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THE WORLD RENOWNED COCKTAIL

BACARDI

AND ITS MANY USES,

BACARDI RICKEY

Wine-glass of Bacardi

Juica of half a Lime

Ope lump of ice.

Serve in high-bali ginas.

Add Sparkling Water

BACARDI GROG

One quart of Bacardi

One pound of Sugar

One quart of Formosa Oolong Tea

Wes the grog adding squnl.

Part of very hot water

Serv's with slices of lomon

Dissolva sagar in hot water.

BACARDI HIGHBALL Flaca piece of ice in glass One gin of Bacardi.

Fill glass with Sparkling Watar.

BACARDI MILK PUNCH "One glass hat Milk

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One tablespoonful of sugar.

A punch of nutmeg

The yolk of an egg

of

A glass

Bacard

Best up thoroughly

the yolk of the

Egg

with the sugar

Add milk Bacardi stud nutmeg Mix it thoroughly

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 2nd, 1928

RUBBER INDUSTRY BILL.

OBLIGATORY LEVY.”“”“

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.").

Roany, March 30th.

The second reading of the Rub-

Ler Industry Bill, which provides

AMERICAN BOMB

OUTRAGES.

QASTA PLY THREATS.

BRIGAN, SERVICE

NEW MANCHURI

MONEY PUZZLE.

CURRENCY FURTHER

*DEPRESSED.

DOLLAR DEALS 'AN

TRANSACTIONS IN. GRAIN

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

CLOSING QUOTATIONE

MARCH'SYST. (198. 8.x. Bank

1 và bay. ... Do Laadonist), now, Chartered Bankel buy. Mercantile Bauk;A; &B.,„£IN

O...els bay... ---ve,,dd noa,

..1675 buy.

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Bank

nom.

East Asia Bank....... 375 buy Canton Janurace ****

Onion Insurance North China

China Ins

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CHICAGO, March 31st, Following the recent bomb out- for contributions of £13,000 yearly rages the United States. Maraha!, to the Rubber Research Association,'[in." a "desperate effort to prevent

Handis, March 7

Insurance 140 buy. Chin

Underwriters...$255 bay,, 21 m. was moved by Mr. R. Waddington bloodshed at the Chiengo primary The chief topic in local busi Oris Fire Insurance la nom. (Conservative) in the House of elections on April 19th, has cabled circles is undoubtedly the Ha Butig Kong Fire Ins...$750 bny. &

to the Attorney-General asking per dollar problem and the pH.. Steamboats... tuy., 20 sal.

Dongle on Commons to-day.

220r--********4+**6,4f* #hk The Association which had a mission to swear in 500 more special methods the Chinesd authorities H.K. Tags .................... . laboratory at Croydongwas a high constables. Meanwhile Judge taking to stop this currency dull Indo-Chinsa (Prof.)....337 buy. Da (Def.) .....574.sa. ly necessary institution and re- Swanson has received a threat of us has been, the fate with

Shell Transporta di nom. quired funds. The contributions a second attempt on his life while Mukden fengnião. So far comp Waterb

Waterboats...

#20) bay, 20 e Benguets the basis of an unsigned letter addressed to silence is being maintained by Kailan Mining Ad... suggested were 1/5th of a penny per pound of Senator Bacnisch declares, “We Chinèse as to whether or not Langlata(combined).. rubber used in manufacturing pro- will bombfour house and get one CERwin adopt the Harry (single) 4.

dollar standard instead of the gigbanghai Lonas....... of your chairen." resses.

Heavily armed police are patrol-roulk, as they would like, but taub ling the street and guarding the is expected, seeing that their Sev politicians' houses.

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Out of 100 firms in the trade, 05 were in favour of the Bill, while those opposing represented 1 per cent, of the capital in the industry. The principle of the contribu- tions was the same as that of the i maintenance of the Empire Cotton- growing Corporation where there was an obligatory levy. The cot- ton levy had produced £00,000 yearly whereas the rubber, lovy bere abjected to the compulsory. nature of the levy.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. Į

Bill "Dangerous," "

LosDay, March 31st. Mr. C. Atkinson, K.C. (Cons.) moved the rejection of the Bill, describing it as dangerous. If the Bill passed through the House, at- tempts would undoubtedly be, made to extend the principle to other in dustries.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT Co., LTD. would produce £15,000. Some mem-

Best Portland Cement.

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and Visitors advice regarding accommodation available, facilities, suitable shopping motoring, centres, etor

If, when at home, they will call telephons to the sbore address, they wil receive the abimost existance and be latest available information on all snb fects of enquiry will be placed at their

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MARTINS

PILLS

APIOL & STEEL Surtand certain for Female complaints. Every ladyshould kaep a box in the house. -

• Chemists and Störas self?

thath throng Font ghe world.

Brig. Gen. Makina (Cons.) also opposing asked whether this was the beginning of the taxation, of raw material.

Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, Presi- stent of the Board of Trade, said the Government favoured the prin- ciple of the Bill which was support ed by eighty per cent of the ladus try. He considered that matters of detail could be settled in commit. tee

The second reading was passed by 104 votes to 52.........

Stock Exchange Advice. The Government to-day sought 'the advice of, and will act on the suggestions of, the Stock Exchange and Rubber Trade, Association as

THE VILNA QUESTION.

POLAND AND LITHUANIA DISCUSS.

(THROUGH RIGTEN'S AGENCY.)

BERLIN, March_20th.

I fulfilment of the League Council's recommendations in De- cember that Poland and Lithonia should negotiate with a view to the establishment of favourable rela tions, a conference opened to-day at Koemgsberg,

Tronoh Mixes

1936 nom.

bay.

The 16 nom. Tai 7 nom. 13.

201

T. 4 10

to throw the blame for the drop prientals Cottons. the focal currency on the should bar. Colina (old). T 68 bur of the foreign banks, accusing KES. Estela latter of currency speculation. I.K.

was sent to

Do,

Lands

$254 bay.

JAPANESE NAVAL TOURS.

SQUADRON FOR HONG KONG.

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY"}

Tokyo, March 31st. With

Admiral Kanji Kato aboard the Fagoto the combined fleets, comprising over eighty `ves- sela, took up anchor in Ariake Bay yesterday morning and expect to bo absent a month..

Squadron, Nagato, faut and Faio, directly under Admiral Kato, and the First Destroyer Squadron of sixteen, units, under Rear-Ad- miral Okamoto, are sailing for Hong Kong, accompanied as far as Keelung by the First Submarine Fleet of six submarines and the mother ship Jinger under Rear-Ad- miral Yachi, the plane-carfler Hosho, the Twenty-First Destroyer Flotilla and the oil tanker Tsurums whch will then proceed to Takao, Macao and Amoy

The first Battle Cruiser

The Third Cruiser Squadron, Abukuma, Jinzu, and Maka, under Rear-Admiral Ominato, will visit Shanghai, Tungchow, Nanking, Wuhu and Chinking, whilst the Fourth Battle Cruiser Squadro

Kongo and Hivci, under miral

Yoshikawa, the Second. Destroyer Fleet of sixteen units, under Rear-Admiral Tate, and the Second Submarine Flect of severe

ander Rear Admiral! Shigeon, will visit Tsingtao, Porp Arthur, Dairen and Chemulpo.

confrètes un railway were & E. Warts.... $1.8 buy, 1408

140 fist approached. The said efficiK, & W. Dooks...

Providenta ..............36 sal 5.90/95 ra are very active in other directiongiswa imani

The 100 ba and, through their semi-official RN Engineerings. Ti 40 nom

Bhanghai Dooki sian and Chinese organs, are tryiwo Cations.

'la, 107

bay. Tln. 8.80 81 2.65 bay

Tu. 31

Baunits, buy, 9.15/į sa 8 bay-62 el Banks Accused Of Speculating hanghai Lands Tha 133 bay.

Humphreys Estates........$15 nom. As a result of a conference callong Kong Realties... buy.. 8) sol by the Civil Administrator, and 4K Termionals tended by leading Chinese officia K. Tramways

11 2001 bankers, merchants, etc., a petitink (old)

$13 bay. the Civil Admini Flo. (109).......371 bay trator by some 100 leading Chine Ferrinesel num The leader of the Polish delega-merchants and three leading Ruins Lights(comb.)...17) buy., 18 sadg tion is the Foreign Minister, M.

sions declaring that certain foreig Do. fold)123 bay. Zalesky while the Lithuanians are banks were speculating in local cu

(us)....$10 bay. headed by the Prime Minister, 31. rency to the detriment thereof.

Electrics ........$70) bay, 103/71\s* Valdemaras.

Instructions have been issued the Electrion ...$104 buy.

télyhunes. no one is allowed to take out of Bases 11. 63 bar.

8170

buy. да Special Railway Area more than

11/9 nom. Tis 300 in silver or 200 silver da Tractions......1 lars without a special permit, unkon Bugara... no one entering this area is allowances 4 nom cul to bring in more than 8300 nts (combined) $113 sel. Harbin currency without a perud Du. The reason for the latter measure

(old) $10 nom. Do.. (now)......64 Hi. that Harbin dollars are not in use Bape (old) south of Changchun and speculatorpo. (307) 38.30 дост are in the habit of buying ind Asbestos ................. $10 tel Harbin with feral dollars your Farms.....

*****22 10 buy. drafts on Dairen, here they are bus. changed into Nippon Ginto noter Wings and taken to Changchun, wheref

Prawfords......

The chief point of discussion will he the ticklish Vilna problem, which is, it is thought, Ekely to cause difficulties. The question of the resumption of the postal tele graphic and railway services, and the reguintion of frontier traffic and shipping on the Njueu are also vital concerna

THE MARCONI MEETING."

CABLE AND WIRELESS MERCER,

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

they are changed again into' Harbin jatosks....

notes.

