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No. 28,300 HONG KONG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1932.
WILL
LEAVE
PRESIDENT HOOVER
FINANCIAL
CRISIS IN
S. AFRICA
Government Faced With Defeat.
HEAVY SPECULATIONS.
Capetown, To-day.
The Government is facing
a most critical situation in the financial difficulties which have arisen, and the devaluation of South Africa's currency is an eventuality which may be realised. The strong farmer element" supports such a move. The Union may
surrender the
gold standard. Immense amounts of currency has left the country, for finan cial interests fear heavy losses.
Cabinet Meeting.
Pretoria, To-day.
ARSENAL DEFEATED
AT HIGHBURY
VILLA LOSE THE 'DERBY'
AGAINST WOLVES
TOTTENHAM AGAIN CHECKED
LONDON, TO-DAY. ·
THE ARSENAL, HOT FAVOURITES FOR THE ENGLISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, SUSTAINED THEIR FIRST CHECK SINCE THEIR DEFEAT AT VILLA PARK WHEN LEEDS VISIT-- ED HIGHBURY AND COLLECTED BOTH POINTS BY THE ODD GOAL IN THREE YESTERDAY. AND THE ARŠĖNAL BEAT SHEFFIELD UNITED BY 9 GOALS TO 2 ON THE SAME GROUND ON SATURDAY !
Aston Villa, who forced the youthful Derby County side to a draw on Satuurday, lost at Villa Park in the "derby" game against An interesting feature of the the Wolves, the present wooden-spoonists. The Wednesday cap- four-hour Cabinet meeting to discuss the crisis, was the urgent tured their third point over the week-end when they drew at Maine summoning of the Governor of Road against Manchester City, but are now only one point behind the Reserve Bank, who private the Villa.
ly conferred for hours with Rt. Hon. Mr. Havenga, the Finance Minister.
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTII). Clubs which have won both
Aldershot Afterwards Mr. Havenga con-holiday games, are
as follow: Bournemouth sulted Premier Hertzog.
Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers, Bristol C.
A number of officials of the Reserve Bank, have been recalled from leave. Reuter...
Prepare For Worst.
Newcastle United, West Brom- Cardiff
Clapton
1 Gillingham
1 Torquay
"Z Watford
DEBT ISSUE TO
"ALL IN THE GAME”--A military rugby match between Royal Military College (Sandhurst) v. Royal Military Academy. (Wool- wich) at Woolwich, London, on November 23 won by the for- mer. An Academy player loses his jersey during a scrummage on the touch line,~(S. & G.).
Cardinal Bourne MYSTERY CAR
NEAR DEATH Recovers
ON HIGHWAY Congratulated By The Pope.
Rome, To-day. Cardinal Bourne for the first time since he was taken ill, left, the hospital and visited the
Cardinal Bourne recently acted
1 Bristol R.
0
0 Luton
2
5 Coventry C.
3
0
Pope, who congratulated him on
4
Reading
his recovery from a serious ill- ness.
1
1 Brentford
0
0 Brighton
1
ter.
Southend Swindon
2 Norwich
1
2 Exeter
2
porting Mr. Tielmanroo's policy|
The Celtic, after their defeat
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
3 Hartlepools
2
wich Albion, Notts County, Notts Crystal P. Forests, Swansea, Town, Torquay Newport Capetown, To-day. United, Brighton and Hove Al- N'Thampton The country is seething with bion, Barnsley, Wrexham, and Queen's P.R. excitement on the political crisis.
Partick Thistle.
Farmers arc vociferously sup
for devaluation. There is the in-at Aberdeen
Chester
on Saturday, re- Barnsley tense interest in the opening of covered their form to account for Carlisle banks on Wednesday. Then they will see whether the unlimited Queen's Park, and Partick gar- exchange is maintained or cur- nered their second set of major Doncaster tailed by an emergency act,
Hull
Rotherham
points at the expense of the lowly-N. Brighton It is estimated that millions in placed Airdreonians. sterling has left the country in the last few days. Speculators Full results as cabled by Reuter Southport
anticipate a crisis which will re- were as follow:-
sult in the abandoning of the gold standard.
