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FRANCE AND PETROL

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 1927.

GREAT FLOODS IN NEW ENGLAND.

THE TWO LEADING BRANDS "BUSINESS MAN OF

ON THE MARKET

FIRST STILL

5042

1627

300 Years

ROYAL FAMILY.

STILL FIRST

1927

THE DUKE OF YORK.

ISSUES HIS OWN COURT CIRCULAR.

It's stood the test, And still of whiskies is the best; "Tis "Scotch" but that's a trifle vagu To get the BEST SCOTCH call for

"HAIG"!

ADOR BUC & C ET POLINA, BAZOHOL, SCOTLAN Landes Beer Basahé ikon, 1 Pul that Bar, 11, 3.

SOLE AGENTS:

GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.,

St. George's Building, Ice House St

Tel. C. 185.

[1.3

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT Co., LTD.

Best Portland Cement.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL" MANAGERS,

HONGKONG.I

THE WORLD'S

GAZE

TURNS POLITICALLY, ECONOMICALLY, ARTISTICALLY TOWARDS

JAPAN

"

Where Oriental charms are jealously preserved intact smidet

the most advanced Orisatal Civilization.

THE JAPAN HOTEL ASSOCIATION (Afiliated with the D. M. LANNARD HOTELS Oo. of the Pacific Coast and the UNITED HOTELS COMPANY of America.) MEMBER HOTELS

Hotojales for Single rooms (without bath), inclade in mesls, Y12.00 ap in cities and some popular resorts.

10.00 up in country districts.

CHUZENJI (Nikko); KYOTO :——-

Laud HerzL KAMAKURA :- KAMINHOTEL KARUIZAWA:--

MAMPAI HOTEL MILA HOTEL КОВЕ-

ORIENTAL HOTEL Tos HOTZL

IN JAPAN:

Kroto HOTEL

MIYAKO HOTEL MATSUSHIMA

* PARK HOTEL MIYAJIMA

MITAJIMA HOTEL MIYANOSHITA

(Hakone) -

FUJITA HOTEL

NAGASAKI :-

JAPAN HOTEL NAGOYAL-

NAGOYA HOTEL NARA-

NAXA HOTEL NIKKO-

KAKATA HOTEL NILLO HOTEL

[burnt]

IN TAIWAN (FORMOSA)> TAIHOKUTAIWAN RAILWAY HOTEL

IN OBOSEN.-

KEIJO:-

HSUJO RAILWAY

KEIJO :-

HOTEL

CHOGER HOTEL

TUBAN:--

FUSAN STATION

HOTEL SAINGISHU:-

BEINGIRND STATION

HOTEL

*Open from April 1st until October 31st.

.643

OSAKA

1

OLAKA HOTE SHIMO TOSERI

BALTO HOTEL TOKYO-

IMPERIAL HOTEL OMORI Horaz TOKYO STATION

TI BHITOKEN

Horax [barat]".

IN MANCHURIA.— CHANGCHUN-HOTEN(Mukden

YAMATO HOTEL

DAIREN

YAMATO HOTEL BOSHIGAURA :-

YAMATO HOTEL

YAMATO HOTEL

BYOJUN (Port

Arthur) --- YAMATO HOTEL

THE JAPAN HOTEL ASSOCIATION,

Cars Tarrio Boznao, DEPARTest or Railway's, Tokyo.

Convalescents

of all ages

need easily assimilated nourishment, which will put on weight and quickly restore them to normal health. The well-advised buy

TWAPK

KEPLER'

MARA

Cod Liver Oil with Malt Extract

Bottles of two sizes

1957.

All Chemists and Storos

To keep your skin in health MAZELINE SNOW!

(Trade Mark)

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LONDON AND SHANGHAI

All Rights Return

[URITISH WIRELESS SERVICE}

RrGBY, November 4th.

A special Court Circular is now being issued for the household of the Duke of York. The Prince of Wales, as heir to the throne, has always had his own Court Circular, but for the King's second son to have a special Court Circular has no precedent since the days of the

Stuarts.

