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AFRICA'S FLORA &

·FAUNA

CONFERENCE SEEKS TO PROTECT

SANCTUARIES TO BE ESTABLISHED

London, Oct. 16.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY; OCTOBER 17. 1933.

NAVY BALL

:

TRAFALGAR · DAY PLANS

The arrangements for the Navy.

Ball to be held at the Peninsula Hotel on Saturday will be similar to those of the St. George, St. Andrew & St. Patrick's Society Balls.

His Excellency the Governor &

GENEVA CONDEMNS

GERMAN PRECIPITANCY ·

(Continued from Page 1)

Representatives of Hungary,

AN AIR SERVICE TO SHANGHAI

TO BE INAUGURATED ON OCTOBER 24

Definite Information regarding

RADIO BROADCAST

Soviet Russia, Poland and Turkey the Inauguration this month of the TO-DAY'S BROADCAST were only the delegates who re-air service between Canton and frained from voting their approval Shanghai was brought to Hong-

to

tho

FROM THE STUDIO

4-3 p.m. gramme.

Chinese recorded pro-

of this toxt, the Hungarian repre- kong yesterday, by Mr. H.. VIOLIN AND PIANO RECITAL sentative because he and his Bixby, vice-President of country according to the Treaty Pacific-American Airway Corpora was in a special position and had tion, who arrived from Shanghai consider the disarmament by the Sikorsky amphibian mono- Lady Peel have kindly consented problem from a different angle to plane in which he flew to Manila

other countries, and the Russian, In August. Polish and Turkish representativos because they had not participated in the negotiations referred to in the reply.

The protection of African Fauna and Flora by means of a revised to attend. International Convention' will be the chief purpose of a Conference Dancing will commence at 9.30 which will meet in London on p.m., and, in addition to the pro- October 81, and at which the Gov- ernmente of Great Britain, Abyasi-Suffolk" will give a display of the gramme, Seamon Boys from H.M.S. nia, Belgium, Egypt, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Anglo-Egyp Sailors Hornpipe. The popular tion Sudan will be represented. and talented artistes, Don and The Governments of India, Sally, and the Worth Sisters will United States and Netherlands also entertain, together, during hava nominated observers.

tho evening.

The Chief Britial: delegate Lord Onslow will preside. Other Bri- tish delegates will be Sir William Gowers, Senior Crown, Agent for Colonies, Bir Arnold "Hodson, Gevorner of Sierra Leone, and Mr A. B. Acheson, Colonial Office.

The Management of the hotel have co-operated with enthusiasm in the Trafalgar Day movement, and have erected

a replica Nelson's Monument outside the

Peninsula Hotel.:

of

SIR JOHN SIMON LEAVES.

5-8 p.m.

from the Military Hospital, Bowen Road, by kind permission of the Officer Commanding. (During the intervals recorded music will be broad- cast from the Studio).

Mr. Bixby, together with seven

A relay of the Band of the 1st companions, left Shanghai at Battn. South Wales Borderers, con a.m. yesterday morning, landing at ducted by Bandmaster . L. Gecks, Kat Tak at 3.5 p.m.

Interviewed shortly after his arrival, Mr. Bixby stated that the Sir John Simon is leaving China National Aviation Corpora- Geneva for London to-night. Hetion will inaugurate a passenger will attend the usual Wednesday and air mail service between Can- meeting of the Cabinet when the ton and Shanghal with a flight Disarmament situation will be from Shanghai on October 24. examined in the light of recent Two Sikorsky amphibians will be developments, He will see the placed into service and a regular Prime Minister immediately on his bi-weeldy time-table will be adher- return.-British Wircless.

od to.

The planes will Icaro Shanghai every Tuesday and Friday at 0 a.m., and, with Intermediate stops at Wonchow, Foochow, Amoy and Swatow, will arrive in Canton at

p.m. on the same days.

On

the return flights, the machines will leave Canton on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2.80 p.m. Overnight stays will be made at Swatow, and the flights will be rosumed from Swatow at 6 am, on the next day, the planes landing at Shanghal during the same morning.

LEADERS LEAVING.

Geneva, Oct. 16. The honds of most of the prip, A draft convention for the use Tickets are obtainable from the cipal delegations to the disarma-5 as a basis of discussion has been Secretary, Navy Ball, H.M.S.ment Conference, including Sir circulated to other Governments Tamar" and the Peninsula, Hong-John Simon and M. Paul Boncour, by the United Kingdom Govern-kong & Repulse Bay Hotels, at are leaving immediately to con- ment. It contains suggestions for $10 duch, including Buffet Supper sult with their Governments dur an agreed declaration of principle and Refreshments. Ten per cent ing the adjournment of the Con- on the stablishment of National of the tickets sold will be allocated ference.-Router. sanctuaries, in which wild animals to the Trafalgar Day Fund and plants may be preserved with due regard to the interests of na- tive inhabitants of the various territories concerned, and also proposes measures to restrict kill- ing of some of the rarer, species of African animista.

