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NOTES OF THE DAY CONDITIONS IN

WHAT NEXT ?..

The tense expectancy and In- torest with which the United States awaits the next move in the Amer

DRASTIC STEPS

MANCHUKUO

The Very Idea!

UNION IS STRENGTH By Eddio Kelly, Forward TE notice that an Aus-

Wiralian Rugby Union

Team is arriving in Hong- kong this week to play the local lads,

A fast game will be had by all, although, Hongkong, of course, will win. Damitall, they've got to. We've got five bucks on them.

By "A TRAVELLER" in "Oriental Affairs". ican monetary gamo are widely sharod. For one thing is fairly ¶X7HATEVER opinions prevail | amounts which varied with each obvious the gold price raising W

as to the rights and wrongs Province, but were increased year experiment has largely failed, com- of the Sino-Japanese conflict, a] by year to meet the Government's modity prices have refused to

recent survey of surface conditions growing needs. It was left to the respond in the manner expected

in Manchukuo indicates in no un-Provincial Governors to provide when the Warren theory was put certain terms timt appreciable these, funds by levying taxes at into practice, and the pursuit of progress is being made towards their discretion, as a result of the Administration's policy to put the realization of some of the which; arbitrary measures were up commodity prices must involve Government's aims. The improve employed, thereby opening the way further adventuring. The direcment in conditions lo welcome, for extortion and corruption. The tion to ba taken affords the puzzle having regard to the upheaval old system has been abolished. for observers and for the moment, which followed upon the incident The one now in forco, based upon the President's plans are being of September 1981, and the hostile the provisions of the existing kept secret,

environment into which the New budget requires that all taxes ba State was born and began its levied, in accordance with the hazardous career. And it would Government's regulations. More- be remarkable if the present imover, appropriato measures, have This Rugby Union is very provement in the situation were been instituted to ensure that there. That drastic steps are in con- attributable to the initiative and is no loophole for squeeze. It intricate, and should not be HK$3,400 templation plenty of warning has enterprise of the Chinese com is also worthy of note that at the confused with the Chinese.

been given. In the first place, the posing the Government; but when time the Manchukuo Government 3,600

the White House is clearly toying one reflects that they are merely assumed control of the Custom Seamen's Union, or with the idea of realising the pro- the mouthpieces of Japan, It is not Houses, no change was made in Union of Dental Surgeons, .HK$2,940 | fit obtainable, in depressed dollars, surprising that she is impelled for the import and export tariffs. In from the Federal Reserve Bank's economic, political and strategic July of this year, however, A 2,940

or the Union Church. gold hoard. And although the

reasons to restore order as quick-partial revision was made as an rumour of the impending purchasoly as possible, from the appalling Interim mensure, pending a gen- The Australians prefer Rugby of $1,000,000,000 of silver for

chaos of her own creation.

oral and. fundaniental revision in Union to Soccer because in Rug- coinage purposes is a trifle start-

Not long since, I journey relation to the requirements of by Union the goal post has w ling, there is ground for the belief through Manchuria by rail was a the country. In applying the that Mr. Roosevelt is proposing to risky undertaking. Instances of amended rates, it was explained | cross-bar. A cross-bar is a bar implement the action he has ultrains having been attacked by that the conditions of the country in which you can lie in an ready taken in the interest of the bandits, resulting in loss of life wore kept in view, as it appeared horizontal position.

and property, are still so fresh in inadvisable to make any changes the memory as to need no re-that might adversely affect the capitulation. To-day one travels development of trade and industry. over the main line in ocmparative Progress is also observable in in Rugby Union. That's why enfety and comfort, free from the the development of the air service, we always have a seat in the grand- incubus of attack. The railway and it is anticipated that within stand. It is very unpleasant in zone and towns, not only along the three years, 3,500 kilometres of air Rugby Union to have the ball any line, but also in the Mukden and routes will be nude available to Kirin Provinces have been freed the travelling public. At present where near you, because all the become from this menace, as a result of the Antung, Dairen, Mukden, Hsin- other players suddenly the drive launched in August last kiang, Harbin, Taitsibar and Man-hostile. This is not hostile-we year by the Japanese Military chulf lines are regularly operated. prefer to watch and cheer. Watch Authorities in the notoriously The Mukden-Antung line connects car? bandit infested areas. The Pro- with Japan vlà-Seoul. In addition vinee of Heilungklang is still to these routes, Hsinking-Lang- overrun by outlawn but similar chingtsun covering a distance of operations are being systematical- 2,126 kilometres, and the Teltsihar- ly carried out, and are said to be fei ho route of 2,100 kilometres, meeting with auccess. It is opined were opened to traffic in July this that within a year, the task of year. clearing the country of these law- less elements will have been completed.

