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Money and Markets

BUY BRITISH

GOODS."

BIG TRADE DRIVE OPENING ON NOVEMBER 16.

EMERGENCY TARIFF ASKED.

U.S. URGED TO GET OUT

OF EUROPE,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1931,

CHILD MURDERED IN CAR.

MAN'S LETTERS READ AT INQUEST.

MOTHER COMPLAINS OF

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BANKER ADVISES ENDS OF FINANCIAL HELP.

A man's intense love for the six year-old daughter of his landlord Boston, Nov. 6. Mr. L. T. Me-

Was revealed af the 11- Fadden, the Chairman of the Cere quest. at Monke

Risborough, mittee on Banking and Currency Buckinghamshire, on Phyllis Joan Lozdou, Nov. 6—A gigantic drive in the House of Representatives, Crockley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs to promote Empire Trade, will be made a vigorous attack to-day on A. R. Crackley, of St. John's Wood opened on November 16 when the the suggested revision of war debts terrace, Marylebone, London, and great slogan will be Buy Bri-and the proposals made in some Alfred Wright, aged 25, a chauffeur, tish"

quarters for their cancellation.. who lodged with Mr. and Mrs.

Speaking at the Institute estab-Crocklay Millions of pictorial postern cáz-

Mr. Crockley, who spoka, almost rying this appeal are now being flished, to deal with current interna printed. They will bo displayedtional problems, he declared that all in a whisper, said that Wright had on all the hoardings. Boy Scouts support should be withdrawn fro odgod at his house six or eight ande Girl Guides and a number of European schemes for "explorting months. So far as he knew Wright motoring clubs will help to distri- the German war indemnity and was a single man, whose homs was bute small replicas of them in every windling the American investor."at Ferndale-road, Teignmouth. part of the country, "

The drive-is-being-organisad_uni

as he was in the habit of doing on Sundays, and had not returned.

The Coroner-Had Wright had any disagreement with your wife

MYSTERY CAR IN SECRET TESTS.

SEVENTY" M.P. BEVINTY MILES PER GALLON; COST £70.

END OF FAMOUS WINE SHOP.

"PARKLANE FIRM CLOSES AFTER 10 YEARS:

London, October 31 --One-of tha London, Oct 31-Motorials rooldest wine shops in London, whion: cently have been puzzled by history is linked with by-gone. days appearance of a mysterious thres

wheel automobile speeding along in Mayfair, hauled down its flag the roads near London at a high to-day, when the doors of the pre- rata cf speed. It is raw earned mises of Mesa Block Grey & that this is a well camoufngud

test model of a remarkable car Block in Park Lane were closed which will be exhibited at the forth for the last time. coming Motor Cycle Show., 1 in- vention is the result of experimen58

The fat-roofed one storey build carried out by a famous motor-ing occupied by the firm has for a cyclist, who has aimed to produce a long time looked ridiculously tiny, 3.70's" "model which will do compared with ita ardly neigh- seventy miles to the gallon," have.

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a maximum speed of seventy milenbours of Grosvenor House and the an hour, and cost only £70. Dorchester hotel. But it has been

one of the landmarks of Park Lane | for more than a century. Now it. is to be pulled down to make way for yet another huge structure, in keeping with the modern tendency The warren of dark wine “ cellars running almost under Hyde Park are to give place to the founda. "We have been in Park Lane for tions of another great Building,

110 ten years," said Mr. Block, the grandson of the founder, and the present head of the firm. "Many of the most illustrious! families in England have been our customers during the present con

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Just before closing for the last. bers of the stuff together. He hand- ed each a glass of champagne and the toast of the founder of the tim was solemnly honoured.

NAVY LEAGUE. ACCUSES HIM OF ABYSMAL IGNORANCE. He did not mince his words and He acquired an attachment for Hoover to-day demanded an apology Washington, Oot. 20-President there was nothing ambiguous about Phyllis, who was very fond of him from the Navy League-is-a-result der most comprehenfive auspices the policy which he considers He took her out for walks and n of the action of its President, Mr. Over 50 national organisations, America should follow. He stated the car in every spare moment he William Gardiner, in writing

letter in which he referred to the Chief Executive as being "ahysma including: the association of Cham that the only course for the United had. bera of Commerce, the Federation States was to cut its investments

He said that Wright and the child fly ignorant of naval affaira, " of British Industries, the National as much as possible and to get out appeared happy when he last sat The Navy League purports to be Union of Manufacturers and the of Europe. Urging the United them on Sunday morning. When a patriotic organisation favouring the maintenance a big American Association of Retail Distributions Statea to withhold further loans the returned home about nine o'clock navy are taking part, and it is hoped Europe, he declared that the Ger- in the evening he found that Wriga Navy League it issued Mr; Gardi time. Mr. Block called all the mem

In a statement issued by the that the result of the combined man reparations, which in his had taken the child out in the earner's letter, which also charged effort will lead to a tremendous in- opinion were dubious both legally

President Hoavor with trying to crease in the purchase of Homeland morally, were being maintain.

starve the Navy."