It also deal with the various objectionable methods of hunting and other practices which have de- structive effects upon wild life, and is designed to secure coopera tion between the various adminis- tration-British Wireless.

GERMANY BLOCKS

RESOLUTION

NETHERLANDS' MINORITIES PLAN

Geneva, Oct. 12. Germany opposed discussion of the resolution submitted to the League Assembly by the Nother- lands in regard to the protection. of minorities, including Jews,

Consequently, although all the other States voted in favour of dis. cussing the resolution, the matter had to be dropped, as á single vote Is enough to prevent the dis- cussion of any resolution.--Reuter. Professor Einstein is reported by Havas to have approached the Turkish Government with a ro- quest that permission should be granted to fifteen German Jewish professors and thirty assistants to establish themselves in Turkey, under a promise that they will acquire Turkish citizenship after three years.

EX-EMPRESS ZITA

Much speculation has been caused here by the visit of ex- Empress Zita, widow of the late Emperor Charles of

King and Queen of Italy.

.

A buffet supper with set tables will be served, which will be opened at 11.45 p.m.

For the convenience of those attending the Ball a special dinner! will be provided at moderate cost) at the Peninsula Hotel.

The Star Ferry Company will| run lato ferries at every half hour from 1.00 a.m. till 3.30 am and Peak Trams will be available at frequent intervals,

CHINESE HEALTH

CENTRE

STOCK MARKET REACTIONS

CITY CALM IN SPITE OF SITUATION

*

London, Oct. 18. In view of the uncertainties of the International situation, dealers on Stock Exchange at the opening of the market, took usual precau tionary measure of lowering the quotations.

#

Air Mail First.

For the first thirty days it is not intended to carry passengers, air- mail only being taken. The rates of postage from either Canton or | Shanghai will be 55 cents for each

20 grammes, or approximately two-; thirds of an ounce.

bo

Passenger services wi inaugurated on November 24, and tickets will be available between Shanghai and Canton at $270 Shanghai currency.

Questioned regarding the pos- sibility of an extension to Hong There was, however, no sugges-kong, Mr. Bixby said that the tion of panic selling, and the city matter had not yet been fully dis- took the situation calmly.

cussed. Although little business passed prices were recovering steadily throughout the day and generally

(Continued from Page 1.j Use of patients whose treatment calls for plenty of air and sun-above the worst. light.

EXTENSION BLOCKS.

"I anticipate that within a few months the service will be extended to Hongkong. I might mention that we have met with every courtesy in this Colony, both from the ofcials of the airport and the Government," he said.

"Ultimately, we will extend the service to Bianilo, but it will pro-

German bonds of 56 per cent. were at 404 and 7 per cent. at 70%. The British 3 per cent. The next two years will see the War Loan finished at 101 0/16. extension Home rails and Industrials, and erection of the two wings which are also to be alx and Keftirs showed some recovery.bably be at least a year before this storeys in height. While contain---British Wirclass. ing special rooms for maternity cases and dispensing requirements the general accommodation in these two wings is somewhat on the same lines as the main build- Ings, with the addition that a portion will be set aside children's caaca;

EXCHANGE RATES

Paris..

.1/3.7/16

.4.60%

.7.77

Oct. 13. .81 7 for Geneva

.10.20 Berlin.

.13.11 Helsingfors. „2204 Included in the work to

be Oslo...

.10.90 carried out next year will be the Athens.

.560 demolition of that section of the Milan.

.69% Tung Wah hospital on the south-Buenos Aires.

45 west side of the Po Yan Street. Shanghai.. New York. The new hospital will be equip Amsterdam.. ped with flush Installation and other Vienno modern conveniences, and served | Prague.

Madrid..

Hongkong. Brussels. It has been remarked that a better Stockholm. site could have been found else Lisbon

Bombay. Yokohama.. Montevideo. Montreal.

by an adequate number of lifts.> Bucharest

HAPPY COMPROMISE.

.284

will come into effect. Our flight from Shanghai, to Manila in August demonstrated that the sor- vice was quite feasible, but we will have to obtain faster machines than those we intend using in the Shanghai-Canton service.

6-7 pm. Chinese, recorted pro- gramme,

7.10.30 pm, European programme. 7 p.m. Closing Local Block Quota-

tions, etc,

7.3-7.45 p.m.

Le Spere du Printemps (The Rite of

Spring) (Igor Stravinsky). Igor Stravinsky conducting the Orchestro Symphonique (of Paris), LX119/LX123.

