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War Loan 3577
redm, after 1952 £105%
Chinese Bund
56 S'hai-Nanking
£105
Railway (Supt. · Lon}
5 Honno ly.
67% Hukuang Rly.
1011
Lung Tsing U. Hai Rly. 1913. £ 1
Foreign Bands and Banks
German 747 Int.
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LATEST CABLED
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New York Cotton
Aug. 21.
October
11,26
December
January (1926)
Murch
May
July
10.102
Spot
11.95
Aug. 22. 11.28/29 11.N 11.07/08 1104 11.03/03 11.02 11.02.02 13.00 11.01/X 10.07197 1170
New York Rubber
September December January March May
11.00
12,03/04 12-04/23
12.31/31
12.41
12.45/45
Total sale!
2012 Tetr
12.20
12.268
Chicago Wheat
12.68/58
M
9%
K DO
M#
93
BRITISH POLICY
UNALTERED
(Continued from Page 1.)
come.
OPIUM DIVANS IN HONGKONG AND KOWLOON
(Continued from Page 1)
here. Authoritative French quar- ters speak of the resolve of the Government of Great Britain to as usual, only small stocks for im- continue close collaboration with mediate needs were kept on the France as being particularly wel-premises. One of the rare excep tions to this rule was revealed in a night raid on a house on Cheung We ask for thing better, Chau Island, where a considerable sald one authority. "We con-quantity of raw and prepared opium, for the with utensils gratulate ourselves upon the Bri-iogether
were dis- tinh decision
[ preparation of opium,
on which a covered on premises It is expected here that Anglo-divan was being conducted on a French enllaboration will first genernis scale: forty-one persons, take the form of a continued ex-thirty-three pipes, seventeen lamps. change of views through diploma- This is the largest divan vet dis
channels, but the French [covered. Government is naturally ready for any personal contacts which may he deemed necessary. ---Reuter,
tic
UPHOLDING league
BUSINESS NOTICES
The following is a translation of three notices found in a divan, waitresses--A which employed comparatively new departure:
A--Even to the best friends no is allowed. If credit is eredit to maintain its arms embargo, pend- asked for after smoking no con- ing renewed peace efforts, but re-sideration will be given. affirmed the British determination B.Nowadays busine; s
London, Aug, 22. The Cabinet devided provisionally
Co-
93% 92
to uphold the league Covenant and petition is keen and financial dif 27,264,000 bushel Italian defiance.
of Reulties are great. The proprie jexisting treaties, regardless
Total sales:--120 lots
tor, realizing this has chosen genuine goods of the best quality, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, depart-fund, specially as a sacrifice, is cut- 741% ing from No. 10 Downing Street, ting down the price to $1 for 3 50% mid: "We have clearly in mind mace in order to beneft his cus;¡ 57% what is be done. Things are going |tomers,
alang. I am very cheery, quiet and coul. I shall resume my holiday fo- morrow,"--United Press,
CABINET ACTION
London, Aug. 22.
Purchases made for smoking either on or off the premises are " much welcomed.
At night sales carry on up to 2
4.m.
No-credit our good The
Do not miss this opportunity. C. When our friends favour us Two long sessions of the full Cabinet were held at No. 10 Down-with their patronage, payment ing Street to-day, when after a must be made in cash. Will be given. detailed account of the Paris con-is to 1.575 versations by Mr. Eden the Minis-friends please excuse this?
ters considered at length many place is clean and tidy; the pipes questhony
the lare beautiful and the lamps nice; with
lea and water are generously sup Italo-Abyminian controversy.
connected
66.332/37
It was recalled that at the end plied; the assistants render good 65,66706.10; of the three-power meeting inservice.
47. Bunda 1898
September December May Wednesday's sales:--
(Eng. 1).... stor
£1002
419 Lean 1908
£ 97
56 Loan 1912 ... £ 78%
£ 07% £ 787
Chicago Corn
IP13 (Lản, Is,) £ BR
£87
By Bonds 1926-47 £ 905
I 9011⁄2
September December May Wednesday's sales
74% 744 RO STA 574
Genern?
