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U.S. TREASURY HUNT FOR "BRITISH SPY”. Leakage in Gold Price

Information

Washington, Dec. 10. Complaints that the domestic price of gold is known in London before it is officially announced in America have led to a vigorous hunt in the Treasury Department for a "British spy."

The price is fixed each morning at about 9.30 in the course of 5 telephone conversation between Mr. Jesse Jonca, the head of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion, and Mr. Morgenthau, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. then transmitted to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by private wire and sent to the mimeo- graph-room for coples to be made for the Press. These are ready about ten minutes later.

ENGLAND'S PROSE:

MR. JUSTICE WOOD'S

ABLE ADDRESS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934.

ARETHUSA RE-UNION

DINNER.

OLD BOYS GATHER AT HAPPY FUNCTION IN KOWLOON

That the Boventeenth Century was the starting point for a freer

A reunion dinner was held by Old and wider style amongst writers Boys of the training ship Arethuan of English prose was the con at the Palace Hotel, Kowloon, last clusion set out by His Honour Mr. Saturday. Twenty-eight tickets were Justice J.R. Wood' in an entertain-sold, but owing to the Chins Fleet ing paper read at a meeting hold Boxing Championships taking pinca at the Helona May Institute lost at the Lee Theatre on the same night, some were unable to be present. In evening by the local branch of the all 23 sat down to dinner at 8 yam. English Association.

and nearly every man-o-war in port was represented.

The meeting was presided over by His Excellency the Governor, Sir William Peel.

1

now

An

annual

LONDON STOCK

PRICES

KAFFIRS AGAIN BOUYANT

RADIO BROADCAST

The following quotations on the TO-DAY'S BROADCAST. London Stock Exchange have been received by Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz in conjunction with Reater. Market: Generally very firm. Kaffirs, especially, are buoyant.

Jan. 8. Jan. 9.

Chinese Bonda.'

£57.

£101

805

89

804

C 57%

"

-£ 20-25 £ 20-25

£ 94

£94

- £23.

2 30

£ 15

Of the Old Boys present one left | the Arethusa an long ago as 1905, and Bonds 18BB-

(Eng. Iss.) £101 The speaker had solected "An some as recently as 1931.

The Oldest Boy was Lieutenant- 4% Loan 1908. £ 894 Incursion into 17th Century English

of H.M.S. 5% Loan 1912... £ 64% Prose", and at the outset explain-Commander Lawrence, It ined that it was a mere "raid" into Mettway. Unfortunately he had to 5% Reorg Lean

1913 (Lan. Isa.) £80. leave early to offelate at the Fleet the prose of that period, and was Boxing. but before leaving he 5% Bonds 1925-47 £ 82% £83% not intended to be a serious study mnde 11 short but interesting 5% Shal.-Nanking

Riy of any kind. The literature be speech. Ho stated that this was the longed to a verlod he described as first re-union dinner held by Arethusa 5% Tient-Pukow

Rly.

4 23-21 £ 28-27 "Pudding Time," and proceeding boys, but hoped that it

would become on this iden, he picked out

event, Tient-Pukow Railway (Supl. A leakage could occur through

Loan) mich the wires being tapped during the variety of pluma, queting from an (applause) and that on future ocea

extensive range of works to show ions the attendance would bo

Ningpo Rly, course of the telephone conversa-

more Old Boya now on the tion fixing the price, or it might the marked variety and freedom larger, as it was known there were 5% S'hai.-H'chow

of many from restraint which writers

China Station, Ile congratulated 5% Honan Rly... £ 23 t-occur in the mimeograph-room,

prose then began to ovince.

those present on the progrona they Hukuang Rly.

1911

£ 30 though this is almost impossible.

For the first time, the English had made and wished them further The leakage might also be in New

He then asked that Old 5% Lung Tsing U. when in

Hai Rly. 1918. £ 14. York. Two Treasury executives language ranked as an established success.

