1932-10-14 — Page 7

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1932.

NEW LIQUOR DUTY PREFERENCES APPROVED

ANNOUNCED.

Change Contained In Gazette.

- New liquor duties were gazetted; to-day by the Hong Kong Govern

ment.

BY H.K. ORDINANCE

(Continued from Page 1)

1

THE CHINA MAIL.

be in addition to the ordinary licence fee payable under why Ordinance pr regulations, relating to the licen sing of vehicles.

4. The Governor in Council shall have power to make such regulations as he thinks fit for the satying out of this Ordinance.

Empire product' in the case of substantially manufactured with motor vehicle means a vehicle which

It is resolved that the Table to in the British Empire. the Liquor Dulies Resolution of Motor Vehicle includes motor June 30. 1982, be amended and car, motor lorry, mator omnibus, bicycle and that on and after the coming into motor truck, motor operation of this Resolution Part motor tricycle.

"(2) No vehicle shall be deemed 1of the Table published in the said notification be rescinded and to be substantially manufactured and reasons of the Ordinance: the following Part aubstituted within the British Empire unless,

European Type Liquor.

Per vallon

and other sparkling wines

$10.00

On "all liquers, and on' alte

chumpagnes

On all brandy consigned om and grown or pro- Juced the British Empire:

....

On all other brandy and on,

gin. whisky and other spirituous liquors

Or all port, sherry and

madeiru...

On" all other still, wines, On beer. Jorler, sider, Her{y

O

and atout ...

W, T, Southern, Officer Adminis tering the Government."

DE LA SALA FREE ON ONE CHARGE.

Hearing Of Second

Proceeding.

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

Mr. Wyant-Jones, at the Central

The following programme will Magistracy yesterday afternoon,

be broadcast to-day from the Hong! diamissed charges of criminal in- timidation and threatening to Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. assault, brought against Pastor De on a wavelength of 355, metres La Sala, by Major Cassel, of the (845 K.C.'s);— Critic.

5-7 pm-Chinese programme. 7-10.30 p.m.- European pro-

Whather La Sala pulled a automa-

The Gazette describes the objects/tie" pistol or a black leather key gramme.........

7 p.m.-Stock Quotations, etc. Victor & H. M. V. records kindly 7.3-7.45 p.m.-A programme of

Song-

case from his pocket when he was "The Ottawa Conference has "de in the Major, His Harout threatened to alleged to have

In the opinion of the Inspector Gea- made it necessary for all parts of

least one the Empire to support the conel-could not determine. Major Cassel supplied by Messrs: Moutrie & Co. eral of Police, at quarter. or, such

VARIETY other. prosions there made as far as circum admitted that he was not frighten- portion »

Governor instances permit. the

The conditions of at La Sala's alleged threat and Fox Tret Council

Fix by may

And Then Your Lips Met Mine Order, Hong Kong give few openings for the accused had merely stated that

he would do in" anyone who.inter-Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore of its value is the result of labour reciprocating in the way of prefer-fered with him at some indefinate within the British Empire.

fence, but motor vehicles provide one

Orchestra 22582, time. "3.-(1) There shall be charged, such opening of which it is proposed levied and paid, in respect of the to take advantage. A general imevidence of criminal intimidation Peggy Wood (Soprano) E3144.

The Magistrate could neither find]

Zigeuner first registration in the Colony of port duty is possible but it is con-nor assault, according to the strict Orchestra every motor vehicle hereafter regia-sidered that such a duty might in-points of the law, and therefore dis tered which, in the opinion of the terfere wih the entrepot trade in charged the accused on this count.

Das Made! Hat Sex Appeal Inspector General of Police, is not motor vehicles and it has therefore

Evidence was taken from Mr. an Empire product, a special licence been decided to recommend that the Raymond O'Shea, who has accused fee of an amount equal to twenty principle of preference should apply La Sala of threatening him with a 4:00

of the value of auch only to motor vehicles register-knife with intent to alarm him. 3.00 per cent.

vehicle. Including cost freight and ed for use in the Colony and to add Hoaring will be resumed on Satur Insurance, on arrival in the Colony, 20 per cent, of the c.i.f, value to the

day morning. after deduction of the value of the licence fee of all foreign made motor tyres and of any apare wheels or vehicles on first registration. other spare parts.

