1933-08-24 — Page 19

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933.

AMERICA'S PROSPERITY PUSH

RECOVERY SNAGS

GEN. JOHNSON KEPT AT

HIGH PITCH

LABOUR CLAIMS.

CODE-DRAFTING MEETS OBSTACLES

AMAH CONTRADICTS HERSELF

Another Unmuzzled Dog Case

1

Mr. T. W. Tipple, of No. Cornwall Street, Kowloon Tong, was summoned before Mr. But- ters at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning for allowing his dog| In the street without a muzzle on

August 8.

PRICE PACT LIKELY

LONDON WHEAT

CONFERENCE

SUCCESS ALMOST

ASSURED

London, Aug. 23. The wheat conference, it An Indian constable

testified is officially indicated, is very that he saw a dog running Into the garden of Mr. Tipple's house near an agreement upon the I had no muzzle, and after as-international wheat price.

Washington, Aug. 23,

certaining the name of the owner, General Hugh Johnson, the Re-ho took out a summons," covery Administrator, is discuss- ing the problem of loosening credits for the financing of the higher overhead expenditure in industry involved in the national prosperity push.

Mr. Tipple said he was not in the Colony at the time, but ac cording to his amah and cook-boy, the dog had never been out in the street at the time stated by the constable. He had brought them to the Court to give evidence to this effect.

THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

DISCUSSION AT ANNUAL MEETING

The twenty-eight Annual Meet- Ing of the Automobile Association was held at the Savoy Hotel. Mr. Charles McWhirter, Chairman of the Committee of the Association presided.

Reviewing the membership of the Association, Mr. McWhirter said that considering the financial and industrial depression which undoubtedly had exlated to some extent, and which was talked about to a far greator extent, This is understood to mean the there was overy cause for satis- duty free gold price c.i.f. on the faction with the progress world market, calculated on the had been made during the

which average price of the parcels

year. imported wheat sold weekly in ship amounted to no less than of The actual increase member- Great Britain,

22,752. this increase being in The average quotation of wheat excess of that for any year since months before it will be necessary to date was 492,687, and it was will be maintained for four 1926. The actual membership It is learned that he has taken the matter up onergetically with The amah stated an Indian con- Just their tariffs.

for the importing countries to nd-anticipated that the much desired the Federal Reserve Board and the stable called her to the gate and

half-million would be attained Reconstruction Finance Corpora-told her that the dog had been

The price will be discussed in during the present season. tion, but that no conclusions have out in the street without a muz-terms of gold francs and cents. yet been reached on the measures zle. At first she said that earlier to be adopted.

in the morning, the dog, ran out | Meanwhile, difficulties are Atil!

of the house with ກ

pleee of cropping up in the drafting of meat, but when questioned later, different industrial coples.

replied that the dog had never left the house.

COAL TROUBLESOME.

COMMITTEE FORMED.

will

He later referred to the position of hotels in Great Britain, and added that this was a matter of A new Advisory Committee of Interest to the a temporary character

entire motoring watch the working of the agree- experience the majority of hotels community. In the Association'A ment, but wilk take dicisions only had improved considerably, and The cook-boy also stated that in cases dofined in the agreement and reslined the advantage of The complexity of the cont when he was called the dog was in and will not deal with the super catering for the motoring public. situation is being given close the house.

vision of production and trading For example over one-third of the attention by President Roosevelt, The magistrate said he ob-in wheat. but notwithstanding that the time viously rould not bellcre the The chief exporting countries hotels appointed by the A. A. had limit for the presentation of a evidence of the amah, who first and Soviet Russia will be separate hot and cold running water in- *esde expires to-night, excellent admitted the dog was out andly represented on the committee, stalled in the bed-rooms.

progress is reported in framing then said it was in the house all The Danubian countries will have this and the motor-car codes.

two representatives, while the im- At the same time, the retuli A fine of $8 was imposed.

porting and exporting countries trade discussions, disclose - very

Mr. Tipple really didn't will be equally represented. serious situation and most of the know anything at all about the lenders are averse to any code,

It is hoped that a final agree- matter. I only heard what the ment will be reached to-morrow. The larger trade associations amah and the cook-boy told me.. fear that the small retailers, which The magistrate:-1° Am not number four hundred thousand blaming you. I can't believe the throughout the country, if they amah, that's all.

