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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.
.COLÓNY DUTIES.
GOVERNMENT LOSES ONE CENT IN EVERY, DOLLAR
:
(Continued from Pago.1.)
For the first time since the Mussolini, to visit Rome, had been accepted. M. Laval will according-inauguration of the collection of Intoxicating customs duties on liquor, spirituous liquor and to-
WAR LOAN'S NEW
*`RECORD
London, Jan. 2.
ly leave Paris to-morrow night.
An
In announcement
Rome
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1935.
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The following quotations on the Children's Concert From Landon Stock Exchange have
been
Firmness was displayed in most stated he will have Important bacen on a aterling basis, the received by Monsra. Swaa; Culbertson sections of the
day, activity in industrials being
im notable feature, --
Gilt-edged issues showatt renew. ed buoyancy and at the close were quoted appreciably higher. War Loan 3 per cent, touching a new high record of 109,3/8.
on
Homo railways declined unsatisfactory holiday traffic turns for the last week. aggregate receipts of all main line railways for the year, however, show a very atantial increase on 1933. The total traffic receipta for 1934 nre $148,890,000, representing an increase over the 1933 takings of £6,035,000.-British Wireless,
sub
British Government Securities Dec, 31. Jan: 2.
thlian state on questions affect money in revenue,
As the result of the rise in the ing the two countries and that in particular it will be directed local dollar, the Government now War Loan ge towards concluding conversations has to accept only 19 cents in the which have recently been in pro-dollar for all liquor and tobacco
chancel-duties, gress between the two Juries.
£ 974 xd 1 87
£ 074 xc
redu, after 1962 £1089,
Chinese Bandu 1:44 Bonds 1898
F103 Eng, ins.)
£100%
3103
Loan 1908. £ 89
Loan 1912
5
Reorg. Loan
5.
1933 (in. ins) £ MX Bonds 1925-17 & 98% Sbal-Nanking
I 08%
fly.
£ 77%
cana
Tient.-Pukow
Tivat,-Pakow Rly.... £ 32
£ 12
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6.
Jan)
S'hal-Il'chow
£ 284
£ 2816
201 è 2015
lukuang Rly.
1911AT
£47
£47
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The collection of these duties on In sterling basis was commenced News of M. Laval's projected in 1931, In
sub- which year a revisit has been received in London stantial increase in revenue was The with special satisfaction as it is shown thereby. The dollar, which four taken as indienting the probability was then luctuating from an 6 past of a successful outcome of Franco-average of 11 18/160, in January Italian negotiations, in which the to 18, 5% in December, was fixed British Government has been ht 1. 8d., and the actual amount taking an active interest.
of duty payable in local currency European questions under dis-varied with a factor which was cussion between Paris and home altered from time to time as the aterling market rate of the dollar were the subject of a conversation fell or rone, between the British Forelan The value of the factor referred Secretary, Sir John Simon, and to depends on a figure settled by the French Premier and Foreign the Colonial Treasurer and which, Minister during Sir John Simon's in turn, in workod out on the brief stay in Paris on his way average opening selling rates for from London to the Riviera, where the previous month of the Hong- he in at present on hallday. The kong and Shanghai Banking Cor-Japan 6% Sterling
demand drafts un Foreign Secretary has since kept poration for in close touch with French and London. Góveruments, -- British Italian Wireles
CHOPIN. RECITAL,
ATTRACTIVE EVENT
SHORTLY
What promises to be a most at- tractive musical event is to take place at the Helena May Institute on Friday, February 8, at 9.15
In consequence of the dollar being now worth more than 1s. 8d., the Colonial Treasurer's figure,
means that duly of only cents at need be paid in the dollar
thus giving rise present,
p.m., when Mr. A. M. Bowes-Smith DECEMBER WEATHER Which has been settled at 20.26, |
will give a Chopin recital,
This will be the first completé rocital that Mr. Bowen-Smith has
given for over eight years, and LAST MONTHS RECORDS FOR most peculiar situation.
