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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1936.

CHINA CONVERTS England's

HER SILVER

SELLING METAL TO UNITED STATES

69 MILLION OUNCES

CHANGES HANDS

Washington, Feb. 18. Mr. Henry Morgenthau, the Secretary of the United States Treasury, to-day revealed that the total of the Treasury's allver purchases from China negotiated during November amounted to 50,000,000 ounces.

Education

Problems

SCHOOL LEAVING ACE DISCUSSED

BILL BEFORE COMMONS

London, Feb. 13.

fall

local rates.

In the House of Commons th's afternoon the President of the Board of Education, Mr. Oliver Stanley, mo- ved the second reading of the Educa- tion Bill, the principal object of which in the raising of the school-leaving age from 14 to 16. The measure also provides for expenditure on buildings The estimated cost of the proposed and financial aid to voluntary schools,

education services extension of will be charged on the Exchequer 12,100,000 yearly, of which £1,465,000 and £5,000 will on The raising of the school september, 1939. The Minister explained that the reason for the delay was thatit China, sald Mr. Morgenthau, kept a large balance in New would not be possible for the vast educational authorities earlier. Somo 2,500 to be ready York banks, and had recently requested the conversion of majority of 10,000,000 ounces of silver into gold. The conversion was made additional teachers would have to be on Monday. China could have the remainder of her credits trained, buildings would have to be. filled in gold at anytime she desired, Mr. Morgenthau said. He enlarged and schools would have to expressed admiration for the success of the new Chinese curba reorganised. rency developments.

The Treasury paid the then prevailing world price of 65 cents an ounce for the metal, and the cost was $32,500,000 in

U.S. currency,

take effect from

Dealing with the clauses providing

for exemptions where beneficial em- ployment is available, which,

110

BIG RUBBER SHIPMENTS

AMERICA BUYING LARGE AMOUNT.

ELATION IN

LONDON

London, Fob. 13.

Mincing Lane is eisted at the ship

RADIO A pound of value BROADCAST for

Dance Orchestra of The Karlsruhe from Studio

A DAVENTRY RELAY. From Z.B.W, on wavelength of 155 motros (845 kilocycles):

4-7 p.m. Chiness Programmio.

G.30 D.Iti Children's Studio Con- cert.7.30 p.m. A Relay from Daventry,

A sentimental

"My Valentine." programme for St. Valentine's Day, devised by W. L. Hanchant and John

ments of rubber to Now York.

It is

Is reported that at least two thousand tons have been engaged for shipment very shortly, while somo quarters place the total nearer six thousand tons, and suggest that Pudney. special ship will be chartered for the purpose.

No substantiation of this report is as yet forthcoming, but it is known

last night. that New York purchased 1,600 tons

The extent of the drain of rubber from warehouses both in London and Liverpool can be estimated by the fact that the market is frodly talking of a reduction of weekly stocks by

Reuter. tween three and four thousand tons.

WIDOW'S PIGS STOLEN

7.30-8 p.m. From the Studio, A Violin and Pianoforto Recital by Eileen Fitzgerald and Lilian Quinn,

Programme.

1. Violin Sotos: Czardas Monti; Bairro Bohm; 2. Planoforto Bolou Proludo in G Minor Rachmaninoff; Dedication Schumann-Liszt: 3 Vio In Solo: Romance D'Ambrosio; 4. Pianoforte, Solo: Waits in G fiat Chopin.

Rp.m. Time and Weather Report; 8.05-8.30 p.m. Mlle. Lucienne Boyer Stock rotations, (Soprano). Leslie Hutchinson at the Mano.

As long as our hearts are young; Sweet Dreams Sweetheart; Parlez- Mol D'Amour (Speak to me of love) (Lenoir) Dans La Fumee. (Visions in the Smoke) (Bos); You and the Night and the Music

said, was the most contentious part TWO MEN CONVICTED Be Mine ("Stop Press")

of the Bill, Mr. Stanley explained

Mr. Morgenthau denied that any special price arrangement had been made in connection with purchases of Mexican silver. Metal was bought from Mexico at the daily New York rate.-that the exemption was intended to Reuter.

