THE HONGKONG -- TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER
11,
1937.
EARL HAIG Stock Market ANGLO-AMERICAN Cut Rates On
MEMORIAL UNVEILED
Prince Pays High Tribute.
Old Soldiers At
Ceremony
London, Nov. 10.
been
un- the
Tone Firmer
London Stimulated By Premier's Specch
London, Nov. 10. Sailsfaction with the Premier's speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet last night, and a firmer Wall Street, alimulated sentiment on the. London Stock Exchange, though 'business was smail.
For Eastern Bonds were again a feature on bear covering, but gilt- edged alocks were irregularly lower owing to profit-taking.
Commodilica and base metals were
and sugar Arm.
RACE FOR
AIR SUPREMACY
Contest Over Pacific Control
Envisaged By Former Hongkong Journalist
A statute to the memory of Earl Haig, over which there has
again high, with copra, rubber, wheat A race between British and American air interests for considerable controversy, was by velled In Whitehall to-day
Wall Street was strong, consider-supremacy in the Pacific is envisaged by Mr. Tom. Clarke, the well- Duke of Gloucester in the presence of 4,000 servicemen and ex-service-able covering being reported-Reu- known London journalist, and former editor of the News-Chronicle.
ter's Special.
Mr Clarke was at one time a member of the journalist staff of the Overseas, men from Home and
South China Morning Post in Hongkong. including 30 holders of the Victoria Crom, all of whom served under Earl Haig during the Great War.
witnessed
Thousands ceremony at which the Duke of Gloucester pald a tribute to the late Earl Halg when he observed that of no man could it be and with greater truth that bis whole life was devoted
of
Hongkong Stands To
nearly
Clipper Ships
Airways Bid For
Moro Business
.
China National Aviation Corpora- tion, General Trame Agents for Pan- American Airways Bystem, to-day announced an exceptionally large re- duction in passenger fares. for travel vin Clipper from Hongkong or Macao. across the Pacific. These new rates now bring luxurious transportation by the Flying Clipper Ships within the range of the average man's pocketbook, and are as follows:
Manlia-one way Hongkong to $50.00; round trip $85.00.
Hongkong to $232.00; round trip $207.09.
Guam-one
way
Ilongkong to Wake Is-ane $364.00; round trip $389.00.
way
Hongkong to Midway--ane way $401.00; round trip $500.00.
Hongkong to Honolulu-one way $640,00; round trip $663.00.
The low round-trip fares are, in the case of Manlio, a one-way reduced fare of $50.00 plus $18.00, and, in the "On the side of Pan-Am, it stated other cases, one-way reduced fares puthoritatively that the agreement plus $23,00. All of the above quoted does not (my underlining) make it rates are in United States currency. It has also been pointed out that by Zealand to travelling aboard à Clipper as far as from the mandatory for New the cancel
If agreement
Honolulu and a Matson finer refuses United States
10 give Honolulu to San Francisco,
round-trip to the United States, could Zealand landing rights to a British con- cern, and that New
be made for $915.08. Tickets will be on sale until March 31, 1938, and are only too well aware that the United States in under no obligation, good for thirty days from date of de- moral or otherwise (my underlining),parture from Hongkong,
U.S. SELLING GOLD
New York, Nov. 10.
In a special article Mr. Clarke Arnerlcan possessions in the Pacifie According to well-informed dinan- ciers, the United States has sold points cut that America has already or on the Pacific coast of the United Stales, and that if the United States Several members of the Cabinet anything up to 150 million dollars won the first round in the fight for
by linking the United refuses to give these rights to the were also present, together with the worth gold from undisclosed supremacy Duke of Athlone, who, with all other holdings of the Stabilisation Fund to States with Hongkong over the only British concern, the agreement be- servicemen, was, dressed in Khaki. foreign countries during the past possible sen route utilising Ameri- tween Pan-American and New Zea-
As stepping land may be cancelled. There were neveral Field-Marshals, month and a half-Reuter's Special. con controlled Islands
stones. Including Sir William Birdwood, who
"Our friends and rivals, the Ameri represented the Duke of Connaught.
cans, look us if they are scheming to the brief
make the Pacific a reserve for their jown commercial air transport," Mr. Clarke writes. They have already and succeeded by subsidy clever propaganda, in making this a reserve for their shipping, and the airways will be next.
"Much
na we wish to co-operate with the Americans, their keenness tor supremacy is impering British dr interests in the Pacific.
to give such landing rights. It is "Britain should follow n definite Pan-Am.'s opinion, it is understood, co-ordinated policy. In co-operation that New Zealand would not termin- with the Americans, if possible, inte
the agreement once service fegard
of to reciprocal concessions, to
in operation, regardless Was whether the United Stales gave or ensure that we are not pushed out of the air' In the Pacific.
refused landing rights in the Pacife to a British concern, The State De- partment, it is understood, has been in favour of the agreement.
to
the service of his country- Reuter Special,
SURGICAL
AID
FOR CHINA
Lose Millions
RESULT OF SINO-. JAPANESE WAR
The Sino-Japanese conflict will cost Hongkong much money in lost tourist trade during the 1037-38' sca- son, which is just commencing.
