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on Your work

HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE.

STUBBS ROAD.

The dollar, on demand; closed to-day at: 1/4:3-8.

FINAL EDITION.

China Mail

Est. 1843

Tel. 27778.

No. 28,495

THE OLDEST · ESTABLISHED NE" VSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933. PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

Est. 1845

HIGH GRADE GENTLEMEN'S

OUTFITTING

"AT HOME PRICES

BERNARDS" OF HARWICH

CHATER ROAD,

HONG KONG.

AUGMENT THREE DESTROYERS

U.S. CRUISER SENT TO CUBA TO

CUBA TO AUGMENT

US. TRADERS

EXPECT EARLY

INFLATION

No Confirmation From Official Sources.

WALL STRE BANKERS' PREDICTION

New York. To-day.

While some traders continue to expect further early inflation, there

is no confirmation whatever from

official sources.

Wall Street bankers do not ex- pect any deflation move until all

the Government financing has been

Sir William Shenton

completed, and possibly not then. INSTITUTE

-United Press,

Co.

per

S. C. Gold Bar

U.S. BENEFITS TO FARMERS

Part Curtailed. For Debt Payments.

STABLE FARM PRICES DESIRED

A

OF PACIFIC

RELATIONS

Fifth Conference Opened At Banff.

HONG KONG REPRESENTED BY SIR WILLIAM SHENTON

Banff, Alberta, To-day. Naval preparedness in the Paci- Washington, To-day fic, tariffs, trade restrictions, in- States ternational commodity agreements, special United Cabinet Committee yesterday shipping subsidies Philippine-inde completed a compromise plan, 'pendence and the United States Ex- under which, only part of the clusion Act against Orientals are G$200,000,000 benefit paymentį to wheat and cotton farmers for among the questions before the curtailing roduction will be Fifth Conference of the institute of withheld on account of their in-Pacific Relations which opened here! debtedness to the Government. yesterday.

The recommendations will be The Conference is attended by submitted to President Roosevelt representatives of all countries to-day.

interested in the Pacific, including been dis- Sir William Shenton of Hong

Details have not

closed, but it is learned that Kong and Mr. H. G. Woodhead of those farmers who are able to Shanghai. pay purt sums due to the Gov-

ernment will have the amount

deducted from the benefits.

Meanwhile, intensive pres- sure is being brought to in- duce the Government to stabilise farm prices.

- Reu- ter.

BUSINESS TREND IN AMERICA.

Broadening Movement

Developing.

New York, To-day. Mr. Roger Babson, the well-1 known American statistician, yes- terday declared that conditions in-į dicate that business is still in the earlier stages of a long pull up-¡ Wards, with all markets becoming more selective as the country enters he second and sterner stage of trans-| mitting its plans into action.

The general business trend at pre- sent is sidewise, spreading into greater territory. rather than straight ahead. However,' a

broadening, movement is developing which wide gives the possibility of a market for goods--U, P. per S. C. Gold Bar Co.

new

JEWS, DEBARRED FROM BATHS..

1

Sir Robert Falcner, pre- eiding. expressed confidence for the success of the work of the Conference. Referring to American and Canadian relations, he said that any attack on the Dominion

would be likely to result in giv ing any non-British people a foot- ing in Canada and almost would certainly bring United States ac- tion on the side of Canada:

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BIG OIL FIRMS CO-OPERATE

Reciprocal Working In Foreign Trade.

TO APPLY IN FAR EAST-

New York, To-day, The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the Socony- Vacuum Corporation have made reciprocal arrangements, according to the New York Sun, for Handling foreign trade, particularly in the Far East-Neuter.

"

2 WARSHIPS SWISS PICKNICKERS ARRESTED

IN HAVANA

1

EARLY, FULL

RESUMPTION

OF INDUSTRY

Acting President Optimistic.

FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. TO BE PROTECTED

Havana, To-day. The United States destroyers, "Taylor" and "Claxton," have arrived at Havana in accordance with President Roose- velt's precautionary measure for the pro- tection of American interests in Cuba.

Mr. Sumner Welles, United States Ambassador to Havana, said that the arrival of the ships was welcomed by the people, and their presence in the harbour has already had a quietening effect.

The provisional President of Cuba, Dr. Carlos Cespedes y Ortiz, expects an early and full re- sumption of indus- try, which owing to the turbulent, state of the country has been virtually, at a standstill for the past week.

All parties agree that foreign invest- ments must not be endangered. Unit- ed,

.

Press, per S. C. Gold Bar Co. CUBA RETURNING TO NORMAL

12 More Secret Police Killed.

Havana, To-day. Twelve more members of the secret police were killed on Sun- day, and numerous acts of ver- geance are reported from all parts of Cuba.

Firm measures are being taken) NO WORD RECÉIVED HERE.

to restore order, however, and the Mr. W. L. Marshall, assistant Island is rapidly returning to general manager of the South normal.