MORGENTHAU'S TRIBUTE

Washington, Feb. 13. The United States Treasury De partment today announced that 60,- 000,000 ouncea of silver had been purchased recently from the Chinese- Government.

CHILD STOLEN AND SOLD

The price paid had been appro- MAXIMUM SENTENCE

ximately 65 cents per ounce.

IMPOSED

havo a permanent

IL

IN COURT

Three pigs formed the subject of a theft charge against Ngel Fai, 26, unemployed, and Kwok Kwong, 39, unemployed, when they anpoured be- faro Mr. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

Meme (Delettre): Solitude (Carcel),

8.30-9.20

1.20 p.m. A Relay from Daventry.

8.30 pm The B.B.C. Dance Or chestra, direced by Henry Hall.

9 p.m. Daventry News Bulletin and Announcements.

9.20-9.55 pm. Harry Roy's Tiger Kagamumins

10 p.m. Big Ben:

of

be particular, and not general. would be exemption of a particular child for a particular job, and the Bill gave the local authorities power to see that no trade Into which the child entered was An unregulated trade. They still had, the Minister

Sub-Inspector Whelan related that 1. Fox Trot Medley; 2. Farewell added, to convince parents that the extra year at school for their children the pigs, which belonged to Chui Blues; You rascal you; Muddy Waters; 3. Shine: My Sweetie went effect on was really worth while and would Ching, widow, were stolen from a

on their sty on the hillside at To Kwa Wan, away: Sweet Jenny Lee; 4. Memo- lives, prospects and happiness. the door of which had been left open.ries of you; Rain; and Goodbye Blus.

The Bill marked a real and sub-First defendant was arrested at 9.35-10 p.m. Vocal Gems. The Chinese Government hnd de-

stantial step in educational progresa, Yaumati while he was negotiating the Pagilacel (Leonenvallo); Cavalleria posited $32,000,000 of the proceeds

(Mascagnl}; __ Lily a roast pork Rusticana from the sale in New York banks. Appearing before two Magistrales,

in the circumstances of the world Recently they had withdrawn $10,- Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen and Mr. and it was a rather wonderful thing, sale of the pigs to

second accused was arrested. First Medley. 000,000 in gold which is now ear-Keen, at the Kowloon Magistracy; that they were proposing any such cut, and on his information the Killarney (Bonedlet); C. B. Cochran

Governments accused admitted seven previous con- marked and being held in New York, Leung Chau-shing, 40, an unemployed thing when elsewhere

It is also indicated that the scaman, was sentenced to two years were discussing rumours of wars and victions for posscasion of firewood, Chinese Government will purchase hard labour when he admitted having revolutions, repression of crials and chopping firewood and theft, and that

named Leung censorship.

he was still on a bond for stealing gold with the remainder of their de-stolen a mole child

Yuen-kam, aged two-years, from his

The refeetion of the Bill was moved vegetables. poslt.

The recent silver purchase by the father, Loung Lak-hung, on February for the Labour Party by Mr. Lee

Tho

prosecuting officer stated that Treasury Department brought the 0.

Smith, who claimed that the Bill, toit was possible that defendant was total purchases from China up to 09,-

which educationallets had looked for bound over for the previous theft

1. Fox Trot-Dick, mein Liebling, .000,000 ounces.

and dismay

and arm, but added that he (defendant) Konnt ich nie betrugen; 2. 5. Fox menting on China's monetary policy the principal tenant of No. 56 Shang-disillerly, had been received with because he had lost the use of one

Waltz-Du For breaking his bond, first accus-das meer; 3.

Traum, said, "I have the greatest adm.rationhai Street, second floor, and defend- criticised, in particular the provisions was the holder of a hawker's licence. Trol-Delno Augen sind so blau win for the way in which the Chinese have ant, who was a clansman, slept on for exemption, which would render handled their Stabilisation Fund and the verandah of the floor without the higher age-limit substantially in-ed was sentenced to two weeks' liard

operative.

labour, and on the present charge he schone Perlo der Sudser; 4. 3. Fox paying rent. Defendant was a sen-

Sir Percy Harris, for the Liberals, was sentenced to one month's hard Trot-Das variiebta Tanzorchester; 6. Fox currency

Bald that the United States were man and had had no work for some

Freat labour. On the application of the 5. Tango Dort in Hawail; 6.

