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SOVIET BUTTER FOR BRITAIN.

17,500 TON EXPECTED.

MENACE TO HOME PRODUCERS.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1931.

SINGAPORE SHARE MARKET.

FRASER & CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT."

Messrs. Fraser & Co., Singaporr, in their weekly report, dated May 5. state:-

The price of Tin has again fallen Russian butter, in quantities heavily throughout the week and arger than for many years past,

on to the closes at £103.17.6 per ton, a figure s expected to come British market this suminer.

which has not been recorded for After a period during which her output dwindledt until fo. Boally be hiany years past. Comparatively caine almost non-existent, Russia benvy outputs from the Mines are preparing to export to Britain anticipated to be published for the some 17,000 tons of fresh butter, month of April, which should fur chiefly Siberian. This estimate was given a representative of the thor increase, the Visible Supplies, Daily Telegraph by an important anil until the individunt quotas ar: London lem of provision importers, issued, a feeling of uncertainty is

Last season, after Moscow's ener gulic drive" to bring independent likely to continue in the market pensante into the collective faruts, Tin shares have remained weak practically no Soviet butter was locally with only a small business sent to the British market. The pensants killed their stock rather pussing nud London has been more han yield, and dairy produce was, ie seller than buyer. therefore, reduced to a minimum, This year the collective and State farms enter the export held for the first time in full, force, and the keerier competition will be felt by Empire producers,

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THE JOYOUS GAME.

REMINISCENCES OF GREAT

CRICKETERS.

CRICKET UP-TO-DATE. Dy E. H. D.

Sewell, With a Profaco, by Lord Hawke. With many IM strations, twenty-one, being from Photographe taken by the Author, John Murray, T. 6d. net.

Rabbers Business done during the week consisted of Nyalan at 40 centa, hi Pandians 81.23, Men- takahs 223 and 213 cents, Malaka Pindas 01 cents, and Indragiris 47 cents. There are enquiries for

Mr. E: H. D. Sowell was a good, imahs, further Mentakabs and Clu Pandans and declared sellers all-round player in his day, proved. Ayer Moleks, Bassetts, Colins-himself an excellent coach for Bur- urghs; Glenealys, Taluk Ansors, Haytors and Kedahs, most of the remaining stocks are probably on offer at sellers' quotations or near.

Industrials.—Business in Indus.

trials has been unusually difficult to negotiate this week and Straits Traders were offered down to 925.50

at which a substantial business hai

rey and has long been known as a keen observer and reliable judge of cricket who can tell us what he knows in straightforward. English without frills. In the brief appre- ciation of this "sory complete chap"

(Nyron's phrase) which forms the Preface of his book, Lord Hawke, who has known him for

TWO RIVALS' IN

LONGEVITY.

CLAIMS OF CHINESE

PATRIARCH.

CONTESTED BY TURK

METHUSËLAH......

Zora Apha, Europe's oldest man, we arrived in London from New York, had his attention drawn to the fact that he has a Chinese rival. The town of Kaihsien, in Szechwan Provings, boasts a super-patriarch believed to be me yours of age; and there are local university authori ties who maintain the authenticity of the claim. Their asertion is that Li Ching-gien, the patriarch in question, is twies mentioned in the dynastic recorda. of the nation. They order these things letter in

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anything wrong. It's always been the enme, and I've been the oldest man in Turkey, as long as other people remember."

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Ourious Birth Certificate, He talks vivaciously in hig booming voice, and the extent to which he opens his capacious mouth would almost, persuade one that he had studied ynico produe

tion,

Any

doembent

Has this Chinaman got papers f Was his next query. Here are mine," and from the depths of somewhere a was unfolded and laid bare. It purports to be a birth certificate of n retrospective character, drafted on the authority of the Turkish

Government.

"Besides," he went on,, "do the Chinese have the anime sort of thought people in the Far East had reckoning as we do? I always¦

their own ways of reckoning, and perhaps the Chinese year is shor

"And who wants to live in China, anyway?" he asked, with a boisterous laugh. Ho nsually at tributes his longevity to a cheery disposition, and here it, found full

ter than ours.

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Then one the deliente question of sex. Zara used to be some thing of a gallant, and is still a bit of a family man. He asked if his Chinese rival had had any wives to speak of.

He was told that Li had survived twenty-three wives as against his own eleven, and for the nones ho

more amateur.i may have felt a Nevertheless, he bravely shook his | head, and crossed one spatted foot over the other as he lay back in upholstery.