7.15-9.33 p.m. A Concert,

8 p.m. (Local Time and Weather Report),

Pianoforte Solo-Prelude in C Sharp

Minor (Rachmaninoff), ̧ ́ Pianoforto Solo-Prelude in G Minor

(Rachmaninoff),

William Mordoch. DX244. Song-My Dearest Heart (Sullivan).. Song--A Summer Night (Marzials

and Goring Thomas).

Doris Vane (Soprano), DX71. Violin Solo-Llobesleid (Kreisler). Violin Solo-Zapateado (Sarasate).

Efrem Zimballst. 9650. Song-Donnio Mary of Argyle

(Traditional)

Song The Bloom is on the Ryo

(Fitzball and Bishop).

.

Heddle Naah (Tenor), DB220. Planoforte Solo-Felonaise in A Flut

(Chopin).

Ignaz Friedman. L1900.' Violin Solo-Plavn Lasky (Love

Song) (Suk, arr. Marak). Violin Solo-Tambourin Chinala . (Kreisler).

Yovanovitch Bratza, 0267..

8.93-9 p.m. Operatic Selections,

Band-The Mill on the Rock

Overture (Reissigor, arr. Winterbottom).

The B. B. C. Wireless Military Band DX250. (Gounod).

Orchestral Faust-Valso Orchestral-Faust-Prelude

(Gounod).

J

Milan Symphony Orch. 9878. Orchestral-Mephisto Valse (Liszt). Orchestra of the Brussels Royal Conservatoire. DX110. 9.9.80 p.m. From the Studio, Miss Mona Higgins and Miss V. A Violin and Pianoforte recital by Kirkpatrick.

9.80-9.58 p.os. Musical Comedy, and Light Opera. Selection Frederica (Lohar).

London Theatre Orchestra. DX182. Solection-Cavalcade (arr. Somers).

Debroy Somers Band. DX305. Selection-Bitter Sweet (Coward).

Ray Starita and Hia Ambassadire Band. 9782, 9.58-10.30 p.m. Variety.. Fluto Duct-Valso des Mascottes. Flute Duot-Pizzicato Pierrette.

Jean and Pierre Gennin. DB261.

Oct. 10. 80.19/32 16.28

Manila Bervice. ^ 13.31 "Before the Manila service can 228 commence, a lot of ground work 19.90 will have to be done. Radio.com-

GTO 59.18/16 munication, pilots, landing flelde "and fuelling are just a few matters. that will need preliminary atten- 1/8%

4.62 tion." 7.8216

"Right throughout our flight 28 from Shanghai to-day we were in 100%

radio communication with Hong-Song-Try Gettin'a Good Night's #7.23/32

3/32 | kong, and when the service com- 646 mences all our machines will carry

radio operators"

1/5% 22.051

10.40

Mr. Bixby added that he was 105 leaving for Manila to-day by the 1/8.3/04 Dollar liner President McKinley in

1/2 connexion

proposed 80 Manila service.

105

37.7/16

.627 .1/6.8/10 22.32% .10:30 .10314 .1/8.3/04 .1/2.3/10 .37

4.7%

00

18 18.3/16 101.3/16 ..101.9/18

British Wirelon.

AHEAD OF RIVAL.

SPECULATION CAUSED where for the naw Chinese health BY ROME VISIT. contro than in such a congested area as that in which the present Rome, Oct. 12. reconstruction scheme is now Silver. (spot)....18.5/16

being carried out, but against this Silver (forward).18% it is claimed for the new building War Lann.. that being much higher than the surrounding structures and pro Austria- vided with gardens as "lung" Hungary, who arrived here and spaces, it will present the best. was yesterday received by the compromise in necessitions cir- cumstances. In this connexion it It la reported

is also to be noted that the scheme that the Empress favours a marriage he- Po Yan Street which runs through ex calls for a decided widening of tween her eldest коп, tho Archduke Otto, and the Italian love the congested uppearance of the property, thus helping to re- Royal Princess Maria. Diplomatic this old native quarter. circles are inclined to believe that; her visit to Rome has been in order to realise this plan and fur- thermore to enlist the support of Italy for Archduke Otto in his claim to the Austrian throne...

HURRICANE TOLL

· 25 LIVES LOST WHEN SHIP SINKS

Twenty-five lives are belloved to

STONE-LAYING CEREMONY.

The buildings have been planned by Mr. H. M. Słu, well known local architect, who is also a member of the Hospital Directorate.

CHARLES ULM REACHES CALCUTTA SAFELY

with the

The Sikorsky amphibian will leave for Canton this morning and from there will return to Shanghai. Immediately after its arrival at

Kai Tak yesterday, a Texaco launch pulled alongside, and re- fuelled the machine. Texaco Aviation spirit, it is understood, will be used exclusively by the machines in the Canton-Shanghai service..

