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GENTLEMEN'S OUTFITTERS.

POWERS AGREE TO AUSTRIA'S REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TROOPS

U.S. GOLD

EMBARGO

MODIFIED

Federal Reserve To

Handle Sales.

ROOSEVELT'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST HOARDERS

Hyde Park, New York,

וי

To-day.

Sir John Simon

President Roosevelt has lifted the SIR JOHN SIMON

embarge on gold and has authoris

ed the Treasury to receive on con- signment for sale through the

RETURNS

Federal Reserve Bank, newly-Fit And Well After

mined gold in the United States,

and thus enable gold-producers to

“Splendid Trip."

obtain the highest prices abiain- CABINET MEETING NEXT WEEK

ing abroad.

Owners of gold coin and bullion certificates have been statement ordered to file

within a fortnight of the amounts held.

After 30 days, no-one is allowed to hold gold coin or bullion certi- ficates under the penalty of a fine:

AUXILIARY FORCE

8,000 MEN

TO SERVE FOR

SIX MONTHS Sequel To Nazi

Incidents."

NO PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE POLICY

London, To-day.

An agreement will probably be concluded within a few days em bodying the conditions in which the British, French and Italian Govern- ments consent to the request re- cently made by the Austrian Govern- ment for permission to raise, for one year, a special auxiliary force Liner of 8,000 men.

London, To-day.

Sir John and Lady Simon arrived at Southampton from South America yesterday afternoon In the "Arlanza."

Governments of the Little Entente The Foreign Secretary will re Powers are understood to have! main in London for about a week

of G$10,000 or ten years' imprison and will probably proceed to Scot. been consulted and to have given

land after attending a Cabinet their consent.

ment. Reuter.

Newly-Mined Gold, Only, For Export.

Hyde Park. New York, Later. The lifting of the United States rold embargo only applies to newly mined Americus gold.-Reater."

Regulation Of Hoardings.

PRESIDENTIAL ORDER.

meeting, to be held next Tuesday.

The Austrian request, present-

He stated that he had enjoyed aed last week by Dr. Dollfuss, the splendid trip to a splendid coun- Austrian Chancellor, arises out try and was feeling extremely well of the atmosphere of tension after the rest and change. Bri-existing on the Austro-German

frontier. tish Wireless Service.

Premier Fly To Ireland.

KING'S GUEST LATER AT BALMORAL

London, To-day. New York, To-day. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, will fly to-day

By lerras of the Treaty of St. Germain, the Austrian army is allowed 30,000 men, but it has never been up to full strength. Derogation · from3· the Treaty consists in the enlist. ment of recruits for a new force on short service instead of for the normal 12-year period.

It is stipulated that this enlist. The United States Treasury are from Lossiemouth, where he has ment will be for not less than five authorised to accept newly mined; been spending a holiday, to North and not more than six months. gold on consignment for sale, in ern Ireland, where he will stay for The duration of agreement is approved amounts, by export to few days with Lord Londonderry, limited to necessity, and will, it

at what thei foreign purchasers, Secretary of the Treasury shall the Air Minister. determine is the best price obtain.

is hoped, be only temporary. It Mr. MacDonald will afterwards does not imply any precedent or able in the free-gold markets of return to London and will go later indication of future policy.

10 Balmoral Castle as guest of the

the world.

It is pointed out that the very fact that the agreement is being

Incidental expenses, such as ship. King and Queen-British Wireless drawn up reinforces, the sanctity]

ping and insurance, will be deducted. All sales must be made through Federal Reserve banks,

The order, issued by President | Roosevelt, also provides for the per- missive export of articles fabricated from gold.

A second Presidential order pro- regulation, through vides for the

Collector, Revenue

the Internal

of all gold hoardings, both coin and bullion-United Press, per S. Gold Bar Co.

"Bullish " View By Wall Street.

To-day.

An A.O.F.C. New York mean. age states that the modifica- tion of the gold embargo is bullishly construed and is caus ing all commodities to ad

vance.

C.

REACTION ON WALL STREET.

Industrial Issues Decline Again.

New York, Today. Silver prices opened higher on Wall Street, yesterday, on the ad- vance in London and the strength of sterling, but later weakened in sympathy with other markets, rally-" ing at the close on the Presidential

Service.

2,000,000 BACK · AT

WORK.

Result Of U.S. Recovery Programme.

Washington, To-day.

Two million United States work- era have been re-employed as result of the Recovery Drive to America, according to an estimata made by General Hugh Johnston,Į head of the National Industry Re-| covery Administration-Reuter.

U.S. OIL CODE IN

OPERATION. ::

President: Appoints Administrator.

Washington, Today. President Roosevelt has appoint ed Mr. Harold C. Ickes, Minister of

the Interior, as Oil Administrator to supervise price-fixing, ard generally to administer the Code United Press, per S. C. Gold Bar Co.

LONDON STOCK MARKETS.

Irregular Tendency.

TWO COTTON WAREHOUSES,

ABLAZE IN GERMANY.

3,500 Bales Of Raw Material Destroyed Yesterday`

Berlin, To-day.

