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CROWN COLONIES'

INDUSTRIES.

TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1932.

THE HWA NAN COLLEGE.

PROFESSOR'S ADVICE TO

STUDENTS.

Arising out of the changed fiscal policy at Home, Erlangers. Lid.. the well-known bankers.

Stressing the importance of have pullshed a series of treatises Professor R K. M. Simpson, who learning the English language on the manufacturing Industries distributed the prizes at the first of the British Oversens. Empire. The work of writing there reviews Prize- giving day of the Hwa Nan

has been entrusted to Mr. Haroldanid that it was

College on Saturday

-N. Carvalho, who hna nesembled

non male

for Hongkong boys to attain a real

faels and Aguren in a simple and easily asalmflable form, steering Westerli ideas without-n understanding of Western science clour of any blus towards eithor Protection of Free Trade.

thorough

of English.

The ing was held at the a Shing Theatre in which a big

of the students attended and were entertained with a delightful pro gramme of musten and other theatrical items.

Part V. of the series, dealing with Nowfoundland, the West Indies, Ceylan, Hongkong, Sara-athering of friends and parents wak, Brunel and Borneo, ha un made its appearance, retailing at 28. 6d. net. Several pages are devoted to Hongkong, giving facts and figures concerning the Co- lony commercial and economie position, these being supplement- ed by coloured statistical diagrams which show the silantion at 'a sclance and which add greatly to

the value of the production.

issue,

Dealing with the tariff the author points out that Hong- kong's position is unique in the Empire, since the Colony, "is the phe unit in the British Empire

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Kailap School.

Mr. J. M. Noronha presented the prizes on Saturday afternoon to the pupils of the “Kallap School which is ran under the auspices of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at Queen's Road, East.

Yuck Chi's Prize Day. - The annual speech day of the Yuck Chí College was held yester. day

morning iT the Po Hing Theatre in Yaumati. The prizes *** | and certificates

where the imposition of a tarlif. giving preferencu to goods from the United Kingdom and the Empire, would without doubt bus of no reciprocal advantage; it; would destroy the basis on which she has built up her trade, and, by adding the complication of Customs organisation, would pro- bably throw not of gear, if destroy, the delicate machinery which has worked smoothly and profitably for nearly a hundred years. This lone would more than offset any bennüt British nianu- facturers might receive from a preference on cutton goods, which, perhaps, is the only class of im- tort from the United Kingdom on which tariff preference might be cas, of any advantage, In any the United Kingdom could not offer any material advantage in return, Hongkong has practi- eally no exportable Igen produce in which reciprocal preference could be granted."

uy

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Jongkong fiarbour. There has just been issued second edition of "Notes on the Harbour of Hongkong," E. J. Πεν. deRome, B.Sc. (Lond.) and N. Evans, M.A. (Oxon), Original ly compiled for the masters of the junior classes in Elis Kadorie School, and, na such, having been used in gebgraphy lessons for the past eighteen months, they have been, issued in pamphlet form. Op- portunity has ben taken by the Rev. N. Evans of revising and, in many enses, of rewriting and recasting the notes. The work has been ad- mirably done, the matter being

well assembled and illustrated both by photograps and maps, The hope expressed by the authors that the booklet may be of interest to older scholars and the general public is one which shoull be ren- lised.

Light Fiction.

|

were distributed

by The Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, while Dr. S. Y. Wong, of the Hongkong University, addressed the students. The Yuck Chi College start and students have organised ́an exhibi.

tion

needlework, embroidery, painting in Chinese and work in plaster an bamboo, etc., which

will openi this coming week- erki in the school building. 1. Nathan Road. The public is invited to attend.

he advertised that he was tired of fool and sought un- playing the usual and exciting occupation, "within the law prefererd, but not essential." Many complications de- retop when Tredegar comes inte contact with not too innocent mini- villales, dens and unscrupulous Very good fiction, fold with marked ability and reflecting characterisation.

excellent

Good as her previous books inve been. Ethel Lina White has pro- bably done nothing better than "Put Out the Light," a story which holds the reader's attention from It is the tale of start to finish.

a rich eklerly spinster who believ ed she would be murdered and whe feared four young people, regard ing them as lions, Lamed by her whip, who might spring if ever her funt slippet. The murder does Lake place, and the mystery is only fathomed when accident puts tim loen Police. Superintendent or the right track. The authoress, in a prefatory note, points out that the victim, the dominant character in the novel, has been retained as lous as possible. Readers

may

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

The following is the list of local share quotations issued today:

Banks.

