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WILD WEST END NIGHT.

RAGGERS ROUTED BY BATON CHARGES.

NINE ARRESTS ON THE FIFTH."

Many hundreds of London Univer. sity undergraduates took part in a Guy Fawkes "rag" which started with a wild revel round a street bonfire in Bloomsbury and ended in a running battle between the raggers, and the police through the West End.

Incidents woro:

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Baton charger by police; A police emergency flying squad of taxis to break up the reg

Amonade of fireworks extinguished by a fire hose;

Burnjeg an effigy of a univer sity dignitary at a lamp-post:

Nine arrests.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1930,

Money and Markets

SINGAPORE SHARE MARKET.

FRASER & CO.'S REPORT.

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Singapore, December 2-The local market has been quietly steady throughout, the week with sellers continuing somewhat reserved and rather more buyers in evidence, particularly for the botter type of Dollar Rubber inres. The com modity class firm at 4 5/8. per lb., nad some slight encouragement any be derived from the lower November shipment figure, ai 11,000 tens, with the United Kingdom stocks also registering a small de eline.

Tin is again £l better on balinee,

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HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

Bayer Sallare Balenontaal THURSDAY,

SHAREBROKERS ASSOCIATION.

Buyers Baller Bonai

DEC. 11.

UGUESE BANK NOTE

FRAUD.

Banks

FAMOUS PRINTING FIRM DENIES NEOLIGENCE,

(THROUGH REINYER'S AGENCY,)

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LONDON, Dec. 10. Counsel for the defence, Mr. Norman Birkett, opening the case for Mears. Waterlow & Sons at the hearing of the bank note affair, described the plaintiffs' allegations

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a highly-coloured picture." He denied that Waterlow & Sons On were careless and negligent. the contrary, every step taksen was $1,218 marked by vigilance/ forethought, prudence and care,

Counsel said that between 1914 and 1928 Waterlow & Bons print-

Treasury notes to the value of £5,000,000,000. They specialized in foreign currency and always re cognised the great degree of care required in their work.

(A message of November 24!

Hatless young men from King's College. University College and though the World's visie sup-stated:-The amazingly bold coup Imperial College marched to Tor.plies at the end of November are rington Square, Bloomsbury, short-heavier and Tin under Warrant ly before nine o'clock.

At the Lamp-post.

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A council of war" was hold between the ringleaders, and scon the air was full of whizz-bangs," squibs, and jumping crackera. Roc kets howled skywards above the din of explosiona.

A dozen shouting undergraduates dragged the effigy of a distinguish ed university dignitary to a street lamp-post at the corner of British Muscum Avenue and Keppel Street,

and amid cheers it was hoisted to the lamp and lashed there.

Make way, make way," yelled

a thousand valves, and a huge bar rel Tull of petrol-soaked straw was

Fearful Odds.

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of a windler in fraudulently ob- $10 taining over £1,000,000 worth of bank aules direct from the printer also shews an increase, but estimat was mentioned in the King's Bench ed production Agures in the Straits Division to day, when the Bank of forecast a somewhat heavy falling Sons, Ltd., printers, for £1,118,613, Portugal sued Messrs. Waterlow de off daring December. A steady de-alleging alternatively breaches of mand for Tin shares has bin met contract, negligence or conversion. in connection with the printing of with and quotations are marked up Portuguese brek notes. Plaintiff's in aumorous inslanors,

counsel asserted that an interna Industrials are also firmer and tional swindler named Marang call- forged letter from the Governor of the almost customary half-yearlyed at Waterlows in 1024 hearing a improvement in the price of Straits the Bank of Portugal, and ordered Traders is taking place in view of the notes, which were duly supplied the near approach of the issue of and circulated. Counsel contended. that Marang's plot was full of leaks the Balance Sheet, Strails steam- and holes, and not only invited ships aleo being at present a buy-suspicion, but shouted for it.] era' market..

