THE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1936.
CONSULAR
CORPS OF
H. K.
38 Representatives Of 23 Countries
SMOOTHING THE WAY FOR
£100,000,000 WORTH OF
OCEAN
TRADE
As the cross-currents of trade and trade negotiations flow more strongly through Hongkong every year, so does the local Consular Corps advance in size and status.
There is now a total Consular personnel in Hongkong of no less than 38 representatives of 23 foreign countries, in addition to trade representatives of various units of the British Empire.
FLEET OF
LINERS
FOR H.K.
MANILA CONGRESS WILL AID OUR
A
TRADE
Eucharistic fleet of 20 liners to bring devout Catholics to Manila to see the
Promoting Trade Interests
LTHOUGH the postion of Consul
or Consul-General does not carry "diplomatic" representation, the add- ed Importance of Hongkong as an expression of British policy in the Far East has conferred a special status on accredited representatives
of foreign Powers.
This conveys to local consuls none.
of those privileges generally referred to as "diplomatic Immunity-which
sadors, and other state envoys of
world's greatest religious conferred on ministers, ambas- pageant is the spectacular high rank-but it means that many plan now completed by the of these representatives are consuls- Committee in charge of the arrangements.
Many big Atlantic liners are Included in the scheme.
Owing to the limited accom- modation available ashore in Manila, the liners will be used as floating hotels during the week they are in port.
Almost all of them will call at Hongkong, and
Incalculable amount of money will be spent in this Colony.
A conservative estimate is that the forthcoming tourist season will mean $5,000,000 to shop-keepers and others who rely on tourists for their busi-
ness.
de-carriere.
They are specially trained men who before coming to Hongkong have passed sultable examinations.
from such states as Belgium, France, Ger- many. Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Stem and the U.S.A.
HONORARY CONSULS
Where but few subjects of a State. are resident, yet where a substantini trade is maintained, an honorury con- sul or honorary vice-consul, assisted perhaps by a consular agent, is usual- ly appointed by the State concerned from among prominent entertaining trade connections with the state.
merchants
Such honorary posts are being oc- Accommodation in Manila for the cupied here for the Bolivian Republic, Eucharistic period is already in Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, possible to obtain. It has been book- Guatemala, Norway, Panamo. El ed out for months. Several people Salvador, Stam, Peru, Portugal, Spain have been offered fabulous sums for and Sweden by merchants their flats.
majority of whom have little or no knowledge of the language of the people whose interests they have in their care.
Among the liners expected to call at Hongkong next tourist season are five on a round-the-world cruise.
They are the Canadian Pacific liner Empress ·of Britain, which is
the
Thus, although there are none or
STERN UNION
A note, written to the mother of Shirley Temple, child movie star, de- manding $23,000 under threat of "causing harm,” resulted in arrest of Edward Stephens, 16, of Atlanta, Ga. The youth, shown in custody of Federal officers, signed a full confession, was bound over to nwalt Fed- eral grand jury action, and incantime, released on his own recognizance.
CLIPPER 'PLANES LINK COLONY
TO WHOLE WORLD
WIT
ȚITH the blessing of four Governments, regular air
almost an established fact.
mail and passenger services across the Pacific are
The arrival of the Pan American seaplane "Philippines Clipper" to-morrow is a preview flight of what Hongkong scheduled to arrive here on March 7, sident in Hongkong, und only a fa may expect in the near future.
the Franconin, the Lurline, the Transylvania and the Resolute.
Each will bring hundreds of people enger to spend money in the "bazaar of the East."
"Fag" Eton Must Not Talk About
THE KING'S 13-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW
By A CORRESPONDENT
few Peruvians ar Costa Ricans re-
Brazilians and Argentinians, each of these nationalities is represented by a consul.
TWO DIVISIONS
· cent
RADIO BROADCAST
'Children's Concert From
The Studio
Z.E.K. PROGRAMME
From Z.B.W, bn a wavelength of 356 metres (845 kitocycles);
12.30 p.m. The Landon Palladium Orchestra,
1 p.m. Time and Weather, 1.03 p.m. Instrumental Variely Items.
1.30 p.m. Reuter Press, Rugby Press, Time and Weather.
1.40 p.m. Debroy Somers Band. .2.15 p.m. Close Down.
5-8 p.m. European Programine. 5-6 p.m. Dance Music from, the Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel.
6.p.m. From the Studio. A Children's Concert.
