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Library, Supreme Court

Hongkong Telegraph.

FORT DUNLOP

Tal. 1028A

FOUND MAZTEMT WEDNESDAY:

24,612

IN FER ANKUM

CEMBER 9, 1931 B-A SINGLE COPE 19 CERT

LABOUR VOTE OF CENSURE. FIRE ON VESSEL

TWO-DAY

DEBATE

PLANS.

WIDE FIELD TO

BE COVERED.

London, Dec. 8.

The Opposition, such as it ia, is marshalling all its forces in the House of Com- mona to-morrow and Thurs- day, which have been allocat- ed to a debate on a motion of censure, the terms of which will allow of a discussion over a wide field, including the protection of the iron and steel, cotton and other in- dustries.

It is interesting to note that on these subjects a number of Conservative back-benchers had tabled a motion for which there! will not now be time.

The House of Commons will rise for the Christmas Recess on Friday, and the day will be devot ed to the adjournment motion.

Ministers Kept Busy.

The closing days of the session

are, of course, marked by a

I

Mrs. Halen Wille Moody completely captured the hearts of the speelstore at yesterday's exhibition. She gava a brilliant display in wretched conditions. Photos show, left, the termination of a back. hand shot. Right, Helou serving.

JOCKEY CLUB

AND

tion of business at question-time BETTING TAX.

and to-day's order paper contained one hundred and forty questions for oral answer,

It is significant of the interest taken in matters connected with industry and trade and the econo mic position of the country, that out of this number, seventy were

ALTERATIONS TO

BE SUGGESTED.

Heavy Frost

On the Peak.

REMINDER OF 1893 EXPERIENCE.

Few present-day

addreased to the President of the STEPS TO AVOID would believe that Hongkong

Foard of Trade.

COMPLICATION.

IN HARBOUR. COAL BUNKER

BURNING.

FIRE BRIGADE HELPLESS.

Smake issuing from a ventila tor on board the sBenvanoch, ying at Kowloon Bay, gave warning this morning that! something was wrong in one of the holis,

AMERICA'S

BUDGET PROBLEMS. Huge Deficit in Prospect.

NEW TAXATION.

Washington, Dec. 8.

That the United States Treasury will face an enor mous deficit, amounting to $4,400,000,000 (or over £1- 200,000,00 at the present rate of exchange) is the gloomy outlook envisaged by Pre- sident Hoover in his Message Congress.

Although the smake wus not heavy, it caused a hurried in- vestigation to be modu and, it was found gut that some coal at the bottom of the ship In No. 3 starboard lurker was alight. The discovery WITH! made at about 9:19 am. this

The new-elected Congress morning. The Fire Brigade was at once day, and is faced almost im- assembled for the first time to- notified and two Sre floats were mediately with the task despatchod.

When it came to tackling the reducing the anticipated deficit nutbreak, however, it, was found by various means.

that there were over 500 tons of The President, in blu Mensoge, coal in the bunker, and that un-says that the deficit at the end less the coal où top was shifted; of the next fiscal year will not it was impossible to get within be less than the figure indicated atriking distance A the centre.

unless taxation is increased and

In view of the circumstances, the expenditure cut down. floats were of no use, and the Brigade returned th quarters.

President's Proposals.

"South Chiat Morning Bidg."

Mr. Will Moody was able to emila in spite of the unfavour- able weather for the matches at the K.C.C. yesterday, as this picture shown.

Medals for Shanghai Police.

BY THE NANKING GOVERNMENT.

•

(Our Own Correspondent).

Shanglial, Dec. 9.

taining peace and order in Shang-

The extent of the fire could IIIa proposals for tackling the not be ascertained as it was improblem are headed by plans for possible to reach The fire is a huge Federal Finance Recon- being allowed to continue in the struction Corporation, to which belief that it will smother itself. the Treasury should be authorised The fire may have been caused by to subscribe a reasonable amount the heat in the bunkers, or by of capital. The Corporation will

For services rendered in_main- spontaneous combatini,

ika own debentures and hal, the Ministry of War of the Do liquidated at the end of Nanking Government has decided. two years,

Its functions will be to facilitate ing taembers of the police: of the to confer racdals upon three lead- American agencies and exports, International Settlement.teenk to make advances to agricultural

The medal to be conferred is the credit agencies and to established first class "A" medal of the industries, railways, and financial Military, Naval and Air Force. into touch with a gentlemen who Service.