THE BLUE NILE DAM.

BRITISH POINT OF VIEW.

THE AGREEMENT WITHI EMPEROR MENELIK.

PROSPERITY OF EGYPT AND SUDAN.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.]

SERIES OF DISASTERS.

RESERVOIR COLLAPSES.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN AERVICE.]

New York, Nov. 5th,

and Westéro Northera

Now England are devastated by floods due to the awollen rivers and bureting banks.

„IMPORTATION MONOPOLY

OPPOSED.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.

PARIS, Nov. 5th. The experts heard by the Petrol Cominission of the Chamber op- posed the creation of a monopoy for the importation of petrol.

TURKEY'S POPULATION.

RETURNED AT 14,000 000.

(THROUGH REUTRA'S AGENCY,} ||

A most serious disaster is re- Reaux, November 4th. ported at Montpelier, the capital

of the State of Vermont, in con Telegrams from America stating sequence of the collapse of a large

CONSTANTINOPLz, Nov. 4th. that the American Engineering reservoir. The death rol is esti

The census which was taken on Corporation has received a conces mated to exceed 100, but the sion to build a dam at Lake Teang, town is isolated and communica Sunday last shows that the popula Abyssinia, and little credence in tions with outside are impossible. tion of Turkey is 14,000,000, and While this innovation follows the well informed London circles. It Two telephone girls from Mont that the population of Constan recent visit of the Duke of York is not thought any such arrange pelier arrived at the White lliver tinople is $30,000,

that the They state Junction. to Australia, where he represented meat could have been made with

water was running ten feet deep the King at the opening of the new the knowledge of the Abyssinian Federal Parliament buildings it is Government since under the treaty pointed out by the Daily Fees that of May, 1902, concluded, with Em in the principal street when they

departed.

Other places are also Gooded, another significance attaches to it. Perar fenelik 11 that Emperor The Duke of York has of recent agreed not to construct or allow

Several years devoted his energies particu- to be constructed any work across and millions of dollars worth of larly to the welfare side of modern the Blue Nile, Lake Tsaga or damage has occurred. Industrial life in which he takes Sobat which would urnest the dow persons have been drowned. Hun-

He has of their waters into the Nile ex-dreds fled to high ground.

Power plants are crippled and a more than keen interest. become the business man" of the cent in agreement with His Britan-

Royal Family. He now obtains a

real niche in the State by issuing bis own Court Circular.

BRITISH" GIRLS" FOR AUSTRALIA.

TRAINING AS HOUSEHOLD WORKERS.

!"

The Duchess of York has consent ed to open, on December 10th, the hostel recently established by the British and Australian Govern ments Bt

PRECIOUS STONES BILL. SOUTH AFRICAN DISPUTE

After no

El

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

CAPETOWN, Nov, 4th.

fewer than seven divisions, the Assembly has return

amendments the

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

· CLOSING. "QUOTATIONS.

NOTAM STH, 1987, A.K. Bank

.....81,140 buy, Don London...2150) nom. Chartered Bank...£20 buy. Mercantile Bank, A. &B... nom. 0...£13. num.

10 nom

זן

Do

F.4O. Bank ........ East Asia Bank

Canton Insurance

Onion Insurance

North Chins Ins

$340 bay.

3291 hug, de m. *GUà. 143 hom.

Tangtana Insurance ... 45) buy. China Underwriters sele China Fire Insurance ........

Kong Fire in.......159d buy.

Steamboats H.K. Tag..... Indo-Chinna (Prof.),

(LE)

Do

Shall Transparts

Waterboats... Banguats..... Kailan

Mining

་་་་་་་མམ་

Lang kata (combined)...

Do. (angle)

82a

Explorations

415) bay. .SI/val.

$1.90 not

$30 BLOKR

$49 num. 1997-'nom. 117 Dom

8/6 nom. The 18.00 nom

The 5.40 bay.

VEDL, I HOL

Bhaughai Loss......5.30 nom.

Tronoh Minom

bay.

19/3 nom.

