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CHANGE OF TUNE?

NEW GERMAN NOTE ON DEBT OBLIGATIONS

CONCILIATORY IN TONE

Berlin, June, 25. A fresh German Note to Britain on the subject of

MOTORIST FACES TWO CHARGES

HEARING OF CASES

ADJOURNED

E. Greyer, of Mesara, Sander, Weiler & Co., was summoned be foro Mr. Hamliton, at the Central Magistracy, this morning, on two counts of having driven in a dangerous manner in Repulse Bay Bond on June 9 at 6.50 p.m., and having falled to drive with due care and caution. In Shek-O Road on June 17.

Mr. L. II. V. Booth, Director of Criminal Intelligence, was

the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

FRAUD ON POST OFFICE

GOODS AS "PRINTED MATTER”

JUNE: 26, 1934.

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debts and obligations has complainant in the first summons, the Post Office, said that a Chin. Ing plant. She is as ruthless in foro Guild), L. A. L. da Silva, John

been handed to the British Ambassador std will proba- bly determine whether or not a trade war will develop out of the dispite.

H.

FUNERAL AT PROTESTANT CEMETERY YESTERDAY ;

of the most startling love A large attendance was themes aver presented on the screen nessed at the funeral of (the lato) i

will be unfolded at the Queen's Theatre Capt. R... Mitchell which was convicted by Mr. Hamilton, at First National picture "Female," with Cemetery. The Rev. E. L. Allen Lo King-yce, unemployed, was on Thursday with the showing of the held last evening at the Protestant the Contral Magistracy. this morn- Ruth Chatterton in the stellar role. officiated. Ing, on two charges of having This story, by Donald Henderson Brother Masons acted as pall- deirauded the revenue by poating Clark, la not of one love, but of many bearers. They were Messrs, D. packets marked "prfuted matter" it reverse the role of the philandering Tollan, F. C. Mow Fung, A. F. which in reality contained cotton sale with Misa Chatterton playing articles on June 21 and 22 the the part of the huntress who eats a Mnginula, W. L. Hume, E. Coulson was fined $50, or one month's some young men she selects for her

coal and calculating oye on the hand and J. S. Logan.

Present were Mr. A. Mitchell. hard labour, on each charge, the vampish, nocturnal adventures. These the eldor son, who was chlet sentences to run consecutively,

are mostly employees of her own con- muurner; and Mesero, W. S. Balley, Mohamed Hassan, à elerk In

cern, for she is a big business woman Buchanan, W. E. Kirby (represent- who heads an automobile manufacturing the Chinese Const Oflcora Mr. Booth sold that he was ese clerk had reported to him, on As in her financial, dealings, for she Arnold, W. Harris, H. Gittinn, T. acceding along Repulse Bay June 21 that five neliets of newa carelessly cunts the young men side Barnes, R. Duncan, R. Hall, Road There was a stream of about six had been

towards Wanchal Gap. papers" with" insufficient stamps

Tas soon as she tires of them and they posted. Witness be try to carry the courtship into the Hong Sling, W. C. Poy, Dr. E. L.. or even cars going slowly on the came suspicious, and opened one

office. As Alison Drake, the business de Souza, and Captains A. D. left hand side of the road. Therd of the packets. It contained linen executive, she feels that she is Kelman, W. Ferritt, W. W. Walker, was a blind corner just below the articles. It was marked "printed ordinary conventions of the world others.

auper-woman who is not bound by the Jones, A. Cambeli, and TILOUTLY Gap, and dofondant auddenly matter."

He reported to Mr. T. about her. It is not until she dis- overtook his car, and

The Wreaths, cut Into Hynes, the Superintendent of covers there is one man who will not

Wreaths were sent by: Mr. and the tramita ah-Mails, and was instructed to keep succumb to her wites that she was Mes. 3. Grudy, Mr. and Mrs. D.

been coming in the to car

a watch.

