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: to-day at 1/5 1-2.

FINAL EDITION.

China" Mail

Tit. 1845.

THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST

No. 28,620 HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934. PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

LIVELY SCENES IN

Holland's future Queen En- joying the winter sports sea- son.-Princess Juliana of Hol-

ZAMBRENE WEATHERPROOFS

ARE

Superior.

BERNARDS OF HARWICH.

Outfitters.

CHATER ROAD,

HONG KONG

PARIS AFTER NEWS OF SWINDLER'S SUICIDE

EUROPEAN FİRM CLYDE SHIPPING SHOWS

ROBBED

Disappearance Of Chinese Clerk.

BIG EMBEZZLEMENTS DISCOVERED

Embezzlements to the ex- tent of between $7,000 and $8,000 have been reported to the police by Messrs. Dod- well and Company, following the disappearance of a Chin- ese clerk named Pang Chung Man, employed in the Paint Department,

It has come to light that for the past six months the clerk had been collecting accounts due to the firm, giving official Com- pany's receipts signed in his own;

name.

Two days ago he failed to come to work as usual and it was found that he had at the same time disappeared from his home nt 66, High Street, where he was

land skating at the Hague-living with his wife. (S. & G.).

GALE BATTERS GIANT LINER

Forced To Heave-To In Atlantic.

FURNITURE HURLED ABOUT

London, To-day.

The 16.792 ton Anchor reached liner. "California,* Glasgow yesterday after an extremely

Atlantic crossing. She ran into heavy weather soon after leaving New York.

BCYCIC

Huge seas struck her broad- side on, and she was forced to heave-to on several occasions. For some days passengers were confined to their cabins. The saloon furniture, before being lashed down, was hurled about, and one grand piano was smashed to matchwood. ---British Wireless Service.

DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT.

Glasgow Harbour Revenue Rises After Four-Year Decline

London, To-day.

At yesterday's meeting of the Clyde Navigation Trust it was stated that the revenue of Glasgow Harbour, for the last three or four yeurs had steadily fallen, had taken a notable upward turn with

in the last seven months.

The chairman expressed the view that the, tide had' definitely turned. British Wireless Service.

SHOP BURGLED IN

KOWLOON

Goods Worth $500 Stolen.

S

THIRD ROBBERY WITHIN

NINE MONTHS

The Arcadia jewellers" shop in Pek'ng Road, Kowicon, was broken into in the early hours of Monday

A warrant for his arrest has night and goods to the total value been applied for.

of about $500 stolen.

FRANCO-SOVIET TRADE PACT

Russia Receives Credit

For Purchases, ́

Paris, To-day,

be-

A trade agreement tween France and the Soviet will be initialled to-day, and .... will be signed to-morrow.

over

It comprises the Soviet's un- dertaking to purchase (250,000,000 francs worth of French goods in 1934. Credits for these goods will be control- led by a Franco-Soviet tradej bureau.

The Soviet will export to France, oil, timber and mangan-

Reuter.'

ese. --

FRANCO-GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS.

Germany Wishes Clear Understanding.

London, To-day. Berlin messages state that. the German Government have

asked

CROYDON AIRPORT the French Government for fur-

TRAFFIC RECORD.

87,539 Passengers In 1933,

London, To-day.

variou′′ ther information

upon points dealt with in the recent' French aide-memoire on the ques- tion of Disarmament.

This step in described by the: Berlin press as indicating the Gar- nian Government's desire to reach a clear understanding and to pre

The highest number of air pas-vent later differences of opinion sengers ever recorded passed through Croydon during 1983.

as to interpretation, which might necessitate further negotiation.-

There were 87,539 passengers, on | British Wireless Service.

European and Empire routes, either. leaving or arriving at Croydon, Of these approximately 60,000 were passengers by Imperial Airways.-- British Wireless Bervice.

BRITAIN'S WHISKEY QUOTA IN US.

Increase Suggested For Pork Concessions.

CURIOUS LONDON

FOG.

Only Parts Of City Affected.

London, To-day. London experienced a curious fog yesterday. While much of the

Included in the articles taken |werc a number of 'woollen sweaters, three clocks and a sewing machine.

