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and

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Des Wagons Lits, Peking.

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MEXICO SUFFERS SILVER SLUMP.

ANXIETY OVER FALL

OF THE PESO.

New York, Nov. 14.

THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

A GOOD RESPONSE TO RECENT APPEAL

1930.

ARCHITECT LEAVES.

MI G. VAN WYLICK, OF THE CREDIT FÒNCIER.

The friends of Mr. G. Van Wyllek, Chief Architect for the Crodit Foncier d'Extreme Orlent,

At the annual meeting of the gave him a send off last night on

It is reported from Mexico City Hongkong Horticultural Society, the eve of his departure for that banking and commercial In-which is to be held on Wednesday Europe. With his wife and terests are worried by the latest

two

In

slump in, the peso, and are con- next, the report of the Committee children, Mr. Van Wylick is nail- ferring with Government offelala for the period ending June 30th.. ing by the Coblenz today, and

may not return to the Colony. with a view to averting a possible last will be presented.

Mr. Van Wylick has been criais,

The report, inter alia, states that Hongkong three years in which Silver pesos are. selling towing to the deplomble financial time he has, on behalf of his em fifteen per cent. below the gold peron (the normal difference is position of the Society for the past ployers, added to the Colony some three per cent), and both silver few years, your I'resident thought notable new styles in architecture coins are suffering A it desirable to take steps to In-le was responsible for the design. and gold

the new houses In Prince strong decline in exchange with exense Its membership and there-of

Edward Rond, the Claremont Hotel the American dollar To-day, 259 by insure its existence. An op

In Austin Road, and other build- silver and 224 gold разов are

hundred United peal was accordingly made to things. Or a cheery disposition, he

quoted for

States dollars. Many

the

are public both by letter and through has been very popular. He acted

DOW

curtailing their operations pond-the medium of the press. We are for a time as Consul for Belgium, silver glad to be able to report that out in the absence of the Consul, Mr. Ing developments in mituntion.

of 125 appeals there were 74 res-Bolsius.

on the ponses. There are books of the Society 21 life mem. bers and 246 ordinary members. However, notwithstanding the suc

shall be cean of our efforts, we of

pleased to welcome any further new members to the Society.

re

an

Withdrawal of Silver. The Mexican Government cently withdrew ten million silver

circulation in from peBox

ffort to improve the exchange ilver againat gold, but this, and measures. other equally drastic

little effect-Router's has had Amina Servier.

"The Committer would like to take the opportunity of informing members that the Society is will ing at all times to give any ad- vice on gardening that may be re-

MRS. VICTOR BRUCE AT |quired, and a letter addressed to

SHANGHAI.

TRYING EIGHT-HOUR TRI

FROM AMOY.

The

Shanghai, Nov. 14. Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce landed here at two o'clock in pretty| good condition.

She was met by Mr. Blunt; of nod by The British Consulate. Aslatic Petroleum Company cids, in the presence crowd.

of a lurste

Mrs. by Router. Interviewed Bruce said that she had had a dif. Beult eight-hour trip from Amoy The weather was most foggy and she lost the coastline several times.

The Hon. Secretary will be prompt- ly dealt with to the best of their ability."

The financial statement shurws that there is a balance on current account of $125.08.

ANOTHER MAN KILLED IN NEW BUILDING.

FOREMAN PALLS FRMO A

GREAT HEIGHT.

at

Falling nearly 30 feet. Tom Lap. aged 52 years, chief foreman em- played on Gloucester Building the corner of Pedder Street and Des Voeux Rond, was almost in- killed yesterday She will not be leaving to-mor- stantaneously row, and during ber stay in Shang-afternoon. He is the fifth work- guest of the man who has lost his life since the hai she will be the

General, Mr. construction of that, building wan British Compul

begun some twelve nionths ago. Brenan. Reuter.

SHANGHAI BOMB SENSATION.

The man was supervising some work on The fourth floor, about 20 p.m. and was walking along the scattolling. It is said, when his foot slipped. He lost hi lance, fell to the concrete floor nearly 50

feet below, and was already dead

DISCOVERY IN DOORWAY OF when fellow workmen rushed to

SOVIET CONCERN,

Shanghai. Nov, 14. A sensation has been caused here, which may have Sino-Russian com- plications, by the discovery yeater- day of a bomb in the doorway of the Soviet Central Co-Operative Society, in Peking Road.

The bomb was left by a young *said, speaking foreigner, it i broken English, and was in a box with a letter attached. the letter reading

"Wait for a secund and real With Compliments. present. BI

It is believed by the police that White Russings are behind this seeing effort to destroy the Soviet Company emcerned.-Our Own Car- Trapitlent.

SERIOUS RIOTING IN HAVANA.

MARMAE LAW NOW IN OPERATION.

the spot. His injuries were mul- tiple, and dicated that he had struck some of the cross girders heavily as he fell.

n

This is the fifth fatality that has nccurred at Gloucester Building months. It during the past few will be recalled that, when senfolding beam on the fourth floor slipped from position in June, our men were hurled below, one being killed outright and two others from their injuries. In dying August, another workninn fell from one of the girders and was killed.

THE LATE MRS. T. M. GREGORY.

FUNERAL AT HAPPY VALLEY.

The funeral of the late Mrs. T. M. Gregory took place yesterday afternoon and was attended by a large number of relatives and friends of the deceased. The Very Rev. Dean Swann officiated at the preliminary service at the Pro istant Cemetery, after which the cortege proceeded to the Japanese Crematorium where the body was cremated.

New York, Nov. 1.

anya A message from Havana six persons have been killed and 75 wounded in the past seventy-

The chief mourners were. Mr. two hours, in the course of riot- ing in the city, where martial law T. M. Gregory (husband), Mr. M. Manuk (brother), Miss Manuk has now been proclaimed.

Soldiers Are patrolling the slater) and Mrs. Moses. Others streets, and the populace is re-present included Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Itutionjve, "Mr. and Mr. M. P. maining indoors.

Thinti, Mr. and Mrs. Tobias, and Messrs. K. Pestonji, G. Lammert, H. Seth, Patell, R. M. Hajee Esmaff, J, D. Thompson. A. Steven- son and D. Cooper.

The newspapers, except the Government organ El Heraldo, have suspended publication as protest against the censorship. Reuter's American 'Service.

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