Ellsworth's
Antarctic
Air Quest
FLIES TO · POLAR CONTINENT
EXPEDITIONS
TO JOIN
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Dunedin, Dec, 27.
The explorer, Lincoln Ella- worth, has realised the principat object of the Ellsworth-Wilkins Antarctic expedition.
On Christmas Day he completed Island,
a flight from Deception
south of the Shetland group, to the far end of Weddell Sea, and thence to Little Americn, a dis-i tance of 265 miles,
The expedition hoped to die- cover whether the vast Antarctic continent was a single piece of land or whether It was divided by
sea channel. Particulars
of the light "have
not yet been recolved,
The Byrd expedition is also in Antarctica and the two explora- tion companies will shortly foln forces.-Reuter Specil,
FOREIGN STATE IN SOVIET PLOT
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consulate is said to have supplied the rebels with money.
Furthermore, the consulate unit
It could establish connections withi Trotalty if Nikolayev gave them a letter from the group to the former Soviet leader.
of the
The aims and methods plottlog group coincided with those of the White Guard Russian organisations abroad, which ware responsible for previous murders of prominent Soviet officials, the indictment adds.
Official quarters allege that Nikolayev has admitted his guilt in plotting the death of Kirov.-- Router.
CHARGED WITH TREASON (Special to "Telegraph")
Moscow, Dec. 26. As a result of the confessions obtained, the prosecutor to-day handed over to the Military Collegium, the highest court of the land, fourteen mon charged with treason.
The charge is actually laid under Clause 58 of the Soviet code, which forbida counter-revolts and plots
It is stated that out of the eight 'mon arrested in Leningrad na
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934.
In the glare of floodlights illuminating the front of the San Francisco mint at the right, the last of a series of shipments was made by night in the transfer of three-quarters of a billion dollars in gold
to the Denver mint. Here you see the string of armoured trucks carrying the bullion, flanked by autos containing heavily armed guards, about to leave for the railrond yards la put the gold on train for
Denver,
BRITAIN STRIKING Air Mail
AT GOLD BLOC
VIRTUAL ADMISSION TO WASHINGTON
AMERICAN PURCHASES OF SILVER TO CONTINUE
Washington, Dec. 26. According to advices received here in official quarters, the British Government has virtually admitted that it intends to force the nations of the Gold Bloc, which are backed by the vast gold holdings of France and Switzerland, to retreat from their position.
According to financial experts here, a break in the Gold Bloc cannot be avoided very much longer.
Of Value
To Colony
SPEEDY COAST
SERVICE
COMFORTABLE TRAVEL
A few days ago the writer had the pleasant opportunity of making a trip from Kai Tak to Canton by plane. at the kind Invitation of Mr. H. M. Bixby, Director of the China National Aviation Corporation, The plane. which had a special permit to inod in Hongkong, left Shanghai at 10 am. arrived in the Colony
some time before. 6 p.m. and departed for Canton the follow- ing morning.
Besides Mr. Bixby and passen- gers for Foochow, # vory wir like-minded city, according to Mr. Bixby, the plane carried Mr. Dai
Further, it is learned that silver purchasing is ly to be resumed in the immediate future by the United States Treasury Department. However, the importation of¡ gold into the United States is also ikely to continue, according to financial quartera,
BRITISH RECOVERY Probably one of the most coB-
members of the "terrorist group" vincing indications of Great four were directly involved in the Britain's near approach to com murder of Kirov. Nikolayev. Juakin, Zvezdov. and Tantanov plete economic recovery is the fact
that bank note circulation · haa |
drew up the plan for the assassina- reached the record-breaking high tion of this official who stood in their way on November 1, and the
level of £400,000,000,
incriminating papers were found the largest holiday expenditure This immense Agure indicates in Nikolayev's pocket, necording since the banner year of 1921. to the prosecutor,
U. S. REHABILITATION The Administration, now knows
The rebels were teaching their followers that the ills of the Soviet Union were due to the policies of that recovery cannot be bought and that the rehabilitation of
Stalin, Kaganovich and Molotov, private business and industry in and that it was impossible to over-the only feasible solution, of the throw them peacefully. Hence, they argued, it was necessary to economic problem. The Govern
ment's policies are now moving in
one
END OF NAVAL TREATY
FORMAL NOTICE ON SATURDAY
WASHINGTON INFORMED
Xi. Maging Director of the
.
£11
China National Aviation Corpor- atton and also Mr. Francin A Nixon, new Pastal Commissioner of Canton who made the entire trip from Txinda by plane. Al- though this was his Grst occasion to fly, Mr. Nixon enthusiastically declared that he would Rover travel-any-other-way-except by neroplane, if_given choice. We took off at 740 a.m. on jelght-passenger Douglas Dolphin seaplane and made a bec-line for Canton at an average altitude of, one thousand feet. An unforgett- abla sight, indeed, is Hongkong from the air. Flying is like be holding beautiful panoramas from the top of mountains, You see only details from the train or steamer, but the whole world is jat your feet like a chessboard when you are on the plane. We flew over sen, island, rivers, rice fields, mountains, lowlands valleys and forests, an amazing success- ion of moving plcture which keep one spellbound from the begin-
(Special to "Telegraph") - resort to violence and since they that direction. It is intimated.
ily Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphic wore not strong nor numerous they
angra Didinamen, 1894. Received, December must work in secret and
Given alay
favourable political 4.8) their enemies
atmosphere in which to operate, by
Washington, Dec, 26. one.----
American industry can stage n The Japanese Ambassador, Mr.ning to end. comprehensive come-back, develop-Saito, announced to-day that hu ing almost boom conditions within would deliver on Saturday formal President Roosevelt cannot drop notice of Japan's abrogation of his power programme, the main the Washington Treaty.