1.K. & K. Wharfa ..$120 bar.

$35

FIK: W. Dooks.... China Pruvidants....... nom. Hongkow

Senate whose

Shanghai Dooks, New Sagiteering... Minister of Mines refused to Ewo Uotiona

nie Majesty's Government and the is interruptedication with Canada ed the Precious Stones Bill to the

Government of Sudan."

?

was

Village Washed Away. The Abyssinian Government bas not approached the British Govern- The village of Becket, in Massa-accept. ment in regard to any such project chusetts, was washed away by a as that mentioned in the American Jam break, but owing to a fore- telegrama Great Britain with her | warning only one "person" preponderating intercat in Egypt drowned. and Sudan has for many years been at pains to obtain undertakings. from all neighbouring powers to re frain from any actions which might diminish the volume of water, in the Nils and its tributaries which constitutes a vital factor in the prosperity of Egypt and the Sudan:..

LATER There is a steadily mounting. death roll.

Damage amounting to many millions sterling is reported from the Rood areas in New England, The towns of Montpelier and Barre

are

be the

severest sufferers.

An unconfirmed report places the i death roll in Montpelier at 137 to 212

believed to Market Harborough, Leicestershire, for training British girls as household workers for em

(In a message, received throngh ployment in Australia. The hostel Beuter's American Service, publish is witness to the importance attached on Saturday, it was announced ed to the settlement of British that Mr. White, President of the women in Dominings and marks White Engineering Corporation an interesting step in the develop and Mr. Yuttner, who is agent for sands of dollars as the result of ment of State aided migration. It the Abyssinian Government's envoy factories and bridges being swept is the outcome of a recommenda Mr. Martin, had both in an inter-away. tion made at the last Imperial Con- view by Reuter, confirmed the de

ference

that

Govern-

ments should join with the Home tails of the Blue Nile contract.]

Dominion

Government in-providing facilities.

for training and testing the fitness.

of intending women settlers prior

The

ta

to their departure overseas. course extends from six to weeks and des free instruction At its "conclu. and maintance. son the women trained are eligible to Australia for free passages where household employment at good wages is guaranteed.

LANCASHIRE COTTON.

A BOMBSHELL."

BRITISH MOTOR

CARS.

PRINCE OF WALES AND EXPORT TRADE.

HIS ADVICE TO MANU- FACTURERS.

RESTRICTIONS WITHDRAWN. | GLASGOW MOTOR CAR SHOW.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]"

LONDON, November 4th. The Cotton Yarn Association has withdrawn all restrictions où pro- duction and prices of American apinnings

The announcement came like a hombshell, the situation of the market is chaotic and business hag been seriously affected.

[BRITISH WIRELESS BERVICE.}

2

Almost every town in the flood district has lost hundreds of thou

A district in one of the main manufacturing areas in the "United States and a number of centres -have-been-plunged in total dark- ness owing to the lighting plants being put out of action. -

It is feared that there may be a food shortage in some districts.

Lieut.-Governor Drowned.

BINGHAMPTON (New York),

Nov. 5th. Lieutenant-Governor Jackson, of Vermont, hus, it is reported, perished in the Montpelier floods.

TRADE BARRIERS.

RUMANIAN "AND JAPANESE RESERVATIONS..

(THEOUGH KEUTER'S AGENCY.)

GENEVA, Nov. 4th. The trade barriers conference is.

to

3

deliberating various exceptions to the abolition of customs and other tariffs, and has agreed Rumanian reservation as regards crude oil, but, has declared that this does not mean adherence to prohibition ineasares, and hopes that Runiania will raise the pro- hibition as soon as possible. The Rumanian delegate concurred.

Orientali

TI

Me: 147 bay

4.60 bay. T. 89 bay.

********* Tim. 7h sel.

TL 2.20 10m.

Shanghai Cottons (old)...Tis.

Do.

(new)...... Tia. II buy

H.E.48. Helola ...........

B.K. Landste

Shanghai Landsman

401 buy.

$61 sel.

