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LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES

ENFORCED LABOUR IN OUTER MONGOLIA Road System Extension

- CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Moscow, Today, The entire male population of the Outer Mongolia, between ages of 18 and 45, has been mobi- -lised, states a message from the capital, Ulan Bator, for the pur- pose of extending the road sys- tem as quickly as possible for strategic" purposes.

Through this enforced labour it is expected to have this whole project completed within two years.-Trans-Ocean Service.

APPLICATION AT SUPREME COURT

COMPANY TO BE

RESTORED

The many friends of Mr. H Dreyer of Meirs" Shewan Tomes and Company, will be sorry

to hear that he has met with rather a nasty accident which resulted in the breaking of his ankle.

Mr. L W. Shewan, principal of Messrs. Shewan Tomes and 'Com-{ pany, will be proceeding oz-Home: leave by the ss. Comoria; which sails on Boxing Day.

Miss Rita Cole of Messrs. She- wan Toes and Company arrived back from leave, spent in England, early this month. When her mo ther and brother, Tony, arrive in February, it will be the first time

the family have been together for the best part of 18 months.

Mr.

C. W. L Cole, another brother, and a very keen member of the Battery, is also connected with Messrs. Shewan Tomes.

The RMS. Empress of Russia) An application for restoring the left Vancouver for Hong Kong. name of the Pacific Banking and via ports last Friday and is due Exchange Company. Limited, in here on January 7, next.

After

the Register of Companies by Mr-discharging cargo she will pro- Leo D'Almada, jnr., who was in-ceed to Kowloon Dock for annual structed by Mr. R. A. Wadeson, overhaul.

was granted according to

the

terms of the petition, by His The ss. Tabus left Singapore Honour the Chief Justice, Sir for this port last Thursday even-| Atholl MacGregor, at the Supreme ing and is due here to-morrow at Court this morning.

about 6 a

Mr. D'Almada stated that for the certain reasons the name of

The Kowloon

Tong Anglican

company was struck off the Re-Church Fete Committee wishes to

gister of Companies in the year thank all who helped towards the 1924. There is a sum of money success of their recent Garden

in a certain bank, and the direc Fete and those who came and spent

tors of the Company have decided so freely. The net proceeds of that the only way of getting the the Fete now amount to $1,300. money back is by applying for and money is still coming in-the! the name of the company to be final account will be published in restored in the Register.

the Church's Monthly Notes.

Mr. D'Almada added that the petition is not being opposed by the Registrar of Companies.

CHINESE ART DISPLAY

A dance will take place at the Seamen's Institute at 9 p.m. to-day A launch leaves the Police Pier at

8.30 2.

THE CHINA ZAH TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22-1936-

Francis Lederer and Ann Sothern play the leading roles in “My American Wife," the Paramount picture now showing at the Queen's Theatre.

ROYAL CHRISTMAS PARTY

London, To-day-Their Majes ties the King and Queen will leave London to-day for Sand- ringham where they are spend- ing Christmas. Their Majesties, accompanied by their two daughters and Queen Mary, will travel by the Royal train from King's Gross to

Wolferton British Wireless Service.

CONCESSION TO ITALY?

FORGED BANK NOTE

Six Months Gaol

For Chinese la

ALERT BUS CONDUCTOR

Pleading guilty to uttering a forged $5 bank note, an unemploy- ed Chinese, Wong Keuk, was sen- tenced to six months" hard, labour by Mr. K Keen at the Central Ma- gistracy this morning. On the ad- ditional charge of a breach of the Deportation Ordinance, he given a further nine months* im prisonment

H&S

Detective-Sergeant Davis prose- cuted and stated that the accused boarded a bus near the Central Theatre in Queen's Road and tend- ed a $5 bank note for his fare. Having no change, the conductor returned the note and the accused had no alternative but to alight An inspector, who had been exam- Ining tickets on the same bus,

FOREIGN CAPITAL alighted at the same time at the

IMPORTS IN US. Prevention Programme

Drafted

TO OPERATE SHORTLY

Washington, To-day,

a

China Emporium. Both the ac-|

the ticket inspector cused and hoarded the next bus, and the ac- bank note cused tended the 35 again. On examining it the con- ductor discovered that it was forgery, and informed the inspec tor. The accused was the banded over to a constable, who was tra- velling on the bus. While on the way to the station the accused, es-į caped but was caught again after

A far-reaching programme to prevent the imports of foreign capital from disturbing · Unit- a chase

domestic

economy.

ed States

The accused had been deported is to be adopted by the Treasury for 10 years in April, 1935. Department.