Mining.--Au investiment demand

trundled to the foot of the lamp-ontinues for Sungei Luas with port and lighted:

business being transacted at 31.30 Relays of "

dragged Taggers" planks, firewood, wooden fencing, and slightly under, South Tipitige chairs and tables from the pre-

were, dong at cents, Johang 20 cinels of University College, and

18 cents, Malaya Consolidateds piled them on the fire.

cents, Kuchais 70 cents, Kinta Tin drages $1.01 eum. div. and Talas As the flames leaped up 20 feet 63 vents. Sterling business is still high the mnd crowd joined handa difficult to connect, only Pahang nud raced in a circle like dancing. Dervishes, round the blaze, yelling consolidateds' changing hands at collège yelis.

17/7 with a further small enquiry, "More wood!" shrieked the rag-London again advises that in the gers, and, battered down with absence of business wide margins planks of wood, a giant boarding crashed and went to feed, the are being maintained with most of flames.

the quotation, purely nominal. In Then

Australians, Puchongs found buy- ers at 13/9, Pungahe 13/6 and Ratrut Debentures 15/- At closing there are buyers of Petalings at 84.15, further Sungei Uuas at $1.00

1 policeman appeared, Facing fearful odds, the cheers and jeers, he walked boldly into the circle. He paused, scratched his head. Somebody tilted his belmet over his eyes. He boldly attacked the raggers and then gave it up.

A fire engine arrived, amid a fusillade of fireworks, followed by police with batong drawu,

Then the scrap started. There were blows, and the raggers' ranks were broken.

gers

Their Waterloo..

and Lukuts could be marketed, also

Penghaden Pref. at. Middle Price quotations. Hong Kong Tins are on offer, also Nawng Pots, Talams, Linguis and Tolok Kruins, for which bids are invited. Malayan Collieries were agin in strong de- mand, shares being taken up.to

"Piccadilly, Piccadilly rose the ery, and, forming teu deep, the rag-235 with a few shares now avail-

marched down Bloomsbury Street shouting their "war" cries, able. Raubs have been neglected, In New Oxford Street the traße and no business has been reported was held up and police drew their daring the week. balons and charged, at which the' etowds of young men aut down Shaftesbury Avenue.

Rubbers.--Nør Scudals opened at 81.10 and, after declining to 81.03, have advanced sharply to 81,26 in sympathy with the better demand for the raw material. A fair num- Near Trafalgar Square the rag-ber of Sungei Damals were put gers met their Waterloo, Down through from 1.021 to 81,074, and Malaka Pindas at. 81,05 to 81.10,

Police leaped on to the footboarda of taxi-cabs, and gave chase.

Traffic Hold Up.

swooped the flying squad of police Ulu Bonuts 26 to 20 cents, len in taxi-cabe, and in a wild scrim-takabs 30 and 31 cents, Taluk An mage the main body was broken.

sans 90 cents, Bungei Bagan's 81.72, and Kempne 81.42). Ayer Hitams are wanted, nalo Jeram Kuantans, Tapahs, Glenelyn, Indragiris, fur ther Sungei Bagans and Sungei Kemals, whilst shares offering are Heatas, Lunas, Perak River Val- leys, Semanggols and Ulu Pandans. The market doses rather more ac tive and the indertone is quietly confident.

The students held up traffic in Piccadilly Circus. A great many of tlom gathered on the central island and let off Breworks until the police interfered.

They ran among the crowds on the pavements, Jet off more fire works, and rushed into the booking hall of the Piccadilly Underground

Tradors

Industrials. Straits Station, where they let off more have been in good demand and on- Breworks..

Following the rag in Torrington'preciated from 890.30 to 824.00 busi- Square two young mon were arrest ed and charged with insulting be haviour. In Piccadilly Circus there wero three arreste. Another young man arrested was taken to Bow Street police station.

BRITAIN'S TRADE FOR NOVEMBER.

EXPORTS DECREASE ALMOST THREE MILLION.

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RUGBY, Dec. 10. The Board of Trade Journal of last month's trade, which show publishes ho preliminary figures that imports into the United King dom for November totalled £70,400. 000, against £90,000,000 in October.

Exports for November totalled £44,100,000 compared with £10,000,- 000 in October..

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