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LOCAL DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION

RELIEF GRANTED BY WAR OFFICE

NEW LIST OF EXEMPTIONS

Considerable relief in respect of the Defence Contribution pay- able by the Colony should result from an amending ordinance deal- ing, with the subject, the draft of which appears in the current Gazette.

Under the old ordinance, the only revenues_excluded from cal- eulation for the purposes of the Defence Contribution were pro-| eceds of land sales and promiù an leases or statutory' land grants. To the list there will BOW bol added:

MORE EXEMPTIONS. Revenuo recolved from còn- demned atores.

Contributions received from the Chinese Government for the main- tenance of Gap Rock Lighthouse.

Contributiena recolved for anti- piracy escorts,

Over-payments

recovered

in

revenue

respect of previous years..

Sump transferred to under Colonial Regulation 201 in rospect of the appreciation of Investments representing merely book profia.

Profits arising from the ap- preciation

of investments when realised.

4

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

A South Dakota' wheatfield looking liko a stretch of desert land after the recent drought in the Middle West.

TENDERS ACCEPTED

THE LATEST GOVERNMENT

LIST

The Government has accepted the following tenders.

Erection of an advertisement hoarding at junction of Gap Road and Morrison Hill Rond.The Moneys. receivable from afficers | Stellar Publicity Service, and specially exempted by any Heating and hot water ag Ordinance for Widows and paratus, New Out-patients Depart-- Orphans Pensions from contribu-ment, Kowloon Hospital-Messrs.

Dodwell & Co., Ltd. tion under this Ordinance,

Supply of a single screw teak

Monoys, dividends, interest or the produce of investments special-launch for the Harbour Depart ly exempted by any Loan Or-ment.The Hongkong & Wham- dinance from contribution under oa Dock Co., Ltd. this Ordinance.

New Kowloon Quarry Lot No. Monoys received as punitive4lessrs. Kwan On. rates specially exempted under Erection of steel frame for new the provisions of any Ordinance | Government Civil Hospital for the time being in force relating thereto from contribution under this Ordinance.

Revenue from the profits aria iny from the Crown Agents" routine realisationis,

NET RECEIPTS ONLY.

Messrs. Kiu Lee & Co.

LONDON STOCK

EXCHANGE.

LATEST SHARE

QUOTATIONS

SATURDAY, JULY

1984.

PRISONERS' ESCAPE E RADIO

ONE RECAPTURED AFTER

DASH FROM U.CILAR

Sont by the Police, to the Gov

ornment Civil Hospital for treat-

BROADCAST

ment for minor abrasions, two | WEEK-END BROADCAST

by.

was Lau

was

prisoners made a dash for liberty from the prlson ward shortly be fore eight o'clock'laat night.

One man was intercepted guards before he could make his way out of the hospital grounds, but the other got away.

The escaped prisoner Sing, 36 years of age, and being held on a charge of return- Ing from banishment. He was placed in the "D" block, together with other prisoners, who

were being treated in the hospital,

Yeung Wai, who was recaptured, was being held on a charge of loitering in Claremont Hotel. It is understood that ho was suffer- ing from injurica to ble face whon ho was handed over to the Police. after being found In Claremont Hotel.

Guards are placed on duty out- side the prison ward; but some time between 7.30 and 8 p.m. inst night the two men saw their op portunity and slipped out. Hos pital attendants saw Young Wal and raised the alarm, and the man was caught before he could leave the grounds.

On making investigations in the prison ward, it was then found that Lau Sing was also missing. A thorough search of the hospital precincts revealed no sign of the thoman.

Im-

The following quotations on London Stock Exchange have been

Police headquarters were received by Mears. Swan, Culbertson | and Fritz in conjunction with Reuter, mediately notified, and a Police net

Chinese Bonds.

was thrown around the immediate vicinity July 5 July 6.

of the hospital. Patrols were sent out to the various vessels due to leave the Colony for Kong- moon and Canton to search for the escaped prisoner.

43% Boris 1899

f101% (Eng. [ss.) 44 Loun 1908. £ 02 (557 Loan: 1913 ... 70%

Reorg. Lenn

£101 £ 12!4 £ 70%.

6

13 ¢Lin. Ter 2 923

Ả 93 l

6

Bonds 3028-47 £ 91

S'hai-Nanking

Elly... 45%

£ 061⁄4

0%

Tlent-Pukow

Rly.