It is officially announced that

Sheik Reported To Have gold purchases will be sterilised COTTON TRADE

Broken Pledge

~CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

now

THREATENED More People Now Buying

The Lancashire cotton trade is threatened with a crisis just when

a long-awaited improvement is evident.

Employment in the trade is 2 year The programme aims at offset-considerably better than

in the inactive account so that they cannot be used as the basis for credit inflation in the United: States. Gold imports and acquisi- London, To-day. Considerable consternation has tions of domestic gold will be through the sales of been caused in political circles here financed by the report that a concession has Treasury bills, thus preventing an been granted to Italy in the bar-influx of gold from the increasing bour of Assadi del Fare, on the excess of bank reserves, which reached US $2,050,- south coast of Hadramut by the have Sheik of the district.

000,000 in consequence of the The Committee and members of

It is pointed out that Great Bri-steady influx of foreign capital in the Hong Kong Society for the tain had concluded an agreement recent months. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals wish to express their thanks to with the rulers of all the states all those who in any way assisted whereby they undertook not to ting the disturbing effects of both ago. This is due to three things. in the selling of flags during their grant any concessions to any other the inflow and outflow of capital. country, and the Governor of Aden When gold enters the country the recent successful Flag Day.

has sent a representative to Assadi Treasury, "through the sale of thei del Fave, by aeroplane, in order to bills will remove from the money On Sunday, a party of Diocesan investigate the matter. Trans-market amounts equal to that. of the Overseas Chinese Fine Boys' School boys, led by the Ocean Service.

When gold leaves the country the Arts Association of Hong Kong. Headmaster,

sang Christmas

bills will be retired, thus return will be held at Hotel Cecil, of Carols in various parts of Kow-

ing the funds to the money mar Sunday.

loos. As a result, $45 was col-j

Ficet Mr. Lau is a genius in Chineselected, which has been sent to the and Western arts as well as 20 Society for Protection of Children expert in Chinese characters. This

Sale Of Work For Charity

The Exhihition of fine arts

of

Mr. Lau Kwun Tum, the chairman

exhibition will comprise Chinese The Health and Strength and Western paintings and League will give a Christmas car- Chinese characters. The Chinesejnival ball in the China Fleet Club paintings include landscapes, Theatre or Thursday, with two flowers and plants, fishes and in-special novelty turns. By courtesy sects, feathers and beasts, while of Capt. J. C.. Leach, M.V.O., R.N., the Western paintings include oil and Officers, the dance band of paintings, water colour, charcoal H.M.S. Cumberland will be in at paintings, and colour chalk paint-tendance. ings..

EIGHT-HOUR DAY

FOR MAIDS Overtime Pay And To "Live Out"

Members of the Hong Kong

HIGH EXPLOSIVES

STOLEN Mysterious Thefts

In France

“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Paris, To-day. The series of mysterious thefts; of aeroplanes and munitions in Southern France is now augment- led by another Incident of this na- ture. A powder factory in Mar seilles was broken into early yes Aquarium Society last night had the pleasure of listening to a terday morning and six boxes of were talk given by the President, Dr. high explosives, martinite. IG. A C. Herklots, at the Biology

It is generally assumed that the Department of the University, of coral islands and the interesting the Spanish frontier since no trace explosives found their way across fishes to be seen in the lagoons of them has been found. Trans

hia Ocean Service.

illustrated

Dr. Herklots The Danish Housewives' Asso-lecture with lantern slides, and ciation and the Danish Konse this greatly enhanced the value of Servants' Union have agreed on a the discourse..

plan to solve the domestic servant problem

The agreement provides for:-

Chan Ngan-wong, aged 20, un- employed, was this morning sen-

Proper training for domestici tenced to six months' imprison- service with certificates of eff-ment and ordered to be given 16

ciency.

Minimum wages.

An eight-hour day.

stolen.

SAN SALVADOR

· EARTHQUAKE

100-Believed Dead

San Salvador, To-day.

i

(1) Steady and continued im- provement in sales at home;

(2) Opening up of new markets

in Germany and Switzerland

(3) The first effects of the spin- les restriction plan, which aims to make the industry economically. sound.