$50 bax...

Tla. 117 buy

1161/17/0.-

Humphreys Estates......13.10 bay.. Hong Kong Realiiss......861 buy.

H.K. Territorials

Prince's Buildings.[20 tay.

14

Do (Dew).........37 01.

.......54 Dom.

EXCHANGE RATES.

[GRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]

Ruasy, November 4th.

Paris Brussels Amsterdam Berlin

124.03

34.94

12.03

R.K. Tramways

20.40

Copenhagen

Pear Trains (oki)................... 14.

buy.k sa.

18.17

Vienna.....

34.50

Star Ferrics

Helsingfors

1934

2.99/32

790 47.53/84 2/61 4.88,31/32

13

25.95

12.08

69

Stockholm

13.16

Osla

19.46:

Prague

1044

Madrid

26.32

Athens

366

Lisbon ... Bucharest

Buenos Aires Shanghai New York Geneva Amsterdam

Milan

Rio

Bombay Yokohama Hong Kong

Silver (spot) Silver (forward)

EXCHANGE.

5.20/32 1/5.15/16

1/10 27/39

20 20.1/16

CLOSING QUOTATIONE.

"

November 5th, 1937,

ON LONDON.—

...2. Telegraphio Transfer Bank Billa, on demand 2/0 1/18 Bank Bills, at 30 days'sight Bank Bills, st 4-montha'

sight

Credits, at 4 months' sight 2/1 Documentary Bills,

Mootha right

OK PAXI.

Bank Bills, on demand Uredits, 4 months sight.... Or NEW YORK.

Jes

Bank Bills, on demand Oredits, at 60 days' night....." Or BoxTAT

1,240

1816

China Lights(comb.)......$12 sel.

Do (old) ......39) nom. £q. (new) .....88) no H.K. Electrica

$521 bay, & sa.

Macao Electrica.......................344 buy.

Telephones................$3.65 buy..

Chins Bases

• Pia. 8 bay.

13/9 ECT

Singapore Tractions......1/9 China Bugar13 20. Malabon Sugars; some:$80 mal. Ohutun Ices

Comente combined)......

$5 nom.

$7 wel.

Do (old) 5.60.nom.

Do. (now)

H.K. Roper (old)

Do (Low) United Asbestos Dairy Farms .......... Watson

Der A Wings Loop Crawfords... Mackintosh..... Sinceres

Wm. Powells

H.K. Amusements

mel,

$10 nom,

...$5 nom.

$12 aol.

$15.10 0. $11; nom.

36 nom.

$5 sel,

sai nom

$5 401.

$19) nom

H.K. Constructions...$13 sel.

B'que. Indus. G. Bands...54% buy.

B. Gort. Loans...1% prem, buy. bay--bayars; sel-sellors; ali nom.--ɔminal.

OVER HALF ALCENTURY REPUJA NON FOR THIR

O LECLERG'S LIVOR & KIDNETE

ANYAGU LEUR Ir Distians of Nevana Kerr on cams – DEBLES, GRAFEN, BAHAGIER, Gow, Bunstistat PEKELding Cheating out Bars Fros DR. INCLUSE ME, 00., EstaruusK KA, KAWA

B4Londine...

'YEG," APERIENT

DALE CLERCIS Zrin

FILLE FO18:

BLE CLERG'S ANAMIA, ET

SAFE AKH BRMAFLS IOS KAMOM JIRATES 481

DR. LE CLEEC'S SOAP, 18,00 € Začiat 60

Talegraphic Transfer............ Bank Billa, on demand...) 183 ON CALCUTTA |

Telegraphic Transfer...

I

Ox

Baak Bill demand.. DA BHANGHAY

1:31

Bank Bills, at sight

78

•

Private, 30 day night

RUGBY, November 4th The Prince of Wales, opening the Scottish Motor-car Show at Glas- gow to-day, said he was always glad to be associated with any British industry, and specially pleased to do anything to encour Merchants have refused to place age an industry which had gone important contracts owing to the ahead as the British motor indus definite indications that a recur- try had done. That industry had rence of price-cutting is imminent. advanced from a position which The trouble arose from a small was little more than the produc-

A long debate ensued on the minority outside the Association tion of means of pleasure to be one capturing all the available trade of the Dost important industries Japanese reservation, as regards very rice exports, and the import of because the Association members in the country employing were tied down to minimum prices large section of population. Fine dyestuffs and synthetic producte.

