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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1931.

EMPIRE TRADE AND

CURRENCY.

ing the purchasing powers of China and India, it falls between two stools whon connidering methods of achieving this end, This, however, is a matter which i could be discussed in greater do- tall at the Empira Gurrency Con- ference which is recommended. On the whole, there is much of value' in the report and it is unfortunato, in a way, that it emanates from unometal quarters.

Premium Bonds.

DAY BY DAY

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Big Game of the Sea.

By L. MITCHELL-HENRY.

IN THESE DAYS, HALF OUR DIS- BASES COME FROM THE NCOLECT OF THE BODY IN THE OVERWORK OF THE BRAIN. IN THIS RAILWAY AGE, THE WEAR AND TEAR OF LABOUR AND IN- TELLECT GO ON WITHOUT PAUSE OR

FUNNY fshing for sport has | la a dour fighter, and, unlike most SELF-PITY. We live Longer THAN our FOR PATHERS; BUT WE SUFFER

and thresh about on the top of MORE THAN A THOUSAND ARTIFICAL its true place with

big-game the water, but acts of in a straight CARES. THEY fishermen. For years the smaller line at a very fast rate, swimming ANXIETIES AND FATIGUED ONLY THE MUSCLES; WE varlaty has been a source of plea-at some depth. EXHAUST THE FINER STRENGTH OF sure to the American sportsman, The job then is to get headway

THE NERVES.-Bulwer Lytton.

T only recently begun to find other game fish, do not jump

but it in only in the Inst dow years The P. and O... Khiva, from that the capture of the larger nor

thern fish has been attempted. cn con- Singapore, is due here at 6 a.m.

In 1914 1 was fortunate enough Tuesday.

to catch the first of these largo Yesterday's health return shows fish off Nova Scotin; then follow

cases of typhoid and one

ed the war, and in 1928 1 caught diphtheria.

them off Denmark, and again in In 1930 succeeded in

An interesting scheme is being put forward in Canton for the pur- pose of raising funda in noxion with municipal politics. This is the lesuing of so-called premium bonda to meet the penses of an organisation named the Citizens' District Autonomy Association and its branches.

ex- two

18

of

Inspector R. II. E. Marka and Sergt. 1929. F. O. B. Tuckett were two Police catching the first in British waters Officers who returned front me off Scarborough, and this year leave by the P. & O. Rajputana this have the only one caught so far. morning, accompanied by their wives..

Now that the pioneer werk has

on the row-boat before tho. Ash has exhausted the supply of line; as the boat gathers way the brike tension is increased till the fish is actually towing the dinghy, and later on the boatman can even row against the fish to increase the strain. The whole of the pull thus brought about le on the back and shoulders of the fisherman, and ia terrific.

This may go on for hours, and Seemingly, the mavement has to

at last, as the fish begins to tire, to with the creation of a Canton

the flaherman can take the oilen. Municipal Assembly, inasmuch as

sive and fight the fish, giving him it is stated that the bonds are to

Mrs. W. J. Waddington, wife of the succeeded, the sport should take a no rest in which he may rozain be redeemed when this body

Manager of the P. and O. Banking firm hold of thore keen enough to his strength. Towards the end of organ.sed. The scheme is being Corporation, was amongst the passen face the discomforts and the very the fight the fish usually seeks the of fighting these bottom; straight down he goes run under the supervision of the gers who arrived back from Home on severe strain

irresistibly, and he has to be pull- Municipal Government, and it is the P. and D. liner Rajputana to-day.

ed up. My next interest was to intro- Loped to raise a sum of $200,000.

Run over by à public car, No. 633duce these fish to the public here to the Inducement to subscribe

in Connaught Rond Central, Tam San,

A

"

game fish.

been

No sooner is he up, than down

deep down, and the dead weight scheme is provided by offers of aged 62, was admitted yesterday into as the finest food fish extant, and goes again, till at inst he dies

of the Guvernment Civil Hospital with a to find lucrative employment for has to be wound up once mora. II

our fishing Beers along is then secured with a rope, and substantial prizes to holders

fractured ankle and other injuries. the men reality, bonds. In

the

He died in the evening.

new lines. Here, again, a start lucky

has been made, and there is at the motor-bont, which has proposals appear to partake of the

paintscraper employed on the last a ready market for any fish hovering in the distance, comes u

and picks up the fisherman, figh nature of a big lottery. The bonds

and dinghy, and then there are are to be sold at one dollar each, hull of 1.M. Submarine Perseus in that may be brought in.

