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by conducted Furness.
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p.m.
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The News and Announcements.
A Recital by Pater Barnicl (Violin),
3.20 p.m.
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14 p.m. The lien, “Imperial Affairs." br. 19.16 p.m. The Falkstone Manielps! O
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The Victor Olof Hextat,
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EXCHANGE
MARKET UPWARD
YESTERDAY
THE · HONGKONG
POLICE OFFICIAL
RETIRES
.
MR. BOOTH NOT RETURNING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1936.
TELEGRAPH.
Cyclone Hits Mexico Town
New York, Sept. 28. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz Dow
The Hongkong Police Force has Jones summary of yesterday's more
last a popular and efficient officer kel: Prices to-day were upward led
in the person of Mr. Leonard Horace
Booth,
of Superintendent by molor shares. Traders are con Vertue tinuing 10
the view
general Police, who has been invalided out devalue to
former of the service, and whose retirement Gold Bloc currencies as high-
takes effect from November 11 this year.
move
the
ly favourable, although
Mr. Booth is at present on Home proceeded cautiously, pending actual Parliamentary action on the various leave, and his retirement is due to plans. Demand for motors predicated-health, the result mainly of his
war service. the outlook for a sharp pick-up
of the
For the past ten or eleven years aprentions due to the coming new models. Ralls were irregular, Mr. Booth has been in the Criminal
selling. moderate
Investication Department. and has encountering Utilities, rubbers and farms advanced. rendered valuable work, and taken a Oils utently. Golds and silvers ad- prominent part in many big cases. of vanced but then eased. Coppern were Before he left he was Director mixed. Bonds were Irregularly Criminal Intelligence, a post which her, while stocks on the Curb Ex-he occupied for several years. Of u higher,
quiet and unassuming disposition, he change were higher.
was liked by all those he came in S. C. & F. Wall Street Journal morning comment: Expanding steel contact with, both officially and un- business prosages price Increases In oftefully. the industry.. Wall-Streeters consider the Frane devaluation the most con- for World development structive
business and finance since the World War. Foreigners bought large blocks of stock here last week. Clitysler
for is at present the market leader. There was much public buying of rail issues on Friday and Saturday last.
S, C.
C. & F. New York office cables: Stocks: Lending issues continue to be in good demand on favourable business news. The Times business index for the week is 102.1 us ngurst 101.7 last welt and 87.7 for the same week last year.
Cotton: There have been reports of flood damage in the South-West. The Continent is buying. There has been a large demand for "spot" cotton, while textiles have been also active. Largo shipments of Linters are reported 10 Germany, Italy and to other Countries in the Continent.
Whent:
The Irregularity in foreign exchanges is militating against ex- ports for the time being, but highly beneficial rains in the Argentine. Australia and in our South-West were the chief depressing factor. Increased estimates for the Southern hemis- phere crops and seeding operations here are expected.
There has been visible decrease of 862,000 bushels in American supplies, but on increase of Canadian supplies
of 4,588,000 bushels
Corn: Selling was checked by, ap- prehension of freezing weather in the main belt. There has been a visible decrease
suppiles of 275,000 bushels
Rubber:
ח!
The position is uncertain due to exchange uncertainties and the fact that the Dutch native production question has been revived by financial developments in the Netherlands.
30 Industrials
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Mr. Booth was an officer in the Royal Navy during the Great War. and had the distinction of having seen action in nearly all the chief naval bailles. He lost an eye in one engagement.
Retiring from the Navy, he joined the Ifengkong Police Force in Decen- ber 1919 as a Probationer, arriving in the Colony in February 1920. He was
appointed Assistant Super- intendent at Poilee in February 1922. and in April of the sume yene was appointed Acting Assistant Harbour back to his previous Master, reverting position in February 1923. For an- other short spell from February to February 11, 1920, he
was acting Assistant Harbour Muster, and since then had been entirely in Pulice service. On December 10, 1931, he was appointed Superintendent Police.
He was born on February 2, 1808, and thus retires at the early age of 30.
