1931-10-07 — Page 12

THE

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NEW CONSIGNMENT OF COSTUME JEWELLERY

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(8t. George's Building)

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BIG ADVANCES IN SHARES.

Demand Remains Still Unsatisfied.

LIQUIDATION SPENT.

THE FOODSTUFFS

BILL.

Penalty Increased to £500.

THIRD READING.

London, Yesterday. The official summary Tssued by

The House of Commons, after the stock Exchange to-day states:

of the The alight improvement noted in agreeing to an increase

from £100 to £500, yesterday afternoon's report deve cash penalty Joped into substantial advances passed the third reading of the along the entire list this morning, Foodstuffs' Bill (Prevention of Ex buyers readily responding to the ad-ploitation).

while the de- This Bill empowers the Board of vancea established, mand remains still unsatisfied. The Trade to take such action as may liquidation for the Settlement ap- be necessary to prevent improper to bring attempts being made pears to have spent itself.

about a shortage of supplies or in- crease in price.

convicted of offences People under this Bill may be imprisoned or Tor three months, fined £500 both, and the merchandise concern- Wharves were in demand at ed is Hable to forfeiture.-Router. $1512.

T

"Banks changed hands at $1,700..

Raubs, with salos put through at $34%, elosed in demand at this quotation.

at

Providents told) were done $5. and at the close there was a demand for shares at this rate, with sellers asking $6.60. The new shares were also in demand at $2. Hotels (old) were in request at $15.

Lands, after being done at $79, were in demand at the close at $82. wanted Humphreys (old) were

at $184, and the new shares were also wanted at $18.

Realtics, which were put through at $14, closed in demand at $13.90.

wanted at Zoong Singa

$139.

were

Trams were in demand at $2034, Star Ferries were in request at

$91.

China -Lights, which were done at 828%, closed in demand at $28. Electrica were wanted at $77/2 Telephones (fully paid) were in demand at $43, and sales of the part paid shares were put through at $292.

MUI TSAI CASE.

First Under Amended

Ordinance.

(Before Mr. Schofield).

fendant was

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ANOTHER ·ÄMERICAN GESTURE?

Relief For World's Depression.

SECRET CONCLAVE.

New York, Yesterday. An important announcement! bearing on the current world- wide depression is expected from Washington within a few hours, according to the New York Times, as a result of plans made on Sun- day night, when a small group of Wall Street bankers, conferred Hoover very with President secretly.

Four of the country's most powerful financiers, Mr. George! Whitney, of the J. P. Morgan Company, Mr. A. H. Wiggin, chairman of the Chase National Bank, Mr. Charles E. Mitchell, (chairman of the National City Bank, and Mr. William C. Potter, president of the Guaranty Trust! Company, conferred on the sub- ject yesterday at the New York Federal Reserve Bank; while it is reported from Washington that! Mr. Hoover has called a confer- ence of leaders of both political parties, similar to that called be- fore the announcement of the one year moratorium.-Reuter's American Service.

Moratorium Extension Talk Premature,

Washington, Yesterday, Mr. Hoover'a statement on the Administration's efforts to re- medy the economic crisis is not expected until to-morrow.

A case, the first of its kind under Amended Ordinance 13 of 1929, Section 45A, which deals with illegal transaction of mui tsais, was heard this morning. The de- Chinese woman. Tocung Sul-lin, who pleaded guilty,

The conference of politicians ati For the prosecution, Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen, of the Secretariat for White House this evening dealt Affairs, said he, had principally with the domestic! Chinese brought the ease more as a warn-eituation, and though the Euro- ing than anything else, and would pean situation will undoubtedly also be considered, Wall Street satisfted be perfectly nominal penalty, or even a caution. believes that the rumours that an The case came to notice through extension of the moratorium will Dairy Farms were in demand at the defendant sending the girl to be decided are at least for the pre- premature. Reuter's be registered as a mai tsai. She sent was bought by the defendant for American Service. $50 about the middle of August. last. He did not think she had done any work yet, but her mistress had apparently wished her to be a mui taai when she grew older.

Cements (combined) were want ed at $18.

$29.

Watsons were wanted at $15%.

men.

TIMELY RESCUE.

(Continued from Page 1.)

junk in a choppy sea, and with difficulty took off the crew of five No sooner had this been done and the ship's boat pushed off from the wreck, and got just clear, than the junk went under.

with

&

Sweeping measures to ease fin- ancial credits has been advocat ed by President Hoover at the extraordinary White House ses- sion which was attended by the officials. Reuter's highest

American Service.

SENSELESS OUTRAGE

97 Pigs Butchered,

"The main point I stress," said Mr. MacFadyen, "Is that these casual transactions of either girls or boys are now absolutely illegal." The only justification they now had was strictly limited, namely proper The rescued men, who were in adoption or adoption with a view the last stages of exhaustion when to marriage. If these transactions taken off, collapsed some after. were allowed to continue, they However, they recovered as the re-might lead to grave obusea. The sult of careful attention given defendant could buy the girl if sheer, of Ms King Tau Village, Hang them on the ship, and on arrival in made her u, mui taai later. Hong Kong yesterday, they were handed over

to the Harbour au thorities who transferred them the care of the Secretary for Chin- ese Affairs.

to

The poultion of the sunken junk is given as Lat. 20.15 N. and Long. 107.50 E.

came.

لے

Cheung San, a vegetable garden-

at

His Worship remarked the main Hau, reported to the Police this point was that the whole thing morning last night some twenty

Chinese entered his pig sty came to light through the defen-Hang Hau, which is owned by Lee dant.

Kul, a pig dealer of "Saiwanho Market, and saing that the pigs commenced slaughtering them. At the time were Japanese pigs there were 97 pigs in the sty.

Replying, Mr. MacFadyen said the part that defendant played in the transaction was very small. The bigger part was played by de- fendant's servant, who at present was sick in the country and very likely would not be coming here. The defendant bad signified. her the girl's intention of finding

on

them.

tor Fraser, of the S.CA. that the girl'a work consisted of aweeping

It was learned that the junk was badly battered in a storm and Her crew worked sprang a leak. hard to bale the water out in an effort to keep her afloat until help

After many hours of con- parents and sending her back to floors, running errands, and clean- tinuous hard work, they were the verge of collapse and had al- most given up hope of being rescued when the Graciosa, was sighted some distance off, and it was lucky for them that she observed their distress signals, and effected their rescue in the nick of time.

His Worship administered caution.

ing spittoons. The woman claimed the girl to be her distant niece. The girl was handed over to the Unregistered Mui Teal,

defendant by a clanswoman on the For keeping an unregistered mul death of her husband three or four teaf at 19 Catchick Street, a mar years ago. The girl, said Inspec- was fined tor Fraser, wanted to go back to ried woman, Wu Luk, $25. It was stated by. Sub-Inspec- her mistress!

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