OF YOKOKAKA-On demand....104) reliable cars were now produced at The Japanese delegate undertook and short-time working.

prices well within reach of those to try and get his Government to Os MANDA On demand of moderate means,

regard prohibition in respect of ON SINGAPORE.-On demand.. The Prince emphasised that rice as being only of a temporary On BATAvian demand.. 120 motor manufacturers must not lose character. It is understood that | On Hatryoso. On demand... ACQUITTAL WITH DISMISSAL.sight of export trade. There were the prohibition of dyestuffa will be Ox Baton On demand

thousands of British oversens who admitted on the same conditions as Or BANGIOL-On demand

This reservations SorkaIGN, Bank's Buyingrat wauted British ears in preference for Britain. to those of foreign make. Local subject to the Japanese Govern-GoLD L7, 100 fine, per tagl conditions in our great Dominionsment's approval. were many and varied, but they were well worth studying in order that cars night be produced for colonial use which would command a market.

ESTHONIAN TRIAL.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Reva, November 4th, The former official, Birk, charged with disclosing State secrets, has been judicially acquitted and re- leased, but has been dismissed the service.

[A message of the 27th ultimo stated: The trial has opened of M., Birk, former Esthonian Minis ter in Russia, who is charged with disobeying the orders of the 'Gov- ernment, and publishing, in the

GERMAN SEAPLANE AT AZORES.

interests of a foreign State, secrets | DELAYED BY BAD WEATHER.

concerning Esthonia. Members of

the Cabinet and the Chief-of-Staff were present, with the Minister to Moscow, az chief witnesses.]

CHICAGO'S. LANGUAGE.

IT'S NOT ENGLISH! (BRUTER'S AMERICAN · SERVICE.]

`{TEROUGK REUTER'S AGENCY.)

PONTA DELGADA, Nov. 4th.

The German seaplane which was to have crossed the Atlantic, via the Azores, to South America, and which was delayed by bad weather the at Lisbon,has arrived at Azores.

A Vigo message of the 17th They don't speak English in ultimo stated: The German trans- Illinois, but American," says Mayor Atlantic seaplane D1220 descended Thompson, in a letter to the Chi-in the sea owing to bad weather in engo Library Board.

the Bay of Biscay, and has put in

He adds that," the official langu to Vigo.] age of Illinois, by a law passed through the efforts of the late State Senator Frank Ryan, is American.'

"AN EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.

NO DAMAGE DONE. (ESDTER'S AMERICAN DERVICE}

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4th. An earthquake of considerable duration but of moderate intensity Loccurred along the Californian coast from Banta Maria to Santa Barbara, early to-day.

No damage is reported.

INDUSTRIAL, ALCOHOL FOR BOOTLEGS.

10,000,000 GALLONS.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE. Į

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6th Approximately ten million gal lans of industrial alcohol found its way into bootleg channels last year, according to declarations made by the Alcohol Advisory Council which was appointed to co-operate with the Prohibition Officials,

BAL SILVER, per vi

863

MARTIN'S

PILLS

APIOL & STEEL

Suit and certain for all Female complints.Every ladyshould

keep a box in the house.

Chemists and Stores sali

Hom

931

99.55

them throughout the world. Proprietor's MAKKER," Chését, Southampton. Taglias

201

Synol

Paste Distemper

THE COLOURWASH IN 24 ART SHADES

Zor over 150 YEARS the W. E. & C. same has stood for VARNISHES & PAINTS inexpensive bed never skeay.

ere

Agents

CO

S. C. LAY

Alexandra Bullding

Telephone

Central 763

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SHANGHAI HONGKONG