Loccan
LETTING CAT OUT OF BAG.
The San Francisco Chronicle anys "have just come across an article Five hundred sets of surgical that the war is diverting the major in American Aviation which lets the struments and Insterial for 1,000 portion of the tourist trade to Auscat uut of the bag. And stretchers will be shipped to China truita and New Zealand. by the E. & A. liner Nankin, which leaves Sydney on November 13. The ha shipment is being made by the Red East Cross Society of Victoria, which is their defraying the cost from resources.
its
wed
The society la awalling informa- tion from The International Red Cross Committer in Chino before it proceeds with its proposal to send Australian doctors and nurses to the war zone. Many medical men and certificated nurses have volunteered their services,
Britain Buys Gold From
America
booked
visit
is
"Pan-Am. feels that its agreement
no mis-with New Zealand is a bargain, much inke.
to this country's trade advantage, "It will be remembered that Pan-without any restrictions of reciprocn- who Five Inundred tourist.
cleverly the Far American Airways very
tion. It also feels that if it loses the New Zealand to grunt have altered persuaded
agreement at the end of the year, no concession to run their air-United States concern will be able to book-them
hun-liners into New Zealand (with the negotiate Several
on agreement with New
to in December, Itinerary and Australi for
have
jt red who had booked by Empress hope of extension to Australia). Zealand henceforth without acceding tners Leon Vancouver this month, will also be remembered that no re- to the demands of the British to per- have changed over to the steamer ciprocal concession to British air en-mit them to fly into the Pacific."
So now we knowl Aorangi, which is going to New Zen-terprise was apparent.
"On December 31 Pan-American's land.
end their
NEW LABOUR PARTY EXECUTIVE
This
The Chronicle estimates that 3,000 New Zealand agreement expires, and tourists who would have left at Van-f the Americans have not by then couver in Empress liners for the East started their projected trans-Pacific will
cruise at Honolulu service to New Zealand they will be possibility of Justead
confronted with the of continuing on to Japan, losing the agreement. They are wor Shanghai and Hongkong.
Four large round-the-world cruise ried, about it.
"In the meantime British air - liners have been diverted from the Far East to Australia. They are the terests have pressed in New Zealand Bremen, third largest ship in the and Hongkong, the twis termini of world, the Empress of Britain, which Pan-American routes, for British re- will miss Hongkong for the first timeciprocal rights in the Pacific. In seven years, the Reliance and the pressure has not been to the taste of the Americans, and in certain Govern- Franconia.
the ment quarters in Washington Pan-American agreement with New Zouland is now being opposed on the grounds that it obligates America to give reciprocal rights in the Pacific New York, Nov. 10.
to a British air-line. Does it? Read Treasury The United States
this extract from American Aviation: has announced that five million
(On Pan-American's side, is said
It dollars worth of gold is being
London, Nov. 10. authoritatively that its agreement shipped to England to-morrow.
*The new Parliamentary Labour with New Zealand in no way obli- Executive includes Mr. gales this country to give landing It is explained that the British Party
Herbert Morrison, Mr. A. V. Alexan-rights to any British concern in the Equalisation-Account-has-boughter, str. E. Shinwell, Mr. Wedgwood, Pacific, and that the agreement gives gold to prevent any undue rise in Mr. Hugh Dallon, Mr. Noel Baker, Pan-American, an American sterling against the dollar Mr. D. R. Grenfell and Mr. II. Bpany, a virtually exclusive operating
Lees-Smith-British Wireless.
privilege to New Zealand, with all Reuter
the advantages in favour United States. It is said that every member of the Inter-Departmental Cornmittee composed of high officials atvorious Federal agencles, for the purpose of handling foreign air com- merce matters has approved agreement with the exception of Colonci Johnson, Fallure of the kommittee to push the airmail ap- propriation unanimously resulted in
P. And 0. Seeks
Far East Blue Riband
com-
of the
the
Hints that the P. & O. Line in- The maiden trip of the new liner Congress not providing any money for tends to make a supreme bid to will be to Bombay. On this trip the the New Zealand extension."- recapture for Britain the express liner will take Their Majesties the passenger trade between Europe and) King and Queen to India for the MORE SECRETS DISCLOSED the East ure contained in a recent Delli Durbar.
Stilt After the Durbar she will be em-
more of the secrets behind London mersuge, which states that u now vessel for the Far East serviceployed as an express liner between American air policy are disclosed In is already under construction. Lundin and the Far East, replacing this cheerfully frank journal
The new ship, which will be of one of the older vessels now on the "Crux of the present fight over the a provision therein ugreement is 10,000 tons,, will have a maximum run. speed of 26 knots, and a cruising
center dessels of similar which states that any British subject apply to the speed of 23 knots. She will be com tonnage and speed, will be launched, or corporation may
United States for landing rights on pleted in 1938.
it is believed.
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POPPY DAY
the
New hopetus is being given to travel to the delightful resort islands, Guam, Wake, and Midway, and, to add to the alrendy-existing attractions. Pan- American Airways has reduced hotel rates for those desiring to stop over at ony one of the islands, to $5 per day, inclusive.