On the following day up to the fact that her slant on life: direction, defendant about 3.57 p.. Ite opposite

saw the de- is a twisted one. Not in a long while Collan, Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Yello, would have had to stop. Witness fendant come in with a parcel. powerful a portrayal and so moving Birs. F. W. Stapleton, Mr.

ine Ruth Chatterton offered so Mr. and Mrs. Philippena, Mr. and And continued on, and round another Defendant looked round to see

a drama. George. Brent plays the Mrs. W. F. G. Harris. Mr. and blind corner, he saw defendant whether he was being watched, tending again overtake the cara in front and then put one packet into the time apposite the star. Others in the Mr. and Mrs. A. W. E. Davidson masculine role, his fourth ra. G. R. Holloway and family, of him.

post, Witness seized defendant cast include Loin Wilson, Rutli before he could post four other Donnelly, Ferdinand Gottschalk, and Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Allgood, Mr. and Mrs. W. Harris and family, parkets. The postage OR the Johnny Mack Brown.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. B. Douglas, "Four Frightened People” Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Burns, Mr. and Thursday proper pusinge was 16 cents.

With the exception of three scenes, Mrs. R. R. Wood and family, Mr. Ny Ping-hl, Chinese clerk, which were made in the studio in and Mrs. A. W. Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. said he had come across such Hollywood, Cecil B. DeMille's latest A. W. Ingram and family, Mr. and packets on June 15, They were Paramount picture, "Four Frighten Mrs. R. J. Everest, Mr. and Mrs. addressed to Shamsul.

ed People," which comes to the King's W. F. Ford, Mr. and Mrs, G. A. Theatre on Thursday, was

almed Angus, Capt. and Mrs. H. Griffith, entirely in the wild sections of the Mr. and Mrs. John P. White, Mrs. island of Hawail. The company was W. Cole and family. Capt. and located two hundred miles by boat Mrs. Kelman. from Honolulu. Claudette Colbert,

recent

Despite Schucht's threat, Gorman Note, which was de Pached to London night and it is confidently expect

at it will reveal a concilia- tor tone, likely to leave the way

for a compromise. "It is believed that the Note ax- arts that Germany's present light is mainly due to the burden. of reparations and urges that

Greyer said he could not re- member the incident, and the

political questions must not be hearing of the summons was ne rackets was. two cents ench. The l confused, with fanclaj problema,

GERMANY'S POSITION, The Note also reiterates that Germany desires to meet all her obligations in full as and when blo to do so. Germany is very ready to hear any new proposal by her creditors in the matter of facilitating payment.

Meanwhile, in London, the House of Commons has passed Bill Debts Clearing Offee without a division,

Mr. L Here-Belisha, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, wind ing up the debate, said that the powers under the Bill would be used with moderation.

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The deduction, he said, would begin at twenty per cent. and as Germany herself had stated that ahe Intended to continue to pay her debts in marks, exporters' goods ought to receive full payment.

BRITAIN'S LEVER.

If the Reichsbank did not pay

British exporters in full that would be tantamount to a furher default on the part of Germany,

As long as Germany did not take stops to restrict trade further by artificiul methods, there wha no reason why the system should not work to the mutual convenience of both sides.

If, on the other hand, Germany took' other steps, the Bill armed the British Government with the fullest powers.

TRADE DISLOCATION. flo did not, however, believe that Germany would take steps which would merely result in the dislocation of her own commerce. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury stated that the United Kingdom's holdings of the Dawes and Young Loans amounted to about £10,000,000 of Dawes and £9,000,000 of Young bonds. The annual service required £1,709,000.

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cordingly fixed for afternoon.

On the second summons. Traffe Sergeant

Brown and defendant drove at a speed of about 36 the car park, miles an hour and nearly collided with another var which was being driven out of the car park.

to

Groyer pleaded that he was not driving on that day. He playing cards at his home. He had driven the previous day.

Sergeant Brown said he had spoken to defendant at the time.

