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The Most Comprehensive Survey · Yet

Compiled of Reconstructional Progress in Modern China.

CHINA'S

NEW

CURRENCY

SYSTEM

By TANG LEANG-LI

A survey of Chinese Currency and Banking System in Historical perspective and of the reactions of the World Slump upon Chinese Trade, Industry, and « Finance, from the beginning of the depression to the Establishment of State -Control of Silver-with Statistical tables relating to movements of Gold, Silver and Prices in General.

ON SALE AT

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS OFFICE

Publishers:

CHINA UNITED PRESS

299, (SZECHURN ROAD, SHANGHAT

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1936.

SUTTONS

SEEDS

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WORLD

SUPPLIES ARE OBTAINABLE PROOT ;

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RATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF

AUSTRALASIA LIMITED.

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SERVICE TO READERS

THE HONG KONG

TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES

Broadcast By Z.B.W. On 355 Metres

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European record-, 4.40 p.m.-Technical Tips for the

ed programme.

Radiofan

Orchestra

32.30 pm The BBC, Symphony | 4,45 p.m.-Variety Concert.

6.30 pm.-News and Economic Re-

view in German. 5.43 p.m.---Hitler

1 pin-Local: Time Signal and

Weather Report.

1.03 p.m. Concert Items.

1.30

p.m.-Reuter Press, Rugby Press, Local: Weather fore-5.15 coat, time and announcements 1.40 p.m.---Variety and Dance

Music.

2.35 p.m.--Close Down. 5-8 p.m.-European Programme. 5-7 pm--A Relay of the Rong

Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra. p.m.-A Recital by W. H. Squire

(Cello)

and

Dorly Vane (Soprano)

1. 'Cello Salo--Sarabande (Sulzer,

Op, 8).

2. Song-Brunwen-Cradle Song

(Holbrooke, Op. 75).

3. 'Cello Bolas.-Adagletto (Bizet,

arr. Squire),

Tarantelle (Popper, Op. 33). 4. Songs. Å Summer Night

(Thomas).

My Dearest Heart (Sullivan). 5. 'Cello Solo-Romance (De-

bussy).

7.30 pm. Closing Local Stock Que-

tations.

played by

the Van Phillips

Quartet and "Nicolette" (Phil-

lips) played by Van Phillips

and his All Star Orchestra.

7.40 p.m.-

From the Studio

Youth Pro- gramme: Hour of the Nation's Youth.

p.m.-8m off DJA and DJB (Germ.. English).

8.56 pm-Call DJE and DJB

(German. English).

German Folk Song:

7 p.m.-Concert of Light Music

8 p.m.-News in English

CENTRAL LIBRARY

IN NANKING

New Building Under Construction

TEMPORARY PREMISES

Book lovers who deplored the

LAMMERTS AUCTIONS"

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE

ABE Undersigned have received

instructiona

TO SULL BY

PUBLIC AUCTION

V

lack of public libraries in the FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1936

capital found their need fulfilled

at least partially, if not totally, on Sept. 6 upon the open-

8.15 pm-Greetings to our Listening of the Central Library in its ers in the "Far East and Calt temporary premises in Chung Chen DJQ.

Street, pending the completion of 8.20 pim.-Concert of Light Music a new library building.

(continued)

9 p.m.-News and Economic Re-

view in German.

9.15 p.m.-Chamber Music.

10 p.m.-News and Economic Re

view in English on DJE DJQ in Dutch on DJB.

Germany

10.15 pm.-To-day in

Sound Pictures." 10.30 p.m.-"Der Corregidor."