A
THE COLONY
over
As his abilities are already widely known, there can be no question. ing the point that it will be a real persistent anti-cyclone
North China and the Yangtze Valley treat to all lovéra of piano music.
was responsible for northerly winds The programme will include and cold weather during the early some of Chopin's biggest works, part of last month. A minimum ten such as the Sonata in B Minor, | perature of 482" P was reached in the Fantasie in F Minor, the the early morning of the 6th, this! Barcarollo and the Scherzo in being the lowest temperature recorded B Flat Minor, as well as a Study, two Preludes and a Nocturne.
Adminaton will be $2 and $1,
and the entire proceeds will be given to the Hongkong Benevolent Soclety.
LOCAL LAUNCH PIRATED
CANTON RIVER INCIDENT
The Hongkong-registered launch Kwong On on her last trip to Can- ton was boarded by pirates in the Canton River and money and pro- perty belonging to the crew, nised ‘at over $100, was stolen.
the
|
since the preeding January, duration of sunshine exceeded
the 9th, Inclusive,
10
SOVIET INTRIGUE
LATVIAN CONSUL AS PRIME MOVER?
to
156 Hönnn Rly... £ 20%
5
Ini Rly, 1913
£ 10 Foreign Bonds and Banks
German 7 Int.
Loan 1024
£ 45
Lon 117 £ 4214 £ 821- Japan 4 Sterling
Lot 1924
£ 94% £ 94% K. & Shai İk.
£138 Elen, Regal)
£138 Chart, Bk. £bh. £ 16 £16 Industrials and Brewerien
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127/0 12870 Phinese Eng, and
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Dunlop Rabber.
General
On the Oth the wind beenniu roster-1 leadership, ly, and temperature rose, remaining assassination of Kirov, was somewhat above normal for the reLatvian Consul-General, M. George Milever of the month. The year closed with Bissenieks, a spell of cloudy, drizzly wenther, no sunshine being recorded from the 20th.j to the 31st, inclusive,
Rectric
The newspaper says that Bis-Anglo-Dutch senieks, with his English-born wife Burma Corn, its, and their two daughters, left 10
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The Studio
ZE.K. PROGRAMME -
From 2.B.W. on wavelength of 365 metres (848 kilocycles).
5-6 p.m. Hourkeng Hotel Dance Orchestra. 4
G-6.30 pm, Children's Studio Con- cert.
6.30-7 p.m. Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra.
7 pm. Stock Quotations.
7.08-7.10 p.m. Quintette In E Flat Major, Op. 44 (Schumann). Ossip Gabrilowitsch and
JAL
Planinley Qunziel, Movemeni-Allegro
brillante.
d'una Marcin.
2nd
and Movement--Scherzo
Movement-In modo
molto vivace,
4th Movement Final
Allegro ma non troppo.
7,40-8 p.m. Variety.
Songs-Why don't they leave
un alone?
Bong who in the mood.
Hildegarde (Soprano),
Piano Solos--Hy Mayvil's own.
Selection.
Billy Mayeri. Songs-Slumberland. Sanga-Josephine.
Les Allen (Baritone), p.m. Time Weather Report, N.03-10.30 p.m. Chinese Coneeri.
Studio
9.30 pt. Prras Bulletins, 10.30 p.m. Press Bulletins. Stork Quotations.
10.35 p.m. Close Down
ZE.K. PROGRAMME
8,30-10 p.m. European recorded
muste from Z.E.K, on a frequency of 640 k.c's.
8.30-9.0 p.m.
Grand Opern.
Orchestral-"Carmen"—March of
the Smugglers (Bizet). Orchestral "Carmen"-Soklers Changing the Guard (Bizet). Aria-Ave Marin. (Hail Mary)
Othello") (Verdi), Aria-Un Bel Di Vedremo (One Fine
Day) ("Masham Butterfly"
(Pavelni).
Margaret Sherkin (Soprano). Orchestral. "Prince hor”....Övertüre
(Borodin).