The Police are anxious to get|inatitutions.-Router's American

The recipients are Captain arrested a bagsnatcher in Queen's

residents SNATCHER CAUGHT,

POLICE REQUIRING INFORMATION.

once experienced such a heavy No less than eighteen questions!

frost that icicles a foot long aimed at eliciting a promise of an

formed on the roof of a mat- extension of the operation of the It is not anticipated that the shed on the Peak. Yet such is racing public will have to bear the case. The story is told by

Abnormal Importationя Tarious articles, and

Act tol the

Houke

WAN Amused when Mr. Runciman, the full burden of the new Bet-Mr. L. Gibbs, a former resident, Road this moe was attacked near} grouping them together, kave ating Tax which is designed to in the current issue of the A woman.' Aingle answer the effect that it come into operation on January Hongkong Naturalist, in a con- St. Francis Hotel, ralacca i alatni GERMANY'S would be improper for him to 1, 1932. The Hongkong Jockey tribution entitled "The Hong- and the anatcher was caught by a indicate the articles which might, or might not, be included in future! Club will bear its share.

kong Frost of 1893."

European or a Portuguese gentle-] This view was expressed by Mr. At the time, Mr. Gibbs was liv. man, who handed him over to the Arst police arrival and carried on

Orders under the Act.

Land Tax Plan.

The anticipated statement of the Government's decision with regard to land valuation for the purpose of the land tax proposals of the laat Labour budget was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer In the Commons at question time, in reply to several membera.

He said that as the need for economy had become paramount, the Government, after careful consideration felf they would be justified in incurring further ex- penditure upon an object which would not produce a return for a considerable time.

The proposed tax would not have become operative till 1933.

Without Prejudice!

FINANCES.

TO 12 P.C.

C. Bernard Brown, Secretary ofing at Des Voeux Vilina, Mount the Jockey Club, when seen by the Kellet, and he says the cold his way without leaving his name. GOLD COVER DOWN Telegraph this morning, though, he snap lasted several days, though pointed out, it is not official, as the only on one day was 32 degrees cide upon their action regarding Kowloon Stewards have not yet met to de- registered at the Observatory ht (10% Ivet), He con- the new imposition.

tinues:

The Ordinance is still only in draft forms, and he hopes that certain alterations will be made before it is passed into law. He has made cer- tain recommendations in this respect.

"In the evening of one of the

ANGLO-RUSSIAN DEBTS.

RESUMED.

Baale, Dec. I. Despite a favourable balance.of trade of about three hundred and

early days of the frost, uur house- CONVERSATIONS TO BE fifty million marks monthly, the

boy brought in with pride an icicle batween six inches and a fout long. I usually walked down by Magazine Gap. The Mount Kellet road was not then concreted and

None the less, it can be fairly its surface gave the crunch to well anticipated that the new bur- the feet so well known in frosty den will be shared by the Jockey weather in the Old Country. Club and the public, although hei was not in a nosition to suggest in what proportion.

Lawyers on a Slide.

R. M. J. Martin, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. C. Alors, the Crime Commissioner, and Mr. T. P. Givens, the Assistant Com- missioner.

They are the first foreigners to be so decorated.

DECEMBER RAIN RECORD.

THREE INCHES IN

TWO HOURS!

Reichsbank gold cover has fallen to twelve per cent., after the London, Dec. 8.

deduction of the Reichsbank's Conversations will take place to-foreign currencies liabilities. morrow between the Foreign Se-

Over two inches of rain fell in This startling fact was reveal an hour this morning, the heaviest cretary, Sir John Simon, and the ed by Dr. Melchior, the German December recording in the history Soviet Minister in London on the delegate to the Young Plan of the Colony. question of the settlement of out-Special Advisory Committee standing debts and claims of which is considering Germany's 1.276 inches were recorded at the Boween 2.30 am. and 3.80 á.m.. British nationals.

ability to pay reparations. "In the neighbourhood of the

Royal Observatory, and between The

step is consequent upon the He further stated that the 3.30 a.m. and 4.30, a further 2.035 Government Villas thore was fact that no reply has been re-short-term debts No Increase in Ticket Price.

