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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 2, 1939.
New Embargo Peak Tramway Passenger
Measure Increases
Is Proposed Dividend
Profit Highest In Five Years
Steamer
Bombed
CHUNGKING, June 1. CHINESE reports here state; that the Japanese planes which bombed Foochow on May 20 also
Washington, June 1. Senator Lewis D. Schwellenbach, Democrat of Washington, to-day in troduced n mensure to give they Frosident conditional power to im-) pose embargoes on aggressor coun-j RECORDING a profit of $40,-attacked a passenger ateamer on tries and to prohibit the American 046.37, the best since 1934, the the Min River. export of all articles which might Peak Tramways Company held be used to violate the sovereignty their annual meeting at the and then turned thele machineguns
lo
two bombs
The planes dropped
on the vessel;
The attack. lasted for half an hour were killed..
of any nation whose independence the United States is bound by treaty Hongkong Hotel this morning,
declaring a six per cont. dividend and most of the passengers Senator Schwellenbach said the on all shares. respect. plan is devises to withdraw thei United States from "participation in
Those who sought safety by diving. the assault being made on China's Chairman, stated that the number of believed that only three survived.
In his report, Mr. J. D. Humphreys, overboard were drowned and it is Independence."
mensure will authorise the Penk were 1,034,735, which was
{ passengers carried up and down the United Preu, The President by proclamation to specify 22,038 more than the previous year. the articles denied for export, with the exception of agricultural pro- | ducts.--United Prem.
LATE NEWS
(Continued from Page 1.)
charging her cargo and passengers and after four days she was forced
to return to Hongkong.
FARES REFUNDED
were
Upon return to Hongkong to-day, the fares of passengers who attempting to reach the Chinese port were refunded.
the following directors, Sir Robert Mr. Humphreys was supported by
Ito Tum, Mr. J. Scoll Haraton, Mr. H. V. and Willums, Mr. D. L. Newbiggin Qule (Secretary). Others present were Messrs, 5. T. Williamson, P. C. Potts, J. E. Jupp and W. C. Lee.
Kuling Not Yet Open
Klukiang, June 2. The chairman reported:
Opening of Kuling. famous sum- "The pront for the your. atjmer resort atop Lushan Mountain in $10,040.37, is the best since 1934, and northern Klangst Province, is desired shows an increase of $9,310.80 over by foreign residents, but the Jopan- Inst year, which, I think, can be ese authorities hold that it is still considered satisfactory, and which premature to comply with their re- Justifies the increase of one per cent, quest
The families of the foreign re- in dividend as recommended by your Directors.
sidents who are still staying at "As a matter of statistical interest Kuling will be permitted to proceed to shareholders, I would like to mento the -mountain
resort, Those It is believed that strong re- tion that 22,038 more passengers were foreign residents who withdrew from accordance with the presentations are being made to the carried up and down in the Trams Kuling in Japanese Commander-in-Chilef in thon in the previous year, making up Japanese military advice prior to the Shanghai, Admiral Oikawa, by Ad-total of 1,054,735 transients.
start of the Japanese attack, would miral Sir Percy Noble, regarding the "Trame Receipts and Rents shew also be permitted to visit the moun- incident.
an increase of $3,000.27 and $2,345.18 tain, it was learned from official It is anticipated that the Japanese respectively, and had it not been for circles.—Domei, have deelded on this latest method the inclement weather experienced In order to enforce the blockade of during March and April, a larger the China coast. Willst they are not increase would huve been recorded permitted to interfere with British under the former account, ships, they can and presumably will prevent any contact between ships lying at anchorages and the shore. It is possible, however, Japanese machinations will be defeat- ed in future by employing British lighters.
that the
C. in C.'s Meet In Shanghai
Competition From Cars
U.S. Ambassador Remains Silent
"With the ever increasing use of
Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, United motor cars, we are more and more tourists, in which sources of revenue cd from comment on dependent upon casual traffic and States Ambassador to China, refeain- Far Eastern
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BOYS TOWN"
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"As an extra inducement to this representative interviewed him short- type of traffic the cheep Returnly after his arrival by the Empress at Tickets issued on Sundays have now Canada this morning. been extended to include Saturdays and Public Holidays,
Cafe Scheme Dropped
encouragement,
по
The
Ambassador, accompanied by Major J. M. McHugh, Assistant Mill- tary Attache at Changling, is return- ing from leave, To-night he and Major McHugh will be guests of Sir Geoffry Northcote at Government House and to-morrow they will sail by the Yusang for Haiphong. They will continue their journey to Chung- king via Kunming, as soon as trans- port
Mra children
SHANGHAI, June 2-A meeting between the British and Japanese commanders-in-chief. Admiral Sir "A further Perey Noble and Admiral Olkawa, doubt, would be a small cafe at the took place aboard the Japanese flag-Peak, where refreshments could be ship Idzumo this morning
the obtained, and our delectable scenery conversations lasting for three hours, viewed at leisure.