Mr. Booth went on Home leave nt the beginning of June this year, and was invalides out of the Force about two months after his arrival in Eng-
land.
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the The following quotations on New York commodity exchange are issued by Reuter.
New York Cotton
October December January March
May
July
Spot
September
October...
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11.01/81
11.74/74
12.34
New York Rubber
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January March
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10.42/47
18.51n
10.87b/09
10.77
3,100 tons.
11.84/83 12.47
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APPEALS FOR HELP- RECEIVED
Mazatlan, Sept. 28. The Mexican town of Rosario hus appeated for doctors and medical supplies following a tropical cyclone which struck It Sunday, flattening 70 per cent. of the homes and rendering 3,000 persons homeless.
A torrential downpour caused the mines in the area to cave in and le streets are sinking. Light and water disrupted and .com- services are munications are destroyed. For this renson news of the disaster was not received until Monday.
Relief workers are assembled at Mazatlan, but it is expected they will have difficulty reaching Rosario, shice the roads are washed out.- United Press.
HONGKONG MAIL LOST
SMALL QUANTITY ON "BOADICEA”
Bondicca,
A euble received by the local office of Imperial Airways this morning
aboard the stated that which has been missing over the English Channel since last Friday, was a small quantity of mail for Hongkong.
GIRL GUIDE HUT
NEW EXTENSION OPENED
Yesterday evening, the new extens- lon at Sandilands Hut, Girl Guide Headquartern in Hongkong, WOR to opened by Mr. Tang Shlu-kin commemorate the association of Lady Southorn, former Colony. Commils- sloner, with the Girl Guide move ment in Hongkong.
The money required for building the new extenelon WAR donated by Mr. Tons.
Before asking Mr. Tang, to open Xing. the extension, Mrs. T. H. Colony Commissioner, sald:
"When I was first asked to becoine Guide Commissioner, I hesitated grent deal. If I had that I
n
remembered would have to make
speeches I would have refused altogether. I is dimeult to succeed anybody like Lady Southorn, for she had a great personality, an exceptional brain and
have a silver tongue,
no per- sonality, a brain stuffed with feathers and a tongue which is unruly and will not my the right thing, or clsc it is of lead and cannot say anything at all! So I do ask you to forgive me on this my malden speech and make
due allowances,
Fairy Tales
"I think a great many of us were born in a time when our parents told us fairy tales, and I am glad of this, berzi Our guiding movement has rather like
a fairy tale, Remember CL,derella? She was a girl who wanted to go to a ball which was The amount is beileved to be about | **** given in the town. Her sistera |
but she had neither money for the clothes nor clothes to wear at the 35 pounds and has apparently been
bail. She sat at home and said, lost.
wish, I wish
and a voice suddenly rald What do you wish for? I wish I could go to the Ball, AMERICAN GAOLED IN said Cinderella. Now, that voice
belonged to the fairy god-mother.
"The guides In Hongkong have had several fairy god-fathers and I think one of the first was General Sandilands who made it possible for us to have a Guide Hut here. Many sther fairy god-fathers came after him.
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their activities than did the present It was also whe regime in Germany.
that
the defendant derstandable could fail to recognise the blessings the present
resent Government had brought He asked to Germany, said counsel.
for a maxim
a maximum sentence of one year. The prosecutor, however, asked for
a four year sentence.
Rietz was sentenced to four years' Imprisonment. with the loss of all civil rights and to police supervi sion after his release United Press, AWAITING REPORT
Lady Southern's Wish
"I have been connected with Guid- ing out here since 1922. When Lady Southern arrived I was first her secretary and then Divisional Com- missioner. One day, we went to the Diocesan Girls' School and in the garden there is a Greek Temple where the Guides can play in sheller. dark and The day we went was rainy, yet we were dry and the wea ther did not matter a row of ping when we had the shelter. On our way home, Lady Southorn said, 'I for our a temple Oficials wish we had
Lides in the garden, and I replied, 'We haven't got enough money?
