1929-08-13 — Page 8

TYPHOON MAP

OF THE

CHINA SEA

The Landsman's

7

Handy Guide

to Locating the

Centre of a

ΤΥΡΗΟΟΝ

Price 40 Cents.

THE CHINA MAIL,

CHANGES IN POSTS

THE KIANGSU PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.

NEW CANTON CHAIRMAN?

Shanghai, Yesterday."

MONEY AND SHARES

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

T.T. on London T.T. on Shanghai

On London—

Banks

Bank, wire.

1/11 %

Bank, on demand.... 1/11 3/15 Bank, 30 days' sight

The Tá Chung news agency Bank, 4 months' sight 1/11 % publishes a report from Nanking Credits, 4 months, that it is reliably stated that Yeh

sight

2/- Tau-chang. Director of Publicity Documentary 4 months' at Party headquarters, or General

sight

Ho Ying-ching, Inspector General- On Paris of Military Training, will shortly On demand be appointed Chairman of the Credits, 4 Kiangsu Provincial Government, sight succeeding Niu Yung-chien, who becomes Chief Secretary of the State Council, succeeding Mr. Koo Ying-fan, who will be appointed Chairman of the Kwangtung Pro vincial Government. Reuter,

The

On Berlin On demand

On New York-- On demand.

46% Credits, 60 days'"sight 48%

On Bombay-

H.K. Bank H.K. London Reg. Chartered Bank Mercantile A. & B. Mercantile C

.1/11 //% .8234

.$1236 sa

.£126 11

$19% b .£3334 n 215 n

P.. & D. Bank Bank of East Asia

$90% D

2/- 4

1197

months'

** Insurances Canton Insurance Union Insurance North China Insurance.

$680 $326 b T160 b

1272

Yangtze Insuranc China Underwriters China Fire Insurance H.K. Fire Insurance

.M$50¤ .$2 8

$810 b

.$7658

Shipping

Douglases

$27% 0

H.K. Steamboats

.$24 b

Wire On demand

12934

HK Tugs & Lighters

1293⁄41⁄4

Indo-Chinas (Pref.)

.$471⁄2 b

On Calcutta-

Wire

129

129%

On Singapore- demand

Indo-Chinas (Def.) Shell Transports (old)

Shell Transports (new) Union Waterboats

.370 л

.92/6 n

.$22 3

8312

Mining

On Manila-

Benguets

$3.10 b

94

Kailan Mining Ad.

.63/6 n

On Shanghai-

Langkats (comb.)

.T15 n

On demand

821⁄4

Langkats (single)

.T9n

30 day's sight (private

paper)

Shanghai Explorations

..32 8

Shanghai Loang

.Tan

On Yokohanta-- On demand

Raubs

.$82 b

9934

Tronoh Mines

.21/- b

Gold Leaf, 100 fine

(per tael)

Docks, Wharves, Godowns, &c.

H.K. Wharves

$128 b

Sovereigns (Bank's

buying rate)

H.K. & W. Docks

.$32146

10.00

Canton, Yesterday. ce-organisation of the Kiangsu Government having been decided upon. Generals Niu Yung chien and Mu Ping and Mr. Chang On demand Nai-ylen are about to tenderi their resignation. It is believed] On that General Ho Ying-ching haz the most expectations to become Chairman. Canton News Agency.

on demand

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1929.

RAINCOATS-

GENT'S

LIGHT WEIGHT RAINCOATS.

SINGLE BREASTED

WITH BELT

VERY STRONG. WEARING GUARANTEED WATERPROOF

SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICE

$7.75

OVERSHOES

UMBRELLAS

YEE SANG FAT CO.

The Store That Saves You Money.

NOW ON SALE AT THE PUBLISHERS THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD

China Mail Office, 3A, Wyndham Street.

G. FALCONER & CO., (HONG KONG) LTD. WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS DIAMOND MERCHANTS. Union Building (Opposite G.P.0.)

