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BATH

ROOMS

DE LUXE

Estimates Free.

C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD.

China Billding.

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-Dollar on Demand:-18sqiper

T.T. on Neld-Warkzongakolograph" for shenani

High

-déšrady. Pont, Lid, Altzui, Hongkong.

The

FIRST EDITION

Supreme Court

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED IN VATEX WEDNESDAY. MARCH 16, 1932.日十月二

Tel. 20269

NO.

Our photo shuwa anıne of the de mails for China aboard the Newtalin, due in Honghung on Monday, en- joying a snack ni Waterina belare their departure from England,

BALANCED BUDGET.

SOUND BRITISH

POSITION.

FLOATING DEBT

REDUCTION.

036 SINGLE CUPY 10 CENTA

PER ANNUN

DUNLOP

Reinforced

Motor Cycle

Tyres...

"South China Moralag Post Bldg." Tel. 24554.

MYSTERIOUS FORTUNE BEQUEATHED TO CHINA.

GERMAN RECLUSE'S WILL.

USE AGAINST

EUROPEANS.

A DREAM OF UTOPIA.

BRITAIN & FRENCH DISARMAMENT SCHEME.

Loulon, Mar. 15,

Sir Philip Sassoon, the Under- Secretary of State of Air, gave the

HALF A MILLION of Commons what is

STERLING.

London, Mar. 16.

p

parently the first official bint of the Government's attitude towards the j

French disarmament proposals 20

· Geneva.

render that M

I will be

An amazing bequest of Tardien prmented a

mysterious fortune to whereby all offensive armaments China, with an instruction should be handed over to the that the money be employ. ed by the Chinese Republic wa sufflefont onfidene in any in- "in the struggle against erational body to place in its Jumis the safety of the British Em- Europeans," is the feature pire or of eight millions of Lan- of a story given consider-doners? able prominence in the He replied to his own query: | London Morning Post to- day.

control of the League of Nations,!

Sir Philip Sassoon asked: Hver

Frankly, we have not.

The peanut stage of progress in the construction of the Hongkong

pier for the vehicular forry service la shows in the photograph above.

DEATH OF NOTED EXPLORER.

Tragic End to Asia] Expedition.

M. HAARDT'S CAREER.

We have to record with deep re-

The objective of the Disarma- ment Conference, he went on, had The fortune is estimated at full British sympathy and suppoTÍ,,

but in this imperfect world wel gret, the death of M. Georges- about half a million sterling and could not afford to fail to see the Marie Haardt, the lender of the Nie manner in which it came real difßeulties. London, Mar, 16.

French Scientific and Artistic Ex- Sie 19ilip expressed the opinion into the hands of the testator that Revenue returns issued to-night,

the abolition of Britain's ¦ pedition aerost Asia, who puss- giving the figures of receipts to an octogenarian German, form- "vastly superior" military machines ed away quietly at the Repulse Bay! inst Saturday, leave no doubt that ferly of the Prussian Guard, is would give supremacy to countries floted in the early hours of this: a balange Budget will be success the subject of much speculation.

owning the biggest civil air fleet. fully realized.

During inst week, the deficit why

£12,800,000

The speech was mado in the morning. The details are disclosed by the Frourse of the debate on the Air! Morang Pouta correspondent in Estimates.-- Reuter, Home, who says that representa-] Bd at the end to £24,200%ives of the Phinese Republic in! DDD es compared with £44,109,000 Rome have gone

reduced

on the same date last year.

to Bressanone CLEARING HOUSE I take possession of the money,

The total receipts from Inland 1: hus heever bequeathed to Revenne taxes since 1st April Inst| Chinn by Herr Heinrich Basse,

to £411,700,000 leaving with Op Instruction indicated. mount 239,300,000 stilt to be collected in realise the revised handget estimate APPARENT POVERTY. bi 21913100,000.

Herr Basse died in Further receipts »V 210,100,000)

apparent! will bring the total of income tax poverty, but a steel box was found and surta up To the amount his rug containing title-deeds

estimated tu be received in D

F.

Excise

recripts

Fet for

SYSTEM.

OF NO ADVANTAGE TO BRITAIN.

