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RADIO LICENCE PROSECUTION

A

KOWLOON TONG

V

OWNER FINED.

against George C. Luo, of No. 8 Kent Rail. Kowloon Tonk, for the posedon of a wire loss without lerne was henni hfore Mr. E. Hinworth at the

this Rowen Magletracy

morning. when Mr. Peter H. Sin representeil defendnut. The prosecution WILM conducted by Detective-Sergeant G. E. A. E. Carruthers, 3 Jeffries, Wireless Technician.

Mr. Sintated that he had been

plead guilty to instructed 10 technical offence. Defendant did got possess a wireless set, but his brother, Lau Shu-kay, of No, 121 Caine Road, who had since gone to England, to sturly law, possessed a set for which he flad 'a' frener.

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, JULY

15, 1936.

PRIZE FOR SNAPSHOT

NEW YORK STOCK DEATH

EXCHANGE

MARKET UPWARD

YESTERDAY

New York, July 14.

& Fritz Dow Swic, Culbertson Jonca summary of yesterday's mar- ket: market to-day rise to the high levels of 1931 and trading was the heaviest since April 30. Railroad and utility securities led early in the srasion and then steel stocks assumed the leadership. Norfolk Western boues were the day's sensation and advanced by 22 16 300, Automobile shares were.slow to participató in hu naivance, but activity in Chrysler of stocks featured the final hour,

Mercantile and oil issues trading. were bid up, whilst chemical and farin shares were nelive. The market for bonds was higher, led by railroad Stocks on the Curb Exchange were higher, led by utilities.

i918. Be had hamlei the set over to his brother on leaving the Colony, and defendant hud Inken: 9. S need for repairs in his own

Fr name. After the sei had been paired, defendant took it back to his touting hot in Kowloon Tong for

where he kept it for purposes

discovered art few days. The there on June 11, He would ask that

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S. C. & F. New York oflce gables: Storks: Stocks were well bought under good leadership and prices look likely to move higher. Business fallures during the past week totalled 140 as compared with 162 failures the Demand deposits preylous work.

STALKED IN U. S. CONGRESS

(Via Trans-Pacific Air Mail)

Washington, June 27. The 74th Congress lost five senators and 12 representa- tives by death while six members of the House resigned their post.

1

more

This, mude total of 23 changes since the 1934 elections, During the past two months as congress hurried toward ad-

seven members- journment.

we senators and five repre- sentatives-died.

~Despite these numerous denths, the number for the entire term was one less than for the preceding congress.. In the 73rd Congress, there were four deaths In the Senale ntul three re

a caution or small fine be imposed inted to $14,030,380,000 as against signations while in the House there

in the circumstances,

steven

-Jerry

A different version of the case was by Detective-Sergeant Car- uthers, The General Pest Uffice hind been notified by a dealer of wireless: sets on April 1 of the set

had le fendant's possession and received information of the repnira registered, The set war bot arud Mr. Jeffries visited the house of June 11 about 1. p.. when he wast shown over the housy by an Amah. He found a table model installed in the front room' on the top floor, but as Mr. Jeffries red the amah could not understand each other's tongue, Mr. Jeffries left and arranged with Sergeant t'arruthers to have a Chinese detective sent to the house to invest gate the next day,

On the morning of June 16, defen- want himself walked into the G. P. Đ. and enqrised about the visit of the Chinese detective. He denied he had any set in use at nil, aral way mp- parently unaware of Mr. Jeffries' vi- Defendant einimed kit on June 11. the set had been taken to England by Thnt since tien his brother and

set. he

ponsored When Mr. Jeffries informed defendant of his visit ip the house, defendant appeared to be greatly surprised, and said that what Mr. Jeffries had seen was a gramophone which he had mis- taken for a wireless set.

But

SEARCH MADE

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The authorities then decided to take out a search warrant, and un nerini and earth wire were found in defen dant's garage. Mr. Jeffries slated that he saw the aerial leading to a room in defendant's house, but could not say whether the wire was con

He also nected to the set or not. chuld not say whether the set was an Attwater-Kent model, we the defence contended.

The Magistrate remarked that 1.

the xot to another transferred

i was rather an offence of failing to notify the authorities of the transfer than possession of a set without a licence. In the absence of evidence that the wire was in furt connected to the set in the bous, he was prepared 10 weeept the defence's story, and would therefore imposa nominal fine of $5.

FAIR WEATHER Pressure continues highest over the Pacific to the vast of the Bonine, Shallow depressions are situated over 5. W. China and the Gulf of Pechili. Loenl forecast: South moderate; fair generally.

:AUSTRALIA'S

FINEST INGREDIENTS

APPETISING AND HEALTH-GIVING

winds,

BISCUITS

A. B. Moulder & Co., Ltd.

Agents.

Chips Building.

$14,678,000,000 the previous week.

Wheat:

were 14 dentha and three-resignations,

Dr. George W. Calver, attending the physician to congress, blames death rate on the fast pace at which members of congress work. At the capital, he explained, they have to work for their bills, appear at hebr. inges, do a multitude of office work as I well as meet visiting delegations. AL home, they have to maintain contacts so that their political fences will be in later.