300,000 Miles Of Air Mail Lines Operate
Vast Progress In 18 Years
London, Oct. 20 (By Air Mail). Stalisties which have become avall- able show that the total mileage of the world's air mails has now reached, n figure of
FUND AIDS 300,00. Eighteen years ago, in nir THOUSANDS
Many Avenues Of · Expenditure For Ex-Servicemen
every
transport's earliest days, the figure stoud at only just over 3,000 miles. To study the latest mans tracing globe-encircling air-mails is to realise the wonderful progress which has been made by nir transport since that morning in November, 1919, when the British Post Office sent its first mail- load across the Channel by the pluncer London-Parls commercial ser- vice.
From that modest beginning, In- People must often wonder how
volving the carrying of letters over a the amounts raised each year by the-mes route, a system of air molls Earl Haig's British Legion Appeal has developed which not only serves nl the chlef towns and cities of A study of the re- are disbursed.
Europe, but which extends stage by port shows that practically
singe for across sens, continents, and Fund founded as a result of the Wor
oceans. receives hulp. Here is a list of some ustward from England-go the Em- pire flying-boats to Egypt. South- ward across Africa they fly, and then down the new east-coust marine line to Durban. West Africa Is served by a connecting route: while links are
of South Africa. also forged with the inland airways
of them:
tries
Rellet Grants for
of Distress, British Grants for Employment, Legion Schemes, such as Ofcers* Benevolent Department, Prince of Wales' British Legion Pension Fund, Preston Hall, Disabled Men's Indus- tries Sales, Ltd., Burnham illi, St. Dunstan's, King's Roil Clerks' Asso- ctation, Deafened Ex-Service Men's, Fund, Lest We Forget" Association. Incorporated Association of Blind Ex-Service Men, Spero Leather workers, Royal Alfred Institution, Queen Alexandra Hospital (Worth- ing);
Eastward from Egypt Empire mail planes fly to Karachi, Calcutta, Ran- goon, Singapore, and Australia. From Karachi 2
connecting service takes londs to Bombay and Madras. From Penang, on the trunk route, a service branches off to Hongkong. When the an eastern service reaches Bris- bure, it links up with Australia's in- ternal Bir system, while plans are St. David's Home, Royal Victoria being completed for a regular air mail
Fund. Carl Patriotic
Jellicoe between Australia and New Zealand. On the North Atlantic, survey Memorial Fund, Ex-Imperial Organl- nations, Cleveland Training Centre, Alghts have been in progress which existing Empire rex, Limited, Disabled Men's Work-are a preliminary to a regular peran roules with the air mail systems of shops (Cambridge), Lord Roberts' rent in Memorial Workshops, Star and ter Home, Tavistock: Clinic, Disabled Canada and the United States; while Canudo, at the present time, is put- Saltors' and Soldiers Workshops
ung nishing touches to a trans-con- (Bournemouth), Council for the Pro-
tinental route stretching from the of Occupational Industries, Atlantle to the Pacife. The air mail motion Area Housing Scheme;
system of the United States is, c- Friends Committee of Land Settle-cording to present plans, soon to be
by
further Internal ment Association, Limlied. King's augmented Roll Wer Disabled Men's Assocla- routes; while trunk services now ex- tend cross South America to Mon- tion, Hedingham Rover Seoul Traini- iing Camps and Employment Scheme, tevideo, Buenos Ayres, Valparaiso, and other cities: and n South Atlantic connects these South British Legion still needs ocean route
American lines with the air mails of Europe.
The funds.
Previously acknowledged $5,352.00 Kowloon Bowling Green
Club
A. W. Hughes
100.00 100.00
China Floods
First Church of Christ
Scientist...
30.00
Lodge "Si, John" 410, S.C.
28.00
Causing
25.00
Richard H. Challinor
25.00
20.00
Untold Misery
20.00
Club Lusitano
E. P. H. Lung
T. M. Gregory
G. 11. Gompertz
J. & C.'
Craigengower Cricket Club
L. Strellett
Hon. Mr. E. Davidson
A. Nicol
D. H. Blake
T. P. Sounderson
Gordon's Ltd. (Popples)
Mr. and Mrs. B.. J. Lacun Alfred Morris
20,00
20.00
20.00
15.00
10,00
10.00
10.00 10.00
2,000,000 People
Afflicted
Shanghai. Nov, 11.
03.
One million people are homeless, 5.00 destituto und facing starvaiton, and 3.00 another million are on the verge of 5.00 run in Shantung province
result of the worst floods for 50 Mr. H. R. $5,030.00 years, according to
Willamson, prominent Famine Relief will
arrived in contributions
be worker, who has just gratefully received by Mr. F. G.Shanglial. Mounder, Secretary to Earl Haig's lle says that the floods were caused Fund, Hongkong & Shanghal Bank by breaches in the dykes on the Bldg., Hongkong. Cheques should Yellow. River, which resulted in the be made out to Thomson & Co., and inundation of roughly one-fifth of crossed "Poppy Day Fund",
the province.-Reuler.
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