Electric
Ely.
£ 68
(England)
GO:0
£ GK
Hagker Aircraft
M
Tient.-Pukow
Impl. Chem, Ind.
Kly.
1 2
0.K. Bazaa
287.
Ticnt.-Pultow
Impl. Tobacro
50, #7.6 Ꭼ . 27/- 136/101% 138/9
5,110,000 brishels Winnipeg Whent
|
Rolls
Augint October December
ቦሩ
£21
121
£ 2549
£ 2814
£ 40%
£ 40
I'l Nh. S'hai Elee. Constr. Tate & Lyle ..... Turner & Newall United Steel Vickers ord.
Rayer
86%
***** 86%
AL 8514
80%
H
4514
Watney, Combe &
£ 13
Reid def, ord, .. Woolworths
172/6 151/3 15/.. 457- 80/71% KO/ 5476 55/4 32/716 32; -- 15/4'
16/
71/
71.3 11176 11676
September December
March
New York Silk
150 - 164 1.6) 1.57 1.69 1.58
1.64 1.68
Montreal Silver
Miscellaneous
£ 61% - 50%
1 KA
Anglo-Dutch.... Gula Kalumpong
Rubber
Pekin Synd. 27.
£ 924
ard. sh.
2176
2179
1/6
21.2
September December January
65.20
€6.50
05.60n
45.00 GC.00 66.42/50
21/1915
£10916
Rubber Trusts ...
29/6
176 29/3
·
Mines
Burma Corpn. Rs.
TO
9/101
12/3 12.
UPA
Associated Elec.
Industries
****
41/6 40/9
3470
947-
Austin Motors ord.
Estates Spaarwater Gold
Mining
ah.
5476
047412
Danis 5 l...
50/3
50/-
Springs Mines Sub-Nigel
5070 537
6/3
570 1077% 487. xx 25270 247/6xx
British American
Tobacco (bearer)
117/6
117/6
Oils
Canadian Celanese
87/6
KG/A
Chinese Eng, and
Anglo-Persian
Min. (Bearer) .
13/-
1276
Burma Dil
TK/9
63/11/161⁄2
7879
Courtaulds
54/9
4744
Shell Trans und
Distillers
93/6
037-
21/02
Dunlop Rubber ..
427.
Electric Musical
30
Industries
267..
25/6
(Lin. Regd.)} £111% Chartd. Bk. of LA.
&.C.
£ 13% £ 1314 Commercial and Industrial
AlBed Iron Formal-
$2/-
10. Commonwealth
Mining Randfontein
Trad. (Bearer) 72/0
Marrman Invent-
ments, Ltd. ............. 313 xxPossible Mutiliution.
PHOTOGRAPHIC
COMPETITION
CLOSING TIME AND DATE
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BY NOON
ON 31ST. AUGUST.
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Totul salesi--60 contracts
21 YEARS AGO
Extracts From the "Telegraph" Files
The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended Anerst 28, 1914.
•
The rute of dollar on demand! was 1s. 9.5/16d,
The wedding took place at St. Andrew's Churen, Kowloon, of Mr. William Hyde and Miss Ethel May Young.
Mr. A. R. Bishop was appointed in charge of the Hongkong office of the Sun Life Assurance, Com- pay of Canada.
WEATHER REPORT
For one mace the charge is 35!
good and the oplum is
HEROIN DIVANS
- (Seattle, Brd August)
U.S.A., Canada, Japan and Shanghai'
Pres. McKinley
D'Artagnan
.August 25.
ship due 1 pin..
August 24.
August 94.
August 24.
Saigon
Swatow
Shanghai and Swatow Strait and Air Mail ex Imperial Airways Service (London 10th August) and Air Mail ex Amster- dam-Bandoeng Service (Amster
14th August) dam,
Japan
Hai Hing Krnchow
Shanghai and Amoy
Teresina Txinan
.August 26.
