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MID-AUTUMN
Chinese
FESTIVAL
Residents
Celebrate
PROCESSION
* OF DRAGON
The Chinese community in Hong Kong yesterday celebrated. the Mid-Autumn Festival, or the Moon-Cake Festival, with "great enthusiasm, and the majority of shops and houses displayed elec- de designs and colored lanterns, particularly the large department stores.
In the homes of Chinese faml- lies, feasts were held and tables were laden with moon-cakes and fruits of different kinds.
Last night the weather WILS fine and the moon could be ob- served in its fullest grandeur, signifying family raunion And hopplaess.
DISPLAYS OF LANTERNS
JOHANNESBURG
AIR RACE
Capt Halse Heading For Home Town
DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR
SECOND
PLACE
London, Sept. 30.
Out of 11. competitors still in the Johannesburg Air Race, Capt. Halse ding and, barring accident, he is expected to reach "Johannisburg, which is nts' home town, befgeen seven and eight to-night. At noon to-day he was flying over North Rhodesla and, astifled the aerodrome at Broken Hill that heTM expected to land there at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Clouston, who was second, in the race up to Calzo wär des tained at Khartoum owing to engine trouble and it is douxeit whether he will be able to continue.
Scott and Llewelyn are now in B-neck-to-neck struggle. chasing Halse for second place. They landed at Juba within one -minute of each other and left at the same time after réfuell- Ing
Findlay who is the remaining competitor in the race is un- accounted for since he left Cairn-Bexter's Bulletin Service.
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The streets were full of sight- seers, enjoying the coloured lights
MORNING POSITION . and lantern displays of the stores and shops. The restaurants, tea
London, Sept. 39. rooms and all other eating houses
Captain S. S. Halss in a Percival were packed with customer. In New Gull still her the lead this the better class restaurants, morning in the England-Johannes special rooms were reserved for burg Air Race He reached Mah Jongg parties, bent on spend-Kisumu from Khartoum at 7.24
of the festival.
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Northern Rhodesia, at sight o'clock.
Motion picture theatres regist and Cithalen & Percival
tered full houses at-al-partor-P mances, while the dancing halls. the Roof Garden of the Sincerr Company and the Ming Yuen at North Eulit were reported to have done good business. In the streets. could be heard the continuous fir-
ing of crackers, and little boys shouting the sale of "Chance Oracles" of luck and good-for- tune.
*
* FIRE-DRAGON PROCESSION
At Tai Hang last night, the villagers celebrated the festivp] by long fire-dragon procession. which attracted a large number of people. The procession will be re- peated for the next three nights. commencing from 7p.m. to 10 pm. each night.
-It is said that when the first fre-dragon procession took place. Tai Hang Village was the only lucky plase free from plague,' which raged throughout the Colony at the time, and so the procession has continued, every year for the past forty years— T.S.M.
TYPHOID
Five cases of typhoid, one im- ported, and three cases of diph- theria were notified to the local Health authorities on Tuesday.
INDIAN
CURRENCY
POLICY
Present Parity To Be Maintained.
Simla, Sept. 30. The Finance Minister, Bir James Origg, announced in the Assembly that the Government of India de- elded not to lend itself to competi- tive depreciation of currency and intended definitely to maintain the present sterling-rupee parity which is in the interests of India and international recovery.
Bir James Grigg will be speaking on the motion criticising the Government's failure to rever its
which currency poley, un- animated debate is expected later. to-day-
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New Gull reached Khartoum at 5.38 and left for Kisumu at 5.65 BAT. and at present, hold second place.
by Third position is taken Llewellyn and Hughes Don in a Percival Vega Gull, who arrived at Khartoum only five minutes after Scott. They left for Entebbe at 6.02 B.S.T.
Scott and Guthrie book & hours 7 minutes for the fight from Calzo to Khartoum. Llewellyn's machine covered the same distance in 7| hours.
WARSHIPS IN HARBOUR
Positioris of warships in' harbour yesterday were as follows:-.
South Wall: HMS, Diamond. HMS. Moth.
East Wall: RMS. Regulus North Arm; HMS. Decoy, H.MS. Defender, HM.S. Lowestoft, H.M.8. Oswald and H.M.B. Proteus.
West Wall Dock; HMS. Delight, HMS. Duchess.
In Dock: HMS: Dainty, HMS, Diana, HMS.. Olympus.
Taikoo Dock: HMS, Regent. Foreign: Chinese gunboat Ying Swel, French gunboat Argu».
TRAINING
"Price
OF AIRMEN
AT KAI TAK
What Far East
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Doing
INSTRUCTOR
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BEST FOR 6 YEA
|*gat! On October 8 Mr. P. 8mith, outpu the instructor, at the Ear Last N Flying Training School, Kal Tak Ing launching Aerodrome, will give a lecture from Z.B.W. Strelo on "How to kn "over the
He will endeavour to remove the howe obstacles regarding nying from the för 393)
ninds of Hymen.