6.30 p.m. The New Mayfair
Orchestra.
Venetian Nights (Mendelssohn); Britclodia-(Humphrier); Selection of Bing Crosby Numbers. Jubilee Dance Memories No. 1.
7- p.m. Songs by Malcolm Mc- Eachern (Bass).
1. My Old Shako_(Trotere); 2. "Chu Chin Chow"-The Cobbler's Song (Norton); 3. Old Stay at Home (Flotsam and Jetnam).
7.10 p.m. Planoforte Recital!
tal\by. Benno Molaelvitch.
Song Without Words-F Major (Mendelssohn); Polonaise in B flat major, Op. 71, No. 2 (Chopin); Gril- len (Schumann); Isoldens Liebestod (Liszt); Hondo (IIuramel).
7.30 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quo- tations and Hongkong Exchange Market Report.
7.35
p.m. Light Opera and Musical Comedy Excerpts."
Selection--"Lilac Time" Vocal Duet Veronique Trol Here and There The Swing Song....Winnic Melville and Derek Oldham; Selec- Ilon-Tond of Toad Hall"; Song- "Helen"-The Shepherd's Song..... Hoddle Nash (Tenor).
B pa. Time, Weather and An- nouncements.
8.05 pm. From the Studio.
A Chinese Concert.
11 p.m. Close Down. 8.05-11. p.m.
European gromme from ZEK on quency of 640 kilocycles.
Pro-
a fre-
8.05 p.m. Ambrose and Hia
Orchestra
3. I'll step out of the picture; 4. 1. Falling Leaves; 2. Piccadilly; Whatcha gotcha trombone_for?
8:20 pm. A Relay from Mel-` bourne.
A Resume of the day's play in the England versus Combined Australian and the Irish Free State 2411⁄2 per
Eleven Cricket Match, relayed from Perth. Of the total annual subsidy re- 8.40 p.m. Vocal: Turner Layton; quired Canada will contribute 20 per Banjo: Ken Harvey: Song-Alone cent, subjeci to maximum at Again: Banjo-The World is waiting £75,000, the Irish Free State 5 per for the Sunrise: A Musical Journey cent. subject to maximum of from New York to California; Song-- £12,000, Newfoundland a sum to be Lancashire Lans; Banjo-Doll Dance; agreed upon, and Britain the re- Song When Evening Comen
p.m. News and Announce- ments from London.
To-morrow's flight from Manila to Hongkong will be follow- ed, probably within a week, by the first of a regular weekly ser- vices from California to this Colony. No air mail will be carried by The functions of a consulate muy the Clipper ship arriving to- be divided into two main sections morrow. administrative work and commercial
But it will be possible representation.
to send and receive mail via the The Consul-General for the United States before the end of Netherlands, is the senior consular the year. officer in Hongkong.
An office of such importance as the Pacific-will-link-up-with-a-joint mainder.
The Pan American service across bis brings with it the provision of a
the Atlantic, large staff to cope with a hundred service across and ane inquiries involved by ad operated by Pan American Airways ministrative as well as commercial
and Imperial Airways. This service representation, and from the demands is expected to start in November,
for landing facilities that some people make it would ap- with two 'planes each week.
granted to the joint company by the pear that a consulate is often re- Hongkong resident to travel Home ways will be given similar facilities It will then be possible for U.S. Government, Pan-American Air- garded much as a glorified solicitor's by air across the Pacific and Atlantic by the British, Canadian, Irish Free office, police station und almshouse Oceans, the entire flight occupying State and Newfoundland Govern- all rolled into one.
The Peruvian, Bolivian, Brazilian only eight days. and Argentinian
The scheme for the Atlantic ser- consuls are, of vice was drawn up at a conference course, loss bothered with such in Ottawa last November between notly problems, but they are men representatives of Britain, Canada, whose commercial associations with.
the Irish Free State and Newfound-
to be
VISCOUNT LASCELLES those countries have promoted a tand, and later in discussions with
thirteen-year-old desire to further their interests as the US. Government.
nephew of the King, and endeavour is made
strongly as possible, and every
elder son of the Princess balanced trade.
to stimulate
能
It is our Consular Corps, in fact,
£100,000,000 worth of ocean trade
The Governments concerned have now given their approval.
To operate the service a joint com-
Is to be formed. On pany
this
DIRECT ROUTE PLANS
In return
ments.
