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THE HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1934.

OVER FOUR MILLIONS SAY "NO" TO HERR HITLER IMPORT-EXPORT But the Fuehrer Gains Overwhelming Plebiscite

RETURNS

CAMPAIGN BY

GOVERNMENT:

HUNDREDS OF OFFENDERS

FAMILY DISPUTE

SEQUEL

YOUNG CHINESE

BOUND OVER

Kwang Kam-shun, 25 years old, against whom cridence was taken last Wednesday on a charge of with having demanded $2,950 menaces or by force from his cousin, K. T. Kwong, was bound over this morning by Mr. Hamil ton, at the Central Magistracy, in a personal bond of $250 to be of

Continued failure on the part of business firms to file declara- tions in regard to imports and exports, which led to no fewer than 48 summonses being heard on Friday, is greatly increasing the work of the Imports and Ex-good behaviour. for twelve months. ports Department and may pos sibly lead to a return to the ob jectionable system of permits European firms are proportion ately as much to blame as Crincse business houses.

Mr. Hamilton remarked that the cake was obviously the result of a long-standing family dispute, and he would. exercise his authority under the Magistrate's Ordinance of binding defendant over, al- though he would be discharged 'The For the boneft of those con under the original charge. curned, it should be pointed out proper course, however, for defen- the dant to have taken was a civil that the regulations under Registration of Imports and Ex-action, and any attempts to re- that now the threats later must have a parts Ordinance provide every person who imports or ex-different complexion, aftor this ports any article, shall, within warning.

Mr. H. A. Botelho appeared för seven days, furnish the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports the defence of the accused. with an accurate and complete

to relating

such declaration article, in the form provided, or such Chinese translation thereof may be approved by the Superintendent.

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2,000 MONTHLY REMINDERS.

In an interview with Telegraph representative. Mr. J. D. Lloyd, Superintendent of Imports and Ex-) ports, stated that during the past year the number of remindera dent out to the various firms in the Colony increased from 1,500 Lo 2,000 per month,

"I have mentioned from time to time in my annual report", he said, "that unless something was done we would possibly have to go back te the objectionable system of im port and export permits for every

This is the second batch of one. offenders we have dealt with this year and there will probably be many more.

APPEALS FAIL.

It will be recalled that the accused, in evidence, stated that complainaut's father on his death-! bed had requested complainant to take responsibility for his debts, and that $9,000 out of $5,000 owing the Man Shun Wing firm was to go

to defendant's father.

PAM PAMA

MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE

PHILLIPINE GOLD SHARE QUOTATIONS

To-day's quotations is received by Mesars. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz shortly after the close of the morning session of the Manila Stock Exchange are as follows:

Price in Pewse Ashed fi Bales Volume Trice rice

0.16 Antamuk Goldfields Dagolo Gold Minin 0.21 Benguel Conentidated 12.00 Gold Elver

31,00

Gold Mines Itoyen Mining Co. Balneot Mining Cu, Censeiliateik

in Te 0.11% 0.45 cu 0,32 0.220 0.17 0.14 0.17 800

21.00 20000

2,00 4.00

1.50 1.30 1000

1.00 1.00 cndo

0.1% 0.43 0,40

11.12 0.12 2000

0,21 0.20 0.20 1099 9. t. P. Gold abare Index KR.G. Alendy. Volume Pos 40,000.

Plebiscite Victory

MORNING AFTER

PROGRESS OF THE IN 60 SECONDS

VOTING

CATHOLIC AREAS

DISPLEASURE

BUT WHY?

London, Aug. 19, Most people know that "morning after" feeling. Mouth ke blot-

SHOW A splitting hend. And

VERY HEAVY POLL

(SPECIAL TO “TELEGRAPH”)

a large jug of ice-water the only bright spot in a dismal world.

Most people, top, console them. selves that the cause was usually worth the effect. Few, however, would care to have the eflect with- out the cause.

Science has now made that possible!

Just a small docs of histamine acid phosphate, and in twonly seconds you have that metallic

(By Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphic Messager Ordinance, taste in the mouth, an unnaturally

1894. Recrived, August 20, 10.34 a.m.)

BERLIN, AUG. 20.

flushed face. And forty seconda↑ later all the makings of a number" one hang-over.

- Scientists are looking for people! who will give themselves head- aches in this way. The response

DOUBLE AS MANY PEOPLE DARED TO SAY "NO" IN THE HITLER PLEBISCITE YESTERDAY THE NAZIS IN THE AS VOTED AGAINST REICHASTAG ELECTION LAST NOVEMBER:

Hitler, however, secured an overwhelming victory, phosphate so that their omotions nearly ninety per cent. of valid votes cast, giving an affirmative to Hitler's policy.

has been unusually small, but some heroes have swallowed the

may be vivisected, and their re- actions analysed.