In another case. Mr. J. Alonso, are not hampered by the condi- tions of the recovery codes, will of 207 Prince Edward Road, was undermine the business of the fined $8 for allowing his Alentian bigger concerns in every

In the street without a muzzle. munity.

com-

"DICTATOR" TAKES A RISK.

the time.

· MAN ·FRACTURES HIS LEG

KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR CAR

CROP ESTIMATES.

RADIO BROADCAST

TO-DAY'S BROADCAST.

PROGRAMME OF RECORDED MUSICAL ITEMS

0-8 p.m. European programme...... 6-6.17 p.m. Variations Symphoniques (Franck).

Alfred Cortet and London Symphony Orchestra directed

by Sir Landon Ronald. 6784/6. 6.17-7 p.m. A Concert.. Plano SoloTango (Albeniz). Plano Solo-Soaring (Schumans),

Wilhelm Bachaus. 1445. Song-Oh, Promise Me (Scott-De Song Banjo Song (Weedon-

Ilomer).

Koven).

Louise Homer (Contralto). 1295; Harp Solo-Old Folks at Home

(Foster), Harp Solo-Home Sweet Home

Chorus Bedouin Bong (Feste).

(Payne-Bishop).

Alberto Salvi. 4001. Cherus-Where'er You Walk

(Handel-Spross). -

Associated Glee Clubs of Violin Solo-A Dream (Cory-

Bartlett). Violin Solo-Macushla

(McMurrough, arr. Chemet).

Rence Chomet. 1442. Song-Novembre (Bourget

Tremislot), Song-Plaisir d'Amour

(Florian-Hartini).

America. 80048.

Conrad Thibault. 1013.

7 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quota- tions, etc.

7.2-1.35 p.m. Variety. Orchestral Easy Rider,

Is Time,

Orchestral-A Guy What Takes

Jesse Crawford, 24282. Orchestral--Dream of Indiana. Orchestral-Remember Me

Eddie Buchin and His Saxophone Solo--Oodles of

Orchestra. 24275,

Noodles.

Saxophone Solo-Beebe.

The High Hatters. 24301. Vocal Trio Sweet Georgia Brown, Vocal Trio-San..

The Pickens Sisters. 24023. In stating that he had every Organ Solo-A Kiss in the Dark. aympathy with hotel and restaur-Organ Solo-Pale Moon. ant proprietors, who laboured un- der very great diflculties, the Chairman referred to the restric- tions of the Licensing Act which caused considerable hardship in many cases. Another point which It is interesting to note that the was not generally known, was the International Institute of Agribul- fact that an hotel proprietor ture estimates that wheat crop of desirous of effecting an improve- the northern hemisphere will be ment to his establishment such as 293,949,333 bushels under Inst the installation of a few bathroom year's crop.

had, in the first instance to apply Excluding Russia and China, the to the Justices and obtain sanc- crop is estimated at 2,976,247,000|tion to proceed. It was absurd bushels,

that he should be worried and The sharp reduction is due to hampered by obsolete building drought in the United States and laws. Canada, the two largest produc- ing countries in the northern hemisphere.

It is learned that the conflict) between capital and labour in the coal and motor-ear industries has induced Gen. Hugh Johnson to undertake the risky task of inter- preting the controversial provision in the National Recovery Act

The Institute said that the crops of these two countrios would be guaranteeing Labour the right of collective bargaining without in-were reported to the Police yester-consumption.

Several minor motor accidents only sufficient to meet Internal terference from

the employers day. concerning the type of organisa- tion which the workers choose.

knocked Lee Kwong, who was down by a motor car in Queen's

removed Was

U.S. POSTPONES ACTION, From Washington, it is learned

It is inufcated-that-his-inter- Road East, sustained a fractured that in consequence of the position pretation will follow the lines of leg and

to theat the London Wheat Conference, the provision in the motor-car Government Civil Hospital industry code, which provides that

for the Secretary of Agriculture, has ftreatment.

postponed decision advancement shall be according to

on whent A boy aged twelve years, who acreage and production in the merit regardless of Union affilia-was struck by a motor lorry in United States till the end of the

Organised labour hotly contests to hospital, while another child

Nam Cheung Street, had to be sent week.-Reuter, this attitude, holding that Inter-knocked down by a car in the Kow pretations of the Act must come loon City district was injured in from the courts and from legisla- the head and arma. tive bodies.

tion.

