1934-08-08 — Page 6

Entries for the interport aquatic trials to be held this week, will be found on

Page 10,

Chicago, Aug. 7.

Washington, August 7. Scenes reminiscent

The creation of a Central Bank of tha crazy days of 1929 on the New functions of the Federal Reserve of Issue which would take over the York Stock Exchange were enact-

| aystem and place the control of ed in the grain pits. Reports of credit and currency directly in the a fresh heat wave approaching the hands corn bélt, coupled with advices of stated, in omcial circles, to

of the Government, is be sharp rises in prices from Rotter-under consideration for presenta dam and Buenos Aires sent prices. tion at the next Congress. of all grains soaring.

The matter will probably be

The case in which an unemploy Buyers, many with foreign con- presented to President Rocesvelt murder of Michael Pine was ra

ed Chinese is charged with the nections, tumbled over themselves when he reaches the capital. The sumed at Central Magistracy yes to buy while prices changed rapid-House of Representatives Banking terday when one of the witnesses ly in upward movement towards Committee was ready to report a new seasonable high levels.

measure for the establishment of cribed a dramatic fight in a ton- called during the afternoon des After a visit to Illinois, Towa; the central monetary authority at nel with a man whom he describ local erop expert reported that com the last season. but the plan was ed as resembling the necured! -MORE-RECORDS BROKEN deteriorated rapidly in the last few dropped after a conference at the days. It is opined that the sea-The present proposal is regarded

Page 11 White House.... son's crop would be scarcely 75 De as very important in view of heavy cent of the amount consumed past season. The expert added

Government borrowing for re- that the situation was nothing short of a calamity.- Reuter.

British Empire. Games

Loudon, August 7. The following are further results in the field and track events at the British Empire Games in pro- gress at White City:

Lovelock (New Zealand) won the mile race for men in 4 minutes 12 4/5 seconds.

whch was a British record.

Sweeney won the 220 yards in 21.9/10 seconds.

In the two miles steeplechase, Scarbrook (England) was first in 10 minutes 23 2/5 seconds.

The laws of some countries suspend or reduce the pension of a worker who leaves the country after the pension has been award- ed. As far as this aspect of the problem is concerned; the purpose of the proposed · International The 440 yards was won by Ram- agreement is to ensure that a pen-pling (England), in 48 seconds, éloner shall retain his full pension irrespective of his country of re- sidence. The second aspect of the problem, is how to ensure that a worker transferring his residence from one country to another shall be credited with the contributions paid in both countries, and that time spent in insurance in the home country shall count towards the fulhiment of the qualifying period in the new country. This bas been done to "some extent already by the conclusion of bilat oral treaties between states. The object of the proposed internation- al agreement is to generalise the provisions of the bilateral treaties.

The Imperial Conferences of 1926 and 1930 examined the prob lem of the maintenance of pension rights within the British Common- wealth. In view of the manifold divergences of the various non- contributory pension schemes, no standard reciprocal scheme could

Nokes (England) won the ham- mer throw, distancing 158 feet 31 inches.

In the women's 220 yards, Miss Hiscock (England) was first in twenty five seconds, which was a British record.

In the long jump Bartholomew (England) won, the distance being 17 feet 11 inches--Reuter.

(Earlier results on Page 16)

RADICAL SOCIALIST

COUNTER-MOVE

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dally Press" (Copyright.}]

Parts. Aug. 6.

be devised. The various Govern- In an attempt to counterbalance

S. M. RAILWAY SABOTAGE

Many Arrests In

Harbin

of the Rotary Club reviewed the Mr. T. B. Wilson, Past President' funding emergency expenditures work of Rotary in Hongkong for

Reuter.

GENE RAYMOND

Croons His Best In

Sadie Mckee

When a man wins a Job over ninety-five feverish competitors, that, indeed, is something!

