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A Life Preserver

The Birkenhead Milk Stout

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Milk Stout

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Hong Kong.

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TAMED ORANGOUTANG. -

ARRIVES IN SHANGHAI.

ON HIS WAY TO HOLLYWOOD,

SHANou, Sept. 2nd.

Mr. A. Dinkel, a rubber planter of Sumatra, is passing through Shanghai on his way to Hollywood

PHILIPPINE LEPER'S APPEAL

RIGHTFULLY DETAINED,

COURT UPHOLDS HOSPITAL'S SACTION.

MANILA, September 1st. Holding that the Philippine legis and is taking with him three wonature had police powers to enact, derfully tamed apes, of which + law ordering agregation af Sultan I. is not only the largest lepers, the Supreme Court this of the group but also the larges: morning denied the petition of tamed orangoutsag in the world Mr. Dinkel arrived by the s..Angel Lorenzo, a leper, for habeas President McKinley,"

curines,

TOKYO EARTHQUAKE “ANNIVERSARY.

MEMORIAL SERVICES.

THE NEW CITY.

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS..

SEPTIMBER 7TH. 1937.

1.K. Bank ..............$1,075 buy., 1,0771/90 sm.

Don London...2115 nom. Chartered Bank...................................£) nam.

Do..

...213

Bom

buy $68 $590 sel, 1

.T 143 5203 buy,

Toxyo, Sept. 1st. Four years ago today, at 11.38 Mercantile Bank, A. &8... nom. A. of September 1st, 1922, Tokyo P. & O. Dank£9 bar and Yokobama jarred in the first of East Asia Bark

Canton Insurance a series of tremendous earthquake Chias Underwriters

Insurance Union shocks which effected probably the North China

Yangtans Insurance...M.$49 buy. greatest natural disaster in the

China Fire Insurance ..........8210 buy: history of the world.

g Kong Fire Ina.......$800 LOWL Hong

39 buy. Douglas DRONE Steamboats.

$31

In memory of that tragic oxperi- ence meatorial services are being Buddhist priests everywhere are chanting requiem for the thousands

Mr. Dinkel says that Sultan L is Section 1089 of Act 9711, autho-held to-day throughout the Empire an accomplished cyclist, riding dailyises the Director of Health and his ba the Estate roads. He is in addi.

tion a musician being able to take agents to apprehend, detain, isolate his part in Javanese Orchestra: or confine, all legrous persons in the Gamelang" of 12 tien, where the Philippines. he performs the duties of drummer. He is also a good jockey and cas play cards, he washes the motor car, and serves from kitchen to dir-j ing table, etc., etc. The foregoing are not the only training feats which he carries out after work and on Sundays, but on working days he earns his living as an energetic He can do all work in workman. connection with the preparation of raw rubber. This intelligent Orang taptaps rubber trees, collects latex, and brings 15 to the factory, where being illegally restrained of bis he then mills off the coagulated liberty. He attacked the constitu- Intex into sheets, by passing tionality of the law as being partial through the several kinds of rolling and unfair. He also argued that machines. He, therefore, under stands the whole procedure as good leprosy is not a contagious disease, as a native, proving the fact that these men-apes have an intelligence which is adaptable to development.

SHANGHAI CABARET

OWNERS.

TO ABOLISH CHITS.

LOSSES TOO GREAT NOWADAYS.

A

Ins..

Hom

.80 eta. sel.

Kong Tugu indo-China (Pref.)830 nom. Da (Def)....349° bay, of dead.

Shell Iransports....... nom. Special services in. Takyo took Star Ferries $31,50 bay, place at many parts of the city but | Waterboats..

$17 nom ..315 sal. the greatest ceremony was at the Chains Sugars site of the former Honjo Clothing | Malabon Bugars

531 mol. Depos, where more than 23,000 | Benguelė, maan.....$1,79 nem.

19% buy perished in a single group. At the Kailan Mining Ad... moment of the shock all traffic and Langkats (combined). The 174 buy. other activities in the two cities:

(single)...Tis. 9 nom, Th 3 nom. halted in silent tribute to the de-hai, Explorations

Shanghal Loads parted.

31 bay. Raube...... Tronoh

Mines

Acting in accordance with the provision of this law, the Director of Health detained indefinitely Lorenzo in the San Lazaro Hospitni as being dangerous to public health, Lorenzo started Aubeas corpus pro-

Today, after four years of con- ceedings in the Court of First Intinuous labour, traces of the dis stance of Manila for his immediate aster still remain but are rapidly release on the ground that he was disappearing before the industry of millions of Japanese who labour ceaselessly for the restoration of w their home cities. A year from to- day the great earthquake and the terrible hours of raging fire which "memory. Reconstruction will followed it will be little more than have been completed..

The Supreme Court also refused the plea of Lorenzo to require the Trial Court to receive evidence to determine if leprosy is or is not a contagious disease.

