1931-12-16 — Page 12

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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1931.

NEWS TABLOIDS.

The National Maritime Board i bus agreed, as from January 31, to a reduction of 10 per cent, in the pays of navigation, engineer and merchant officers.

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South Africa, says General Hertzog, will not abandon the gold standard. Indeed, she will -establish...her___own mendtary

coinage system:

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The Soviet

proposes Eastern

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Far Confer-

NEW ABERDEEN RESERVOIR.

Declared Open by the Governor,

DENTALINE

(Concentrated Antiseptio}

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AMUSEMENTS

OVERNIGHT CABLES

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AT THE

The King.

The King spent yesterday in Windsor Great Park preserves

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Gandhi, according to a statement: made in Rome, is returning to India to continue the struggle (non- violent) against Britain.

Indian Terrorists.

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APPEAL TO PUBLIC. · Yesterday afternoon is Excel-shooting. Mr. Winston Churchill in "do- lency the Governor (Sir William

Peel), oficially declared open the Gandhi. ing splendidly."

new Aberdeen Reservoir.

The ceremony was performed in the presence of a large, gathering of H.E. was accompanied residents. by Lady Peel, and after inspecting the reservoir, Sir William congra tulated the engineers responsible, Terrorists are at it again in Ben-

R. Henderson, W. Wood- Messrs.

On Monday two Bengali wo- gal. ward, F. J. T. Locke, J. C. Campbell, men shot dead the District Magie- S. H. Jones trate of Tippera, and on Tuesday J. A. Kinnard, and Then, entering the tower-in-the abomb was thrown-at-the-bunga- bridge. H.E. low of the District Magistrate of centre of the dam turned the wheels which opened the Bhagulpore.

sent the water outlet pipes and

the later beds. rushing down into Simultaneously another outlet was opened which caused a stream The R.A.F.'s long-distance water to run into the dry bed monoplane has met with a the old stream.

of a speech, light mishap, so the attempt to establish a world's non-stop long-Hon. Mr. H. T. Crepay, Director of distance flight record has been Public Works, recounted the history Volley Water of the Aberdeen deferred to a later date.

Scheme and pointed out that the

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Mr. Yoshizawa has accepted the Foreign portfolio, and will return to Japan very shortly. Little or no change in Japan's foreign policy is predicted.

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In the course

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of

the

work on the Upper Dam had first been sanctioned by the Legislative He also spoke of Council in 1929. the water supply system in the Colony and appealed to the public to see that no unnecessary wastage was allowed.

St. Paul's, London, yesterday, held a large and distinguished congregation in connection with a National Service of Prayer for the success of the forthcoming World Disarmament Conference. The Archbishop of Canterbury, concluding an eloquent sermon, His Excellency the Governor, in pleaded oneness of the whole the course of a speech, congratulat- body of nations as the ruling ed Mr. Creasy on the completion. of principle of international life in the reservoir and also compliment order to rescue civilisation fromed Mr. Henderson, who had been re- its present plight.

sponsible for the design and super- vision of the reservolt.

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The Dukes of York and Glou- coster accompanied the King on u shoot in Windsor Great Park, yesterday. All enjoyed a good day's sport.

Mr. J. H. Thomas has cancell- ed his trip to South Africa.

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Speaking of the eccend section of the Shing Mun Scheme, he said the fol approval of the Secretary of and felt con- State was awaited fident that it would be given. His Excellency said that the scheme would have to be financed by means of a loan, which he did not think would be difficult to raise in view

There has been a slight rise in of the Colony's financial position. the number of unemployed.

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Dos Manuel has been elected Premier of the new Spanish Cab- incl.

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Capacity of Reservoir, The Upper Reserval at Aberdeen is formed by a concrete and masonry the front and buck dam, faced on with smooth faced and rock-faced respectively. The concrete blocks Massachusetts banks dam has a total length at roadway some level of 400 feet, a total depth from hare closed their doors,

maximum depth of banks in the US. have suspend- of 138 feet, a ed payments since the beginning water of 108 feet and an effective capacity of 176 million gallons. On the back of the dam in either side,

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Oxford Undergraduate's Case.

Mr. J. A. Davies, an Oxford undergraduate, who knocked down and fatally injured a constable when driving a sports car, has been found "not guilty" of manslaughter. The Judge expressed the hope that Davies would never again drive a

CBT.

Bangkok Fire.

Two thousand persons have been rendered homeless as the result of The a disastrous fire in Bangkok. Bank of Canton premises have been destroyed.

Disarmament. Conference,

A National Service of Prayer was

held yesterday in London in con- nection with the forthcoming World Disarmament Conference.

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Fiduciary Issue.

Home newspapers applaud the decision to maintain the fiduciary issue at the existing level.

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Berlin Bourse,

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Members of the Berlin Bourse are now permitted to meet at the Stock Exchange for an hour on Thursdays, but stock trunsactions: are not permitted and quotations not fixed.

This is taken to indicate an early re-opening of Stock Exchanges.

only temporarily. Over 1,200, roadway to bottom d foundations Duke of York and the Duke off

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Bear

weakened raiding of currencies has been frustrated on New York Exchange.

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Belds, and food will be distribut-

them according to

Mr. F. Fairfax, Chief Officered to F.s. On Lee, is reported as miss amount of work done. ing since Saturday last.

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ROYAL SHOOTING PARTY.

Rugby, Yesterday. The King, accompanied by the

ingham Palace to Windsor Great| Gloucester, motored from Buck- Park where the party number- ing six guns had a good day's shooting. Many birds fell to the gun of the King, who is an expert shot. British Wireless Service.

channels have been constructed to divert the overflow water into the Unemployed men demonstrat-water cushion, formed at the base The upper reservoir; the London County of the dam.

There has a direct catchment area of 321 Council Hall yesterday.

acres but by means of the cast and were very disorderly scenes.

west catchwaters, which drain 314) acres and 680 acres respectively, the drainage area is increased to 1,315 acres.

Two Chinese women and aned before elderly m were to-day faced with charges in connection with the Bale of a girl for $120. They The prosecution were fined. stated that it should be made known that any person taking part in any transa on, the ob- ject of which was the disposal of a human being, would be prose- cuted.

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A hospital in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, was burnt down on Monday night. Three Inmates lost their lives.

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When the Upper Reservoir is full, approximately three million gallons A serious situation has arisen per day can be supplied to the fl in the Lancashire cotton Indus- tere by gravity, but as the level of try, operatives of the spinning the reservoir falls, so the gravity rejected delivery decreases. To meet this man, section woman and child in Soviet cotton employers' proposals to nego- decrease in delivery, a lower pump- districts must, according to a tiste regarding a return to long- ing station has been bullt close to

the Aberdeen Dockyard. Soviet order, work in the cotton- er hours at present wages.

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