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ESTATE OF LATE CAPT. ARTHUR.

LEAVES LOCAL PROPERTY TO VALUE OF $41,000.

DIED INTESTATE.

Hongkong estate to the value of $41,400 was left by the late Mr. George Duncan Macpherson Ar- thur, a partner with Mr. Brayfield in the firm of Messrs. Carmichael and Clarke, of Queen's Building, who died intestate on January 25, 1930, The late Mr. Arthur lived at No. 881, Nathan Road, Kowloon, and was survived by his widow, Florence Arthur, of Frogmore. Devon, England, Mrs. E. R. Cawdron (daughter) and Mr. Dun- can Edward Arthur, only son.

-Letters of administration have been granted to Mr. T. H. G. Bray- held, consulting engineer, and Mr. T. G. Bennett, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master, who are at torneys for the executrix.

The late Mr. James Corrie, formerly of Gula Estate, Perak, F.M.S., and late of No. 2, Rose- mount Terrace, Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, who died on August 5, last year, left local estate which has been valued at $12,700, while estate in Great Britain amounts to £3,684 18s. 6d.

Re-scaling of testament-testa- mentar has been granted to Mr. M. H. Turner, of Messrs. Deacons, who is attorney for three sisters, who were appointed executrixes. Testator directed that everything should be divided among the executrixes in equal shares.

Re-scaling of probate of the will of the late Mr. John Wilson Campbell, planter, has been grant Ed to Mr. G. G. N. Tinson, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes

and Master. The late Mr. Wilson left Hongkong estate worth $7,500. He was formerly of No. 9, Church Street, Malacca, Straits Settle- ments, and died on May 16, 1929, at No. 41, Longlands, Park Crescent, Sidcup, Kent, England. In his will he bequeathed every- thing to his wife and daughter.

Net personalty in Great Britain amounts to £1,368 5s. 4d.

THE EFFECT OF EXCHANGE.

THE INCREASING COST OF FOOD,

In view of the advertisement, which appears in our to-day's issue, we have interviewed the Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd., and are informed that they have been reluctantly compelled to In- crosse their retail prices as from Ist July to cover the difference in exchange. This step has been taken after giving to their custo- mers the full benefit of their stocks imported when exchange was more favourable. We are also informed that even the prices of local meats have had to be increased, owing to the rise in price locally, which we understand is due to new export duty imposed on live cattle ex- ported from China.

Price of Milk.

The price of dairy produce, such as fresh milk, has been advanced by 1 cont per bottle for the same reason, viz., exchange, an not only cattle but practically everything Ced in connexion with the produc tion &nd handling of milk

imported, and the price of fresh milk

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said

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to be the only item of food which has remained unaltered for 10 years, although cost of production in the in- terval has increased by mors than 100 por cent We are assured that the Management has been mort reluctant to increase the price of milk and have endeavoured to, off- set the increased cost of production

LOCAL RADIO.

STUDIO CONCERT

FOR TO-DAY.

To-day's wireless programme to be broadcast by Z.B.W. on a wavelength. of 355 metres:-

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6.00-7.00 p.m. Chinese programme. 7.00 Chal Romano. Overture,

Ketelbey.

Band of the Coldstream Guards, 7.08 Roll away Clouds.

Paul Robeson, 7.16 "Hit the Deck" Vocal Gems.

Light Opers Co. 7.24 Evensong "(Easthope Martin)

Herbert Dawson, 7.80 Popular, Jocular Dr. Brown.

7.37 If You See Sally,

Melville Gideon. 7.43 Canzonetta (D'Ambrosio).

Charles Penrose.

Marjorie Hayward. 7.49 Glory of the Sex. (Sanderson). Peter Dawson. 7.50 "Patience" Selection.

Coldstream Guards. 8.05 "The Girl Friend" Vocal Gems. Light Opera Co. 8.14 Toasts. Norman Long. 8.0 Grand Choeuerbert Dawson. B.26 "Wait." John Turner. 8.32 "Martha." Selection."

8.40 Chanson. 8.46 Tu Sais,

8.53 Serenade (Drigo),

0.00 Weather Report. 0.05 Studio Concert. (1) Violin Solo.

"D'Aleutte"-Glinka-Auer.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1930.

NEW O.S.K. SHIP ARRIVES.

EXPRESS FREIGHT SERVICE TO

NEW YORK.