M. Hard while in Shanghai contracted influenza, which develop. ed into pneumonia. is health had been greatly undermined by the hardship endured during his rent journby neroes the Asiatic

THE

VEHICULAR FERRY.

CONTRACTS NOT YET SIGNED.

BIG ORDER FOR ENGLAND.

That the institution of a vehicular ferry between Hongkong and Kowloon will by 1933 be an accomplished fact is indicated by the recent revelation that the Hong- kong and Yaumati Ferry Company has successfully tendered for the service.

It was stated this morning that given us to the amount of the no indication can at the present

One of the divere working on the vehicular ferry pier in Hongkong, coming up for a breather.

DE VALERA'S

"REPUBLIC."

SINGAPORE BASE.

ANXIETY AT THE ADMIRALTY.

London, Mar, 15. The Admiralty is growing anxious about the construction of the Singapore Base, whore he state of affairs is not at all satisfactory. The problem is now engaging the earnest atten- tion of the First Lori of tho Admiralty.

This statement was made in the House of Commons to-day by Cap tain D. Euan Wallace, the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, in tho course of debate an the Navy Estimates.

Jackson Contract Not Enough. Captain Wallace explained that although £7,750,000 appeared in the Estimates, the Government'a 19 present commitments were £4,036,- 400 to the contractors, Sir T. Jackson. Limited, but if only the work under the Jackson contract was completed there would be no

Oath of Allegiance satisfactory naval base.

To Go.

NEW CABINET.

London, Mar. 15

The contractors were making excellent progress and there was reason to suppose that the firm's work would not be finished when it was duc, namely, in 1935. Admiralty Anxiety.

“We propose to remove the Onth past few years had, however, The financial stringency of the or Alleginnee." Jerlured President placed us in such a position that de Vadern in the Dall to-day,

we had not got the plane mode We have a mandiale to remove it, equipped and up-to-date Base &

for the construcion of a fully-

Hence, said Captain Wallace.

vontinent, which was carried tender, as the contracts have not he said, and we want every sec-Singapore.

tion of the community to be able

nader- very difficult conditions.

Sokara Journey.

| yet been signed.

1

WARDER AGAIN

MISSING.

SECOND TIME IN

It is understood, however, that to send representatives to the the Admiralty's anxiety.—Reuter, jan order has been placed with the Dail without having to coerve their |Hongkong and Whanpon Dock [consciences by taking the Oath. M. Haardt wie a noted explorer Company for the building of the The statement was made in reply he was the first to erons the three hats, but the cost f this to a question regarding the release London, Mar, 15, Sabara desert in 1929-28 by eaters work cahmut yet be divulged. of Republican prisoners. Mr. Walter Runciman was Piller ears, an exploration journey | bank-books,

It is further stated that an or The Dai! afterwards adjourned j wishes from the ex-Kaiser on the mons to-day

questioned in the House of Com which apour Sahara desert foder has been given to Messrs. watil April 20.

as to the proposed motor communicatione.

Dodwell and Company for the sup casion of his eightieth Birthday Franco-Hungarian agreement to Customs and

in 1924-26 he was the leader ply of Gardner engines for the last gar and a signed photograph provide a Clearing House arrange are £9.400,000. up on last yeaed, the will and a document showment for mutual liquidation of the tin over the African continent.

the "Black (raise" an expedi- vesels, and that this firm has de- compares with an estimated in-

spatched an order to England for ing that Herr Basse served in the export trude, and said that after His last expedition across Prussian Guned.

Asia the supply of these and full consideration the Government was undertaken with the support equipment to the value of 200,000. other had reached the conclusion that of the French Government and un- The ferry service will, if pos no Clearing House system yet der the patronage of several sille, commence operations as from devised would be of advantage toricatife and artistic British trade. He

institutions Fastuary 1st, 1938, and the Govern did not think and also with the support of the ment is granting the exclusive! any such svater would eliminate National Geographie Society of maintenanes thereof for a period the handicap of exclunge restric Washington. tions in existence on the con- The death

of fifteen years from that date. tinent, British Wireless,

The Routes,

ereuse in the whole year 400,0

Expenditure Down.

27.-

The total expenditure amounted ip £897,300,000 which | is £24,700,000 less than that to the corresponding date of last year.