The robbers gained access to the shop by making a large hole in the back door..

This is the third robbery which has taken place at the shop, the previous occasions being in April jand July of last year.

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CHURCH REVOLT IN GERMANY

Protest Against Nazi Programme.

REDUCED

US. TARIFFS-

PROBABLE

Dollar Depreciation Unlikely

MANY FAVOURABLE, BUSINESS FACTORS

SPECIAL TO CHIKA MAIL

Fly Telegraph, Copyrģijai, Telegra- phic Messages Ordinance: TARASTRA ceived January 10, 2.25pm)

* New York, To-day: The "Brookmire business forecast states that shy January interruption in the business rise will be followed by more vigor- ļous expansion in the Spring,

The bullish position of business and aggressive investment policies jare unchanged, the journal de-

clares.

Both the seasonal and the funda- mental trend favour ingestors.

The first step in the building of Mr..T. O. M. Sopwith's “En- deavour," challenger för the America: Cup next” year, took - place when the 86-ton lead keel was moulded at Camper and Nichol- son's yard. at Gosport, Hant-Mis, T. 0. M. Sopwith assisting with the ladling operations. (8. & G.).

It is improbable, the Journal NEW BILL

adds, that immediate further dollar depreciation will occur. A reduction in tariff duties is likely.-United Frem per 8.C. Gold Bar Co..

QUIET TRADING ON

WALL ST.

SILVER MARKET OPENS

STEADYS

New Yoad To

TO INCREASE

US. NAVY

Japan Up To Full Treaty Strength.

BRITAIN "PRACTICALLY CERTAIN-TO DO SO”

Washington, To-day,

Tradʼng continued, piston the Introducing a Bill to authorise

tively, while utilities and bonds im-

BRITAIN'S SOUND FINANCES Revenue Still Rising SATISFACTORY RESPONSE BY TAXPAYERS

London, To-day. The latest Treasury · re- turns show that ordinary re- venue for the current finan-.... cial year, up to January 6, - " amounted to £487,119,370,

New York Stock Bachaateter President Roosevelt to constructAt the corresponding date of [day, but stock prices made a slight new ships and replacement ships Tast year the amount lood"

rally.

necessary to bring the United at £425,463,114222, o art Industrials and rails were up 84 States Fleet to Treaty strength, Ordinary expenditure to date: and 48 to 97.57 and 40.60 respec- Mr. Vinson, Chairman of the for the current year totalled |£533,995,700 as compared with proved 88 and 28 to 22.80 and 85.08 House of Representatives' Naval 2588,910,951 at the correspond respectively. The commodity Index Committee, said that Japan had ing date of last year. rose .08 to 49.84. Business for the already provided the full naval

In the first few weeks of the day was 670,000 shares.

strength_permitted her under the The silver market opened steady. Treaty, while Britain was practhe amounts collected in respect year special interest attached to It was said that the failure of the tically certain to do so. The feeling of the Church in firmness of stock and grain markets

of income-tax and surtax. Last Germany is so strong that thou-to bring more support Influenced

week's figures of £8,682,000 in- sands of individuals and Church further liquidation by disappointed

come-tax and £3,270,000, surtax show that a satisfactory response congregations have written to the long interests.

is being made by the taxpayers. Nazi Primate. Bishop Mueller,

}—British Wireless Service.

1,500 OF CLERGY DEFY BISHOP MUELLER

Berlin, To-day.

Bishop Mueller,

threatening to leave the Church

if the Nazi ecclesiastical pro- gramme is carried out."

NEW YORK SILVER PRICES ALMOST UNCHANGED

New York, To-day. Very slight advances in silver {prices were made' on the Commodity

Exchange here, yesterday.

The March range closed at 44.40-j 44.42 cents per ounce

as: against 44.88 cents on Monday.

The May range, quoted on Mon- ¡day at 44:35-44.90 cents, closed at ||44,90-44,94 cents, while the. «July range remained unchanged at 45.455 centa-Reuter,

EXPANDING BANK CAPITAL

New York City Bank Joins Plan.

STOCK-HOLDERS APPROVE

New York, To-day.

