1930-12-30 — Page 12

METAL MARKETS.

FIRMER TENDENCY DISPLAYED.:

TIN SHOWS DECREASE,

The following wechly review of metal marketa, dated December 5, has twen issued by Messes. Rudolf Wolff & Co., London:-

Copper.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1930.

PLUCK OF A YOUNG

NURSE,

BALCONY STRUGGLE WITH;

A MAN.

CHEVALIER'S £4,000 A WEEK.

CHANGE OF MIND THAT

LED TO FAME.

This is how Maurice Chevalier had his first inkling that he was in the £4,000-a-week class.

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He had just made Innocents of Paris," and a request came for him to sing at a private party given by one of the Vanderbilts.

"No, I can't sing nt partics," Maurice told Mr. Tom Hearn, his personal manager. “It's not in any line. I should be nervous among all those fashionable people. I must have the footlights between me and the audience."

KING CAROL LOOK- ING FOR NEW WIFE.

SUCCESSOR TO QUEEN HELEN?

Vienna-A Press correspondent

has been confidentially informed by persons in the entourage of King Carol of Rumanin that the young king, realising that a reconciliation with Queen Helen is out of the question, is now trying to pereunde her to leave the country and so permit him to marry another woman of royal bided and make the succession to the throne more secure than it is at present,

Copper has been active and irre gular. The higher prices have not been maintained, but the market still shows an advance, of £1 is compared with last Friday's, clone, Earlier in the week, great activity prevailed and prices sharply ad vanced, when up to £50.8.0 was paid A young hospital nureo's strugglo on Tuesday, some fairly heavy buy with a male patient on a balcony ing and bear covering being atimut, above the ground was deserib latod by more favourable advice at an inqucat at Portsmouth last from Ainerica, where it was report. month. Metals, with the exception ofed that Electrolytic, hitherto "offer

The patient, Ernest Augustus copper which has on the whole dising at comparatively cheap rates by Banger (89), of Milford Road, piayed a firmer tendency, have been outside interests, and been ofther Portsmouth, was a man of alt. 10in. quiet and easier, though prices absorbed or withdrawn and the He weighed 14 stone. The nurse, show little change of importatoo as price advanced to 11.50 cents as Miss Edith Porter, is a slightly compared with those ruling a week compared with 10,50 conta previous built girl of 22.

ly reported. These inovcamente rather Banger was

admitted to St. tended to confirm the impresion Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, suffer Tin has been irregular. The that the official price of the Exporting from neurasthenia, while, the market opened with a firmer tone Association of 12.30 conte di.f. Con-nuraes on duty were attending to but, rooting since, the earlier tinens would be maintained, where another patient, Bangor got out of advance has been lost and the price in some quarters it had been bad and made his way to a ward shows a decline of about £2 na thought that the situation would at the top of the building, compared with our last report. necessitate some reduction. · · "The Nurse Porter followed him. Sales in the East during the week upward movement, however, did not Btruggle for Telephone. have amounted to 1,245 tons, and induce a corresponding movement

The man went towards the doors for the present month are estimated amongst consumers and with busi«

Nurse lending to the fire escape. at 7,000 to 7,000 tons

Premiums ness in this direction notably re-Porter caught hold of him by one on Straits and Banka are quoted duced, the advance in Standard did hand and, pulling him away from at £4.10 and £ respectively. The not hold, and prices have sing the door, tried to reach the tele statistics published on Monday reacted, the market closing with showed an increase in the total, easier tendency, influenced by phone with her free hand. visible supply of about 1,200 tone, rather less optimistic industrial Ent this was to some extent counter reports from Amerca and restrict and criod for help. She hung on to To the surprise of star and man-Mime. Lupescu, ho soliced Carol | balanced by a reduction in the rd business with the consuming

ago.

Tin.

Lead.

carry-over in the Straits Settle 'trades ments amounting to 600 tons, whilst the reduction in the actual stocks Lead has ruled quietly steady, the lying in this country of about 1,500 pries showing littlo.

variation tons was regarded as a favourable throughout the week and closing indication.

2/6d, to 3/9d, lower as compared The market was fairly well sup with our last. réport. Conditions ported earlier in the week, but lat-do nót apparently show Kay terly buyers have shown

more material improvement; business reserve and values receded gradual-with consumers in this country and ly in face of a little selfing and on the Continent is dull, arrivals liquidation. The market continues are heavy and stocks must be ne to meet with a fairly active resiat cumulating. It would seem, there- and and there is no disposition to fore, that the market will still re- unduly, depress values, having inquire, to be strongly supported if 'view the low level to which prices decline is to be prevented, or ovẹn have alrendy fallen. Buying of the present price level maintained more general character, however, is withheld pending a more definito cutlook and some clear indication as to the actual extent to which production in being restricted, either by Association agreement or under the pressure of economic necessity; and as regards consump tion, as to how this may develop with the turn of the year.

