1936-05-09 — Page 13

ITALY'S LOSS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1936.

IS BRITISH EMPIRE'S GAIN

Colony Now Obtains Luxuries from the Antipodes and England

IRISHMEN HOW LEAGUE SANCTIONS POPULAR ARE NOW NO AGAINST ITALY HAVE

| LONGER IRISH! AFFECTED HONGKONG

·

The last day on which Irish Froc Stato citizens resident in this Colony 'could register their inten-

tion to remala Irishmen has passed.

·

This step is necessary under the Free State Citizenship Act by which Irish living in the British Empire may in certain cricumstances be regarded by the Free State authorities as being English if they do not obtain registration.

mon and women

How are the League Sanctions against Italy affecting Hongkong?

The latest figures giving the total imports and exports into this Colony from Italy are for the month of March, when imports amounted to $30,593 and there were no ex- ports whatever. For the corresponding period last year, Hongkong imported goods from Italy $255,098, while our exports to Italy were $2,169.

P. & O. COMMANDER

PROMOTED TO

STRATHMORE

to the value of OASION Hongkong frequent

business, in this Colony alone, to the value of over $230,000,

Thus, for one month alone, Italian, manufacturers lost Multiply this figure by a thousand and you would gain some iden of the cormous loss of trade faly is suffering through the Whether Irishmen register un-League boycott. der the Act or not, they will, save

Most of the $255,008 worth of in exceptional circumstances, be goods imported into Hongkong regarded as British citizens and from Italy in March last year were will continue to enjoy all the cheese, almonds, lemons, tinned privileges of citizenship

The Dominions Office state that hats, glass, pottery, stone, chemi- goods, wine, leather gloves, felt the exceptions will be foreigners cals and spirits. who have obtained naturalisation

sho

in the Free State and have thus What Italy has lost in this trade become Irish citizens.

never regain. may

Other But that problem is not acute.'nations have been quick to seize there are no more than half a the opportunity. dozen auch people throughout the world.*

Red Agitators On Dollar

Liner

CAPTAIN

TELLS

OF "SPY SYSTEM"

ON BOARD

NEW ZEALAND CHEESE

Australia and New Zealand, for instance, are deeply interested in the Far Eastern cheese market. Their exports to Hongkong have increased as those from Italy have decreasel.

Both Amerien and Australia are interested in the specialty I Linned goods market. Delicacies formerly purchased from Italy are now coming from these coun- tries.

Britain, too, has increased

her trade in these lines.

And

Hogkong League Of Nations' Radio

CAPT. HARRISON OF THE NALDERA CCASIONS of his frequent

command of the P. and 0. mail liner Naldera and also of several cargo steamers, will be recalled by resident friends of Capt. R Harrison, D.S.O., R.D., R.N.R., at the news that he has just taken over the command of the Strathmore, largest and finest of

the

P. and 0. fleet.

Capt. Harrison began his life at sea in the Worcester training ship and served his time in Devitt and Moore's training ship Hesperus, well-known for many years in Australian porta,

which we

RADIO BROADCAST

Relay from Daventry: Belgium v. England

HOTEL DANCE MUSIC

From Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 355 metres (845 kilocycles):

4-7 p.m. Chinese Programane, 7 p.m. Four Songs by Madame Amelita Galll-Curci. (Soprano), `,

1. Chanson Indous (Song of India) ("Sadko") (Rimsky-Korsa kov); 2. Bolero--Les Elles do Cadiz Song) (Chapi); 4. Serenata (Testi). (Delibes); 8. Carceleras (Prixon

7.11 p.m. "Sulto Bergamasque" (Debussy) played by Walter Giese- king

The London Pala-

7.30 p.m. dium Orchestra.

Selcetion of Irish Melodies (arr. Myddleton); Chu Chin Chow-Selec tion (Norton); I hear you calling me (arr. Haydn Wood): Hird of Love Divine (Haydn Food); Whimsies (arr. Alford).

Wedded

8 p.m. Time Signal, Weather Re

and Announcements.

port

He joined the P. and 0..Co, ast Afth officer in the steamer Valetta Taking a lead from European in 1899, and has continued in the nations with powerful propn-company since, except for the period ganda stations, the League of when he served in the Royal Navy Nations last year commenced afduring the war. series of weekly news brond- easts from Geneva, with particu-Kidderpore, which is still on the Confessions of a Cheeky Chappy Jor reference to the

Mak Miller: Orchestra-The Ethiopian trouble.

