1929-07-30 — Page 8

THE CHINA

MAIL,

FAMINE IN NORTH

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1929.

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CONDITIONS DESCRIRED BY

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VICTIMS' CORPSES EATEN

Peking, Yesterday. The return of the China Inter national Famine Relief Committee's in- vestigators makes it possible to sum up the present famine corulition of the on- tire North China area.

MONEY AND SHARES

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

On London- Bank, wire

1/11 4 Bank, on demand ... 1/11 3/16 Bank, 30 days' sight Eank, 4 months' sight 1/11

4 months" Credits,

2/14

2/-/

and

sight Documentary 4 months'

sight.

Since spring, relief measures rain have considerably reduced the area affected, while the number of sufferers is halved, now being about 35,000,000.

On Paris- On demand Credits, 4

The famine areas are now Central Kansu, Shehsi from Sianft north- wards, North Suiyuan North Charhar, Inner Mongolin, the Yellow River basin On New York—* and from Shensi barrier to the son. On demand

has been no rain for four years. The Wire

wheat growing area is like a desert. On demand Anting city's population has been re- duced from 60,000 to 3,000.

=

T.T. on London

.1/11.

T.T. on Shanghai

.8934

Banks

H.K. Bank A.K. London Reg. Chartered Bank

$1265 sa

£126 n

£1934 -b

Mercantile A, & B. Mercantile. C.

P. & O. Bank Bank of East Asia

.432

£151⁄4 a .£9% n

.$90%.

Insurances

Canton Insurance

11972

$630 n

months'

Union Insurance North China Insurance

$326 n

.$160 b

sight

12721⁄4

On Berlin- On demand

Yangtze Insurance

M$50 n

China Underwriters China Fire Insurance H.K. Fire Insurance

.$2 8 $310-b

46%

$770 m

In these areas the suffering is inten-Credits, 60 days' sight 48% sifying daily. In Central Kansu there On Bombay-

Shipping

Douglases...

$271⁄2 n

129

H.K. Steamboats

$24/2 3

1292

H.K. Tugs & Lighters

On Calcutta—

Indo-Chinas (Pref.)

Wire

1292

Indo-Chinas (Det.)

.$471⁄2 b

..$70.

On demand

129%

Shell Transporta (old)

.92/6 n

On

On Singapore demand

Shell Transports (new)

83

Union Waterboats

.$22 3

On Manila-

Mining

On

demand

94

Benguets

.$3.10 b

On Shanghai-

Kailan Mining Ad.

63/6 sa

On demand

824

Langkats (comb.)

.T15 n

Langkats (single)

.T9 b

Shanghai Explorations

$234 s

Shanghai Loans

.T44 n

10034

Rauba

.38% b

Tronoh Mines

.21/- 5

Docks, Wharves, Godowns, &c.

(Bank's

H.K. & K. Wharves.. .$1271⁄4 sa

buying rate)

10.00

H.K. & W. Docks

.$321⁄2 b

24

China Providents

$4.30 b

.T168 n

..T7 b

.T132 b

Cotton Mills

Ewo Cottons Oriental Cottons

Shanghai Cottons, (old)

.T14.80 b .T230 b .7771⁄2 n

"What the Dogs Ate" There is unquestionably a lot of can. nibalism. Ar investigator reports that end magistrate sought to punish those discovered eating corpses of Camine victims, but the cannibals pointed out that they were ealing what the dogs

ate.

Apart from the areas mentioned, rain has now fallen in all provinces, pro- mising fair autumn crops, which will enable the inhabitants to carry on till the spring crops in 1933. This has also forced grain hoarders in many places to put their stocks on the market, appro- ciably improving the position.

Foreign Deaths

30 day's sight (private

paper)

On Yokohama--

Gold Leaf, 100 fine On demand

(per tael) Sovereigns

Shansi province is well supplied with Silver (per oz.) food as the Shansi governacent bought Bar Silver in Hong immense quantities of grain.

Kong

The North Honan, Chinese Society Copper Cash

is improving the position by assisting Copper Cents emigration. to Manchuria. Fourteen Rate of Native thousand have already left and, more

terest

In-

2% dis. Nominal 3% Prem

7% p.. $22% dis.

are going as soon as the railway opens Chinese Sub. Coin up west of Loyang.

Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par.

Typhus has taken a heavy toll among the foreign relief workers in Kansu. Twenty were infected and only seven are recovering. The thirteen dead in- clude French priests and British and American missionaries. Details are at present lacking-Reuter.

PROHIBITION

NO COMMENT ON WICKER- SHAM NOTE

Washington, July 16.

