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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in "The Bohemian Girl" showing on

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STARTS. JOURNEY TO CAIRO

London, Apr. 30.

King Farouk left London this morning by special train on the Best stage of his journey to Egypt. The Duke of Kent represented King Ed- address of condolence on The death of King Fund will be moved In the flouse of Commons on Monday. Earlier in the day. the young King spent half an hour at Bucking-

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LEVANT FAIR

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London, Apr. 30.

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The Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, delivered by wireless address at the opening, of the Inter- antional Levant Fair at Telaviv to. day.

· EUROPE AND, EAST

MACAO ELECTRIC

SUPPLY

TAX LIKELY TO BE MODIFIED

U.S. COMMODITY PRICES

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange ari

issued by Reuter,

New York Cotton

May

11.45/45

11.45/45

July

11.04/04

11.04/01

October

10.17/17

10.16/17

December.

10.17/17

· 10.17/17

January

10.19

10.10/10

March Spot

10.26/25 11,60

10.23/2 .-11.50

New York Rubber

May

16.00/00

July

16.07/07

September

10,00/00

December

10.16/16

March

1627/27

Toini sales-130 lots,

May July

Chicago Wheat

15.82/83 15,00/00

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the most, is an nuklitional digestive 864/80% 874/879, help, and two or three at bed-lime 84% 84% 86%4/855%

will September

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Chicago Corn

rect constipation, flatulence, liverish- 63%/631 83%/03

ness and bilfutia hondachos. They 81%/61% 0127015 keep the breath pure, the skin clear, Winnipeg Wheat

and are excellent for tho rollof of 7012/7016-70%/70% | pilės. From chemists everywhere.

May

July

May

July

| October

80/80% 80%/80% 81/816 81/82

EXCHANGE RATES

Paris

BARU 10N Berlia

The N. D. 1. liner Potsinm is due in Hongkong about noon on Sunday and will nail for Europe at 10 p.m.

Macao; Apr. 29. the annic day. The ship is due in Following the announcement of a Singapore at daylight on May 8 after decision by the Macao Government to n 21-day trip from Singapore to Kobe submit recommendations to Lishon and return. She will have taken 11 for modifications in the control of days to do the round trip to Japán electrical installations in Macno, Genevu from Hongkong and back to this port, there has been a rising demand for

electrical connection. It is reported Athens Comparisons are diflult to make, by officers of the Macao Electric Mili especially as the fastest ship on the Lighting Company, Ltd., that fully shottni Far Eastern Service, the Italian liner fifteen per cent, of consumers who Shanghai Victorin, maken Shanghai her

New

York. ter-had given up using electricity follow. A

Amsterdam minus and does not call at Manila on ing enforcement in Maeno of the m

Vienna. Her

outward

pasange, but

the Electric Industry Fiscalization Tax, Potsdam's perficmance on her pre- applied for restoration of the service Prague sent voyage is putstanding and con-in the first three days after the aniston

Madrid. stitutes a record for ships which run nouncement of the modification. from Singapore to Japan.

Hera in also the fastest run ever made by a Decree, on

At the time of enforcement of the Hongkong.

Bombay on instructions from Lisbon, passenger ship

to Japan early

Brussels as enterokoluma being the only submitted representations.

business Monte Video

to the part which she emitted from her re- Government, asking for changes Montreal,

Belgrade Kulur ports of call, the Totsdam ins

suit local conditions, but it does not

10 Yokohama so far put up a particularly good per seem to have been possible to obtain

**** | Rio . formance and at the present rate permission from the Central Authori should return to Southampton en Fri- ties to bring about any changes at Silver (Spot) day, May 29, having left there on

that time, and a steady decrease in March 27 at 2 pm.

the number of

of electicity in Macae was e

its

She is dur at farseilles on May 24-considerably less than 21 days out

from Hongkong, and having called at all her regular ports and loaded near- 12.000 tons of cargo for Europe. Apart from her cargo for intermediate

ports.

The usual schedufe of the Potsdam enlls for a speed of about 20 konts while on her present trip she has

maintained a little over 22 knots.

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Apr. 30. 74.03/04 15.2014

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1/2.1/10. 434 .20.3/16 Silver (forward) 20.3/10

105.15/16 War Lonn....

