1935-06-17 — Page 7

Reaction In Silver

INDIA'S RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT

BATHER ATTACKED BY SWORDFISH

VICTIM'S OWN VERSION OF

UNUSUAL INCIDENT

Manufacturing

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JUNE

CANTON NAVY

NORTHERN CRUISERS'

MUTINY

CLIPPER FLIGHT

SIKORSKY ARRIVES

AT MIDWAY

Honolulu, June 16,

nc-

of

17, 1935.

RADIO For BROADCAST

Owing to the threat of a naval mutiny in Canton, shipping, ser The giant Sikorsky Oriental. "I didn't want too much publicits sleea between Canton and long Clipper, owned by Pan-American Relay of Test Match Scores given to the incident, but several kong were suspended yesterday and | Airways, han successfully European friends told me that Big

From Daventry Bombay, June 15, Wave Bay is often frequented by chil-turday evening, two steamers, complished its first flight to Mid-

the Lungshan and Tung On being way Island, 1,000 miles west Mezera. Merwanjee and Sons, indren," said Thong Po-hing, of the thelr alvor review of the wee

Rubber

recalled after leaving Hongkong lonolulu, thus completing the ending yesterday, write:-

in an interview with on Saturday night. At noon year survey of another step along the yesterday, terday the British nuthorities sent proposed route from California to

circulars to the steamers instruc-

Hongkong. ing British vessels not to go to Canton for the time being, and ad- vising foreign steamers to follow sult,

'representative

the Government Civil itos pital, after he described how he had. been attacked by a swordfish whilst bathing on Saturday night.

Somewhat stendier conditions press reflected the Improvement in sentin - ment brought out by the U. S. 'Secretary of the Treasury's recent statements to the effect that the Treasury's silver purchasing policy remains unchanged.

While these statements were in

extent in dispelling misapprehensions about

atrumental to

Rome

America's attitude towards par- chases of silver on the foreign markets, the Indian Bazaar did not see in those statements any pro- mise of quick profits. Consequent- ly, the local response was, more or less of a mature just sufficient to maintain prices.

The upcountry demand has averaged abou 10 bars of silver a day.

A surplus of about 32,500 bars is now expected after the June 21 Rettlement.

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Z.E.K. PROGRAMME

From Z.B.W. on a wavelength of metres (845 kilocyelen):

5-8 p.m. European Programine,

-7 pm. Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra.

7 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.

7.03-7.29 pm. Concert Items. Songs--The Almond Tree (Schu-

mann).

The font has been hailed with torrent of confident predictions, Within a very brief time, de- The unuлunt incident occurred

clares Mr, Sikorsky, the designer, shortly after 9.30 p.m. on Saturday,

The trouble in Canton was caused aeroplanes twice the size of the when a launch party organised by the by nu announcement made during huge Oriental Clipper vill be Nanyang Chinese Association went to

Put Hal winging their way Keross the was the week-end by the Big Wave Bay. The incident defcribed by Mir. Thong as "rather Squadron, consisting of three Pacific and Atlantic oceans on unfortunate for met fortunate cruisers, the Hai Chi, Hal Shen and regular schedules, carrying from for the others in the party who did Shao Wo, under the command of 75 to 100 passengera. not follow me into the water."

Rear-Admiral Y. C. Kiang, that) To-day's flight was made over they would return to North China, the glass-smooth water of the The three cruisers surrendered to Pacific in seventeen minutes under Canton in 1933 following their twelve hours. mutiny at Tsingtao. Since, the

The silver machine, her hullmann), Navy was taken over by General glistening in the rising sun, took off Chan Chai-tong there has been con- beautifully from Honolulu at 5.67 siderable discontent among thea.m. and, circling once, disappear- officers. Furthermore, on June 9ing rapidly in a race with the aur

"We left Blake Pler at 8 o'clock on Saturday night," said Mr. Thong. and reached Big Wave Bay almut 9.15. We saw plenty of jelly fish about, but that did not bother us There was not much moon showing. it was not bright and we could not Fee clearly.