Business men are already pre- paring for this situation. - Reuter.
EUROPEAN RIDER
BADLY THROWN.
Motorcycle Struck A Coolie.
Mr. J. H. Maycock, of the Hong Kong Electric Co. Ltd., grazed both knees when he was thrown from his motor cycle on colliding with an unknown Chinese in Morrison Gap Road yesterday afternoon. The ac- cident occurred near the Wesleyan Church at about 5.15 p.m...
Bolton
1 Gateshead
3 Crewe
2 Tranmere
3 Halifax
0 Rochdale
3 Mansfield
2 Accrington
5 Walsall
Stockport Wrexham *York
9 Darlington
Barrow
postponed fog.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
FIRST DIVISION
Arsenal
1 Leeds
2
Aston Villa
1. Wolves
3
Blackburn
3 Everton
2 H'dersfield
1
Celtic
2 Queen's Park.
1 Blackpool
1
Partick.
8 Airdrie
8 Chelsea
Third Lanark
1 Dundee
2
2 Birmingham
(Tables on Page 9.)
1
2 Leicester
1
Middlesbaro'
Derby
Liverpool
Manchester C. 2 Wednesday
Newcastle Portsmouth *Sheffield U. West Brom.
5 Sunderland
* postponed owing to fog.
Arsenal
TABLE TO DATE,
P. W. L. D. Pts.
20. 10 3 2 34
21 11 4 日 28
21 12
Б 4 28
21 10
4
7
21 J
9
20 11
Mr. Maycock, who received medi-Aston Villa cal treatment at the Wanchai Police Wednesday Station where he made a report. Derby He stated that he was driving a Leeds westward direction along Morrison Newcastle Gap Road when a Chinese ran in West Bromwich 21 11
Everton
front of him. He was unable to Sunderland avoid the coolie and was thrown to Blackburn the ground. The Chinese was unin Huddersfield jured. The headlamp of the cycle. Bolton was damaged.
C.D.I. REYNOLDS TO BE HONOURED.
Guest At Farewell Dinner Party.
Portsmouth
Sheffield U. Liverpool
Manchester C. 21
Birmingham
Blackpool Chelsea
Wolves
Middlesbro Leicester
9
SERIOUS LOSS IN BARCELONA.
Fire Does Heavy Damage,
Barcelona, To-day.
The loss from the fire here on
0
as Papal Legate to Dublin at the Eucharistic Conference.
- Reu-
RACE SELECTIONS
FOR FANLING
In spite of the dull weather to- day, a good erowd is expected at the Kwanti race course, for the 0 first day of the Christmas and New, 1 Year programme.
The flelds are excellent and n'good' day's sport is assured. Bus and train facilities
Miraculous Escape
From Plunge.
POLICE FIND SKID MARKS.
While patrolling along Is land Road in a motor cycle combination, "-driven by Traffic-Inspector Alexander, McInnis, Traffic Sergeant
who was seated in the side car, noticed some skid markis near side of the banking yes- terday afternoon.
The discovery was made on a dangerous bend just before the distillery is reached at Aberdeen. They made investigations and discovered that the party that left the skid marks in the car, had had a mira- calous escape from
death, for the fall was several hundred feet. The car had apparently gone partly over the banking as wheel marks were found on the hillside.
Both Police officers scoured the hillside below, but could find no trace of an accident.
No re- port has been made to the Police! of any such Incident.
GENERAL TSAI TO ACCEPT POST.
DUNLOP By Appointment
SUCCESSOR
AUSTRIAN DANCER FREED BY IL DUCE'S ORDER.
Assisted In Plotting Upon Mussolini's Life.
