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THE OLDEST - ESTABLISHED NEW

No. 28,922 HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY

LADY SOUTHORN, DR. HOPEFUL OUTLOOK

FOR 1935

INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION SHOULD CONTINUE

WORLD-WIDE CONDITIONS NOW GENERALLY ENCOURAGING

LONDON, TO-DAY.

IN THE FARME

PRICE $3.00 Per Month

AUTUMI EXOTWEAR

PAUL RENNET

BLACK AND MR. MCPHERSON HONOURED

M. LEON TROTSKY

NEW YEAR HONOURS FOR 1935

3 BARONS & 5 BARONETS ARE CREATED

PRIME MINISTER'S LIST OF KNIGHTHOODS TOTALS 27

AS LAST YEAR THE NEW YEAR'S HONOURS LIST IS

TROTSKY A LONG ONE THE MAJORITY OF THE RECIPIENTS

DENIAL

THE YEAR 1936 SHOULD SEE THE MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF THE PRESENT INDUSTRIAL ACTIVI ¿TY IN BRITAIN, THOUGH STAGNATION IN WORLD TRADE WILL PREVENT ANY VIOLENT ACCELERATION, WHILE THE POSSIBILITY OF A GENERAL ELECTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR IS ALSO A RESTRAINING FACTOR, REPUDIATES ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIALISTS AND BROKERS.

Cotton and heavy industries are expected benefit from re- organisation; and other, measures taken in 1984.

Prospects In America aza fairly cheerful The attitude of Wall Street recently has been encouraging and definite progress has been made by industry; moreover, the effects of the dollar dévaluation and the huge public works expenditure” have, not yet been fully felt.

SHIPWRECK ON NEW YEAR'S EVE

But 171 Passengers Celebrate

ENTHUSIASM IN ALL BIG

NUS. CITIES

The European situation is also encouraging, in view of the better

Franco-Italian and Franco-German

relations, but foreign exchange dea

lexs point out that the maintenance

ACCUSATIONS

OF COMPLICITY

Kirov Murder Trial

Open Letter

DOUBT THROWN ON EVIDENCE OF ACCUSED

Paris, To-day. Suggestions that he was im-

BEING MEN NOT WIDELY KNOWN IN PRIVATE LIFE OUT- SIDE THEIR OWN IMMEDIATE CIRCLE. THE HONOURS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AMONGST MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT PROFESSORS AND MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, SOLDIERS AND COMMER- CIAL: MAGNATES, WHILE ART AND LAW CLAIM ONE identify the three little, girls found dead. In naarby. EACH

Only three ne Barons and five new Baronets have been created this year, and the Prime Minister's list of Knighthoods

totals 27:

Three honours come to Hong Kong, Lady Southorn, wife of the Colonial Secretary, being created a Dame of the Order of the British Empire, Dr. G. D. R. Black, M.C., C.M., an Officer of the Order of the, British Empire, and Mr. J. L. McPherson, Member of the Licensing Boar and Secretary of the Chinese YMCA, the Order of the British Empire.

The New Year honour for 1985 LADY SOUTHORN are announced as follow

Baronies: Rt. Hon Sir Henry

D.S.O.

Minister Leading Light Behind

Girl Guides

rmor-Hes

of the present exchange parities plicated in the reassination of pachante Betterton, will prove increasingly difficult, and Kirov are repudiated by Leon of Labour; Sir Thomas that, although the political, situs Trotsky In an open letter com-keth, Bart; and Lieut-Col. Sir Wynd fon in France le how eah, the mar municated to the press here. ham Raymond Portal Party M.VO., ket does not rule out the possibility He says that even if every-word of repetition of civil dietura the Ind Intant og Nokolayee, the

Privy Councillor; ayer of Kirgy, uptaken ist face

of Linlithgow, Kt. value, it optated that a certain

T.D. consul" proposed to transmit pro- and I did not state if the letter was written, anh sent. HUMOROUS TOUCH

bances

ING PROSPECTS for sterling are more mplicated The Improvement on A Wall Brest, which in attracting Bullen Funds, coupled with the

New York To-day.

city celebrated. New Eves "with greater enthusiasm and hope than at any time since the boom years of 1928-and 1929. The number of revellers on of sterling. Moreover, it is helley-

(Continued on page:8.)

Weather continental outlook, Trotsky, who foreshadows a bro-"GREATER checking the, seasonal appreciation chure jelucidation the reasons for the attempt to drag in his name in

Broadway at midnight was esti-ed that resources of the Exchange to this mad criminal act," says mated at 1,000,000 and there was Fund have been heavily drated by an unprecedented demonstration the steady support accorded" of merriment and hope in the (Continued on Papir 9.)*. future, declares, the "New York Times,"

Champagne flowed freely in other large American cities, and, when the American passenger liner"Victoria" went ashoreson the British Columbia Coast, the 171 passengers and crew celebrat ed the New Year by dancing to music from the wireless. Reuter.

CONFIDENCE IS

KEYNOTE FOR 1935,

་་

that the only consuls he knows are those who refused him visas, and adde that, 16's hardly necessary to stress the fact that "during nearly

HITLER'S MESSAGE 40 year olutionary metivity I al

"Return Of Saar Is*

Warmest Wish"

OPPONENTS OF PRESENT REGIME WARNED

Berlin, to-day.