C. G. Alabaster, Attorney Gen- "(2) Such special licence fee shallferal.”

8.00

6,00

2

0.60

all intoxicating liquors above the strength of 18 degrees under proof, for every degree above such " strength in addition to the appropriate daty as above 44,67

LONDON PARLEY CLEARS WAY TO ARMS CONCLAVE.

(Continued from Page 1)

Meet Ministers,

1

The Anglo-French conversations.

on disarmament problems occupied)

several hours at No. 10 Downing!

NEW YORK STOCK. EXCHANGE

A. O. F. C. Quotations.

New York. Yesterday.

Last To-day's Changes Aver. Aver.

..70% down

YOUTHFUL THIEF TO BE BIRCHED.

Sleeping Passengers "Are Robbed.

4

EMPIRE RATIFIES NEW TARIFFS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

›› Britain's Benefits.

London, Yesterday.

"Marek Weber & His

Vocal Duet

Orchestra -6157.|

It Always Starts to Rain

Jack & Claude Hulbert B4003. Humorous Dyologue-

Laughter, Love and Lingerte

The Laughter Makers, B2915. Instrumental- Deep River

Song-

Flonzaley Quartet 1276.

The Tune The Bo'Sun Played Peter Dawson (Basa-Baritone),

B3679.

Fox Trot-

You're Simply Delish

On the basis of the latest trade returns it is estimated that Britain will benefit under the new Ottawa Conference schedules from prefer- jence on over £50,000,000 worth of

foreign imports into the Dominions.! Song

The view of all commentators 'ex-] If Love Were All

Bert Lown & His Hotel Biltmore

Orch: 22582.

Ten strokes of the birch was the cept the Free Traders is that the Ivy St. Helier (Soprano) B3144.

schedules reveal more substantial Orchestral

Street yesterday and will be rel30. Industrials 61.60 59.75 -1.00 down sentence given to Kwok Ping, aged concessions and cover a wider range sumed to-day. Premier MacDonald20 Rails 25.77 26.67

found guilty by Mr. of exports than was generally anti- and Premier Herriot spent an hour! 20 Utilities 27.2 28.00 1.25 down 16, who was together alone yesterday morning, Messrs. E. A. Pierce & Co. Re-Wynne-Jones at the Central Court cipated. after which they were joined by day has showed little or nothing

port:-In spite of lower prices, to this morning of stealing one coun- The Free. Trade press bitterly adsails the agreements ON the Sir John Simon and the French and Hquidation is not beat We Eterpane, one pair of shoes and nine].

ground that they will seriously im- Ambassador," M. De Fleuriau. A think there is a good possibility pieres of clothing from two paa pede eventual world agreements for interim communique issued after that the list is gradually forming engers of the ss. wong Tung. reduction of tariffa wards described the conversationa a base upon which to build for a When the boat docks early in the On the contrary, the Conservative as informal and related to "aim-i

substantial advance. For the pre-morning, passengers are wont to newspapers, emphasise that the culties that have arisen as regards sent, we look for fluctuations with sleep, until daylight. At this time Ottawa Conference reduced tariffs further progress in disarmament*

in relatively harrow range. Busi-thieves sometimes greep aboard and did not raise them... The French Premier, together

and ster whatever they can lay with M. Fleuriau and Messrs. 1288 done: 1,200,000 shares. V

Last To-day's their hands upon. -Price Price

Alphand and Ray,who had accom-1 panied him from Paris, remained

to luncheon with Mr. MacDonald A Reduction

and there met Mr. Stanley Bald-Allied Chemical & Dye 711⁄2 win. Lord Hailsham and other American Can ... 49 Ministers and officlalá.

Discussion Resumed. Conservations were resumed Anaconda Copper Min-

ing

later in afternoon and lasted two

52.

67

47%

American Telegraph

63

Telephone

..103 American Tobacco "B" 7136

POM 69

91

99%

1.9%

391

20%

144

14

12

52%

38

hours. It was announced that Auburn these had been marked by a very Borden Company "friendly spirit and would be con

"Canadian Pacifie

Chrysler Moters

107% tinued at ten o'clock to-morrow, Consolidated Gas of after which a full communique j New York ... 64M would be issued. '

Drugs, Inc.