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DEATH.

WIGGINS.-Maud Matilda, beloved wife and mother of George and Zena, passed away at 6 Jordan Road, Kowloon, on 13th January, 1934. (Homo papers please copy). The call was sudden and it was met.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1934.

THE FUTURE OF THE

NEW TERRITORIES

Slow but none the less appre- ciable progress is being made in raising the standard of agricul- tural produce in the New Ter- ritories. The exhibits seen at the Empire Fair and at the recent annual show prove that- there are great possibilities in the development of the mainland territories along lines which will ensure the supply of many of the Colony's domestic needs. As the Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga pointed out, there is an increasing demand both in Hongkong and Kowloon for New Territory produce, and there can be no questioning the point that that demand will con tinue to make itself felt. Thus there is an assured market ready at hand. The New Territories Agricultural Association is per- forming a work of real value, though necessarily restricted in scope. By seeing that better seeds, fertilisers and plants are made available, by disseminating propaganda aimed at improved methods of tillage, and by in- teresting itself in co-operative marketing, it is proceeding along the right lines. The small ex- perimental farm, which it is assisting, should also in course of time produce good results, since it will provide concrete proof of what can be done by modern, scientific methode. Useful as all these things are, however, it is clear that if the New Territories are to play their proper part in the life of the Colony, something much bigger and more ambitious will be needed. We .are convinced that, with adequately organised schemes and financial assistance, large tracts of land beyond the Kowloon hills could be brought under cultivation and be made to yield produce in quantities and of a quality hardly yet dreamed of. The time can be envisaged when hundreds, if not thousands, of people who now find it almost impossible to keep above the subsistence level in the urban areas of the Colony might be induced to transplant themselves into the country and eventually form a new class of husbandmen, earning their living on the land and by their labours contribut- ing greatly to the Colony's needs. But that day will not dawn'until the Government strikes out on a bold policy on the mainland. Thus far, it has been content, in a mildly benevolent way, merely to touch the fringe of the ques- tion. Once it is disposed to take broader and larger views, it will not only be helping to solve some of our economic problems, but it will also assist in rendering the

rehabilitation of silver,

INFLATION

Inflation in some form or other seems inevitable. All the funds Washington han poured into the recovery programme has failed to get now money into circulation at an effective pace. Other action is necessary if the damage done by the evaporation of $20,000,000,000 | of America's bank deposits within a period of four years, is to be remedied. And this action must concern money. Buying gold abroad puts no new money into circulation. And domestic pur chases have not been on the scale likely to show any markedly bene- ficial results. The weakness of the Warren theory appears, at this alght, to have been the artificial

character of the price-raising ays tem, commoditics refusing to respond to a jugglery producing o purely fictitious result,

THE PROBLEM UNCHANGED

Currency reform has been taken in hand in an efficient manner.

Railway expansion has not been neglected. In fact, it is evident that strenuous efforts are being made to complete the lines on which work was suspended after

Position counts for everything

Possibly, if you are going out to the match next Thursday, you may have to take a lady with you, in which case she will ask all sorts of awkward questions about the game. Women are like this and nothing can be done about it.

We have, therefore, compiled this

useful little compendium of the terms used in Rugby Union.

We have purposely left out all the terms not found in a dictionary.

INSIDE LEFT-When a foot- ball is not blown up it hasn't got. any of this,

Under the former regime, there the incident of September, 1931. were no fewer than 15 varieties of The undertaking has been on- notes and about 150 different kinds trusted by the New Stato to the of bills issued by privato in South Manchuria Railway Com dividuals, In circulation. The pany, who have, in addition, ac-. face value of this paper currency quired the sole right of manage- ran into hundreds of millions of ment. They have also secured the The President's problem remains dollars, but due to various causes contract to construct the Tung- what it was in the beginning, that had greatly depreciated. On June hwa-Tumen-Kiang, the Lafa-Har- of getting new money into circula- 15th, 1932 the Central Bank of bin and the Taitung-Hallan lines. tion, moving. rapidly. The mere Manchukuo was catablished. It All of the lines under construc- of it is not enough, took over the assets and liabilities tion, as well as the projected ones, creation -Countless efforts have been of the four Provincial banks of the are vitally important to Japan,. made to force the pace, but they former Government and on July and it is significant, in view of the have all come into conflict with the 1st, 1932 the new bank opened to existing tension on the Manchu closed valves of lack of confidence business. Values were fixed in kuo-Russian frontier, that the of banks in lending and by ir-relation to the Manchukuo dollar work of construction is proceeding dividuals in spending, If not, as

