The Queen Mary
Earns Her
First £25
Southampton, May 1.
The Queen Mary started
to make money for her
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY 11, 1936.
Countess Barbara Is Worth
£9,000,000
-
£400,000 In Gifts To
Her Two Husbands
New York, May 1.
owners for the very first COUNTESS HAUGWITZ-REVENTLOW, Barbara Hut-
time to-day. Just a little money, of course; about £25 net in shilling pieces.
And in rather an odd way. But then the relations between the Queen Mary and her owners are rather odd any way.
dispute between her attorneys and the Government dis- ton, is worth more than £9,000,000. An income-tax closed this in Washington to-day.
It was stated that she owned 26,400,000 tax exempt securities, £1,800,000 partially exempt
are also
The Queen Mary is and it isn't securities, and £600,000 in eoven- a Cunard White Star liner notant bonds, which yet. She is still in the jealous partially exempt from tax. possension of her Clydebank builders, the firm of John Brown that she gave her first husband. necords showed, it was stated, No visitors of any kind are allowed prince Alexis Mdivani. £200,000, unless the John Brown vigilants approve of them.
and her present husband, the So it was a bit galling to the count, £200,000. Cunard White Star folk when the mammoth arrived at Southampton to ace shillings and half-crowns rolling us in hundreds, into the pockets of the dock owners-the Southern Rall- way when all the time they could have scooped the pool by
selling feiteta netually to board the liner.
Little pleasure steamers with a couple of hundred shillings on board have been salling boldly into the Ocean Blocks, puffing amokily around the versel, and then steaming back to get another consignment of holl- day visitors
JOY-RIDE IN MR. LO'S CAR
GARAGE APPRENTICE
FINED
A joy-ride in a car belonging to the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo proved an expensive affair fer Chung Tam- an apprentice in.it
It was too much for the Cunard.
Somebody had a brain wave, and fuk, ID years.
The
Cleans
Mr. and Mrs.
NEW YORK. May 1. TIDIEST MAN
IN YORK, by vote of the Outilour NEW Cleanliness Association. Is Eng- Ishman William Lockhart,
TIDIEST WOMAN IN NEW YORK, by vote of Mr. Willam Lorkhart, Is Mrs. Uiiliam Leekhari,
WIII. born in London. tras been superintendent at a Dian- hattan boarding-house for sixty. one year.
He has been awarded the as- sociation's certificate of honour for keeping hils
house cleaner than any other for the past year.
to-day they threw open to public garage at Canal Read, Wanchal, who The King Decides
view (at a shilling. A time) the was fined a total of $35, in default, liner Berengaria, which is lying on one month and ten days' hard labour, the opposite side of the Оесли Docks,
From the Burengaria's decks you would, get a simply splendid grand-
ield, at the Central Magistracy!
merring, charged with driving private car No, 1255 without the
stand view-high up, you know, no permission of the owner and driving s of these neck-twisting views without an appropriate licence. that you get from water level-of the Queen Mary,
On Friday the great finer goes to
sea for her trials,
Sergeant Groves said he saw de- That is as near the Queen Mary fendant
drivhuwan about 10 the car in Main. (about a hundred yards) as the Street Enst, Cunard White Star can get their pay p.m. on Saturday. Another man was ing guests.
with defendant. He went after
hund them.
defendant stopped the car In the middle of the street, and the two men got out and ran away. He gave chase and arrested defend- and's friend. Defendant was arrested, the next morning at the Harnge. The car had apparently been placed in the garage for repairs, and defendant and talten it out for a joy-ride,
RAW RUBBER
LATEST SINGAPORE
PRICES
Mesars. Benjamin and Potts have received the following Straits cur rency quotations (Bayern) from Singapore to-day for raw rubber:-- Spot
25% 25% 26
July/Sept.
12
Oct./Dec.
Jan./March
201
Market--Steady.
i
Defendant why tied $25, in default one month's hard labour, on the first; charge, and $10, or ten days, on the second charge.