Hongkong Banks, $1426 n. Chartered Banks, 9121⁄2 ». Mercantile A. and B., £18 n. Enst Asin, $1271⁄2 n

Insurances.

Canton Ins., $1,350 n. Union Ins,, $112 BR.

China Underwriters, $4.621⁄41⁄2 n.

China Fires, $590 n..

13:K. Fire In., $1,250 n.

Shipping

Douglases, $25. b.

H. K. Steamboats, $23 b. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.) $45 a Union Waterboats, $25 n.

Mining

Benguets, $11.75 b. Kallans, 30/-

S'hai Explorations, Tls. 2.70 n. Raubs, $39 9.

Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharves, $158 ct. Whampoa Docks, $20 n. South China Motors $10 n. Providenta (old); $6.30 n. Hongkewa, Tls, 220 n. New Engineers Th. 6 Shanghai Docks, T. 90% 5. Cottons.

Ewo Cottons Tls, 15,70 en. Shanghai Cottons, Tis, 801⁄21⁄2 b. Zoon Sings Tlx. 111⁄2 n.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

H. K. Hotels (old) $14.80 5. II.K. S. Hotels (new) $14.75 h. H. K. Lunds, $81%1⁄2 n. S'hai Lands, Tis. 30 n. Humphreys $19 m. Realties, $11.65. b.

Public Utilities. Tramways, $22.00 0. Peak Trams, (old), $15.60 n. Star Ferries, $1011⁄2 11. China Lights, $26.90 n. H. K. Electrics, $77% ». Macao Electrica, $23 n. Telephones, $43 n. China Buses, Tis. 16 n. Singapore Tractions, 3/- b.

Industriels,

Malbons $08 E. Canton Ice., $5 b. Cements (com.) $19.10. Ropes, $17 n

Stores, etc. Dairy Farms, $29.30 n. Watsons, $16.50 1. Der A. Wings.. $1 m. Lane Crawfords, $6.35 n. Mackintosh, $19 b. Sinceres $16 b Powells, 53.00 n.

Miscellaneous, Amusements, $19.90 n. Entertainment (old) $166. Constructions (old), $5.80 n. S. C Enterprises $10 n. Constructions (new). $2 na. B. Ind. G. $ Bonds, $68% n. Loana, $3% b. Prem

HONGKONG SHARE

MARKET.

OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY STOCK EXCHANGE. Business was at a standstill this

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS,

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Астовя

1 A kind of fre that

naked but for one rag.

would be

4 Takes two to do it. (You'll

find the two in the end.)

9. A silent originator gives rise to

surprise to put it mildly).

of

11 If he's after it, it (although

plural) should make a man hlm.

12 They are just . .thlet

15 "Sweet

13 Enough here for a lobster.

loveliest village

of

the plain.

10 Presages.n close shave.

17 in this is sh.

10 English hills.

20 Part of France.

22 When Adn came after it, it was

all due to Philip.

A kettle support.

27 Silent, but confused.

28 Military science.

20 Anyone taken to it is repròved.

31 A hot place to get the derm out

of.

12 If you're on them, you'ro not at

your ense

33 A French island old friends

should appreciate.

34 Glandular, and operated

the plural.

Down

onc.

8 County,

9A varsity distinction (hyphen), 10 I imagine this family is nover asked for a bnaker's reference.

13 A girl with this name should be

good at cards.

14 Fruit descending to wickedness. 17 The Belgian part of Hispaniola. 18 As the poet would put it: "Hore

you may reverse."

21 Stammer.

23 The "come-back" of Turner in

chnos,

24 Dwarfed, or o request to give

Edward the K. O.

20 A great ovent at Aldershot. A

Down would make it alas.

21

27 Rosounded..

10 A knee much out of joint.

31 Related.

Saturday's Solution.

MPORTUNE THREW N A E N ́ ́A A ̃ COURAGE FUBSTLY WUKET RAIL "STEER ̈FIBA

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A conluetor at the top of the tree, and the tree's at the top of the conductor.