THE INTERPRETATION.

Later.

General Johnson's interpreta-

tion of the collective bargaining

JAPANESE TRADE- IN CHINA

In dealing with the Accounts, Mr. McWhirter raferred to 'the eminently satisfactory financial position of the Association. Sub- scriptions and entrance fees for the year under review, he said, totalled, £319,650, whilst the ex- penditure on direct service to members on the road came to no less than £633,845.-

AMERICA'S TRADE

+

AGITATION FOR LARGER REPORTS CONSIDERED.

SHARE OF ORDERS London, Aug. 23.

Shanghai, .Aug. 23. There was a full meeting of the

A

Evening Post Shanghal Wheat Conference nt Canada

from Peking, House in London this afternoon special despatch

that representations when the roports of the two sub-Bays

the United made to committees appointed on Monday being

States Minister in an effort were received and considered.

safeguard Amerlen's par-

are

section of the Recovery Act rules RAPID EXTENSION IN the committee dealing with the ticipation in expenditures result-

that the words "Open Shop" or "Closed Shop" cannot be written into standing law.

NORTH

Tokyo, Aug. 23.

alone amount to

Improvement over the figure of provious months this year.

The bulk of the goods was sent to Tsingtao.

the

On the basis of the report ofte

technical points in

drafting from that nation's G$50,000,- agreement it was agreed that the 000 loan to China. International wheat price mch- This follows the discovory that tioned in para 3 of the draft European interests are endeavour agreement should be on free golding to secure the major share of price c.i.f. on the world market purchases made with the loan pro- and that the period during which coeds. the average quotation for wheat is

A further effort will be made to morrow to agree on an average price which shall bring this agree mont into force.

Jimmy Dorsey, 0352. 7.35-8 p.m. Orchestral. Masked Bail-Grand Fantasy

(Verdi).

Harck Weber and His

Orchestra. V-50018. An American in Paris

(Gershwin).

Victor Symphony Orchestra with George Gershwin. 35988/4. B p.m.

Local Time and Weather Roport.

8.3-10.30 p.m. Chinese Studio Con sort.

10.30 pm. Close Down.

All records in the above European Programmes are kindly supplied by, Mosers, Tsang Fook Piano Co.

KZRM PROGRAMME.

To-day's Broadenst .rom Manila: 5.00 p.m.-Studio Music-President

McKinley Orchestra: 6.60 p.m. Health Talk.. 6.10 p.m.-Spanish

Period.

6.30 p.m.--English

Peried

Informational

Informational

7.00 p.m.-Chrysler Programm

Luneta Motor

Company-

Chrysler Dinner Ensemble.

7.30 p.m-Reuter's Soap: Pro- gramme-Lily Raquiža, Russ Aranes and Johnny Harris. 7.45 p.m. Studia Requests.

8.00 p.m.-L. R. Aguinaldo Pro-

gramme.

8.16 p.m. Studio Recital,

8.30 p.m.-Apo Coment Programme." 8.45 pm-Stock Quotations. 8.55 p.m.-Music,

9.00 p.m-KZRM Musicalo ducted by Lorino Nash. 10.30 p.m.-Sign Of.

D.B.S. PROSPECTUS

con-

MORE UP-TO-DATE BOOKS INTRODUCED

His ruling permits employees working under the codes to be, Rapid extension of Japanese organised in company unions or in trade in North China after the trade unions, but forbids em conclusion of the Tangku armis ployers to compel the employee te tice is indicated by the import „join a company unton.-Reuter, and export reports issued for

The, despatch declares that it is last month, stating that Japanese to be maintained before it will be strongly felt in American quarters goods exported to North China necessary for importing countries that Washington made a mistako

The Dioceson Boys' School Pro- to adjust tariffs should be $15,000,000,

four in falling to stipulate that Ameri- RECORD LIST OF which shows a most encouraging month.

can manufactures should receive spectus for 1933-4 has just been preference in the expenditure of the Issued. The chief changes are to.. CASES

proceeds of the loan.