Trot-Streichholz-Wachtparade; 7. German Waltz An pledged to co-operate with China in time. In the afternoon he was in the welcomed the measure as a

schonen der the exemption clauses.

be kept under polico supervision for helping to solve their monetary pro-habit of taking the boy for walks in educational advance, but also criticised proaccution, he was also ordered to

blauen Donau; 8. Fox Trot-Tanzen the continues-British two years from day of his gehen; 9. S. Fox Trot-Hu-o-hoh, Tho blems and that China was in constant the street.

release.

aler schimmel; 10. Tango-Regen- Wireless

Second defendant was sentenced to tropfen; 11. Fox Trot-Der alter three weeks hard Inbour.

Cowboy; 12. Paso Doblo Schono Isabella von Castilien.

Elston Detective-Inspector A. 1. The Secretary of the Treasury, com.stated that the father of the boy was ward

touch with the proponents of the At 4 pm. on February 6, dufendant

Silver Purchase programme In Con gress, displaying grant Interest in its progress-United Press.

of

COINAGE VALUE

New York, Feb. 13. The recent large

purchases silver are shown to have boosted the coinag value of the Treasury' holdings to about 21 per cent. of its gold supply, with a monetary value of over $2,100,000,000, which compares to the 610,154,000,000 of gold hold Ings-Router,

MEAT EXPORTS BY NEW ZEALAND

AGREEMENT REACHED WITH BRITAIN

London, Feb. 13.

took the child out as usual, but neither of them returned. On February 10, defendant went back to the house Ile said that and he was arrested.

ho had sold the child for $100 to a man in a tenhouse, and he had re- cuyed $2 in advance as deposit, but had not seen the man since. Defend ant gave the police every assistance

to

find the child but the police traced him as far an Un Long, and there believed the boy was taken into Chinese territory.

It was agreed that defendant was not a member of a gang of kidnap. pers and had no previous conviction, but it was a caso in which his Wor- ship could inflies the maximum penal. ty.

In passing sentenco upon defend- ant, Dir. Macfadyen stated that the only manner of Impressing upon these

debate

MOTION DEFEATED

Landon, Feb. 13. Questions of education were delal. el to-day in the House of Commons, where the Bill raising the school- leaving age from 14 years to 15 was rend

A Labour member's motion that the Government give financial assistance le parents, during the children's last years schooling was defeated, but a motion that not too much home work bo given was passed.-Reuter's Bul latin Service.

SWANSON'S ILLNESS

<

INTEREST RATE APPROVED

SIX PER CENT. ON RECOVERY LOANTM

Nanking, Feb. 14.

10-11 p.m. From the Studio, A Programme of Continental Dance Music played by the Orchestra of the German crufsor Karlaruto by kind permission of Fregatten Kapltaen L Siemens.

Programme.

I p.m. Close Down.

WINE SMUGGLER FINED

'AGED WIDOW ADMITS GUILT

A joint meeting of the Finance and Economic Committees of the Legis-

Chan Sze, aged 74 years, widow, lative Yuan yesterday approved the

the Recovery was fined $50 when she pleaded guilty rate of Interest on Loan at six per council.

os fixed by the before Mr. S. Balfour at the Centrei Magistracy this morning to charges Central Political

With regard to the rate of interest of possession of three gallons of dorided that this should been paid and destroying evidence by allowing to run to waste the contents It is recalled he also be six per cent. a hopeless one."

The measures are being considered of other jars aboard junk No. spent a fortnight in hospital with a bronchial ailment, the outgrowth of at a general meeting of the Legin-1 T4185H.

lativo Yunn to-day Renter a cold, in 1933,-United Press.

Washington, Feb, 13. The Naval Hospital to-day an- nounced that Mr. Claude Swanson, Secretary of the Navy,

WILA In a on the

people the way in which that sort serious condition "but not necessarily the C Construction Loan, Chinese spirit on which duty had not

An agreement on meat exports from of thing was looked upon was by New Zealand has been reached be-inflicting the maximum punishment. tween the New Zealand and British Governments whereby New Zealand

will be able to ship 902,000 cwta. of WHOLESALE PRICES meat in the first half of this year.

