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Monday, September 8, 1930.

Seventh Moon, 16th Day.

HEAK @

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THE

New songs!

Catchy dances!

Smart humour!

Brilliant costumes!

A sparkling Broadway

revue in full

natural colours.

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DANCE OF LIFE

Adapted from the Stage-Sensation "BURLESQUE "

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Another tense and intriguing drama of London society With Thrills, Tears an

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From Sir James M. Barrie's famous stage play “HALF AN HOUR",

ng at Anderson'a and at the Theatre (Telephone 25720):

and published for

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HONG KONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1930.

COAL PROBLEMS.

+

DRASTIC CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY.

MARKETING SCHEMES.

Rugby, Yesterday.

"STRAUS PLAN."

FOUNDER OF FAMOUS LOAN SYSTEM DEAD,

EXPORT ON THRIFT.

New York, Yesterday. The death occurred to-day of Mr. Simon William "Straus, the well known American banker-Reuter's American Service.

partner RS A

SIEGE OF NANNING.

CITY SURROUNDED BY YUNNANESE TROOPS.

FACED WITH STARVATION.

Wuchow, Friday. It is understood that coal own-

The reported capture of Nanning by the Yunnanese on August 31 ers have reached an agreement to

has not been confirmed at the establish marketing schemes in

Military Headquarters. Refugees all the 21 districts under the Coal [Mr. Straus was born at Ligonier, arriving yesterday from Nanning Mines Act, and that practically Indiana, in 1865, and educated at state that the city is completely He became surrounded by the Yunnanese, so all the schemes are in accordance the "public,schools,

connected with the loan and that foodstuffs cannot enter it; with the terms of the Act, or of mortgage business of Frederick and in consequence there is great the model scheme recommended Straus, his father, in 1884, and was hardship among the populace, and by the Mines Department. In con- admitted

in 1888. unless the siege is quickly ended, sequence, it is probable that by Deceased has been President of the people will be reduced to the end of the month the industry S.W. Strans and Co., since 1898, in famine condition. At one stage of will be ready to embark on what addition to being President of the the siege, rice was sold for $47.00 amounts to a drastic change in ity Franklin Trust and Savings Bank, a picul.

of the American Yunnanese Fall to Take City. organisation, since from that Chicago, and

His books on Although Nanning has been be point all collieries in the country Society for Thrift. will be regulated as to standard monetary matters are well known in sieged since July, the Yunnanese tonnage and quota, and coal will the States, and include "History of numbering about one and one-half take its place with railways, elec- the Thrift Movement in America." of a division have not been able He was to assault the city, which, accred• tricity, gas, broadcasting and and "The Straus Plan."

the originator of the "Straus Plan" ing to different accounts is de- other enterprises which have come under a substantial measure of financing loans on buildings and ended by about 2,500 Kwangsi

industrial plants.]

rebels under the command of of legislative council.

Wong Shao-hung. The reason has been explained to our repre- sentative by military circles that: the Yunnanese army is equipped:

rifles only with

and a few machine guns, there being practi- cally no artillery or hand gren- Indes. Thus, when they broke down the defences on the south- ern gate of the city on August 18, they fought the rebels in the narrow streets, but were thus separating the end of the finally dislodged, as they were rails.-Reuter.

lacking machine guns, hand ren- ades, and pistols in close fighting.

The Amalgamation Commis- sioners shortly to be appointed will begin with schemes where progress has already been made, and will do all they can to pro- Imote voluntary amalgamation and avoid the use of their com- pulsory powers.-British Wireless Service.

TRAIN DISASTER.

- DUE TO REMOVAL OF

FISHPLATE BOLTS.

RAILS SEPARATED.

Calcutta, Yesterday. The Mail train disaster was due

RAW STEEL CARTEL. to the removal of fishplate bolts,

UNABLE TO MAINTAIN WORLD CONTROL.

RELEASE OF PRODUCTS.

Cologne, Yesterday.

The First News.

Calcutta, Yesterday. For the present, the Yunnanese

A mail train from Calcutta to are content to await the arrival Dacca was derailed between of the Cantonese, who are expect- Banpur and Darsana, seventy ed very shortly, the vanguard be- An attempt to keep the inter-miles from Calcutta, four persons ing only fifty miles away from 42 injured. Nanning. It is conceded by the national (Continental) raw steel being killed and

Reuter., cartel alive is to be made by the formation of separate cartels for the release of products within the framework by existing organ-

ARCTIC TRAGEDY.

FOUND.

CAMP IN GOOD ORDER.

military authorities that when the two forces join up, the fall of Nan- ning will follow quickly.-Canton News Agency.

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skeleton, presumably the remains of Fraenkel, a third member of the Andree Expedition, a number of scientific instruments and weapons, and Fraenkel's note

isation. It is acknowledged that BODY OF SWEDISH EXPLORER the carte cannot maintain. world; control, while 'mportant groups like Great Britain and Poland stand outside. It is almost cer- tain, therefore, that manufac- turers of certain products will be The whaler Ishjoern, dispatch book. They also found the camp given a free hand. The whole ed to White Island with journal-in excellent order. The deaths of question will be settled at a meet-ists aboard, reports that he has the explorers appear to be the ing at Liege on September 12-located the remains of Andree's result of a swift catastrophe, such Reuter,

Take

Stockholm, Yesterday.

camp, and found parts of a human as a blizzard.-Reuter.

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