be found in the syllabus and lists The Evening Post, commenting of books used, many more up-to- in an editorial on the subject, saya date books having been introduced that there is every reason to feel for the school year starting in

the proposals made to the After considering the report of that the committee sot up to consider slon to Nanking, will form a tactful

American minlater for transmis November, the conditions and the functions suggestion and have behind them

the international Advisory Committee it was agreed that the very support of common athics,

Rentér. committee should dovole itself' to watching over the application of the agreements record. It WAS agreed that sach of the four prin- elpal exporting countries, Aus-

MONUMENTAL TASK FACES MAGISTRATE

At the Central Magistracy. this morning, Mr. Wynne-Jones had a nono too enviable task when he sat to dispose of nearly 100 case7.

Over fifty hawkers and obstruc- tion offences awaited his disposal, after which ho had to cope with a similar amount of miscellaneous Aummonses,

CITY OF BATAVIA ACCIDENT

- DAMAGE BELIEVED

SLIGHT

Manila, Aug. 21.

of

FUNCTIONS OF COMMITTEE:

Only alight damage was sustain-tralia, Canada, Argentine and the

The number of cases constitutedjed by the, s.s. City of Batavia, United States, with the US.S.R.

a record for the past six weeks.

British

steamer which ran should be separately represented

SHANGHAI SHARES.

LATEST QUOTATIONS

the staff during the past year has. The most important addition to been the arrival of the chaplain, the Rev. L. L. Nash, of St. Catharine's College and Ridley Hall Cambridge, who has bech engaged since 1930 in clerical work in Melbourne. His teaching of Eng- lish in the middle and lower parts of the school has already made its mark.

It is interesting to learn that

As many as possible were ́deult jaground on the roof at the and that the Danubian countries Mesara. Carroll Bros., have recoly- with while all the hawkers cases entrance of Cebu harbour on Frl should have two representatives. of the following cabled quotations of during the financial difficulties of which resulted from the police raid day night, Fow details of the The importing countries are thom- Shanghai Sharpe:— in the Central district yesterday accident have been received in selves to decide which of their China Finances woro remanded until to-morrow. Manila, although it is reported number shall be represented. The International Investments

that she sustained a hole in her headquarters will be in London-Cathay Lands... bottom.

·BOOTBLACKS RAIDED.

"STATISTICS ARE THE MOST 'DE-

British Wirolens.

Yangtaro Finances International Assurances China Realties Shanghel Lands. Now Engines Take S'hal Docka payda

the school earlier in the year, ro- .SH.Ct.

roceived 4.76markable support was 12.76 from the English Public Schools, 16.50 Among those which contributed 11.25 vero Birkenhead, Cheltenham, 6.60 Christ's Hospital, Gresham's 'Holt, 15.00 Hailebury, King William's (Isle of 32.00 Man),

Liverpool, Malvern, Mill 7.50 Hill,

Oundlo, Radley, Itepton, 144.50

Ton bootblacks word charged with obstruction, and romanded until

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF Saturday, morning, ball being fired at, #2 oach. These charges were the result of a sudden swoop by CEPTIVE AND AMUSING OF ALL THE Man Chl was journeying across the S'hal. Electrics

While the Hongkong-Mongkok forry Shai and Hongkow Wharves 348.00 Rugby St. Paul's, Stowa, Warwich, the police on bootblacks yesterday BCIENCES Andrew Masiros.

•motning, especially those carrying

| harbour' in the central faltway, a Ewo Cottons:. Chinese malo passenger, travelling Thai Cottons. non & Company. It was mentioned During Tuesday, one case of third class, jumped into the harbour, Zoong Bing Coltons

Anglo-Java-v that the pollon action was due to typhold and one of meningitis were. The launch was stopped and although Anglo Dutch * complaint by · Mésére - Jardine reported to the local health authori. | n'fearch "waartonde no trace of the Ziangban *Matheson & Company, KENMERKULn,

CONTAINERS bod Bould be Toundries Langkateg

on their work near Jardine, Mathe-

107.00

47.00 and Wellington. -14.70 In most cases the contribution 14.75

took the form of a chapel collec- 478tion, the amounts ranging from 250 under £2 to over £18. Promises of 475 help have also been recóived from

· 17,00 a number of other schools, Sv125

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