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DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

SHAREBROKERS: ASSOCIATION,

Buyer Bailare Sale Nominā

FRIDAY. APRIL 16,

Bayar Balzare Balromle

$1,580

Doin

$209

⠀⠀⠀⠀ HIMA

1,358/1,585

Relo

Chartered Banki

$18

Banka

HK Banka............$1,655|

Do.. (London)

Mercantile bks. "A"

$176 Bank of Baat ABiù.....

$4

ELD

£194

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1932.

SECRET SOCIETIES

IN THE US.

(Continued fram Page :-)"

masters. These negroes "wore jed by a few rasonily, politicians who were out after power, and wore exploiting" the "negroes And, using them as their tools Naturally senough the white population were not going to stand for, anything of thia art and out of their indigna- tion rose the K.K.K.

The most effective way to get. nt |(the 'negross was to work on their $660upstition and to us Violence

$28

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N. O. & S.. Barks... ........ Am. Q: Fin. Corp: M

$72

·Insuranosa

**

$1.250 Canton Lumipas... 34.

$1,200

Underwriter* ******

5478

5500

Union InsuranŒES........

hina. Firos,

$478

$1,196 HK First

$1,150

4

(*Inforgational Aw00..

bra

11 Blipping

1338.

Douglasa....

1961

Steamboats

348

lados (pret.)

131:

Do. def.) archi

38/14 Sheils

$Water-Bo...

50/- 57/6 119

Mining

Broguelsson

$13

35%

Venzuola Gold FAL:|: $1.60%

21/0

Kailans: zes

29/

T.4.

Langkats (single)....

T.4

T2.10 Explorations.

$2.2:

$39

Ta $38

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Tronoh Mine

Dooką, WharrGEL.

Godowne, atq

K&K Whereon. $137]

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Do.

1.K. & W. Douks

S. China Motor “A'

Shanghai Douks

T200 Hungtews...

Lands, Hotels, aid |

Buildings

34,85

$4,90

$2,20

810

Du

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New Engineerings

$

ENGINEERING & BUILDING

LOCOMOTIVES FOR

CHINAL

·BRITAIN SECURES LARGE

ORDER

ROBOT TRAFFIC CONTROL

„CITY” SYSTEM FIRST IN✨ EUROPE

EXPLOSION AT ITS INAUGURATION";

A curious accident accompanied the inauguration of the new electro- matic traffic control system at the junction of Cornhill and Grace- church-stroct on March 15%

The Lord Mayor had just turned small koy, the lights had operated. on the operating switch with a

addonly the lights went out, and and traffle bad begun to flow, when there was 'mud confusion.

There have recently? bean put. into service on the Poping Liaŋ- [hing"Railway, "six Mikado (2-8-9). type standard-gauge" "TocomotiveÄ, built by the North British Locomo The common practice was to put on tive Co., Limited, of Glasgow, to! white robes and to do their work the order of the Kailan Mining Ad- after night-fail. A burning cross ministration of Chin. 'Theso was their symbol and a hooded locomotives have cylinders of $1 nidor racing through a community, in dia, and 28-in stroke. The carrying burning. СТОЯВ was leading bogio, coupled and trailing snough to cause great torrer among begin wheels are 3-ft. i, 4-ft. the nagro population. This sign in. and 3-ft. 7-in. dia. respectivo usually meant that some negra wasly, while the rigid wheelbase, is 1 going to be horse-whipped, tarred ft. and the total wheelbase 31.ft. and feathered, or sometimes lynch- fin The total hosting surface d. The auciety proved vory, power (2,728. sq. ft.) is made up of ful and grew by leaps and bounds, babes (small), 1,980 sq. ft., tubas until it strong in every southern (large) 705 aq ft, firebox 140 sq. community and in time was felt ft., firebox (syphons) 12 sq. ft. and even in the north. The views of the superheater 583 sq. ft. The firegrate organization changed after the has an area of 41.4 sq. ft., and the

Sir Hugh Turnbull, Commission négro problem was well in hand. boiler working pressure is 180 lbs. of City Police, asking the Soon their powera" of peragution In working order, the onging has a Lord Mayor to switch on

turned against Jews sad weight of 84 tons 5 cwt, of which she first of its kind in Europe. lights, said that the installation was Roman Catholics and now, at these tone cyt are carried on the It allowed &"more constant flow 154 present day, consists of whites who coupled wheels. The tender-carried of traffic than any other automatio must bo Protestant, native born upon two four-wheed (2-in signalling system and he hoped

that it would shortly he installed; Americans..

dia.) bogios-bas 450 cu ft (10 at other points in the City. tons) of fuel space, a tank capacity

Worked By Vahicles.

$490

2 $2.30

322 $10 $70 1,88

were

$3180

*

HK Hotels C. Bw. $13,25

(12:00

Do. Rights

178.

H.K. Lands

0.36

Shanghai Landa. .....