of Germany length of concreted road surface.ceived to the note on this subject amount to about twelve milliards inches, making 3.31 inches in two

houra. Mr. Chamberlain added that the He was ably to any definitely, Here two members of the legal sent in July to the Soviet Govern of marks. The Reichsbank has Gavernment proposed, without pre-however, that the tax will not be profession, H. E. Pollock and ment by Mr. Arthur Henderson, in the past six months, repaid rainfall in December was

The previous highest hour's judice to the merits of the plan, applied in a manner to cause an C. D. Wilkinson were found one who was then Foreign Secretary, about a milliard, Mks. 1,000,000, an inch in 1890," which had not been under consi- Increnne in the price of tickets. morning engaged in the illegal-British Wireless. doration, to suspend work upon Such a procedure would entail a pastime of making a slide on the the valuation and to disperse the very complicated system which ice-coated roadway. I was rain- temporary staff engaged in connex- they did not intend to embark upon.ing at the Peak on one of the lon with it--British Wireless,

The Stewards will meet in due worst mornings. The rain froze course to discuss the question, and as it fell and I well remember that will then complete their plans for by the time I

Magazine reached the application of the tax.

Gap a heavy ulster I wor frozen stir in front of me.

SILVER POSITION EASIER.

HONGKONG DOLLAR

UNCHANGED.

Aftor the

official fixing, the market was

Minimum Dividend.

easler, with Amories inclined to GERMANY MINTING

word wa

000.-Reuter,

Technical Education Locally.

half

The total fall for the 24 hours ended at 10 a.m. to-day was 3,49 inches. This also sets n. New rocord, the previous highest rain- fall in a single day of December in the past being 1.6 inches in 1388.

The abnormal downpour was the result of a shortlived

dia-

The hills were white with hoar Recommendations in Report of Special turbance which occurred between

the

Committee.

is

made use that

the Pratas and Hongkong.

The weather report issued this molning saya that an anticyclone has formed over 8. E. Mongolia and a depression over Korea,

ECHO OF COAST DISASTER.

DEATH OF OFFICERS OF KWONGSANG.

Tai. 24554.

India Policy Debate.

House of Lords Divided.

Maiden Speech By Lord Irwin.

London, Dec. 8.

A debate took place to- night in the House of Lords on a motion approving the Government's Indian policy, as set out in the recent White Paper, giving the statement made by the Prime Minister at the close of the Round Table Conference.

The Under-Secretary for India, Lord Lothian, expressed the belief that the work done by the two Round Table Conferences rapre sented a stage in the evolution of the relations between India and Britain, the importance of which

Was

impossible

to exaggerats. The foundations of the new con- stitution for India must rest on the three principles which had emerged from the discussions of the last four Federation.

IL

Safeguarda.

yeara, namely Responsibility

and

He intimated that the Govern- ment could not accept the amend- ment qualifying the terms of the White Paper which was subse quently moved by Lord Lloyd and opposed by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Sankey, on the grounds that it would excite suspicion in India. Great as had been the Britiah

Lord Lloyd, who revealed bis Dis-Hard Torylem in the debate on India in the House of Lorde. achievements in India for the wel- fare of the people, much remained to be done. Lord Sankey referring to the abstractions current in the recent discussion such as Domi- nion Status, said he preferred tho

ed

a

simple statement that India desir greater share in the manage- ment of her own affairs and the problem was how this was to be accomplished. Ho believed they were on the eve of a

peaceful sold- tion of the Indian problem.

Lord Snell, speaking for the Opposition, appeated to the

Indian people to trust Britain. Lord Burnham expressed fears regarding the future procedure proposed by the Government. Lord Irwin's Maiden Soeech. He was followed by Lord Irwin, the former Viceroy, who in a maiden speech, said he had no doubt that a great advance had been made when Britain decided to give India an equal opportunity with itself to bo the architect of the future constitution.

It was foolish to underestimate the coramon ground that had been exhibited between the various groups of the delegates at the Round Table Conference.