In addition to Mr. Bixby, Mr. P. Y. Wong, Business Manager of the Calcutta, Oct. 16. Charles Ulm, the Australian China National Aviation Corpora- aviator, who is attempting to low-tion, Mr. W. S. Grooch and Mr. I. er his countryman's record for the M. Carlson were passengers from flight from England to Australis, Shanghai yesterday. The machine now held by Sir Charles Kingsford was piloted by Mr. Geo, Rumil and Smith, arrived hore to-day after a Mr. Wood, the latter also acting as

radio-operator. night fight from Karachi..

At Karachi, where Ulm arrived Sunday, his time from London was

His Excellency the Governor, Sir 2 days, 14 hours, 14 minutes as CONFUCIUS William Peel, has graciously con-eral hours better than his rival's. sented to perform the ceremony of He remained there only two and laying the foundation stone at a half hours, and flew all night to 4.30 this afternoon..

reach Calcutta to-day-Reuter,

•

Sleep Song-Ev'ry "Little While.

Frances Maddux (Soprano). DB1089. Organ Solo-Nauticana-An

Organ Roll.

Organ Solo-Rustiques-A Rural

Organism.

Torance Casey, DE262. Song-The Sidewalk Waltz. Song-Hold Me.

Paul Small (Tenor). DB1000. Pianoforte Solo Have You

Forgottor Planoforte Solo-Helen-Selection.

Billy Mayerl. DB777,

10.30 p.m. Clasa Down, All records in the above European programmes are kindly supplied by Mesare. Anderson Music Co.

GOLD DECLINES

HEAVY SLUMP OVER WEEK-END

London, Oct. 16. The fall of two shillings nine- pence in the price of gold since Saturday, when it was 128 shil- Ings sixpence per fine ounce, is. BIRTHDAY.attributed to the selling of French

francs for sterling.

Gold to new 74 pence below the LOCAL CELEBRATIONS IN THE record price touched on Oct. 8.

THEATRES

The customary celebration of the anniversary of Confucius birthday by local Chinese schools, firms and the various Confucian associations

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF have been lost in the sinking on EXCESS OF GRIEF FOR THE DE- Two cases of typhoid and one case Saturday of the Grecian stenmor CEASED IN MADNESS: FOR IT IS AN of paratyphold were reported to the Annoula in a hurricane off the INJURY TO THE LIVING, AND THE local health authorities during the took pince yesterday..

North Carolina coast, it was stated by Ave. survivors who have DLAD KNOW IT NOT-Xenophon.

arrived in Philadelphin on le #teamar Montello, which picked

week-end.

Heavy Selling.

Heavy offerings of gold cur rencles, as a result of Chancellor. Hitler's coup, was the feature of.. operations on the Exchange to-day. The American dollar appréciat- The leading association, the Coned from 4.57 to 4.47, while French fucian Society, held a concert at the france were quoted at 81.78 after Last Saturday the Rose Room of Tai Ping Theatre. In addition to reaching 82. The wedding is announced to take the Peninsula Hotel was crowded with the musical and theatrical Items, Tho principal sellors were Agent, of 3, Humphrey's Building, Roces of Don and Sally and the Worth speeches on the work of Confucius lar was revived by the recent con placa shortly of Mr. William O'Neill, people who appreciated the perform ably rendárců, by mobors, Amoricana, whose faith in the dol- Kowloon, and Miss Margaret Kirk-lators, who appeared in an entirely were delivered. bride, of 205, West End Gardens, new programme. Don and Sally are

version scheme. It is believed the The Chinese Confucian Associh Equalisation Fund was partly res Shanghai,

again extremely popular in Hongkongtion held a similar meeting at the ponsible for the fall of the franc. and their polished" presentations" aro Notice has been given of the forth- | always suro of welcome. The Worth Kau U Fong Theatre, while German bonds were marked coming marriage of Mr. Frank An-Sisters, sparkling with pep, have won numerous Chinoso schools cele down abarply on the Stock D draw Clonshy Taylor, ahip's officer, the decided approval of the Colony, brated the occasion with a holiday change but otherwise there was no The 8th. Destroyer Flotilla left of the China Navigation Co., Shang and it is regrettable that a previous and tea partice or concerts in the chango Prices generally are casi- shortly after noon to-day for exexhal, and Mire Mario Christina Martin, engagement compole them to leave arvoning, Many Chinese firms er and dealers are awaiting dove- cises, and will retum on Friday.

of Richmond, Surrey, England. Hongkong in a 'wook's time,

closed to observe the holiday.lopments-Router.

them up in a lifebont on Sunday

night.

The Annoula was a froighter of 8,127 net tons, built in 1908, and her home port was Argostoli.

SOCKSE

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for cash.

for. DAY and EVENING

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ARTS & CRAFTS

Piercing Headache

pain In the limbs and other disturbances are offen the conse- quences of Intolerable heat and greal variations in temperature. One feels completely exhausted and list- less. Bear in mind that

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