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No. 28,386

GERMANY TO BE

COLONY'S

BALANCE OF

$1,499,432

Revenue Exceeds Expenditure.

HONG KONG'S FINANCES DURING 1932

A satisfactory position is reveal. ed in the Colony's finances for 1932, revenue having exceeded ex- penditure by $1,499,432.77.

The actual revenue of the Hong' Kong Government, for the year 1932, fell short of the estimated! amount by $441,793.71, and to- talled $33,549,716.29. This, how- ever, is an increase of $402,992.56) on the revenue of $33,146,723.73 | for the preceding year.

The total expenditure was $32,- increase 050,283.52, which was un

Mrs. Henry de Jan (Miss Winifred James), the English novelist, who had a summons against her for refusing to re- gister as an alien on account of her marrying an alien hus- band. The action was with- drawn when the Home Office announced the withdrawal of the necessity for registration. -(8, & G.).

of $889,509.52 over the expenditure MR. P. JACKS

of $31,160,774.00 for the proceding

year. The amount expended for

the year-1932-fall short of the es

timated expenditure in the amount

of $2,981,377.48.

The chief source of revenue

APPOINTED

THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1933.

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PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

GOVERNED BY STATE

US. INVITES

HEADS OF POWERS NEW £8,220,000 CONVERSION

TO WASHINGTON

France, Italy And Germany.

MR. ROOSEVELT'S PART IN WORLD AFFAIRS

Washington, to-'ay,

LOAN ALLOTTMENT ·

Tenderers at £94 Receite 85⋅ Per

Cent of Requirements

London, To-day,

Tenders for a maximum of £45,000,000 of 21⁄2 per cent. Con- version Loan; 1944/49 and. Trea sury bills were received yesterday, Applicants for Conyersion Loan at £94.3.0 received 85 per cent, of their requirements. The amount allotted was £8,200,000.--British Wireless Service.

The announcement that the heads of the French, Italian and] German Governments are invited by President Roosevelt, to discuss, in Washington, ways and means of LIMITING RUBBER promoting world economic re- covery, was made here yesterday.

There is also talk of extending Jan invitation to the Canadian Pre-

mier, Mr. R. B. Bennett,

These invitations follow the acceptance by Mr. Ram- say MacDonald, of a similar invitation to Great Britain, and it is understood that each country will have a separate hearing.. President Roosevelt does not desire a round table conference.

PUISNE JUDGE Reuter.

from the issue of licences and in-Temporary Appointment

ternal revenue, which amounted to $16,503,769.86. That obtained from the Kowloon-Canton Railway amounted to $1,295,789.20, and in- crease of $200,690.43 over the pre- ceding year. Revenue from, duties. was $6,697,852.02.

Gazetted.

NEW LICENSING BOARD MEMBER

Notification is made in the cur-

The largest flem of expenditure, rent Government Gazette of the ap- excluding the military contribution of $6,569,239.47 was that incurred by the Police Force which amount- ed to $2,628,708.37.

pointments of Mr. Vandeleur Moly- heux Graybum, and Mr. Phillip Stanley Cassidy to be members of This, however, was less than the the Court of the University of Hong estimated expenditure of $3,075,-Kong for a further period of three 359 and a decrease of $247,452.94 years.

on the expenditure for the previous His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr. Phillip Jacks

year.

The amount expended by the la Puisne Judge, for the purposes Public Works Department was $2-of the Full Court Ordinance, in 116,382.14, a decrease of $189,796. relation to any appeals now 34 on the previous year.

pending.

COMMONS TO DISCUSS PREMIER'S VISIT.

London, To-day. The Prime Minister's forthcoming visit to America

PRODUCTION

Amsterdam Broker's Scheme.

INTERNATIONAL QUOTA TO BE ESTABLISHED

Amsterdam. To-day. A ten-year convention between} rubber growers throughout the world which in the extension of rubber growing is not allowed, is proposed in a scheme drafted by the prominent Amsterdam rubber broker. M. Wynand

BERNARDS OF HARWICH,

FOR

CONSULATE SHIRTS & PYJAMAS LILLEY, & SKINNER FOOTWEAR ROLLS RAZORS: WOLSEYS KNITWEAR: MACCLESFIELD SILE. NECKTIES:"MOORES FELT HATS.

CHATER ROAD, HONG KONG

ADMINISTRATORS

The first foaling aerodrome for the South Atlantic, formed by the converted German liner, "Westfalen". The serodrome is for use of pilots on their way to and from South America from Africa. The picture shows the catapult for starting flying boats --(9. & G.),

HEAT DELAYS

FLIGHTS OVER

-MT. EVEREST

Hydrogen Weather Balloon Explodes.

