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CHAPTERS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY,
BRITISH FINANCES · TOURIST TRADE'S
LATEST EXCHEQUER
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RETURNS
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JANUARY
9, 1935.
LOST OVERBOARD
CHINESE SEAMAN FALLS -
OFF MAU SANG London, Jan, 8, North China as Spain from Nor-
When the steamer May Sang ar Exchequer returns for the past way, and by elaborating this paintrived in pori yesterday she reported. week show that during the current many travellers can be induced to that one of her seamen, a Chinese Anancial year the total ordinary visit this Colony or to stop over in named Cheong Ho, had fallen over revenue, exclusive of self-balanc-Hongkong on their way to other the side and was drowned while she was on her voyage from Sandakan to ing revenas, amounted at January points.
Hongkong. The hotels could lend a very 5 to £430,067,802, which is 20,451,-!
cu-operation to the 568 less than the amount collected valuable
It appears that the man was cri Commission in the way of gnged in accuring a gangway on the at the corresponding date last fit for all the available in- saloon deck during heavy seas, when formation concerning prominent he fell into the sea. His plight was Expenditure for the same visitors. Social items and snape immediately seen by the Mau Sang's period, exclusive of self-balancing sent to the home-town newspapere allcers, who threw two lifebuoys to itzma, was £614,838,030, which designated by the visitors them-the man struggling in the water. exceedle the amount expended at selves would surpass in advertising the corresponding date of tal value anything that may be within stop the ship and a
Order were immediately given to lifeboat, cont- your by £10,842,390.—British Were the resources of any government or added by the Chief Omeer, was put tourat body. In many hotels in In the water in quick time. The Cuba and other points in the West lifeboat made for the spot where the Indies which have been mado
man was last seen but' failed to find popular among methods of adver-
American tourists him.
lean.
LEAGUE COUNCIL
MEETING
BRITISH DELEGATES TO ATTEND
London, Jan. 8.
through
tising, the guest finds a short questionnaire in his room leaving it to him whether he wants to fill it in or not. Many of them don't care to do it, but a great many dla so with pleasure.
Apparently, the seaman, wan' un- able to swim to the lifebuoys thrown to him, na they were floating in the spot where he disappeared.
ant objective, of the Tourist Com mission would be to promote the creation of new arteries of travel,
AERIAL DEVELOPMENT
SYSTEMATIC EFFORT Both Sir John Simon, Foreign
The questionnaire requests the Secretary, and Mr. Anthony Eden.name, occupation and home address Lard Privy Seal, will travel to of the visitor, his impression of the Here is the very far-reaching Geneva on Thursday for the place and the name of a newspaper question of aerial development for following day's meeting of the or periodical in his home town instance, which is of great import- League Conach,
where short item regarding his ance for the future of the Colony. This afternoon, Sir John called visit or a snap may be sent in for No doubt that if a Tourist Com- on the Prime Minister, and, it is publication. The result a wide mission, representing the travel undirstoed, discussed with him publicity among his friends and interests and merchants of the the Frane-itallan agreement and valuable advertising for that parti-Colony officially approaches the kindred matters.—British Wireless, cular hotel at the cost of a stamp. Government in order to sollekt. Its It is enay to appreciate that good offices for the purpose. of systematic work of this kind would securing the services of the produce Important increase in the different airways for Hongkong. number of travellers who would the Government will pay more at- want to visit Hongkong in the tention to such a request than to course of their trip the Orient. suggestions coming from a private
The abolition of visa charges for person. bona fide tourists and the exten- STRONG DEMAND IN aion of the time limit for reporting
EVIDENCE
BRITISH STOCKS
BOOMING
London, Jan, 8.
British Government stocks were I strong demand to-day.
War Loan three and half per cent, touched 110 and closed at 10974. Солно!я 2 per cent, were one half up at 931%, and others also rose substantially.- British Wirelena.
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Experience shows that advertis- to the Police, to two weeks, would tog has been a most important fac- undoubtedly help to promote the tor in augmenting the number of movement of travellers toward visitors to the different pleasure ro- Hongkong thun more, than com- sorts, and Hongkong, far more pensating for the comparatively in- beautiful and interesting than many significant loss in passport charges, of the famous shows places of tho Broadly speaking, the task of a world, swarming with turista. Tourist Commission would be to needs but a little advertising effort promote travel to Hongkong. Be to help her to become the Play- Ades carrying out detail work such ground of the Orient and an obli- da described in a previous article gatory stop-over for world travel- and outlined above, n very import- lera.
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ABSORPTION OF BRITAIN'S
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London, Jan. 8.
The Minister of Labour will also, probably on the same day, meet the National Confederation of employers organisations, in reference to the same subject.
At these preliminary discus- Consultations between rppresfons, efforts will be made' sentatives of the Government and ascertain what sacrifices employers the General Council of the Trade and men are prepared to make, in Union Congress on the subject of order to effect greater absorption a shorter working week will open of labour by introducing a shorter on January 24:
working....week-British Wireless.
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