"Then Sir Thomas Southorn was our other ordered to Gambin and
Washington, Sept. 28. The State Department is awaiting Consul- the official report of the General in Berlin before deciding whether further netion on behalf of Simpson should be taken. declined to make formal comment, war sentence the but intimated considered relatively light in view of the seriousness with which Ger-
many regards Communist activities, and also of Simpson's admissions. United Press.
CONSULATE CLOSING
London, Sept. 24. Under the authority which he was 10.50/50 * 16.30/20
given some time ago, Captain Erskine, 16.476/49a British Consul at Gore, in Western
10.50/50
Abyssinin, has decided to close--the Consulate, at least temporarily, until situation becomes more settled. He left Gore to-day and is proceeding 10 Gumbela. British nationals in the district had been informed of the Consul's intention, and most of them have already left-British Wireless.
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MOTOR MISHAPS
While walking in Hennessy Road yesterday, Kan Ngal, a boy, was knocked down by private car No. 110%/1104 107/10742408, and received injuries which
his
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Government Civil Hospital. Alteart- 110/110% 107/10714
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fairy god-father Mr. Tang Shlu-ki came along and said, 'I wish to put up something that will always re rid us of Lady Southern Lady Stuthorn at once said, 'I would e mething like the temple where we can play in the open air and yet be sheltered. And so it was built and we are here to-day to witness the opening ceremony
Mr. Tant's Reply
In reply, Mr. Tung "wald: teer honoured at having been asked to open the extension building t com- memorate the association of Lady Southern with the Girl Galde move- ment in Hongkong. I have much pleasure in declaring the extension open and I wish the Guides every Succe33.
Mr. Tang then cut a length of yellow and blue ribbon which hung across the entrance to the extension, Havy three and the guides present cheera for him.
The new, extension, which will be of great use to the Guides, has a back section which will be used for train- badge work. The front ing In section will be used for genceul we le and games. Mr. Tang was also in- strumental in raising the funds neerl- ed for the erection of the original Hut,
Those Present
Among those present at the opening |
were:
Lady MacGregor, the Hon. Mr. T.
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545 .04
Mrs. Beryl Markham, the Kenyn. King and Mrs. King, Mrs. 10.90
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Bartholomew, Mrs. C. G. Sedgwick, airwoman who was the first woman 1/2.0/32 1/2.11/32
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Mrs. Alabaster. Lady Ho Tung, the from east to west, leaving England Mrs. Al 27 on September 4 on a flight during Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo and Mrs. Lo, the Tso and Mrs. 18'0, which she had to fight with strong Hon. Dr.
R. Mesdames 124%
Hoover, E. Cock, A. C. Ho heud winds and fly low to avoid for. Nom.
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Mok Kon-sang, Y. K. Mok, Mr. and 20.1912
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ELECTED TO COUNCIL
London, Sept. 28. At this afternoon's session of the League of Nations Assembly nt Geneva, New Zealand, Bolivia and Sweden were elected to the three the vacant non-permanent seats on Council, Bolivia replacing Argentine with 40 votes, New Zealand replacing Australia with 48 votes, and Sweden replacing Denmark with 46 voles, British Wireless.
TYPHOON FILLING UP
The Manila Observatory reports at 9.13 a. to-day that the typhoon west of the Balinlang Channel is filing up. There is another typhoon in about Long, 131, Lņi. 25. moving west.
FLAGSHIP ARRIVĖS
Washington, Sept. 20.
The Navy Department announced to-day thit. U.S.S. Raleigh had arrived at Gibraltar on Sunday, be- coming the flagship of the temporary
that European squadron, and
the U.S.S. Quincy I sailing Immediately for the United States United Press.
THE "CONTE ROSSO"
The Lloyd Trivelino as. Conte Rosso. sailed from Singapore on Sunday at expected', here - on 11 p.m. and, is Wednesday night. She will berth alongside the Kowloon Wharf and will call for Shanghai as soon as site has completed the discharge of cargo, and passengers."
Lee Ping was removed to the Kow: loon Hospital yesterday suffering from the effects of immersion. He accidentally, feli Into the larbour while he was on the Sanitary Refuge Wharf in Shamshuipo,
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