Opera by Hugo Wolf. 11.45 pm-Guests from England will sing: Jean Beckwith,

Phoebe Thomson, Fergus Dun- Jo

(Germ., Engi).“

RADIO MANILA

COMMENCING at 2.30 F.M

AT THEIR SALES ROOM. DUUDALL STREET

A QUANTITY OF". VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

Comprising:

Small as the present, premises | are (being housed in a few roms), the library nevertheless boasts of 60,000 volumes in various languages which represent a little less than half of the total collection at pre- Teak Drawing Room and Dining rent, in addilon to numerious lead-Room Furniture, Black Wood Ware, ing newspapers and magazines Bed Room and Office Furniture, China and Electric Ecfrigerators, Table Fant published abroad.

both in

All the 8.000 volumes are of ge- neral interest, being mostly books science, sociology, Uterature. art and other subjects. General

en

cyclopedia Britannica, dictionaries, and year books of different coun- tries are also found on the hook shelves.

& Lamps, Carpets & Ruge, Gramo- phone and Records, Pictures, Oil Paintings, Porcelain and Glass Ware, Silver & E. P. Ware, Aluminium & Braaa Ware, Enamel Bath, Wash Basins, Mirrors, Cutlery, Ornaments..

Typewriters, Radio Set, etc., etc.

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also

For the time being the libraryThree Upright Pianos does not lend out any books. Those One Set Uld Chinese Arma who want to read them have to do so in the library.

DAILY PRESS, LTD., 7.33 p.m. "Salut d'Amour (Elgar) 12 midnight.-Close DJE. UJQ. DJB reference books such as the E-Clocks, Sewing Machines, foe Chests, and the HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS, through their London Office, at 53, FLEET STREET, E. C. 4, Tel. 3137, are prepared to give Subscribers and Visitors advice regarding accommoda- tion available, motoring faci-

suitable lities,

shopping 3.05 p.m.-Chinese Studio Concert. centres, etc.

If, when at home, they will call or telephone to the above address, they will receive the utmost assistance and the latest available information on all subjects of enquiry will be placed at their disposal.

The Job Printing Department

Book Binding,

"

of the

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

is equipped with all the latest and most up-to-date appliances for the production of first-class work.

All descriptions of Illustrated Catalogues, Circulars, Visiting and Invitation Cards with latest Royal Script Type."

CH

COMMERCIAL PRINTING

*" turned out accurately, and with the greatest despatch, under the direct supervision of experienced Europeans.

Machine Ruling,

Gold Lettering, and Marbling,"

(etc.

All executed on the premises at the shortest notice.

Law Work,

Ledgers and Account books, A speciality, and

at prices which compare favourably. with any printing establishment in the Far East, Estimates furnished.

(South African Government

Talk: "A Day in the Life of a 3.30 a.m.-Breakfast Hour of News Gold Mine" by A. T. Brennan. | and Music-English and Span- 15h Current Eventa and Vaude- ville of the Air conducted. by Don Alva.

Trade Commissioner for the East).

8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Wea- 7 a.m.-Sign Of.

H ther Report and announce- | 9.30 am-Nielson Financial Re

ments

view and Musical Varieties 11.15 am-Sign Of

11 p.m.--Close Down.

2:30 pm-Nielson Financial Review 3.05-11 p.m.-European Programme 3.45 p.m.-Sign Of..

from ZEK, on a frequency of | 6. p.m.-Tirso's Mabuhay Orchestra, 640 kiloxycles.

6.20 p.m.-Spanish Informational

8.05 p.m.

Edith Lorand and her Orchestra. Vivat Hungaris (Kalman). Gipsy Love--Overture (Lehar). Londonderry Air arr. Kreisler). Poem (Fibich).

The Last Waliz (O. Strauss). Donauwellen Waltz (Ivanovici). Rondo aus der, Haffner-Serenade

(Mozart).

8.33 p.m.

Billy Mayer! Memories, 8.46 p.m.

Four Songs by Percy Heming,

(Baritone).

1. Chorus Gentlemen (Löhr).

2. O to Philadelphia (Haynes).

3. Joggin along the Highway

Samuel).

4. The Devout Lover (White).

9 p.m.-News and announcements

from London.

9.20 p.m.-

Two numbers from "Show Boat"

sung by Marie Burke and

the Mississippi Sextette. “

1. Can't help lovin' dat man. 2. Bill,

9.30 p.m.-

Period

630

Feriod.