Rome, To-day,
After petitions had been receiv- ed from Austria, Premier Musso- lini has released the Austrian dancer. Greta Blaha, sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment last June for participation in a plot to sassinate Premier Mussolini.
to as-
The woman; a beautiful star of the Viennese stage, was convicted as an accomplice of an assassin whose plan was almost a success. --Reuter
Noted British ·
Soldier Dies
ROOSEVELT
SILENT ON
HIS POLICY
Veterans' Relief Cuts Are Foreshadowed.
·STRICT ECONOMY PLANNED.
Washington,, To-day. President Herbert Hoover has decided that no effort on his part can achieve any satis. factory arrangement between the United States and her deb tors, and the responsibility of the whole issue is likely to he left to President-elect Roose. velt, who so for hus refused to co-operate with the present ad- ministration.
The debt bogey is in a state of suspended animation, and is like-
Maj-Gen. Johnstoney to remain go until after
Marched To Peiping.
March 4 and Mr. Roosevelt as sumes his duties. It is under- stood that President Hoover be lieves Major-General James Robert mere fact finding Commission, es it useless to appoint a
London, To-day.
Johnstone, C.E., who figured pro-
minently in the relief of the Pei- suggested by Mr. Roosevelt and ping Legation during the North 18 inclined to hand over the whole China Expedition, died here to problem to his successor.
Mr. Roosevelt, after discussing the problem with Senator Owen
day.
Maj. Gen. Johnstone, who was in his 73rd year, entered the Young and other advisers in Army in 1876, retiring in 1920. closest secret gives no indication He served in Egypt in 1882, and as to what line he will take. in: China in 1900. He held the It is believed a special session 2nd class of the Cross of the of the new Congress would be Royal Crown order, Germany. called this Spring to prevent a general default of June payments and also deal with pressing home problems, such as beer, farm re- lief, and the budget balance
BRITISH
REVENUE
INCREASE
Income Tax YieldTM £7,963,000 Down.
DEFICIT IS £124,049,768,
London.
Great Britain's revenue
13
· from April 1. to November.
12 was £334,497,286 against £329,138,398 in the corresponding period last year, an · increase of £5,358,888,
The total inland revenue to date, #126,409,000 is down £7,413,000. Income from Cus
are operating, and the train for recently returned from Fukien, up £25,269,000.
Madame Taai. Ting-kai, who toms and Excise, £179,661,000, is Fanling leaves at 1.05 p.m., return-told Chinese Press representa- Ing at 6.06.
"TOUT'S" SELECTIONS.
Race 1
27 Christmas Day, is estimated at Race
10.
811 10
18.12
7
a 11
13
2
4
SECOND DIVISION.
On the occasion of his retire- ment from the Hong Kong Police Force after 23 years' meritorious Bradford service, Chief Detective Inspector Bury
A. Ns Reynolds, will be the guest Charlton
of honour, at a farewell dinner to Fulham,
be given in the Police Recreation Grimsby
8 Tottenham
1 Bradford 6..
1 Port Vale
Club to-morrow night, at 8.30 pm Lincoln, erỡ Chesterfield
A large attendance is expected.." Notts C......
Mr. Reynolds leaves for Home on Plymouth LE Saturday on board the P. & O. sa. Prestou Kaiser-I-Hind, rand
Stoke
half a million sterling.
There were no fatalities, but
firemen and seven others were in jured-Reuter.
Hoover Signs
4 Tariff Acts
Of Legislature
Washington..
Cupid Demurrer
White Stars
2
Black Maria Hefty.
Dunce
Race 3:-
Valley Hall
Festival Eve Wonderful Stag
Race 4
The White House informed the Race
War Department to-day that Presi-
dent Hoover had signed the follow-
8 ing acts of the Philippine legisla
Senate Bill 17a, commonly known Race
as the currency embargo act..