Greyer: To me on the 17th! It is imposable,

Mr. Hamilton fixed hearing on this summons also for Thursday afternoon, and advised defendant to consult a solicitor, as he could not fully understand the English language.

SPEEDING IN CAINE ROAD.

R. Umauss, of the China Import and Export Company, was maned for having driven at 30 miles an hour in the controlled area in Caine Road.

Rond.

As defendant, had no previous conviction, Mr. Hamilton imposed

caution,

car

Lo Kam-chuen, a postman, said he had come across such packets daily for about week since June 21.

Mr. Hynes anid the printed rost was a special form of post It was marked "printed matter." The price to China was two cents per two ouners. The regulations were at the packets should | contain printed matter only, and should be made up in such a way as to be easily examined. He had examined two of these packets at the Post Office, and found they contained collon articles. The defondant harl defrauded the revenue of 60 cents on each packet. On June 21, five packets were brought to him, and another five on the following day. The revenue was being defrauded of $3.45 every day. The effect of under-stamping would secure safe delivery, because the Chinese would collect the

In answer to the

Chan Lai-hing, driver of pubile]

No. 533, was fined $15.for post. having failed to round a corner on the left hand side of the rond. Traffic Inspector Nicol stated that defendant went round the corner near the Ko Shing Theatre on the wrong side, and collided

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Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, Mre. Owens, Mr. Groundwater William Garden and Leo Carille head and family, Mrs. H. F Houghton, the imposing cast which brings this Mrs. V. M, Eunice, Dr. and Mrs. E. Arnot-Robertson novel to the T. Smalley, Mr. and Mrs. W. screen. It was adapted by Bartlett Guldenberg, Capt. and Mrs. Cormacks and Lenore Coffee, Judy Thomas, Mrs. Angus and family, Jones, prim, little schoolmam; Arnold Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cleme, Mr. and Ainger, quiet, dignified chemist; plump, loquacious Mrs. Mardick, and Mrs B. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. W. VESTS, TRUNK DRAWERS & COMBINATIONS Stewart Corder. paper correspondent, all extremely Messrs. R. Hall, G. C. White, A. satisfied with themselves, escape from F. L. Maginais, K. W. Pedersen, their bont when plague breaks out. E. Marriott, J. M. Kelleher. Ashore, amid sinister shadows, they Norman Stockton, John Fleming. finally get a native guide to take them J. E. Hansen, E, F. Selk, A. Abbas. through the dense, danger-infested G. W. Green, B. S. Rogers, T. P. jungle. What was intended to be

Bliss, J. D. Walch. trip turns into three-dity

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'The thin

"Riptide"

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Reaching too far out to gather in

Leung

From ali at Melbourne, Minule, Nellie and Belle.

From the Australian and Neiv Zealand Association, China Const Officers' Guild, Furness (Far East) Limited, the Right Worshipful Defendant said he may have done 22 miles an hour, but ter- Post Office

Master, Officers and Brethren of Having won outstanding triumpha | Lodge St. John, No. 618, S. C. It was impossible tainly not 30, to do 30 miles an hour in Cainence of 28 cents at the other on the screen both in sophisticated

end.

and charmingly sweet characterizn- charge, de- tions. Norma Shenzer, finds herself unable to decide which she prefers, fendant said he had been fooled Her "Divorced, the first of her clothes from n drying pole, by a man named Leung Chung, phisticated pictures, Won Miss | Kwan-ro, a married woman living at Street, over- who had given him the packets to Shearer the Academy of Motion Pie- No. 10. Chung Wo

toppled over He had puly posted the tures Arts and Science award for the balanced herself and packets on the two dates named, most outstanding feminine perform into the Street, yesterday. She was and did not know anything about ance of the year 1929. "Smilin' conveyed in a serious condition to the previous occasions. Leung lived Through her inst picture, famous for Government Civil Hospital. on the West River and whenever its simple charm and sweetness, won

with putting he came to Hongkong stayed at athu Photoplay Gold Medal Award in beautiful romance

