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HISTORY

THE EMPIRE-MINDED

WOMAN

The

IN MEXICO

FORMAL PROTEST

Mexico City, May 25.

here Chinepe Minister London. handed a strong protest to the Government to-day Recently a journalist interview.Mexican ed the most highly-paid woman following the demonstrations and talkie producer in Britain and riots in which three Chinese were found that her виссея was all lynched. built on knowledge of Empire!

tho

The note reminded the Mexican Government of the fact that only recently it had promised to prp- She in Miss Mary. Field, who made those most famous of "do-tert Chinese nationals within the

state.--Renter.

cumentary" pictures, the "Secrets of Nature". She said that she be- gan her career at London Uulver-i sity studying Empire history and she wrote a thesia on Imperial affairs. This led to her being kiven a job in a British Alm studio, supervising the historical accuracy of the subtitles in a silent picture. She liked the Alm studio so much that she stayed an even after her job had come to an end.

Miss Field has done practienily everything there is to do in making a picture. She has been a "loor secretary to a producer, which means that she has trailed round atudios all day with a' scenario in one hand and a blue pencil in the other, trying to make sure that her Chief did not forget to film one of the scenes.

She has written scenarios and edited filmy.

When she was interviewed at alm studio in the Garden City of Welwyn, near London, she was directing a boy of six in the first! scene of a new picture called "Thol Flag."

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The famous American bathing The little boy is playing with resort, Palm Beach, the Dollar his tin soldiers in a drawing room. Princes' paradise, which is facing He puts up a Union Jack to mark bankruptcy owing to the depression. the British line. His uncle inter-je poaus "Not that way; that's up-ly. side-down. The

stripe should be on top."

white:

Then the brillant studio lights WHI switched on, the sound-

So the little bag lists, "Unele, recording man flashed his alarm why did the British choose such a light for silence and the camera

began to purr. funny ag" And unele

Nys, "They didn't choose it; it grew. I will tell you low."

And he does for the rest of the picture.

And the little boy sper; "Dad- do, why did the British choue such a funny Ang?"

Every time there hearsul he said "Uncle",

Wat ¿

as

All the rehearsals wont splendid-shuntd. Every time there

"take", he said "Daddy". AN

WHA

he

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY. MAY 26, 1933.

21 YEARS AGO Extracts From the "Telegraph" Files

the

The following extracts are from the Honghong Telegraph for week ended May 26, 1912,

The rate of the dollar man was 2/..

on de-

An outbreak of plague, showed An aimormal increase during the week and deaths amounted to 771. Processions proceeded nightly through the streets headed by lan- turna and musicians with the iden of driving away the plague devil.

Washermen called n general strike, demanding 70 cents a day pay instead of the existing 60 cents.

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Empire Day was celebrated with services in St. John's Cathedral Fattended by 11.E. Sir Claude Sö- vern, and at night a reception was

held in Government House.

ECONOMY PARLEY

VISCOUNT ISHH CALLS ON PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

Washington, May 25.

The subject of economics occupied the first meeting between President Roosevelt und Viscount 'K. Ishii, the Japanese diplomat, to-day.

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Political questions Welc poned indefinitely and may not be iscussed at all, declared Secretary of State Hull. It was likely, he added, that the State Department would only treat apon subjects com world #q*LLLIíce༥ and erning monetary problems in its convert- trons with the Japanese emissary.

Later, President Roosevelt enn- Ferred with the former Secretary of State Henry 1. Stimson.

It is understood that. Far Eastern affairs were discussed.--Reuter,

should not. Children are ¡ike Chat.

NEW HONGKONG BANK.

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION: HONGKONCE

PALMERICHTURNELUTA LCHITECTES JOHA

offices,

the

including Chief Manager,

'LONDON STOCK

PRICES

MARKET GENERALLY

CHEERFUL

The following quotations on tho London Stock Exchange have been received by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Frite in conjunction with Router. The niarket: Generally cheerful. Kaffi, capecfully are prominent,

May 24. May 25.