Senato BIII 174, amending the
8 Philippine tariff law to eliminate
0 the 100 per cent liralt on duties on
4 West Ham
1. Burnley
2
1 Millwall
2 Manchester U.,
8 importe,A
2 Oldham
0 Notts F
Senate Bill 175, known as the 1 anti-dumping act. · ·*... 2 Southampton House Bill:819, increasing the du- minutes after the ties on imported meat lard and
*ogga,
He joined the Police Force in Swansea 1909 and is the holder of the 2nd, *sbandoned
(Continued con Page 18) interval owing to fog.
Piccalilll
Ploughrian
Skean Dhu
6
Christmas Belle
Blue Plans A
Tien Feng Shen
6-
Champagne Bay Just Imagine Amos
Race T
Banjalina Christmas Belle Cloudy Eye
It is reported that Mr. Roose
velt is contemplating asking Con-
gress for a free hand to cut Gov- ernment expenses. It is expected he will reduce veterans relief by $400,000,000. This immense an- nual drain on resources will be one of the first items attacked by the "new economy" regime which the incoming administration will introduce. Reuter.
RIVALRY FOR
POSITION IN
COLONY POST
Many Recommended To Government.
C.M.S.N.C. MANAGERSHIP.
Income tax has brought In tives yesterday, that her hus£58,559,000, the yield so far this Information received from a band. General Tsai Ting-kai, will year being £7,968,000 lower than reliable source states that the officially accept the appointment last. The estimated total for new head of the China Merchants. of Pacification Commissioner for the year is £260,000,000, so a Steam Navigation Co, Ltd., wil Fukien, on January 1, 1983, balance of £201,441,000 has to be be appointed by the Minister of A telegram from the Ministry made between now and the end Communications. Gen. Huang of Foreign Affairs; Nanking, con of next Match. Shao-shiung
firming the appointment of Dr. The total expenditure from It was also learned that there Lim Tung hai as Inspecting Com April 1 to November 12 was are about 30 persons under re missioner of Foreign Affairs for $44,711,196 against £468,626,755 commendation by various authori- the South-western Provinces in in the corresponding period last ties, for the post of Manager of succession, to the late Mr. Chu year. The current deficit on the company in Hong Kong: Chao-hsin, has been received in November 12 was $124,049,768. The appointments will be made Hong Kong.
Reuter.
not later than the middle of Jan- uary, 1983.
Greta Garbo Lives In London
floppy
CHINESE GENERAL TO BE MARRIED.
General Chang Yim, second-in- command of the 61st Division of appears in public ever for a few the 19th. Route Army will be mar
In Guise Of Quaint Old Lady
London.
A frumpish-looking woman in a minutes is almost unbearable to ried In Amoy on January 1. He is hat, dark spectacles, a wig her, cautioned the countess in deat present in Hong Kong where he
manding the secrecy of their reis meeting his family. of black fuzzy hair, a shapeless blue sidence from the manager of the
General Chang was yesterday the coat buttoned right around her hotel. "She is terribly, terribly guest of the Fukien Chamber of chin, and thick stockings has just shy and has enjoyed her stay in Commerce at the Kwong Chau res spent six days in London, She London, unrecognized, tremendous taurant, where in an after-dinner was Greta Garbo, me
speech he stressed the necessity of
No one recognized – her in this The Garbo was never seen in the anti-aircraft guns for the defence disguise and the servants In the hotel without her disguise Meals scheme of Fukien, Province. He Mayfair Hotel where she was re- were served in the auite which she point out the vulnerability of gistered a8 Miss Gustafson and the countess occupied but she the three principal towns in the (abtually her real name) thaught was never-present when servants province, Amoy Foochow and she was just eer old lady.brought them. She never rode up Chuen Chow. The cost of 200 anti- the Swedish film star was in the lift with strangers or talked aircraft guns he said, would be
the Countess Wach with avoner Even
went about $5,000,000, which he hoped to the theatre she did not change would be collected from the places.
Miss Gustafson's life when she from this urglycostame Router in question.
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