Railway (Supl. Loan)

£ 27

£ 20

Ningpo Bly. £ 08

Honon Rly... 31%

£ 08%

£ 31%

£ BANG

Demolition and site formation Upper Level Police Station.-6% Messra. Tak ing & Co.

Extension of Yaumati Station Yard.--Mosers. Ñgal Foon.

Widening of Middle Gap Read Amendments ате also being and Access road to Mount made in regard to undertakings | Cameron Iota-Mexзrs, Lai To in ruspect of which only the net | Construction Co.

reculpts are taken into account Supply of rubber shoes.-- for the purposes of the Military Messrs. Kwong On Co. Contribution. Hitherto, only rail- ways and telephones came under

this head."

There are now added the Oplum Monopoly, the Government wire- less services, the Government motar ment van services, and the Water Installation Account.

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Geneva. Berlin.

Helsingfors.

Oslo

Athens

A REGISTRATION OFFENCE

NICKNAME IN HOTEL Amsterdam,

REGISTER

Alec Victor Sirijeysky, a motor | Madrid. salesman, appeared before Mr. Hongkong. Hamilton, at the Contral Magis- Brussels.

Stackhulni tracy this morning, on a charge of

Copenhagen having given false information as Lisbon to his name when registering.. Bomboy

Defendant had signed his name Yokohama. as Alee Victor Striker at the Rio.....

Repulse Bay Hotel.

Sub-Inspector Nollath said the Montreal object of bringing the case was Silver (spol)....214 that

there was considerable Silver (forward.21% dieulty in tracing people when War Lonn.....1034

Tient-Pukow

S'kni-ll'ehow-

6% Hukuang Rly.

Lung Thing U. £36

Hai Rly 1013 . £ 165 £ 16 Foreign Bonda and Banks.

German Int.

Loan 1024

Bearer).

Chinese Eng. and

Min. (Beurer)

Tate & Lyle

Courtaulds

304 Distillers...

144 Dunlop Rubber

5.0416 Everready - sh.

744 General

27

Electric

(England)....

121 Boots.....

506Impl. Chem Ind. 36.29/32Impl. Chem Ind.

1/81

Def. 10/- sh.

21.58 Impl, Tobacco

19.49 Woolwortha

18/- 18/3 90/3 50/3 50/10% 50/0 017- 9179. **45/8′′

28/0 2879

43/- 44/- 43/7 4377 35/7% 35/7

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126/74 125/7

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GA

Japan 5 Sterling

Loan 190774

Japan 6% Bierling

EXCHANGE RATES

Loan 1924. £ 88% 1.K. & Shai Bk..

£ RA

£ 884.

June 29,

76.19/32

July 6. 76.15/32

16,52

13.08%

16.51 13.17%

British-Amer. Teb

(Lain. Regd.) £133

£133 Chartd, Bk. £o sh. £ 16% £ 104

Industrials and Breweries.

Elec. Associates

Industries -

18/0 18/9

220%

226%

118/1118/1

19.00%

19.90

527

525

Milan..

50

68,13/16

Buenos Aires,

86

Shangluniver

1/4-

New York.

.6.05%

7.44%

Vienna

27

Prague. Bucharest

791% 605

36.15/16

1/5%

21.04%

18.40

22.30 14.

110 1/6.3/64

.1/21

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38%

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22

18 Unilever

22/1 22/3

.5.00

20

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they signed under a wrong name. Defendant admitted the charge, anying that "Striker" was a more convenient name, and he had been using it for a long time. #sort of nickname.

Miscellaneous Anglo-Dutch .... 25/74 26/0 Burma Corpa. R

10*** 103.11/16

Canadian -Britink Wirelenn,

13/4 13/4

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Пly. $25 sh.

$ 14

$ 14

Chartd. 15/- K

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(Beaver)

TREASURY BILLS

Gulo Kalumpong

22/1

22/14

23/0

hel

A

London, July 6 total of £62,746,600 was

Tropen Mines

11/10

Langlaagte

applied for in tenders for £15- London Tin 10/- of | 000,000 of Treasury' bills. The b.

amount altted was £32,009,400, Pekin Synd 27- the average rate per cent, being |

Estates...

32/..

13/3

16/4.14d.

21- 34/0

16/11.64d. Wireless.

As

Inst

31/6

13/3

21- 34/235 53/-

63/0

It was

Sub-Inspector Nolloth said

was not pressing the case.

Mr. Tamilton imposed a fine

$25.