On this point the Court ruled: In the case of a statute purport- ing to have been enacted in the in- terest of the public health, all ques tions relating to the determination of matters of fact are for the SHANGHAI, August Bath Scores of foreign cafe and cabaret Legislature. If there is a probable owners in Shanghai have banded basis for sustaining the conclusion together for the abolition of tho reached, its findings are not rubject #chit system," according to Al.

to judicial review. The courts do Israel, pioneer cabaret owner and

sik to resolva. conflicting general manager of the Carlton not cafe, the Palais de Darse and theories." various other institutions catering to the thirsty.

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Replica of Western City. Tokyo, once quaint capital of an

a

LOKK.

ral Caspians mora H. Wharfa.3112) bay. H.K. & W. Decks nom. Hongkes you maya ma Tlx. 143 bay.

& W. New Engineerings... Tls, 4 bay. Shanghai Dosky

BL boy. HK & S.. Hotels H.K. Lands...855.15 buy.. 554. & Kong Realty......16 sol.. Territorials

Hong

nom.

Humphreys Ketater. Prince's Building.........$05 toy. Rural Lands ...............81 nom Ewe Cattons Tis. i.bay.

Oriental empire, is changing with Cottons (old)...T, Bů nám.

Do. (now)......Ts. 5 nom. Викоя

marvelous "rapidity to a replica of any great city of the west. Near- skyscrapers rear high above broad China and well paved modern streets, E.K. Tramway 190.10 sel.. roaring with motorized trafic. New Peak Trams (old) railway stations, many with all the Do (new)....17.sel efficient conveniences Japan has Singapore Tractions...10/9 bay, 11/- sel learned from America have re- placed the wooden structures of pre-earthquake days. The ricksha, once familiar in every Japanese thoroughfare, has all but disap peared.

ncm.

Tāms uzenál Nom. Amusements 120 nom. auton Icos 520m. Cementa (combined)......37 sel

Eu.

(old)

$6.60 Do. (now)......$1 sel Chics Lights (comb.)......812) Bom,

(cid].....$91 nom. Do. (new).....36 nom.

BOL

De

10.

$8 nom. $338 el #37 buy.

New piers have been built in Yokohama, a new and modern cust toms house greets incoming tourists China Providents མཐ ག འག�པར པ ས 12 from America, a new hotel to re- Constructiona1.20 buy. place the famous old Grand Hotel Dairy Farms.. Judicial notice will be taken of is rapidly nearing completion; there Der A Wings **** the fact that leprosy is commonly is a new foreiga club on the Bund H.K. Electnes Under the chit system known believed to be an infectious disease and a new bridges, new buildings Mocas Electrics patrons of the cabarets and cafes tending to cause one afflicted with and new streets are everywhere. A

FK Bopar (old) .... may eat and drink to their heart's it to be shunned and excluded from new and broad modern highway Lane Crawfortle.. (now) content, for which they sign chits society, and that compulsory segre-flowing with motor trafic has been to be presented on the first day of gation of lepers as a means of pre-completed between the Tokyo and the following month. Each year venting the spread of the disease is Yokohama boundary lines and the cabarets lose thousands of supported by high scientific autho- being extended into the heart of dollars through non-payment of rity," the Court further ruled chits, but previous attempts to "Section 1058 of Act. 2711, was eliminate the system have failed enacted by the Legislature in the and the cabaret owners have been legitimate exercise of the police obliged to boost the price of drinks power, which extends to the preser vation of the public health," the High Tribunal finally decided.'

in order to meet the losKCE,

With the new Nanking Govern- ment tax on liquors and wines, wholesale liquor dealers in Shang- hai, are now insisting that the cus tomers pay cash for liquor orders. "We are obliged to pay cash for our liquor and in turn we must be paid cash by the customers," Mr. Israel declared. "Beginning Sept- cinber 1st cash must be paid for all. drinks · served. This, of course, will result in a loss of business, but we are obliged to protest ourselves against ruin."

At the present time it is very dificult to obtain beer by the case or liquor by the case from local wholesalers. The latter assert that they are not well-stocked and there fore cannot all the orders. Irate customers, however, claim that the wholesalers are hoarding their sup ply until the new tax is effective.

unila Times,

KUOMINTÄNG OFFICIAL

MURDERED.

ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT BY COMMUNISTS. >

THE MANILA HOTEL.

NO ONE WANTS TO BUY IT.

GOVERNMENT ASKING TOO

MUCH.

There is now no local nor foreign interest in the sale of the Manila Hotel due to the exceedingly high valuation placed on the property, according to information obtained from individuals who are in a pasi tion to know the facts. The valua tion rans close to P.2,500,000, says the Manila Times.

cach city.

persons

and

Repetition of Disaster Impossible. Repetition of the dieaster, which affected 3,404,898 brought a total of 156,693 killed, injured and missing, is impossible. according to experts. Wider streets, improved fire-fighting equipment, more fireproof building construction, and increasing modernization of the country have assured greater safety for the millions living in Tokyo and Yokohama to-day-Menila Times.

H

MONEY IN PHILIPPINES.