Now for the other side. Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secre Nearly 200,000 operatives, sze tary of the United States Trea-waiting the result of wage talks. sury, announces that the new pro- The Operative Spinnery Amalya-] gramme will be instituted within mation and the Cardroom. Asmai- a few days—Reuter.

BRADMAN OUT

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gamation are holding a strike bal- iot. They seek the return of a wage eat of is. Sd in the pound made in 1932

To Discuss Claim

One hundred thousand weavers are looking forward to an early meeting of the Cotton Conciliation Babcock, who was forced to re-Board to discuss their claim to a main in bed yesterday with a tem-15 per cent. increase in wages.

perature, has recovered and will Should the spinners and card-

be able to bat to day.

| room workers decide to strike the Both batamen opened cautiously entire industry would be paraly- and the 150 was hoisted after 173 zed.. minutes. Twelve rans later, how- in the midst of this turmoil re- ever, Fingleton played outside presentatives of the Egyptian cat- a good length ball from Sims ton section of the yarn trade which swerved and took his middle reached an agreement. stamp 162-2-73.

It means that spinners indul- Fingleton had played a douring in cat-throat competition innings which

was featured by ill now be able to work on a pro- good leg shots. and straight driv-

fitable basis. ing. He had batted 196 minutes and hit only four boundaries. The second wicket sided 124 vins..

JUDICIOUS CHANGE

Yarn prices on the cotton ex change" immediately advanced by (20 per cent -- This means that the strokes of the birch for snatching

employers will be in a better post- the hand-bag of Miss Okuda, of No. 5 MacDonnell Road, near San Vicente, a town in the in-

total Brad-the spinners, and the possibility Upper Albert Road last Sunday, terior of the Republic of San Sai-, Verity returned to the attack at tion to meet the wage demands of Defendant, when brought before vador, was completely destroyed man mistimed his fourth hall, of a strike is reduced. these the court yesterday, pleaded guilty by two severe earthquake shocks playing lines has been drawn up. Sub-but was remanded for medical ex-during the week-end, the first on just when

Saturday night and the second on for a century-186-3-82. Batting ject to exceptions which may be amination.

Overtime pay.

Maids to live out.

A form of contract Cin

made by a special tribunal in in- dividual cases it must be signed by both employer and maid at the beginning of each engagement.

The agreement also provides} that if a maid's eight-hour work- ing day is broken up, reasonable

TWO LIFELONG FRIENDS

To Mourn Them

Sunday morning.

186 and at the same

it on to his wicket be appeared Bet

more confidently than he has done --- The shocks were felt over

* recently, Bradman: scored with wide area and the deathroll is now crisp shots all round the wicket, estimated at about 100. No foreig hitting six boundaries in a stay of (ners, it is stated, were among the 171 minuten)

Ticking Beuter.

Joined by Chipperfield, McCabe saw the 200- raised after 247.

facilities must be provided in the Leave Lonely WidowsOTSKY BOUND FOR MEXICO minutes and the pair were to

house for her to entertain · her friends in her off-duty period.

gether when lunch was taken at Oslo, To-day: It is learned from 208 for 3, McCabe being 18 and Three years ago two lifelong an authoritative source that, as Chipperfield 15.- friends at Chippenham, Wilts Loon Trotsky's permit to stay in RAW RUBBER celebrated their diamond wedding Norway is not being renewed, he

within a week of each other.

will be leaving within a fortnight ||⠀⠀ for Mexico, where he has been Last month one was buried I just a week after his friend. given permission to reside.

Renter's Ser

Latest Quotations From

Singapore

Mestra E. B. Joseph & Cap The two friends were eighty- have received the following eight-year-old Mr. Alfred Grego quotations from Singapore in of London-road, Chippenham, and Straits Currency for Raw Rahber:| eight-three-year-old sugge

Spot 341⁄2th. Down Zu Tan-March 841⁄4 b. Down April-June 24 b, Down-1⁄2 July-Sept. 34 b. Down Market: Duil

Townsend, of 34. Mary-s (younger died first to

Two Ionely widows now together these friends-

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To-day

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beer

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It is expected that more than 15,000,000 letters wil have to bel eight, in- kindled during the weeks before |

of Fifty new. telephone

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