A warehouse fire at Bremen yesterday, caused the destruction of 2,500 bales of raw cotton while another serious blaze at Viersen, Rhineland, destroyed 1,000 bales ---Reuter.

BRITISH FINANCE

RETURNS

Satisfactory Figures For 1933.

FALLING EXPENDITURE;

RISING REVENUE ®

London, To-day. The latest Treasury returns ahow that ordinary revenue for the current financial year up to August 26 amounted E to £232,205,529.

At the corresponding date of last year the amount stood at £225,630,621.

Ordinary expenditure to date for the current year amounted en to total of £288,576,158, Faen

is about £34,000,000 less than the total ordinary expenditure at the corresponding date of last year. British Wireless Service.

VISCOUNT GREY SERIOUSLY ILL.

Foreign Secretary At Outbreak of War.

BLINDNESS CAUSED BY STRAIN.

London, To-day. Lord Grey of Fallodon is lying|

Marshal Chang Hauch-liang paid a visit to the Royal Air Force Station at Biggin Hill, Kept, on Aug. 3 to inspect aircraft and the establishment-Marshal Chang (with folded arms), accompanied by his son (right), Wing Commander Willcock and Squadron Leader Crowe watching an air display. (S. & G.).,

VINES AND

MISS RYAN WIN

BANANA CROP DEVASTATED BY JAMAICA GALE

.:

5 WARSHIPS RUSHED

FOREIGN

ANXIETY AT

FOOCHOW

British, Japanese And American Orders.

H.M.S. WISHART LEFT HONG KONG LAST NIGHT

The Communist disorders in Fa kien province, which are now caus- . jing grave concern in the coast port of Foochaw, has led to the dis patch of five foreign men-of-war te that port.

The Japanese light-cruiser, Ised- xa, was yesterday rushed from the Pescadores, while the British des- froyer, Wishart, left here yesterday evening. The U. S. S. Sacramento,

MIXED DOUBLES Big Planters Only Affeded By left Hong Kong early this morning.

Quist And Turnbull Eliminated.

U.S. CLEAN SWEEP IN LAWN TENNIS

Brookline, To-day. The Americans are making clean sweep in their National Lawn Tennis Championships.

all-American

Following the ladies singles final at Forest Hills, Ellsworth Vines and Elizabeth Ryan won the mixed Doubles title here)

August 16 Disaster

London, To-day. The Governor of Jamaica, Sir Ransford Slater, reporting to the Colonial Office, states that the loss to banana crops caused by the storm on August 16, is estimated at 750,000 stemme, which would have matured

within

six months.

· The loss is "; restricted almost *- Entirely

The to big planter effect on shipments is however unlikely to be serious-British Wireless Service.

CHANNEL BEATS

3 SWIMMERS

yesterday when they beat George Temme Within 3 Miles Lott and Sarah Palfrey, another

Of French Coast. American combination.

“ZIMMY”? GETS HALF WAY

The Men's Doubles Champion- ship will be decided between two American partnerships when Frank Shields and Frank Parker will meet George Lott and L. J.j Stoeffen, who beat Quist and Turnbull yesterday. ·

(Continued on Page 4). of the Treaty, since it constitutes very ill at his home at Fallodon, Results as cabled by Beuter: the admission that the Treaty

Northumberland, and his cond-Men's Doubles Semi Final. cannot be altered unilaterally.

G. M. Lott and L. J. Stoeffen (U.S. British Wireless Service,

tion was described yesterday as

A.) best A. Quist and serious.

Volunteer Corps

Permitted.

TOTAL ARMY STRENGTH OF 30,000.

Vienna, To-day.

* Volunteer Auxiliary Military Corps, additional to the Federal Army is being established in Austria, fol lowing the negotiations with Interested Governments, The Volunteers will serve for six months.

The total strength, together with the Federal Army, will not exceed. 30,000 officers and men.

Reuter.

MISS PERRY BITTEN.

Attacked By Dog On

The Peak.

Mias H. Perry, of No. 7 The Peak, was bitten yesterday by a dog belonging to Mrs. T. G. S. Alexander, of No. 6; Tho

of Na 6. Peak, apaka

WAS

D. Turnbull (Australis) 6-4, Lord Grey, who is 71,

3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 11-9. Foreign Secretary from 1905 to Mixed Doubles-Semi Final.

E. Vines and Elizabeth Ryan (U. 1916.

8. A.) beat F. J. Perry and

Dorothy Round (Britain) 6-2

64.

The great strain of the early war years affected his eyesight|| and he has been almost entirely blind for some years.

GM. Lott and Sarah Palfrey (U. S. A.) beat J. Crawford and Mar-

garet Scriven 10-8, 6-3,

He bas always remained al close student of affairs and his E. occasional speeches on currènt political events invariably carry great weight. British Wireless Service.

EDUCATIONIST PASSES.

Sir Philip Magnus,

London, To-day. By the death of the distinguished scientist-baronet Sir Phillip Magnus at the age of 90 years at Chilworth, Surrey, London has been deprived of one of her principal educationists

His whole scholastic and public life was closely connected with the City-Reuter."

