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THE HONGKONGEXTER
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MARCH
CONTROL STOP PRESS NEWS ALHAMBRE
OUTLINED
New Scheme Will Operate 4 Years
But
13. Dad!
0. Rumjahn Returns To The Colony
Probably Staying For
Some Months
the Government to bear a very large percentage of the cost of precaution- ary-measures, the local authorities are taking as active Interest and many schemes have already been prepared. Such schemes should be no harder than
in England, London, Mar. 17. Le prepare here A proposed scheme for the forma- any such scheme, whether for Eng tion of a tin buffer pool provides land or Hongkong, depends for its for buying by the pool in the event efficiency, on the active co-operation ut the price falling below £200, and of the people it is designed to pro- selling when it is above £230, but feet. If the population docs co- the limits may be varied it a marked operate and does follow the change in the price structure renders tions a scheme which
beforehand can give very good pro- it necessary.
Omar Rumfahn, a former well- A pool stock will be created by tection, even against gas attacks.
We must prepare for attacks using Colony, returned to Hongkong from known, tennis personality in the contributions from the signatory countries
atries equal to 7 per cent. of with its back to the wall might well and two children, and will be here since it is obvious that a nation Tientsin this morning with his wife the standard tonnages, which will with ba
forfelled and
proportionately use such a method of warfare as
the redistributed among
other last resort, more especially as the for a few months, it is understood. Although He never won the singles signatories if any signatory fails to usual kinds of gas are particularly produce Ita quota.
easily manufactured in very large title here, he reached the final in
1923. only to be beat
beaten by Ng Szc The pool will remain operative quantities," said the expert.
kwong, who was then playing at his has Commander Steele-Perkins until January 1, 1942, and the opera- ilons of the pool will be controlled had an interesting career and is not best. In 1924, with H. D. Rumjahn, by the unknown in the Chinn Station, where he won the doubles title, beating Ng by a small body apputee, and he has served with the Navy on two
Sze-kwong and Charlie Choa. International
Я
afterwards, he left for will be secrelly carried out through occasions.
Entering the Navy in 1905 Com-7 where he won fresh tenn the London Metal Exchange.
Steele-Perkins spent alx laurels,
being champion of that city An account of available stocks will mander be rendered the International Com-years on the China Station and two on several occasions,
years attached to the Royal Austra A member of the well-known mittce before each quota meeting.
Rumjahn is a As regards premiums for special llan Navy. In 1010 he transferred to sporting family, O. brands over the standard quality, the Royal Naval Air Service and in brother of Sirdar, the former local 1918 10 the Royal Air Force, champion, and a cousin of H. D., the
the scheme follows the regulations 19 which he Wus commissioned present champion,
of the old buffer pool scheme, namely la that premiums will be returned tons the producer-Reuter.
GOLD FLIES TO AMERICA
European Exchange Funds Operating
11 Squadron Leader. While attached to the R.A.F. he
ne spent three years in Egypt us the Com- manding Offleer at Aboukir, while from 1028 to 1931 he was Senior Alr Force Officer on H.M.S. Hermes while that aircraft carrier was at. tached to the China Station.
IMPERIAL DEFENCE
MISSING FLIER DISCOVERED
Port Darwin, Mar. 18. Harry Broadbent, the Australian aviator, who is attempting a record Alght from England Australia, and was reported missing after leaving Java, has been found near Rambang, On returning to England Com-Java by an aeroplane of the Quantas mander Steele-Perkins voluntarily Company.—Router. retired in order to take up an op- pointment with the Committee of Imperial Defence which was formed to study nir raid
precautions. He served on this committee with the Air The recent flight of European present Inspector-General of capital to the United States finds Raid Precautions, Wing-Commander reflection in on authentic report that E. J. Hudselt. In 1935 the Com gold, valued at approximately $7mittee reported to the Government 000,000, is shortly to be shipped and a department was formed at from the United Kingdom to the the Home Ofice to deal with air United States,
raid precautions, Commander Had- sell being in charge and Commander Perkins being his senior assistant.
London, Mar. 17.
Well-informed circles are of the opinion that the
are shipments entirely connected with operations by the various European exchange funds
Reuter.
Commander Steele-Perkins' duties in this department were to get in touch with the local authorities in Britain and
and interest them in air raid precautions, and to take similar action with all the big utilities, From the information thus obtained hand-
GARBO DENIES books were prepared and, as the
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTROL TESTED
Hankow, Mar. 18. The first applications for foreign currency under China's new foreign exchange regulations received here £1,200,000 and yesterday totalled allotments are being made to-day for £300,000, Reuter learns-Reuter.
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In January, 1938, the Hongkong Government requested the Colonia) Office for an Air Raid Precautions Officer, and Commander Perkins ac- cepted the post when it was offered him.
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