Gene Raymond, blond romantic Interest of Red Dust, Flying Down to Rio, I am Suzanne, and other films, did just this, when he ob- tained the role of: Tommy, the Dairen, Aug. 7.

crooner, in. Sadie Mckee, Joan The Police announce that Ave Crawford's new Metro-Goldwyn Workmen in the huge South Man-Mayer picture, now showing at churia Railway Company's railway the Queen's shop here were arrested on Sunday The crooner, a lovable weakling, for an alleged sabotage plot within supplies half of the high heart the plant. Twenty-five others were pressure in Sadie Mckee: the other involved.

atty per cent. being in the hands Various destructive contraptions of Franchot Tone. Tone, a ser were seized.

lousminded young lawyer. In love, Beuter

but serious about it, is in direct contrast to the debonair, blond weakling which will be Raymond's contribution.

TAXES IN RUSSIA

Press" (Copyright.)1.

Moscow, Aug. 6. The remaining Individual far- mers in Soviet Russia were saddled with nearly a Lity per cent, in- crease in tax burdens by a decree

the past twelve months.

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The Chung Shan University's - College of Engineering at Shek Fai le nearing completion. Page 11"

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Rotarians stood in silence for minute yesterday during their "meeting as a tribute to the memory of President von Hindenberg...

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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Only one case of notifiable disease, diphtheria, occurred in the Colony during the three days ended on. Monday.

announced between Mr. Cuthbert

The forthcoming marriage t Morson Gowla, of the Prison Mess. Lalchikok and Miss Ethel Mar- garet Ellerby of Durham, who la on route to Hong Kong on the Rawalpindi" The marriage iz also announced between Mr. Fre- Director Brown and Producer the South.

derick George Lloyd, Private of Wales Borderers and Laurence Weingarten entered upon Miss Annie Loo of 157 Wong Nel their laborious eight week's search Chong Road. for Tommy because of the Import- ance of the role: The balance of sympathy in it is so delicate that the man chosen had to be just

The Rey. Erla C. H. Tribbeck gratefully acknowledges, on behalf

and Boldiers Hon Subscription from

right, or the part would miss are of the Committee of

FARNES TAKES FRENCH LEAVE!

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Ballora

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Office: 11ments, however, were recommend- the new united front of the 80-1Special to the Hong Kong Daily

ed to make bilateral arrangements clalist and Communisti parties, a Offee) with regard to the method of movement is now cafoor in Radi- reckoning the qualifying period of Cal-Socialist- ctrales to create a London Office M. Fleet Street, residence, ring the rate of pen- Dowerful bloc of moderate" bour

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sion and the pensionable age where els groups which besides the migrants were concerned. The Radical-Socialists would embrace legislation of Great Britain already al centre groups and possibly ex- enables reciprocal arrangements to tend even to the Tradieu group

Issued on Monday by the Council be made with another member of The Radical Bocialist organ "La the Commonwealth having similar Repablique considers the plan

peoples and Commissaries. missarles legislation by which periods of offers the best means of preven-

By the provisions of the new law, Insurance, contributions, paid and ting the Radical-Socialist Party farm operators who are outside residence in the country than from disintegrating and from being the "collectives" and have the ex- count for the purpose of qualifica gradually absorbed by the neigh tent of annual plantings fixed by tion in the other, and whereby pouring round Herriot's Ere & Government Committee, are re- tensions payable by one country bouvelle" is more optimistic, main-guired to deliver an amount of shall be payable to persons whilst taining that the realisation of it grain ber blanted acre exactly resident in the other country. waited Marxist front will probably levied on collective farms: Hither England fast bowler once lost for the six months endin

fifty per cent, greater than that Kenneth farnes, the Essex and An Interim dividend of Bib Fending the introduction into cause a split in the Socialist ranks to the assessment of unorganised job through being too keen on 30 this year, has been other parts of the Commonwealth thus rendering the possible, in-

HONG KONG, AUGUST 8, 1914.

PENSION RIGHTS

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