1925, and since then he has com-Trail....The

Vocal-The Ganset Each of the message trans-manded the cargo steamer Alipore Solo-Carly Top-Selection; Bront- mitted by the League of Nations and the passenger liner Naldera. way Melody of 1030--Seletion. Re- was picked up by the Hongkong which still visit this port, the ginald Dixon; Songs-Film

Waltz Government radio department, Macedonia and Mooltan, and other Songs Medley....Gracio Fields; Song total of 9.926 words being units of the fleet: the Sicilia, Ber- distributed to local newspapers.

rina, Razmak and Strathnaver.

AT KING'S FUNERAL

8.013 p.m. A Yariety Concert. of the Minates....Raie da Costa;

Piano Sofos--Blue

--Blue Again; Parado Songs-With all my heart; Bird on the Wing....Robert

Humorous

Ile was promoted to command the tra-Out of the Rag B3; Orches

Over

Italo- run to the Far East, in January, Shalf of Aries: Organ

Love Dancing....Josephine

Orchestra-Sweet Adeline- Sulection: Robėrta-Selection.

1.

pm. Daventry News Bulletin and Announcements,

9.20

p.m.

Songs by Alfred Piccaver (Tenor).

Trees (Rasbach); 2. Rosen of Picardy (Haydn Wood); 3. Thank God for & Garden (Del Riego). Orchestra.

9.30 p.m. Hongkong Hotel Danes

Big Ben from Daventry. 10 p.m. 11.15 p.m. A Relay from Daventry.

Belgium v. England. A running

11.45 p.m. Dance Music. commentary on the Association Foot- bull Mateli. Relayed from Belgium.

12 midnight. Close Down. NOTE: There will be a Chinese recorded programme from ZE.K. en frequency of 640 kilocycles from 8-10.30 p.n.

SUNDAY'S BROADCAST

This information in contained Captain Harrison was chosen as in the Annual Report of the one of the four officers to represent Chianti and the wines of Capri Postmaster General, which also the Merchant Navy in the march are, of course, irreplaceable, but discloses that a total of 14.661ugh London on the occasion of excellent substitutes come from messages relating to

the late King's funeral. Anti- New York, Apr. 25. Spain, Portugal and South Aus-Piracy were sont and received! (Rtd.), whose port on the Strath- Captain F. Sadell, R.D., R.N.R., ALLEGATIONS of "Red" agita-tralia.

from ships at sea, the wordagemore's bridge Captain Harrison has tion among the crew of the The French, wine trade is also amounting to more than 64,500 taken, was also a visitor to Hong- Dollar liner President Garfield said to be very interested in the words. This traffic was sent kang between 1921 and 1930, were made by her commander,ycott on Hillan wines,

and received gratis. Captain Cullen, when the ship wines were in bond in the Colony!

Large stocks of the Italian

He joined the company as a junior officer. in 1898. having started his docked at New York after a world before the League boycott was the work undertaken by the long- age of 15 in the full-rigged ship toileating the diverse nature of career at sen as an apprentice at the cruise, according to the New York brought into forer, and little it kong Radio Department are the Morialta in the Australian trade. Times.

any shortage has occurred so far. statisties relating to paid and un-Incidentally, during his service hi Captain Cullen stated, says the Leather gloves, felt hats and paid radiotelegrams, newspaper, that he had refused to jother apparel formerly supplied

this ship she experienced a mishap bring back two of the engineroem by

a 2,400,000 words were which resulted in her conversion Italy are now crew from Genoa, that he left an-Great Britnin

coming from sout and received on the circuit into a barque off Cape Horn, when other behind for insubordination States.

and the United connecting Hongkong with the the fore topsail yard carried away Chinese Government administra- and the ero'jack yard was acut up and "radical tetivities" and that a Italian stone is irreplaceable, but 1tion, while other busy radio-tele in its place. fourth, also from the engineroom. very little is used in Hongkong, graphic circuits were maintained was put ashore in Italy to awalt afthe demand varying with the throughout the

Soon afterwards Mr. Sadell was passage home in a foreign ship amount of building in progress.

year with the transferred to the composite barque simply to protect him

Philippines, Ships at Sea. French Helena Mena which he recalls as a from his

Italian lemons are now pro-British

Indo-China, "Radical enemies" aboard.

Siam, curable. Even without a Lengue

Yunnanfu, ship with a "standing leak," and it

PETER SIMPLE TALK North Bornes, have been indignant at the attitude would not be able to purchasi

The passengers are reported to boycott the Hongkong housewife Malabar and Formosa:

Macao, was a nintter of "pump ship" every

four hours.