Arin-0 Paradisol (Oh Paradise!}
("L'Africa". Meyerheer),
Art-Addio Fiorito Asil (Parewell,
oh happy home) (Madame
Butterly) (Puccini), Alessandro Valente (Tenor), Chrebestraf-"Die Fledermaus". The
Bet. You and You. Weitz
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Japl. Chem. Ind. The Daily Telegraph learns that
Det. 10 sh...
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who is alleged to have been con- Woolworth Y
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111/0 cerned in the plot against Stalin's
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The niena temperature for the Moscow for Rign on December 31, Austin Motors ord. mouth was 63.5*, which is 0.5* greater | Reuter. then the normin), and the humidity wan. 764% against a normali
mran
of 69.65%. The total sunshine re-
carded was 173,0 hours, approximately i
Moscow Rejoices
Moscow, Jan. 2.
un to the normal. A maximum. For the first time in six years, wind velocity of 48 m.ph, was re-residents of Mosche were able to- corded at 10 p.m. on the 3rd.
day to buy bread in limited
years.
The total rainfall ungunted to 9.53 quantities and without tendering inches, which is loss than half the the ubiquitous brend card of yester normal. The total rainfull fer the year wha 97.67 inches якліпи л
This position has been brought normal of 85.12 inches.
Government decree nbout by 11 The above summary is supplied by ending the rationing of
bread, the Observatory.
The rainfall recorded at the Betanje,which has been in force since 1928. The lions in Moscow" were filed
Gardens during December anmuntexi
On Sunday at 6.30 p.m., launch was towing a lighter near the Lin Foo Shan when four_sam- pana surrounded it, the occupants, numbering about 20, armed with revolvers and rifles, boarding the 30th and dist. launch and terrorising the crew. They allowed the launch lighter, the latter carrying a cargo of oil droge, to proceed to Canton, On arrival the coxswain, Leung Shing, reported the occurrence to the Chinese Police.
7,000-MILE R.A.F.
FLIGHT
FROM N. W. FRONTIER TO SINGAPORE
Chart. 15/-sh,
(Beurer)
Gula Kalumpang
Itubber
Langia agte
Estates
Sub-Nigel Pekin Synd.
to 0.6 inch, recorded no the 22nd., with buyers from the early hours Anglo-Persian Oil
if the morning, and there was Burmin Oil complete absence of bread quentes,Southern Railway which hitherto have been a feature Deferred)
Rolls of life in eities ju the Soviet union.
Royce The price of bread, however, has Shell Trans. and increased by about sixtysix per Trac (Bearer)
Goldenhais ent.Reuter, Special,
Crown Mines 107.
sh.
IN WIRELESS TOUCH
The following ships are expect. ed to be in wireless communication WILL Hongkong
10876 105
30%- 457 26/101 20/20%
-26776 26879 8071% 85/-
U.S. COMMODITY PRICES
to-day--Kwei PROTEST TO LEAGUE [ho Corpn. yang, Bremerhaven, Hawali Maru,! Szechnen, General Sherman, Hakozaki Marn, Worcestershire, Langanger, Conte Rosso, Ching-j yuen. Shinkyo Maru; President Harrison, Tamara, Rawalpindi. Terukun Mara, Santhin, Meninon. Van Heutsz, Wing Lee, Seistan,! Liangchow, Suiyang, Tean,
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ABYSSINIA AND ALLEGED ITALIAN · AGGRESSION
Geneva, Jan. 2.
from A further communication the Abyssinian Government has been received by M. Joseph Avenol, Secretary-General of the League of Nations, complaining of further movements of Italian Troops across the Abyssinian border.
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz have received the following quota. tions on the Now York exchange for yesterday.
New York Cotten,
(Strass).
$.08-9.30 p.m. Pianoforte Recital
Grillen M
Polonaise in B Flat
Major R
Schummasta.
..Chopin,
Impromptu in A Flat......Chopin. Virtations in a Chinese
Garden
Chasins.
Rush Haur in Hongkong ....... Chasins, Isoldens Liebestud... Liszt, 9.30 p.m. Press Bulletins, Stock Quotations,
9,35-10 p.m. Tulkie Tunes. Songa-Lover-Come-Back to Me: Songs-Wanting You,
The New Moon").