LONDON, March 30th. best qualified to represent City Aunt mending of the opinion regarding the most favour Marconi International Marine con able time for Mr. Stanley Baldwin munication Company, Mr. Kella to deliver his promised statement way, referring to the cable and in the Commons on April 4th wireless merger argued that it was as to aroid embarrassment in the imperative and of Imperial noves Condon market and not to be ad-sity that external British tele-must be made in local dollars, and vantageous to New York.

graphs should be operated as one unit.

The Premier will make his state- ment before the close of operations in London and before the opening of the New York Market.

'AIR SPEED RECORD.

ITALIAN'S CLAIM. (THROUGH BRUTEE'S AGENCY.)

Rox, March 30th. The Italian airman, Major De Bernardi, tying in a Macchi 800- plane with a Fiat engine, claims to have established a new world's speed, record of 512 kilometres an hour over a trem kilometre course at the Lido.

The flight was officially witnessed and if the speed is accepted, he de- feats his own previous record

470.20 kilometres.

of

37

$32 bny.

$10 buy.

***** 4 gel..

prem, bəy,

Naw Instructions.

Powells As Harbin notes at Changchun Youstractions.nom....

Amusements ber..329) com are always lowes ni the latter place Ladus G.JBunda...62% bay. than in Harbin, peculators make a fort, Loans...8% pront. On the top of this comes payors; sel-sellors; as new instructions regarding the re dom-asminal. gistering of all cereal purchases on exchange and all such transactions XCHANGE RATES. certificates must be issued before TISH WIRELESS' BERVICE] such purchases of graff, beans and other cereals cats be shipped. The Ruger, March 30th. reason for this is that, according

He pointed out that these were now in the hands of six different authorities at least, lacking a co-to information, received, foreign ele man ecterent policy..

Mr. Kellaway also disclosed that an American commercial interest in the past year had seriously ad vanced the proposition that they should operate the whole of the British internal and external tele graphs and telephones through company to be formed in Great Britain..

ARGENTINE ELECTIONS."

[RAUTER'S CMERICAN · BËRVICE ¦

*

business men have recently" con- ||rdam tracted several private deals direct with grain merchants without these hagen transactions going through the Grain Exchange. As these transacgfor tions have involved hundreds of Thousands of dollars, but have not increased the number of notes in circulation, they induce the sup position that the deals have been made on the basis of foreign, cur телеу.

The majority of the residents in North Manchuria, irrespective of nationality, wish to see the local dollar flourishing, but coercion by the Chinese authorities will not

bring this about. What is required

BUENOS AIRES, March 30th. The country is excited on the eve of the Presidential election which

is a silver reserve in the native takes place on April 1st.

banks, and a strict control of the Four were killed and several isissue of Harbin notes. It is a pro- perjured in a clash of political opponblem that will take much time to

ents in the Provinces of Entrerios

The new record is equivalent 'to approximately 318.6 miles hour.

NEW INDURANCE RECORD.fined to barracks to-morrow.

AMERICAN AIRMAN'S FEAT.

[RIEMER'S "ÁMERICAN SERVICE.?

l "

NEW YORK, Marih 30th,

and Mendoza. Troops will be con-

solve.

U.S. ARBITRATION TREATY,

[RXUTIE'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]

WASHINGTON, March 30th,

A new endurance record in the The Stats: Department has sub-

air has been established at Jack-mitted to Halland a draft of an sonville Beach, Florida, by the arbitration treaty riuritar to that aviators Mr. Eddie Stinson, and concluded with France.

Captain George Haldeman.

The former record of 62 hours 23 minutes set by the German air. men, Ristic and Edzard, "was beaten by 72 minutes, the Ameri- cans remaining aloft for 53 hours 33 minutes.

Stinson is the manufacturer of the aeroplane in which the record wns made, while Haldeman was the pilot of the machine which started Transatlantic flight with Miss Bath Elder on board, when they landed in the sea and were rescu ed by a steamer.

AUSTRALIA'S APPRECIA

TION.

HONOUR FOR CAPTAIN HINKLER

SIR ALAN. COBHAM.

[ERITIS WIRELESS SERVICE)

RuGuy, March 30th.. Sir Alan Cobham reached Cape- town this morning, thus complet ing the outward half of his fight over Africa.

PRINCE HENRY'S TITLES.

[runovan, REUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, March 20th. The King has bestowed on Prinen Henry the dignition of Baron Cul- lodem, Earl of Ulster and Duke of Glouceste

MR. BERTRAM GILES' FUNERAL

[THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Losnos, March 20th,

[BRITISH WIRKJAS SERVICE]

Reasy, March 30th, The Australian Federal Govern- ment bas conferred, on Captain Bert Hinkler an honorary.com mission as Squadron Leader in the Sir Austen-Chamberlain was re Royal Australian Air Force in represented and sent a wreath at the cognition of his skill and intrepi- funeral Mr. Bertram, Giles, the oking, who Uits in his recent light from Eng-ex-Couso General

died early this week.

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