+

AS COMMUNISTS

German Action On Small Island In The Rhine

Buale, To-day....

The Swiss authorities are "con- cerned over the arrest and impri- sonment by German Custom officials, of two Swiss picknickers while on small feland on the Rhine

The Germans claim that island is German territory allegs that the picknickers Communists-Reuter.

the and

FEW WORKLESS IN CITY OF LONDON

Figures Among Lowest In Britain.

GLASGOW'S HIGH PERCENTAGE

London, To-day.

International Bridge. Match-The English contract bridge team against Mr. Ely Culbertson's American team for the Charles M.--- Schwab trophy-Mr. Ely Culbertson, Lady Doris Rhodes, Col. C. J. J. Walsh (Referee in Chief), Mrs. Josephine Culbertson and Lt. Col. H. M. Beasley D. S. O., (Capt. of the English team) during the play. (S. & G.).

In the southern Counties of TERRORIST CRIME England, including the London area, the percentage of unem- ployment continues relatively low. In the whole area of

RECALLED

GOLD POSITION IMPROVED BY EUROPEAN CO-OPERATION

Sequel To Chittagong Dutch Bank Rate Reduced For

Outbreak of 1930.

Greater London, with a popula- tion of over 8,000,000, the aver- age of unemployment is 10.6 per cent. of the insured population.

Within the narrow limit of the THREE CRIMINALS CAPTURED

AND SENTENCED City of London itself, the figure is 2.9 per cent, which is one of

Chittagong, Bengal, To-day,; some villages and seaalde re- The aid on the Chittagong am

a sorts including Clacton-on-Sea, orry m 1930 and the outrages re lower. is the percentage of unemployed sulting therefrom, including the

the lowest in Britain. Only in

Third Time Since June 15

Amsterdam, To-day.

The bank ráte here has been 'reduced by 4 per cent to three per cent, which is the third re- duction since the opening of the World Economic Conference: un June 15,

The reduction is indicative of para farther improvement in the gold position, due to the ex-operation

European Central Bankr United Press. per 8. C. Gold Bar.

Co.

The highest percentage of em death of Captain Cameron of the ployment is some of the Gurkhas, during the round up of! smaller textile manufacturing Terrorists had its sequel when two towns..

Indians, Suryyasen and Tarakeswar SOLDIER The following

are the

com-Dastidar were sentenced to death parative figures in some of the

lon a charge of conspiracy against manufacturing' cities:

the King.

Birmingham, 12.3.

Manchester, 15.4.

Liverpool, 28.2. Leeds, 16.6. Sheffield, 29.6. Bradford, 13.9. Glasgow, 28.7.-British Wire- ¡less Service.

BELGIUM BEAT SWEDEN.

Odd Match Win In Davis Cup.

Stockholm, To-day, Lacroix won his remaining sin- gles match yesterday to give Bel- gium a 3 to 2 win over Sweden in

A woman conspirator, Kalpani Dutt who, when rearrested after absconding, Was Wearing male clothes, was sentenced to transpor- tation for life.

Suryyasen, an ex-schoolmas ter of Chittagong College, was ' described by the Court as the master mind responsible for the wide-spread conspiracy.. Even a price of £800 on his head had failed to induce anyone to be- tray him during a two-years' de- tective hunt-Reuter.

LADIES' TENNIS IN AMERICA

the Second Qualifying Round in National Championships

Held Up By Rain.

the 1934 Davis Cup contest.

Results

were:

as cabled by Reuter

The Opening of the American

New York, To-day. Oestberg (Sweden). beat Van |Zuylen 6-3, 64, 108.

National Woman's Lawn Tennis Lacroix (Belgium) best Ramberg Championships at Forest Hills was 16-3, 6-4, 6-8,

postponed, yesterday owing to Lacroix and Deborman (Belgium) rain. The official opening will be beat Destberg and Ramberg 5-7, to-day, 7-5, 7-5, 6-2,

Earlier Resulta.

KILLED BY

· LIGHTNING

Violent Thunderstorm

Over Britain, 2..

TERRITORIAL CAMP STRUCK

Officer And Sir Men Injured

London, To-day. A Corporal of the Territorials wa 8

··killed and an Officer and six men injured, when the Territorial Army Camp near Weymouth, on the

South Coast of Eng- land, was struck by lightning, yesterday.

The storm, which broke in the early morning over the south-west counties, was one of the most severe within recent Several ca- years. sualties are reported Jacobs is the holder of the title from other towns in

Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody is to at tempt to regain the title she last Lacroix (Belgium) best Oestberg held in 1931 in the face of the 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 8-6

strong challenge by overseas com- Ramberg (Sweden) beat Van petitors who include the British Zaylen 6-2, 6-4, 6-3

Uightman Cup team. Miss Helen Men's Singles The National

American Marines have landed Championships will be decided on from the two destroyers at present the same courts from September 2 In Havana harbour Beater.

to 9. Ellsworth Vines is the hold-]: er, but Jack Crawford, holder of the Wimbledon, French and "Aus- tralian titles, is to attempt to es- tablish a new record in he annals of lawn tennis by winning the world's four major titles in the same year--Reuter.