The tunny contrrate around celebrations! those who handle their distribu- drydock yesterday, had an accidental

fall from the work platform and the trawlers and drifters at work

This year I ventured to hook a a three per suffered serious injuries which result off our coasts, and come up to the fish at 2.45 in the morning, 40 ton being granted

Periodicaled in his going into into hospital. commission.

sunface, to take any maimed

or miles out at ses, and on a pitch cent.

disabled fish that fall from the black night. I found that I could drawings are to take lace, and

On a summons taken out against pets. In this occupation they are the prizes offered include houses. Mr. C. 1. Rolfe necusing him of constantly seen close to the fishing, do nothing to fight the fish, an I motor-cars and gold watches, of, leaving his motor enr unattended out-

not see, so had to sit grimly Could bonts.

hanging on for four hours till day- if desired, the equivalent in cash. side the French Bank In Queen's Road,

We go out in a motor-boat. to break came. During this time I The bonds are transferable, and Mr. Schofield at the Central Police

Court this morning Imposed a fe of where the trawlers are at work, was towed name eight miles fur- of the $10.

and cruise about the fleet till some-ther out to Ren, and it was do not bear the names

only the

one signals that a fish in feeding with the greater difficulty that holders. Looking through

We then get into motor-boat kept in touch with me. regulations governing the scheme,

the in

At length dawn broke and I then we see an mention made of

in

it ns

a

Sir Shon-aon Chow, Hon. Mr. S. W.

by Miss Nellie Forren, whony com-

and Li JawROTI,

movement the rod.

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י

Splendid Food.

the

It is truly pitlable to soe good

Wang Shun, n patient at the Tung in the vicinity. Wah Hospital, who was admitted our dinghy, with one man at yesterday suffering from tuberculosis ears, and throw cut small bits of set to work to fight the gamest terest, so in reality the project in and thought to be rapidly approaching, herring in handfuls. The fish. If fish i have ever had. Another in the nature of A lottery. not the end, suddenly lost his reason and still present, will come un

and two and a half houre of strenuous possessing the customary features mutilated himself with a knife,, at take these bits, and then we throw work killed him. This made my

No 3.30 in the afternoon.

out a whole herring, to which our seventh sunny taken on rod and bond issues. of premium

hook is attached.

line. doubt li is hoped that the offering

The fisherman, seated prefer- of attractive prizes, on tickets of Tso and the management of the ably the bow of his boat, has 2 | Fuch low value, will cause people King's Theatre, were yesterday ent powerful rod and reel equipped to subscribe freely in the hope of tid at tin at the Peninssin lati! with a line of breaking strain of¦ The sudden burst of activity in

The pany is now appearing at the theatre, about 1001b. The butt end of the fich thrown away, as they were red in securely fastened to the last year; so in accordance with British industry may or may not securing lucky numbers.

Others in the party included Messrs universal fit az in the boat which plan previously laid, I sent the premium bond system, which Is be zustained. A natural result of

Liang Chi-hao (manuging director) various

A real live extremely popular

holds it eccely yet allows free fish as a present to the devaluating, of the pound, it is European countries, where it is

Balesman, who happened to bo fisherman and who was interested, nevertheles an artificial stimuli- sponsored by Governments, has a The members of the longkonk

The Fun Begins,

for him to try to tempt the pub- Reel Club will be At Home to frien is tion which rooner or later must great deal to commend

lic. The success and those interested on Friday, No-

was immediate. To the rod is attached a harness Four hundred and forty pounds of become subject to ordinary econo-

It is u means of raising funds.

vember 15, at Lane Crawford's Res- which fits over the back of the splendid food was sold in a few mis laws. In the main. it de perfectly sound und altractive faurant from 5 p.m. on 7.30 pm. fcherman, allowing hint to lay hours; it gave every satisfaction. noted an expansion of exports, A plan, based on the idea of paying During the evening there will be allhack his whole weight against the and there is now a demand for exhibition of Scottish Country Danges, participants Highland dancing competitions (the fish, while his hands are free to more. sudden contraction of imports--as small interest to

time giving judging of which will be undertaken wind in, when the fish will let him, might result from the imposition but at the same

control the brake which re- There is a very long history be them the opportunity of winning by Capt. Grant and Pipe-Major and to o' a heavy tariff—would bring the cash prizes. These prizes are Sinclair of the D3rd Highlanders) and gulates the tension on the line in the use of tanny for food.

nractice dance for St.