LIMITED SPACE

In spite of its limited space the visitors will find the place just as good as any bigger library in this country. They are provided with every facility, including the usual catalogue.

and

One Set Temple Ornaments.

ON VIEW 720K THURSDAY, THE 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1986.

LAMMERT BROŠ..

Meanwhile, preparations for the construction of the Central Library buliding in a place of land, mea-TERMS—Cash on DelIVERY; p.m.-Engllah Informational suring 50 mow, near the National Art Gallery in Kuo Fu Road are proceeding apace. A construction fund of $1,500,000, has been álloted by the Sino-British Boxer Indem- nity Refund Commission. completed, it will be one the largest libraries in China, rivalling the

old capital.

6.55 p.m.-Stock quotations, through the courtesy of Swan, Culbert- son and Fritz.

"

7 p.m.-To be announced. 7.15 p.m.--Commercial Monitor. •, 7.30 pm-To be announced. 7.45 p.m.-Electrolux presents Car- son Robison and His Buckaroos,

8 p.m.-Dinner Music.

9 p.m.-Listerine Amateur Hour,

with Baron Unterhelsen. Mas ter of Ceremonies. 0.30 p.m.-Musical Varieties. 10 p.m. Sign off.

When

AUCTIONEERS.

National » Peiping Library in the PUBLIC AUCTION.

г

A decision to establish the Cent-

8.45 p.m.-Stock Quotations and ral Library was reached by the

Local Market Reports.

Central educational authorities as early as 1928. Owing to financial difficulties, the matter was drop- ped for sometime. In 1933 a pre- paratory committee was organized with Mr. Chiang Fu-chiung chairman. Since then, prepara- tions for the establishment of the library have been vigorously push- ed.

Variety. Instrumental Fox-Trot Medley-7 Harry Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins. Song-Leave me with a love

Song-Turner Layton.

used:

EMPIRE RADIO

TRANSMISSION 2-

(Hong Kong Times)

GSH 21.47 Mr/s (13.97 m.) 080 17.79 Meis (16.86 m.)

..

MANY BOOKS

"

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Up till the present the commit- The tollowing frequencies will be tee has collected more than 100,000 books and pamphlets, including 69,884 volumes in Chinese, 4,659 volumes in Western languages, 551 p.at-Big Ben. The Trocadero volumes in Japanese and 500 Cinema Orchestra, directed by volumes in Manchu, Mongolian and Alfred Van Dam. From the Tibetan languages... Troxy Cinema, London,

Song Oh My Goodness ("Poor 7.45 pm-"I" If the French had

Hittle Rich Girl"),Mae Questel

(The Betty Boop Girl).

Browne.

landed in Bantry Bay in 1796. By Maurice Healy.

In addition to the collection of books, the committee has also ex- tensively subscribed

well-known.

THE

THE Undersigned bave received ·

Instructiona

TO BELL BY

PUBLIC AUCTION

OX

TUESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1936

COMMENCING AT 2.30 P.M.

AT THEIR SALES ROOM, No. 3; HANKOW ROAD,

KOWLOON

,

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

Comprising :-

Song. Gypsy Violin --Sam 8 pm.-A Grieg Recital by Isobel Baillie (Soprano). A Swan, ▲ Dream, I Love Thee. Solveig's tistics, periodicals and magazines Carpets, Ornaments, Fiotares, Brass

Gulbar Solo--Dipsomania--Len

Fillis.

Song--Dinner for one please

James-Turnier Layton. - Orchestra-Moss Rose, Waltz--

The Bohemians.

Song-Let's Sing Again--Bobby

Breen.

10 pm-Big Ben from London. The B.B.C. Wireless Military Band: The Mill on the Rock--Overture

(Reissiger, arr. Winterbottom). Le Reve Passe (Helmer), Hungarian Dance ("From For- eign Parts") (Moskowski, Op. 23, arr. Sommer).

The Caliph of Bagdad-Overture

(Boieldieu).