A NEW TRADE AGREEMENT

SIGNED AT FOREIGN OFFICE

London, July 6. An Anglo-Lithuanian commer- eint agreement was signed at the Foreign Office this afternoon by Sir John Simon and Mr. Bunelman for the United Kingdom and by M. Batutie, the Minister In Lon- don on behalf of the Lithuanian Government. The text will be Issued on Monday.—British Wire-

SILVER MARKET

US. TREASURY STILL BUYING

Montevideo Belgrade

92.38% Internat,

110

Nickel

103/- 103/-

no par val .......... $ 251⁄4% $ 2514

Johnson

1/0 Pinchin 1/21

4 Turner & Newall

Ruuber

47/0 47/0

24/3 11/10%

CABINET UPSET

+

SEIYURAI PARTY SLIGHTED

Tokyo, July 6. The Seiyukal Party has refused to allow their membors, Messrs.. Takefiro Tokanami and Kelsuke

RELAY OF THE THIRD TEST MATCH

From ZBW on a wavelength of 355 metres (848 k/o).

4-7 p.m. Chinese PrograMME, 7-11.30pm European Programme. 7 p.m.

London and New York Exchange and Commodity Quotation

8p.m. Report

Local Time and Weather 7.05-8.10 p.m. A 11.B.C. Programme. "Bongs from the Shows."

A-Progromno of Tunes from Eng- ish Musical Comedies, arranged and produced in the London Studios of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

by John Watt.

Cast,

Anona Winn Olive Groves, Reginald Purdoll. George Baker.

The B.B.C." Revue Chorus and the

Orchestra conducted by Lealle Wood-

Kaza

6,10-8.30 P. Light Orchestral Music. Gounod in Vienna (arr. Walter).

Orchestra Raymonde. Raindrops-Pizzicati for Strings

(Riviere),

A Fairy Ballet (White),

Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra. Tschaikowsky in Vienna

(arr. Waller),

8.30-9 p.m.

Grchestre Raymonde,

A Relay from Duveniry (Should'

8.30-8.40 pita.

Reception prove Satisfactory).

An Eyewitness Account of Today's Play in the Third Test Match, by Howard Marshall, Relayed from Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester.

8.40.9 p.m.

The Commodore Grand Orchesten directed by Joseph Muscant. Relayed from the Commodore Theatre, Ham- meraith.

9-11.30 pan.

A Relay of tho Hongkong Hotel Danco Orchestra from the Hongkong Hotel Grill Room.

9.30 p.m.

London 1 p.m. Exchange and Com- modity Quotations.

10.30 p.m.

Rugby Mid-day Press News. Fur ther Exchange and Commodity Quo-

Mochizuki, to become ministers Intations from London followed by New

the Okada Cabinet,

Mr. T. Tokanami was nanied for the post of Minister of Cam munications, und Mr. K. Möebi zuki Minister of Agriculture.

The Selyukai Party in refusing to sanction the appointments on the grounds that they are unim portant portfolios, and the Party has been slighted by offering them to the members.--United Press,

►

Decision Not Given.

Á Reuter message states that the formation of the Cabinet has been brought to a stand-still by the action of the Seiyukai Party. The party-is-at-present-holding-u conference to decide whether it will accept Admiral Okada's 'offer of the two minor posts or refuse its support to the Government. A decision is expected to-morrow morning,

A SHORT PEACE

TROUBLE FLARES UP IN IRELAND

at

London, July 6. The recent

peaceful

local government elections are How having a stormy aftermath.

Much violence is being display- od

the towards

Opposition, particularly the Blue Shirts.

A meeting being addressed by General O'Duffy

Ballina, County Mayo, was held up under a continuous barrage of stones, while the hall in which the Blue ord. sh...**

Shirts intoaded holding a dançe compared with Rubber Trusts

was invaded by demonstrators, S'hai Elec. Constr. 03/~ week.-British Van Ryn Deep,

who destroyed all the musical 3/34 Instruments and tarred the floor. Electric Musica!

Industries

Police and military reinforce- 28/44 287- Oils.

ments had to be rushed from Cork Anglo-Persian Olí 47/6 47/6

City to quell a violent attack upon Burma O...... 80/- 80/- Blue Shirts holding a dance at Southern Railway

Donou hmore. (Deferred)

24/714 25/- Royal Dutch 100

dl. sl1.

£20 Shell Trans and Trad. (Bearer) Geldenhuis

The name of Dr. Harry Talbot has been added to Liù list of medical prac- titioners. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London,

During the quarter ended June 30, eleven samples were taken under the Sule of Food and Druga Ordinance, all of which were genuine.