The resined budget contémplat- eta total reduction in the year of £16,200,000 but supplementary estimates of £500,000" have since been presented.

The Beating debt was reduced in the week by £10,100,000 and pow at £612,375,000 stands

being £7,000,000 less than at the corres. ponding date inst year.--British Wireless,

LINDBERGH BABY OUTRAGE.

POLICE FEAR MURDER.

New York. Mar. 15, Fears that the baby 901 Colonel und Mrs, Lindbergh may

It is suggested that the furtune represents special Secret Service funds of the late German Imperial au- 'thorities.-Reuter.

COMMISSION OF NINETEEN,

MEETING TO-DAY AT GENEVA.

AGITATION FOR TEA DUTY,

GOVERNMENT NOT IN FAVOUR.

The ferries are to run between

NEW CABINET. President de Valera, who is also Foreign Minister, has selveled his

A WEEK. Cabinet as follows:"

For the second time within a Mr. Sear O'Kelly Vice-Presi-Victoria Gaol, le reported to he

week, E. C. Pearce, dent and Minister of Læent Govern« missing. He first absented him- a wurder of

self from the Government Civit Mr. Scap Lemuss-Minister of Hospital, where he was a patient. Industry and Commerce.

on Friday last, but on Sunday

ment.

Mr. Sean McEntee-Minister of evening he returned, having been Finance.

to Canton,

Dr. James Ryan-Minister Agriculture.

Mr. Frank Aiken-Minister Defence.

of

to

According to a report made the police lato last night, Pearce ofis again missing and the police. have been requested to keep look-out for him.

Mr. Thomas Derrig-Minister of Education.

of Georges-Mariei | Haardt is a great loss to France) ard the whole scientific world. He j was a Commander of the Order | Jubilee Street Pier and Jordan

(of the Legion d'Honneur.

Road Pler; Jubilee Street Pier and Mongkoktsui Pier; and Jubfleg Street Pier and Samshaipin Pier.

It is laid down, under the terms; of the tender, that the licensing of my other forries

between any other frontages, or between one of the mentioned frontages and some other frontage, will not in of Land and Fisheries-Reader.

OLD POLICE PENSIONER.

EX-SERGEANT MAJOR SUCCUMBS.

fringe on the licence's rights, and he can make no claim in respect of ; any other such ferry..

Mr. James Geoghegan-Minister | of Justice.

Mr. Joseph Connelly-Minister Posts and Telegraphs.

Mr. Patrick Kuttledge-Minister)

TRADE UNIONS IN FAR EAST,

*

STOP PRESS.

Tokyo. Mar. 16.

Genova, Mar. 15. A meeting of the special League. foumtasion of nineteen--compos-

London. May, 15. ced of M. Hymans. President of the

the Bonse 9. Commmas! Assembly, the twelve members of today, following further agitation, Council other than China

and for an Empire Tea Preference, Japan and six of the smaller Mr. Waller Runcin

An aid pensioner of the Chinese States-appointed to deal with of the Board of Trade, annuanced Purre passed away at his resi

President contingent of the Hongkong Police |

Ten-Knot Craft. Sino-Japanese dispute, is that, the increase in tea imports dence

The vessel for the service, holding a veting 830 pm January and February were al-Aberdeen, yesterday afternoon in are to love a service speed of not!

al 68, Main Street other than specin! type

vessels, Tomorrow (Wednesday),--Bruter,

most wholly due to imports from the person of Chan Sik-cheung less than 10 knots. The special India and Ceylon. MRS. GANDHI IN | In any event, he had no power

a sergeant major in the

type vesachs must be fitted with to apply the provisions of the GAOL AGAIN.

The late Chan Sik-cheang was Disel engines. The ordinary ves Abnormal Importations Act to the about 65 years of age and first els must during the first year be importations of tea.----Reuter,

joined the police in 1885. Through sufficient in number to maintain a the usual channels of promotion ten-minutes service and have ad-f he attained the rank of sergeant commodation for not less than 250 Sectttary of the Trade Union Con- unfounded, as queries made in THE BOAT RACE. major and in June, 1950, was in-passengers. During the second and rust in the autumn to investigate Mukden have elicited no reply.

valided out after 35 years' ser-subsequent years must be sufficient East vice.

