THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
Sylvia Sydney. Fred MacMurray and Henry Foncia In Paramount's entire technicolour super-production, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." showing at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres from to-morrow,
EXCHANGE
Selling
RAILWAY LOOP
LINE PARLEYS NOW IN PROGRESS
Canton, Aug 20, of de Canton-Kowloor Tanking; Padley with the Canton-Hankow
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1936,
WOULD-BE Pilots Warned
-PILOTS
CRASH
WANTED TO FLY
TO SPAIN..
London, Aug. 20.
By Ministry
NO MORE. PLANES FOR SPAIN
London, Aug. 20. Unitateral action of the British Government, to make effective the essentials of in non-intervention pact The importance of the measures in the Spanish Civil War, in unticipa- the Government has taken to secure tion of a general agreement among the enforcement of prohibition on interested powers on proposals drawn export of aircraft to Spain, imposed up by the French Government, was yesterday, was underlined by an in-carried a stage further this afternoon cident which occurred at Portsmouth when the Air Ministry issued the Aerodrome, n few hours before the following announcement: Issut of the Air Ministry's warning to pilots. A statement made publie later by Airspeed, Limited, describes what occurred.
False)
"In view of the decision of the Government to prohibit export of aircraft to Spanish possessions and the Spanish zone of Morocce, any "Early to-day two wood-working pilot convicted of an offence against i employees of this cdippany went into the Air Navigation Order or Customs a hangar on the Portsinguth Aero-Acts by reason of having made a drome and took out a Courter aero-declaration to customs authorities in plane, the property of the company, respect of destination or other parti- Neither of the men was a plot, Inculars of aircraft, will come under this aeroplane they attempted to take off from the nerodrome but hit an obstruction on the boundary and crashed, Both men are seriously in- jured,
Subsequent to the accident one of the men said they took the machine with the intention of flying to Spain.
"We take this opportunity of slot- ng the act was entirely unauthorised by this company, which had Enowledge or cognisance of this foolhardy attempt.-British Wireless.
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TWO CANDIDATES FOR U.S. POST
19.00 Railway in Canton is being discussed MR. HSU MO MAY BE
.1/2.13/32 1/2.13/32 Planking between Afr. Chung, Kin-
· EXCHANGE RATES
Aug 19. Aug. 20.
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Paris
Gent vic
Berlin..
70.29/04 15.44
.19.50%
52 10514
Athens,
520
76.27/64
15.4214
12.50*
520
Katz..
.63%
037
Oslo
10.81
Shanghai.
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.6.03
.7,41
262.
1213.
40
110
1604 Hongkong
1/2,29/32
Bombay.
170%
+
Brue els
20.03
Montreal
5.03
1734%
382,
T.T
Demand
T.T. Shanghai
Singapore
T. Japan
T.T. India
T.T. U.S.A.
Manita
T.T.
T.T. Batavia TP Banke Tako
Saigon
Jar
TIT, France, P. Praes
T.T. Gernuty
T.T. Switzerland
T.T. Australia
Amsterdam.
48-11716) Viena.
25.Madrid
16 Foton
T.T. Lisbon
Buying
4 m/s. L/C. London
4 m/s. D/P.
o
4 m/s, L/C, U.S.A.
30 d/s. India
4 20/2, France
U.S. Cross rate in London.
1/3 Yokohama ..1/2.1/04
31. Suver (orward) 1994
5.00 Silver (Spot)....19%
War Loan.
53%
.5 C2
Minkter of Railways, and 5.03.1/16 mies,
oleiaks of the British Embassy. ( 7.11 | BO
Iwas levened to-day. 20% 1213
AMBASSADOR
Shuanghai, Aug. 21.
Kanebo
FOR
SMART
AND EXCLUSIVE
MATERIALS
"FROM MANUFACTURER
TO CONSUMER"
18, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL
consideration of the Secretary for Air ZAR SORÁZRA with a view to cancellation or sus peaston of his pilot's licence,
"All pilots arn waned that a scri- ous view with taken of any attempt tu deliver aircraft directly or indirect- ly to Spain or the above-mentioned territories in evasion of the Govern ment prohibition."-British Wireless.
UNEMPLOYED AGED RANGE
WHAT LATEST RETURNS SHOW
London, Aug. 20.
distribution of unemployed man and
BRITISH HEMP
INDUSTRY
NEW MACHINERY
INSTALLED
*London, Aug. 20.
MOTOR WIND SCREENS
MUST BE SAFETY GLASS
London. Aug. 20.
in January next. regulations
An important stoge in the revivad i of the British flax industre was Isated by the Ministry of Transport marked to-day by the starting up of will make compulsory the use of electrically-driven machinery of the safety glass wind screens on mator latest design in the de-seeding section |
of new
All vehicles manufactured after 11931 are fitted with windscreens of the safely type, but 'li is estimated
flox mills at i velleles. A half-yearly analysis of the age; Northamptödshire.