EXCHANGE
TO-DAY'S OPENING
SHARES
T.T. Demant T.T.
QUOTATIONS
Relling
PHILIPPINE GOLD MINING
Messra. Benjamin & Patts received T. Shanghai, the following buying and selling 7, Singapore
quotations from their Munilu Agents
this marning:-
T.T. San Frisco New York
T.T. France
70 23 Manila
T.T. Bankok
T.T. Saigon
-United Paraente-
BARBARA HUTTON
DARTMOOR PRISON TO BE ENLARGED
London, May 1.
In order that Dartmoor Pelson may be enlarged, 600 tong term prisoners are to be transferred to DartmoHF. from county Jalis so that Bey can get to work in the enlargement and re- conditioning of the Prison.
Plans for this transfer of such a large number of prisoners have been prepared secretly by the authorities and are now complete. They will Journey by train from Waterloo to Plymouth and go from there by rend through Tavistock to Dartmoor
Naie of them have less than nine months' sentence in store for them,
Against Courts In July
GARDEN PARTIES
FOR DEBUTANTES
INSTEAD
THE KING has decided to hold two afternoon receptions in the gardens of Buckingham Palace on July 21 and July 22, to take the place of the royal Courts.
among London debutantes, and curtaies as at a normal Court,
His decision ends speculation before the King, making their young wives who are waiting to be presented on their marriage. They know now that they will wear afternoon gowns, and-as the period of full Court mourn- ing ends on July 20-that they may wear colours.
The King will probably sit on agilt chair under the Delhi Durbar canopy of scarlet and gold, supported by four sliver posts, at the end of the main lawn,
Queen Mary may sit beside him. Members of the Royal Family will
Thus dressmakers will have be grouped about him. opportunities of displaying in-Men attending these receptions 1/34 Kenuity which are denied them will
wear ordinary 1073% in the design of the normallelothes,
1/3
55
Court gowns,
111
.32.7/16
Ench debutante will want an individual style, and,
with
4715
nearly a thousand to be present.
-4.92.
ed, the variations-of-fashion
047%
142%
morning
SHARE PRICES
The following is the list of should be unusually Interesting, local share quotations issued this
The Lord Chamberlain's an- morning. 49nouncement regarding the recep} 7500 tions states:
T.T. India
T.T. Japan
Benguet Con.
11.70 11.80
Antamoks
1.60
1.05 TT. Java
60
San Mauricios
.70
X. L'.
1.00
1.05
Masirates
4949
.60
Demonstrations
51
.52
T.T. Lisbon
Big Wedges
.{{I
.21
་
Buying
Itogons
.78
.80
4 m/s. L/C.
14 m/s, D/P.
18 m/s. 1./C.
1/4
14 m/s. San Francisco &
New York
33.D/16
m/s. France
Bar Silver (Ready)
.5.00 20%
New York-Landon
Sir
GOVERNOR HONOURED
Landon, May 10. Murray Anderson, newly appointed Lieutenant-fiovernor of New
South Wales, has been created Bar Silver (Forward) K.C.M.G.-Reider Special.
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Ladies who have already ap- plied to make presentations this 1/4 year will in due course receive a 1/4 detalled communication from the
Lord Chamberlain's Office.
"Mourning will not be worn at these receptions."
Ful arrangements have yet to 20% be announced, but it is understood 4.08% that, the debutantes will pass
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Shai Lands, Sh. 516 n. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $10 a. Humphries, $84 b. II.K. Realties, $5 n. Chinese Estates, $82 n. China Realties, Sh. $4 n. China Debentures Sh. $60.
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Lane Crawfords, $634 n. Mackintoshs, $5 n. Sinceres, $1.80 n. Wm. Powells, 50 cts. n. Wing On (1.K.), $50 n.
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HI.K. Entertainments, $2.90 n. S. C. Enterprise $1.35 n. Macao "Greyhounds," $2 n. Constructions (old), $1% n. Constructions (new), 80 cts. b. Vibro Piling, $4 n.
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