1930-01-29 — Page 12

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Wednesday, January 29, 1930.

Twelfth Moon, 30th Day.

BLUE FUNNEL

LINE

"REGULAR AND FAST "PASSENGER SERVICES |

FREIGHT AND

LONDON SERVICE.

"ACHULLÈS"

• HECTOR"

4th Feb, M'lom, London, kilum, & Hamburg

19 Feb. Marseilles, London. Filam, & Glazgow *Sails at daylight.

LIVERPOOL SERVICE.

**BELLEROPION" 9th Feb. Havre, Liverpool & Glasgow * MENTOR" 20th Feb. Genon, Huere, Nve paid a filanguw.

NEW YORK SERVICE. (with Transhipment at Singapore.)

[51 Days to New York).

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PACIFIC SERVICE.

via KOBE & YOKOHALA.

3rd Mar.

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"TYNDAREUS * 16th Feb, Vietneis, Vancouver & Fositle **PROTESILAUS" oth Mur. Victoris, Vangodver & Sostie

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PASSENGER SERVICE.

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Also cargo steamers with limited passenger accommoda. tion at specially reduced fares.

For freight, passage rates and information apply to:-

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POST OFFICE NOTICE.

CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

On Thursday, 30th January, the G.P.O. and Branch Post Offices will be entirely closed; on Friday, 31st January, and Saturday, 1st February, the G.P.O. will be open each day from 8 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. and the Branch Post Offices from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.

On Thursday there will be no collection from the pillar boxes and no delivery by postmen but ordinary correspondence may be obtained at the back counter at the south-west corner of the Gen- eral Post Office Building, ground floor.

On Friday and Saturday there will be one collection from the pillar boxes, and one delivery of ordinary correspondence each day as on Sundays, and one delivery of registered correspondence each day at 9 n.m.

The Money Order Office will be entirely closed during the Holl- days.

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AUSTRALIA DAY

Special Celebrations. in London

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Rugby, Yesterday. "Australia Day," the 142nd anniver- sary of the landing of the first ex- plorers at Botany Bay, was celebrated in London yesterday by special

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1930.

TSARIST GENERAL OPIUM TRAFFIC

LURED TO DEATH?

| SUSPECTED MURDER BY "REDS" OF GENERAL KAUTIEPOFF

CORDIALLY HATED

Paris, Yesterday.

All the hospitals and other pas-

church service, a reception, and a din-sible places were unsuccessfully nor at which Mr. James Fenton, Cam- scoured for the well-known Taar- sonwealth Minister for Trade and

ist, General Kautiepoff, a parti. Commerce and the Australian delegate to the Naval Conference, was the guest cipant in the Denikin of honour.

Wrangel campaigns, who

In his speech he said Australia, in

| common with other countries, was feci-

Haiphong

Fort Bayard

Manila and Parcels for Germany

via: Hamburg

Btraita, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, E. & Africa, Aden, Egypt. & Europe via: Marseilles

Parcels Registration. Tatters

(Dus Thursday Is... Feb. 15.) Parcels.... .Jan. 81, 9 am. Registration... Feb. 1, 9.45 am.. Letters

..10.80 a.m. G.G. Maurice Long 10 a.m. Wing Wo

Due Marseilles, Feb. 28.):

G.P.O.AW

81, 0a. Parcels

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110 a.m. Letters

SATURDAY, FEBRUARYANTE

Anking lo

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500,000 Addicts in Egypt

Ruby, Yesterday.. Major-General Russell Pasha, Chief of Cairo, Police and Director of the Egyptian Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, supplemented his recent outspoken report at yes- terday's sitting in Geneva of the League of Nations Opium Advisory Committee.

Russell Pasha stated that out of and fourteen million inhabitants in left Egypt, half a million were drug

home for a short walk on Janu- addicts. The situation, he added, was worse' in Egypt than other

ing the effects of the stringent finan-ary 26 and disappeared. The countries, as drugs had made a

cial conditions which at present pre-feeling is growing among the Rus- great inroad upon the lower middle- vailed. He pointe) out, however, that sian refugees that he was lured class and peasants. In spite of ener- in Australia Commonwealth stocks

were stable at good prices. The Com- to death by Bolsheviks, by whom monwealth had paid over a long series

he was cordially hated.-Reuter. Lof years' interest to the amount of 602 million sterling, and had never yet failed in her obligations.