August 25.
Manha
Pres. Lincoln
.August 20.
Shanghai and Europe via
Siberia.
(London 6th August)
Salgon
Trianon Bontekoo
August 26.
August 27.
Haiphong
Chaton
August 27.
Strals
Tango Maru
August 27.
Tokiwa Maru
August 27,
Bandoen
Straits and Air Mail ex Amsterdam- Service Amsterdam,
17th August).
Van Houtes
August 27.
Shanghai
Chenonceaux
August 28.
Hakodate Maru
August 28.
Kongo Maru
Aurust 28.
Leonirdon
August 28.
Sarpedon Talma
August 3. August 28. A
Pres. Hoover Tanda
August 20.
August 29.
Shanghai
Behar
.August 90.
('nnada,
U.S.A..
Honolulu, Japan
and
Shanghai (Vancouver B.C
10th August)
Emp. of Japan
August 30.
August 30,
August 30.
August 30.
August 80.
Japan Japan Shanghai
Shanghai
Amoy
U.S.A., Honolulu, Japan and Shang-
bal (San Francisco, 9th August) Japan
Japan and Stanghai Stralis
Calcutta and Straits Japan and Shanghai
For
Samshui and Wachow
General Pershing Hakonu Maru Ноланд Katori Maru
OUTWARD MAILS
Per Friday.
Anjou Saturday.
Manila, Australia and New Zealand Kitano Maru
via Thursday Island.
(Duo Thursday Island, 5th September). Letters for "Bandoeng-Amsterdam Ranchi
Air Mall Service."
(Une Amsterdam, 2nd September).
K.P.O. Reg. Aug, 23, 4.30 p.m. Aug. 21, 9 .m. Letters, Straits, Sandakan, Ceylon, India, Rancht
Mauritius, E. and S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles. Due Marseilles 20th September).
K.P.O.
Date and Time
Fri., Aug. 29, 4 pln.
Reg.Aug. 24, 8.45 n.m. Letters,
Rex. Letters,
Parcels,
.Sat., Aug. 24,
Aug. 24, 9.30 a.m. Sat., Aug. 24,
6.1.0.
....Aug. 24, 9 a.m.
....Aug. 24, 9.30 .m.
..Sat.. Aug. 24.
G.P.O.
....Aug. 23, 5 p.in. Reg.,...Aug. 24, 0.46 a.t Letters, ...Aug. 24, 10.30 a.m. Svirang. Sat., Aug. 24, 11 a.m. Letters, Sat., Aug, 24, 11 a.m. .....Sat, Aug. 24. Hing
Parcels, .Aug. 23, 4.10 p.m. Heg.. ......Aug. 24, 9 .m. Letters, .Aug. 24, 10 am. Calcutta vin Straits
Par. Sat. Aug. 21, 10 a.m.
for "Imperial Airways Hai Letters
Bervice."
(Due London. 9th September).
K.P.O.
Rox.
Letters
Letter for
....Aug. 24, 2.30 p.m. .......Aug. 24, 3 p.m.
Air Mail Service Pore--Australia. Hai
(Due Darwin, 3rd September),
K.P.O.
Reg.
Aug. 24, 2.30 p.m. Letters
Aug. 24. 3 p.m. Shanghai, Japan and Europe via
Siberia,
With regard to heroin pill
Amoy
Manila
Straits
| Paris It was announced that it was i
the intention of the British and cents; French Governments to maintain worthy to be smoked. the closest touch and co-operation and to continue right up to the meeting of the League Council on divans, it is stated that recording September 4 joint efforts to ex- to the report for 1933, no certain plore, with the Italian Government onion could then be given as to tended patrons through diplomatic channels, the whether divan possibility of finding a peaceful to smoke herein and opium in-
discriminately. It
appeara settlement of the dispute In
fairly certain that indiscriminate Abyssinia. This was fully en-smoking is not the rule. The dorsed by the Cabinet to-day when opium divans, which are still easily strong desire to maintain the in the majority, do not enter for closest Anglo-French co-operation herain, but some heroin divans
NOW
in dealing with the difficult situa-keep an opfum pipe or two handy tion was manifest.