According to mail advices from Hong Kong under date Noveinber 8, stucks there. amounted to 1,013

tona.

CHICAGO MILWAUKEE

ST. PAUL

AND PACIFIC

Spelter,

Spelter,

"Quite right," said Mr. Hearn "Don't go if you don't want to. Bus the Vanderbilts are very big people, and you can't give them just

a blank refusal."

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The natural sensitiveness Quees Helen is said to prevent her from contemplating a remarriage with the husband who onem diserted her for the pretty commoner, Mac, Tupescu.

Michael, the son of Carol and So it was agreed that they would Helen, is a smart, sturdy boy, but close the matter by asking an abshould anything happen to him the surd.foo.

succession would be jeopardieed Lence Carol's anxiety to remarry is easily understood.

The particular Vanderbilt con cerned was informed that M. Che valler would be pleased to sing, but was afraid he would have to ask a rather high fee. $1,000 (£200). Banger. pushed the doors open. Nurse Porter grappled with him Banger while he struggled to climb the balcony railings, and she still held him when two other nurses ar

rived.

But Banger broke away and foll to the ground. He was picked up

dead.

Miss Parter was complimented by the coroner for her plucky conduct.

The jury found that Banger com- Britted suicide while of unsound

mind.

Accepted:

While Carol's first wife, the dark Zizi Lambrino, is ready to stir up trouble by pushing forward Carol's first son, now twelve years of age,

ager, this offer was immediately ag during his exile, appreciates the cepted. More private engagement situation, and, in epito of rumoure como, and the fee was raised grad to the contrary, has kept away from ually until Chevalier's charge for her royal friend, and is remaining appearing de a private party is in her little chalet in Switzerland. £1,000.

It is no conventional compliment to say that personally he remains unspoilt. He dealt with all sorts) of relevant and irrelevant questions, in his frank and amiablo way, and he kept a level hand in his tactful evasions when he thought inter- viewers were going too far.

anything he had anticipated.

His London reception was beyond

all the different. kinds of people in the crowd-old ladies and little boys, well-dressed and poorly dress ad men and women, all eager to shake my hand-well, it nearly made me cry."

turn of the month, and, as is often liquidation, coincident with the

in fairly substantial quantities sur- he said, "I had thought the Eng the case, the early arrival of metal

In my French and Latin idea,"

plus to normal requirements. Ad-lish so restrained, and when I saw after opening with vice from the Continent inticate slightly firmer tendency, has weak steady market there with, how ened again and the price shows a ever, only very moderate demand on decline of 10/- as compared with the part of consumers, but with last week. The weakness has been comparatively little pressure on the part of sellers, who anem, loth to due to lack of interest on the part dispose of their holdings at a price of buyers generally: business with which producers as a whole regard consumers in this country bas slacks scarcely remunerativa. The meet ing of producers held in Paris last ened again, whilst the market at the Saturday was, according to reporte, same time has been subjected to a concluded without agreement being certain volume of selling and reached. In the U.S.A., the market remains quietly steady, and the price shows no material change...

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What is the mystery behind the rapid trip made by Mr. Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, to Cherbourg harbour,and back1

M. Norman was a passenger in the Gorman liner, Bremen, which he boarded off Cowes, travelling from Southampton in a tender with other travellers......

Some hours later, according to ene report, he received a wireless

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As the Bremen steamed into Cher- bourg in darkness & rope ladder was lowered over the side. Mr. Norman, accompanied by a friend, One person whom M. Chevalier Dr. O. Spragur, and his valet, was never fails to mention in telling of helped down the ladder into a wait his past is Mr. Ronald Kennedying boat, in which they were taken the Durham schoolmaster. - wha

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-MAN-HUNT IN LONDON.

· MOTOR-CARS SEIZED BY

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PRESIDENT

Again by means of a rope ladder Mr. Norman and his companions elimbed aboard and two minutes Inter the liner sailed for Southamp Lon

On arrival Mr. Norman W09 given precedence in landing. A motor car was waiting and in this he drove to London," which was reached Irss than 24 hours after he bad left the city.

A large number of policemen blow their whistles and engaged in

thrilling man-hunt through the It has been suggested that Mr. narrow and dimly-lighted streets of Norman was recalled because of an Bloomsbury recently in an effort to anticipation that a War Loan Con recapture a man who escaped trom | version" scheme is shortly to be custody at Hunter-street Police Stafaunched by Mr. Snowdon, tion.

Heavy mist obscured the streets the Bank of England, put forward Sir Josiah Stamp, a director of When the alarm was given about half past nine.

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"As far as I know," he said, "Mr. Norman was not going to Amerion at all. He wanted to talk with an American banking magnate who has been in Europe, and who was House returning in the Bremen, The fugitive was already clear, and had outdistanced his pursuers in the direction of Brunswick

square.

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[Mr. Harrison, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has been conferring with bankers in Paris and Berlin.

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To have a last-minuto talk the Governor, travelled with his friend, as far as Cherburg,"

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