Lawrence Tibbett (Haritone), Selection--The Big Brandenst, Vocal Durt--The Thought Nover
Entered my Bend ("The House
That Jack Built"), Winnie Metville and Derek
Oldham. 10 p.nt. Close Dow]. -
ZEESEN PROGRAMMES,
This Evening's Broadcasts From The German Short-Wavers
for
Special programoun
Far Eastern listeners will de broadcast from Zeeken follown:
SOUTH ASIA ZONE Bouth Aal Zone, brožemat from DJU. (18.74 meters) and DIN (81.46 metres),
4.45 p.m. DJU, DIN Announcement (Garm.... Engl) German Folk Song. Pro- Enr. Kramme-Forvesa) (German,
London, dan, 2. Twelve Hawker Hart aircraft of the No. 11 Bomber Squadron left Risalpur Aerodrome. North-west frontier of India, this morning on
The memorandum urges that the an inter-command flight to Singa- port. They were necompanied by The net tonnage of arrivals at League should enforce arbitration, Vickera Victoria aircraft of the United Kingdom ports of ships adding that if it is established that Bomber Transport flight, India, with cargo in foreign trade during the Abyssinian Government is re- January earrying baggage and equipment.November was 3.4 per cent, grea-sponsible for the aggression by March
but Italian troops, it is prepared to May The aircraft reached Delhi to-ter than in November, 1933,
per give whatever satisfaction may be July day and will go on to Gays to entrances in ballast were 3.4
October (1936) 12.67 Abyssinian
14.72-12.72 Government December (1086) 12.73 by 3 per due at Singapore early next week, 1990
1286 New York Rubber The length of the round flight will clearances fell by 3.3 per cent.maintains, however, that Italy is
the uggressor,--Renter Spreial.
13.12 be over 7,000 miles.--British Wire- | British Wireless.
morrow via Allahabad. They are cent. less. Departures with cargo deemed proper.
The Ballast:
Lery,
CHINA TO PAY
LOAN ARREARS
TWO INSTALMENTS ANNUALLY
Nanking, Jan.
cent
AND
WE WOUND OUR MODESTY MAKE FOUL THE CLEARNESS OF OUR DESERVINGS, WHEN OF OURSELVES WE PUBLISH THEM-Shakespeare.
The U.S.S. Tulen' leaves Hongkong le-day for the North.
of There has been an exchange
conveying New Your telegramis Greetings between Their Excellencies the Governor of Hongkong und the Governor of Macao.
3 p.m. Young Germany uloga, 5.30 p.m.. News In Englab,
3.43
pun. Belayed · from Brewland | "A Hellday from Ourwell,” A Radio Way of the Homeland about Paul Keller. Musle by Kari Seruka.
Duc. 31. Jun, Close
Closing Kange 12.60 12.65-12.53 12.70
12.70-12.71 12.80
12.77-12.77 12.81 12.84-12.84
12.67-12.67 31.38 metres, and DIN (31.ét metres).
9 p.m. DJA, DJN Announcement (Ger..
Engi) German Falk Song. Pro komme. Forecast (Germə, Eagl.)
Young Germany afngs,
6.30 p.m. Topical Talk,
4.45 pim. News in GermEA.
p.m. Concert of Light Music,
3 p.m. Now in English.
1.15 p.m. Close down D23, DIN (Germ...
Engli
KĀBT ASIA ZONE
East Aala Zone broadcast through DJA an
News In English on DJA and In Dutch on DIN.
A Muskat Monate,
1:0.50-13.00 11.10 p.m. News In German on DJA and
DJN,
11.10 p.m. Bejnyed from Jamku: “A fall- day from Orcowelf.“ A Hadlo
Faul
May
Sezuka
the Homeland about Keller. Mute by Koel
12,15 km. Newas in English on DJA, and
in Daich on DIN,
1234 BE. CN in GIẢ DIN (TH
Engl.)
DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES
Spot
12.85
4.15 p.m.
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN
July BRIEF
January March May
September October
13.30
13.17-13.17 * 13.30-13.41
1. p.m.