10-11 am. Morning Service from of the stowards-who, it is said them,

St.-Joseph's Church, TRANSFER TO STEAM were so busy "grousing about their ment has bought up all available messages totalling 1,540,956 words Carthage on the Bombay mail run.

since the Italian Govern- League

In addition to Anti-Piracy: und

11 a.m.-12.15 p.m. Morning Service He made his transfer to steam in from St. Paul's Church (Chinese). lot and preaching the rights of the supplies for the use of its troops were handled by the Government to But promotion was slow, and

Nations unpaid 1898 by joining the old P. and O. working man" that they had hardly in East Africa.

12.15 p.m. Orchestral Music. Water Music Suite. (Handel); Le time to serve them.

and from the Royal Observatory, years elapsed before he was

25 Prince Igor March (Borodin): A the Police

Night at the Proms. Department and pointed to his first command, the #17- launches, Rugby (Britain), varions Kidderpore, in

12.45

p.m. A Recital by Ella- Health Centres and others.

1924, calling at beth Schumann (Soprano). Hongkong.

1. What in this Peeling? ("Le He remained on this run for me. Scold me. O dear Masetto ("Don Nozze di Figaro") (Mozart); 2. Scold several years before going over to the Australian service and to the Won (Mozart); 3. Die Post:

(Schubert) command of the big "Straths."

WALKED OFF SHIP

Tinned

SPAIN STEPS. IN

and

"I got Karl Marx with the soup, macaroni, tinned tomatoes and fresh spaghetti. and Lenin with the meat," is other goods of a like nature now statement attributed to one passen-come Another said that the staff of stewards included the "roltenest Red agitators I ever saw.”

ger,

of

2,800 DIVORCES A YEAR AT RENO

United States and Australis.

from Britain, Spain, the Leather gloves were a big item The entire crew, except for 40

a Haly's trade with Hongkong, Chinese, are alleged to have walked plied by Rome. That is why prices most of our imports being sup- of the ship at Genoa, after Captain this year are higher, for stocks of

22 FROM ORIENT Cullen had sent two firemen to the Italian leatherwear are exhausted, ship's cells.

Now York, May 1. "Ninety per cent, of them were to both

Felt hats are an item of interest PROSPERITY may falter, but terrorised by a Radical spy system men are

sexes. Italian hats for Reno goes marching on. veritable Russian Cheka and Hongkong, like Britain, was a famed the world over, which holds away in my ship" the good supporter of Italian women's granted in Washoe

Last year 2,800 divorces were captain is quoted as saying hats. There were ready sales for bringing thousands of pounds in County, winter hats this senson, but sum to the coffers of the law, the mer hats are unprocurable.

hotels, and shops. Italian glass, always a luxury, is now at a premium.

---

Reuter.

For A Stranger,

Mercy

A young man, a stranger in a strange land, was facing the crisis of his life in Clerkenwell Court.

He was an Indian art student, ago twenty-one, who had come to England to study for the Indian Civil Service. His elderly father, a retired Indian Judge, was watching his career la his home across the world.

Now the son stood before a British magistrate. He pleaded guilty to four charges of scaling books from bookshops.

Ez

*

$30,000,000 MARKET Italy's trade with Hongkong! last year amounted to more than $30,000,000. (With Grent Britain it amounted to eight million sterling). ultimately raised-they are still. When. League sanctions are) In existence, despite

Italy's faut accompli in Ethiopia-the lost markets will be hard to regain.

Would-be divorcees arrived from 24

foreign

countries. Fifteen people came from Chinn for the necessary six-weeks residence, vided half the marital discontents, New York State and California pro- while others came from:

A Studio Recital By Elsa Alves

1 p.Ht

He has also had long experience Reno Time Signal and Weather as an officer in the Royal Naval 1.03

p.m. Military Band Music, Reserve and served on II.MS. Hebe, Swan Lake Ballet (Techaikovsky);

the Menzala, was torpedoed.

"Con Ment (Schu-

a parent ship for submarines, and Valse des Alouettes (Drigo); Amorot was acting as commodore of convoys ten Tanze (Gung); Songs of Wales; war, during which service his ship, in the Mediterranean during the

Wedding of the Rose (Jessel).

1.30 p.m. Press Bulletins,

p.m. A Songs-Ich Crolle ann); Elegie (Massenet).....John Brownice; Pianoforte Solas--Valso in tolle, Op. 41 (Chopin) Variations A flat, Op. 69, No. 1 (Chopin); Taran Cortot; Saxophone

Malborough Marcel Male: Songs Strausa); Songs my Mother Taught (Dvorak) Dino Borgioli (Tenor); Flute Sole Madrigal (Gau-

Captain Sudell has now gone into retirement with the good wishes of a member, and also of his many all the bodies of which he has been friends.