2 Hendicas nah's defeat.

3. English histotion.

One source of lament.

6 Many a man has afterwards this

being what sounds like it.

T You must be a cross-word "fan" if you have got thus far without

RARE MANUSCRIPTS.

LOTHIAN LIBRÁRY UNDER THE HAMMER.

New York, Jan. 30.

JA NYWHEN

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NITRE HORTENSIO

Branch Petition to King Georga Third," and was purchased for the surprisingly low aum, of | $53,000.

Yesterday, a Tikytt Paaltor,

The second day of the anle of dating from about 1300 was sold Lord Lothian's library witnessed to Dr. Rosenbach ́of Philadelphia, the purchase of a document said the famous book collector of rarò to bo second in Importanco books and

manuscripts, for

therefore decide who is going to morning owing to the nervousness only to the Declaration of In- $61,000.-Router's American Ser

kli her, before the murder is actually coinmitted: "they will probably reach the goal before the detective, who is built to last, and snt for speed."

and

"The Countrymnu.“ That delightful half-crown quar- terly, non-party review

and mis- cellany of rural life and industry, The Countryman." continues its vigorous and evergreen existence with every sign of a long fruitful life. The January Bum- br. How to hand, is full of in- terest. Apart from the common- sense comments which We have come to associate with this jour nat, there are any number of in- formative and well-written Con- tributions. varying in aubicct From country-house aeroplanes ta caravan bookshop adventures and from the story of the life of an old gamekeeper to letters by a candid architect, to any nothing of farm- and an ancient

Messrs. Ward, Lock and Ca.. Ltd., the well-known London publishers, continue to issue fresh additions to their Colonial Library series of Hght fiction. Amongst the latest are some quite entertain- ing novels by approved writers.

CJ. Cutliffe Hyne continues his Krfte series in "Mr. Kettle, Third Mate, in which he shows that, he has lost none of his gunning in pre- senting stories. His latest book la a typical Kettle story telling how this free little sailor in his early days loved the Empress Teresa of Mexico, helped her to redis- cover the secret of gold-making and led to restore her to the thine. The action is vivid and Lakes place in the Caribbean Sea and the West African Rio do Oring experiences Ket the fungiers will find in this book diury of a country parson-farmer much to chuckle over in the early The whole alune exudes the activities of their well-loved red- English countryside and comes, to benred captain of later years. the exile, as a reminder of much Laurence Meynell gives us a very that they have lost by leaving the readable volume in "Asking for Old Country. There is no better Trouble." l relatos, in a series way of maintainging the link with of short stories, what happened to rar England than by becoming a Stanley Tredegar, wealthy and regular reader of "The Country- handsome bachelor of leisure, when · min.“

enused by the political situation in the North.

Snica,

Union Insurance $412 Ewo Cottons, Th. 15.70/10.

Bayern,

Benguets $11. Venz. Goldfields $2. Chinese Estates $95. Singapore Tractions 3/-. Mackintosh $19.

Sellers. Indo-China (Pref.) $45, Indo-Chinn (Def.) $32. Kailan Mining 30/- Raubs $39.

Hoteln (Old) $14.80. Malabons $38.

Entertainments (Old) $10.

9. C. Enterprise $10.

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RADIO FROM BOB MURRAY TO THE

SHADYSIDE

AIRPORT ENDED ABRUPTLY

IN THE MIDDLE

OF A MESSAGE.....

SENSING TROUBLE ANOTHER PLANE

TAKES OFF T LOCATE BOB,. WHO WAS TRYING TO FIND RILEY

AND THE

Boys

STAND BY BIG BOY ST

I'LL KEEP SENDING

"TO BOB, HOPIN' THAT

HE'S OK. AND GETS

MY MESSAGE....

[AND HERE IS ROD

DOGGEDLY KEEPING UP THE SEARCH FOR RILEY...

Eureka!

SO CHET IS COMIN' OUT TO LOOK FOR MIL!! WELL.COME AKBAD, CHET, BUT YOU'LL FIND Má VERY MUCH UP IN THE AIR EVEN IF MY RADIO IS ON THE FRITZ!

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RIGHT SIDE Up, Toodl

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FOR A

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IN THE SMALL GROT

WHERE

RILEYS PLANE

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