10

Mocropalitan Landa..|

PER

$160

Asin Realties "AM

Humphross (vld) ........

Do.

Chinees state...

$11.55

$90

* Hir

$11,85

BIC, alles... 371.08 231.70)

300

Bangnet. Explorations

12.36

Cotton Mill

16.36%. 40

Ewoy:

TFL.15

15,30/35.

T:75.

S'hai Coltons...

Zong Sings.

!!

Public Utilities:

#217

Tramways costante

Peak Teamna (old)....

...”

$35 C. ta

Do Rights p

China Lights (old)... $20.55 $3

Do.

Tractions

$185

$21.75

1+6

19

Do.

(new)... 37,

3004 $37

Star Ferries

Yaumiau Forries

89 $35

$20:20 3211

$204:

Do. (new).......]| 120.20

ndi

* $74

374974

H.K, Bleotries

374

Macro do.

$12 812

Saudakan Lighti

Telephones (fully pd.)

124 50

124.50

(part pd.)

T.18

China Busos.

34.

14/-

Do. (prof.)......!

Industrials

$27

Malabon Sugara...

TH

Caldbeck,

[(ord.):

$5.5

Carton Ives:

1.10 Mogrogors (pref.)

$12.35

Da.

หม

10.45

Do,

SEB

Ropo

(old)... (new)... 1

[3

C: Agricultures-

Miscellaneous

$18.2

144

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Caments (comb)... 318.15 313:30 $18.00

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$98

$28.80|| Dairy Farma

Der A. Wings........

Amusement (old) $221

$14.90) Ch. E'tainmente (old); $14.40.

Constructions, (old)!

Lane Crawfords(ott) $8,35

Do (new)

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$1.80

$5.20

35

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Do.

Sinceros

(new) 12.00

想

7178 4.10

3154

$25

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322

312j

$16

$5.807

$5.25

Mackintoshe

Nanyang Tobaco

$5

$16

$16

Watsons QR B

$75+

$34

Lo. Hights....

$3.6b

Wm. Powellin

$3.50

$10

M.

•Greyhounds.

$10

5. U. Enterprises

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58 B. Iar G. Bonds...

3% prem

United Theatres.......

H.K. Gars, Loans...| $108||

LOCAT, AND REGULAR OUTWARD MAILS,

Cantor ...

WEEK DAYS.

FOR

Flom G,P,0.

FROM SHEUNGWAN BRAMON P.O./

FROM G.P:0.

FEOM SHTUNGWAN- BRANCH 2.0.

Samshul and Washow. (By)

direct steamor)

7.16 A., &$ 7,00 1,213, 16.00 PAD

1,7,00.p.m.

4.00-p.

4,00p.m.

£7.15 am. & S. 7.30-ti

+1.30 p.m.

8. p..

Macao & Twin WİLACİN

Korgmoon (except Saturdays)

Kwakong, (axout Savardays).|

Fatahes and Washow (By)

Train)

Tal O

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430

Fal Po

Bhumsbun

· Cheangabow

& burdeen

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Stanley... Autau Pingshan, Seatin

Shatankoksid Sheung-

shul

Mamtán. Bhakki &

1.14 p.m.

-6.00.00.

7.15 8.21.

· 1,00-pa-- (9,00 .m. & 3.00 p.m. }ƒ:9.00 à‚m. &

$18.00p.m. 1.00 p.m. 14.00 pm,

8.00 n.12.

11.80 p.m. 8.30.10.

8:30 p

„Á30 pm

6.00 puta..

7,00 P

[7.15 mm. &£7.00 am, 16.00 p.m. 17.00 p.m.

4.00 p

9:00

(9.16. (8.80

L.18 p. Bunday

Bundars 8,15 1 | 8,80 2,301)

only

6.00 p.m.

Lonly

8.00 pz.

0.00 pura.

SCANDALS AND DECLINE.

The power of the organization grow steadily until after the World Warn the post-war period nearly all of the lynchings, and a large number of other unlawful acts were committed by men wear ing the hoods and mystic bye of the K.K.K. These outrages roneed the apprehension" of all law abiding | people and the very hame of the K.K.K became obnoxious, even óta people who were at one time is sympathy with their ideas.

The organization began to lose power and after a public scandal Fabeat the Chief Mogul had been hought to light the organization sank into insignificance. At the present day the society is only known in Ohio and w few other mid-western states.

Examination of the control box" mitnehod to the lamp standard in the middle of the road showod that two fisus had been broken by an entered from the cable ducts. In explosion of sewer gas which had two minutes the damage was res paired and the signals resumed working.

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ör 3,000 gall., and weighs (full); on: tons 10 out. The tender has a The system differs from other aystom in that the traffic control wheelbase of 18 ft. 7 in, and the lights-similar in appearance to. engine and a wheelbase of e-ft. those now used in many parts of 1-in. The Westinghouse brake is the country are controlled not by fitted to both engine and tender, and switch, but by the vehicles crossing. a police officer or a fixed time the special equipment of these loco-the junction themselves. motives, includes mechanical stoking apparatus.

