1934-02-08 — Page 26

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NOBODY DARED DO IT BEFORE!

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HARBOUR RESCUE.

LEAPS FROM FERRY

was raisod. The ferry making the opposite journey joined in the soarch, Lau Chi meanwhile fore- stalling a British soldier in diving overboard after the man.

"TO GET COOL," :

A police launch commanded by Romarking "I want to get cool," Sergt. Haynes rushed at full speed Hn Shun-chi, 19-year-old student from Kowloon side to assist but throw himself over the side of the Lau and the then unconscious forry Golden Star last night and student were actually picked up by

8 passing launch.

They word was saved from drowning by the placed on the forry and Ha Shun- narrowest margin.

chi was taken to the Water Police station where artificial respiration was applied until the arrival of an ambulance.

His rescuer was Lau Chi, a Star Ferry Ballor who only a few days ngo received an award for effecting

a similar rescue while on duty.

The student is now in Kowloon Hospital suffering from shock.

·and

The incident happened at 8.45 Ho was with his mother pm. in mid-harbour and the ferry friends in the third class section stopped immediately the alarm of the ferry at the time.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

QUAKE RESTORATION

OFFER

THURSDAY,

MUI TSAI AGAIN

Maharaja and Replanning MORE QUESTIONS

of Darbhanga

(Special to "Telegraph”)

(Dy Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphis Mas mages Ordinance, 187).

5, 20.7 0.m.)

Itecelvad, February

Patna, Feb. 7.

IN COMMONS

PRESENT SYSTEM DEFENDED

FEBRUARY

1934.

CHINA'S FOREIGN

TRADE

Adverse Balance Last Year of $700,000,000

(Special to "Talograph")

Nanking, Feb. 8. The annual returns fasued by the Nanking Foreign Trade Bureau The Maharajadhira) of Darb-

The mui-tsai system in show that Imports for last year hanga, Shri Kameshwar Singh,

nt $1,300,000,000, who is the head of the Maithil Hongkong was once again were valued Brahmins in India, and Life Presi- the subject of questions in while exports were only $600,000,-

dent of the Bihar Land Holders

London, Feb. 7.

Association, has offered to finance the House of to the extent of £186,700, the re- Commons, of planning of Darbhanga Town, much the usual which suffered severely in the recent earthquake,

Maharaja has already donated £7,500 to the Viceroy' Earthquake Fund-Reuter

The

type and receiv ing the usual replies.

Mr. Malcolm? MacDonald, Under- Secretary of State) for the Colonies,] declared that the

STOCK EXCHANGE number of mui-tsais

CONTROL

DRASTIC AMERICAN

LEGISLATION

in Hongkong' was! very much de- creasing.

Mr. Malcolm Mr. Kirkwood, MacDonald, the Glasgow Left Wingor, declared that the muf teal system was a form of slavery. Washington, Feb. 7. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald replied that it was no longer a system of Following a conference with sinvery because the girls were re- President Roosevelt, Mr. Fletcher, gistered, were perfectly free and chairman of the Senate Banking vere paid as domestic servants. Committee, announced that a Bill If they wished to giving the Federal Trade Compositions, facilities are ready for mission drastic control over the them to do so.

Intro- Stock Exchanges will be duced into the Senate on Febru ary D.

leave

adverso trade

000; leaving an balance of $700,000,000.

The United States occupied the highest position in exports to China, with Britain, Japan and Russia following closely behind.

Goods imparted from Russia last year were valued at about Custom Gold Unit. 9,902,724, of which the biggest items involved oll. Wood pulp, cotton yarn and plece goods also came from Russia. -Central News.

AIR AGREEMENT

CROSSING ITALIAN

TERRITORY

London, Feb. 7. Following the visit of the and Colonel Secretary for Air,

of Civil their Sholmerdine, Director

Aviation, to Rome recently, a pró» visional agreement has been reached enabling Imperial Air- ways aircraft operating on the African Air Servico Italian territory by the most con- it was being so worked as to make venient route. It is expected that impossible a continuance of the the new route will be operating in system of slavery as existed about three months,-British Wire-

He was antisfied that the exist

registration ing system of

and inspection was sufficient and that

A seperate Bill will be tabled covering the proposed regulations for the commodity exchanges, but the tavo may be combined.-Reuter, before-Router.

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