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THE SHARP SLUMP IN DOLLAR AND STERLING

FRANCE

GROWS

ANXIOUS

MR. NORMAN'S VISIT TO AMERICA

FRANC TO STAY ON GOLD

Paris, Aug. 27.

The sharp fall in the gold value of the dollar and sterling is caus- ing considerable disquiet among financiers and again there is talk in the air of an abandonment by France of the gold standard.

The consonsus of opinion. however, is that France will stick to the gold standard until she is pushed off.

With a gold reserve of 79,62, it is felt that France has nothing to fear from depreciating currencies as the bulk of France's trade is

, done with her own colonics,

Her greatest currency danger Iles in the unbalanced budgel, the deficit being somewhere in the region of six milliards of franes.

There are few signs of göld hoarding outside the Bank of

Franco and business is satisfac-; story. If not brisk,

TALK IN U. B. To-morrow's talk between. Mr. Montagu Norman, the Governor of the Bank of England, AL Leon Frasor of the Bank of Interna- tional Settlements, and President Roosevelt is being awalted withi intereat.

The object of the conference has been kept a secret, but it is rumour-

ed-that-further devaluation... of! sterling and the dollar is gontem-

stabilisation.—~ | plated, prior to Renter.

NO INFLATION YET.

Asia Lands has received

zable from New York reporting

Mr. Montagu Norman, Britain's "man of mystery", whose visit to the United States has given rise

to much speculation...

BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION

FILIPINO GIRL'S CLAIM AGAINST HOTEL MUSICIAN

HOSPITAL DISCOVERY

An 18-years old Filipino' girl's claim for $1,000 for breach of promise to marry failed, before the Puisne Judge, Mr. R. E. Lindsell, at the Supreme Court this. morning. It was the first case of the kind ever to come before a Hongkong Court.

The partics were Miss Rosn Bautista, of 578, Nathan Road, Kowloon, and Lorenzo Rull, a musician at the Peninsula Hotel living at 29B, Peking Building. Kowloon.

who had been especially engaged to dispense with the interpreter for the proceedings,"

VISITS TO PEKING BLDG, She told the court she

was accustomed to visit, Mrs. Sivanni Mr. H. L. Denuys appeared for who lived on the same flour as plaintiff and Mr. Loo D'Alminda re- defendant, in Peking Building. presented defendant,

Mr. Dennys: How did you get Outlining the case for the appli-to know defendagt? cant, Mr. Dennys said: Your Lord- ship will see from the statement ofed me. claim that plaintiff, is claiming

-Witness: Mr. Otega Introduc-

Dil you becond friends with

damages for breach of a promise him?--Yes he promised to marry of marriage. To support that sheme. must prove the promise and prove that It has not been kept.

REFUSAL TO MARRY.

It is clear that it has not been kept beenuse his solleltora wrote

After you left the Silk. Store did you keep company with him?

Yes,

And did you become on Intimate terms?--Yen,

When did you first suspect that

AIR LINE TO Ainting the defendant never had and your condition was not quite right?

MANILA

SURVEY FLIERS

RETURNING.

LEAVING FOR." HONGKONG

Manila, Aug. 26. A flight from Dailo to Zarabong, ga, then back to Hoila and Manila!

has now no intention of marrying the plaintiff.

Plaintiff is n gift of 18 living with her mother, brother and sister at the Orient Tobacco Factory In Nathan Rond. · Her mother will state that she has been very careful with her and that she is a girl of good character.

At the Gymkhana: Helping the ladies to dress in the Marlene Dietrich competition. (Photo: Mes Choung).

#ZZLIKATELEMARKER SONORA JANETEENTES CONTATTARCIA EN EZTERMINAT

CASANOVA “NOISE” CONVICTION

the

Appeal to be Heard Next Month

The appeal of Casanova Dancing Institute against the conviction in the Kowloon Magistracy some time ago will be heard in the Supreme Court September 11.

on

ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES

After five mors, I went to the Kwong Wa Hospital where I was told I had a baby five months old.

After you told your mother did BY AN UNDISCHARGED you go and все defendant?- Yes. He said he would marry ine when I gave birth to the baby. Did you give Mr. Rull your

Early in February this year. photograph - Yes, because he ask she was Introduced-by-u- mutualed for it- friend to defendant, They be Frame sa good terms and 'she al-

STILL WILLING.

February and the

leges that he promised to marry Between her and that after that intimacy time in June did he still say he took place. She claims that he was going to marry you?-He is the father of her child.

When she discovered that sheme.

continually said he would marry that expansion of the currency in tess than 12 hours was aparently did not dicover it until him I suppose?--Yes,

was in this condition--she ap You are still willing to marry has been postponed, adding that plished yesterday by 1. M. Bixby, other Stock Market factors are W. S. Grooch and William Ehner she went to the hospital in June And before this case was

in Pan-American flyers who are jook-mother and they went to see de

feeling movell—ake" fold her ing over possible landing places, fendant, for an air service in the Philip.) pines.

conflicting, advising enution commitments.

DEATH OF SENATOR ROBERTSON

LEADING CANADIAN

POLITICIAN

(Our Own Correspondent).