TWO EXPEDITION ASSISTANTS.

INJURED

Water Storage In Colony

Position Better Than Last Year.

The total storage of water In the Island impounds on April 1 was 913.21 million gallons as against. 922,33 million gallons on the cor responding day of last year: The Pumea, to-day storage on the mainland was 345- Two assistents attached to the 5 million gallons as compared with mittee with a Government dele-Houston Mount Everest Flight Ex-269.60 million gallons last year. gate from cach country, which,

It is explained hy the Pre- will be increased on Thurssident of the International Society day next in the Foreign Affairs debate on the motion for an adjournment of the House of Commons for the Easter recess, Mr. Mac. Donald leaves England on April 15 on the ss. Beren- garla.

of Rubber Culture, that the Dutch East Indies proposes to establish an international con-

(Continued on Page 14.)-

AMERICAN SHIPS SELL BEER · ·

Pres. Jefferson Due Here To-day...

Total Assets at 31st. December Lieut. Basil Lawrence Edward 1932 amounted to $21,709,350.36 an Hebert, R.A,, has been appointed

-REACTION IN U.S. excess of $12,847,062.24 over the an Honorary A.D.C. to His Ex- Liabilities.

cellency the Governor.

Members of the local community Mr. Graham Scudamore Per-will be able to have their first al- cival Heywood has been appoint coholic drink on U.S. "soil" ed Assistant Director of the Royal soon as the fog lifts to-day, for Observatory during the absence then the s.s. President Jefferson. on leave of Mr. Benjamin Davies which is lying outside the harbour,

Mr. Fransis Balfour has been will berth at Kowloon. appointed District Officer in the Taking advantage of the new Southern District of the New law the ship has on board a quanti- Territories, in addition to his ty of beer, purchased en route to other duties.

SILVER FUTURES

DECLINE

I

Wall St. Reflects Drop In Spot Prices.

LITTLE CHANGE IN NEW

YORK STOCKSTM

Evans.

Hong Kong.

as

twice yearly, will decide the pedition were injured yesterday, The Leland.

consumption for

figure of world consumption.. when a hydrogen weather balloon March was 249.50 million gallons as The total potential world pro-exploded under the terrific heat of against 248.64 million gallons dur- duction will be based on future the sun while being let off from ing March last year, while the production till 1937 and a quota the roof of the Observatory. will be established for each coun-

try.

"Annual world" production wil]] be based on world stocks which will be considered equal to six months' world consumption. Retter.

UNEMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN

Volume Move Within Narrow Limits.

EXCHANGES FINED WORK FOR 1,855,841

Lt. Col. L. V. S. Blacker, the chief observer of the expedi- tion..

London, To-day." The Ministry of Labour's annual

The heat, which yesterday reach His Excellency the Governor No official! entertainment is report shows that the volume of has appointed Mr. John Archi scheduled to take place on board unemployment moved between re-ed 103 degrees Fahrenheit accom bald Plummer, J.P., a member of but it is probable that many local latively narrow limits last year as as yesterday of spot, silver the Licensing Board for a fur. Americans will take the opportund- compared with the three preceding panied by a strong wind, is

New York, To-day.

was reflected in the forward quotations for the metal on the New York Stock Exchange. Business for the day showed a decline on the two previous days," 950,000 shares being dealt in,

In their report, Messrs. E., A.;

Pierce and Company state:

The halt in the rise of commo- dities checked the Stock Market. Industrials continue to act well. We would not yet recommend utilities or rails.

ther period of three years.

Dr. Ariel Ransford Stewart Dea-1

mainland consumption for the month of March decreased from 153.56 million gallons in 1982 to 138.34 million gallons in 1988.

FULL CONTROL

OF STATE

CABINETS

Hitler Extends His Dictatorship.

FAR-REACHING POWERS OF NEW LAW

Berlin, To-day. Administrators for each Federal State, with far-reaching powers wil be appointed under a new law to be promulgated shortly by the Ger- man Government.

The administrators will be under Chancellor Adolf Hitler's orders and will completely control all the State Cabinets.

Chancellor Hitler will himself ad- minister Prussia and it is expected that he will choose either vice- Chancellor Von Papen or Captain Goering sa Prime Minister Reu

iter.

Decree Promulgated,

Berlin, Later, The decree appointing State dictators has now been promal- gated. Reuter.

German Leaders Leave For Rome.

MUSSOLINE

Berlin, To-day. Vice-Chanceller: Yen Papen left here for Rome yesterday evening. Captain Goering we£tF; follow by air to-morrow.

