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LAST OF THE OLD AMERICAN VIEW OF

PUGILISTS.

FORMER CHAMPION OF

ENGLAND DEAD,

The last of the famous line of the ok prize ring hare-knuckled fight ers, Jom Smith, has died at the Park Royal Hospital London. Smith, who was 88 years old, had been ill since December, 1929.

FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

| MERE - FRACTION OF

SOVIET TASK;

HIGH PRESSURE LOW

"QUALITY" WORK.

Vienna-The Rev. John Haynes Holmes, a very prominent Amort

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 81931

SAIGON RICE MARKET.

NEW CROP PROSPECTS GOOD.

PRODUCE, NOT LE

#REDUCES

FAMOUS FIRM'S REMEDY

FOR BAD TRADE,

Increase staffs and production, pond more money and intensify methods of salesma was the

410,000,000. INCREASE IN

AN ESTATE.

MR. PAYNE WHITNEY'S:

£47,600,000.

New York August 31-Between the time Mr Payne Whitney, the American banker, died on May 25, 1927, and the time the cetate was

The Export & Import Co., Ltd.," of Coohin China report in their bi monthly circular that since last ro- porting on August 21 this rice mar ket has romained dull with vory little business passing Prices for prompt shipment eased somewhat but remained firm for forward deur for fighting industrial de distributed under the will, in 1920, liveries. Our total shipments up to Richard High, Manager of the (£10,644,000)

pression put forward by Mr. it increased by 62,791,000 dollars

to him. date amount to a little over 764,000

home trade branch of His 230,000,000 dollars (247,800,000), or corresponding period in 1930.

Our new crop prospects are good on recently. People still have the

pany at a luncheon given in Lon and an average crop is generally money, he declared, but they are expected and this would mean that afraid to spond it

Born at Cripplegate in January, oan pacifist clergyman and writer tons as against 800,000 tons for the Master's': Voios Gramophone Com the largest estate over liquidated

on social and religious topica, has

reached Vicuna after spending

1883, Smith was a worthy successor to such giants of pugilism ณ Gentleman Jackson, Belcher, Cribbi, three weeks studying conditions in and Sayers. Although only oft

Soviet Russia

in New York..

This in disclosed with the filing

of accounting by the excbutors.

The account shows that 22,000,000

Shin in height, with a fighting He had a most interesting story we should have an exportable sur Six months ago, Mr.Haigh con dollars (£4,400,000), was paid in in weight 12st.-10, he had such a re, to toll, and in view of his known plus of about 1 million tons in the tinued, his firm launched on am-heritance taxes, which added fa

tho"

sorve of energy that on one occasympathy with the directors of sion he fought 103 rounds with bares he readily made concerning Soviet State, the damaging admis-

knuckles, y

He won the English championship in 1885, when he knocked out Jack Davis in an open-air fight in Sur roy in six rounds:"

the effects of the Five-Year Plan, living conditions, and the anti religious campaign are highly im portant, a

Mr Holmes had access to excep tional sources of information, by

coming season.

bitious scheme, and, instead of dia,

ernment forecast is that the 1931 tories, decided to produce twice a ciaries, left_|_A

Now Java Crop-Tas first Gov-missing part of their workpeople the expenses of administration and

and closing certain of their fac- the income taxes of

the bene

patate of crop will be about 225,000 tons less much as they had over done before,

201,000,000 dofire (£40,200,000). FF than in the preceding season,

We quote on Sept. 15 as follows"

friends the residuary estate is After bequests to relatives and for shipment during Sept./Det.:

divided between the family.

Fis most famous fighty however, was in 1887, when, as a youth of £4, he opposed Jake Kilrain, the American chaapion, in a fight that "was styled the world's champion-minded investigator. His state

ship," although neither of the mon

ments need to be discounted only held the title at that time.

on account of his admitted Bol shevist predilections. Hia infu once in the United States is con siderable.

no means all one-sided; hole an No. 1 Pycnow Lang 23 par able man, and weeks to be a fair

A "Record Puzas."

The purae was £2,000, a record for those days, and the contest took place in France on the banks of the "P.R." fighting had Scino, as fallen into disfavour in England: The men fought till darkness pre- vented their continuing, and then agreed to a draw,

Bad Living Conditions.