(By Telegraph, Copyright Telegraphic Messages Ordinaner, tiv). Received. Aug.

Ottawa, Aug. 27..

117, tā pama

The death is announced, at the nge of 69, of Senator Gideon Decker Robertson, LL.D., P.C.

Senator Roberston celebrated! his birthday on Saturday: Hoj was born in Welland, Ontario on

PLAINTIFF'S PROMISE.

your

solicitor to ask again if the de- brought you.

instructed

fendant would fulfil his promise?

fulfil Yes, This The flyers used fler Sikorsky le again made corroborative evidence in chief,

concluded. plaintiff's seaplane which brought them here statements and suggested that from Shanghai and Hongkor, oa they might marry later. That will fendant say then-He said '1

Mr. D'Almada: What did de their flight yesterday. At no time be merely corroboration because will marry you when the baby in was the plane ever in danger, Mr. we cannot prove a ense of this born but my mother would not Grooch, the technical man and sort on the uncorroborated state-hear of it.

lot of the party, indicated short-ments of plaintiff.

DEFENDANT'S DENIAL.

ly after their return to Manila last The first promise to marry was night.

Did he tell your mother that he on February 5, it is alleged. In The trio left Hollo at 6.45 m., view of that, plaintiff, who was was not the father of any child jarrived at Zamboanga at 9.15, took working in Harriran's Silk Store you might have? At first he

of again in a quarter of an hour, left her employment the day denied he was the father. returned to floilo t. 12.30 p... Following,

His Lordship: So when

You

BANKRUPT

COMMITTED FOR- TRIAL

AIRMEN IN DISTRESS

-NORWEGIAN SHIP RESCUES

TWO JAPANESE PLANES LOST

Manila, Aug. 26. The lives of Ave Japanese fliers participating in the recent Japanese naval manoeuvres were saved from watery graves by the 1.8. Tal Yang, Norwegian freighter, which arrived in Manila yesterday...

The fliers were taken from two a aeroplanes in mid-Pacife after their planes had run out of gas,

MOTOR CAR according to Captain Ole Jergen-

CODE

Hen, master of the vessel,

"We left San Pedro on August 3," anid Captain Jergensen..

"Nothing unusual happened un- til August 18 at about 5:25 p.m.

SIGNED BY PRESIDENT when two Japanese planes, Nos. 316

ROOSEVELT

A COMPROMISE SYSTEM.

New York, Aug. 27. It is announced at Hyde Park, President Roosevelt's summer residence, that the President has signed the motor industry code.

It is understood that the code represents a compromise between the employers and the men and that the Ford Motor Company re- fases.to.budga from-its-attitude- on non-participation,

and 817-began citeling alarming-- y near the ship. This caused a little excitement on. beard because. we had seen the Japanese mande- uvres. Our position at the time was latitude 23 degrees 13 minutes north and longitude 148 degrees und 6 minutes east, in the Pacific Ocean.

"We had no idea what the trouble was and thought that the Allers hip and gets its name. In order were merely trying to identify the

to show our nationality I had the Norwegian ng hoisted. As soon as the fing was hoisted, one of the planes came nearer and dropped

a note, or rather two notes One was in English and read: "No fuel please relleve, while the other was in Japanese and evidently meant the same thing," Captain Jergensen declared.

The code provides for hours of immediately stopped the ship and William Frederick Gardner, un-week to 48 hours a week, with a labour ranging from 36 hours a employed, was committed for trial minimum wage varying from 40 at the next. Sessions. by Mr. to 43-cents an hour. Wynne-Jones in the Central Police Court this morning, when he was charged with obtaining credit to the code. the amount or $185.28 from

the Sincere Company Ltd.: without dis. closing he was an undischarged bankrupt.

Price-fixing is not mentioned in

CREWS RESCUED.

"As soon as I rend the note I

gave four lasta which was a signal for all hands to the lifeboats. Meanwhile the planes, which were not seaplanes, landed in the water. "My crew responded to my sigual instantly and within a few minutes a life boat was sent out to the planes There were three men in one plane and two in the other, The illers asked us to stuy along-. The manufacturers are permit-sida them until help could be recur- Gardner, who made no state fed to hire, promote or pay ofT ment and called no witnesses, was their workers on merits, regard allowed bail in the sum of $100, lesa of their affiliation to any personal surety,

organisation. This provision the Mr. W. A. Mackinlay, of Mesars, labour organisers have accepted Deacons, for the defence, aubon the understanding that It does mitted that the prosecution had not infringe the collectivo bar-being picked

LABOUR

CONDITIONS.

ed from the Japanese squadron but as it was getting dark we convinced them that it would be safer to come aboard our ship which they con- sented to do.