in case the client should want to It is understood that as a result, smoke opium. of discusalons the Ministers saw no
Heroin divans are more exclu- renson to depart from the policy sive than opium divans: their announced repeatedly in recent patrons are not so peor as are the weeks when the attitude of the coolies who constitute the regular Government towards the League clientele of the average opium of Nations and the Covenant has ivan, and women, who are rarely been defined. In this connection it found among the clients of an will be recalled that Sir Samuel oplum divan, are occasionally dis- Hoare, speaking in the House of covered smoking heroin pills. Commons on August I on the eroin divans, too,
are better Italo-Abyssinian question, said:furnished, European style beds do not think there can be any being in general use among them, doubt after the speeches of the though spring mattresses rarely Prime Minister, and particularly occur, the usual Chinese type
afer the answer he gave to aboards prevailing. It costs a little question in the House recently, more to smoke heroín, at least ten that we are fully conscious of our cents for four superior or seven Jupan declared war on Germany. obligations under our treaties and inferior pills, whereas the ordinary under the Covenant and that we coolie spends only five cents on his certainly intend to uphold them."smoke of inferior opium. Dia- The Cabinut decided to muke no criminating people prefer heroin change in its decision, taken in because it does not cause constipa- July, temporarily to withhold tion or make the breath foul, as A weak anticyclone covers the licenses for export of arms to both oplum of indifferent quality doen, Pacific to the east of Japan and aparties of the dispute. This, and because it is cleaner to handle. ridge of high pressure extends however, does not necessarily
POLAR FLIGHT
from it to the Eastern Sea, Pres-mean that restriction will be aure is moderately high over North maintained until September 4. The China. A shallow depressions question linn been and will be covers the western part of the under constant consideration and
'Edmonton, Aug. 22. Sea of Japan.
between now and the meeting of
Freezing Arctic weather is like- At 6 am this morning the ty- the Council it may or may not holy to postpone the flight of the phoon was about, 30 miles to the docided to permit arms exports to Soviet trans-polar aeroplane untli cast of South Formosa, moving Nboth parties as circumstances 1936 unless it is undertaken im- WV. It has not gained much in-dictate, but for the time-being no mediately, M. Sokolov, Soviet tensity. The other typhoon is change is being made. situated about 200 miles to the north-west of Saipan, moving N. W. Local forecast:-Westerly winds, moderate, fair.
aviation
B
official stationed at | Aklavik to aid the fliers, told
recent visitor who returned here to-day-United Press.
NO CHANGE SEEN Further developments in the situation are not expected for some}sider any points upon which days and no arrangements have decision may be required. been made for calling another)) A Geneva press-mesange states Cabinet meeting. The Foreign Italian members of the Arbitration Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare, will Committee which is enquiring into be in close touch with his officials the Ualual incident, arrived in 99 and he and certain other Ministers Berne to-day and Abyssinian mem- who will be in London or within bors are expected to-night. The cany reach, will be available to meet commission will most in Belle Vua If necessary at any moment to con- Palace-British Wireless,
COUNT THE "TELEGRAPHS"
EVERYWHERE.
Swatow, Amoy and Formona Foochow
Manila
Swntow and Bangkok
Batavia Rabaul
Reg.
G.P.O.
..Aug. 24, 3.00 p.m.
Letters....Aug. 24, 3.30 p.m.
...........Sat., – August" 24..
Hing
G.P.O. Reg....Aug. 24, 3.00 p.m. Letters ....Aug. 24, 3.30 p.m. D'Artagnan Sat., Aug. 24, 1,80. p.m. Kwang ang. Sat., Aug. 24, 3.80 p.m. Pres. McKinley Sat., Aug. 24, 4.30 p.m. Hai Hing ....Sat, Aug, 24, 4.80 p.m. Sunday,
Canton Maru ..Sun., Aug. 25, 9 a.m. Szechoen... Sun, Aug. 25, 9 am Silversandal ....Sun., Aug. 26, 9 a.m.”
