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China Mail

NINETY FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION

HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1935

CHICHIBU MARU DELAYED

Leaves Here Twelve Hours Late

HAITAN REPORTS ONLY HEAVY SWELL

Many of the steamers in har

the bour took precautions when No. 6 typhoon signal was hoisted yesterday afternoon. The NY.K [liner Chichiba Maru, which was scheduled to sail for America at midnight, actually spent the night; ¡in Kowloon Bay and did not leave Tuntil noon b-day No particular delay in the schedule was caused by this extra 12 hours' stay here: Captain Arkida explained that the midnight sailing was intended so jas to take advantage of exception- ally favourable tides at Shanghai and also to meet the typhoon at:

GERMAN STAGE STARS TO BE PROTECTED

Prejudicial Propaganda To Be Stopped

CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Berlin, To-day. Attempts have been de abroad to discredit acknowledged German flm actors and actresses such as Emil Jannings, Otto Gebaehr, Angela Salzer and others, by spreading reports that they are

of non-Aryan descent or prohibited from performing, *a a "statement by a Germian semi-official news agency.

These allegations are declared to be pare invention, circulated with the object of prejudicing the artistes concerned. Anybody spreading such fake rumours. point out the agency in clusion, renders himself able to Ser- punishment.Trans-Ocean

vice

open sea, but that the difficulty of SUGAR BEET getting the large number of pas-1 sengers on board the ship at Kow- loon Bay had precluded the sailing.

The hoisting of the signal yes- terday afternoon also caused the

Co-

INDUSTRY IN

GT. BRITAIN

J.CL Steamer Van Heute to be Continued Assistance

ordered to leave-Kowloon Wharf, where she was tied up, and the steamer transferred to a bacy, in harbour

Hailin's Trip South

The Douglas steamer Haitan,

| which - left Swatow at 4 pm. Fes-

Promised

CO-OPERATION ABROAD TO BE SOUGHT

London. To-day.

OIL EXTRACTION FROM COAL

Remarkable Results At Billingham

7,500,000 GALLONS OF PETROL PRODUCED

London, To-day.

The Secretary for Mines, Cap- tain Croobshank, in a Parliamen tary answer yesterday furnished an interesting statement by Im perial Chemical Industries show- ing the progress which has been made in the extraction of oil from coal at Billingham works.

Production began on February 7 this year and since that date a total quantity of 7,500,000 gal lous of petrol have been factured. Deliveries to distribu-j tors commenced in April and §- 000,000 gallons have been mar keted to date.

The Petrol is taken over by the oil companies to the specification of their first grade marketed

spirit and needs no further blend-

or treatment.

The coal required when the plant is in full operation will. including that required. for treatment of creosote and low temperature tar, amount to well over 500,000 tons, representing the employment of about 1.950) miners.

secon-

terday, arrived in Hong Kong this In the House of Commons The number of persons noW Minister for employed on the plant is about morning. The officers reported a yesterday, the

Walter 1,000 and employment in heavy swell but the steamer was Agriculture, Lt-Col not otherwise affected by the Elliott, announced the decision dary industries will be found for typhoon, which passed about 40 of the Government as to the fu- a considerable number of people. mies away from Swatow while the ture of the sugar beet industry-British Wireless Service.

The Government had conclud- there. Wireless

steamer was

communications during the nighted it desirable on agricultural were bad, and for some hours after grounds to continue to assist the necessary ailing the Haitan was unable to industry without any limitation

with Hong!

of period, but it was establish connection

10 set a limit to the volume of Kong, while certain other ports were not picked up until about directly assisted production. The Limit would be equivalent of three hours afterwards

560,000 tons of white sugar the estimated produce of 1935-

The Darken and Hupeh also

BANK HOLIDAY IN BRITAIN

Railways Anticipate Boom Period

London, To-day.

left Swato yesterday afternoon, An independent Sugar Commis- The railways are making ex- the former for this port and the sion would be entrusted with such tensive preparations to deal with

latter bourd north. Neither ex- perienced any trouble from typhoon.

the powers in relation to the sesa beet industry as might be neces sary for the carrying out of the Government's policy.

CANTON ADOPTING MASS MARRIAGE ·

Teaching Economy In Wedding Costs

Canton, To-day.