Agents for ADMIRALTY CHARTS, ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,

ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers. High Class English Jewellery.

NEW SHIPMENT

of the latest BRUNSWICK MODELS.

These models are unsurpassed for quality of tone and distinctive ap- pearance and we invite you to call and inspect our new range of wonderful

BRUNSWICK PANATROPES

-

NEW BRUNSWICK

PORTABLE

PANATROPE

and

BRUNSWICK RECORDS

Brunswick

House.

17, Ice House-street,

Tel. C. 4035,

FRIGIDAIRE

Product of GENERAL MOTORS

There is nothing simpler to use than

· FRIGIDAIRE. There is no other automatic Refrigerator so beautiful- None so quiet.

The NEW FRIGIDAIRE COLD CONTROL is You

a simple dial with six freezing speeds. can control the time required to make Ice Cubes and Tap FRIGIDAIRE'S surplus power for freezing delicious salads and desserts easily and quickly.

SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR

HONG KONG & S. CHINA

DODWELL & CO. LTD.

Queen's Bldg. Tel. C. 1030.

HITCH CROPS UP

NEGOTIATIONS" IN BRITISH- CHINESE TREATY

Shanghai, Yesterday.

It is learned that the prelimin-Silver (per uz.) 24 3/16 ary discussions between China Bar Silver in Hong

and Britain in regard to the new Sino-British Commercial

Treaty

22% dis.

Nominal

3% Prem,

Kong Copper Cash have been suspended temporarily. Rate of Native In-

Copper Cents The British and Chinese dele-

terest gates were unable to reach an Chinese Sub, Coin agreement. A point was reached where it is necessary for the for- Hong Kong Sub. Cotn Par.

mer to refer to London for fur- ther instructions.--Reuter.

Reply on Extrality

Nanking, Yesterday. America's reply to China's Note on Butrality was delivered to the Foreign Office

at Nanking this morning. It is very lengthy.

It is understod that while the larger portion of the Note is de- voted to expressions of America's friendship to China, America does not definitely promise to abolish extrality, though she professes willingness to discuss the matter with China.--Reuter.

Shanghai, Yesterday.

7% p.a. $22% dis.

HELD BY BANDITS

AMERICAN MISSIONARY

CAPTURED

Peking, Yesterday. When bandits were driven out

from Tungchang fu, in Shantung, on August 9, they carried off Mr. American Henry C. Wesche, an belonging to the National Holiness Mission.

It is understood that his release is contingent upon the bandits" ad- Dr. C. T. Wang announces that mission into the National Govern- the Foreign Ministry at Nanking ment forces.

has received America's Note. He The American authorities at says he cannot comment upon it Tsinan have made representations until he has seen and studied it to the Tsian authorities, and epon his arrival in Nanking where General Chen Tiac-yuan has in- he is due this evening.-Reuter. structed his troops to pursue the bandits and make every effort to effect Mr. Wesche's release. The bandits are retreating towards Kuanhsien, westward of Tung chang-Reuter.

CLAN DONALD

INVERNESS HONOURS MR. STANLEY BALDWIN

RAJAH'S DEATH

SIR RAMESWARA SINGH BAHADUR

London. The Town Council of Inverness has agreed to offer the Freedom of the Burgh to Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald, Mr. S. Baldwin and Sir Murdoch MacDonald, Member of the House of Commons, in recognition of the distinction they have brought to Clan Donald. Maharajah of the Durbhanga, Sir Mr. Baldwin's mother was a Mac- Rameswara Singh Bahadur, the head of the Maithil Brahmans in India..

Donald.