Monday,
Kiangsu Mon., Aug. 20, 1,30 p.m.. Tuesday.
Tisondari. Tues., Aug. 27, 8.30 a..m Bremerhaven
Tues., Aug. 27. 10.30-u.m. Swatow, Amay and Foochow ... Haining .. Tues., Aug. 27, 8 p.m. .Tues., Aug. 27, Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, U.S.A. Pres. Lincoln
Central
America, ani SAuth "Caneda and Europe via Son Parcels, Francisco and Europe via Siberia
Reg... Letters, Due San Franel, 17th September).
Wednesday.
Letters for "Saigon-Marseilles Air Chenonceaux
Mail Service"-dus Marseilles, 9th September
...Aug. 27, 3 p.m.
Aug. 27, 4.15 p.m. ....Aug. 27, 5 pm.
G. P. O.
Rez.. Letters,
K. P. O. Reg......Aug. 27, 4.30 p.m. Letters, ..Aug. 27, 4.30 p.m.
and Europe via Sarpedon Straits, Aden Marseilles.
Due Marseilles, 26th September).
K. P. O.
Reg-
Aug. 27, 4.30 p.m. Lotters.....Aug. 27, 4.30 p.m.
Reg., Letters,
Saigon, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, Chenonceaux
East and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marseilles
(Due Marseilles, 20th September)
K. P. O.
Aug. 27, 4.30 p.m. Reg., .... Letters....... Aug, 28, 9 a.m. Foochow via Swatow Amoy ... Foochow via Swatow
Holhow Manila
Holbow, Pakhai and *Haiphong Haiphong
Swatow, Amoy and Foochow Manila
Shanghai and Japan
Reg, Letters,
Wed, Aug. 28.
.Aug. 27, 5 p.m. Aug. 28, 8.39° a.m. Wed., Aug. 28
•
G. P. O..
,Aug. 27, 6 p.m. .Aug. 28, M
Wed., Aug. 28."
G. P. O..
Aug. 28, 8.45 a.m, Aug. 28, 9.30 a.m. "Chúngking Wed., Aug. 28, 1.30 p.m. Tsinan Wed., Aug. 28, 1.30 p.m. Fooshing... Wed., Aug. 28, 8.30 p.m..
Thursday.
Mulnom..Thurs., Aug. 29, 10.80 a.m. Pres. Hoover Thurs., Aug, 29, 5 p.m. Friday,
Straite and Earope via Marseilles. (Due Marselites, 2nd October).
E. P. O. Reg. .Aug. 80, 8.80 p.m. Letters, Aug. 30, 4.30 p.m.
Manila
*Manila
Canton
Klungehow.... Fri., Aug. 30, noon Fri. Aug. 30, 1 p.m. Haiyang....Fri., Aug. 30, 2 p.m. Emp. of Japan Fri, Aug. 30, 3.80 p.m. Hakone Maru Fri., Aug. 30, 8.80 p.m. Behar
"Fri.," Aug." 80,
G. P. O.
Aug. 80, 4.16 p.m. Aug. 30, 5 p.m. Fri, Aug. 30, 6 pm. .Fri., Aug. 30, 5 p.m.
„Fri„,"Ang," 80г
Reg., Lotters, General Pershing
Pres. Hayes
Straits, Ceylon, india, Mauritius; E. Katori Maru
and S. Africa, Aden, Egypt and Europe vin Marseilles. (Due Marseilles, 80th September..
K. P. 6.
· Rog
Letters,
Reg.
Letters,
.Aug..80, 4.80 p.m
Aug. 80, 4.80 p.m.- .*Superscribɔd, ́correspondence only.
.Aug. 30, 5 p.sh. Aug. 80, 8-7.14.
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