Cruiser From Panama.

China Department of the Socony-| There has been' a general retump. Vacuum Corporation, stated this tion of commercial activities, ex- morning that no advice of the ar- cept for the stevedores, who are rangement had been received at still on strike. The military edict the Hong Kong office. He was un-bana all demonstrations", and able to either confrm or deny the parades and also the carrying of U.S. RICHMOND SENT TO Munich, New York Sun's report

Not Allowed To Swim In The Danube."

with regard to swimming batha DUTCH TIN FIRMS AMALGAMATE

Following a similar action

at Nuremberg and Erlangen; the

· Town Council of Straubing-in-|

the Danube unanimously passed

The Hague, To-day

The shareholders of the Singkep

4 resolution that Jews would Tin Company have authorised their henceforth be debarred from directors to conclude an agree bathing in the Danube in the en-meat with: the Billiton Tin Com tire area under the jurisdiction pany, under which the latter take of the municipality, Reuter over the Singkept works-Reuter.

arma.

expected that the new! will foster a clower Valted with the

Cabens States. The uptizzistic-for- the future.

are

are counting upon new deal from the United

garding duties and deb

MANAZNILLO, MEAS

Washington, To-day.....

* The United States Navy Department yesterday order- ed the trudger: "Richmond' to proceed from Panamá to, Manamillo, Cuba:

a

ONE DESTROYER. WITHDRAWN

Washington, To-day..

the

district, while considerable mater ial damage was done over a wide area. British Wireless Ser- vice.

STOCKS

LONDON

GILT EDGED IN DEMAND

London, To-day. Considerable activity

1. Owing to the improved conditions parienced in the gilt-edged

in Cuba the United States Navy the London Stock Market,

Two destroyers were ordered Department has withdrawn one of War Loan. 3 per cents

to Havana, and one to Manaznillo, the three destroyers sent to Havana 99 15/16 later in the day-

Wireless Service,

(Continued At Foot of Nerf Col) on Sunday, Reuter

on Bunday Retter.

2 PORTUGUESE ACCUSED OF

TRUNK MURDER Brothers In Shanghai Court To-day.

TRIAL IN MACAO?

Shanghai, To-day. The trial of the Portuguese brothers, Jose Eulula dos Remedios and Jose Patricia dos Remedios. arrested and charged with the homi- cide of a Chinese female in the Hongkew district, will take place in Macao, if the brothers are com mitted.

Both men were educated at St. Francis Xavier's College, Shanghai, where they had a fine record.

Patricia's mental diet during the past two years is reported to 'bave consisted mainly of thrillers of the penny-dreadful type.

The brothers will be for. mally charged at the Por tuguese: Consular Court al 11 am, to-day, while a pre- liminary hearing of the case will take place in a week's time

The murder alleged to have been committed by the two. Portuguese is one of the most horrible in the annals of Shanghai crime. The body of a Chinese woman, thought to be, that of Mary Chun, a graduate of the Canton Middle School, was found, with the hande bound with | ropes in, a black trunk on-board the Shanghai Maru, wisen the vessel az- rived in Kobe: from Shanghai. Police suspicion at first fell upon a Russian, but later the authorities allegedly traced the crime to the Remedios brothers, with whom Mary |Chun was said to have been living.

-Router.

· GREAT WIRELESS EXHIBITION.

Opens To-day At Olympia.

£3,000,000 EXHIBITS.

London, To-day.

It is estimated that nearly £3,000,000 worth of exhibits are on show in the Wireless Exhibition which opens at Oly- mplà today.

A feature of the Exhibition "is the Broadcasting Theatre, with sitting accommodation for 2,300 [people,

The show will be moved to Glas- gow and Manchester after the Lon- don run

is concluded.--British Wireless Service.

LIMITING SUGAR PRODUCTION

Of Vital Importance To Philippines.

DELEGATE INTERVIEWED

"Limitation of sugar production is an igave of paramount importance to the Philippine Islands, and we are striving to the utmost to bring, Jabout some measure of limitation," declared the Hon. Mr. Rafael R. Alunan, President of the Philippine Sugar Association, who, is in the Colony en route to Washington, in connection with the negotiations for

** Describing the agreement

being very necessary to prevent a disastrous fall in prices," Mr. Alunan said that the Islands › naked only for a square deal”,

are

The Philippine Islands strongly in favour of a restriction, not only to avoid a slump in prices,~- but also to prevent to Islands be Ing absorbed by one industry. Su

planting and production, das to

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