Crown Mines

£20

GO/-

48/9

28/0

28/134 247/0 248/10

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

GOSSIP IS ALWAYS A PERSONAL The name of Coleman Commercial CONFESSION EITHER OF MALICE OR | Co., Ltd., has been struck off tho IMBECILITY.-J. G. Holland.

Register.

Is Excellency the Governor has The Hon. Treasurer of the S.P.C.A. appointed Mr. John Richard Bergne-ratefully acknowledgea a donation of Coupland to be Probationary Englecer | $19 from Dr. F. W. Waro, Sub Tontonant in the Naval Volunteer Force.

The Catholic Clergy at Cashol, Tipperary, where political fool. Ing has been running high for several months, have made an to carnest appeal to both sides enll

A truce and abandon all meetings and paradon in the in- terrats of pence.-Reuter.

The Gazette contains the draft of a lengthy ordinance amending the law relating to trustees.

"

|

It is notified that Mr. D. M. Mac- dougall resumed

duty 03 District Omcer in the Southom District the New Territories on 30th June,

10

of

District

Ono caso each of diphtheria and puerperal fover wore reported to the His Majesty the King has approved local health authorities on Thurminy. It is notified that Mr. Thomas the appointment of the Hon. Mr. J, J.

Megarry resumed duty Paterson to be an Unofficial Member It is notified that Mr. L. R. An-Officer in the Northern District of the New York, July 6.

of the Legislative Council for a period drowes rosumed duty as Deputy Re- New Territories on 30th June of four yearR,

gistrar of the Supreme Court on the In the silver market to-day,

Both June. speculators were · realising

The Telegraph han to-day received silver futures, while the Treasury Lady Peol wara prenent at the 5.10 It is notified that Mr. D. W. Tral- Hongkong Benevolent Society in ma- the following contributions to the apparently bought for near del performance of "The Way to Love," man, C.M.G., resumed duty emory of the late Mr. J. M. Walker: very only-Swan, Culbertson and starring Maurico Chevalier, at the Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary Mr. 11. J. Armstrong. $5; Mr. R. A.

and Clerk of Councils on 4th July, Wadeson, $5.

Fritz

-ON His Excellency the Governor und

King's Theatre yoxterday.

-

York Opening Quotations.

11.30 p.m. Close Down

The Relay of the Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra is by the courtesy of the Management.,

SUNDAY'S' PROGRAMME.

9.15-10 a.m. A Relay of the Mill- tary Parade Service from St. John's Cathedral,

10 a.m. Close Down.

Order of Service. Voluntary-Andante Cantabile

(Beethoven). Hyun-Lend us Heavenly Father, Lesson-1 Cor. XIII 1-12.

Hymn-Lead kindly Light,' Address "Now we see in a mirror: darkly."

Rev. II. C. Davles, 1.G.,

~MA;"CE" Hyman-Through the Night

National Anthem, Voluntary-Marche Heroiquo

10 am. Close Down, 11-12.15 p.m.

(Schubert).

A Relay of the Morning Service from St. John's Cathedral,

12.16-2.30 p.m. Europesh Recorded Programme.

1 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report,

2.30 p.m. Close Down

4-7 y.m. Chinese Recorded Pro-

gramme.

7-7.30 p.m. Dance Music. Fox Trot No More Heartaches,

No More Tears. Fox Trot-Spin a Littio Web of

Dreams. Fox Trot-in the Hollow of your

Hand. Fox Trot01 Pappy Fox Trot---Over on the Sunnyside. Fox Trot-Ita Oh- It's Aht It's

Wonderful!, Fox Trot-In a One Room Flat Waltz-One Life, One Love. Tango-Beside my Caravan.

7.30-8 p.m. Band Selections from Opera. The Meistersingers-Selection

(Wagner).

The Band of H. M Grenadier Guards. Aida-Introduction and Moorish

Ballet (Aet 2) (Verdi). Travista-Selection (Verdi).

Creatore's Band.

Croatore's Band. Fawt-Selection (Gounod).

The Band of II, M. Coldstream Guards. # p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.

8.03-8.33 p.m.

A Relay of the Organ Recital from St. John's Cathedral by Mr. Frederick Mason, A.R.C.04,, KT.C.L

Programme.

1. Intermezzo in D Fiat. Hollina, (Continued on Page 5.).

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