It almost scoined as if he wore going to minimise the troubles of. matrimony in China as compared with those of Turkey. But ho sought refuge in his documentary. attestations, and fired off directions. of incommunicable import to his manager, Mr. Eddie Cullens. There will tw some rummaging of records, in the Szechwan Provines, you may döpend.

cam-

Till Allah dalls,

The here of half-a-dozen paigns, and a hundred lights-be- sides odd ones-is an export on war, "They tell me England had a big share in the last war," he said. "Did you have any fighting over here? Just as well. I've seen o

been quit through. United En-carly 30 years, has just one cum. There is still no rral market in gineers are slightly easier at 87,2% plaint to make of him, "The only China, as a rale; and they are

bone I have personally to pick with few stray and the Preference were done at

strong on documents. But Zora Rubber shares, only a

him,"

says the most famous bf is equal to the challenge, ne you bargains going through.

812 15. Robinson Ords. found buy-Yorkshire captains, "is that this shall hear. Industrials have also been weaker ers at 83.82 and further shares

Tho Turkish contennrian-and- I would carcely describe it ns/owing to buyers holding for cheaper could probably be placed at this last season he foretold, before the half hearkened patiently while scope. He seemed to think, with lot of it in my time. You've heard dumping," said a representative of levels and quotations are. lower in figure, and Malacca Electrics, after first Test, the recovery by Australia the details of this Oriental upstart Tennyson, that 150 years of Turkey nhout my fighting against Na-

of the Ashes; while, going back to worn rend over to him by the in- business early in the week at 81.631990-1, when we last eight successive terpreter, Mr. Redvan. At the end of the recital Zora shook his vener- are now freely offered, with pros Tests, ho prohesied all eight Ausable head with vigour. puctive buyers holding for lower

"I find this very hard to believe," values. Fraser & Neaves werd

he said,, with hearty emphasis, "If offered, down $12 before business

there's an old man like that in China, why don't they produce could be transacted, an odd lot of

him Suroly if this were tru Singapore Cold Storages made

there would he doctors visiting him $4.75 with no buyers at or near this

long before I started on my travels. from everywhere, as they did me, figure how, and Shell Transportsale hints. come to business at 53/0, Thera

the importing firm, but though the majority of instances, Straits there is always a good demand for Traders, Hammers, and Fraser & Siberian butter, there are certai.dy

Ords. net enuigh orders 10

cover, the Neaves

especially being whole of what Rusain will send.

heavily marked down, Siberian batter is especially Mining.-On a declining price for day, and is therefore extensively used for blending with butters of a

the metal Sungei fans were sold higher water content. There is also frons 95 cents down to 30 cents, a fairly good sale for it over the Penawata 44 and 44 cente, Kinta counter as best butter. Normally

82 cents, the price is 6s. or 88, per box (56th, Tin Dredges 85 and lower than that of the finest Em- | Kuchnia 534 and 152 cents and pire butter: imt at the moment Johans 21 cents with further chures remain enquiries for Alexander be had that the price has risen to wanted n 20 cents. Raubs are a Brick Preference, Wearnes and n about the level of Australian and quiet market at $10.5 business done small lot of Union Insurance New Zealand butter,”

At curreal price ere, an official Petalings made $3.90, Tronoha bociety of Canton, and shares are of the Empire Dairy Council, esti-eing taken at 13/3 and later at offering in British Malaya Trustee, minted the value of Russian butter 1970. The best bid for Malayau Central Engines and Thornycrofts. imports into Britain during the Collieries at present is 825.00, be- | Eastern Uniteds could be picked up coming season at at least £1,300,000,

The position of hundreds of theuing a drop of $1.50, and uplenuntry | at $25.95, Gammons $19.95 and sands of ex-Service, dairy farmers in report shares available at 820. McAlisters at $72,50 or counter the Dominions was now eritjen); he | Temengors are ensier at 973, Hpng (offer. Straits Steamships are avail- added. Seientific research had

there is so little Siberian butter to

tralina victorica in the most dis- concerting manner."

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Few cricketers will agree with everything he says. But none of them will reseat his outspokenness, Anyhow his book is full of invalu- The first thing a

youngster must do," he observes in the course of a detailed dissertation on every branch of cricket techni que, and many an oldster would come to no harm by doing, is to carry a cricket but about with hịm, Spinning it; entching it; flicking it across from haud tử' hand; getting friend to throw eaxy catches and making sure of never missing such, are one and all of them perfectly

greatly improzed the methods of Kong Tias wanted at 1478 and a Lable ní 8218, Struiis Traders 320.50. practicable and simple ways of get butter-making and mereased the bid is requested for Teja Malayas United Engineers 87.25, untersting the fingers and palms accus- yield of the way and the stock-Sungei Luas could be placed at 10 į at 8103 and further Fraser & Nenyez toaned the feel of n cricket ball." carrying enparity of the land. Concents and Petalings at 83,75 cam. Fumption batter had nish ad vanced, but not sufficiently to keep div., Hitam Tins and South Tai- prives at a profitable level. Many pings being available at market fariners were consequently produc rates. The Australian section is ing either at a loss or on the nervery quiet with Knirpong Kamus Towest margin of profit.

ings offering at 8/9 and Pungahe 137, other stocks. being unines. tioned.