United Press,-
FIRE DESTROYS PAPER STORE
SHAMSHUIPO BLAZÉ
YESTERDAY
a year or two.
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RADIO BROADCAST
Children's Concert From The Studio'
Z.E.K. PROGRAMME
From ZBW on a wavelength of 355 metres (845 kilocycles);
5-6 p.m. Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchentra.
6-6.30 p.m. Children's Studio Con- cert.
6.30-7 p.m. Itongkang Hotel Vance Orchestra.
7 p.m. Stock Quotations. 7.08-7.30 p.m.“Concert Items,
'Cello Solor--Spanish Daner (Arago-
nosa) (Charmilo) 'Cello Solos Menuet (Paderowakl}
Gaspar Cansado, Songa-Afton Water (Burns); Song--Annie Laurie
Mary Garden (Soprano). Viulia Sulos--Serenade (Tonelli) Violin Solo-Serenade (Pierna)
Rence Chamet.
Songs "The Dubarry-If I am
Dreaming
| Songs-"Helen" - The Shepherd's Song Heddle Nash' (Tenor). 7.36.8 p.m. Talkie Tunes.
Gold Diggers of Broadway; Song of the Drum:
One hour with you.
8 p.m. Time, Weather Report. 8.03-10.30 p.m. Chinese Studio Con-
cert.
9.30 p.m. Reuter Press Bulletins, Stocks And Commodity Quotations,
10.30 p.m. Reuter Press Bulletins, | Rugby Mid-day Press News London
Quotation.
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1040 p.m. Close Down.
Z.E.K. PROGRAMME
8.30-10 p.m. European Recorded
| Programme" from ZEK, on a Fre-
quency of 610 k.c.'n.
8.30-8.55 p.m. Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 (Max Bruch).
8.55-9.12 p.m. Vocal Gems, Maritann;
Lily of Killarney.
9.12-9,30 p.m. Concert Waltzen, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Rosenkavalier Waltzes.
9.30 p.m. Reuter Press Bulletins, London Quotations.
9.35-10 p.m. Variety. Violin Sulos--Song of Paradise; Violin Solos-Always. Vocal-Take me away from the River;
Young and Healthy, Instrumental—All Through the Night, Instrumental-On Little Street in
Honolulu. Piano Solos Sleepytime Down South, Piano Solon-Life is just a Bowl of
Cherries.
10 p.m. Clone Down.
ZEESEN PROGRAMMES
This Evening's Broadcasts From The German Short-Wavers
Boocial programmes for Far Eastern
lateners will be broadcast from Zecer as
follow
SOUTH ASIA ZONE
Batt! Asla Zone, broadomst from DJB, (19.74 metres) and DJN (31.45 metres).
4.45pm. DJD, DIN Announcement (Germ.. Earl) German Feik Bong. Proš gramme-Fareast (Garman, Eng-
I).
"The
p.m. Mie and Topical Events. 5.30 p.m. News in English, 5.45 p.m. Par the Young
Christmas Rose," A Fairy. Play by Sepp surr.
Volkss
4.30 p.m. Short Musleal Programme. 6.4K p.m. Nowa in Gorman.
7
pm. Cineers el Light Huxle,
8 p.m. Nawa in English.
5.15 pm. - Clows down D1B, DIN. (Gerta
Engl.)
PAST ABIA ZONE
(East Asia Tone bromideast through DJA on 31.88 metres, and DIN ($1.45 metres),
+
P.M. DIA. DIN Announcemeni" (Germ,
Engl.) German Full Bong. Prv gramma Forecast (Germ.. Engl.) 9.15 p.m. Music and Topieni Events, 9.45 P., Nowe in English on DJA and
In Dalch on DIN.
1 p.m.
Orchestra Concert.
Sulolati Gong Kafestade (Violin). 11.1 p.m. News in Garman on DIA ARE
DJN. 11.10 p.m. Light Varists Programma,
Grete Weiser (Chansorm), Frans Kruger {I
Virtuowa), Ludwig Trautmann (Reader) and the five paroðstern.
13.10 B.M. News in English on DJA and
In Dutch on DN. 17.20 a.m. Close down DJA, DIN (Germ
Engl)
We crossed the Pearl River, several times which, with its innumerable canals, junks, tiny little floating islets and sampaus generally supposed. As a matter presents a most picturesque scene of fact, you can converse with purposes of which are to squeeze! The Japanese embassies in other from the Air The countless your neighbour without unduly the water out of certain holding capitals would notify
other little settlements with their exerting your voice. But who companies and later to bring the signatories of the treaty of the inevitable pond and cluster of wants to converse when one can rates of operating companies down abrogation.