"While the Japanese fliers were

our telegraph

up

not proved their case.. They had gaining clause and, with the re-operator was calling Japanese war- to prove that $100 worth of goods servation that its inclusion in Ray must have been sold to the de- other code will be opposed, fendant, and that the employees taking part in those transactions

did not have knowledge he was an undischarged bankrupt. The

took off in about 60 minutes for Plaintiff's mother has been weal with your mother to see him Manila, and landed on Cavits har working as Forewoman at

inade. the he said I am not the father and bour at 4.25 p.m.- From Cavite Orient Tobacco Factory for about also that he would marry you when they motored to Manila, reaching 24 years and is a person whose the child was born?Yeh. the Manila Hotel where they are word is entitled to be believed as stopping, shortly before 6 pin. much as defendant's.

HEAVY RAIN.

PLAINTIFF'S EVIDENCE. Hosa Bautista, a pretty girl

Mr. D'Almuda: On the second necasion you went with your nother did he say Im not going to marry you'?-No. The second time he said he was the father and flyers encountered heavy rain off box and gave evidence in a very

On the return trip to Iloilo the then took her place in the witness would marry me. the coast of Negros. Mr. Grouch composed

I put it to you that he never at explained he had to fly low th be English sufficiently well to be ablo)

mmuner. She spoke any time promised to marry you? During the fight from

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August 20, 1874, and after being educated at Queen's University. Kingston, became a railroad tele grapher and station agent, remain-

safe, ing at this work from 1893 to 1907. Iloilo to Mantia, na they followed From 1907 to 1914 he was Chair the direct route they encountered man of the Telegraphers' Organi-heavy black clouds on the northern ention, Canadian Pacific Railway end of Panny. Mr. Grouch had to System, and from 1918 to 1921 and plot the plane toward the sea, again from 1930 to 1932 was going back to their course after Minister of Labour.

several miles,

He was member of the Canadian

He

Senate from 1917 to the time of Mr. Grogch indicated that his re his death and served on many port on the result of his investign- boards of conciliation and arbitration will embrace the prospective tion Investigating labour disputes.

airline between Hongkong and Ma.: In several instances he acted as nila down to Zamboanga, sole arbitrator by the mutual con- said there are more than a dozen „sent and request of employers and safe places for landing in case of employees, He was Vice-Presi- an emergency all along the route. dent of the Order Railroad Tolo-He found better landing places graphers from 1914.

in. the south than along the west- oru coast of Luzon.

COLONEL BETTINGTON,

RETURNING TO HONGKONG,

Johannesburg, Aug. 27. - Colonel Raa Bottington, well The flyers expect to be in Manila known Johannesburg personality, until September 1, when they will pahead away to-day-Our Oun ny back to Hongkong vin Santiago Correspondent,

Wisland, on the weatorn end of-lin- gayan Gulf. On the crossing. to 4bollo, Chin Yau, #2, who used Hongkong Mr. Grooch, said ho

Sanhthy Aldget wordther would try to looku over kirsin. 122

EIGHTEEN INDUSTRIES.

onus was on the prosecution to million of the nation's workers are It is now stated that fifteen prove that no disclosure had been now working under code."-con-

ONUS ISSUE,

ditions and that eighteen, in- dustries are now "self-governed Mr. P. H. Sin, who conducted under Federal supervision." the prosecution, contended that The National Recovery Admin- the defence. the onun of proof was shifted to fistration estimates that two million voluntary re-employment ngree- that the cast was proved to the

The magistrate agreed, and saldments have been signed.--Reuter,

inally ask for eroiit in writing. extent that the defendant did no

Chong To-wang, accountant or

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BURGLAR'S BUSY WEEK END

KOWLOON RESIDENTS

ROBBED

shipe. We received no answer for bout 45 minutes and then only after we used the enfety signat twice. At last we got a response from the carrier Ryujo. and later from the destroyer Kiso, which an- nounced it would come to our posi tion immediately.

PLANES SINK

I

while wo walted for the destro yor to come, the commander of the, try to keep the planes from sinking two planes asked us to help his men' until the warship arrived. We at tempted to save the planes but one -01 them soon sank. We then radio- [od-the_commander of the warship sisting that ono plane had sunk and. asking if we should attempt to save the other plane. It possible. The reply was: "No: Do not want the plano".

"The Japanese warship finally ar- rived at 8 o'clock, or almost two and a half hours after we had contnoted with it. Two officers came aboard and after inquiring as to the ship's Sentence of six months' hard name, home port, and nationality labour was passed on Ho Hong by

they thanked us for saving the flfors Mr. Butlers at the Kowloon Magia and relieved us of the rescued mon. Captain Jergensen, who is mak- trucy this morning when he was Ing his first trip as captain of the charged with house-breaking at

Tal Yang, has in his possession a three different addresses in Kow-tached two pieces of cloth, one red little rubber ball to which is at-

foon over the week-end.

and the other white, about three The three victime were Mr. H.If, inches wide, and a foot long, the Large, of No. 34 Hankow Road,dovico used by the Japanese in drop- Mrs. Luhring, of No. 32 Hankowping their distress signal. One of Road, and Mrs. Tank, of No. 30the pieces of cloth has a pocket Hankow Road.

sewed on to it which contained the notes..

Detective Sergeant Hill stated defendant got into the promises, through a vacant fat He 'stola a- silver wrist watch from M, Large, another wrist watch fromskr Luhring, whit emblaydi Ca

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