1932. Now in "Riptide," her few dramatic action, and tender pathos, boarding house.

Metro-Guldwyn-Mayer starring vehicle It is the story of a New England girl which is showing at the "'Queen's who marries a German professor and Theatre. Mis Shearer returns to the Whose happy life is broken up when anphisticated type of role. "For | her husband returns to his Fatherland

serve in the myself," Miss Shearer says, "I admire to

army during the retain rotes, of sophisticated women, but I World War. Their fight to believe the majority of motion picture their romance in the face of stinging and formar patrons desire heroes for whom they cruelties of relatives Can Feel a greater sympathy. I would friends is brave though hopeless) like to continue playing both this one. The dranun ivcomes more tense

torn sophisticated and sentimentally sweet ta they are

apart by cir type of rule. Both are interesting cumstances they cannot surmount and from the standpoint of the actress, winds. up with a smushing climax

they came face to face and also to the audience, apparently. when Most of all, I wish to avoid becoming France, where the young wife is n one particular canteen worker anil her husband a type, and perhaps by playing bath 1 spy for the German arms. It is o alt ind a greater variety of chur-far different role from anything whicht acterizations waiting me." Edmund Misa Stanwyck has before been called is the un- Goulding wrote and directed the new upon to portray, Cone June 26,

Shearer vehicle, n glamorous tri- moral, gold digger, of "Baby Face." Closing

Tulk

and About" angular romance with a smart Contin- "Ladies They Range

an exceptionally Robert Mont- "Illeit." There, is ental background.

Ollo 12-12-12.18 ponery and Herbert. Marahall share strong supporting cost with 12.8-12.42 leading man honours and the Impres- Kruger,, one of the greatest players 12.50-12.51 sive est includes Mr. Patrick Camp of the legitimate stage, playing the 12.46-12.55 bell, Skeets Gallagher, Ralph Forbes, fending ninsculine role. Though com 12.66-128 Lilyan Tashnan, Arthur Garrett, paratively new to the screen, Kruger 12.78-12.76 Burt Oxford, Helen Jerome Eddy, is na accomplished netor and is famous George R. Arthur, Baby Marilyn on the Broadway stnge for his strong Other players, Spinnert, Phyllis Cochin, Ioward characterization,

noted on both stage and screen, In- Childecott and Halliwell Hobbes. eludo Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Donnelly, Laura Hope Crows, Frank Albertson, Clara Blandick, Elizabeth Patterson and Harry Beresford, Archie Mayo directed the picture from the screen

For being in possession of n toy tricycle, Chan Kwang, aged 38, un- employed, was sentenced to one month | by Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. stated that he was arrested in Shang- hat Street, and that he claimed to have bought the tricycle for 20 cents.)

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LATEST NEW YORK QUOTATIONS

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11.08 1222 (233

1948 12.49

12.00

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH.

London, June 25. The Chancellor of the Exche quer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in the House of Commons to-day.

Measra, Swan. Culbertson and Fritz moved the second'rending of the sincerely hoped it might be found have received the following quota-

maka Debts Clearing Offlees and Import till practicable, to

wheat and silver exchanges for you Bestrictions Reprisals HIJI-a mea. Arrangement - with

the serunterlag sure to deal with the situation authorities which would ensure

Colton * created by the decision of the air treatment for British bond-

June 23, Close Reichsbank to suspend for six holders and British traders before At the same time, the months, as frum July 14, all rash, July 1st. transfers on German long and overnment could not postpone the July, medium term debts abrand, includ. request for necessary powers in t

December ing the Young and Dawes Loans, the hope of a solution which might January

Mr. Chamberlain expressed re- lafter all be found impossible, and | Mareh gret that the Government found they asked that the Bill be passed 3ta themselves bound to introduce this through all its stages, so that, if measure, and said there was no it should prove necessary, they doubt that the position of Germany might have power to put it into with regard to foreign exchange force and to see that British an- necessary to discharge her obtionals were fairly treated.