40-MINUTES FLIGHT
minute!
trees looked like so many mini- watch a fascinating panorama Japan by the setting up of plants which | A paper store at No. 249 Kee will serve as yard-sticks.
postponed
notification ature landscape gardens laid out pass by at the rate of two miles until almost the very last minute, by an architect of genius. Lung Street, Shamshuipo, was de The Administration would not be possibly to avoid the technical stroyed by n fire which occurred so insistent in its slemand for responsibility of breaking up the
Although the passenger and air. yesterday afternoon shortly after lower electric rates if it were not naval powers' conversations in
mail services begins to function We reached Canton after 40 officially on January 1, 1935, there one o'clock.
convinced that no monetary in- London, it is suggested here. minutos actual flying and landed was A respectable amount of Mr. Norman Davis, who has been on the Pearl River. The landing private mail for Canton and some in charge of the United States was just as perfect as the take-off. important documents which mian delegation at the naval talke in the plane was in the hands of ed the Manila boat at Shanghal London, will be on his way across none other than Mr. C. G. Sellers, the day before. Leaving Shang- With the prompt arrival of the American
The immediate outlook for the the Atlantic on Saturday. There- ex-pilot of General Chiang Kai-hai more than day after the de- stock market is fore, in the Japanese view, his de-shek and T. V. Soong, and formerly parture of the steamer for Manila, obscured by the renewed weak-parture will mean that the United on the South American services the papers were put on board the neas of public utility issues. States acted first in ending the of the Pan-American Airways, steamer. In Hongkong to reach
The strength of donicstic bonds naval conversations by withshat a contrast between flying Manila on time. and continued good news from drawing her delegatlen's chief.
The outbreak caused consideration is in sight.-Per Swan, able alarm in the neighbourhood Culbertson and Fritz. because of the largo quantity of
LONDON'S VIEW paper stored by the arm, which also occupies Noe, 251 and 253.
London, Dec. 26.
Fire Brigade, however, the fire was
extinguished within forty minutes.
It was found that damage has been confined to goods stored on the ground floor of No: 249..
The owner estimates the damage to be about $1,000. The store was
insured,
Without anything to eat for three days, a Chinese, Lau Kam, walked up to No. 158 Queen's Road West, ground floor, and in full view of the fokis of
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF the shop carried away three wooden tube. He was arrested, and when RASHNESS IS THE CHARACTERISTIC | "It is a serious offence, uttering taken to the station stated he was OF ARDENT YOUTH, AND PRUDENCE counterfeit coins," said Mr. E. W.
now and 13 years ago when
CO-OPERATION NEEDED
business circles may
cause the The fact is, however, that the first flew up in the air (physically industrial share market to ignore talks failed n week ago, when the speaking) on a sight-seeing aero- The schedule allows the plane the utility situation, thereby powers discovered that it was im-plane over San Francisco. It to remain in Canton for 36 hours, causing a rise to higher levels. possible to reach a compromise.-- was a dollar a minute trip and I thus enabling one to reply by air. Sıran, Gilbertson and Fritz, United Press.
"came to earth" frozen and sick and mall to the letters received in the swearing that I would never fly morning of the same day. Cor- again.
respondence posted in Canton te To-day you recline in specially delivered in Shanghai the follow- designed comfortable scats, pro- ing morning and vice versa, and lected from the cold and wind by it can be easily appreciated what windows through which you can advantage such a service would Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy watch the scenery pass by on both entall to Hongkong. One could' this morning, when he sentenced sides. There is no sensation of have his breakfast in Hongkong Young Yuen, aged 29 unemployed, moving at all but for the changing and his afternoon tea in Shanghai to three months hard labour. Defen-views which keep your attention on the same day or his letter would * was charged, that the man ate some The closing date for the St. dant was charged, with uttering
the following rica given him ravenously. The de- John Ambulance Painting Compati-counterfeit ten-cent plece to Lai Tak riveted on the landscape all the be delivered fendant did not know who his parents tlon has been extended to January 16, kee, an eating house keeper, on Tues-time. The pilot's cabinet is morning. wore, and had no relatives in Hong The entrance foo for
At least until such time as the counterfelt school day. Threo
ton-cent separated from the passenger com- kong Mr. Thomson bound defendant children will be thirty cents, Inplaces were found in the defendant's partment by a' door," and "inside matter of landing rights Is over, to be of good behaviour in a respective of the number of plctures possession when he was arrested the plans the noise of the motor arranged, co-operation between bond of $25 for one year.
entored by each exhibitor.
Detective-Sergeant Poynis prosecuted. I is not at all so strong as it is the Chinese and Hongkong Post
without food for three days. Acting THAT OF MELLOWED AGE-Cicero, Sub-Inspector Tyler told Mr.. W. M. Thomson, at the Central Magistracy yesterday morning, when defendant
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