EXCHANGE RATES.

JONITION WIRELESS - KERVICE] [

at $12. London prices are a frac tur easier since our last report: Shell Transports £2.13.6, British- American Tobaccos £4.3.0, Hong Kong Banks C108.10, Duffs. 2/6. Dunlops / and Imperial Tobaccos £4.10.9.

Tin.

1031.

April 29

May 1

Rugby, May 13..

Paria

124.283

New York

4.80 5/10

Rubber. 2.13/163. £108, 7.6 2.13/16d. eid. 2.13/10d. 2,13/10d. 2,13/164.

Tons Seld.

175

Price. 851.37

108.13.0

· 200

33.75

100. 0.0

150

53.12)

100, 12.0

125

53.37)

103.17.6

200 200

32,50 61,87

Brussels

34.943

Geneva .....

25.23

Amsterdam

12.10)

Milan

$2.805

Berlin

20.414

Stockholm

18.143

Copenhagen

18,201

THE TSAR'S LOVE STORY.

Oslo.....

18.16)

Viema

34.58)

Prague

1041

Helsingfors

193)

Madrid

Lisbon

48.8 108.25

-375 817 37/33

351 30Z

Athens

Bucharest

Rio ..... Buenos Aires

Montevideo Bombay Shanghai Hung Kong ... Yokohama Silver:-

Spot

Forward ALAI

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THE INCOMPARABLE

ALIX."

The basis of a study of the char- acter of "Nicholas 11, the Last of the Tears," by Princess Radzi- 1/8 13/16 will, which has been published (Cassell, 12s 6d), is the diary which the Tsar seems to have kept with 2/13/32fair regularity from an early age. His epistolary style is known from 13 3/10 the published lettera to the 13

Tsaritsa. ALAI.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

The extracts from the diary which Princess Radziwill gives us bear only on the early years. It makes a curiously nativo chronicle, full of uncles and aunties and diminutives The puzzling thing is that so placid a young man took IN THE SUPREME COURT OF trouble to keep a diary at all,

HONG KONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION,

Court by of

this:

vitch hung back awhile. Time went on, but his dream wore well.

"It already eighteen months since I talked about it to Papa in Peterhof, and since them nothing has changed. My dream to marry Alice of Hesse. I have lov- ed hor a long time, but Inore deeply and fervently since the year 1899, when she spong six weeks in St. Petersburg.

A very famous cricketer, when he was a tiny boy, would always take his hat and a bail,to bed with him,

personal friends from the first. --so that both implements were his

There are some excellent remarks on the futility of ant practice, 'un- less it be so regulated that the pro- fessional rngaged is not overwork- jed, which should be read by ali ganes masters, and the coach, who does not find out a boy's natural gifts in the first place and strive to develop them, is rightly cen sored

Indeed, these early chapters are full of sound common-sense, and the

illustrations really illustrate them. For example, there is a picture of P. Perrin ("the greatest batenian who never played for England“ facing page 240 who has just made "come two" past short leg. He still looking at the place where,

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"I have struggled for a long time against my feelings, and tried to

the ball was when he hit it! Which pernizade myself that it was an illustrates the advisability of watch- impossible thing, but since Eddying the ball until it actually touches gave up the idea of marrying her, or was refused by her, it seems the bat, and not lifting the hend to me that the only obstacle bo (almost as fatal a fault as at golf) tween us is the religious question. before it is well on its way, There is no other, because I am convinced that she shares my feel- inge"

Five Needs.

One is tempted to go on quoting There had been opposition to his Mr. Sowell's observations on points marriage plans. Two ronds seem

"In America the medical men tapped and tested me all over--- the reat-and they couldn't find heart and lungs and muscles and

were better than a cycle of Cathay.poleon, in Syrin, I suppose?",

Zora then asked if anything were known about the old Chinaman's mode of life. Ho was informed that Li chiefly lived on a herb of almost magical properties discover- ed years ago in the course of his researches na a druggist.