England would have been specially detailed to In-language, and writers began to Boys

Foreign Bonde and Banks. launch out independently, each not forget to visit the Arethusa and vestigate the mystery,

He ended his speech by perience. giving freer rein to his own pre- give the boys the benedit of their ex- ference for style and words, this saying that he was very proud of also without the restriction Imbaing an Arethusa boy, and was sure an ounce. This is one cent. moro,

would than the figure which it was deposed by a latter day contact with all present were the same and elded before the resignation of commercial usages. Under the always remember that they were

by theso various Arethuar boys. (Cheers). Mr. Acheson and Professor Spra-impetus sot

A vote of thanks was passed to gue should constitute the first authors, the English language

Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence, who began to acquire a vigor halting post.

then departed. To-morow'ra price will be in meaning hitherto unknown. teresting, for it will show whether now characteristics then acquried the Administration proposes to whit were touched úpon by the speaker, and see if commodity prices rise in a mass of extracts he quoted in response, to the increased gold from such authors as Brown, price, or whether they intend im-Fuller, Iznak Walton and Bacon. mediately to push on to the 4134 figure which is usually regarded as the limit since it would require the 60 per cent. depreciation of the dollar athorised by Congress,"

The price of domestic gold has remained for the eighth day at 34.01

Professor Warren is unshaken in ́ his bellefs despite the very small riae in prices since gold buying be gan, but he now admits that he had neglected to pay enough attention to the necessary time lag.

LOTTERY TICKETS

SEIZED

GROCERY SALESMAN

FINED

and The

After dinner toasts were drunk to "The King." "The Arethusa," and Mr. Webb, whom all Old Arethusa Bagr remember so well as a friend to A photograph was taken during din ner, copy of which is to be framed In wood from the old Arethuss and presented to the ship. The remain- The subject provoked apprecia-der of the evening was spent very live opinions from a number of enjoyably in talking over old times members who joined in the general and with a sing-song. discusalon that followed the add- resa.

General Discussion;

MEETING OF CREDITORS IN BERLIN

The

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Lean 1024....

90 German 7% Int. Japon 5% Sterling

Loun 1907. £ ??M £77% Japan 6% Sterling

Loan 1924 £.00% 00% H.K. & S'hai. Bk.

£1324 £133 (Lan. Regd.) Chartd Bk. £6 #h. £ 16% £-15%

Industrials and Breweries,

ARROciated Elec.

Industries Brit-Amer. Tob. (Benrer) ... Chinese Eng. & Min (Bearer)

J. & P. Conta Courtaulds Distillers

Sir Thomas Southorn, who was amongst those present, embraced the opportunity himself to quote an extract from Thomas Brown'a works, which he found represented the best of the rhythmic cadence

London, Jan. 9. that ever went into prose.

fteichsbank has Invited Thomas Brown, In the view of the

G/xh. Internat.

Nickol speaker, was internationally-mind- foreign creditors to meet in Berlin

no par vai ed, a virtue not generally common on January 22 following the sub-

Pinchin Johnson amongat the writers of that period. mission by the Swiss and Dutch

10/sh.... of proposals for

34/-. R.K. Governmente Fr. G.T. Byrne, Prof.

agreements regarding Turner & Newall 45/- Simpson, Mr. W.L. Handyside and separate

Unilever

20/0 Mr. Reynolds

were the other payments. speakers of the evening.

44/0

THREE STUDIO ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING

From Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 365 metres:

4.30-7.30 p.m. Chisese programme, *G-6,15 ̄ ̄ ̄p.1.~~~~~~Children's Studio-

Concert,

7.30-10.30 p... gramme.

European

7.30-8 p. From the Studio,

pro-

A Pianoforte and Banjo recital by Mr. and Mrs. B. 'C. Dunbar,

Programme.

1. Pianoforte-To a Zephyr.

2. Banjo-Cherry Blossom Time. 3. Pianoforte

Hemory.

4. Banjo-"Popular Airs."

All the above items with the ex- coption of the "Popular Airs" are composed by the planist, Mrs. B. C. Dunbar.

&

p.at, Report.

Local Time and Weather

8.3-9.16 p.m. Concert Items Orchestral Carneval Overtura

(Dvorak).

Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Frederick. Stock. Song Shepherd, See Thy Horse's

Foaming Mane (Kerbay). Song-Had a Horse (Korbay).

Keith Falkner (Baritone). Violin Solo Serenade (Plerne). Violin Solo-Serenade (Toselli).

Rence Chemet, Orchestral--Tocesta and Fugue

(Bach).

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Song The Eri King (Schubert). SongDan Juan's Serenade-Op. 38,

No. 1 (Tschaikowsky).

Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone). Pianoforte Solo-Military March in E Flat (Schubert, arr. Buckhaus). Pianoforte Solo-Triana ("Iberia")

(Albeniz).

Wilhelm Backhaus.

Orchestral-Alda-Fantasio

(Verdi, arr. Tavan).

Marek Weber and His Orchestra. Violin Solo-Tambourin Chinois

(Kreisler).

Dushkin).

Joseph Szigeti.

Song-Still as the Night (Bohm). Song-Homing (Del Riego),

Derek Oldham. (Tenor). Orchestral-Rosamunde-Ballet Munic

in G (Schubert).

Royal Albert Hall Orchestra con- ducted by Sir Landon Ronald. 9.15.9.45 p.m. From the Studio. Selections by The Melody Team. 9.45-10 p.m.

.

18/0 19/6

117/0 116/10

26/9

26/9

65/-

$5/-

45/1/2

RA/-.. 84/3

Rubber

5/- sh

#37- 42/0

20/6

20/6

GERMANY'S DEBTS

Elec.

Guinnessakan

Impl. Tabaccu Int. Tea

Industries ***** Impl. Chem. Ind. Def. 19/- sh...

(England) Impl. Chem. In-

43/-

43/-

9973

100/-

.83/3

49/8

Violin Solo--Menuet (Debussy-

9/3 111/6

0/3

111/6

Storea

29/1%

29/14

$21

$ 21/4

33/0 14/154 20/3

Mtacells geou

19/6

20/-

13/-

13/-

Canadian Pacific

Rly. $26 sh.... $ 14% $ 15

Chartd. 15/- sh.

(Bearer)

92/-

Gula

22/6

18/- 18/-

12/0 12/0

26/3xd 26/6

15/3 15/3

Pekin Synd 2/-

ord, sh.

3/0

3/3

Rubber Trusts.. Shai. Elec. Constr.

27/3

27/6

61/-

01/-

Van Ryn Deep. 35/-xd 35/- Vickers 0/8d enchˆ

9/0

9/6

Oils.

47/6 87/0

47/6

87/6

11/4 11/1

21 £21%

62/6

FOG-BLIND CITY.

Kalumpong

Found guilty on a charge of keeping the ground floor of Now Market Street, ns a common

It will be recalled that other kaming house, for po più lottery,

creditors, principally Great Britain,

Anglo-Dutch Soon to Leave. Chan Lau, a salesman of the Nam

recently complained that Switzer Burma Corpn Rs Wo Grocery shop, was fined $60

Holland hud received 10 His Excellency the Governor at land and by Mr. Balfour in the Central

generous treatment In Police this morning. On a charge the end of the general discussion, unfairly

reparation payments.~ of the possession of 104 tickets referred appreciatively to the pu- German for read by the Chief Justice. Reuter. the defendant was discharged,

A Chinese detective said he His Excellency said he was sorry went with Det.Sergeant Fowlle atto announce that this was likely to 7 a.m. to-day to the defendant's be the last time that Mr. Justices shop. Defendant was the only Wood would be with them in the For, as -person-present- and admitted he capacity of a speaker. paid the rent. He was standing they know, he was leaving on re- behind a counter and behind him dement next month. Ifis Ex- the tickets were found in packets cellency took this opportunity of

London, Jan. 9. Deexpressing the great regret of the in a pigeon hole on a shelf.

members of the Association that

London Approaches to

were fendant's foki was absent.

were again affected by fog this morn- Defendant, in evidence, said he both Mr. and Mrs. Wood knew nothing about the tickets. leaving them so soon, since they ing and on many ronde visibility the property of his had both been very strong sup was reduced to ten yards, render- porters of the Association. On Ing motor traffic extremely diffi- foki, who was present In Court. He had seen tickets being brought behalf of the members. His Ex-ent.

