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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,
Exploring
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Imporial Airways Centaurus On Notable Flight -
London, Nav. 30. The Imperial Airways flying boat, is scheduled to leave Centaurus, Southampton on December 3 on a 30,000 mite survey flight to Austraila and New Zealand, in which the Arst commercial survey light by a flying bout across the Tasman Sea, will be rande
The Centaurus will operate over the Imperial Airways marine ahi route to Karachi, and afterwards over the proposed flying bont route via Calcutta, Singapore and Darwin.g Renter.
RUBBER
PRICES STRONG
Export Quota At 70 Per Cent.
Big
Help To Producers
London, Nov. 30.
·DECEMBER' *1, 1937.
Keep Silent On Hawaii Base Scheme
U.S. Makes Light Of Programme
Honolulu, Nov. 30. The United States is planning a big scheine for the rtrengthening of defences at Ilawall, according to a message from Washington.
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The scheme which would involve The International Rubber Com- enormous expenditure, includes un- mittee Axed the export quota of the derground chumbers for the storage commodity for the first quarter of of munitions and oil and fuel, and 1938 at 70 per cent. The next meet in addition there would be ing will take place on January 25. gency underground hangars
for planes, and large barracks next year.
garrisch, which The committee's decision came as strong American
et would be built on the island of Calu. picasant surprise to the market,] fulling the most optimistle expectu- High officers of the American army tions. A wave of buying immediate and navy have refused to comment ly developed, prices rising over on the repert.--Router.
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Priests Held hitfpenny in exciler trading, but the
Captive In
highest fevels were not maintained owing to pront-taking.
It is pointed out that quota countrieg will produce about. 86,000 tons of rubber less in the first quarter of 1838 than.
Wild Country in the current quarter, which
Shanghai, Nov. 30.
should casily t
offset the decline in American consumption.
The fact that the committee refrain
A Domei message from Taiyuaned from fixing the quota for April states that the two kidnapped fathers upon as indicating the determination and June is favourably commented in the mountains near-by have been to watch the trend of consumption in ntined as Father Bernini Rotorico the New Year and to adjust the quota and Father John Buttesesti.
accordingly.
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ONLY MODERATE DEFENCE MEASURES BEING TAKEN
Washington, Nov. 30. Naval and ariny circles here atate that defensive measures on a m0- derate scale only are being under- taken at Hawall, including farge aerodrome which is being constructed for headquarters of the American alr arm in the Islands.
new
Only half a million dollars have ocen spent this year, and it is pointed defence of the
ut that appropriation for the Pacific coast and awall for five years is only $15,000,- two years to go. non, and thly programme still has
It is reported that the kidnappers nave Been Incated in the high country, decision of the committee, which was The market is unanimous that the and because the priests re not equipped with
reached despite possible administra- clothes for cold
The possibility that in view of the and mountain hardships, tive difficulties of enforcing so big u there are fears for their
cut in the Netherlund-Indies, repre- disturbed conditions in the Pacific an safety- United Press.
tents the committee's genuine concern increase in the five-year programme over the poor deal now being experi- will be asked in 1938 is not ruled out, but generally speaking the enced by producers.--Reuter.
Buthorities belleve that the present AMERICA COMPLACENT state of the defences are quite
reassuring-Reuter, London, Nov. 30. It is understood from circles in close touch with the International Rubber Committee that the drastic cut
CITY WIPED OUT BY AIR RAILS
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along this fine is said to have greatly heightened after the yesterday of a high military com. mandler whose name has not diselased. Central News,
Kwangteh Captured
in the rubber quon has not met with LOYALISTS BOMB
been any strong opposition from the Ameri-
vishiran delegation.
These informants state that the eut been in the quota should result in produc-
ton and consumption about equallsing) themselves during the first quarter
ALMEDIEVAR
Barcelona, Nov. 30.
Government planes raided Al-
of 1938, though stucks in that period medievar, which they assert is an In- may show some Increase as the surgent base where inany Mours are Shanghai, Nov. 30 (8.30 p.m.).
November-December production will concentrated, A Japanese army communique anthen be arriving at the consuming. nounces the capture of Kwangteh,
centres-Renter. from where it is believed they will iry to press on to Wuhu with the in- tention of cutting off the Chinese forees in the Nanking area,
According to Chinese reports, two columns of Japanese troops are at- tempting to break the Chinese de fences and push on to Hangchow, from which place the nearest Japan- ese troops are 20 miles dislont.-
Keuter.
STOCK EXCHANGE. RECOVERS
STIMULATING EFFECT OF RUBBER BOOM
London, Nov. 30.
The London. Stock Exchange, after early dullness showed belter senti- ment, and prices often recovered from their earlier set-backs under the stimulating Influence of a sharp rise is the price of rubber shares follow- ing a cut in the quota to 70 per cent for the Brat quarter of 1938.
Gilt-edged stocks were good despite underwriters having taken up 57 per cent, of the new Australian Con- version Lonn. Commodities and rub- ber were firm, and good trade was reported following the quota cut- Reuter's Special.
SHIPS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
The following ships are expected to be in wireless communiention with the radio Telegraph OMee:—Alexia, Shunchih, Holdis, Epaminondas, Kembircos, Taksang, Yunnan, Nunko Maru, Panny, Hawali Maru, Empress of Asia, Shuntien, Horuna Muru, Atlantic Gulf, Shinkyo Maru, and Toulouse.
STOP PRESS
It claimed the planes bombed the barracks and other military objectives arid inflicted heavy casualties.-Router,
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BRITISH SHIP FREED AFTER ARMS ŠEARCH
Gibraltar, Nov. 30. The British steamer, African Mariner, which WAS escorted to Malta on November 20 by the British destroyer, Greyhound, and taken over by the authorities for search, has now been released, as it has been proved that she had not infringed the Merchant Shipping Act by carriage ut munitions to Spain--Réuter.
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