10 p.m.
14.66
13.75
13.80-13.81
13.94
The US armed yacht Isabelar- rived in Hongkong last night from Canton. As she steaned into the The aircraft carrier flermes is on harbour she fired a royal salute of passage from Singapore to the Colony 21 guns which was replied to from and .uxpected to arrive on Sunday. Blackhead Fort.
May
September
1.4.00 Total sales-217 Inta
Chicago Wheat May
99%
08-981 July
93
023-024 September
007-00% Monday's sales:-11,006,000 bushels
Chicago Corn
804 K8%-85% July
86
844-85 81%-81% Total sales:-11,649,000 bushels Winnipeg Wheat.
ALIA
827-827 843 83%-83% New York Sugar
1.87 1.91
14.00-14.01 1-4:10-14.10
GRA
CLAU
1.03
September -1.96
Total malen;-17,000 tons
Now York Bik
1.80-1.88 1.01-1.02 1.03-1.3 1.97-1.08 GRA CHR 4:60
18C
cab
car
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It was officially announced to- day that two instalments on the
May of Crisp Loan 1912 would be
The rainfall registered At the The wedding is announced to take July puid annually instead of one, be-Botanic Gardens during December place shortly of Mr. Herbert Gyril. kinning in 1936,
tetalled only 0.50-inch, spread over Smith, marine engineer of the 8. March. This mova
is made with the three days.
Hopsang, and Miss Emma Hopton, May who is en route to the Colony on the July object of cleaning up arrears of principal. Thus the 1929 instal- The cruisers Kent and Suffolk, the s.s. Chongte. ment will be paid in March, 1935 destroyer Bruce and four submarines
One case of Small-pox (Imported), and the 1930 instalment In Septem. left port yesterday for exercises and
will return to the Colony on Saturday. seven cases of Diphtheria with two March ber, 1035, and so on-Reuter.
deaths (two Imported), one cuso of May A Burns Dinner will be held under Typhoid with throw deaths, one case July The Secretary of Y.M.C.A the auspices of St. Andrew's Society of Meningitis, and 67 deaths from Division of the St. John Ambulance in the Roof Garden of the Hongkong Tuberculosis, were reported to the Brigade acknowledges with many Jotel on Friday, January 25. The local Health authorities last week. March thank the receipt of a donationer "Immortal Memory of Scotland's During Monday and Tuesday threa May $15.00 worth of chocolates from the Bard will, on this occasion, be pro- cases of Meningitis and one case July- Nestle & Anglo-Swina Condensed posed by Hla Honour, Mr. A. D. A. each of Small-pox and Diphtheria September
Macgregor, Chief Justice.
were also reported,
Milk Co.
the
Total
1.42 1.41 -1.41 1.143 1.42 -1.421⁄2 1.43
1.42-1.43 sales:-208 lots
Blontreal Silver.
65.65
60.20
56.25-66.30 $6,80-65.80 60.8560.45-56.70
67.60 67.05-57.05
To-day's Broadcasting From Four Transmissions
The following wave-longtha" and frequencies" are observed by Durenity. Call Blew Prequency
Wavelength
4,030 k., 49.49 +tri 9,810 ke
11,750 kr. 45,368 .. 15,140 ... 12.190 .c. 21,478 kr.
21:55 metros $1.30 metro
23,69 stron 23.20 portr 17.02 BUTTHO 16.06
12,97
metrow 13.50 smotren 13.12 stred
18,260 k.c. 21.516 ke TRANSMISSION 2·
Today's Bromdienst an Tranamalurion,
threeb 058 and GBC.
7 p.m. Ble Ben. "Mixed Pickles.“ No. 1.* 1.46 p.m. lotarise,†
7.50 p.m. The Itufland Bosare and New
Victoria Orchestra. Directed by Norman Avatin. Relayed from the New Viatori Cine, Edio-
(Continued on Page 5.)
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Reno's claim that it is the most divorced, popular divorce centre in the The population of Reno is just United States seems to be substan- lover one thousand.--United Press,