for the redemption of old paper with the utmost possible despatch. has been auspected, with carefully currency, in consequence of which, The foregoing are but a few of planned resistance by opponents of depreciated notes and bills are the apparent aspects of the pre- the Rooseveltlan policies. Essen- boing rapidly taken off the market, sent situation. According to a tially, the position is this: while and it is estimated that at the recent report from Tokyo which the future of the dollar is so un-present rate of redemption, there has been given wide publicity, certain, the American people can will be only one currency by June sweeping changes in Japanese ad- not be blamed for trepidation in next year. The Manchukuo yuan ministrative organs in Manchukuo spending and tending. The gold- has a slightly higher content of are being considered in relation to Ireland and Wales. A Goal-digger buying policy has merely added to silver than the Shanghai dollar, their practicability. The proposed is an Australian goal-keeper. the derangement; there is less con- and the remittance fees in opera reorganization plan provides SCRUM.Australian alang for fidence to-day, than there was a few months ago.

BASIC FACTS

The President is apparently reaching down from the pro- fessorial heights to these basic facts. His budget is clearly de- algned to inject money into cir- culation by various relief and ather projects. It is inflationary it is fundamentally constructive. in every sense of the word, though

But if speed in producing results la of any importance, supplement- ary steps are still essential and presumably the White House con- ferences at the end of last week- had is their objective the Alling of the gap.

A SETTLED 'POLICY

An announcement may como at any time; and the form it takes may be all-important. The Pre- sident has tried nearly everything; it would not be amiss if he now settled upon a dofinitive policy, and stood or fell by it. Confidence can only be inspired by confidence. If the people of America know exactly what they are headed for, they will be less inclined to shirk reaponac. If the President's final aim, as he, frequently asscrte, is stabilisation of the dollar in rola- tion to foreign currencies, the re- moval of uncertainty concerning the final destiny of the dollar will find London less reluctant to moet America's approaches. If the gold content of the dollar is to bo reduced by half, let's have it, over and done with.

Colony more self-supporting. Meanwhile, the work that is being done by officials of the Agricultural Association and other kindred spirits has its value, chiefly, however, us ploncer work leading, we hope, to bigger and better things in the days ahead.

REFEREE. This is the person who gives the free kicks to the side you are not supporting. A referco is never in the right, al- though he is very often in a riot. For further particulars sec A.S.M. Hutchinson's "This Refereedom",

OFFSIDE.—The opposing team. is always offside.

GOAL.-Precious metal. Eng- land is at present off the Goal Standard, having been beaten, by

"Scram". When is player sudden- The Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army bely halts in the field, calls loudly for invested with the authority assistance, and all the other plays to direct and supervise the surround him until he changes economic programme for them, it la a good idea to tell your Manchukuo.

girl friend that this is a serum. 2. A medium formed on the hasla of the existing Special

tion during the past few months that:- indicate that transfers have been 1. made from Manchukuo at alightly under par. The effect of a single currency upon trade, as compared with the many varieties of depre clated noten in circulation with their respective local rates of ex- change, should prove highly bene ficial in all respects.

Taxation, too, has not been over- looked. Formerly, Provincial Governors were required to remit to the Mukden exchequer specified

ΤΟ PUNT.-Past tense for

Service Department of the pants. See Scrum.

Kwantung Government, and PASSA free ticket to see the the Economic Research Com-match. mittee of the South Man-

(Continued on Pago 4.)

"I like this chaptor where he sees hor all dressed up and wants

to be her slave.

DROP PICK-A kick in the abdomen. The player usually drops when he gets it.

on

TEAM SPIRIT.-Dependa the team. The Scotch team epirit is whisky, but Australians prefor 461

beer.

FULL BACK-A full Back is a player who has too much team spirit.

HALF-BACK-When tho

force orders 7 players off the field is a Rugby XV, they are said. to be half back,

PEAK PARTY

Little nips of whisicų),

Little drops of gin,

Make a flapper wonder,

Where the heck she's beccu.

FISHY

Sponking of fishing reminds uk of the first time we tried our luck at the game. We waited patiently for two hours, and then, fed up,.. poured a bottle of boer over the worms, giving it about ten minutes to soak in properly.

Picking, out a Inrgo worm wo throw our Hoo in, and in a couple of ticks there was a. Jork. Wo drow the line in, and there was nothing there but the worm, "Again" came violent jerk, again wo hauled it in, and again .dia covered nothing.

Then wo inspected the bait, and found that the worm had hic coughs!