MOTOR CARGO LINER.

Leaving Nagasaki on June 25, the new O.S.K. motor vessel Kinal Maru arrived in port without cargo shortly before 6 p.m. yesterday her maiden voyage and was moored to Buoy A 3. She is under the command of Capt. T. Yamaguchi

with a crew of 60 Japanese.

DECISIVE BATTLES.

FIERCE STRUGGLE ON THE LUNGHAI FRONT.

Peking June. 26. Reliable foreign messages-state that a very severe battle has occurred on the Langhai front

during the past week,

EMPIRE ECONOMIC

CONFERENCE.

OPPOSITION LEADERS MAY BE PRESENT.

LABOUR'S POLICY.

It is confirmed that Chiang Kai- shek sustained a check about June

London, June 26, 21, but since then he has thrown House of Commons on the vote for Ta course of a debate in the in large reinforcements. Chiang the Dominions Office, Mr. L. M. 9, is employing at least ten divisions Amery, who was Dominions Secre- there, while the allies have also tary in the late Conservative: Chieng is attempting to outflank Imperial Economic received large reinforcements. Government, suggested that at the

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Conference: the allies right wing and to ad- leading representatives of every The Kinai Maru is one of six vance to Kaifeng from the south, Party should be present. new motor ships built to the order but is meeting with very stern appealed to the Secretary for the of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha for opposition. The result of the Dominions also to deal with all their express New York freight fighting is still hanging in the proposals with an absolutely open service, the others being the Sanyo Balance. This may prove the de- mind, and to give an assurance Mart, Kwanto Maru, Tokai Maru, cisive battle of the campaign, that no methods or subjects would Hakuroku Maru and the Kwansai Mars. They have not yet been

be barred from discussion. completed but will be in Hongkong in due course.

It is confirmed that. Shans forces entered Tsinanfu yester- day morning. Han Fu-chu has re- treated to Chowtaun.

The Kinai Maru, which has a gross tonnage of 8,400, has a cargo Ma Hsung-kwei is reported Coldstream Guarda.capacity of 14,250 tons, her dead-be falling back from Taian Reginald Foorte,

weight being 10,000 tons. Her di- Yenchdw-Reuter. (You Know).

mensions are:-Length 463 feet 6 inches; beam 60 feet 6 Inches; depth 40 feet 9 inches. With a horse-power of 11,000, she is said to be capable of developing a speed

Metaxa Reginald Foarte

John Braga. Accompanist Mrs. Griggs. (2) Songs.

a. Slumber Song.-Delius.. b. Serenade.-Bantock.

Miss R. Mow Fung (Soprano), Accompanist Mr. F. Mason,

A.R.CO., L.T.C.L.

(3) Songs.

4. On a Tree by a River. b. A More Humane Mikado.

Dr. Ride. Baritone.. Accompanist Mr. Mason, (4) Humaraus,

The Roast Beef of Old England. Nothing over Sixpence. Ernest Hastings. H. M. V. Record, (6): Songs,

a. Down Here. Brahe. b. Vale. Kennedy Euscll. Mrs. G. McLeod. Mezzo Soprano.

Accompanist Mrs. Griggs,

Songs.

(6)

a. She is far from the Land.

Lambert.

b. Floral Dance

Moss, Mr. G. McLeod.

Light Baritone. Accompanist Mrs. Griggs.

(7) Pianoforte.

A. Staccato Etude. Rubenstein. b. La Campanella. Paganini-

Liszt

Levitski, H. M. V. Record. (8) Songs,

a. Nightfail at Sen.

b. Melisanda Phillips.

of about 18 knots.

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Government Advance Claimed.

Shanghai, June 26.

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Mr. J. H. Thomas, Secretary for the Dominions, said that, speaking for himself and the Government, they would exclude nothing from their considerations. They would discuss everything on its merits end with a single-minded desire to do all possible not only in the interests of our own country but in the interests of the Empirè na well.