They were

DANGEROUS CONDITION

*

AROUND LONDON

cellency offered them sincere On railways there were delays.

isues for a very happy time at

The area affected by fog

was

to the shop by other people.

The foki, Mok Ping, deposed that the tickets were left to him home. His Excellency also ten- limited to a few miles round Lou- dered Mr. Wood a hearty vote of by cooks and he (the fok!) was

air was clear.-British Wireless. merely asked to send them to the thanks for his interesting, enter-on and in many outer suburbs the syndicate. He got nothing fortaining, and humorous lesture. this.

Mr. Justice Woud thanked Its Excellency for the very kind way had tendered, on 'n which ho

SOVIET RE-ARMING trehalf of the Association, their

ACUTE FAR EAST POSITION

RECORD PROFITS.

very good wishes for his wife and WOOLWORTH'S DIVIDEND OF himaolf.

80 PER CENT, The meeting concluded with an

London, Jan. 9. announcement from His Excellency

Record net profits amounting to that the next meeting of the As- Riga, Jan. 9.

held on over £4,500,000 were made in 1933 Roclation would be

Woolworths in their February 4, when Sir Henry Pol- by

on hundred low-priced atores lock would address them

all over Britain and Ireland. "Kipling's Poems.".

The dividend for the year was

A military conference of the - Moscow district la reported to have demanded the reinforcement of the Red Army Immediately,

M. Gamarnik, deputy chairman of the Military Council, was stormily applauded when, in a speech in Council, he emphasised that the extremely acuto situation in the Far East necessitated this measure for the protection of Soviet interesta.

A resolution passed in favour of the fulfilment of the military con- forence demands, orders M.K.E. Vorahilov, Minister of the Army, Navy and Air Force, and chairman of the Military Council, to tako urgent steps to increase the Soviet military forces.--Router.

SERIOUS DROUGHT

MANY COUNTIES STILL FACE SHORTAGE

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London, Jan. 9. Although heavy rains have been experienced in some parts of the British Isles, drought persista in many counties. Water suppiles of small towns, and particularly in Buckinghamshire and Hampshiro, continue to cause anxiety.

Rubber Trepen Mines Langlangte

Estates London Tin-10-

sh.

Anglo-Persian Oil Burma Oil Mexican Eagle

Mex. $4 sh...

sh. Royal Dutch 100

Shell Trans and

Trad (Benrer). Geldenhuis

Crown Minea

52/6

180/3xd 186/3

William Tell-Overture (Rossini).

Members of La Scala Orchestra, Milan, conducted by Ettore Panizza. 10-10.30 p.m. From the Studio. A Pianoforte recital by Mr. Harry. Ore.

Programme.

1. Second Sonata in E flat minor

(Chopin).

(a) Grave Depplo movimento. (b) Scherzo.

(Marcho funcbro,

Preste.

2.(n) Impromtu in A (Scriabine).

(b) Valse in A Fiat (Scriabine)- 10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press News.

10.35 p.m. Close Down.

KZRM PROGRAMME,

To-day's brandcast from Blanila: 5.00 p.m-Sunset Dance Hour. 6.10 p.m.-Spanish Informational Period.

6.30 p.m.-English Informational Period.

7.00 p.m.Studebaker Programme Manlia Motor Company.

7.15 p.m.-Musical Moments,

7.30 p.m.Roquests.

7.40 p.m.-Front Page News Review

28/14xd 28/114-Itemime of the important events of the past week, conducted by Erwin McNiece.