the "peak At present there are forty-eighting was engineering, and 32′ dying. paplle Fromni fu Eut the School. Any student reasonable intelligence esh topilot z pläne within ten days or 12 *4/fortnight, in which time he may i
secure a pilot'g, “A” licence,
The engineering studenta re- quire a minimum of two years study within Government require ments), after which period, thủy
NEW ACTITUDE
· RECORD
med obtain a standard Gověru | Remarkable ment deence for a fully qualitiett Engineer of Aircraftwe
Il fortune. belell Flying Officer. Cotton who was lying abcotid in the race at Khartoum where he Mr. Smith said that they only a ved at 1.40, but owing token-, trained pupils for a Pilot.", gine trouble he has not so far been licence. "B" Hicences were able to proceed
" In schools for masters' News of Fihday and Waller whq | navigators" Ucences. are flying an "Air Speed Envoy is still awaited. Nothing has been heard of this machine since I left Cairy at 85 ass night
RAF
TEN MI
The omer Tour-competitors a Alf Arm of the Hanz Kong Volun- now out of the race. They are teer Defence Corps. All those rapidly becoming wenk Flight Leutenant Rose, who inaking part in the tests were train focating, was the experience le h's Double Eagle had a mishap oned by the school, and the pre-cribed by Squadron Leader FR landing at Cairo: Major Miter intiminary heats will be decided next a New Gull, who abandoned the Sunday, weather permitting.. race near Be'grade; C. G. Alington and Lieutenant. Booth who made a forced landing. near Regensburg. arid Victor Smith who in 'a Spar-. row Hawk is held up at Skopljë, Yugoslavia.
The Bell Cup is being presented by the Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell, of (Continued on Back Page.)
Khartoum reports that Clouston, HAILE
who is delayed there with a seized piston, hoped to leave before poon, -British "Wirelem,
KING'S
MEMORIAL FUND
£250,000
Subscribed
London, Sept. 29.
"
A cheque from members of the staff of the Imperial War Graves Commission was' received to-day at Mansion House and brought the total of King George National Memorial Fund to the £250,000 mark. The Chairman of the Memorial Fund executive declareti to-day "the success of the Mem orial is now assured and it will be
possible to have a splendid stare
D. Swain of the RAF, after he bad landed with a new, nititude record won for Britain. He few nine and a half miles high.
The airman said he had olinib- ed in a series of wide circles un- til he had only about three-quar- ters of an hour of petrol left and
as at an altitude of 46.000 "feet", Looking down the light was al most dazzling, but looking up the sky was the deepest blue, almost
SELASSIE'S
INTENTIONS black.
Delegate's Hint At Geneva
Genega, Sept. 30. A cryptic statement made by Taezaz, Abyssinian delegate at the Assembly, appears to suggest the impending abd.cadon of Emperor Halle. Belassie.
Taezaz, after reterring to the impending renewal of the Italian attack said that in order to save the lives and maintain the ride- pendent national home of his people, the Emperor musi regard himself as bound to consent. to sacrifice his rights guaranteed under the Covenant.
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which, at
Below him he could see the whole of the English coast- line from Margate to Land's End.
had the impression England- was a most minute country, da
Then the pressure sult, he was wearing began causing him dist comfort and he had diadculty moving his arms and legs, with sight symptoms of tramp in his right arm. But there was no difu Acuity in breathing
BEGAN TO GLIDE When he had reached 51,000 feet- he found he could not climb any higher and decided to call it a day, and shut off his motor and began (Continued on Back Page.)
FAMOUS SHIPOWNER'S BIG ESTATE
Taezaz's statement,
London, Sept first appeared as a hint of im-
The estate of the late Bir John pending abdication, is now inter-Ellerman, famous shipowner who preted in League quarters sa died in July 1933 has been report- willing to recognise Italian con- quest of parts of Abyssinia, if in return his sovereignty over the remainder of the country is not disputed... Beuter
in historic getting at Westminster meaning that the Negus would be:ed at £36,884,964:* The details of
MANILA GOLD SHARES and a Playing Field throughout the length and breadth of the land, each scherrie happily com- Local Dealings
memorating two aspects of bin late Majesty's life and interests." British Wireless; -
Bnyera
Raubs, $11.35. Atoks, $1.10. Demonstrations, $1.57, Benguet Explor.. 43 cts. Big Wedge, 82 cta. Paracale Gumaus, $1,14. San Mauricio, $5.35.. Buyoc Consol, $1,28.
Sellers Consol. Mines, 10% cts.". Banta Rosa, 17 cts.
Sales
Northern Mining, 61 cta. Big Wedge, 4 cts. Consol, Mines, 101-101 cts. Demonstrations, $1.55-1.59, Masbate Consol, $1.02.
·Paracule. Gumsus; 31.15-1.18. San Mauricio, $5,45, Suyog Consol,, $1.27-1.28, United Paracale, $3.10, ex:
(Full quotations on Page 12)
THE DOLLAR
T.T. ON LONDON; 1s. 2.13/16d,
LONDON "SILVER
MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, Sept. 10, Lopion sover prices to-day were down 1/18 as follow:-
Spot.f... Forward
Sept. 28 Sept. 30 19-15/18 19-7/8 19-15/16 19-7/8-
Curing
Tuberculosis
Japanese Sent To
China
Canton, Sept. 30. Japanese methods in dealing with China are inscrutable..
It is reported that in view: c"
will were Arst published in August 1933 and it was then stated that so far as could be ascertained the gross value of the estate was £17 224,425. It is understood there is still considerable proper abroad which has not yet been Yalted and the final estate therefore may be in excess of £37,- 006,000. Estate duty payable many millions of which have al- ready been paid on › ́account will be in neighbourhood of half the total estate British Wirelese
NEWS INDEX
the recommendations of certain Cables
experts,... Japanese tuberculosis Radio Programmes patients are being shipped to Cinemas Ching for the benefit of their | Local-Diary health, and that such patients Police, Courts have already appeared in Han- Philippine Minste
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