An official message from Kweiteh states.-"On the Lunghai So far as he could see, the only railway sector the left wing of the thing likely to be excluded was the A feature of the vessel is the Government forces, headed by the Referendum, because there was not special accommodation for silk, six Cavalry Corps, advancing mention of that on the agenda. rooms being specially built for the through Kihsien to Kaifeng, and As to suggestion that representa- purpose with a total capacity of has reached a point fifteen miles tives of the Opposition should 857 tons. She has four deep tanks south of Kaifeng. In the centre, attend the Conference, Mr. with accommodation for lots be-the Second Army Corps has pene Thomas said if the Dominions tween 200 tons and 1,000 tons, be-trated the rebels' first line of de- would agree to it, so far as the sides four refrigerating chambers fence at Lanfeng, and is marching Government was concerned they for 310 tons and a magazine com-rapidly along the Lunghai railway would welcome it.—British Wire- partment for 50 tons.

line towards Kaifeng. On the less. Peking-Hankow railway the Gov- ernment units are continuing their advance northwards."

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She will be open to inspection this afternoon and launches will leave Queen's Pier at 3.40 p.m., 4 p.m. and every half hour after until G p.m.

QUEEN'S THEATRE,

NOTED PAIR SEEN IN

"LUCKY, STAR."

Janet Gaynor and Charles Far- rell are again seen together in a

It adds that a Kubminchun counter attack on the Peking- Hankow railway sector on June 24 was repulsed after an eight hour.· engagement, five thousand of the insurgent troops being taken, pri- soner. Reuter.

AMERICAN STOCKS.

CINEMA NOTES.

COLOURFUL BOAT PICTURES

IN PHOTOPLAY.

At exactly the same time when the new queen of the seas, the liner Bremen, was making new records ploughing across the mighty At- lantic, the picturesque stern paddle- wheels of fifty years ago were mak ing another sort of a record at the Universal Studio during the filming

romantic drama, "Lucky Star," CABLED QUOTATIONS FROM of "The Mississippi Gambler,"

NEW YORK.

now showing at the Queen's Theatre. The vivacious little star has a role which fits her to a nicety. It is that of a simple lit- The following quotations have been received from their correspondents tle country girl who falls in love Messrs. Hayden, Stone and Co. of with a war cripple. There is, of New York, by Messrs. Swan, Culbert- course, a villain in the piece, who sen and Fritz, Sassbon House Shang seeks to take the girl away from hai (cable address: "Swanstock" her lover, this character being ex-Shanghai), who are not responsible The Crookit Bawbee. Anderson.cellently portrayed by Guinn Wil-for cable mutilations.

Mr. and Mrs. George McLeod.liams. Needless to say, Accompanist Mrs. Griggs.

Goetz,

Mrs. 1. Portallion, Contralto. Accompanist Mr. F. Mason.

(9). Vocal Duet.

(10) Songs,

a. My Heart is like a singing

Bird. (Parry).

b. The Lilac Tree.

Gantliu. Miss R. Mow Fung. Accompanist Mr. F. Mason. (11) Violin Solo.

Nocturn in E. Flat Chopin.

John Braga. Accompanist Miss Lena Noronha. (12) Humorous,

a. Tu pass, the time away. b. Once upon a time, Melville Gideon. H. M. V. Recard. (13) Songs,

a. In Summertime on Bredon.

Graham Peel. b.."Mine" (Anon).

Mrs. M. Portallion. Accompanist Mr. F. Mason. (14) Songs. In Enterprise of

Martial Kind

There Lived a King. Dr. Ride. Accompanist Mr. F. Mason. God Save The King.

GIRL RESCUED IN HARBOUR.

BOAT UNDER TOW HITS A SAMPAN.

A collision between a sampan by larger turnover and strict economy and a boat which was being towed in running, but, owing to the ab- by a launch in the harbour off normal fall in exchange, this is now Waterloo Road in the Yaumati impossible. For instance, cattle District last night was reported to which were lately imported and the Police by a girl who was on those that are now on order willboard at the time.

be costing almost 80 per cent. more In making her report the girl than previous shipments, not to said that her sampan was travel- mention bottles, cans, transporta ling from the Yaumati Ferry tion, etc., which form part of this wharf to Taikoktsui with two male business. The major part of the Chinese passengers. On passing cattle food is also imported from the vicinity of Waterloo Road the -gold using countries.

steam launch Wing Loong travel- ling in the same direction and towing a boat passed close to the sampan with the result that the tow boat collided with the other craft and caused it to capsize.

We are also informed that the Dairy Farm small bottles actually contain one half pint of milk, or 10 Imperial Ouncas, which cannot be said to be the case with all the other dairies in the Colony,

21 YEARS AGO.

SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE “TELEGRAPH” FILES.