The visit is described as a private one. The Ministers will discuss the Four Power Pact and other outstanding questions with Signor Musso-

TAEL ABOLITION and other Italian Mals-

REACTION

Unlikely To Affect

Silver.

LONDON SCEPTICAL ABOUT CURRENCY REFORM

London, To-day. The reform in Chinese car» rency is commented on in the British press to-day.

ters Reuter.

GERMAN BONDS RECOVER IN LONDON.

London, To-day. ~ On the Stock Exchange yester day, there was a sharp recovery of German Bonds following the state- ment at the Reichsbankansual meeting, 54 per cent closing at closed 65 and 7 per cent. at 79.. ..

Government Leading British stocks, generally, rose.

War Loan 82 per cent, closed at The authorities in London, ac-101 9/16: Gold shares were less cording to the "Financial Times" active-British Wireless Service. are still sceptical about the change, while the "Daily Telegraph re-

pre-marks that the, decree, is hardly mak-ikely to have any noticeable effect

of the market price of silver on which it must be based,

GERMAN PEOPLE'S PARTY SUPPORTS HITLER.”

Berlin

German

ty of drinking to the repeal of the years, the high and low monthly venting the Expedition from Dr. Agnes Lillas Jenkins Dovey Uncle Sam

prohibition law, under the flag of percentages being respectively

The leaders of the ing further flights. 20.8 and 22.9, 47 has been appointed a member of (Continued on, Page 4.)

There was, during the year, a Following the successful fight The paper refers to the speech People's Party resolved to-day in the Midwives. Board in place of

very considerable slowing down. In over the world's highest peak in of the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, favour of an unconditional support growth of the volume of unemploy ment. The Report notes a marked the two specially equipped kero-Chairman at the annual meeting of the Hitler Government. The of the Hong Kong, and Shanghal resolution states that the party had change over the last nine years in planes piloted by the Marquis of Banking Corporation who, the for more than ten years fought the distribution of the insured Clydesdale and Flight-Lient. D, F. "Dally Telegraph" says, has appar- against the Weimar Coalition 5. pansion of Industries concerned

con McElney who has resigned.

EDUCATIONAL TOUR,

JAPAN'S BOYCOTT British School Boys To population in the direction of ex Meintyre on April 8, both machines ently no conndence in any sures one of the sources of Germany' di de

RETALIATION

Ships To Be Closed To

Chinese Crews.

OSAKA SEAMEN'S UNION RESOLUTION

Osaka, To-day

Visit Argentine.

now to join the mighty national mainly with the Home market and and the equipment have been which may be suggested for rais: cline and considered is its plaki duty of the service of distribution, overhauled and another fight will ing for the price of silver. Fifteen schoolboya, between the exchanges were responsible for mit

London, To-day, During last year, employment be made as soon as conditions per The Daily Telegraph' concla is movement which had succeeded in by stating that when world condi- removing this obstacle to Germany By ares of 17 and 19% will leave placing in employment 1,855,841 A wind of more than 15 and leas tions are restored to formal allver convalescence | England on July 29 for a tour of persons-British

Wireless Ser than 50 miles per hour is required will recover and this will stimul- The German People's Party ha ate further revival in Far East now but five seats in the Reichstag arty had in the 1980 elections the the Argentine, returning to Eng: yice.

for the fight-Reuter

ern trade Reuter,20

80 #oats, 62 in 1920, and 45 in 1928, land at the beginning of October.

Ita decline became rapló On the outward Journey in the

TRAFFIC CONTROL. death of the former

IN LONDON.

Electromatic System To Be Extended

| Austrias - they will visit Lisbon,

"In the wheat market, early liquidation was well absorbed and farmers are not selling their hold- ings. With some profit-taking the cotton market eased slightly." Sil- ver fatures reflected the decline in the price of the "spot", metal,”\

Rails and bond showed slight ad- The Osaka branch of the Japan vances of .11 and 07 respectively, Seamen's Union today unanimous Santos,

The tour has been arranged by averages closing at 24.52 and 73.52 ly passed a resolution urging, that

Utilities and Industriale declined Japanese shipping be closed to the Ibero-American Institution of 09 and 02 to 19.49 and 58,78 res- Chinese crews and demanding that Great Britain with the approval of pectively

Madeira, Rio de Janeiro and

Chinese seamen immediately, leave its President, H.R.II. the Prince of |Japanese vessels in which they: Wales, and under the patronage of Doctor Julio Roca, Vice-President Argenuine Baash- Wire-

ter.

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Boycott Stops Japanese Ships

Trading Above Hankow

steam

Hankow,

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Or Stresemann, for many years the chairman of the

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