Australia had contributed about 630 million sterling to the wealth of the Empire in gold. They were on the eve of a great gald-mining revival. One com- pany, was spending three million sterl ing on introducing new processes and méthods for making low-grade arc pay- able.

Another big interest whose represen- tative had just returned from Austra lia, intended to spend £600,000 in de- veloping considerable mineral areas in New South Wales.

Referring to the new Australian tariff and the fears expressed regard- ing the effect on British trade, he said a margin of preference had been main- tained, and it still was the policy of his country to give preference to Bri- tish next to their own manufactures. British Wireless Service.

"WETS" NOT WANTED

Banned from Prohibition Duties

Washington, Yesterday. Prohibitionists must practise what they preach, declares the Attorney- General while stating that it is his in- tention not to appoint "wete" as United States attorneys or marshals, because no man who habitually drinks

or holds pronounced views opposed to prohibition should be directly concern ed in prosecutions under the Prohibi tion Act. Such should seek jaba in other departments or privately.

The administration will at an early date press for the transfer of prohibi- tion enforcement wholly to the At torney-General's Jurisdiction.-Reuter's

American Service.

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CHEUNG CHAU NOTES

getic intervention the situation was serious, and he emphasised the ne- cessity for putting and end to this scourge.

requirements. - British

Following a strong plea for action [From Our Own Correspondent.] by the British and Italian Govern- ments, the Committee has begun to Signs of the coming China New study in detail a scheme for limit- Year are in evidence on all sides. ing the output of drugs to certified The main street is thronged with medical shoppers. The fisherfolk gathered in the harbour and lashed their junks in serried ranks and as' close together as possible, the white. awnings giving the appearance of" i a tent encampment.

have Wireless Service:

The printera of New Year cards of varied designs have been busy for the past week.

SUGAR INDUSTRY

Home Commissioners Report on Survey

Rugby. Yesterday.

The M.V. Sun Chow, after an Lord Olivier and the Commis-i extended overhaul in dock, is back gioners appointed by the Secre on the run and making an extra night trip theso last few days, tary for the Colonies to Inves- leaving Hong Kong at 8 pm. We tigate and report upon the state have had an assortment of launches. of the sugar industry in the West sometimes two on the run following Inides returned to London yester

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another closely, a confusing,

number of whistles resulting.

day.

On the hills an unusual, number Lord Olivier stated that they of bungalows are or will be opened had made a thorough survey of up for visitors and owners who are the sugar situation in the West spending a brief holiday.

Indias, having visited all the Two new "missionarica of the islands and interviewed a great D.C.M.S.,

Their report was are staying with Mr. many people. Clift. They tried to get through to now completed, and he hoped to Nanning, but were unable to get present it to the Secretary of beyond Wuchow. The Rev. and Mrs. State to-day.

Davies are down after sceing their Lord Olivier attributes the de- son off to Chefoe for his last term. pressed condition of the West In- They will all be leaving for New dian sugar-market to the over- Zealand in a few months.

.production of sugar in the world.

-British Wireless Service.

Viscount Cecil is now working at the Foreign Office "in a voluntary capacity," It was announced in the House of Commons.

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GOLD BAR CONTROL

Limit Transactions By Central Political Council

Nanking, Jan. 16.

All transactions on the Shang- hai Gold Bar Exchange must be concluded as B007 08 price Buctuations riad high- er or fall than five pointa, in accordance with the existing re- gulations governing the operation of 'exchanges.

The docision to enforce this rule was reached at yesterday's meeting of the Central Political Council following careful deliberations upon the present financial situation in consequence of the collapse in the silver market due to frenzied speculation. The discussion was led by the Finance Minister Mr. T, V. Soong and Dr. H. H. Kung.

The Ministry of Industry Com merce and Labour was also express ly instructed by the Council to carry out the above decision and to devise measures for the punishment of those wilfully ignoring the order of the Central Government by con- ducting left speculation outsido the Gold Bar Exchange in Shang- hai.

Another important decision of the Council was to request the State Council to taste a Mandate ordering

that Customs revenue bé henceforth made payable on a Gold basis.— Kuo Min.

ADVISER TO BANK

Havard Professor to Assist Governors

London, Yesterday. The Bank of England an- nounces the appointment of Dr. O. M. W. Sprague, Professor of Banking. Harvard University, as economic statistical adviser to the Governors, succeeding Mr. W. W Stewart-Reuter,

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