July ligations was om af vers real With regard to the provisions of September.... difeulties.

the Bill, the Chancellor said the December Government did not like quotas, They had no present intention of imposing quoins, and they must hope that it would not be necessary to use the powers contained in July Clause Two.

GERMANY'S FOOD FAITH DOUBTED.

Spot

Üctober

December

In the German Note to Great Britain, a great deal of emphasis was laid upon the reduction in the Reichsbank reserve of göld and foreign exchange, and it was said NOT CONFINED TO GERMANY. that this reserve bad hers sacrificed in an effort to maintain of differences with Germany In Although he had spoken only payment of German obligations.

this matter, and although in fact The fact was that a part of this serious diminution in it was only urgent difficulties that December reserve had been due to a device had caused the Government to Jonny adopted by the Reichsbank, which, introduce the Bill, the clause was Marchi

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"Bolero

12.15

12.35 Chicago Whenf.

June 23. June 25.

Close Closing

Range 27 93%

George Raft has huil to go back on 94

02-02 the training table When his screen Winnipeg Wheat,

career started, he thought the gruel- June 23, June 46. ling routine of the diet table and the play by Milhauser. Close

exercise room, part and parcel of hia Closing Kango life since curly youth, were all over! But now, in his latest Farantount's 76-767 78-787 Alm, "Bolero" at the King's Theatre, he is a dancer again. To be able to 70%-80 Silver.

Interpret the tempestuous rhythms of June 23. June 25. the "Bolers", in the film, he had to Close

Closing

go back into training. Early in his Rango life, he was a prize tighter, and hud 45.37-46.45 to keep to 112 pounds. Then came 45.90-14.00 baseball, and the necessity of keeping 46.85-40.65 within 122 pounds. Then, 46,97-16.97 stage and in European night clubs, 17.20-47.26 as a dancer, he had to keep within u mutilated maximum limit of 130 pounds. When he started his film career, he henved 4,725,006 oz a sigh of relief at the thought of (18 contracts) allowing itself to approach enco more his natural weight of 140 Everybody must be aware that it'

pounds. When, however, he won the www.not possible to resort to a

Changed-before-Mr-Macfadyen, at role in "Bolero," he tightened his In the British Note, It was mide measure of such a kind without a clear that the door was still open certain amount of interference in the Central Magistraty this morning, bell, cut out starches and sweats and with the theft of a water cock cover begon all the old gym and road

exercises. for further negotiation, and the the normal course of trade, and from No. 2 Wing Lok Street, Late German Government were invited everybody would desire this inter-property of the 1.W.D., Lo Chun- to send representatives to London ference to be limited as far as loung, unemployed, was finest $10, or for discussions, in the hope that possible. With a it might be found possible to avold uning the powers which were sought In the Bill.

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July September

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45.80 10.15 46.35

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Total sales:

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in itx effect, was equivalent to not confined to Germany and was May

drawn in such terms us would depreciation of German currency.

Rightly or wrongly, creditors enable it to be applied te any other of all countries no longer felt the country, if the need arojë. confidence they had had in the Hood faith of Germany.

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"Ever in My Heart"

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view to the two weeks hard labour.

Barbara Stanwyck comes to the Albalabra on Thursday in her latest widest and most careful considera-

Loung Lam, unemployed, was nog starring vehicle for Warner Bros., tion of any difficulties that might from time to time arise in the tencel to four months hard labour "Ever In My Heart" a pleture that by Mr. Macfadyen, at the Central calls for the expression of the deepest administration of the powere aught in the Bill, the Chancellor Maglatracy this morning, on a charge and most powerful emotions she has of theft of 20 cents from the person i øver been called upon to portray. He was happy to say that this proposed to set up small advisory of Kwan On, near the Ko Shing The story by Beulah Mario Dlx and: offer had been accepted, and he committee.-British Wireless.

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