Felt No Pain

"Some of the members of the party A shipment of 15,000 bars of wanted to go ashore, but could not silver is expected from London to as it was tog rucky-then about 1 Bombay this week.

of us changed and prepared to swim. The incoming muil siamer is Nobody seemed to want to go in first, not bringing any silver from Lanso Look the lead and plunged in. When I hit the water and came up don to Bombay.----Reuter,

ngain, I felt something hit my arm. I did not feel any in-it felt like some hard object; Just like an pay knocking against me.

JUBILEE

FILM

BIG ATTRACTION AT QUEEN'S

The management of Queen's Theatre is to be commended on hav.

ing secured a splendid film of the Silver Jubilee procession in London, which is now showing in conjune tlon with the main offering, "The Whole Town's Talking."

"Then suddenly 1 thought it was a shark. I became seared, no I swam as fast as I could back to the launch "I did not see the fish myself, but it is my opinion that it was a word- fish, because when I

get back to Inch I found that i had a smali

above

File the

the Government announced a re-

to the west.

in-

trenchment plan for the Navy, Half hourly radio reports reduced from $220,000 to $180,000. dicated that her four 800-horse-

when the monthly expenditure was

power engines were functioning The first intimation was received smoothly, and at 5,40 p.m. the last by, the Hongkong Government in message from the radio operator the form of a garbled message from sald that the machine was landing Cantou. The Police and naval in the still waters of the lagoon authorities then got in touch with at Midway Island. A minute later ILMS. Tarantula, which is nn- the wireless operator on the Mid-

hored off Shameen. After an ex-way Island emergency station and- change of messages word came back the Pacific cable operators both from the Tarantula that all was well dashed the news to San Francisco in Canton on Saturday, except for that the machine and made the fear of naval trouble.

porfact landing a hundred yards from the shore.

tain

I

The Mocking Fairy (Besly).

Elsie Suddnby (Soprano). Oublice Pinnoforte Solos--Valso (Forgotten Waltz) (Liszt).

Capriccio in F Minor (Dohnanyi). Vladimir Horowitz. Songs Do not go, my love (Ingo-

Phyllis has auch charming graces

(arr. Lane Wilson),

Tudor. Davies (Tenor). 'Cello Solos -- Spanish Dance (Granndon).

Vito (Spanish Dance) (Op. 54, No.

5) (Popper),

Pablo Canals. 7.29-7.50 p.m. Songs Memories. Vive in Compagnie; When Johnny comes marching home (Traditional). There is a Tavern in the Town (Traditional). Harold Williams and The B.B.C. Male Chorus, Florrio Forde Old Time Medley.

Florrie Forde' (Comedienne). 250-8 pm. From the Studio. "A Cinema Review" by Silhouette. 8 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.

8.03-10.30 p.m. A Relay from the Po Hing Theatre (Chinese).

10.30 p.m. Close Down.

8.30-10 p.m. European programine from Z.EK. on a frequency of 640 kilocycles,

try.

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8.30-8.35 p.m. A Reiny from Daven-

England v South Africa. A run- ning commentary by Captain 11.B.T. Wakelam on the second day's play in the first Cricket Test Match. Kelayed from Trent Uridge, Nottingham.

"Scenes de Ballet" Op. 62 (Glazounov) played by the New

Orchestra.

11.11.

Steamers Futile Trip

Cable Staff Greeting Shortly after leaving Hongkong en the inner part of mý right arm the steamers lungshan and Tang

Small rowing boats Look Cap- Musick and his crew of tune tendered it a " on the On were recalled on Saturday night,

aid, and told me

and both steamers passed the night seven ashore, where they were that I had a hole on the other sidu of my arm. It was a jagged hole at Stonecutters awaiting. Govern greeted by the cable staff and and the opening was about one lachment permission to proceed. Both Pan American officials. long, and it was teeding profusely. steamers returned to the wharves Thousands of sen-birds, their shattered for the yesterday morning at about 3.30habitual calm The Alm, to which there is a can-

6.35-9 afterward," and discharged their passengers,first time in history, by the roar ning commentary, shows Their continued Mr. Thong, "that they saw