Although he is convinced that the Tivo-Year Plan will sucpcert, Mr. Holmes believes that its suc cess will damage many sections of Benton in two rounds by the the Russian reonomic system, and famous Peter Jackson at the old that its completion will still leave Pelicia Club in 1888, Smith two nine-tenths of the Soviet's task. months" "Inter' drew with Frank unfulfilled. Mr. Holmes is im Slavin, regarded as the greatest pressed with the "extraordinary heavy-weight of that time, in 14 progress" in the nine years which rounds in Belgium,

have elapsed since his last visit. This fight was the last of histo Russia, but characterises living bare-knuckle contests under Prize conditions as simply appalling Ring rules, but he beat Dick Burge still. In reply to questions on the in London in 1985, and met Dali situation of the Christian Chur Creedon, the Australien champion, ches, Mr. Holmes replied: "Reli in 1888, and George Crisp, & Newgion is at its last gasp in Russia eastle miner, in 1807,

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to increase their staffs and to keep their factories going day and night.

And I believe we are going got away with it," he added. AAN

If manufacturers would take their courage in both hands and meet the Mrs. Helen Hay Whitney, his difficult times by a similar spirit of widow, a daughter of the former enterprise, Mr. High balieved that, Secretary of State, John Hay, by the end of 1031, we should be received $3,000,000 dollars able to show a far more antisfactory || (£12,600,000) and his two children, 4.90 industrial position than we could Mra, Joan W. Payson and John to-day AA Hay Whitney, 31,500,000 dollars 4,90 The Gramophone Company, he (£6,300,000) ench

enid, were intensifying advertising. 40 and developing salesmanship by Banding out dying squads" into districts where radio-gramophones 4.60 had never been heard.

Bequests to charities and educa tional institutions totaled 06,000,000 dellars (413,200,000).

FEWER BIRTHS.

Among the greatly extended 4.40 range of models that are to be put on the market by the company in gopa few wooks time, is a radio- BIG DECLINE IN MARRIAGES.

gramophone for 29 guinens, tho cheapest previously having been 48 ment is the automatic unit that cab guineas. "An interesting develop be attached to any wireless set working on a loud speaker, turning it into a gramophone playing any 83.70 number of records up to eight and changing them automatically,

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I am impressed with, the trem UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.endous progress made since I

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The bewildered the population of 1922 in re placed to-day by a population comfortably but very simply dress ed. filled with directed enthusiasm, and working at a feverish pace. Moscow in 1922 seemed to be fall-

ing into ruins. Today it doesn't look ton wood, and is still dirty, but it is being rebuilt. You can often find a building or stretche of navemant as good as anything. in Paris or London. Moscow - must he entirely repaved and rebuilt by the end of 1983 as part of the Five

Year Plan.

"This plan is the most stupen dous thing modern statesmanship. has ever attempted. Faychologic ally it is even more remarkablo than economically. It has made Basin work with the cohesion of a nation át war but at war with poverty, disease," and sluros, My feeling is that nothing can stop its completion. Over this I found complete unanimity of opinion within Russia, among Americans, Bolsheviks, and anti-Bolsheviks, Te hear doubts of the plan's success. 1. had to go to Warsaw and talk- the Poleas and tal

"But I must qualify this expres.. sion of my conviction that the plan will be completed. "I mean that the Government programme will be fulfilled, but I am certain touch of it which is being carried out at high pressure and, with in ferior materials will have to be done all over, pgain. Much of the plan is impracticable, Railways |will be built with no trains to run on them. Big factories will be completed," but not a single wheel will revolve. For instance, we saw a sugar factory south of Moscow which is already complot ed, but which will be useless for a further two years through Jack of raw material.

TRUANT DELEGATES.

AMUSING INCIDENT AT A MATINEE

An allegation that many of the delegates to the Library Associa tion Conference at Cheltenham had played "truant" and bad been guilty of a grave neglect of duty

FAR EAST INSTITUTE OF was made by Councillor WH.

ACCOUNTANCY.