Baby's Own

Tablets

MAKE ROBUST CHILDREN

OF WHOM PARENTS CAN- BE PROUD,

The chief cause of tardy de- velopment in infants and httle children is malnutrition, due to defective action of the atomach and bowels. Baby's Own Tablets are specially des vised to correct infantile in digestion, to ensure intestinal regularity, to assist teething, to expel worms, and to gen- erally keep the system clean and healthy, thus promoting regular development. Your chemist selle them,, or post free at 60 cents per vial, from

the Dr. Willams Medicine Co., 60, Klangse Road, Shang- hai

his

The death

Calcutta, July 4.

is announced of the

China Providents:

.$1.35 b

7175 n .T8 3 .$1371 b

Hongkews... New Engineerings Shanghai Docks

Cotton Mills Ewa Cottons ..... #17 b 17.20 sa Shanghai Cottons (old) .T021⁄2 b Shanghai Cottons (new) .T48 b T19.90 b Loong Sings

Lands, Hotels & Buildings II.K. & S. Hotels H.K. Lands

Shanghai Lands Humphreys Estates. H.K. Realties HK. Territorials Prince's Buildings

Public Utilities HK. Tramways

Peak Trams (old) Peak Trams (new) Star Ferries

.88.35 s

$591⁄2 b

.T150 b

.$13.60 b .88 b x d.

.$18.70 b $11.80 n

.$6.05 n $64-b

China Lights (comb.) China Lights (old) $12.50 b13 sa China Light (new)

...$12.85 a China Lights 1928 issue H.K. Electrics fuld) $58.00 b 59*sa H.K. Electrics (new)

Macao Electrics

H.K. Telephones China Buses Singapore Tractions Singapore Pref. Sandakan Lts.

Industrials

China Sugars Malabon Sugars Canton Ices Cements (comb.) Cements (old) Cements (new) ELK. Ropes (old) HK. Ropes (new) United Asbestos

Stores, &c.

Dairy Farms Watsons

De: A. Wings Lane Crawfords

Mackintoshs

Staceres

.$26% n

..87 n

.T14% b

11/- 5

.30% b

$27% 5

.95 cts. n

.$27 n

$2 b

29 9

.$7.70 b -$1.40 n

.57 9

.$5 h

.$194 n

ARE YOU TROUBLED WITH PRICKLY HEAT ? Try our

PRICKLY HEAT LOTION, POWDER and SOAP

and get rid of this irritating ailment.

BATH SALTS in all perfumes.

Queen's Dispensary

Pharmaceutical Chemists

22, Des Voeux Road Central.

.$11.90 b

$134 m

For your floor-furniture-and every domestic article requiring

a stained and varnished finish.

"Wilheycla❞

Oil Varnish Stains

IN

Oaks Walnut Mahogany-Satinwood Rosewood Ebony Black

Can be applied by anyone. Always reliable, never sticky. Non-poisonous and Durable.

AGENTS:

S. C. LAY & CO.

Telephone Central 763.

Wilkinson, Heywood & Clark

SHANGHAI.

HONG KONG.

80 cts. n

..$18 b

.$12 b

.$234 B

Miscellaneous

Wm.. Povells

H.K. Amusemexts HK Constructions

Alexandra Building.

..$90 5

QUEER STORY

HUSBAND WITH TWO WIVES ON HANDS

ONE "KICKS OUT"

The late Maharajah who was

.$26 b born in 1863, was appointed to the

.$1.55 b Indian Statutory Civil Service in R. Ind. G$ Bonds ..61% a 1877, as Assisant Magistrate. He H.K. Govt. Loans....7% b prein. resigned eight years later to manage Chinese Estates.

own extensive estates. The title of Raja Bahadur, was con- ferred upon him in 1886, and during 1888-90 he represented the land- owners of Bengal and Behar in the He Bengal Legislative Council. succeeded to the gadi of Raj Durb- hanga on the decease of his brother in 1898 and received the title of Maharajah Bahadur the same year. His Highness was a member of the Imperial Legislative Council and was for several terms President of the British Indian Association. He was elected chief of the orthodox Bharat Hindus of India by the Dharma Mahamandal. He restor- ed temples destroyed by the earth- quake of 1992 in Kamakhya, Assam, Sylhet and other places, and built the Rajnagar Palace, at a cost of £100,000. This palace is still re garded as the finest example of Oriental architecture in Bengal since the Mogul period.