The mills, which will oc women, made by the Labour Minis- try, shows that while there was operation by September 7, are part that some 800,000 private and bout 200,000 commercial vehicles at pre-
reduction
Tuli
between May, 1935, and of a new Industrial venture assocèded last May in the numbers unemploy with a carefully-planned agricultori With the Ambassador to the Uniteded in nearly every age group, the re-experiment in the same county. Six on the road have ordinary glass States, Mr. Alfred Sze, due to re-duction was greater proportionally
hundred neres have been sown with the will be continued on the road turn to China in the autumn on long among persons under 35 years.
screens ant that probably 500,000.of.
but
Later on the nolemtiations may, b- to Coton, as the Mayor, 40 Terug Vang-m 14 former
Viges 1101% Stambo of Railways, and under. Kurlough, probably leading to his ro Men under 35 were 440 per cent. pedigrée seed, and, despite adverse
It is not nebestrement, it is learned that Mr. Isu of all unemployed men in May, 1935, weather, a crop of exceptionally good by their owners, who will have to 1/2.29/32 sands the situation.
Mo is likely candidate 176 rary to wait for the arrival of Sir
for the
ths May the percentage, quolity Ins been harvested.have new windscreens fitted before Washington past as well as Dr. C. T. 29.8214 Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, the news
had fallen to 41.8---British Wireless, 3 British Wireless,
the end of the year.-British Wireless. 5.031 British amhasander, Before the Weng
38 negotiations start.
Mr. Hsu,is at present Vice-Minister 238.1-lt
Chinese of Foreign Affairs. He received his Boomerang atong ma 2hreiben have agreed in principle M A. at George Washington Univer- that the two railways should be consity in 1912 was formerly an attache must bent, but the of the Chinese Legation in Washing- project fell throughs eight months are ten and was Secretary of the Chinese wing to the opposition of General Delegation to the Washington Dis-
armament Conference.
172.1/84
.1007
1916 10% 108 -British Wireless.
Aster 1
Flaming Action! Tender Romance! Filmed Outdoors in Natural Color
Adelph Zukor presanti
Fred
While 'neighbor fights neighbor in ruthless family feud...a baauti- ful mountain girl moots the man who opens her hean to love.
The whole pageant of Kentucky mountain life brought to the seroon in all its breath- taking beauty!
Henry Sylvia SIDNEY MACMURRAY FONDA
THE TRAIL OF THE
LONESOME PINE", in Color!
SHOWING TO-MORROW
AT THE
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
HONGKONG
"OWLOON
Meanwhile, the Soviet he op-1 proved the selection of Dr. Chiong Ting-fu to sucered Mr. W. W. Yen at Mowow and this appointment will' be gazetted shortly-ijnited Press.
JAPAN LIKELY TO PRESS FOR CONCESSIONS
(Continued from Paye 1.)
not in refer economie questions to)
Nanking.
Smuggling Curable
Mr. Kawagoe admitted the smug- gling in North China; but added that it was curable through the revision of "improper" tarilla,
Meanwhile, from Kuling, where the Executive Yuan is meeting, word of exemption from the new Chinese in- come tax by farnign diplomatie om einls and foreign nationals of less than one year's residence, whose in- game does not originate in China, has been received. However, these ex- ptions apply only to diplomata nationala of countries extending the sanre treatment to Chinese
abroad.
The Executive Yuan also voted to collect income tax on salaries and other remunerations of public fune- tinnaries and on the interest derived from various Government bonds and sayings-depass, effective October 1. Other collections start January 1987.--United Prena.
ZINOVIEFF EXPOSES
PLOTTERS
(Continued from Page 1) regarding the speeding up of roristic action against Stalin.
Replying to the Attorney-General, Kamenetf confirmed his leading role in the organisation of the assassina tion of M. Kirolf in Petrograd. The Attempt to kill Stalin was to be inade last May Day, during the demonstra- tions in the Red Square.
to
be
STUDENTS INVOLVED According to the testimony of Oldberg, another of the accusesi, simultaneous 'attempts were made on the lives of other Soviet leaders in Leningrad (Petrograd) and Kleff. Ile had prepared a bomb and had arranged with student supportera of Trotsky to throw it when they were marching past Stalin in Red Square. A last-minute arrest pre- vented the plot being carried out. -
The Attorney-General produced what he described as મ Trotsky document, containing the words,
Stalin must be destroyed."
The prosecution is making, deter- mined efforts to prove there is a link between Nazi Germany and the nl- leged Trotsky-Zinovie plot.-Router,
U.S. VETERAN PASSES
San Antonio, Aug, 20.
Col. Millard F. Waltz, 70, Chief of Staff of the expedition to Cuba and who served in the Philippines 'com- paign, dioi to-day--United Press.
Grand Concert
Under the Auspices of The St. John Ambulance Association
IN AID OF DISTRESSED VICTIMS
OF THE TYPHOON:
Under The Patronage Of
His Excellency The Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, Kt., C.M.G., C.B.E., and Lady Caldecott
AT THE
HONGKONG HOTEL ROOF GARDEN
TO-DAY, AUGUST 21st. AT 5-30 P.M.
PROGRAMME Arranged BY MR. GERALD SYDNEY.
ARTISTS: Doris, Blair (soprano), Mrs. Matheson (contralto), Mrs. Portallion (contralto), Miss Dixie Davis (comedienne), Miss Daisy O'Keefe (dancer), Mr. G. Frost (tenor), Mr. Li Chor-chi (tenor), Mr. Simpson (comedian) and Mr. Gerald Sydney (at the piano).
HONGKONG HOTEL ORCHESTRA
TICKETS: $5, $3, $2, $1.