One man, with a real hang-over,'

The result is, however, viewed as the first.Nazi set-wanted to know why science back since their ascent to power, although it would be couldn't find a sixty-second cure

ache.-United Press. erroneous to deduce that an organised opposition has intend of a sixty-second hend- arisen. The large number voting against (4,275,000 and about 800,000 invalid) are regarded as only going to prove a certain disgruntlement with Nazi policy, which 5,000,000 dared to express by saying "No" or spoiling their papers, despite a threat that a vote would "place them outside the nation."

Charged with running n

lottery

Max Cosyns seen in company with Professor Piccard.

FLOATING ISLAND

NEW AERODROME FOR SOUTH ATLANTIC

Berlin, Aug. 18.

The great Gorman aviation Cur- poration, Luftlanza, announces tho impending establishment. of a second floating island for the South Atlantic air servico.

An 8,000 ton motor vessel, the Schwabenland is to be converted for service as a floating rorodrome. This will be the second relay ship. brought into the service since February.

Lufthansa is at present using the Westfalen as an ocean acro- drome.

So far, the company's planes have made 22 trans-Atlantic flights. carrying about 20,000 letters every trip.-Reuter.

twilight.

AERONAUTS ASTONISHED. After overcoming their initial terror, however, the villagers help. led to haul the balloon to earth.

Both Prof. Cosyns and Von der

800-MILE FLIGHT Elst were exhausted after their

IN BALLOON

PROF. COSYN'S ADVENTURE

VILLAGE SCARED BY ARRIVAL

long trip, and they were astonish- ed to learn that they were in Yugo». Slavia.

A defect in their cadio apparatųs prevented them from keeping in

communication with the ground as

planned...

Professor Cosyns said he had reached conclusions from his ob servations that would prove of great scientific importance. Reuter,

COSMIC RAYS.

Special to "Talagraph"

Fly Telegraph. Copyright, Telegraphia diver Belgrade, Aug. 19.

agre Ordinance, 1995. Received Avqust Professor Max Cosyns and his 20. 1919 m.) house and having in her possession stratosphere flight companion

Belgrade, Aug. 20. Interviewed by the United Press pic tickets, Ngan Yul, a married travelled nearly eight hundred wonen, appeared before Dr. Mucfil-miles in the course of their fifnt Subota, Professor Max Cosyns negativeven this morning at the Central teen hours' journey throught the sudd

Magistracy. She was fined $60. In

We did not succeed in setting default three months' imprisonment, upper air;

a new world record for altitude,

RAIN DAMPENS SPIRITS OF CELEBRATORS

The general impression gained, 92.1 in the Reichstag election last from the voting is that the rural year.

Ignoring the invalid votes, '88.1 districts and the eastern provinces were almost without exception per cent, of the people who voted pro-Hitler, while in the western to-day and 83.1 per cent. of the industrial and Catholic districts whole electorate voted for Hitler: there was a high percentage of-Reuler. "Noes."-United Peas.

CHEERING CROWD.

OFFICIAL FIGURES.

Berlin, Augi 20, 2.30 a.m. Hitler's victory was celebrated The offelal provision! final the electorate as Market quietly in Berlin, a steady down-figures give

pour of rain dampening the spirita | 45,202,667, and the votes cast an of the crowd in the Wilhelmstrasse, 43,267,821, as follows: who watched a torchlight pro- Yes

RUBBER PRICES

The Chamber of Commerce has helped us many times to bring the merchants up to scratch by issuing Pureale circulars to them, but even this does not seem to have any material effect. We give the arms seven dinys

in which to declare and it the declarations are not sent in within that period they get a re- minder. It often means that the articles which are imported inte or exported from the Colony not be recorded in the returns for the month during which they move. This-leads-to-queries, the chief being that it is impossible to work out the local import and ex- port Agures for any month with the figures corresponding for some other country.

Can-

"The failure of firms to make the necessary declaration throws

LATEST

SINGAPORE

QUOTATIONS

Messrs. Benjamin and Potts have received the following Straits cut rency quotations (buyers) from Singapore to-day for raw rubber:

24% Spot

down Ort/Deer

26 Jan/Mech

Apr/June

Market:—Quiet.

26% 27

1

cession

of

Storm cheering Troopers march past the Chan- cellor, who appeared at the window of the Chancellery amid a roar of applause-Reuter.

No

38,124,030

4,275,248

Invalid.

- 868,543 Electora participating totalled 95.7 per cent.

Of the voles cast, 80.9 per cent. were "Yes" and, 10.1 per cent,

Berlin, Aug. 19. 10 p.m. Although Hiller's victory is not | “Noes." in doubt and although ̄after mid-

The returns from a few districts night he will undoubtedly be able have been delayed, but they can to claim an overwhelming majority, the figures of votes have no effect on the result.

Reuter. counted up to the present time show that he has lost ground in the country as compared with the

all our work out and gives the de-time if they would adopt the spa-voting in the Reichstag election partment much more work to do, tem of attaching their declaration of November, 1933, when he had We have something like a thou-to the bill of lading in regard to a following of 92.1 per cent, of the sand manifests per month and are imports and to the involve in re-electorate. only able to pick out a few for gard to exports. The officer in any Figures at 9.30 p.m. show that checking purposes. In regard to firm who is responsible for sign with about 90 per cont. of the the prosecutions on Friday, theying the invoices or bills of lading electorate going to the polls, hin were the result of one day's check could easily send the file back is ing. You will see, then, that we have to trust the majority of firms lo send in their declarations.