The Maharajuk possessed one of the finest libraries in India.

He presented five seroplanes dur- ing the Great War.

The heir to the title is Maharajah Kumar Kameshwara Singh, who was born in November, 1907.

BIG LOAN WANTED

Shanghai, Yesterday.

AIR-TAXI

FLYING PROJECT" FOR COLONY

A unique story was told to Mr.

FIRST 'PLANE COMING Central E. W. Hamilton, at the Magistracy, yesterday, when a Chin Mr. K. Vaughan. Fowler informs the ese woman summoned her husband China Mail" that before very long it for maintenance. She also sought will be possible for local residents to declaration from the Court that she telephone for an air-taxi. He expects was his kit fat" wife, and there-a machine an Avian light seaplane fore entitled to maintenance and a to arrive in Hong Kong before Nor

ember, and after its erection, the separate home.

The evidence was that husband Preas will be invited to take a trial and wife lived happily together for light

The first machine to be registered a number of years and had two in the Colony for commercial flying, children, both of whom died. The the Avian has received the registra wife then became ill and had to go tion mumber VR-HAA. Mr. Vaughan to a mental hospital in Canton. Fowler will personally pilot the sea When she returned home upon her plane. It may be expected that mary discharge, she found another woman business men will prefer to travel by living with her husband.

air when they wish to visit commercial centres in South China. Then the husband did a very

Details of Machine unusual thing. He made the co- The machine has been purchased by plainant occupy the same cuticle the Far East Aviation Company. It is

and many others. Of particular in- terest is the flight of Capt. Techen Wor-lin, who flew from London to Amoy in the early part of this year. He used an absolutely standard Avian, except that he had a small extra petrol tank fitted. His machine was itted with the Cirrus 85-95 h.p. engine, and the Hermes Engine is the modern development of this already famous

type.

The Flying Club It is proposed that the machines which will be purchased for the Flying Club, shall be of the came type, that is, Avian-Hermes Seaplanes. An es

cellent response has been received to the request for names and, that the Far East Aviation Company feel con vinced that the success of the Club is assured. They desire, however, that it should be known that at the present time, they have received very few an plications from persons who wish to become associate members.

British coal mines during the and the same bed with him and the built by Messrs. A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd week ending June 15 produced other women! The ather woman The machine is fitted with the 5,047,000 tons and employed 935,- made it clear to the compisinant Hermes 116 hp. air-cooled, fong 800 men, against 6,013,900 toria. that she was not welcome by con cylinder-in-line engine, built and de- and 937.000 men the previous week. tinuously kicking her at night signed by the Cirrus Acro-Engines

The complainant also made the Company. The Avian is already a very On and from July 1 the regis The Ministry of Finance is reallegation that her marriage deeds well-known machine.

It will be remembered that Capt.tration fee of one shilling on Post ported to be negotiating for a were burned by the other woman, Hinklar flew from London to Australia Office Savings Bank home safes second disbandment loan of and proof of her marriage with in 15 days in a machine of this was abolished. $50,000,000 to facilitate the carry-defendant is now being sought, type. Shortly after this astounding

ing out of the disbandment e¤- Farther hearing of the case was performance, a sister machine" to that forcement programme Reuter.

The Leeds and Bradford cor porations have made provisional arrangementa

establishing for jointly a municipal aerodrome at equal distance from both cities.

adjourned until Saturday.

London to Austraila by Capt. LOLD TAYLOR

flown by Capt. Hinkler, was flown from

ter. On this fight a passenger Inspector (to small boy): “Now, carried. These are by no means the what are raised in damp clinates?" only achicrements of the Avisn

Small Boy (promptly): "Um- there are such-fights as to Africa and brellas, sir.

hack, non-stop from London to Mascow,

AGED BY TIME