Chinese Boads

14% Bonda 1898

(Kag. Iss,) ...DO

3 van 1908. 76%

5 Loun 1912 ... 244%

£ 90%

£ 764

£46

5

Reorg. Loan

THU (Lan. 358,3 27,

£ BUK

5

Bonds 1226-47 £ 081

£9

5% Shal-Nanking

RIF. £ 90-35

£ 30-35

5% Tlent. Pakow

Rly.

£ 12-28

£ 12-22

£ 5-10 £10

£ 23-27 28-27

66/-

36/-

Riy. LDAU}

5% Tlent.-Pukow (Supl.

S'hai-Hang- chow-N in Do Itly...

5% Honan Rly.

1011... Gukuong Rly.

1811 ...

6% Lung Tsing Inf Rly.

U.

12-22 412-22

£ 73-78 £73–78

1019 £8-13 £ B-13.

Foreign Bonds & Banks'

German 7%

Internat.

10242

Luhn

་ ན * * ་ ་

Japan 50% Sterling

Loan 1907

Japan 6% Sterling

Loan 1924

£71% £ 724

Industriels & Breweries

Aanpeinted Elec.

1773 17/3

Brit-Amer. Tob. 194/7

Chinese Eng. &

J. & P. Coats

Courtaukis

Distillers

Dunlop Rubber

Everready General Elec

Guinness

Impl. Chem. In

dustries

86/3 88/3

Industries

Min.

£80 £ 81%

1057-

27/0

27/6

33/9

6476

3379

33/9

58/-

58/0

28/G

28/2

29/- 29/1

43/8

-13/0

20/7%. 26/7AE

tmpl, Toburen ...

08/3

08/3

International Tea

Stores

150/-

ag/-

Last Word in Equipment. The banking portion of the pre- | Unilever

Pinchin Johnson.

30/0

30/0

Turner & Newall.

28/3

2776

27/3

27/3

It

Miscellaneous

But Miss Field only smiled and said: "That little boy's nose needs re-blowing. Now let's try again".

Never has a man produced a

Above is a reproduction show ministrative film with so little fuss. Reuter,

ing what the new Head Office of those of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank-Managers and Chief Accountant, mises will be the last word

will face Statue Square. The bank design and equipment, being ing Corporation, Bongkong, will

main banking hali will be about the result of study of the most Anglo-Dutch..... 15/- 16/0 he like when completed,

215 by 100 feet, with a mezzanine modern bank buildings in Canada. Burma Corpn.... 13/14 13/1% at two sides. The height of the Amerien, London am the Con-Canadian Puc... 8 174 Phanking hall will be 27. feet.

SEE OUR EXHIBIT

AT THE

BRITISH EMPIRE

TO-DAY.

BREAD MADE ENTIRELY FROM

CANADIAN FLOUR

FAIR

WEDDING, BIRTHDAY and CHRISTENING CAKES,

made from

AUSTRALIAN FLOUR and FRUITS

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

EMPIRE

FAIR

CONCLUDING FESTIVITY-

PENINSULA HOTEL

AT THE

SPECIAL

Grand Soiree de Gala IN THE ROSE ROOM

EMPIRE

MENU

SATURDAY

ENTERTAINERS

27th

DON

MAY, 1933

and

&

SALLY

TILL 2 A.M.

SANDS

and

DAWN

AND ADDED ATTRACTION

MISS IRIS MONTGOMERY.

Reservations: 'phone 58081.

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

The site on which the new imild-

ing is to be erected is considered

by many residouts in be the finest

in this Culony. The new building will cover the existing site and,

Office Accommodation.

$ 10%

tinent of Europe.

The ground floor, later round floor, mezzanine, and possibly a

Gun Kalumpeng

Rubber

14/3

14/3

Lace Proprietary

69/9

78/104

Mines Langiangko Estates........

Rubber Trusis... Shai. Elec. Constr. Van Ryn Deep..