The United States, how- ever, was shockingly and dangerously deficient in the matter of ships and will remain so even after all the ships now being built, are completed. Reuter.

MANCHUKUO

SEIZE SOVIET

DOCUMENTS

Police Raid Rudy's

Office.

EVACUATION OF. C. E. R.

ROLLING STOCKS

Harbin, To-day.

A serions Incident. likely, doj evoke a strong protest from Mon= railway police forcibly seized cow, occurred when the Manchë-

JAPANESE TRADE IN 1933.

Big Increase In Exports And Imports.

„Tokyo, To-day,

Exports of the Japanese Empire last year totalled 1,982,000,000 men, and imports 2,018,000,000yen, [showing a huge total increasS OF

· miarly." 1,000,000,000 yen::as com- pared with 1982.

Imports exceeded exports by 85 |000,000 yen.~~Reuter,

documenta from the office of STOP PRESS

Soviet chief of the-Exploitation Department of the Chinese East" ern Railway..

The official had been requested

The stock-holders of the Na by the Manchukuo Comptroller

Clergy totalling 1,500 from tional City Bank of New York to hand over documents which AMOY CAPTURED

all parts of the country have Joined Pastor: Niemoeller In openly defying Bishop Mueller,

have approved the recapitalisaare aleged to give details of the tion plan, submitted by the direc evacuation of C.ER. Tolling tors on December 6 stock to Russia, but he refused to

“The National City Bauk, the an- comply

City and most of the outskirts on The latter has not yet taken cond largest Institution in the Un- It is alleged that the docu joyed glorious sunships and excep- London, To-daytonal visibility, other parts were action, though he conferred with ited States, joined in the Adminis ments prove that. M. Rudy was The United States proposal to enveloped in dense fog which the chief of the secret police yestration programms of double the present British whiskey many minor trame accidents and terday, Reuter,

quota of 607,000 gallons in return seriously Inconvenienced transport,

for increase from 6.8 per cent to Conditions cleared in the The US. CIVIL SERVANTS

7.8 per cent. In American pork pro-

ducts admitted to the British The Channel, also, experienced market, has been received in Lon thick fog during part of reste don and is being considered by and traffic was much delayed

itish Wireles "appropriata" : Government » deport-

thents,

The 1.8 per cent, increase in the Amaritan pork quota la equivalenti

1,000,000/-Brit

PAY CUTS.

Continued By Roo

bank capital by offerin 000,000 of 5%, ed stock to the Be ance Corporati

pandias responsible for the removal

#all $80,- the rolling stock sys preferedIt is stated that Manch iation Pin-|- kuo ita - contemplating; legal action against him, but the ffact that he possesses T the passport compll cates the matter. — Reuter's Pacino

MERUS

Diplo

BY NAVY

Foochow Practically

Surro

Shan

BOISTEROUS ROYALISTS

250 ARRESTS

AFTER FIGHTS

WITH GUARDS

STOCK MARKET REFORMS.

GOVERNMENT SPIKES GUNS OF OPPOSITION

Paris, To-day. Having dropped the Minister of Colonies, M. Dali-· mier, as a result of the Bayonne bond scandal, the French Government is spik-. ing the Opposition guns by the imme- diate introduction of a Bill prohibiting persons convicted of dishonesty from dealing in any way with stocks and

shares under a. pen- alty not exceeding two years imprison- ment..

The Bill will be in- troduced to-morrow; when the Opposition launch an onslaught on the Government in connection with the Stavisky affair. Lively scenes took City

Pofter

news had been re- ceived of the suicide of Stavisky, the Rus- sian swindler. De- monstrations were held and there were frequent scuffles be- tween mounted guards and boister- ous Royalists.

Detonators were placed on the tram- way-lines, and in- creased the confu- sion

Two hundred and fifty people were ar- rested. — Reuter.

BERWICK LEAVES ON EXERCISES.

Bruce And Submarines

Return To Port

HMS Berwick of the Fifth ser Squadron, lett Hong Kong day, afternoon on exercises expected back by the weak

French Bloop Algol arrived

Kong this mornin

ruca, Destroyer Fourth Submarine.