3.
(a) Rondo; (b) Bourree Nos.,
1 and 2.
4.
5.
2776
27/6
0:
12/0
12/9
$ 134
$ 134
20/0
20/0
247-
24/-
5/74
9/7%
30/6
33/6
1176
11/0
2/- 36/3 46/4 57/- 57/- 64/44 63/9
27/3
The pipes, expansion joints and pipe specinia, will be supplied by Messrs. Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd., who have recently commene ed operations in this Colony, but who have been established in Sin- gupare for many years.
The local factory is situated | Unilever near to Tsun Wan on the Castle Penk Road. Here the company has 74 acres ground, of which | Anglo-Dutch about half is on the sea front and Burma Corpin, Rs. the balance on the inland side of the rod, the two lots being join- ed by a haulinge, tunnel under the
rond.
10
Rubber Tropes Mines... Langlangle
Estates London Ti 10/-
ah. Pekin Synd 2-
ord. sh.
Canadian Pacifie Chart. 10 xh.
Rly. $25 sh
(Bearer)... At this factory, the Hume Com-Gula Kalumpong pany will be manufacturing steel pipes of all sizes, as well as the latest type of reinforced concrete pipes from four ins. to 10 feet diameter, steel and concrete poles, building blocks and all other types of precast concrete products.
The present mannger, Mr. I.-B. Rubber Trusts Lowie, will be returning to Sin-Shai Elec. Conair. gapore by the Corfu this week to Yan yn Deep.. The spot waltz prize was wen take charge of Malaya. The Gen-
Flectric Musical
Industries by Mr. V. Wong and Miss E. eral Manager of the Company, Mr. Banker, while Mr. P. Daborne and C. H. Unbehaun, will make his h MIRS E. Broadbridge won the fox-headquarters in Hongkong. tro competition dance,
The ball and Bocket joints During the evening prizes for a which are to be used on the con- Club badminton compétition cam-tract are being supplied by pleted last month were presented Messrs. Blakeborough & Sons, As follows: Ladies' double, Miss Ltd., of Yorkshire, whose local G. White and Miss J. Wong: men's agents, Messrs. Malcolm & Co., doubles, Mesara, N. A, E, Mackay Lid., are also the China agente and R. I. Wong: mixed doubles, for Meanre. Hamo Miss M. Churn and Mr. F. A. East) Ltd. Broadbridge.
ASAHI PLANE IN PEKING
SECOND' FORCED TO
RETURN
Peking, Sept. 0. One of two Asahi 'planes which net out from Tokyo on a goodwill mission to Peking arrived here this evening. The other one ran into unfavourable weather over Japan and returned to Tokyo.
Pipe (Far
Ending the Famines.
The provision of a second pipe line across Hongkong harbour is necesaury to augment the supply of water to the island from the Shing Mun Valley.
It may be remembered that the firat pipe line was successfully laid in the winter of 1929-30. This pipe linu has proved very satisfactory and has given excel- lent service: in fact it has been of vital importance in the water shortage experienced alleviating during the past few seasons.
Anglo-Persian Oil Sauthern Railway Burn Off
(Deferred) Royal Dutch 100
sh..... Shell Trans and Geldenhuis
Trad (Bearer} Crown Mines
New York & Chiengo commodity reports received through Mexers. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz-
Colton: The effect of additional low private estimates of the Croji was partly offset by news of a fur- ther spread in the strike and the be- lief held in same quarters that con templated mediation will be ineffec- Live at present. The Cotton Ex- change will clean at 11.60 o'clock on Saturday morning and the Govern- ment Bureau report will be publish- ed at 12 (noon). The appointment of the Strike Mediation Board and the prevailing shall crop idons are Rustaining factors, but the textile strike in apparently spreading.
Rubber: The market was stendy, but featureless.
Sarabande.
Polonaise.
(a) Menuet; (b) Badinerie,
9.33 p.m. Reuter Press Bulletins, London 1 p.m. Stock and Commodity Quotations.
9.40 p.m.
Marriage of Figaro-Overture
(Mozart)..
Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Clemens. Krauss, Symphony No. 4 in F. Minor (Tschaikowsky, Op. 30). Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra directed by Leopold Stokowski. 1st Movement Andante sostenuto.
·moderato con anima. 2nd Movement--Andanting in modo di canzon. 3rd Movement-Scherzo-Pizzicato oatinato.
4th Movement-Allegro con Fuoco. very-10.30 p.m.-Reuter-Press-Bulletins, Rugby Mid-day Press News, Further Lolan Stock and Commodity Quota- The strength of cash tions, followed by New York Opening wheat, which continues, was a bullish † Quotations. factor and some further advance is prabable.
Grain:
Dow-Jones Averages:
46/2
82/6
46/3 83/14
23/6
23/7
£ 21
£ 214
48/0
4974%
28/14
28/1%:36 Industrials
25173
260/-
20 Rails
20 Uulition 40 Bonds
'Sept. & Sept.
93.43
01.82 36.63 35.72 20.53 20.33 12.55 02,46 63.20
ALLEGED ADMISSION. 11-Commodity Index 03.04:
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE IN DOUBLE-MURDER CASE
"I should die. I have killed two persons. They have taken my wife away from me and kept her. Although I should die, my spirit will be in the hands of Jesus. I have committed a great Nin."
3.1. Санс
Du Pont
18 Leading Stocks.
Amer. Can
Sept. 6.
DA
Amer. Smelting & Ref.
20%
Amer. Tel. & Tel.
113
Auburn
23
40
80
Elec. Bond & Share
10%
General Motors
2874
Int. Tel. & Tel. McIntyre Porcupine Montgomery Ward
9%
46
-2336
20 214
143%
15% 73%
13
The above startling admission was Nat. Distillers In view of the vulnerability of a single pipe line, however, and alleged to have been made by Keung NY. Central also of the fact that further sup- Chi-pan, a young Chinese, charged Sacony-Vacuum Mr. Yuen Liang, Mayor of lies of water from the Shing Mun with the murder of two persons, to Union Pacific Peking. held a tea party at the Valley, due to the progress made guarding him outside the chargs U.S. Steel
A Chinese police constable who was United Aircraft nerodrome in honour of the crew of with the construction of the Gorgo room of the Shamshulpo Police sta Westinghouse E. & M. the visiting 'plane.-Central News. Dam, will probably be availablo tion, according to evidence tendered by the summer of next year, the at the Kowloon Magistracy yester first pipe line is now to be duplic-day afternoon,' ated.
TIN COMBINE
D.E.I
GOVERNMENT
AND BILLITONS
The Hague, Sept. 7.
By order of the Premier, Dr.
Colijn, the Government of the
10,40 p.m. Close Down.
HONGKONG ELECTRIC
SHOWROOMS.
TO BE MOVED SHORTLY TO GLOUCESTER ARCADE
Within the next two months tho Ilongkong Electric Company's showrooms, at present in Ice House Street, will be removed to the "Island" in the Gloucester Arcade. and the premises they are vacating will house a branch office of the Bank of Communications, ona of tha lending Banks in Shanghal.
Work in Gloucester Building has been prosceding for about a fort- night and it is anticipated that the walls which at present separate the shops of the "island", will be open- ed up, ready to accommodate the extensive displays of the Electric Company, by November 1.
It is understood that the branch office of the Bank of Communica tlone will be opened for business about the middle of November.
The Bank of Communications,
fallen down. He had a wound on It is anticipated that the laying der of Yim Chun and Keung Wal- nesa becamo suspicious and arrested with a paid-up Capital of $8,715.-. Keung is charged with the mur- the insido of his left ankle. Wit which was established in Shanghal of the new pipe line will be com- lan at 211, Laichikok Road, on July the man, took him to Cedar Street 576, has branches in all the prin menced In November this year, 21. Mr. W. J. Lockhart-Smith, As, and there applied first aid. He then
and will be completed early next statant Crown Solicitor, conducted put the man in a rickaha and on clpal cities in China.
year.