Amalgamation Suggested

the exceptionally henry holiday traffic anticipated for next week- end and the August bank holiday period.

The Great Western Railway It has been decided to adopt expects to carry some 3,000,000 passengers between August 2 and the recommendations of commit g, while the London and North tee of enquiry, that beet sugar Eastern Railway will run 42 ad- factory companies should be ditional trains from Liverpool amalgamated in a single corpor-Street and 16 from King's Cross ation. The financial arrange-

Special arrangements are be 03 ments proposed were based

ing made by the Southern Bail- In order to economise.on wed- the assumption that as from Aprilį. dings on the part of the people. 1, 1936, there would be a transi- for visits to Chatham, Ports- mouth, and Plymouth for Navy. the Municipal authorities have tional period of not more than Week, which will be formally ordered the Social Affairs Bar five years. During this period opened at Portsmouth next Sa ear to adopt the system of mass assistance would be given upon a turday by H. R. H. the Duke of marriage.

diminishing scale, based upon York, who will perform the cere It is learned that the Eureau certain standard levels for the has fixed January 1, the birthday world

price

of sugar. Subsemony from the starboard cathead

Wireless Service:

of the Late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and quently the basic rate of assis of Nelson's "Victory." -British the anniversary of the founding tance would be subject to review of the National Government, Oc- at triennial intervala. jtober 10, is the dates at which For the purpose of immediate

mass weddings will be held. sugar policy the Government did! Central Press.

Minot propose to make any change!

FIFTY YEARS A BOATMAN

Changed Conditions At Regents Park

London.

MR. EDEN IN PARIS

(Continued from Poze 1)

Under this mandate no one

in the details of the Customs ex Power would be accorded any cise or subsidy scales.

special privileges or predominating:

Producers Agreement

power, though Italy would receive The Government had also re- certain economic concessions in viewed the international sugar the express condition that Abys situation. They believed the rainia be preserved. “ ions producing countries could JOINT ENDEAVOUR. only set their sugar industries It is not revealed from whom the upon an economic basis by means proposal comes, but the assumption of an international agreement here is that it is a joint endeavour "Bob" a boatman at the Refor the adjustment of supplies to on the part of England and France Young, who was 23, came from gent's Park lake, has been in the the requirements of the world to find a way out of the present Torquay. He slipped from the same job for 50 years. He started) bost boom when zaanning the work at the lake when he was 14 markets, State assistance being deadlock. nicket boat before the eyes of

diminished as the market condi- His real name is Walter Shill-

In principle the Negus would [hundreds of visitors in small crafting and he comes from South tions improved. They proposed to have no objection to European in- invite the Governments of the finence in Abyssinia, say well-in- around the Bodnev

"Things have changed a great sugar exporting Dominions and formed circles, but he would insist deal since I first came here he Colonies to examine with them that such innence be confined aaid recenly "Then it was very the possibility of a joint endear purely to the economic sphere and rare for woman to go on the r to re-open internationalne would neither have 3 political gotiations, if there were reason-character nor would pursue politi (Continued from Page 1)

They only went to sit in the able prospect of a successful cal aims--Trans Ocess Service. BETTER KNOWLEDGE

<remarkable achievement boat while the men did the work issue. British Wireless Service

Two deaths from diphtheria, pends on the fact that the prin Nowadays there are almost as

wind resistance are now many women as men rowing on the NEED FOR INTERNAL SOLIDITY eight cases of typhoid fever, with

lake at times.”

two deaths, one case of para- "Gunderstoodetaan akdew

typhoid, and one case of rabies |(human) were reported as having

FOUR GERMANS SHATTER WORLD GLDING RECORD

Tottenham MA

lake alone.....

(Continued from Page 1)

that the stormy wea- For failing to comply with the ling on - Monday, in- orders given him by an authorised hindering the operations, employee of the Hong Kong Auto The appointment has been made occurred in the Colony during the

avourable than ever, mobile Asociation, Leung Hung- able-to dispense piu, motor car cleaner, was bound guide, depending over in a bond of $15, to be.

instruments good behatour for six months by Kwangi blind fight Mr. E. I Wynne Jones at the Kow active se

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occurring in the HaColony during the 24 hours ended

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