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NINETY FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1935

OLD MASTERS FOR

SALE

Collection Of Late J. P. Morgan

SON DISPOSES OF FURTHER PORTION

Rubena.

BOAT FLOATS INTO HOUSE

Families Marooned In Eastern Canada

LAND TROUBLES IN ARIZONA

Harsh Land Statutes Alleged

RESULT OF MID-WINTER THAW MORE DRASTIC THAN THOSE

OF OTHER STATES

Many parts of Eastern Canada:

The United States State Depart Mr. J. P. Morgan, the multi- have been flooded as the result millionaire head of the banking of a mid-winter thaw and heavy ment last week disclosed that!

Ambassador. Hiroshi Saito of firm, has sold to the Metropolitan rains. Museum of Art "Fra Filippo," by At Truro, Nova Scotia, the Japan and Under Secretary of streets were choked with awirl-State William T. Phillips have He has, it is learned, a numbering water and great ice cakes discussed the proposed Arizona so land laws, whereby Japanese of other works of art for sale, in- In one part the water was cluding two by Franz Hals. deep that a boat, engaged in would be forbidden to lease, Among them also are Sir rescuing people from houses, occupy or till land used in the Thomas Lawrence's "Portrait of sailed through a window into the production of human foodstuff.

The department disclaimed re- Miss Farren" and Chirlandaio's upper rooms of a house, "Portrait of Giovanna Torna- The rivers, which rose 25 feet ports that Saito had made formal above normal, toppled down tele-representations against the pro-

buoni".

dis-

A spokesman for Mr. Morgan phone poles in some places. The posed law, but intimated that the stated that the banker wishes to damage done is reported to be Japanese naturally were reduce his collection and thus

pleased, as the law is far more heavy. simplify his estate.

Inhabitants of Sydney, Noya drastic than any existing in other

wade Scotia, had to

through states. water to their offices.

Father's Estate

From his father's estate Mr. Morgan inherited a collection of

The department declined to re- Several familles were maroon veal its views. 'art treasures valued at more than ed in the Sherbrooke district of £4,000,000.

flood Quebec, where

waters

The proposed legislation comes

Arizona in recent months.

In his will his father expressed swamped village streets and in-after provocative incidents in a desire that part of the collec-andated farmlands. tion, much of which had been on exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum for more than 20 years, should go to that institution, but he gave his son power to dispose of them in any way he saw fit.

Previous Sale ****

SOVIET MERCHANT FLEET DOUBLED

The Soviet Merchant Fleet Some surprise was caused has been doubled in size during some years ago when he disposed the past. five years, according to of a collection of Chinese porte-

Laws on the statutes already prohibit foreigners from owing: or leasing agricultural lands. American farmers charged that the laws were being violated, and started a campaign of terrorism designed to drive.out Japanese and Hindu farmers.

There were a number of bomb- lain, a collection of Fragonard the League of Nations Monthly ings which inflicted considerable damage but caused no. serious! Bulletin of Statistics.

Arizona authorities; paintings and another of French 18th century

In 1929 the total tonnage of casualties, for

the Russian mercantile marine, sought to maintain order, but £1,600,000.

United Press. Critics then suggested that his was 440,500, while at the end of were not wholly successful.

last year it stood at 942,000. interest in art was not as great as that of his father.

furniture,

"In accordance with the elder Morgan's desire, however, a con- siderable portion of the Morgan collection was left to the Metro- politan Museum.

DRIVING LICENSE TESTS

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L.M.S. DEPENDENT ON DOMESTIC REVIVAL

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GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS

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His Excellency the Governor hasi been pleased to recognise, pro-

As a result of. all these factors, visionally and pending instructions he said, it seemed that "we might from the Secretary of State for the well hope to hold our present post-Colonies, Mr. Kosaku Mizusawa as tion and indeed make some fait in charge of the Consulate General Under these supervising examl-advance upon it, but it was unlike for Japan in Hong Kong

to there were

be 250 ly that there could be any spectacu In pursuance of directions given ners

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A fee of a maximum of 10/- for those undergoing the test was orginially contemplated, but it had been found that at 7/4 the service. would be self-supporting.'

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