"The people tald me Majesties and other

of an aeroplane engine, screamed members of

fares being given back. a fish about three or four feet long

overhead as the machine taxied the Royal Family leaving Bucking-leaping about in the water. At first In the absence of the steamers.to a perfect landing. ham Palace and making a tour of they did not see it clearly and they trains leaving and coming

froni London before attending the enlled out to me sud joked, but I d

The only cargo carried by the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's not hear thent. I was told that when Canton did roaring business yester-Oriental Clipper in addition to its supply of gasoline and oil was a Cathedral, afterwards returning to I was climbing back on to the Inunch, the Palace, where a tremendous the swordfish came at me again hut

copy of a Mae West movie and nine ovation was given Their Majesties

it struck a sampan which was tied

gallons of ice cream The film is a most impressive re cord of a historic occasion, zuid gives a splendid idea of the huge crowds and the magnificent wel- come given the King and Queen. It should not be missed.

N. CHINA'S FATE UNCERTAIN

be

„I DAnd mosƒ panujjroŋ) holds the key. The Japanese in Hist that he 'sign acceptance of the Japanese demands which drove "him" out of ̈ Peiping "tó consult with the Nanking Government as to what policy he should adopt. Well-informed authorities Hove that unless this signature, binding the Chinese Government, is forthcoming Japanese troops will immediately sweep south from the Great Wall Even now these troops are waiting impatiently all along the Wall and are ready to take possession of designated territory. Reuter,

WATER LEVELS

FOR WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS

tor

The Liver Conservancy Commission Kwangtung Province ties the following re port on water lavela, in English feet, for the West, North and East Rivers:

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Place

of Observatlon

Highest Lowest W. L. W. L

on

on

June June

Treont

Went ver

at Shlubing

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0

15 10 38 810

North River

at Thingyuen

Bhamabut

4-26.0

-+27.0

G 17.K 16.7

21.2 21.3

4-16.5 -1.1 3.2

North River

East River

at ShekhanUK

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alongside the launch.

Atimeled by Lights

"Un our way luckt, we intended to stop at Shaukiwan in telephone for an ambalance, but not we thought it would take a long time for the am- bulance to get there, we enne straight to Queen's Pier and I was brought in hospital."

Asked whether anybody had seen the fish clearly, Mr. Thong stated that the people on the launch say they only saw a fish about three or four feet long, and it leaped about lights on the hont tracted the fish, in the water. "In my opinion the

food," added Mr. Thong.. and it came over to get morsels of

When asked how he felt Mr. Thong replied, I have bad three stitches in my arm. It is nothing very seri night, but I was ous; I could have left on Saturday alvised by the

doctor to remain in hospital for a day or two, as a precaution against blood- poisoning.

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day,

Local Steamers Warned

Canton, June 16. All Hongkong steamers on the Canton run were warned not to sail for Canton last night, owing to the unsettled condition Canton.

of affairs

The clipper did not By direct to Milway but took an indirect route, in order to survey two small islands alightly south of the informal course. Indio beams and expert navigation by the crow allowed Captain Musick to pick the three pin-points on the charts of the course.

British steamers

on this run were forbidden to leave port and were compelled to unload their passengers. Foreign vessels were warned that if they sailed it would be at their own risk.

In addition to Captain Musick

his

the ordinary crew, and machine carried two unnamed passengers, a radio engineer and a service engineer.

Won't Dance

p.m. Talkie Tunes. Orchestra - I ("Roberts").

Lovely to Look at ("Roberta"!). Fox-Trots-Handle NCTORA the Table Continental Varieties").

Life begins with Love ("Merrily We Roll Along"},

Songs-Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life ("Naughty Marietta").

Moon

'Neath the Southern

("Naughty Marietta").

Nelson Eddy (Haritone). Fox-Trots-Ev'rything's Been done before (Reckless").

of a Doubt

Heyond the Shadow Shadow of Doubt"). Fox-Trot-It's Home "Marie Galante").

9.27-10 p.m. "Hiawatha”—“The (Coleridge Death of Minnehaha" Taylor) sung by The Royal Choral Society.

10 pm. Reuter Press Bulletins. 10.05 p.m. Close Down.

Shipping traffic between Canton mines having and Hongkong is still interrupted, It also carried several thousand been laid in the letters, including many for the waters of Bocen Tigris rendering dozen or so. residents of Midway

ZEESEN PROGRAMMES the passage extremely dangerous | Island, who - receivud - their first for shipping. ---Central Newsmail in two months. Ageury.