Pont વધ Nesioura 344 Eastman Kodak

494 to-morrow, 'nfternoon at 41

Electric Bond & Share 3. o'clock. To-night Sir John Simon General Electric

15 15% gave a dinner party at Claridges in General Foods

2914 2014 honour of the French Premier, Mr. General Motors

135. MacDonald being among

those Gillette Safety

M. Herrlot Intends to leave Lon-D

don

present.

99

CHINESE ENCOUNTERS FATEFUL NUMBER.

1.

Bleibe Bei Mir.

Marek Weber & His Orchestra

V-6157.

1

Vocal Duet-

Jolly Good Company

Jack & Claude Hubert B4003: Humorous Duet

The Laughing Sousaphone

The Laughter Makers B3915. Instrumental

Irish Reel

Flonzaley Quartet 1276.

Harlequin...

Programme.

1. Berceuse from Jocelyn

(Benjamin Godard)

2. Forget-me-not

(Allan MacBeth)

Interval

(During the interval the Time Signal & Weather Report will be broadcast)

An interesting point of the agree-Song- ments is the scheme to restrict the importation of foreign meat into

Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone)

B3679. Britain, in order to raise wholesale ! prices.

17.45-8.15 p.m. From the Studio. The Times argues that this is the A Violoncello Recital by Profes only way to save the United King-sor A. Podolsky accompanied by Carried Opium On Unlucky Day, dom and Dominions "growers" from Prof. S. Maklezoff (by courtesy of rain. It will also benefit foreign the Management of the Hong Kong "growers" in the Argentine and Hotel).. The number "13" proved the elsewhere.-Reuter. Nemesis of Li Hi, who was brought

Hong Kong's Part. before Mr. Schofield at the Central The following communique was Magistracy this morning, charged issued by the Colonial Secretariat with having in his possession 39 last night: taels of prepared opium.

"The Order under the Public He had concealed 18 packets of Revenue Protection Ordinance pro- 48% the narcotic around his thighs, mulgated in the Gazette Extra fastening it there with rubber ordinary of this evening and the bands. He was arrested on Octo-legislation which it "foreshadows ber 13. The opium was valued at represent the contribution asked of $468.

Hong Kong towards the The defendant stated that he effort planned at Ottawa and now. was a cook on board the s.8. Yuet ripe for execution to, promote Bri- On and not a resident of Hong tish trade by a system of reciprocal Kong.

preference embracing all the! His Worship fined the defendant Dominions, and Dependencies. The $4,000 or 11 months' imprisonment, contribution of Hong Kong to this great scheme of Imperial solidarity

Albert Sammons (Violin) must necessarily be sm, becaus it is

*paramoun import and William Murdoch (Pianoforte): janee both to the Colony and

This Salto is from?

ZB.W.'s Library), to British trade

the Small Detachment on “Caradoc." movement of goods into, within

1st Movement Adagio Sostenuto 2nd

Presto and out of the part shall be sub

-Andante con STAC or yeriazioni

te-Presto.

16

15%

Interpational Harvester 21 International Tel.& It is understood nothing occur-

Tel. red to-day to affect the proposal Liggett & Myers "B" £2 put forward by the British Govern- Loew's Inc.". ment and accepted in principle by Montgomery Ward

10%

94.

R

60

264

25%

1174

11%

France, Germany and Italy, that a Pacific Gas & Electric 28%. Four Power Conférence' should be Pennsylvania Railway 14 held in the near future. The pur Radio Corporation, .. post of to-day's meeting was in no Sears Roebuck sense to negotiate, but merely to Standard Oll. Co. of A

National Biscuit....

Mult.

36

2014

18

71% 18

1712

29% 29

จน 9

Mult 240

60

New Jersey. Socony Vacuum Corp.. to methods of removing obstacles Union Carbide & which have impeded the general Carbon disarmament negotiations. There, Union Pacific

allow a frank exchange of ideas as

18. no desire or intention to do the United States Steel 38. work which should properly be Westinghouse B&M 27 done by the League of Nations,, of

which the Disarmament Con- REVOLUTION IN OUR SPENDING

ference is an undertaking. "The purpose of the Premiers le rather

to assist the Disarmament Con-

HABITS.