The following extracts are from the Hongkong. Telegraph for the week ended June 27th, 1909.

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All the ocupants were thrown' Into the water, but the two men managed to rescue the girl and then turned over the boat again. The launch did not stop.

The girl intimated that a quan- tity of clothing, to the value of about $9, was lost.

him, on the Macao boundary ques- tion, arrived in Hongkong.

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The Assessment Report. showed that the rateable value of the Co lony had decreased from $10,815,-

The rate of the dollar on demand 753 to $10,750,902. (It is interest- was 1. 9.7/164.

ing to note that the rateable value [for 1929 was $33,069,602).

General Jaochim Machado, the special commissioner appointed by The name of Dr. J. A. Churchill the Portuguese to confer with the was added to the list of medical Chinese commissioner, H. E. Ko Yi- practitioners.

every-

thing ends happily, but the story

is well constructed and grips 'the. attention to the very end, although the climax is, perhaps, somewhat overdone.

This film is a part talkle, and it is noteworthy for the fine act ing of the two main characters. Indeed, we have never seen this pair to better effect, Janet Gaynor being particularly effective. The photography also is a tribute to the producer, some of the impres- sionistic effects being decidedly artistic. We can recommend the film as being well worth seeing.

Joseph Schildkraut's newest star- ring picture which comes to the Queen's Theatre on Sunday.

The record which the colourful Mississippi boat was making was the film reproduction of steamboat life as it used to be-the romantic days of the plantation owner and carpet-bagger, when gamblers of exactly the type played by Schild- kraut thronged the twin-stock ves- sels in an era far more dramatical- ly appealing than even the mighty 67 ocean greyhounds of to-day.

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New York, June 28. Tone of Market-Strong. No. of Shares done. 2,500,000. Call Menoy.-2%.. American Smelting Anaconda Copper Baltimore & Ohio Borg Warner Continental Oil City Service Common Curtis Wright Common Eastman Kodak Electric Bond & Share Erie Railroad General Motors Gold Dust General Railway Signal Goodyear

Tire & Rubber Granby Consolidated Hudson Motors International Cement International Nickel

Railwaygomery Ward

The Kowloon-Canton advertise that at the request of the Chinese Section of the Railway, the additional train leaving Kowloon at 1 pm on Saturdays for Canton and its return on Sundays from Canton at 8.13 p.m. is suspended until further notice.

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"Of all the nervel - She's wearing a copy of the exclusive model my suit was copied from."

"The City Gone Wild."

One of the most baffling social phenomena in the United States the high murder rate-gives its 193 gruesome but fascinating aspect 78 to Thomas Meighan's new Para- 38 mount starring picture "The City 40 Gone Wild" which will be shown 77 at the Majestic Theatre Kowloon,

to-day.

Civic; atate and national officials ung. have combined with reformers, 59 psychologists and criminologists 25 in attempts to analyze the problem 34 and to lessen the number of deaths 17 caused by violence. Police of the 36 large cities of America have laboured constantly to control the forces that they believe respon- sible for murders. Prohibition, in the last few years, has been 156 another factor to be taken into account when considering the problem.

This problem of lowering the murder rate was the thought behind the "City Gone Wild," a powerful underworld story. As directed by James Cruze the pleture shows rival gangs of a large city engaged in a bitter, lethal feud. Meighan portrays a powerful criminal lawyer who brings a temporary truce between the gangs only to find their activi- ty has plunged him into a tragic situation in regard to his love for a beautiful society girl. He dis- covers that her father is the resil leader of the underworld, and when he later becomes à district attorney, he is faced with the alternative of betraying his trust to the state or disclosing his sweetheart's father's machina- tions,

A strong cast surrounds Meighan in this amazingly vivid production. The society girl is played by Marietta Milner, Viennese beauty, who was his leading woman in "We're all Gamblers."

The rival gangsters are played by Fred Kohler and Duke Mártin, whilst their respective underworld girls are Louise Brooks and Nancy Phillips.

Mr. E. Christensen, of Christen- sen & Co., reports to the police the theft of three blank cheques drawn on the Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation, numbers 85782, 89907- and 39908. They are said to have been taken from an open- safe some time between Tuesday and yesterday.

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10, Ice House Street.

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