Our warmest wish for 1935 la

the return of that German territory,

which, through its voice of blood,

dya opposed recourse to individual Teardom, rorism,aven, agat.

reason to change my

SHANGHAI

OF TO-MORROW”

Mayor's Ambitious Programme OPTIMISTIC NOTE SOUNDED IN NEW YEAR MESSAGE

Shanghai, To-day. An ambitious programme of cultural, educational, industrial

GERMANY GREETS and municipal developments

NEW YEAR': Reichsfuehrer Reviews,

Situ

will in January 13 proclaira to the WILL

IN UNITED STATES whole world ita indissoluble com-

DealTriumph

Recognised

✅ GOVERNMENT WIEL HOLD

REINS FOR RECOVERY

Washington Today

America enters the New Bear confidently,

with the great majority of citizens marching in} step with President Roosevelt "The "Now, Deal" won fresh pres, tige in 1934, the average Ameri- can being definitely better than before the "New Deal

American industralistă are

cal of President Rod

mic programi

erally faces.

but

munity with the German Reich,"

Said Reichefuehrer Hitler in his

LEADERS SPEECHES

tic

was outlined-by Mr. Wu Teh- chen, Mayor of Greatet Shang- hat, in his New Year message. to the citizens,

Hundreds have passed through the "morgue at Can

asked all who might have died in identification tor

GIGANTIC US. NAV

PLAN APPROVED ROOSEVELT LOOKS TO NATIONAL DEFENCE

Washington, Yesterday

President Roosevelt has approved. Increase kin

the

for national defence, according to the Work which will shortly

000,000,000 for ordin

Hand

to Com ure," but i

Lady Southorn is one of most outstanding social wor in the Colony Not the l portant or her many activities that of the Colony Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association since 1926 a movement in which

ncy appropriatims

sheshi always shown the great TENSION IN

misioner before her departure for the Colony.

est interest She was Ceyon Com-

SAAR

Lady Southern was the founder COMMUNIST

among others, of the well-known Ladies International Chub and has occupled the presidential chair of the Club ever since its inception.EX

Her interest in children will be noted from her association with the Society for the Protection of Chil- dren.

(Continued on Page 5) MR. J. L. MCPHERSON

Man Behind Y.M.C.A. Expansion

The message sounds an optimis Mr. J. L. McPherson was born note regarding Shanghai's in Toronto, Canada, in 18744 FOR PEACE STRESSED IN future and invites fellow-citizens to After receiving his M.A. degree te-affirm their faith and conadence at the University of Toronto, he in the fulfilment of the plans was appointed General Secretary visioned for what he terms the of the University Young Men's Greater Shanghal of to-morrow Christian Associations of the pro- vinces of Ontario and Quebec, This post he held for four years. (Continued on Page 4)

New Year proclamation to the Nazi The will for peace, was

Berlin, To-day Party, in which he also claims that Germany is stronger now than she keynote of the speeches w

which Germany's leaders herald was 12 months ago.

ed 1935. G

Reichafuehrer Hitler, speaking at the Diplomatic Corps recep-| FURTHER BRAWLING tion in Marshal Hindenburg's for-

New

wera.

brawl

(Continued on page 9.).

Reuter

NO FRESH. DEVELOPMENT IN SIAMESE SITUATION

IN THE SAARmer palace in the Wilhelmstrasse, Christmas audience between the

Alleged Brutality Of Police

SIX MEN SUSPENDED

Saarbrucken, To-day

Evél celebrations

parties,

ingen, where a man

hürt

Continued on Page

ROSSLYN PARK'S HOLIDAY

RUGBY VICTORY

WAS

year declared: "May the new

the bring us nearer to sublime alm of securing relations between the na tions which are based on the cognition of equality. Honest operation should guarantee: welfare of mankind.

(Continued on Pare 9)

London, To-day, Since the Slamese delegation and the King am at his residence at Knowle Surrey there has been

ent, except the fact that all mat

are being referred by

to Bangkok

The delegation say it may be ter of weeks, even mont

Does Japan Mean China Should Have Adequate Natt For Defence?

DR. G. R. BLACK Former St. Andrew's Chieftain Honoured

Dr. G. D. R. Black, M.D., CM: (Tor) was born at Maxwellton, Canada, in the 1878 and the son of the

Capt Colin Black J.P. of Li shire Scotland He ed chiefly in Canada and burgh and is a graduate onto University

He came out

1908 to

Argyle educat

ACTIVITIES

the navy, progi

the fleets

gth under the

Treaty, provides for

struction and also provides

warships, two 8,000 ton cruisers, three destroyers, six submarines, 15,000 ton aircraft carrier and aeroplanes.

The navy will acquire 5,500 more enlisted men for a total of

RAMPANT 88,000, while Mr. Claude

CAFE RIDDLED BY BULLETS

NO SERIOUS UPHEAVAL EXPECTED

Saarbroecken, To-day.

The atmosphere of tension has been increased by minor brawls and free fights in the

past 24 hours in various parta

Swanson, Secretar Navy, will ask

addition of 1513; officers, mak ing a total of 7,012

A well-informed source, sta that President Roosevelt.bas also

proved an increase of

for the War Department. cal year beginning July the reduced estima es prop George H. Dern, Store will so increase the o

will be

Air

ter

of the Saar between supporters or six of the German Front and their opponents, combined with So- cialists and Communists:

Some Catholics and 40 Ger, were about to

man

teave

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