With regard to the route, it is understood that practical pre- ferenéo will be given to the direct route between England' and New York. via Ireland, Newfoundland and Canada, but it may be neces- sary during an Initial period, to By via Bermuda In the winter months,
Pending the formation of the joint and company, experimental long-distance
Royal and the Earl of Hare- which is performing an essential part fritain, the Irish Free State wood, will learn shortly for maintaining the smooth flow of Canada will be represented. Each Bights and investigation of the route whom he will have to run through Hongkong every year-and country will have three directors; but will be made by Imperial Airways
which is helping to preserve the good Imperial Airways, nominated by the and Pan-American Airways. errands as a fag at Eton. relations which make that flow pos- British Government, will occupy the He must be prepared to make sible in ships flying the flags of a positions of chairman and managing tea, stoke fires, run errands, and answer the beck and call of cer- tain senior boys.
"SWISHING"
dozen nations.
፡
New R.A.F. Squadron
One of these seniors will have à
rior claim on Lord Lascelles: but
when not serving
him the Viscount!
others,
director.
Britain will hold 51 per cent. of the capital, Canada 24% per cent.
Motor-Buses Are Ousting
will have to work for the orders For Hongkong The Ricksha
slackness or insubordination
on his part is able to earn hlm
a "swishing," administered before
the "Tag master" and a committee | Hongkong's defences will be
H.K. UNİVERSITY INCOME
UP LAST YEAR
The Income of the University of Hengkong for 1935 is disclosed in a Government Report Issued Inst night, as $822,408, of which $200,000 was derived from endowments $350,800 from Government.
Messrs. John Svire and Sons, Ltd., gave £40,000 to the original eridow-,
for engineering equipment.
and
of boys. A tha malacca cane strengthened next year by the Ricksha pullers in Hongkong ment fund, and subsequently $100,000 playa a prominent part in "swish addition of at least one squadron are slowly but surely losing their Inga," The young Viscount is in the of fast fighting machines for the house of Mr. Charles James Row- Royal Air Force.
The Rockefeller Institute has en- means of livelihood.
dowed the University with three "Motor buses and private cars are chairs in Surgery, medicine und Intt. The Duke of Gloucester spent
gradually reducing the number of obsteiries, the endowment being in his Eton days at the name house.
The arrival of this squadron people who use man-power instead of cacli case $250,000. The forty boys are wondering who will probably synchronise, with the horse-power as their method of The expenditure last year amount- among them will in utter life be able completion of a huge new aero-According to the Annual Report on surplus.
travel. to recall proudly that a nephew of drome, now under construction the Social and Economic Progress of King Edward VIII. "tagged" for him near Kam Ling, in the New the peopleof the Colony, there were
at Eton.
The boys at Rowlatt's House have been asked for and have given their word of honour that they would not reveal to the outer world detalls "farging."
NOBLY. SILENT
1
Territories.
Added to the contemplated air force for Singapore, where at least five squadrons will be stationed with
now
ed to $800,502, leaving a
small
70 motor buses on the island and BRIDGE AND MAH JONG
121 on the mainland last year.
Annual] ·
at the
9.20 p.m. Quartet in A flat major, Op. 105, (Dvorak), played by the Prague String Quartet. Robertson (Bass-Baritone).
9.45 pm. Songs by Stuart
A Bowl of Punch, (Murray); Songs Song of the Buccaneer, (Leonard); that everybody should know.
10 p.m. Big Ben.
Harry Roy and His Orchestra. 11 p.m. Close Down.
DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES
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Description
AUSTIN "7". TOURER
Model
Mileage
Price
Blen
GSA
Frequency Aike.
Wavelength
| 1929
41,600
HK$ 500
GBA
110
GBC
ats metron 2,5 ke 11,30 meir
1931
NASH EIGHT SEDAN.
28,300
1,000
1933
STANDARD “16” SALOON
14,000
$1,400
11,750. JAI
Metres
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1934
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Transmission 1 '
103.U., O.R.D.}
0.1002
3.11 p.m., Big Ben, Nelson Expecta.“
4.2 p.m. "Food for Thought."
4.23 p.m. The DC Denes Orchestra, 4.55 p.m. The News and Annstoermenita. Greenwich Time filgnal at p..
Transmission 2
1G3.0, GSH.)
$
7 ban. Big Hen. "World for, Bala," 7.45 pm Musical Interfude. 7.50 Dim. The BBC Welsh Orebentes.