HIGHLANDERS LEAVE FOR SHANGHAI.

of

that

common

51% The advance party of the Argylljented to as few restrictions as pos and Sutherland Highlanders, con-sible and his principle is observed. sisting of 20 men, under Lieut. even in the new taxation imposed Jon motor vehicles, which must per- EM. T. Baker-Carr left for force come under Government notice Shanghai aboard H.M.S. Caradoc at 8.80 this marning.

as soon as they are taken into use The remainder of the High-within the Colony and can therefore lazdera, under the command or be allowed entry, storage and re- Lieut. Col. N. C. Bennett, O.B.E., exportation without the restriction

(Continued from Page 6.).

ference to go on functioning.

To-day's conversations were It should be admitted here that MC, are leaving on H.M. troopship of bonding. The variation in the guided solely by that purpose and a proportion was also being invested Neuralia for the North on Novem-duty on brandy does not of course the informal exchange of views in Post Office and Savings Certi- bet 10.

impose any fresh restrictions and in gave mutual satisfaction. More Acates. It will readily be appre- The Colonel-in-Chief of the Aits present form of a direct reduc definite information in regard to ciated that the advent of the in- and S.H. 18 R.H. The Princassition for Empire produce is “a, relief the aspects of the disarmament ternal combustion engine has meant Louise, and the Colonel is Major-But small as Hong Kong's con- [rather than a Burden, verspusente problem touched upon is promised, in many artisan familles that an General Sir Alexandertribution is it will be in the words -British Wireless Service,HORT

increased number of week-ends each KCB

GE year have been spent in thé un-

Catted paket for the Secretary of State's telegram of August 24, 1982, not only BOY SENTENCED TO economic environment of the board-

in Ing house, rather than

DOWNTOWN, FIRE a reciprocal return, for preferences SEVERE WHIPPING.economie precincts of their own DANGEROUS

#feel a Areceived and offered, but also ar earnest of our comma desire to Personally Refuse To Give Name same to the peons to his method

secure the fullest measure of Em I am attaching no Of Accomplice,of, spending under certain jaar ouditions, even commended, but

home.

the

pol

Quickly Quenched By "pire trade.

Set Indistesa file

- Brigade, si:

A 14-year-old boy, Leung Chan, must state the facts as I find was sentenced to six strokes of the them, in order to indicate the new{ "Only by“ birch by Mr. Wynne-lones at the reorientation of their habits and Hong Ko Cential Magistracy this morning desires, generated by what i soměj block “of fou for having 688150 Miu Leffer people - desanibel ek) prognose and from bene -tickete in his possession at the time development.

by Tad which YOUR BOY 13s habit of spending more and market Street/

The fire bbcurred

of his arrest

The lad stated-

paid to carry them by

refused to divulge "identity.

a man, bat; modities may be one of the

es eight o'clock and calls

the other's of the low price level which is the ed by both the fire

represent world problem.

10

police.There tias no loss of life,

The Gazette Bftraordinary, has not yet been published. It is understood it will be insted to-day

Surthe

Tederal

3. A Perfect Day

(Carrie Jacobs-Bond)

4. Ungarische Rhapsodie

(Dav Popper)

8.15-10.30 p.m.—A programme of

Classical iusic,

8.15.9.55 p.m

Kreutzer Sonata in A Major

(Beethoven Op. 47)

3rd

"

4th

8.55-9.20 p.m.-

Suite No. 2 in B Minor for Flutes

and Strings (Bach)

played by Willem Mengelberg 20 and His Concertgebouw Orch: 1. Grave, leading to Allegro 2. Allegro.

8. (a) Bendo (b) Bourree". 4. Sarabande

No. 1 & 24

5.2. Polonaisé

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(This Suit is from

Z. B. W.'s Library). 9.209.52 p.m—

6, (a) Menget (b) Bac

Mozart's Violin Concerto.

(This Suite is kindly loaned. by

a Listener): 9.52-10.27 pau.- Symphony Nor in Mindr

(Beethoven: Op-67) played by the Royal Albert Hall Orches Afra conductedly §r –

Ronald, M

These Records are kindly

plied by Mekkoni-Tanng Pland Gote mod

1st Movement

Allegrö

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