Lynwood March (Hume). Prairie Flower-March (Hume)` 10.30 p.m.-

Billy Cotton and his Band, 11 pm-Close Down.

BERLIN PROGRAMME

1.05 pn-Call DJA, DJB (German,

English).

German Folk Song.

3.10 p.m.-Musical Variety Hour. 2 pm --News in German. 2.15 p.m.-Musical Variety Hour

(continued).

2.55 p.m.-Greetings to our listen-

ers in Australia.

3pm-News and Economic Review

In English..

3.18 pm-To-day in Germany.

Bound Pictures.

3.30 pm-Kaleidoscope. Variety

Hour by Helmät Goetzelt.

Song, The Princess, From "Monte Pincio.

8.24 p.m.Penny Coloured."

A

gentle satire Libretto, lyrics and music by John Kelr Cross, Production by William Mac

Lurg.

p.m.-Greenwich Time Signal

1.9 p.m.--The News and Announce-

ments.

H

9.20 p.m.-The Philip Whiteway

Ensemble. 9.45 p.m.-Close down.

TRANSMISSION 7 The following frequencies will be used:

08H 21.47 Mcja (13.97 m.) G80 17.79 Mc/s (18.88 m:) GSP 16.14. Mc/s (19.82 m.)

periodicals, magazines and news- papers. According to present sta-

received regularly number 961, while the number of dailies reaches

620,

Black Wood Ware, Teak Dining Room & Bed Room Furniture, Drawing Root & Office Furniture,

& E. P. Ware, Forcelain & Glass Ware, Sewing Machines, Cutlery, Table Fans & Lamps, Linen, etc., etc.

also

To meet the urgent need of the public a part of these books and periodicials collected are displayed Two Electric Refrigerators in the temporry premises of the library.-

Central News Agency.

POPULATION OF

D

"NANKING IN MAY

The total population of the Ca-- pital for the month at May was 1.006,435, of whom 603.129 were. males and 403,306 females, accord- 10 p.m.-Big Ben, The Carlton

Hotel Orchestra, directed by the Metropolitan Police Depart ing to census statistics compiled by Rene Tappañoler., From the ment. Compared with April, the Carlton Hotel, London.

figures show a decrease of 6,005. 10.30 pm-Imaginary Biography, "Captain Robert Jenkins,” by

· Michael Oakshott,” but 10.50 p.m.-Settings of Maseßeld's Poems, A Recital by Keith Falkner (Baritone), Bea Fever (John Ireland), The West Wind Donald Stewart). The Belts of San Marie (John Ireland). By

Ham

Murdoch

O VIEW FROM MONDAY,

THE 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1976.

TERMS-CAME ON DELIVERY.

LAMMERT BROS., AUCTIONEERS.

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ANOTHER RECORD

GONE

While making the biggest score

of the season on August 31 Ham~ mond had also the distinction of (Australian i beating another of W. G. GraCE's Pianist). Sonata in A, Op. 47 recorda. Sixty years ago. Grace (The Kreutzer): /A Adagio scored 1278 runs in August, the sostenuto-Presto; Andante con greatest number of runs ever scor- variazioni; Finale Fresto. ed by a batsman in any dingle 11.42 p.m.-Round arid About.”. month. Admirers of the most famous of all cricketers cannot fail to regret, and eveu tó resent a little the encroachment of lat- ter-day players" on his many za- orda, which were accomplished un-- der conditions which made rin, getting far more of an art thân it

a Blerside (Armstrong Gibbs). 11.55 pm The News and An- Salt Water Ballads; (1) Port ́o'

nouncements.

Many Ships (2) Trade. Winda" Midnight-Greenwich Time Bignal, (3) Mother Carey (Keel). To- 12.15 a.m.--Dance Music Oscar morrow (Keel),

Babin and his Romany Band. 11.11 p.m.-Beethoven's Sonatas for 12.25 am-A Recital of New

Violin and Pianoforte No. 5

Gramophone Records. Albert Bammons (Violin). Wil-1 am Close