Captain Musick announces that This Evening's Broadcast From

The German Short-Wavers he will leave Midway on the re- turn Might to Honolulu and

Sveelat urogrammes, fat Far Earter Almeda on Tuesday, after survey Heleners will be broadcast from Zavaro

follows:

Incident Settled

Canton, June 16. It is announced in an official con-lights around the island. munique from Canton Navy Head- "I was lucky I had my arm by my Entirely

quarters that the incident has been

rettled following side; if I had not, the fish would ha conditional surrender got me in the side. When I think Central News Agency, of it, I feel sort of senred," ended up Mr. Thong with a smile.

CHINA'S BUDGET

BUGE EXPENDITURE ON ARMY

Nanking, June 16.

uj-

to-day-

INVENTED FILMS

FRENCHMAN WHO MADE PICTURES POSSIBLE

SOUTH ASIA ZONE

1.30.5

DJ

Bouth Asia Zone. broadens from DJE, (19.74 metres) and DIN (81.45 metres).

p.m. 19.74m 16,200 ke HJH 19,74 15,240 ke 4.45-8.15 p.m.

21.45 IJN

4.45-8,10 p.m. ,540 kc

The machine was amply provi. signed for emergencies, its larders being stocked with pork and beans, mock turtle and pen soup, veal,

mashed peas.

potatoes, DJB 15.74 m 16.200 ke 9 p.12.30 .m. bread, tea, coffee and orange | . 445 pm. DJR, DJN Announcement (Germ., juice.

green

By an ingenious devlee its food can be heated by the mere punch- ing of holes in the containers.

The clipper has a wing span of 114ft., its hull is 60ft, long, and it has four 800 hp. supercharged engines.-United Press,

5 p.m.

Engl.

Carmen Folk Bane. Fro gramme Forecast (Germ., Engl) Children's Programme: A Trip to Paladam, Chariolie Schulte-Ewerth and her kläden, 6.308,m. News in English.

6.45 .. Bavarian Dance Music. In the Intervalt A Short Story by Friin Haller-Partenkirchen.

4.30 p.m. Topical Talk.

7D.M. Concert of Light Muste.

News In English.

4

p.m.

4.16 D..

Close down DJB, DIN (Germ, Engl.)

EAST ASIA ZONE

Safe at Midway Alameda, California, June 16. alighed on Midway Island at 1.40 19.63 metres (16,280 k.c.) 180-3 p.m. Congart,

The Oriental Flying Clipper

n.m. Greenwich time.Reuter,

Paris, June 16. The man who made Juolion pletures possible WIN honoured The national budget for the next by the Municipal Council of financial year, which has been just aris to-day. His name is Loula passed at the Legislative Yuan, was Lumiere. The fortieth annivers promulgated yesterday by the Cenary of his invention occurred trul

Government. The total yesterday,

Wiley Post's Bad Luck estimated revenue receipts are

honour of the occasion, fixed al $957,15-1,000, of which | Lumiere was the guest of honour

Burbank, Calif., June 16, Maritime Customs receipts are putat a reception given by the Wiley Post's fourth attempt to

$341,361,400; snit

cross the American continent in revenues, Municipality of the city at the $184,219,044 tobacco and wine Hotel Devalle. During the ban- the stratosphere failed to-day. taxes, $22,3-19.186; stamp. duties, quet Lumiere was presented with when he was forced down at

Wichita, $12,000,000; consolidated taxes, a'gold medal.

Kansas, with motor

nt

In

AUDACIOUS BURGLAR $118,298,177: income tax (a newly The rat cinema show was held trouble.

LEAVES WITH KEY TO THE SERVANTS' ROOM

created tax in China), $5,000,000; in a basement in Paris in 1896, He departed from Burbank early and receipts from national proper-where for 50 centimes the pubtle this morning and had flown as far | ties, $8,846,850.

could see pictures of a train as Davenport, Iowa at a speed in running into a station. The first excess of 300 miles per hour Revenue receipts derived from films were only 20 yards long, and at an altitude of over 30,000 feet the exchange and exchangé trans- on the first day, the receipts when he was forced to return to An audacious burglary was per-action duties (another new source totalled only 35 francs.