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EXCHANGE

20.5/10

105.13/10

TO-DAY'S OPENING

QUOTATIONS

Scillag

The Fiscalization Tax in original form required all consumers to submit their installations to periodical inspection by the authori ties and involved a registration of the exact load of each installation, the tax size Grid nature of the installation, sliding scale with the varying on a payable in advance, but the changes T.T. that the Macao authorities are now Demand recommending will modify the tax 50 T.T. Shangliai that it will be based on the size of T.T. Singapure the meter and be considerably less T.T. Japan than the old one, each consumer be T.T. India ing permitted to modify his

Installa-T

T.T. Java... without reference to the authorities T.T. France for each change, the tax being collect TT. Manila

monthly instalments by the|T.T. Bankok As Captain of the Bremen,, crack Company, with their regular bill for TT. Saigon

cd by ship of the German merchant marine, energy consumed, while small flat TT, Lisbon Captain Dichne won for his country the blue riband for a Far Eastern certain sum will be

consumers paying less

thun will be entirely exempt. 4 m/s. L/C. trip, for he set up a record on his It not prevent the fair from repeating outward voyage days from Bremen is stated officially that the re- 4 m/s. D/P.

to Singapore, and 24 and a half days commendations of the Macao Govern-6 m/s. L/C from Southampton to Hongkong.

Blue Riband Winner This tccessful trip is not a little due to Captain Wilhelm Dachne,

trip, and normally head of the Nautical Department of the N.D...

Speaking of the success of the fair Commander of the Potsdam for this tion to suit his own convenience San Frisco New York

two years ago, he said over two thousand exhibiting firms from thirty two countries participated and the attendance numbered 600,000. "Na-

turally, the unhappy events of the

last two weeks have cast 4 deep shadow upon this occasion, but I am confident these and happenings will

and surpassing the remarkable suc-

of two years ago."-British cess

Wireless.

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ment have been submitted by Air 4 m/s. San Franisco New York .334 Mail to Lisbon and it is generally 4 m/s. France thought that formal approval by the New York-London Lisbon Government will be given by about the middle of May-Our Owit Correspondent,

The fast ran out was the result of a plan to catch us to the Potsdam's schedule, the ship have being delayed BRASSERT'S CONTRACT early a fortnight on her voyage from Germany to England owing to trouble with a burst oil pipe.

was probably the One Canu each Captain Dachno SENDING OUT SIX who has Diphtheria and Typhoid were report thoroughly inspected the Queen Mary.ed to the local Health authorities on "I am sure that the Queen Mary will Wednesday, brook the record set up by the

TO REPORT

London, April 30,

of Small-pox,

Now,Ah-Ying,"-sai-the-officer-

Chinese, "you are on duty to`a charged with condusting games of chance, to wit, Pai Kau and Ta Kni. flave you anything to say in answer to the charge?" "Why yea, sir," he replied. "Me no play games of chance. Cards all marked and dice

chance at all."

A. Brassert and Co. have obtainendie," he said in an'interview, nation with the greatest merchant loaded. Me win all the time-o

The British engineering' arm, H.

a contract which may ultimately be worth £2,000,000 in connection with the Canton Government's scheme for erecting iron and steel works,

There was strong ́American and Continental competition.

Nanking's approval has been ob- Iained.

II. A. Brassert and Co. are send- ing out six engineers OH NOOD น possible to advise as to the tech- alcal and economic possibilities of the scheme, preparatory to building. It is understood that good deposita of iron ore have been discovered at Waufu.--Reuter.

PEER'S DEATH

CAUSES BY-ELECTION IN SUSSEX

London, Apr. 30.

A by-election in the Lewis Division of Sussex will be necessitated by the succession to the Peerage of Captain Loder, Conservative member, on the death of his father, Lord Wavehurst, FZ | which uccurred to-day at the age of

74.-British Wirclean.

Hongkong Telegraph

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VISITORS TO BRITAIN

London, Apr. 30. The number of visitors to the Bri- tish Isles both on holiday and on bual- ness from foreign countries during the first throw months of this year. showed a substantial increase of 9,819 over the total of 42,122 for the same period of 1035-British Wire- tona.

The Hongkong Stock Exchange. have received a cable from Messrs. Derrick & Co., Local Secretaries in Singapore of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., announcing the output for the four weeks ending April 23 to be 2,018 ounces.

is a wonderful ship, as I know, marine in the world." the Bremen was At Southampton

The Gnelienuu, sister ship to the

เย when the Queen Mary arrived from Potsdam, is running to schedule on

of going aboard and seeing the ship. the Clyde and I had the opportunity her trip out and is due here on May 5 ni daylight. She left Singapore on The Queen Mary should keep for Thursday morning. She will sail the Britain her proud place on the sens same afternoon, for Shanghai and and help maintain her position as the Japan.

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