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Carnation

"From Contented Cows"

THERE'S CREAM

IN

Carnation

EVERY DROP.

MILK

Sole Agents: CONNELL BROS. CO., LTD. HONG KONG & S. CHINA.

•

The dollar, on demand, closed

to-day at 1/6 1-8. '

The

FINAL EDITIONé Court

Sup

China Mail

Ert. 1845,

Ext. 1815.

THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST

No. 28,805

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1934. PRICE $3.00 Per Month.

WE PRESENT A

Gorgeous Display

of Gowns.

AND OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT.

PAUL RENNET et CIE

Chater Road

Hong Kong

Nathan Head

'Kowloon

STEP TOWARDS INSURING PERMANENT COLONY WATER SUPPLY

SUPERVISING

MOTOR TRAFFIC

FROM THE AIR

SCOTLAND YARD TEST AUTOGIRO.

"GREAT POSSIBILITIES"

London, To-day.

The first trial flight over Lon-1 don of the new Scotland Yard Au- togiro took place yesterday to test the value of the observations which can be made from such a machine for traffic control and other police work.

Assistant Commissioner Tripp, who is in charge of the traffic section of Scotland Yard, was in the Autogiro. and. after the flight, he expressed the opinion! that there were great possibill-; ties for traffic regulation from the air, the value of which had} already been proved in connec« tion with isolated problems, such a the Derby Day congestion.

The police experiments will continue for some weeks, -- Bri- tish Wireless Service.

The death of Henry, Prince Con- sort of Holland, ended one of the most brilliant royal alliances of a generation. He married Queen Wilhelmina in 1901. They had one child. Princess Juliana, heir to her mother's throne.

MT. PARKER TUNNEL

COMPLETED

MRS. CORVER FIRES LAST CHARGE THIS MORNING

SIX MONTHS' WORK ENDED

A FURTHER STEP WAS MADE THIS MORNING TO- WARDS THE INSURANCE OF A PERMANENT WATER:SUP- PLY IN THE COLONY WHEN MRS. J. CORVER, WIFE OF MR. J. CORVER, OF THE EASTERN MERCANTILE AND CON STRUCTION COMPANY, CONNECTED A SPECIAL BLASTING SWITCH TO FIRE A CHARGE OF 148 STICHS OF DYNAMITE", TO COMPLETE THE MOUNT PARKER TUNNEL, WHICH IS PART OF THE TYTAM TUK CATCHWATER SCHEME, WHICH DRAINS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SLOPES OF MOUNT PARKER.

• The final shot, which was to blast through some feet 6 inches of solid rock, was fired with due ceremony, in the presence of Mr. W. Woodward, B.Sc. (Eng.), of the Water Department, Public Works Department, Mr. A. G. W. Tickle, F.R.I.BA, As- sistant Director of Public Works, Mr. C. W. E. Bishop, B. Be (Eng.), Public Works Department, Mr. H. H. Rose, Public Works Depart ment, and Messrs. C. L. Shank, T.B. Wilson, J. Corver and J. Smith, of the Eastern Mercantile and Construction Company, who have had in hand the contract for the construction of the tunnel and a section of the necessary channels of the catchwater scheme.

The necessary drill-holes were Imade 8 feet 6 inches deep into the solid rocks, the chargo of 148

NEW COMMODORE DROUGHT PREVENTION OF

FOR SINGAPORE

Captain Mark-Wardlaw Appointed.

London, To-day. į

succession to

Captain W, P. Mark-Wardlaw, D.S.O., has been appointed Com- modore, Second Class, in charge: of Singapore in Captain Malcolm Maxwell-Scott, who has been Captain in Charge of the Naval Base since 1932.—Ren-

ter.

Capt. Mark-Wardlaw entered H.M.S. Britannis, the cadets' training ship, in 1002, and gained his first commission in 1907, Serving throughout the Great War, he was awarded the D.S.O. for service in a Q ship. He is the author of "At Sea with Nelson," which is the life-story of his great-grandfather, William Mark,

U.S. MARINES OUT

OF HAITI

19 Years' Occupation Ended Yesterday.

Washington, To-day.

After 19 years of American occu pation, the last body of United States Marines was withdrawn yes-!

DAMAGE

WORST ON RECORD IN AMERICA

MEAT SHORTAGE FORESEEN.

Washington, To-day. The United States drought damage is described by the Ministry of Agriculture as much worse than any pre- vious year on record; and pre- diets that most grain prices

PROFITEERING

BY ROOSEVELT

Harmful Speculation *** On Drought.

AGRICULTURE POLICY FUNDAMENTALS SAME

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL

(By Telograph, Copyright, Telegra phic Messages Ordinanco, 1894. Re- ceived August 18, 10.05 a.m.)

Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt states that the Department of Agriculture is will remain high until the late keeping surveillance over grain

Spring or early Summer of 1935.

and produce exchange operations and is determined to prevent un due speculation and profiteering remain, higher longer. The report President Roosevelt said that

Livestock prices will probably

Captain Franz von Papen, Nazi Vice-Chancellor, who has been appointed German Minister to Vienna, seeg (left)' bring' expelled from the United States in 1916. The latest picture of the new Minister shows him: (right) in a religious procession. The upper picture was taken while he was under, "protection”? In his', home which is shown in the background.

FOOCHOW ALARM

PERSISTENT

WAR REPORTS

FROM THE CITY

Chinese Cruisers Said Shelling Reds.

49TH. NANKING DIVISION

·REINFORCES GARRISON

[From Our Own Correspondence) Canton, To-day.

Six Nanking divisions are being rushed to Foochow to defend the city against the Commmists who are said to be fighting desperately with the Government forces a few miles north of the provincial ca- pital, according to telegrams re- ceived by Fakienese firms hers late last night.

Foochow is in a state of alarmi, stated the messages. Gunfire was heard all yesterday. Bomb- ing planes and artillery of the

BRITISH TRADE IMPROVES Nanking forces are holding up

sticks of dynamite, weighing INTER-CITY AIRMAIL

some 20 pounds, as rammed home in readiness, and the neces eary electric wiring tarif binst ing battery laid in 11:16 am, and at amb un Mr

by

Corver pressed home the switch

The blast, shaking the " whole mountain-side, was Instantaneous, and after a lapse of a few min- utes, to allow the fumes to clear, the engineers penetrated to

IN BRITAIN

England, Ireland And Scotland Linked

INAUGURATION ON MONDAY-

London, To-day. the The first inter-city airmail-der- face, where some 30 cubic yards vice in the British Isles, and also of solid rock, has been thrown the first service of its kind to link 30 to 40 feet along the England, Ireland, and Scotland, will come into operation on Mon- day,

Isome

tunnel.

The blast, however, was not fully successful, for, although cracks and fissures lined the face, it was not possible to see through into the southern section of the tunnel.

the southward advance of the Rede, while the Chinese light cruisers at Mamoi are also shell- Ing the Communist positions.

INCREASE IN

EXPORTS SHOWN

IN JULY FIGURES sion has reached Foochow to

$17,820,891 RISE IN SEVEN MONTHS.

JULY IMPORTS DECREASE

London,

An improved trade

The new service, which is being again reflected in the Board of operated on behalf of the London Trade returns for July. The value Midland and Scottish Railway,

According to the same tele grams, the 49th. Nanking divi-

reinforce the garrison and to

Earlier press reports stated" that heavy fighting is raging be tween the Communist detachments and Nanking troops at Kutien, a atrategic town. 65 miles North- west of Foochow. It seems that the Reds retreated from Shulkow to Kution and then launched counter offensive.

.

It is learned here that Lien- cheng, an important town in West Fukien, was recently re-captured

will be run between London and of imports into Great Britain last by the Communists who launched Glasgow, calling at Birmingham, month was £58,026,218. In the an onslaught from Changtung. rammed home which,

A further small charge was Manchester and Belfast British previous month they were valued

when fired Wireless Service. by ordinary fuses, opened up a

adds that food supplies generally the Government has much au- hole about 2 feet square, through are ample, but damage to feed, thority to curb harmful comwhich, when the clouds of smoke forage and pasture will cause modity speculation. The drought;

had cleared, daylight could be seen sharp reductions in the supplies he said, had not changed the of meat and other livestock profundamentals of policy of the] ducts in 1935-Reuter.

agricultural Adjustment Admin- istration.

(Continued on Paga 12).

IN FOOD PRICES,

PIRATES CAPTURE STEAMER.

at $61,172638, and win July, 1933, at £53,714,758.

Exports during July were of a total value of £33,229,621. The

through the distant opening of the 230 Pillage Vessel And total for June was £32,120,075,

tunnel.

Passengers..

and for July, last. year, £29,947,- 361.

SILVER HIGH MARK

IN LONDON.

New Price Record Since 1929.

London, To-day,

· Silver reached the highest price Comparative figures for re-registered since 1929 in London exports were 4,128,719 last yesterday, rising a further 11⁄2d, per month, £4,815,612 in June, and ounce to 21% for spot and 21 11/16 It should for forward delivery. £4,328,714 in July, 1938.