EXAMINATION RESULTS.

of Grent Britain's population is Yet another docline in the growth recorded in the quarterly return ending June 30 of the Registrar General

cling of births, marriages (in the The report shows a general de first quarter of the year), and donthe

The number of live births record- cd was 162,874-a decline of 6,338 from the figure for the correspond ing quarter of 1930. Deaths, which totalled 114,770, wore 3,317 more than in the corresponding quarter of 1930, but..47,498 fewer than in the The figures show that the natural quarter immediately preceding inoreass of population by excess of births over deaths was 49,174-the lowest recorded for the second quar tor in the last four years,

The death-rate was 11.5 per 1,000 Smith, a Leicester delegate.of the population, or 0.3 per 1,060 Although the local authorities above that recorded for the corres had paid their expenses, Councillor ponding quarter of last year. The Smith stated that out of nearly mortality of infants below the age 1,000 delegates who had been sent, of one year was seven por 1,000 The results of the first examinaat no session had more than half lower than the average for the ten tion held under the auspices of the of them been present; at one in preceding second quarters recently-formed Far East Institute Portant session not more than 350 of Accountants and Auditors, which were prosent. The others regarded it is now proposed to apply for in the Conference as a free holiday ourporation, are announced by the justify drawing their expenses for How," he added, can they Registrar, Mr. Ernest A. Udy, as duties they have not carried out! follows:-M

It is a matter which local authori ties will have to consider very seriously. I must confess, however, that there has been some excuse for those who have played truant this Conference. Nearly a week has been taken for business that could have been transacted in two dags. R.

Accountancy-Messrs. H. Maan, C. K. Yip, 1. Greenberg, J. Hunt, Benedict Loo, IL E. Langpart, Basilio, M. J. Do Bonas E C. O. Johnson, G. A Low, K. H. Chong

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Plan's Ons-Sidedness,

"Everything is being sacrificed. for the Five-Year Plan, which 18 As a pacifist," said Me Hot, concerned only with heavy indas mes, "until a month ago I always try, mines, railways, powers dreaded the Red Army Now L'ant tions, and so on.. Other branches convinced that Hussia's only desire of economic life are, boing badly | is to be left alone to continue her neglected, with consequent serious stupendous tasks. I am convinoo depreciation, Fourthly, on com she desires neither War nor re. pletion of the Five Year Plant volutions abroad

Marringes showed a decline in comparison with both quarters. The total number et persons married the last quarter of 1930 and of 4,288 was 3,208, a decrease of 65,942 on

on the first quarter, During the quarter more males were born than females, but the

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balance of surplus women" was maintained by an excess of male deaths. The figures were: Deaths: 38,760 males; 55,940 females. Births: 83,800 males, 80,276 females."

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Another delegate stated to a re porter: This playing truant has HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL its funny side. One afternoon a delegate, who was himself ploying truent, noticed many familiar faces at a matinée, but Conference badgës had been removed.

During an interval he stood up, and waving the yellow Confer ence handbook, he shouted, Stand up all Conferenco delegates, Near ly the whole audience rose, blush ing, to its feet.

Hong Kong Observatory, October 7.

Previous On DateļOn Date

Day

29.73°

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29,83 Barometer. 29.76. Temperature.

82 Humidity

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Of course, thero is the other sidë of the picture. Some delegates have made big sacrifices to be pre We ther sent. Two of our members are Bain.... "spending their honeymoon at the

Conference.""" (qenka

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| £95,250 WORTH FROM CATHE- DRAL DOMES.

Moscow, August 27 --The destruc- tion of "the" gigantic Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer, which took 44 years to build at a cost of a million- and a ball sterling, in commemora tion of Rumi é victory over Napos leon, proceeds apace

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BBluesky Cloudy Da Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightning) Mist: "O-OVORCEST Presing Showers; -Squalls; -Rain; T Thunder."

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE;-

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HIGH WATER

To will be replaced, as is known a by a colonuul Palace of the Sovieta, whose central hell alone will seat 17,000, |,5" lap

| Gold leaf is being hastily torn off the five golden domes, and 16: 11 said that S cyt of pare gold will be thus released but all Moscow believes that there will be three guarters of a ton of the promous Bat, || 10 metal. The central dome was sanit. high and 100ft, ih diameter, and was | Sut. JI Moscow's greatestí Inndmark. It

now a hideous iron aFaleton.

Russia will have to start, on fur "But I failed to convince a sing © [The Bank of England's buying. ther Five-Year Plans during, per – je person that France, Great Bri- once for gold is 778, 9d per ounce. haps, the next 20 years to com- tain and even the United States. One cut, containe, 2.208; or, troy plete the stupendous task of mo are not awaiting an opportunity and at the price, Hamer would be tarnishinst and bividing the to attack Bussia, Rusia is scared "worth about £3,800,- Three-quarters State o

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