Qila

29/ 20/- 10/ 1970 55/35/-

20/3 3073

38/- 6474%

£ 18%%

45/714-45/736

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-WAR OFFICE

DECISION

The first, second, third and portion of the upper floors will he in addition, a portion of the old fourth Boors of the building have ventilated by a "conditioned air providing ideal City Hall and Theatre Royal site been designed as offees for letting.Installation,"

temperature and and Wardley Street, and will They will be light and airy, and conditions of

al-humidity. irrespective of external therefore extend the full width of applications for space have Statue Square. This additional ready been received from prospec-¡ conditions.

A portion of the old City Hall land, together with the presentive tenants.

in the building is being adapted for use Anglo-Persian Oil 36/7 site, gives a total frontage of 247 Above the office space

theBurmah Oil ... 63/9 feet, 6 inches.

tower will be provided quarterafas temporary quarters for The main axis of the new build- for the Europeas staff, including a Bank, and it is expected that the Royal Dutch ing will be centered on the Queen mess, Bats for senior married et move will take place in Oetolfer, Shall

Memorial, which iployca, and a fat for the Chief when demolition of the existing

addition one premises will be started. situated in the centre or Statue Manager; and in

The building is being designed Square, and the building has been floor will be devoted to recreation, designed to provide a fitting back two squash courts being provid by the Shanghai office of Mesars. Palmer and Turner, Mr. G. L. ground to the Square.

ed. The level of Queen's Road is The building has been designed Wilson, F.R.I.B.A., F.S.I., architect several feet above that of Des on simple and dignified lines with for the Shanghai promises, belag Voeux Rond; there will therefore very little ornamentation. It will responsible for the design of this

a ground floor and a lower be faced with granite throughout. building also.

The organisation and direction ground floor ju the premises. The height from Des Voeux Road

programme TROOPS AT SHANGHAI Below that a basement will be to the top of the fower will be of the construction constructed to accommodate the about 220 feet, but the stepping will be in the hands of Messrs.

London, May 25. boilers, pumps, ventilating back from the wings has been so M. H. Logan and I. W. Amps, MM.

En- In the House of Commons to-- machinery, and so forth.

designed that light and air to ad- Inst. C.E., Chartered Civil

are bringing out duy Mr. Duff Cooper, auaworlag Gray, said that The main banking hall will be jacent buildings will not be ob-gineers, who at the Queen's Rond level and the structed. The building will be of from England a staff of expert Mr. Anstruther treasuries, safe deposit, etc., at the steel-frame construction and a supervisors and special machinery unless the situation at Shanghai

for the purpose.

changed, it was not proposed to Des Voeux Rond level. The ad- minimum of wood will be used.

replace the battalion which will from be withdrawn this winter Shanghai to Hongkong in accor- dance with the normal trooping programme.

be

SHARE PRICES TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS The following is the list of local share quotations fasued to-day:

Banke.

'kong Banks, $172Q sa. IF'kong Banks, London, £124 1. Chartered Bank, £13% n. Mercantile Bauk,

A. &

B

Mercantile Bank C., £9% n.

£241⁄2 11

East Asia, 397 b.

Am: 0. Finance Corp., Sh. $20 n. China O. Fin. Ord., Sh.$5.40 n.

China O. Fin. Pref. Sh.$5.00

Insurances,

Canton I., $1430 b. X. Div. Union Ins., $545.

China Underwriters, $2.10 b. China Fire, $620 11. H.K. Fire Ins., $255 b. International Assce, Sh. $4.75 n. Shipping.

Doulas, $32% b. H.K. Steamboats, $22 u. Indo-Chinas, (Pref.) $30 b. Indo-Chinas, (Def.), $30 n. Shells (Benre), 45/71⁄2 n. Union Waterboats, $16 n.

Mining.

Bengurts, $34 ». Kalinus, 27/6 1.

Langkats (Single), Sh. $11% n. S'hai Explorations, Sh. $2%, n. Shal Loans, Sh. $4 n.

Raubs, $10 un

Venz: Goldfields, $4.25 b. Benguet Exp. 31 ets. n.

Docks, ele.

H.K. Wharves, $131 n.. H.K. Docks, $18 n.

S. Chino Motora A, $10 m.

S. China Motors ., 38 n. Providents (old), $4 a. Providenta (now), $1.36 b. Hongkéwa, Sh. $334 n.

.