BUS TRAGEDY,
Dutch East Indies has appointed SEVEN DIE AS DRIVER SKIDS
a committee to prepare the way for the amalgamation of the Billi-
ton Mining Company of The Ha-
gue and the Government's Banka tin works.
TO MISS DOGS
Nanking, Sept. 6.
the ease for the Crown.
arrival at Lafchikok Road (on route
to the Police station) mot a police At yesterday's hearing, evidence constable, who took him to 211, Lal was given by two Pollco constables chikok Road. After visiting tho
HOP TO SHANGHAI,
JUST
LISTEN
CONCLUSION
TO
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NEW ARMY
HITLER'S LABOUR CORPS PARADE
Berlin, Sept. 6. The coming of labour con- scription in Gormany was foretold by Herr Hitler to-day when delivered a brief address at the giant rally of labour volunteers, In which 50,000 youths of military ago parformed soldierly evolutions with the humble spade.
"Tho timo will come, "Herr Hitler declared, "when no Garman will be able to grow in a com- munity of Gorman people without firat passing through your com-
of visiting 211, Laichikok Road, in house, witness took the wounded man saw a length of cord hanging down left him in charge of a constable, GERMAN PLANE LANDS AMID munity," the early hours of July 21. They to Shamshulpo Police Station and from the third floor and in the back while the matter was reported in the cubicle found the bodies of man charge room. The man was dressed
EXCITEMENT
Shanghal, Sept. 8. · ·
man in their charge and visited the man in an ambulance to the Kow- Dessau, which has flown by a man in a riekaba. He left this the station. Witness later took the Junker passenger plane from
саду
and woman, apparently stabbed to in a pair of shorts and carried a A motor accident attended with death. Sergeant G., Davies appear- singlot A allvor dollar fell out of over twenty casualties occurred oned at the houso soon afterwards with his clothing when he was carried into The German aviators in the big The proposal is regarded as of the Hangchow-Nanking highway great importance for the world tin wit
within Yi-Hsing District (In position.-Reuter.
Klangsu) yesterday, when
bus loaded with twenty- three passengers crushed from a bridge Into the river.
·A·Ladies What Drive in aid of the
police Branch of the M. C. L- will
Bouthern
third-floor.
stages to its destination, landed at Hunging aerodrome this afternoon. The plane landed at 5.45 o'clock. and chcoring crowd welcomed the
Joon Hospital, Found In Alloy.
Mo Hok-kwan, police constable, aid that he had taken charge of Evidence was then given by Ber defendant when he arrived
at the
held at the Police Recreation Club,
seriously hurt.
district kill- Gablensz. the early morning of July 21, founded two people. This alleged adus- accident resulted from an Happy Valley on Tuesday, September 11. Play will start 8.30 pm. attempt on the part of the driver Rondte at paralesion was written in a book by wit-were Mayor Wu Teh-chon and Dr. Among the welcoming committee Admihalon #1.00, tea Included. On
to akid his bus in order to avoid The man, who was leaning against
Laichikok and Tainum Street. ness. the afternoon of Tuesday, October D, running over two dogs fighting on the loft hand side of the alleyway,
Trautmann gara Klondyke Whist Drive will be held." the bridge.---Central News Agency. sald
At this point, the hearing was ad-
Tho plano left Canton, the morn ho had been in a fro and journed until this afternoon,
Ing.-Router.
sixteen, recloung huge killed anil quty in the Sanshuipe datele in inanmehrif defender as he had nine Cabines, chief of whom is Pilot
He emphualsed that this wàs tho first occasion upon which a Labour Corps had taken an Independent part in a Party Congress. They. were there too in order to break down the barriers of class and build up a single community.
Speeches were followed by a spade drill in which 50,000 spades; betologaisa, mashed the fog, ho beforehand, in the sun, aa and presented with military pre- the Labour Corps sloped, grounded
WaTha "grey-uniformed
voluptoar
12 filled, h. 20-mero field;
|800 flags and surrounded by standa in which 200,000 spectators wit- nessed a ceremony which conclud- ed with
Der a march past Fuehrer-Reuter.