The "holing" which crowns some He intimated that the new re-six months' solid work, during

TWO MANCHUS KILLED FURTHER INCREASE ciprocal tariff would give domes-which from 2 feet 6 inches to 11 tle sugar refiners greater protec-feet of rock have been removed tion against sugar refined in Cu- daily, being duly completed, the

Harbin, To-day ba. He, indicated that it would ceremony was concluded in the

Thirty pirates, masquerading not change the Hawaiian quotas contractors' office, where the pro-

as passengers, yesterday captur During the first seven months be noted that the 1929 price waL despite Messrs. H. S. Pas and sperity of the tunnel and of the ed a steamer en roule to Ying-of the current year imports in gold value, whereas yesterday's Company's determination to sue. Contractors was drunk in akow from Harbin, and then moor- reached a total value of $419,4 price was in sterling-British -United Press, per S. E. Levy magnum of chamagne.

ed the vessel 30 miles to the 867,012, representing an increase Wireless Service. CATCHWATER CONSTRUCTION north of Harbin where they were of £46,066,782, as compared (Continued on Page 6). and Company.

The Mount Parker Catchwater enforced by 200 confederates with the corresponding period of

terday and full sovereignty restored Forecasted By American

to Haiti.

The American flag was lowered } and the withdrawal carried out in a most friendly manner; stated the Secretary of State. Mr. William Cordell Hull, who wished, success. Reuter.

Agricultural Dept.

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

Washington, To-day.

The Department of Agricuul-

all ture has forecasted a further in- TARIFF REDUCTION Land Tunnel is part of who pillaged the steamer and the last year, and an increase of

crease in food prices due to

drought. Grain prices, it states.

Summer of 1985.

MENACE.

EUGENE BLACK are unlikely to recede before the Will Delay Recovery

RESIGNS

Federal Reserve May Be Replaced.

SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

Washington, To-day Mr. Eugene R. Black has re-| signed the Chairmanship of the Federal Reserve Board. It is said that he is resuming the Gov

Feed-grain is 65 per cent. of normal and hay 69 per cent. It! of livestock numbers in conse predicted drastic re-adjustments|

quence-United Press, per S. E. Levy and Company

Says Mr. Jappe.":

· SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.”

Johnsonburg, NJ}, To-day...:

Mr. K. W. Jappe former Pro sident of the "Brookmire", bureau, states that tariff and Immigration

MORE RAIN EXPECTED barriers are responsible for the

IN MIDDLE WEST

ernorship of the Atlants Federal Lightning And Heavy

Reserve Bank.

It is learned that the Treasury

is studying the possibility of a central bank replacing the Fed eral reserve United Press, per S. E. Levy and Company.

WEATHER FORECAST

Cloudy weath

raing and mod

the w

Royal Obs

Rains Occur.

BPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.

position of the United States wages and prices,

Tariff reductions, he declares.

will delay America's recovery and réace unfavourably on the Creat of the worldUnited Press, per 5. E Levy and Company,de

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telepre LAUNDRYMAN LEAVES LOCAL phie Messages Ordinance, colved August :16,>10.05

Lightning

States rain

Press, per 8. E

ESTATE AT $73,900

Maur

Catchwater the Tytam Tuk Scheme, and involves the construc- (Continued on Page'?)

STOP PRESS

SHANGHAI BOWLS TEAM

Shanghai, To-day. The Shanghai Lawn Bowls. Association, has selected the following players, to oppose Hong Kong in the forthcom the Interport series

CW.. Porter (skip), J. E Harvey, E Heaton-Smith and CM. Sequeira, first rink

A. A Malcolm (skip), T. G. Munro and F. Madar,

Main

passengers.

**£7,176,687 on the figures for ** Two - Manchus were killed and 1982. eight Manchus wounded, while two

(Continued on Fage 12) were Japanese also;

wounded. Thirty Manchus were kidnapped Reuter,

EUROPEAN WOMAN BITTEN BY DOG.

Kowloon Incident.

WAR SCARE AT IMIENPO

HOUSES SOLD AT THIRD OF VALUE.

SOVIET CITIZENS' EXODUS

Saffenho, To-day:

The war- out here on Sati

Mrs Morse, of No. 147, Waterloo Road, Kowloon, was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday for treatment, after being bitten by a dog, the property of Mrs. Tinson, No. 9 York Road, Kowloon Theing the captur

* Ing÷Mon dog has been sent to Ma Tau Kok

detache for observation,

LOCAL RAINFALL

four Chi

the

INFLATIONÍSTS DISAPPOINTED,

Monetary Conservatism Of Government.

“SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL.”

New York, To-day.

that the conserva

The rally in United States Gov. ernment bonds, plus the export of gold to the value of $1,000,000 in interpreted as evidence Government's monetary tiam is disappointing inflationists. Favourable market factors, yes. terday

ity produc tion rising to 1,659,000,000 Kllo watt hours, against 1,658,000,000 kilowatt hours for the previous (Continued on Page 6)

CHINA SELLS SILVER

The London silver

ed through Messrs S. B

Compány, estates

and

that Ameries bought yesterday while China sold.

The market is steady,