That campaign keeps cropping up Lin Zorn's talk just as King Char- las's head used to do in the con- versation of Mr. Dick,

"Yes," he said, "I believe in a vegetarian diet, but it doesn't wait everybody, I hardly ever knew the taste of Besh meat until I was grown up-n hundred or so," and he waved his long brown fingers with the air of Chancellor customed to handling millions.

To the parting question how much longer he expected to live. the ancient answero; “I can't say. The doctors all tell me. I'm us

sound as ever I was, and I beljeva: they're right. I've been more vigar ous in my time, but I've never felt better. I, suppose I shall go on like this until Allah'wenda for

ike,"

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to open before me. I myself want of technique-if only to prove that to go in one direction while it the writer is a real expert. But is evident Mamma wants me to Mr. Bewell, like the Laird of Cock- choose the other. What will happen, is also taken up with affairs pen 7" Mamma's iden had been the State, and be has much to The pages begin with schooldays, Princess Heleno, the daughter of say about what may perhaps, bo but only become interesting after the Comte de Paris. It is one of called cricket polítics For exata- the sympathetic outburst which the ifs of history what would have ple, unlike most, Fleet-street autho- occurs one day: "I have finished happened had Mamma won.

rities, ho thinks the ten inter- sal in admirable institution, he But the Tsarevitch had his way. IN THE GOODS OF WILLIAM my education definitely and for

DODS, LATE 07 No. 1. ever!":

He was sent to the wedding of the cause it helps the bowlers by giving Comstor Darvs, EdinbuRGH, So adult life begins. "Yoster-brother of the incomparable Alix" them a rest, and also possibly un- BOOTLAND, MEROZANT, DECEA... day," says the diary, "125 bottles to the daughter of the Duko and sighting the latemen. He sums up Duchess of Edinburgh, ostensiblyf the game by insisting that it the complex problem of the reform of champagne wero drunk." But that hardly represents the normal to represent his father, actually needa five things-an early return that is one of the outstanding achievements in the industry. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN tono. It is something more like

to make his suit. Everybody was thore, Queen Victorin and the to the fireball over (Lord Hawke "During the entire night there Prince of Wales ("Uncle Bertie"); accepts this suggestion), much less "Uncle Alfred, Aunt Maric. Alix, intensive coaching, much more at- were fourteen degrees of frost, and the entire day was cold but Erny. Missy Ducky, Alfred, and tention to fielding and the placitis of the field, fiercer batting, and not windy.. Aunt Mario. Uncleother-kas-important people" runs Alfred. Mitin. Obolensky, and the list in the diary. Apparently ower selectora Any point he han Count Worontiov lunched with it was well known that there was to make is, as n rule, illustrated us. I drove out in a one-horse more than a duen marriage in a pleasant little story. A fair specimen concerns the valiant dik. sledge with Kostia. Uncle Serge hand.

obedience of Iteggie Spooner, who went in with M. O. Bird at 0.15 in match against Oxford University, ing the result," when the Tanrevitch and was ordered by his captain, H had his talk out with Alix. When D. G. Leveson Gower, to be content all turned out well, and the in- with keeping his wicket up.

." AF comparablo Alix consented at the we've got to stay in, Mories," he instance of Unele Bertin, the en- said on the way to the perilous tire family, was photographed in pitch." I think the best thing, we the garden,

can do is to go for them." At close

the Provisions of Section 58 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1897, made an Order limiting the Time for Creditors and others to Bond in their Claims against the zbora Katate to the 4T JUNE, 1931.

All Creditors and others are accord ingly hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned on or before that Date.

DEACONS,

Solicitors for the Exccutrix Dative 1, Des Voux Road Central,

Tong Kong.

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and Aunt Ella returned from "Wilhelm sat in the next room Moscow. After skating in tho | with my uncles and aunts await- gardens we drank tes in our roome."

Presently, says Princees Radzi will, he embellished his bachelor existence with a favourite, the dan eer Mathilde Krzeninska, This did not prevent him from falling more romantically in love with Prince Alice (the incomparable Alix of the diary) of House. She had been winter in Petersburg, and bo fell in love. Bat "Cousin Eddy" (the Duke of Clarence) seemed. to bove the same ideas, and the Tsare

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It is easy to be angry with this of play, less than an hour later, young-disriet for seeing little the score was 12 and both batsmen

into the future-and seeing so little not out. Mr. Sowell's book 38 of the reality in the events he veritable portrait-gallery of famous was taking part in. Yet thero is cricketers whose works and words in these moments a very real are made to define their characters charm.

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