Dr. J. M. Doran, federal prohibi- tion-commissioner, to-day declined

PICKPOCKET PEST

INDIAN GIRL DRESSED AS A. BOY

"Unfortunately because of your sex I cannot deal with you as I would like to. You ought to be whip- ped," remarked Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, the District Judge, when an Indian girl of the vagrant class came up for sentence on a charge of theft. The girl is said to be 13 years old,

According to the evidence record

to comment on the details of the ed in another court the girl, who was

prohibition plan revealed at East-

mission.

ern Point by George W. Wicker-dressed as a boy, got into a bus in gham, head of President Hoover's which was a Mohamedan merchant She sat law enforcement investigating com- among other passengers.

next to him and noticed him produc- Dr. Doran asseried, however, ing a passport in which he had $75. that a clarification of State and After paying his fare the Mohame- Federal functions with regard to dan put the passport his prohibition is necessary. He said pocket and thought no more of that one of the most urgent mat it until he noticed the girl signall- ters before the country to-day is ing the bus to stop and getting down He the part the State and Federal hurriedly take to her heels. Governments are to play in prohibi- then felt for his passport which was missing. By the time he came down According to Dr. Doran, he can- from the bus the girl had disappear. not, because of his position, comed. A report was made to the police. ment on the Wickersham proposal and the girl was subsequently ar- that the control of sale of liquor rested. In her statement she said be left entirely to the States.- she picked up the passport and United Press.

money which she spent in two days.

tion enforcement.

TARIFF FIGHT

P.I. MISSION WILL NOT STOP WORK

Washington, July 25. Although the Filipino delegation feels that its fight against tariff restriction has been virtually won in the senate finance committee, it will exercise vigilance against at tempts toward restriction from the floor of the Senate, Resident Com-

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Chief Court Inspector Meredith said that the accused was a bad pick-H.K. Ropes (new) pocket. She had a previous con- viction for theft and was bound over for six months.

A process server attached to the Supreme Court said that the girl was his adopted daughter. She always got away from the house when he was at work.

His Honour: Will you take her home and give her a good lambast. Ing? Yes, Sir." ̈

His Honour: You won't!

When His Honour was informed that there was no place like the Poh While the Philippines have no Leong-kok for this class of people members in the Senate, Filipinos he sentenced her to three months here feel that they have strong simple imprisonment. His Honour friends in the Senate who would de- also told the process server that the fend the islands against restriction. girl was an incorrigible thief and Conferences between the delega- asked him to send her away to India tion and Senators are continuing. on the completion of her term.--- -Associated Press.

Straits Times.“

"I'm A Good Boy Now, Mummie!”

JEWISH WHO'S WHO'

COMPLICATIONS IN THE COURTS

Most children are naturally good. The publication of a Hungarian- Even when playfully mischievous, as Jewish "Who's Who," compiled by all healthy children must at times, Peter Ujvary, has given rise to com- they mean no harm.

The screams and tantrums of the plications which promise to keep the "bad" child almost invariably arise, law courts busy. The "Who's out of physical condiWho is designed to indicate the tions calling for sym- prominent members of the Jewish pathetic treatment rather than for race in Hungary, and crosses mark panishment. The ad the names of those who have re- ministration of a few nounced the ion of their Baby's Own Tablets

fathers.

"In a good bay now Mamimis"

: hts-

in most such cases. will correct the order in the child's

In many cases, however, the crosses have been found to mark

little inside which is the names of Jews who are devoted adherents of their faith, and of

the

ofits and then

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tears

and

give

Gentiles who have never been con-

waynected with the Jewish race or faith.

085 and smiles. It is stated that several politicians.

Own Tablets are about to bring actions, and

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$18.80 n $11.80 n

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864 sa

.$13.10 s [13.95 sa

$12.90 sa

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.$5534 b

[56 a & sa

.$263⁄4 n .$7 n

.T14% b .11 5

.20/- b

.$2 a

95 cts. C ...$27. $2.10 $9.05 b 94 9

Stores, &c. Dairy Farms Watsons

[9.10 sa ,$7.70 b

.$1.40 n

..$7 8

..85 b

.$19 b $11.90 n .80 cts. n

.81% a

..$18 b

.312 b

$2% s

Miscellaneous

$26 b

..$11⁄2 b

..64%% n

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Le Bourget, Yesterday. Mlle. Maryse Bastle, aboard a 40 h.p. monoplane, has remained in the air 26 hours 46 minutes, beat- ing by 22 minutes, the women's endurance record made by Miss Elinor Smith, America's "Aying flapper."-Reuter.

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