is understood that all out-
**Since standing issues between Japan and Hotel visitors have not been catered the closing of the Peak
their and
two Britain were discussed, including the for in this respect, Ranpura incldent, the seizure of the
parted from the Ambassador It is interesting to recall that at Shanghat and went to Peking. Sagres, the Kulangsu blockade and some two years ago, we submitted where they will resume residence. plans to Government for a small cafe Mrs. Johnson had been in America to be built above our present work since 1937, when she went home be-
the closure of the Yangtse and Pearl
Rivers.
No details.. however, are yet available-Reuter.
Halifax May Go To Moscow
the
Although the plans were approv-|
ed, Government refused to renew the Crown Lease of the sito which, t that time, had only eleven years to Irun. In view of Government's at
titude we were reluctantly compelled to drop the scheme,
is son
cause of the China trouble.
Stock Exchange Reports
THU: Lourel & Hardy as Twin Brothers "OUR RELATIONS | Staff is preparing to receive the Tur-/note that the overdraft with our covering the major part of earlier |
FRI:
Robert Taylor & Margaret Sullavan in “3 COMRADES" SAT: Joanotte MacDonald-Nelson Eddy in “MAYTIME”
LONDON, June 2.-Mr. Chamber- "An early and satisfactory selfie-: lain is reported to be considering ment by Government regarding ex-
London, June, 1. SUN: Laurel & Hardy in their Funniest "WAY OUT WEST" sending Lord Halifax or Mr. R. A. piring Crown Lenses would appear
M. Moloto's speech, together with MON:Ronald Colman-in-Dicken's "A TALE-OF-TWO-CITIES Foreign Affairs, to Moscow to over-
Butler, the Under
end of account realising, caused an Secretary for eminently desirable.
Initial-lowering-of-prices-on--the TUE: Marx Bros. In Fastest Riot: "A DAY AT THE RACES" come the Soviet objections to
Overdraft Reduced
Stock Exchange to-day, but before the close Norma Shearer & Leslie Howard in “ROMEO & JULIET" | Anglo-French proposals,
some improvement was Meanwhile the British General
"From the Balance Sheet, you will noticeable, with leading groups re- klah mil
military mission which is arrivBankers has been reduced by $34,- losses.
Gill-edged securities occasionally ing shortly to discuss Anglo-Turkish 003.25. Permanent Way, should the
balance, while co-operation In the Mediterranean proposed allocation of profits meet finished higher on and the purchase of war materials,
with your approval, will stand in at among industrials, textiles were in
demand. British Naval and Military attaches
round figure of three lakhs. the
Wall Street was "I do not think there are any at Ankara are also proceeding to
oiler
quietly easy. London to facilitate the preparations items which call for special mention for an interchange of talks between and I now formally propose that the the respective staffs-United Press.
Report and Statement of Accounts as presented be adopted and that the following allocation of profits be passed.
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Guilder Declines
New York, June 1. The feature of the foreign CX- changes to-day was the sharp drop in the guilder, due to a threatened Dutch Cabinet crisis, while sterling was not adversely affected by M. Molotoff's speech, and the optimistir Paris press view resulted in a general improvement.-Heuter.
$62,986.04 Eastern Emperor
In Marseilles
Proposed by the Chairman and seconded by Mr. Potts, Sir Robert Ho Tung, Messrs. J. Scott Harston, L. Kadooric, H. V. Wilkinson and D. L. Newbiggin were re-elected to the Board of Directors,
MARSEILLES, June 1.—The Em- peror of Annam arrived here to-day by air for a short holiday on Riviera.
the
Messrs. Lowe Bingham and Mat- He walked with a stick following a thews were re-elected nuditors on the triple fracture of the leg as a result proposal of Mr. J. E. Jupp and of an accident in a hunling expedi- seconding of Mr. W. C. Lee,
tion some months” ago—Reuter,"
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