* Miss Perry's injury is not seri- ous. The dog was taken to Ken- ARGENTINE TO SIGN WHEAT nedy Town for observation. observation.

AGREEMENT

Vines and Elizabeth Ryan (U. S. A. beat G. M. Lott and Sarah!

Palfrey (U. 8. A) 11-9, 6-1

ENID WILSON IN SECOND ROUND

American Ladies' Golf Championship.

HELEN HICKS WINS DECISIVELY

· Highland Park, Hlinola,

To-day. Enid Wilson, the famous British lady golfer who is making her last attempt ou the American fille, passed "Into the Second Round yes- terday when she beat. Mrs. Lake by 3 and 2

(Continued op Page 4);'; Results xa cabind by Reuteri S Enid Wilson-best Mrs. Lanka i ind Virginia Van Wie beat Ellabeth

London, To-day. Mercedes Gleitze, the Lon- don typist, E. H. Temme, and Charles Zibelman, the legless American swimmer, all failed in their attempt on the Channel yesterday,

Two Japanese destroyers have been ordered from Tokyo.

H. M. S. Wishart, attached to the Eighth Flotilla Destroyer and com- manded by Commander Percy Todd. R. N.. left Hong Kong for Foochow last night.

The Wishart will stand by mere

as a precautionary measure, stated an official at the Naval Intelligence Centre to a "China Mail" representative this morning.

The U. S. S. Sacremento, a sloop of about 1,140 tons, left Hong Kong this morning for Foochow

U.S.' Destroyer Ordered.

WASHINGTON COMMAND.

Washington, To-day. The United States Blate Department has ordered a destroyer from the Asiatic Fleet to proceed to Foochow, where three Americans are All three were competing in endangered by the "Com- the Dover Challenge Cup for the mumisis hordes" Reuter. fastest time from Doyer to! Mr. Douglas Jenkins, Ameri- France, this year.

Consul-General in Hong Temme got to within 31⁄2 miles Kong, this morning informed the of the French coast, while Miss China Mail that the warship Gleitze, was 7 miles short of her would most probably be sent from objective. Zibelman covered Shanghai, Cheefoo or Tsingtao, 1014 miles of the 21-mile swim. The U.S.S. Bacremento, which

Reuter.

Zibelman is better known

can

was in Hong Kong yesterday, had left for Foochow this morn- ing, as part of her scheduled jexercise, et M

in Hong Kong as "immy" He performed at the King's Theatre and was seen at the

Tension is growing in Foochow V.R.C. during his brief visit as the Communist forces continue, to two years ago.

advance. All foreign residents had Sonny Lowry, the 22 year-old safely withdrawn from Yenping be- Manchester girl, swam from fore the city fell into the hands of Caps Gris Nez to the South Fore the Communists, and most of the and yesterday in the record American missionaries, acting on time of 15 hours 45 minutes.

advice from the American authori ties, are now in Foochow, having

¡day.

WOOL MAGNATES evacuated the affected area on Sun-

CHARGED

Precipitated German Bank Crisis.

FAILURE OF COMPANY.

YELLOW RIVER FALLING

But Breaks Occur Teining.

Bremen, To-day. trial, likely to last

Peiping, To-day, several months, opened here. yesterday, when the brothers

According to a message from Carl and Heinz Labusen,

Trinën, in spits of the heavy rain- joint owners of the huge fall, the Yellow River at Lokaw Li Nordwolle woollen concern, willl: fafting. It le dropping at the faced charges of responsi rate of five inches every twenty- bility for the failure of the four hours and the - danger te

Tsinan is now considered paat. Company in 1931. - The forthcoming

Buenos Aires, Today?

This failure precipitated the Eowever the situation In West George Gordon Stopani Thomson, The Government have authoris Perry Watitan best Miss Mackenzie German bank crisis in 1981. Shantung fall bad. 108.69, but rails, utilities and Kafira showed an easier teb- Chartered Electrical Engineer, of the ed their representative to sign the Mrs. Higbie besi Rens Newest and Freud and falsification of sc- Yungchung fifty miles to the

remained fairly steady, deney

Manga Hong Kong Electric Company, and

counts are alleged, and secret West of Taining is now inundat- showing only a fractional up British Funds were somewhat Hon. Secretary of the Rowing Section London Wheat Agreement, which ward trend. Business showed a dull, with War Loan 8% per cent of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club was previously only Initialled by Maureen Oreal, beat Mim Dennehy banking accounts are stated to ed, saverná breaks having occurred

to Elsie Mary Mewis, Private Secre, the Argentine, pending elabora- candiderable Increase, 3,120,000 closing at 99-British Wireless tary, of the Knutsford Hotel, Anton of detalls-Heuts

Aplen Bieku (holder) bext Edith have been run by the accused in the right lark of the Yellow

Reuter 2. Begg 4-and 3.

| River in that area/Beuter. shares being traded.

statement.

Industrials declined: 1.13€ to

London, To-day/^ The Block Markets "closed "yesterday with some irregulari.

Service."

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