EXPERIMENTS ON CORROSION.

METAL FRAMES KEPT UNDER WATER.

fush with the road between 80 and

Rubber-covered "detectors Hot

100 feat from the junction, recordi the passage of every vehicle over them. They transmit the impulse made by the vehicle to the "can- troller" which automatically clones whichever rond has least traffic at. the moment. It is claimed for the system that it permits a smoother and more rapid flow of traffic than any other.

A bigh, City police official told "a representative of The Daily Tele graph that in his view the instal lation would be a great succese as Nearly one hundred bars of fer-soon as drivers were educated in The downfall of the KK.K. was due not to their principles but corous and non-ferrous metals were its use. There had already been

the actions, that were done under their disguise. The ending of this once powerful and patriotic on ganization

was not accom- plished without

scenes. many inf "terror and Blood! Its downfall is to be regretted be

axposed to sen action in Bouth ampton Docks for three years, and ar account is given of 72 of these. The metala examined included lead, zine, tin, aluminium, copper, nickel,

cause at one time it was necessary and 'various alloys containing iron, for the very life of the Southerner.chromium, nickel, copper, and zinc. and the fact that membership was fouly for white Protestant Âmeri jeans made it an upholder of the ¡Constitution and of the older socia!

tradition.

It is very possible that it may re- vive, or some other organization of the same kind will be formed to combat organised crime and graft.

KING WHO MAY HAVE BEEN MAD

AND EXPECTED TO LIVE FOR EVER EVIDENCE FOUND.

one

Akhenaton,

of the most famous of the Kings of ancient Egypt, who founded a religion, may have been a madman who thought. that he would never dio."

The Egypt, Exploration Society's. Tel-el-Amarna expedition, under Mr. J. D. S. Pendlebury, of the

The metals were, except where otherwise stated, in the form of round bars 60 cm. (2 ft.) in length and 2.87 cm (14 in.) in diameter. After weighing, they were fixed in The number of bars in each framA eight stout rectangular oak frames. varied from eight to thirteen. The ends of the bars were supported in holes in the frames, 2 in. apart from centre to centre, and plugged with felt saturated either with tar or with vaseline thickoned with paraffin wax.

The frames were fixed, under a jetty at Southampton Docks, at approximately haff-tide level by Mr. F. E. Wentworth Sheilds, to whom the author desires to expresa, his great indebtedness. After three years (1928-1931) the frames, were diamantled..

Slight Corroslari.

Owing to the thief accumulation of mud and shelly fauns, it was not possible to gauge the extent of

SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS Cairo Museum, has been searching corrosion from visual inspection

for evidence that Akhenaten was itu. This was unfortunata, for, buried in the Royal tomb near Telon dismantling, it was found that el-Amarna. Although it found corrosion had not proceeded so far many fragments of the Royal canoes had been expected, and the re- pic chest, there was no evidence |sults are not so conclusive as the that it had ever been used although author had wished. The oil from the King's "ahawaiti" (or funeral the ships assisted in the formation figuros, who would do his work in of a more or less protective layer the next world) were discovered in of mud round the bars, which was the tomb

not scoured off by the lowly mov- .... "The most plausible explanning waters, as would have been, the tion," Mr. Pendlebury told a Press case at Weston-super-Mare, where. representative, is this The the, tidal currents are very rapid. King's daughter, Princess. Mokuton, The present results, therefore, aro dies suddenly, The Royal tomb is not exactly comparable, with those uncompleted, but a side chamber previously obtained. It was' ob- in hurriedly finished off: There is served that the shell_fauam no time to make burial figures, and did not collect in any appre they, therefore, use the King's” ciable numbers. on the copper Although the sarcophagi and or copper-rich alloys, although all canopie cheat were already propar- the other bars, wore covered, even. od for the King's burial, the death. the lead and zine bars.

The of his daughter may have made him shall faung did not appear to affect hate the place so much that he the corrosion of the metala oppre refused to have the work continued ciably while living Dond shell there. Then towards the end of his faune stimulated local corrosion in reign, when he may have been on alloy steels, nickel, and in nickel the borders of madness-he was one alloys not rich in pper, leaving of the greatest egoists the world more or less circular patches. has ever known and denied that he

The methods of clearing and would ever die believing his own examining the bars, wore the same title, 'Greas in My Length of Days' as in the previous research, save he may have deliberately smash that tensile tests were not applied ed in an insane frenzy alf his as corrosion' had pot proceeded suf funeral furniture,

ficiently far to justify them

7.35.1.

11,00 1, 9:00a.m.

11.00. (11.00 ..

& 4.00 pm

8.00

11.00 8.30 m

10,30

10.80

7:00 pm

a time saving in the dow of traffic, and by making it possible, eventu- ally to do away with, two point- duty policemen it would lend to substantial saving to the ratepay-

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