Trade Uniontam on behalf of the Renter. to cope with all traffic requirements. International Federation of Trade

Proposed Fares.

be dead are apparently entertain- NEW SENTENCE OF SIX

ed by the police, who have circul- arised all keepers of incinerators

in hotels and apartments and New York City Institutions. to watch for parcels containing baby clothes-Reuter,

DOLLAR AGAIN.

DECLINES.

REFLECTS FALL IN

SILVER.

The Hongkong dollar is down 1/8th this morning, the quotation

MONTHS.

Bombay, Mar. 15. Mrs. Gandhi, who was relensedi from prison on February 29, has] been arrested again for resuming Anti-Government activities muitĮ has been sentenced to alx months' rigorous imprisonment.—Reuter,

FORCED LABOUR

PRODUCTS. PROPOSED BAN BY BRITAIN.

London, Mar. 15.

SHORTER

USUAL..

THAN

London, Mar. 15. The University Boat Race win | be rowed on Saturday morning over a course about 400 yards shorter than usual.

Owing to the structural altera-i tions on the bridge, which cause violent currents at the usual start- ing point, the authorities at a con- ference to-day agreed that the ruce, | should begin at a point opposite the London Rowing Club and that

He was a very popular officer and was highly respected by his superiors and subordiantes alike.

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

HEALTH TRIP TO RIVIERA.

London, Mar. 15. The Archbishop of Canterbury, on modical advice, is going to the being ls, 4d. The markot is In the House of Commons to the finish should be at the usual South of France next week. stendy, but there is very little day, under the ten-minutes rule, post at Mortlake.-British Wire Archbishop's general health is It is offelally stated that the doing.

Commander Locker Lampson was less. In London, silver- declined given leave to introduce à bill to

excellent, but slight rheumatism 3/16ths spot and forward. China prohibit the importation of goods

persiats. and India sold, and the market made by foreign forced labour.

Dr. Lang has been troubled with closed steady.

The Bill was brought in and the Blue Funnel Hner Sarpedon for minor illnesses on several occa- New York reports a fall of a formally read n first time.-British Home were Mr. and Mrs. R. E. 0.sions since he was appointed to 'quarter, -with the market dull.

Bird, Mr. E. J. Dowley, and Mr. Canterbury

Reuter.

Wireless.

Amongst the passengers who left by

G. G. N. Tinson...

four

yours ago.

The proposed passenger fares fare 10 cents, first class: 4 cents;

MR. WALTER CITRINE TO INVESTIGATE.

London, Mar, 16.

The report that a Russian plane was yesterday forced down by a Japanese plane to the cast of

Mr. Walter Citrine, the General Pogranitchannya is believed to be

Unions.--Reuter.

Nanking, Mar. 16."

Mr. Lin-sen, at the urgent re-

nocond class; and 2 cents third based on the profita of the under- class. Ono driver to each com taking, had to be offered by the mercial vehicle will be allowed to tenderer. The Royalties shall be quest of Wang Ching-wel, is ro- travel free; chauffeurs of private in respect of every passenger or turning hero from Loyang to meet cars will be charged five cents per vehicle carried. Details were Lord Lytton and the League Com- given in the tender specifications

head.

Amongst the other charges are:---Motor-cycle, 20

jod.

I

.

Must Be British,'

arrival

of the manner in which the permission, for whose cents: centage of pronts, as an alteran-elaborate proparations are belog motor-cycle and sidecar, 50tive to royalties, shall be comput made. The Commission will be cente; motor-car not exceeding one tan, $1; moter-car not ex-

quartered in the Officers Moral: ceeding 30 cwt. $1,50; motor-car' The tenderers, if Individuals, had Endeavour Association and the. exceeding 30 cwt., 32: lorry not to be British subjects, or, if firms offices of the Ministry of Railway, exceeding one ton, $13 lorry or companies, the majority of the ----Reuter. exceeding one ton, 81 for first partners or directors must be ton and 59 cents for each British subjects. The manages additional ton.

and staff, or an effective majority thereof to the satisfac tion of the Governor-In-Council, A fixed monthly rent or sum and had also to be British subjects, and royalties, and, as an alternative to the control must be within the royaltion, an---Benual -- paymant (calony-and-be-ascentially British,

Royalty Conditions.

mont