EXCHANGE RATES

'Parik. Geneva. Alve Berlin. dotted Helsingfor

Oslo

Others present in addition to those already named, were Lady raised from 70 to 80 per cent.- Peel, Sir William Hornell, Hon. Reuter.. Mr. C.G, Alabaster, Hon, Mr. A.E. Wood, Hon. Mr. R.H. Kotowall,

Ilon. Mr. N.L. Smith, Mr. G.P. de Smith, Mr. and Mrs. E. Davidson, Martin, Prof. L, Forster, Dr. S.S. Dr. Pfister, Mr. M. F. Key Mr. C. Strahan, Mr. and Mrs. M.K. Lo, D'Almada e Castro, Mr. R. C. H. Mr. P. Jack, Fr. Gallagher, Mr. H. Lim, Mr. E. P. H. Lang, and many C. Macnamara, Mr. A. M. Bowes-others.

Jan. 8.

.83.16/32 .10.87

Jan. 9. 83.0/32

10.80

.18.74

13.72

220%

220%

.10.00

19.00

Athens

.682

582

Milan

627

62.8/10

Buenos Aires,

.36%

Shanghai..

30%

.1/4.1/10

5.054

•20%

8.18/2 20%

6.0914 1/4.1/16

New York. Amsterdani.. Vienna... Prague.. Madrid.

110

8.12 201 109% .30.11/16 39.0/16 Bucharest

560 Hongkong. -1/5% Brusscis.

23.62 Stockholm. .19.80% Copenhagen .22.40 Lisbon Bombay. Rio Friday, January 20 will be the an-Yokohams.

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN. BRIEF PRIDE THAT DINES ON VANITY,

Bury ON CONTEMPT.- Benjamin ¡nual speech day of the Diocesan Boys' Montevideo.

Franklin,

The Rev. Father G. M. Spadu, M.A., has been nominated Rector of the Catholic Cathedral.

Three cases of diphtheria with two deaths, one casp of typhold, one case of meningitis with one death, and 54 dontha from tuberculosis were report: ed to the local health authorities last week. On Monday one case of typhold was also reported.

Belgrade

School, ut which H. E. the Governor Montreal

1094

G60 1/6.11/16 22.47 10.39% 22.40

.109% .1/0.1/16

1/27/16

36

1/6.1/16

4 1/2.11/82 364

238

240

5.08%

6.09 ls to be present, while the Bishop of Silver (spot) 10%

19.1/10 10% Hongkong will be in the chair. Tea Silver (forward).19,8/10

War Loan..... .101

101.13/16 will be served at 4 pm.. and the

British Wireless, speeches are to commence at 5 p.m.

The second number of "Oriental Affairs," the monthly magazine pub- shed at Shanghal by Mr. II. G. W. Woodhead, is to hand, and maintains the standard of the initial lasue. It has authoritative articles on practi-

BANDIT MENACE.

PASSENGERS FORBIDDEN TO CARRY LARGE SUMS

Shanghai, Jan. 9. Large cities and towns are ro-

It la reported that the Ministry latively well supplied and in Lon den supplica aro adequate and no

The Hongkong Philharmonic Society cally all aspects of the situation in of Hallways has issued a circular prohibiting passengers travelling question of rationing has arisen, although rainfall in the Thames advertise that the "Pirates of Pen- the Far East, so that the Nanking-between Peking and Shanghal rem Valley last year was only 22.7 in-anco" will be produced at the King Fukien affair, Manchukuo, America carrying more than $3,000 in coah.

Theatro on February 0, 8, 9 and 10 at

Presumably this measure chos, which is the lowest for 85 0.30 p.m. and a matinee on February vis-a-vis Japan, and other topical years with exception of 1921-7 at 4.00 p.m. Booking opens at the questions receive ample space and are been taken owing to the danger

from bandits.-Reuter. British Wireless.

King's Theatre on February 1. Jably discussed.

7.55 p.m.-Princess Pat Beauty Hints Fred Stevens and Co.

8.00 p.m.-Studio Presentation. 8.16 p.m.-L. Everett Steamahip Co. Programme Nat Shilkret

Novelties.

8.30 p.m.-Stock Quotations. 8.40 p.m.-Manila Radiolites.

0.10 p.m.-Dance Music-Manila Hotel Orchestra,

10.30 p.m.Sign Of.

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