HOW MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE WILL

HELP.

There is plenty of capital in the Philippines willing to invest at a reasonable rate of interest as shown by the investments of Filipinos in the New York market, and there

Sinceres.******

...15 nom.

set.

3.70 80

sales

il nom.

United Arbeaton Watsons (old) Telephones bay-buyers; acheliers;

Wm. Powela

..85 Bal.

som.-amizal.

EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

OS LONDON.

September 7th, 1827,"

Telegraphic Transfer Bank Bills, on demand. Bank Bills, at 90 days sight Bank Bills, at 4 months

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Documentary, Bilis,

Credits, at 4 months' right 2/01

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1.215 120.

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Bank Bills, on demand Uredits, 4 months' sight... On New Yo

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Bank on demand.... ON CALCUTTA

Tatrophia Transfer

ON SHANGHAL

On

1311

Bids Due Octobor,

also plenty of money available anator According to specifications laid locally for investments in local down by the Manila Railroad Board, corporations, declared W. P. G. which is selling the property, bids Elliott, president of the newly or are to be posted October 1st. The ganized Manila Stock Exchange, in

Bils, on demand...), 131 Pachrach-Antrim bid, and the B. bis speech before the Rotary Club, Mr. Elliott emphasized the fact Haldane-Duncan bid, the only two

Bank Hills, at sight

791 Private, 30 days right offers made before the drafting of that in the past there were a num specifications, have been returned ber of money-making corporations YOKOHAMA,Un demand... 105

OF MAN-On dem

demand their respective owners for re- which hare died on account of their

demand... vision. It is believed unlikely, how-failure to get in touch with people ON SINGAPOREON

ON BATAVIA-On demand Police of Chinese territory to-day ever, that new offers will be made who have money to invest.

The object of the exchange was these bidders."

Ox Huson On demand ... are continuing their search for the

plained to the Rotarians, namely O BAIGON-On demand slayer of Liu Fing, also known as

to furnish an agency which can put ON BANGKOK-On demand Liu Chien Fu, who was Secretary of the Shanghai Special District time the proposed sale of the hotel investors in touch with firms and Sotzaxes, Bank's Buying rate $9.85

was announced has completely died corporations whose stocks are in the Gorn Laar, 100 fine, per inches

market. Kuomintang Party and who wa

He deplored, through re- BA BILVER, por 02. out, it was learned. The owners of killed by unknown game. The the Waldorf-Astoria, New York's petition of a conversation he had

hooting-tock-place on Tau Chu

-had-with-a-New-York-anan, the last Chac Road, West Gate. The Chi- best known hotel, who were separd that heretofore there have been no nese police claim that the shooting ed interested, have not been

SHANGHAI, Sept. 1st.

·by

The enthusiasm manifest by both local and foreign capitalists at the

was done by several Communists in from. Neither is there any indienstock exchanges in the Philippines. revenge for anti-Communist work tion that the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Co. will make

done

by the deceased.

Liu was 24 years old and a native any bid for the property. A stock- holder of this Company was a guest

known as

of Anhwei. He was educated in the of the Manila Hotel at the time its Local Nanyang University and was sale was announced. He asked for

foe of commúnisin.

information concerning the pro- Following the fatal shooting a perty. He has been gone almost urgent meeting was conducted by two months, and has not communi the Kuomintang Committee; at which the following. resolutions cated with the Railroad Board were passed:

1.That a sum of $500 be raised for funeral expenses.

alain man.

since.

Replacement Cost High. The reason for the high valuation That compensation of 8000 of the Hotel is, it is said that at per year be given to relatives of the the time it was built, the price of the materials used and the cost of labour were much lower than they are now, and replacement value of the property to-day would be con- siderably more than the actual cost in 1910,

"

That all of the members of the Committee wear mourning bands for one day.

4-That a date be fixed on which to hold a memorial service.

5. That a special pamphlet te. Likewise, it is stated, the Govern izaued in his honoure w

ment is exbibiting little enthusiasm That a reward of $1,000 be regarding the sale due to the small paid for the arrest of the murderer amount of money tied up in the or murderers..

property and the returns are con 27-That various branches of the siderably higher than it can expect Kuomintang be notified-Shanghai in any other venture it may invest Timer

the sale price_in

THE

IN WAR PAINT.”

"VICTORY" DRAWS 1,000 VISITORS A DAY. In a new coat of black and yellow been almost restored to her Trafal Paint H.M.S. Fictory, which has gar rig in Portsmouth Dockyard; is proving a great attraction to visitors to Southsca. As many as 1,000 people a day are being shown over the famous old three-decker.

When the Naval Chrities' Week opened, seamen attired as in Nel- son's day acted as guides on the Victory, and other warships were open to inspection.

"Over £100,000 has been spent on the reconstruction of the Victory and another £10,000 is required-for- its completion. Topmasts and rig- ging, for which special ropes have had to be made at Devonport Dock yard, have yet to be fitted. Even the boats of the flagship are to be rebuilt as they were at Trafalgar.

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