Of this total, 120,000 cwts, may be

chilled beef,Roster & Bulletin Ser vico.

London, Feb. 18.

The Minister of Agriculture, Mr.

Walter Elliott, announced in the Cam-

FURTHER RISE

1

IN BRITAIN

London, Feb. 18.

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

WITHOUT HONOUR AND A SENSE OF DUTY, A MAN CAN ACCOMPLISH NOTHING-Napoleon.

One case each of Diphtheria, Typhoid

Thero will be no dinner dance on Saturday at the Repulso Bay Hotel: but the usual ten dance will be held on Sunday, at 4.30 p.m..

Chau Yoo, 53, widow, and Kaw Ho, 18, married woman, wero also charg ed, but they pleaded not guilty, Their pleas were accepted, and they waro discharged.

Revenue Officer A, W. Grimmitt stated that yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. L Noronha, Assistant Junk Inspector of the flarbour Office, was Yaumati A handsome calendar has been re-inspecting Junks in the

the defendant's junk, the coxswain of colved, fasued by the Rotterdam Typhoon shelter and when passing bydered by a pine tree on one side the

tention to some people who were and a palm tree on the other.

throwing jars into the harbour from the craft. Mr. Noronha went on

monus at question time that an agree The Board of Trade index of whole- ment had been reached with the sale prices in January shows an Zealand, and also with the Govern-cent. as compared with December and local Health authorities on Wedne Loyd, showing no of their ships, the launchy drew Mr. Noronha's at- Governments of Australia and Now increase in the average of 0.4 nor and Meningitis were reported to the

A woman, Ching Ying-chin, was admitted to the Government Civil effects of an overdose of sleeping Hospital yesterday suffering from the draught. It is thought she took

ment of Argentino, on a programmo of 4.per cent, as compared, with a day. whereby the total arrivals of beef year ago. This is the sixth successive

Knocked down by car No. 1517 in and vest in the United Kingdom month of increase, and the rise since

Electric Road yesterday, two women, during the six months to the end of July last is nearly 4.5 per cent. June next would not exceed the quan- Food prices show an advance of only Ng Chun and Lai Kwan, were ad

from minor inforles. Buffering tities imported in the corresponding about 2 per cent, on the year, but the mitted to Government Civil Hospital period of 1935. It was expected that January Index numbers for all arrivals from small Empire sources articles, and for industrial materiale alse during this period would not and manufactures, are the highest In a gambling. case_brought before "Barbitone". exceed those arranged for the first recorded for any month since Decem- Mr. Balfour at the Central Magis- part of the year.British Wirelces. ber and November, 1930, respectively. tracy this morning, Cheung Sze, 20,

unemployed, was fined $20

20.2/10

SPEED SKATER SETS

OLYMPIC RECORD

Garmisch, Feb. 13.

"

board the junk and found two broken broken jare emelt strongly of wine. fare and one full far of wine. The

Mr. Grimmitt added that the old

the woman was the owenr, of Junk, which was of about 70 tons, and Brought before Mr. Balfour as the plled up the West River and Namtao.. The wino was purchased there and or two Central Magistracy this morning sold to sampans in the typhoon shelter

of

weeks imprisonment in default, when charged with the theft by finding o at Yaumati. "We know that this is he admitted being the keeper of a leather purse containing $10 in being done," he said. He believed house at 127 Wing Lok Street, local currency and $1 Canton money, that the second and third accused, gaming second floor. Fifteen others, when a married woman, Tong Lal-kin, 27, professions ranged from shop fokis td was bound over. She pleaded that who were the owners of a smaller rent collectors, were fined $i aach she came to Hongtong at the end of boat No. 1831V, and at the time of while eight absentees forfeited balls the Chinese New Year and did not the first defendant

their arrest wore only on a vialt-to

of $3 each. The table money, $7.07, know the regulations. Sub-Inspector

was added to the Foor Box funds. J. J. Walsh stated that defendant

Detective Sergeant P. O. Guild pro- threw the purse in a stairway and AUSTRALIAN TRADE pocuted. The game played, was al kept the money. The

complainant was Ne Shu, 25, ahop-kooper at 2, Tai Ping Shan.

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