Lord Lloyd had referred to the littor of paper constitutions la castern countries, but wore they not to learn anything from the stirrings in, Turkey, Irak, Persia, China and Japan which had manj. feated themselves in different WRyB.

Mr. Brown' also made it clear frost. To the Chinese in the City that there was no likelihood, even this was a novelty. They went up supposing the public's share of the onto the hills and gathered pine burden wore to be imposed on the branches to take home as curlos.

Appointed over a year ago to That closer co-operation dividends, that it would affect In Probably with disappointing re any wus the present minimum Bults,"

report on the possibility of in-needed between the University's dividend of $5.10. The Pari-Mu- With silver down both in Lon-el had never pald out less than sketch made from a photo show-technical education and the fial Arms and industrial under- Accompanying the article is a creasing facilities for practical scientific staff and local commer don and New York, conditions on the local market are easier to-day, that amount, and it would be re-ing icicies at the Upper Tram feasibility of establishing a

the technological though the dollar remains un- tained as the minimum dividend torminus, some of those on a

g that

which the University could changed at 18. 5.9/16d. demand. whatever system was applied for matshed' appearing to be about Trade School, the committee ap-and-should render to local trade The London dueline was 3/16tha, collecting the necessary tax from a foot long. Other photos in Mr. pointed by HE. the Governor may be more generally known and The market was quiet, with little punters.

Gibbs' possession show broken as now made its report. Its more speculative buying.

telephone wires and it immediate recommendation is the University Council should aim groy with rime or hear frost. the establishment of a Technical at making this technological sor-

School, a development which the vice as effective as possible. Committee thinks is urgently. That in the matter of the education of: mechanical and elec- needed.

(Our Own Correspondent). In the interval which is bound trical engineers the University should formulate a a dofialte policy. to elapse before the School can hold

Shanghal, Dec. 9. start work, the Committes urges having In vlow the admittedly

training

There was an echo of the Kwong- that a sum of at least $4,000 be necessary

or those General Ma 'Chanahan, hao placed annually at the disposal graduates in commercial work- sang tragedy in the British Court the University yesterday, when motions were Issued a proclamation Announcing of the Director of Education to shops; that Berlin, Dec. 8. Ina determination to recover lost enable the Technical Institute to would" be

to arrange haard for the presumption of the whenever possible, for deaths of Captain Hendry, Mr. presented with a proposal to mint a counter-attack, commanding near the Kowloon and Talkoo

from

auch ̈ graduates to be biassos for the apprentices at or Hailangfu

Kinley, the Chief Engineer.

Welcomed the desirable that some definite

fact that the Mestra. Caldbeck, Macgregor and places; thereby increasing the the Japanese forces in Manchuria, Docke

(2 Timé”Minister a Granting the motions, the Judge, statement had zralod British Co., Lu,, have lagued an attractive total of the silver colna in circula- has; sent representatives: to

scheme should be worked out in gir Poter Grain, said that, as a policy above the fenc pocket, diary advertising Johnnie tion to a value of eleven: hundred General: Mag Chan-than- of, the

consultation with local engineer mark of sympathy with the re-ton by political accideng mazi other, for which, they are and forty-two miller mavice Flous consequences of a Chiness The main conclusions of the ing firms for the practical train- latives on snot maken. The debate on pat

Committee are follows bur (Continued on Pond 2.) igral order for illu

ecil.

Now York is down 3/8ths, and the market la dull.. Sliver futurcs are down, and the market easy.

The cross-rate remains unchang- ed, with some expectations of an Improvement in the near future.

Locally, there are buyers at la. 54d. and sellors at. Is. 6.11/10d. Shanghai is easy at 18. 11.5/8d.

NEW.COINS.

LARGE SUPPLY OF SILVER NEEDED.

MA CHAN-SHAN

WARNED.

Peking, Dec. 9.

The Relaborat will shortly bo/territòries in Heilungkierige by organisé 'and' maintain

oven, in

British works, it is Rees, Second Oeor; and Mr. Me-

twenty million five-mark silver

General

Closer Co-operation.

He believed it was a profound delusion to treat events in India as the work of a minority which, firmly and effectively handled, would fade away, and give no more trombis.

He expressed the opinion that if the system of political democracy did not suit India once she was allowed the freedom to choose, she

variations Volva: the necessary