Right back in ancient times the Audrew's while the feh is running. At the fish is mentioned, and the indus- movement rapidly to a full stop. At provided out of money saved by Ball. the same time. we are sure, it has | keeping the interest low. At been sufficiently striking to enlist various times, efforts have been given considerable support for the re-made to get the system

SILVER FUTURES. commendations of the joint com- a trial in Englan, but the puritani mittee of the Federation of British cally-minded have raised much op

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS. Industries and the Empire Econo- position to the idea, with the result that it has never been put into oper- mic Union. This committee

We ation.

have heard the

Messrs. Pentreath and Co. have strongly urges against any stepsuggestion

put

forward that been advised by cable of the fol- to restore the round to its gold the

Government,lowing quotations of New York- land him; some 79 fish were hook and with the type of shore. Hongkong

silver futures as at the close of ed in 1912-1914, at Nova Scotia Nova Scotia they are either caught existing monetary when is parity under

of need

bat net a single fish was landed in trap-nets or harpooned. In conditions. It Rees an opportuni- might da worse than to embark on

until I designed my own tackle the Bay of Biscay the fishing boats ty for consolidating Empire finan- premium bonds schema. Ger-

and caught the first one to bo trail a bait on either side of the taken in the open ocean. The fish bont, attached through the line to cial policy and submits for con-tainly such a plan would prove Im- past ex- sideration a modification of Mr. J.mensely popular, but

if the perlence has shown that

funda.

F. Darling's scheme for an Em Government wants money on laan pire Bank and the rehabilitation of it need not resort to such methods. silver. It favours the proposal The Interest rate in the past, recently outlined for the estableb together with the sound security ment of an Empire currency. uflered, has made it an easy mutter South Africa and Canada are to rate loans here. Nor do we now fighting to the last shot to anticipate any difficulty along these lines in the luture. If and when preserve the gold standard. they

the next Government Loan is draw upon all their resources, and offered, it will without a doubt be fail, which is not unlikely, they easily subscribed. The Colony has run the risk of being left, when a wonderful future, in spite of all the day comes, with no central that the passimist mey say, and ita banking reserves with which to credit in Hikely to remain unlim steady exchange. It might make paired.

SUGAR MARKET.

a great difference to the attitude adopted in Ottawa and Capetown if they could rely upon the pound keeping fairly stable at its pre- Bent level. Equally, It is almost) certain that Pax Britannica would lead to a complete change, of out- look in other countrica threatened of the sugar market yesterday has

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.

The following cable at the close

by currency collapse. The Em-been received by Messrs. Pon-

pire might easily lay the found. tions for an all-round industrial Improvement if it became the loud- er, in a monetary sense, of a group of countries with their currencies linked to the pound and whose concerted polley would be steady commodity prices on a sterling basis: In the matter of the re- habilitation of silver, the com- mittoo's report offers little. In- sisting upon the mood for increas-

treath and Co.

London Terminals.” March 1992 6/8 up 1⁄4d. May 1032 0/10%, up 1d. August 1932 7/- up 1⁄2d. December 1931 6/5% up 1⁄2. Buyers at above prices, nellorg acking 4d-1⁄41⁄20, more.

New York Terminals,

March 1932 1.29 up 1 pt. May 1932 1.33 up 1 pt. July 1932 1.38 ho change. September 1982 1.42 down 1 pt. December 1901 1,32 no change.

the market yesterday.

January 1932 34.25 up 2.15. May 1932 36.40 up 2.06. July 1932 36.60 up 2.60.

ond of the line is a steel trace of about 20ft. to which is attached still flourishes to-day in many parts of the world, and has made the hook. On the audden appear great progress in Norway.

Den- ance of a whole herring among mark, Holland, and other the many small bits slowly sink-tries, where it is only three ing through the water, the fish, four услга very naturally, takes the whole The methods of catching" those

one, and is hooked. It is here that the fun beginė,

old.

coun-

fish for commercial purposes vary with the district where they are It is comparatively easy to hook found, with the traditions of the a fish, but quite another matter to fishermen, with the depth of water,

"-Thon he's old enough to start on cereals. Now here's

how I cook oatment-"

On

long spara projecting on either eide, much as we go whimig for mackerel. By the way, the tunny is a large variety of the mackeral family.

Oil Drum and a Football.

Off Denmark and Norway they are caught with a herring and hook similar to that which we use. but a heavy line is attached to a four-gallon oll drum and behind

that a

a long length of line is thrown. out, with a football on the end to. keep it afloat. The fish thus fights the buoyancy of the drum, as he prefera

to swim well below the surface. The crew in the motor- boat follows the floats and hauls In the fish when exhausted

This method is well suited to our fishing boats in the North Sea, as the fish can be booked. alongside the trawlers, and the floats collected when the haul is over.

As regards "the sale of these fah, I have personally made | arrangements to ensure that there la an Immediate sale at a fixed rate for any of those fish brought In this Reason. I sincerely hope that our fishermen in the North Ben will take up the canture of these fish. A moderate-sized fish will fetch from £10 wholesale, and four or five might be got in one

trin.

Here is a flue food at our doors: We have the men,, the ships, and at last a guaranteed market. It remains to be soon. If we are suffi- ciently awake to opportunity to ambraco the chance which, le no patently asking to be seized, or whether we shall leave it for the foreign ships to show us the way, -and-so-gain the reward-of-enter-

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