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THE HONGKONG
SHANGHAI MARKET SHOCKED
But Prices Recover When Early Reports Are Discounted
Shanghai, Mar. 10. The Shanghai Exchange Market received a rude shock yesterday when a Bankow message indicated that Thursday's application for foreign ex-
hange tetailed £1,200,000,
ogainst which only £300,000 were allotted. However, the position substantially substantially improved when a focal check-up re- vealed that the applications totalled considerably less, while the allotment tetalled approximately £450,000.
TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,
MARCH 19 1988
Leading bankers expressed them- selves well satisfied with the allot-... monis, and they quoted 1/2.1/10d. menis, and incy
for sterling and 20.1/10 for U.S. dollars for legitimate merchant busi ness against importers' bills. Fur- thermore they were prepared to sell to their regular clients at these rales for small amounts up to £100.
Small merchant business and retire- ment bills were done at a rate for sterling of 1/2.1/10 and for dollars
20.1/10,
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In the open market there were Isolated cases of business done åt 1/1.11/16 for cash, 1/15% for March, and 1/1th was also done for April, although there were always buyers for this rate.
cash, 1/1.11/18 for
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London, have again offered two handsome sterling silver trophies to be awarded in connection with the Eighth An- nual Amateur Photographie Competition to be conducted by this newspaper. These will be given to the competliors sending in what are adjuged to be the best and second-best pictures in the Competition, Irrespective of classes.
Aa enquiries have already reached us concerning this year's *Competition, readers are In- formed that the rules will be similar to those in force last year. full particulars of which will be published in due course
Confident Europe Will Not Fight
Londen, Mar. 18. Mr. Herbert Hoover, former United States President, interviewed in London to-day, said:
"I have discussed certain matters with leading men 14 or 16 coun- tries, and although I am deeply conscious of the Imminent menace of the present European situation, yet I repent that-i do not believe a Eur- opean war is at all probable in the immediate future.
more
"When I speak of war I mean a
ore war. There generat combustibles than in 1014, but there nre a good many reasons why it is unlikely that tliere, will be a wide- spread wor at the present," United Press.
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IN AIR FORCE
Five generals who commanded the been done in American dollars in the
Tokyo, Mar. 19. Japanese troeps in Central China dur- open market.
At the close there were isolated
Assuming the initiative, the twoing the first six months of the current buyers at the foregoing rates, with major parties in the Diet have sub-hostilities were Emperor Hirohito's more buyers of sterling at 1/334 for mitted a joint resolution, urging the guests at a luncheon at the palace LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY•
Heading the group was March and Government to "bend every effort yesterday. 1/10/16 for April. There were no for the development and replenish-General Iwane Matsui, former Com- buyers for American dollars at 281⁄2ment of civil and military avi
aviation. mander-in-Chief of the Japanese Immediate action in the matter is troops in Central China-Reuter.
the resolution, be- necessary, states
the
incident China estranged international relations,
The motton, which is expected to to passed unanimously renchies the floor on March 22. also urges the opening of new internal air routes-Reuter.
for cash. 28 d for March and 28 Ant for April-Reuter.
CHINA TO ADOPT MASS EDUCATION
Latest Scheme To Aid Production
cause
hos NO NAVIGATION LIGHTS
In
connection with Defence when it Operations, it is hereby notified that a certain number of H. M. ships will be operating without navigation Hhts inside Territorial Waters a.10 with dimmed navigation Bights out- side territorial waters to-night.
PREMIER CALLED "PUNY" BY LABOUR LEADER
1,000 DEAD IN
H.K. EPIDEMIC
As a result, the deaths from this epidemie now exceed 1.000, of whom over 400 have died since the begin- ning of this month.
During the past week over 120 Birmingham, Mar. 18.
have been Speaking in the Premier's own deaths from smallpox constituency, the well-known Labour notified to the local health authorit- Chungking, Mar, 10,
leader,
ics. Sir Stafford Cripps. The Minister of the Interior, Mr. characterised Mr. Neville Chamber- 110 Chlen, is assuming office on lain to-night as the "puny son of one March 21, and he has intimated his who could be called courageous, intention to intensify nation-wide however mistaken his views." mass education, including brief elvie and military trainings in preparation no information of fresh landings of cecurred in the residential aren of for a possible general mobilisation. Italian and German troops in Spain the city of Victoria.
he hounded out of Two million women in Kwangst is
only to are being educated en mass in group office. Criminal inefficiency is of 80 to
to 250 each throughout the over-mild term to apply, because it will lead us all into the tuest tragie province.
"A Premier who can say he has
2n
A Chengtu message says that three war civilization has ever known."—
labour corps, equivalent in United Prean,
farm
strength to three army corps, ure
being organised to develop the thin- CONCEALED ly populated and uncultivated areas. for bordering Yunnan and Sikiang the purpose of increasing nationul! production.
General Teng isi-hou is assuming the office of chief of the Szechuen Army Command to-day-United
Press.
U.S. TO GROW LESS CORN AND WHEAT
Washington, Mar. 18.
SMALL-POX
DISCOVERED Surprise raids by Sanitary Depart- ment officials in Kowloon discovered seven concealed cases of small-pox villages around Kowloon City to- in day, and four more were found Reclamation Street earlier in werk.
the
30
Altogether between 25 and such cases.have been found in Kow- lonn in the past fortnight.
It
explained that ignorant people
are afraid to send their sick to The Agriculture Department to-day die. The medical authorities point hospital because so many of them reported its Intentions to plant
out that the high death rate is very 94,595,000 ueres of corn, compared often a result of patients having with 90,483,000 last year. It
estimated the spring wheat planting avolded treatment for so long that
will be 22,202,000 acres compared with 23,750,000 a year ago.-United Press.
CHAMBERLAIN CELEBRATES 69TH BIRTHDAY
London, Mar. 18. Mr. Neville Chamberlain celebrat- ed his 69th birthday to-day. He re- crived chonks of congratulatory messages at Downing Street, includ- Ing one from the King and Queen -
Reuter Bulletin.
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