Wichita. petrated upon the house of Mr. Her-of revenue erented by the Chinese, man Koerner, at No. 1 Tak, Shing Government) are put at $1.350.- Street, first floor, at 2.15 a.m, yester-000. day. The burglar not content with stealing clothing and various other articles, took with him the key to the servants' rooNI.

Expenditure

In less than a month, however, Engine trouble has dogged him Lumiere was selling concessions on every attempt he has made to of his invention in all parts of the create a Now trans-continental world.

record. To-day, a tablet stands in the

shown. Was

He is still using the plane The following are the more im- building in the Boulevard des "Winnie Mae" in which he flow portant items of expenditures: It is believed that the burglar climbed up an iron window. grille on Central Government, $12,578,672; picture

Administrative expenses of the Capucines where the first moving around the world. Special oxygen Lumiere Apparatus was used by the pilot the ground floor, and enter Military, $321,000,000; Education was honoured by the French for the flight-Reuter Koerner's room by passing through and Cultural Work, $37,211,621; Academy in 1930.. the verandal, where be calmly help himself to clothing and various ar Judicial Administration, $2,884,- ticles while Mr. Koerner and his wife 805; Communications and Indus- were sleeping in the room.

tries, $6,318,902; and Diplomatic After searching the bed-room the Services, $9,401,295. burglar left the house by the servants' room, and took with him the key to the door.

The total value of the property stolon is estimated at $55.

One case of Meningitis was report ed to the local health authorities on Friday.

Earlier this year, despite his groat age, he announced and de- monstrated the first motion, ple- ture in relief. The demonstra- tion was held before the membera

The fact that military expenses of the French Academy, who represent by the far the biggest wore blue and yellow spectaclea item of expenditures indicates that especially made for the test. the anti-Red military campaign in Their suge opinion was that the Western China will have to be figures on the screen wore as carried on for some months more three-dimensional in their appear before the Reds can be entirely ance as moving statues.-Router. eliminated-Central News Agency. Special.

VIRTUOUS FINLAND

ONLY ONE TO PAY WAR DEBTS TO U.S.

Washington, June 16. Finland has paid her entire War Debt instalment of $165,453.

The other debtor powers default- ed.-United Press.

East Asia Zone broadenst through DJQ on

hewa at 2 pm.

9

p.m. IQ, DJB announcement (Germ

Engi). German Falk Suns. Pro- tramme Forecast (Germ. Engl). 9.15 p.m. For the Young Folk: A First

Trip to the Joliday Comp! German Girls League, News In Buglish on DJQ and In Dutch on BJN,

The

5.45 pit

10 p.m.

Concert of Light Music, A Merry

Hour with Reeltattona). Solulata.

I am. Tralead Talk.

11.10 p.m. News In German on DIQ and

DJD.

11.30 pm. Trie in & that major for Violin, Bom and Pleno by Joh. Brahma, Performers: Juchard Fehan, Lombar Leonards, Kurt Schlenger. 12 .m.

Uke "The Third Reich," From

Writings of National-Socialism, 12.15 .m. News In English on DJQ and

in Dutch on DJD. 12.30.m. Clore dawn DJQ. DJB (Germ..

Engi.)

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

To-day's Broadcasting From Four Transmissions

The following wave-lengths and frequencia *** aboarvad by Daventry, ›

Call Sign Frequency Wavelength

4.050 k.e. 49.59. metro. 4.010 ke .31.51 Metro $.56 kc. 21.40 metr 11,750 1.4. 16,53 matri

CEA

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CAN

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11. ke 11.140 k..

17,70 k..

25.38 metros

19,41 metros 16.36 metres 19.37 metrum

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41.10

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STEADY IMPROVEMENT bronchial pneumonia, cannot yet.

LORD CARSON RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS

be considered out of danger, the slight improvement in strongth reported thre days ago is being maintained.

To-day's bulletin reports he had London, June 16. a good night and that there is a Although Lord Carson, who was decided improvement in his gener. for eleven days critically ill with al condition-British Wireless.