The Navy League has renewed its made goods.

ed as a figure beyond the possibil

campaign in favour of a big-navy

Then Mr. Block mounted to, the ever sinen President Hoover orderoof and hauled down the Union The Ministry of Agriculture and fity of payment.

She had not been speaking toyed the Navy Department to inte. Jack which until now has always Fisheries has asked the National

flown over the premises. Union of Farmers to co-operate and mands, he continued the Allied him for three or four works. Heify its budget reductions: an appeal is being sent to all civic overments were inviting America wanted his way too much with the authorities to use their influence into invest three. thousasid million child, and my wife used to say support of this scheme, which is dellars in the Young Pian Rapara that he should not buy her this or intended by its promoters to de-tin Bonds, which, he said, repre- yalep into a nation-wide effort to sented nothing, but the righ to col. put the country's trade and indus-lect German reparations, if the try once more on a prosperous basis, United States Government could "In the meantime, the Nativant force the collection."

The proposed agreement with the Union of Manufacturers has urged upon the Prime Minister the need French, exempting the uncondition. of an emergency tarift "to restrictal annuities under the Young Plan the wholesale dumping of foreign from the moratorium, ought, he goods" which is now going on and stated, to be fintly rejected. which, it in thought is bound

to be increased in the Car

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Mr. Crockley added: "I always found Mr. Wright one of the nicest men" it would be possible to meet. The only thing I have since heard

is that he was in financial trouble."

Dr. G... Fraser said that denta

in each case was duo to asphyxia the inhalation of carbon monoxide gas.

from

Had the child been interfered with in any way asked the Core-

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Urging that immediate action should be taken, Sir John Corcoran, the Director of the Union said to-

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day Manufacturers., are faced Blood of foreign products with sent into the country, not as a re- sult of orders already placed, but regardless of whether they will be

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She had not," replied Dr. Fraser.

The Letters.

A number of letters left by Wright were "read. In one, dated September 18, he wrote: "I am should happen to me. leaving this in

anything I fear I can not go on much longer..

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TO TURN OUT 140,000 CARS A YEAR.

Moscowy, Oct. 31.-The Soviet Russian Government announced to day the completion of construction work on the new motor-car manulife Hell for me.,, Should. I die I facturing plant at Nizhny Nov leave two-thirds of my property to gorod The plant, among the

pay for Joan's schooling. She is largret in the world, was built with to have anything of mine she wants, the aid of engineers loaned to the to do just as she likes. I love her Soviets by Mr. Henry Ford.

more than life. I don't take Joan unless she wants to come." }

The plant at Nizhny Novgorod is equipped with the best of foreign machinery. It consists of 12 shops located in an area of 250,000 square DEMAND · FOR CONFERENCE | metxea, It will have an oatpat of

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140,000 cars per year.

There was this postscript: "Tha has nothing to do with Mr. c Mrs. Crockley,"

A letter dated October 3, address ed by Wright to his mother, said: A number of the work-abops alad Joan if she will live with Her "Please forgive and forget. I ask. mother or die with me, I do as she wants. Some time ago her mo ther took her out, and when she came back I took her to the garaga with me. She just begged me to run away with her.... Joan wants' to come with me.”

Colombe, Oct. 31.--The Ceylon ready have started operations Rubber Industries committee at All erection Work was conducted in tacks the reply of the Colonial full swing and every detail of ma Secretary to a proposal to shift the centre of gravity of rubber re- chinery installation will be com striction negotiations from Europe | pleted in January, 1939, when the to the Far East. The committee entire plant will be ready to start emphasises that Ceylon is solidly behind the suggestion for a con- Larning out cars in great numbers. ference at Kuala Lumpur, repre senting Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and Ceylon, to discuss the stabilisation of prices.

The committee alleges that the Colonial Secretary negativos his | own policy that world economic troubles are only remediable by international friendly

co-opera tion." It also advocates that if the Minister does not modify his attitude the Ceylon Government should carry out the three party conference without his concurrence and that he be later informed of the Conference's plans.

CREDITS TO GERMANY RENEWED.

ASSISTANCE TO REICHSBANK EXTENDED. Ampligion

New York, Nov. 2-The Federal· Reserve Bank of New York, naso- cinted with other Federal Reserve Banks, has decided to renew par- ticipation in outstanding credit arrangements with the German Reichshank

The credit, which would have matured to-morrow, totals a hun-1 dred million dollars, of which the Federal Reserve banks tidvanced twenty-dre millions.

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The Coroner read the following extracta from a letter written by Mrs. Grockley to Wright:

"I am sorry you are so fed up, but you will soon be home now and you will have your little Joan. 1 expect you feel a little bit down- hearted because we did not part on quite the best terms.

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Ronald Godfrey Jones, of Bal- ham, a brother-in-law of Wright. said Chat Wright was passionately fond of the child, so much so that if anyone touched her he would

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Evidence was given that a pija had been run, fromthe exhaust through a hole in the floor of the car. Wright's arm was, round the girl's neck.

The jury found that Wright, nur- dared the girl and committed out- leido #hile of unsound mind./

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