25 pm. "Food for Thought." 4.45 pm. Partena
Lu Tiation (80p-cake). Greenwich Time Signal at pa 9 D.JA. The News and Announcesesta 9.20 p.m. "Leeds Univeralty Mild-day Cen-
cert.
(0.9.0
Transmission 3
0.8.F.. O,BH.)
10 p.m. Big Ben, A Programme of. Mili-
tury Marchas,
10.10. Overture and
Plenas"
Brinnar.
IC.10. The HC Empire Orchreien. 11.30 p.m. Ceuntryman's Diary." 11.45 pm. "Nubon Expedia”
Greenwich Time Signal at 12
m
17.30 h. The News and Announcementa. 17.30 tis. A Programine of Dance Munic.
Colony's roads increases yearly, with "The public travelling over the
SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION AT corresponding growth in the num- of Lord Lascelles' in the next twelve months, the com- Report states.
AMBULANCE 'HQRS. ber of motor buses," the
(by Mesdames Hole, Paul, Mitchell, Lang, Cock, Langley, A. White, bined forces provide a powerful de- fensive weapon.
"These buses are gradually replac- A very enjoyable moh, long and Gubbay, Merriman, Raymond, Woods
Stand Dobson. ing the rickshas, the number of which bridge drive was held Two squadrans of 'planes ro decreases year by year.""
John Ambulance Headquarters yes- Lady MacGregor then kindly pre- I mingled with sons of peers at a aboard H.M.S. Hermes,
The Report discloses that there are terday, when about 150 ladies attend-sented the prizes to the following: local tuck-shop. A grandson of one northern waters, but normally sta- 377 miles of ronds in Hongkong, 101 ed.
Mah Jong, 1st, Mrs. Deacon, 2nd. of the wealthiest men in the land tioned at Ilongkong. This alrcraftmiles on the island and 216 miles in At the conclusion, before asking Mrs. Murray, Consolation Mrs. Marks, unblushingly revealed that he needed carrier is expected to return to the Kowloon and the New Territories. Lady MacGregor to
Contract Bridge, 1st. Mrs. Burke, present the credit, but he was nobly silent about Colony tale next month..
the Of the total mileage, 203 miles are prizes, Mrs. Langley,
Hon. 2nd. Mrs. Stevenson, Consolation Lord Lascelles.
constructed in water bound macadam Secretary, thanked all those who had birs. Lammert, dressed with asphalt, 12 miles in attended and made the drive such ani Auction Bridge, 1st. Mrs. Lunny, sheet asphalt on a cement concrete enjoyable success. She also thanked 2nd. Mrs, Macfarlane, Consolation, foundation, and 39 miles of gravel. the following prize donors: Mr. Mrs. Fuck!n.
The Hongkong Tramway Company Morris, Mesdames Hole, Mitchell, Mrs. Paul and Mrs. T. A. Mitchell has a fleet of D1 double deck tram Paul, and Raymond. Refreshments were responsible for the excellent
(mostly home made) were provided arrangements.
Another young man who can call a The Air Arm of the Hongkong Cabinet Minister uncle praised the Volunteer Defence Corps is another "fagging" bystem-hut developed important adjunct to ncriol defence acute deafness when asked about the in the Colony. It is already at full King's nephew.
strength, and may be extended some what in the future.
cars.
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CHEVROLET
Chicago Wheat
114/114 1142/114%
U.S. COMMODITY PRICES
July Sept.
16.00 /69 10.58b/603 10.75n
16.64n
Total sales:-670 tons.
Dec.
LATEST CABLED
Moy
July
Dec.
QUOTATIONS
113/113 113/113
08/08% 087 00
Tuesday's sales:-16,351,000 bushels.
The following quotations on the May. New York cominedity exchange are July Issued by Reuter.
New York Colton December 11.87/88
January March
May July Qelober Spot
Det. Dec.
Jon.
March
May
11.07/87
Oct.
· 11.00/01
Doc.
11.08/07
11.83/83 11.00/00
| May.
12.01/02
11.03/94
11.98/03 11.00/00
11.52n
11.41/41
13.32
12.25
New York Rubber
10.48** 10.37 '10.60b/82a · 10.42/43
10.02
10.506/08
10.42.702
10.43n 10,47b/48a
16.55b/57a
Chicago Corri
08/03
034/03%
:00 1/804 80/80
20780 804%/00%
Winnipeg Wheat
112 /112.1112/1113% 100%/100% 109 7100% 1103/110% 109%/110
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