QUITE EASY.

"It would be quite easy for every firm to make declarations in

incomplete unless this declaration appears with the other documenta, It would save a lot of tromble all round.

"Proportionately the European firms are as much to blame as the Chinese."

followers are about eighty-two per cent.

Latest incomplete figures for the whole of Germany, are:

18,168,208 No ..... 1,820,356 MÁNY VOTES REJECTED.

Yea..............

Berlin, Ang. 19, 11.30 p.m. The latest partial count of the

ROOSEVELT LOSING GROUND vales for the whole of Germany

BUSINESS SENTIMENT IN AMERICA TAKES

TURN FOR WORSE

Washington, Aug 19, ahead and that silver inflation

show that 33,312,490 have so far been counted and checked, the voting being:

Yes

No

. Invalid

29,194,044 3,260142 648,004

The number of invuild votes is]

As a result of official blunder-will not be important, nor is any surprisingly large and it is taken ing and growing distrust of further devaluation of the dollar for granted that by far the greater ultimate; proportion of them may be regard- Administration policies, business foreseeable, although sentiment seems to have taken a inflation is expected by musted na "No" votes.-Reuter,

authorities.

38,000,000 SAY "YES."

*

Berlin, Aug. 20. Nazi enthusiasm appeara

to

have tumbled from the November peak of 90.5 per ceus. of the nation Judging

the plébiscite around the middle eighties. figures coming in from the different districka.

from

Figuren from virtually every section of the Reich show “Nazi declines in every category, The nflrmative yotea have fallen, while the negative votes (while a small proportion of the whole) are generally doubled.-United Preas.

NATIVE RUBBER.

turn for the worse. A belated and Working capital Joans to in- probably less than seasonal up-dustries by the Reconstruction Berlin, Aug. 29, 12.30a.m. turn in business is expected a Finance Corporation and tho It is learned that all the votes month or six weeks hence.. It Federal Reserve Banks are run have now been counted but thu is expected that Government ning far below expectations. official result has not yet been A Corman woman racords her, vote. control of credit, industry and An application on behalf of the issued. agriculture can probably check railroads for freight rate in- The unofficial provisional final) any bad stump.

creases on selected commodities figures, revealing that 43,338,882| Present estimates indicate that will probably be filed by the end the aggregate of form purchasing of the month, with a Court test votes were cast, are as follows: power, despite the ravages of the of the Rail Pension law expected, drought, will exceed the 1933 Railroad debt difficulties figures by at least $1,000,000,000. worrying Washington officials and Higher farm and food prices are now constructive developmenta for expected in the next few months, the railroads are expected.. notwithstanding that a specula

PERMANENT N. R. ̈À.. tive price rise is not indicated.

aro

Although no concrete plan has A reorganisation plan for

yot boon, formulated. It is expect-permanent ed that the A:A.A. programme process.

NRA, Ís now:

In

will be modified for the year 1936: The opinion here is that strikes are likely to grow more disturbing

NO NEW INFLATION during the coming fall and winter It. I thought that no new in-month-Sivan, Culbertson flationary stops He immediately 'Fritz..

and

38,188,286

Yes No...

4,280,471 Invalid

860,025 UNOFFICIAL FINAL FIGURES,

1.80 m.

EXPORT DUTY TO COME INTO

·FORCE IN SEPTEMBER

London Aug, 18, The statement in the Financial Unofficial final figures Indicato Times that the Dutch Government that out of an electorate of had decided to raise the export 45,068,763, the votes cast totalled duty on native rubber to twenty 43,438,378, as follows:

Yea:

No..... Invalid

florins per hundred kilogrammes 38,270,514 from September..1, Is arronGOUS.

4,287,808 An export duty. of twenty florins 871,050, was fixed some time agd, but it will Participation in the voting total-gol come into force until Septem led 94.2 por cent, as compared with ber 10-Router.

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on the first charge and dismissed un It is probable that since they but we, reached 16,000 metres in the charge of possession of the tickets drifted at the will of the winds height, ten miles above the earth, the total distance covered was the flight yielding very important much grenier and the speed of scientific results. Kwong Muk charged with the pos- their cruise over Central Europe. "We were able to control the session of 619 uo pin tickets at Stanley must have exceeded sixty miles balloon's movements in reference Street; valued at $600, was fined $100 an hour at times.

to the cosmic rays which

is im- or two months' imprisonment, by Mr. Aincfadyen at the Central Magistracy Zenablje. where the inhabitants

They landed at the village of portant.

"I hope to publish the results in this morning.

were at first terrorised by the un- due course."

apparition The P. and O. liner Mantua with expected

the All the instruments and records the English malls, de nere from enormous balloon slowly descend- escaped harm during the flight and Singapore at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, ing to earth in the darkening descent United Press.

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