Modern George Washington

London, Apr. 24.-

me

Elman (Violin). bert)....Marcel Moyse.

2 P.m.

рок A Recital by Mischa

week who must be regarded surely A man appeared in Court this as the next most truthful man after 1. Le Coq D'or-Hymn to the San China, Portgual, Poland, Italy,

George Washington.

(Rimsky-Korsakov); 2. Thais-Medi-

Panama, Canada. Chile, India, Germany, Switzerland)

Herbert Ball, aged 41, clerk of No. 2 (Beethoven); 4. Serenado in tation (Massenet); 3. Minuet in G. NOTA

Scotia, Russia, Alaska, Beech Walk was

charged with G Major (Arensky) (Op. 30, No. 2). loitering at Tibet Street, Batersca,.

2.15 p.m.

The J

H. Squire Scotland sent only one person reak- for street betting.

He was asked by the magistrates

Celeste Octet, ing divorce.

if he would promise not to do it A

Nocturne in E flat Major (Chopin); Twenty-one people listed in the again and he would be est decrease in its history of trade United States Who's Who" visited over.. Ball: "I could

Vonetian Barcarolle-Serenade with the Far East, according to Reno during dial register provided mise that air. I will do my best

bound (arr. Willoughby): Andantino (Song) the March statistics of the In-80 From Nevada itself the year,

Now

not pro- of the Soul) (Lemare).

230 pm. Close Down. porls Department.

came 111 not to do it again, but I might

4-7 p.m. Chineno Programme. people.

7 p. break my promise."

"Sonata Jo

Miner While at Eeno the divorce mills are

(Brains, Op. 120, No. 1) played by He was fined £5.

Lionel Tertis (Viola) and Ilarriet grinding swiftly, in Hollywood Cupid

Cohen (Pianoforte).

Italy's trade showed the great-

On the other hand, Australia, He had graduated at Allahabad

Ceylon, British North Borneo, In England he had South China, Denmark, Germany, is running a nocle-and-neck race with University. worked at his studies for eighteen Japan, Netherlands

hours a day (it was stated). He Slam, Sweden, Switzerland and separation. took no relaxation until his desire for Spain, showed substantial fn- --more-learning had amounted "almost creases.

Enst Indies, his bitter opponents, divorce

to

manin."

He was waiting for an allowance

from his father when ho took the LESSONS BY books from the shops,

Fear was expressed by his counse! that his chancos of a career in the Civil Service had now gone. Hel would have to return to India. and face the sadness of an elderly father who had fastened his hopes on him.

*

But the law provided for such a case. The blow did not fall."

He left the court to continuo, his studion with the charge dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act.

anil

At the moment Cupid is a noso In front with 52 murrlages to 61 divorces and operations.

The name of alx couples appear In both lists.

GRAMOPHONE from 1933 are counted, the little fel If marital quarrels carried over Singapore, Apr. 30. low with a bow and arrow shows a Native children in schools better record than a lead of one, throughout British Malnyn are

being taught to speak English

by gramophone records of "cul- tured voices."

KENYA IS PROUD

Nairobi, May 1..

Tests have shown that this Kenya announces a Bulget surplus method eliminates the sing-song of £51,000 for 1935. In 1934 the Recent peculiar to the Asiatic. surplus, estimated, to reach £15,000, -Reuter.

amounted only to £2,000,-

China-Malaya Air

Service

·Canton, May 6.

THE Director of Public Works of Kwangtung has proposed that the commercial public of the province should be encouraged to form an air nervino between Can- ton and the commercial centres in the South Seas, including Malaya, the Philippine Islands and the Dutch East Indies,

The Public Works Director has also proposed that the firm run- ning the service should be given a subady of 16 per cent. and a sole monopoly for five years.

|

F

7.20 p.m. The Vienna Boheme Orchestra.

Wolga, Wolga! (Noak); Hydro-" pathen Wallz (Gungl); April Smiles Waltz (Depret); Spring Waltz (Lincke); Liebesfreud (Love's Joy) Kislor Licbeslied (Kreisler): Ica Liebe Dich Waltz (Waldteufel); A Dich Waltz (Waldteufed).

7.50 p.m. "Nell Gwyn Dances" (German). 8 p.m. port and Amouncements.

Time Signal, Weather fo

8.03 p.th. A Relay from St. John's Cathedral of a Recital by the Choir. At the Organ Lindsay A. Lafford, LUHAIMI (CISM), ARG.M. FUL.C.O, -

Programme.

1. Blessed bo the God and Father (Wesloy); 2.0 Lord that east (Wooda)1-3. (a) Sleepers, Wako;

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