New Engineerings, Sh.$8 n. Shanghai Docks, Sh. $143 n.

Lands. Ifotela, etc.

H. and S. Hotels, $7.16 s, 1.K. Lands, $761⁄2 80. Shai Lands, Sh. $33 n. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $14. n. Humphreys, $13.

1.K. Realties, $7.70 n. Asin Realtics "A", Sh. $140 n. Asia Realties "B", Sh. $20 n. Chinese Estates, $97 n. China Realties, Sh, $141⁄2 n. China Debentures Sh.$137 n.

Cotton Mills.

Ewo Cottons, Sh. $14,80 b. S'hai Cottons, Sh, $116 n. Zoong Sings, Sh.$14 n. Wong On Textiles (S) $86 n.

Public Utilities. Tramways, $21.75 b, Peak Trams, (old), $16.30 b. Peak Trams, (now), $84 b. Star Ferrica, $92 v. Yaumati Ferries (old), $29 China Lights (old), $12.35 b. China Lights (new), $11.65 b. 11.K. Electrics, $72% b. $72.60 B. Macho Electrics, $23 n. Sandakan Lights, $10 Telephones (old), $28

sa.

n.

n.

b. and

China Buses, Sh, $11. Singaporo Tractions, 17- n. Singapore Pref., 13/6 n.

Industrials.

Malabon Sugars $15 n. Cald: Mac. (old), Sh. $20 n. Cald: Maeg. (Pret.), Sh. $16 n. Canton Tecs, 36 n.

Comenta (Com.). 88 b. Cements (old),

$0.40.. Cements (new), $1.40 b. H.K. Nopen, 80 n.

Stores, etc. Dairy Farms, 281⁄2 an. Watsona, $9.40 n. Der. A. Winge, 81 n.

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BANDITS TRICKED

ESCAPE BY KIDNAPPED ENGINEER

Peking, May 25. Mr. A. Eliassen, the Norwegian engineer who was captured by bandits on May 6, has escapod from his kidnappera. Advice to this effect was received in a telc- gram from Sianfu to-day by the China International Famine Reilef Commission.

The message added that Mr. Eliassen and his Chinesenssia- tant, who was also kidnapped, werg returning immediately to { safety.

Mr. Elinasen was engaged in building a road between Slantu and Lanchow, under the auspices of the Commission. He was work- ing 46 alles north of Sianfu on May & when he was carried off together with his Chluese, assis- tant-Router.

Lane Crawforde, $4.55 b. Mackintoshe. $21. Sinceres, $15% n. Wm. Powells. $2.10 a. Wing On ( K.), $200 u.

Miscellaneous. Amusements, $121⁄2 n. H.K. Entertainments, $12% n. B.C. Enterprises, $34 n. United Theatres, Sh. $4 n. Macao "Greyhounds," $10 μ. Constructions (old), $3.60 b. Constructions (now), 75 eta 1. B. Ind: G$ Bonds, 70% n. H.K. Govt. Loans, 24 Wallace Harpara, $9 n.

Prem..

WON'T REPLACE

No change of policy was in- volved, since two battalions at Shanghai were an intégral part of the Hongkong garrison, having deal with the been detached to situation in Shanghal.

The total garrison in China will remain the same and it will be to reinforce always possible Shanghal from Hongkong as quickly an was done in February, 1982 Reuter and Our Own Cor- Tiapondent

JUNIOR CARLTON CLUB

ARCHBISHOP TURNS FEAST

INTO PRAYER MEETINGTM*~.

London, May 26,

A unique Empire Day luncheon which ended in a prayer meeting was held in the Junior Carlton Club.

Everything that the guests ate and drank came from, various and parta of the Dominions Colonies. All the guests were from far-flung outposts of the Empire.

A message was sent by wireless to every part of the Empire, and replies were received by the same method of communication.

At the conclusion of the

the Archbishop

of apcechos, Canterbury turned what he called a feast Into prayer meeting, by offering a prayer, asking for a blessing on the EmpireRouter. Special.