Cotton: Owing to excellent erop reports from the West and expectation of a Favourable weekly Government resort to-morrow buying was less @gressive and traders were inclined to await reactions, Domestic con- suzaspation during June totalfed 550,323 tales and exports totalled 204,000 banim,

Increasing showers, lower temperatures and a forecast of more montre are encouraging the hopCR that break-up of the drought will

STRAIN ON MEMBERS reporte of atwelgentinued damage to the crop here

The strain on members of congress, tact in Canada. Trading to-day was lighthe anid, is cumulative beenuse they do and waders are awalling a definite not have or will not take-Lime for relaxation, Generally, he pointed itlook,

out, the members' health in conalder. | ably above the general average for

their age groups,

Com:

It is predleted that the heat wave will break up on Wednesday,

Rubber Prices declined on a re- sumption of labour troubles in Akron and on easier primary markets.

to

On the basis of the dents during The 74th Congress, the major ailments. were those of the heart. Six mem hers died from heart attnet. Two

Nides Govenment Socks of old hides are reportest to amount 1,200,000. Drought purchases are ex-died from high blood pressure and

Another saccumbed to stroke. pected this week,

S. C. & F. Wall Street Journal morning comment:"Leading bakery companies show the best business in Furniture makers anti- recent years. cipate that this year's sales will be 15 per cent. above those of last year. The liquor industry is building up stories Since lower prices are likely over a period, of years. Wall Street is wagering to 5 on the re-election of Mr. Ransevelt as President as com- pared with odds of B to 5 last week.

REUTER QUOTATIONS

Dow Jones Averittst

July 13. 101.35 30 industrials 20 Hnils

20 Uulus

40 Tignes

July 14. 102.80

51.01

34.53

52.67 35.40

103.33

- 103.44

* 64.75

11 Commodity in x 65.39

DIVORCE MADE

ABSOLUTE

ORDER IN LOCAL

PETITION

The deere is granted to Mrs. Shun-lan in her petition for divorce against her husband, Mr. Lee Sha-fook, on Marer 9 Inst was made absolute by the Chief Justice. Sir

in Atholl MacGregor. the Divorce Division of the Supreme Court this morning.

The petition was brought on the grounds of adultery.

ARNOTT'S

Three senators or more than half) of the total died in recidents..

The following members of congress died in ofiert.

Senators: Bronson Cutting, N.31., May 6, 1935, Airplane accident. Huey P. Long, La., Sept. 10, 1935.. Assassination. Thoinas D. Schall, Minn., Dec. 22, 1935, Auto accident. Park Trammell, Fla., May 8, 1936. High blood pressure. Duncan. U. Fletcher, Fla., June 17, 1936, Heart attack..

Representatives: Frederick Lan- dis (X). Ind., Nov. 15, 1934, Pneu. mozin. Anthony Grifin, N.Y., Jan. 13, 1935, Heart attack. Cap R. Carden. Ky., June 13, 1935, Pneu monia. Hrary M. Kimball, Mich., Oct. 19,

Wester 1935, Stroke. Lloyd, Wash., Jan. 10, 1936, Astro- intestinal infection. Stephen A. Rudd. N.Y., Mar. 31, 1936, Heart attack. John T. Buckee, fl., Apr. 23, 1936, Liver trouble. William D. Thomas, N... May 17, 1936, Heart attack. Randolph Perkins, NY.. May 25, 1936, Peritonitis. A. Pintt Andrew, Mass., June 3, 1936. High blood pressure. Joseph W. Byrns, --Tenn: June 4-1936, Heart attack.

(X)-Landis died while still Re- presentative-clect.

Members of the Bout who resigned included Francis B. Condon, R. T., John Melhustie, Ala. Michael L. Inse, I William W. Arnold, HI, William F. Brunner, N.Y., and Mell G. Under- wood, Ohio-United Press,

DOGS. WITHOUT MUZZLES

FINES IMPOSED ON TWO LADIES

For having allowid a dor to be in the street without a muzzle, Mi Weill, of Pokfulam Real, was fu 183 by Mc, C. H. Burgess at the Cen-}

Arni Magistracy yesterday.

Mr. Well said the dog,

which

THE IDEAL PICNIC onged to her daughter. Men. Odl.

BISCUITS.

OVEN-FRESH

because of the new.

scientific packing.

OBTAINABLE AT ALL GOOD STORES.

fellowed her grani- ad apparently children int › the street. An suon us they natired it, they picked it up and iwers returning when an Indian con-

stable arrived.

Mrs. R. A. Rodgers, of 631, The Peak, was fined $4 for allowing two unmuzzled dogs in the street.

Sel. Mekwan said fee dogs had mories which were hanging" under their 'juw

LOCAL ESTATES

PROBATE GRÁNTS ̧

MADE

The late Mr. Henry, Adolphus Warre Slade, formerly of Willards 1 Etchinghum, Sussex, who died on January last left leen! estate to. the value of $51,300, An application by Mr. R. A. Wndeson, solicitor, the fawful attorney, for sealing copy of probate of the will, has been granted. Lacal estate to the value of $6,200 was left by Mr. Sidney Williams Row- Land, Into of 3 Neyland Terrace, Ney- land, Pembrokeshire, who died on July 3, 1935. An application by air. R. A. Wadeнon, soliciter, the lawful at torney, for sealing probate of the will, has been allowed.

CLIPPER HOME

Alameda, July 14. The China Clipper arrived here at 12.33 p.. from Ilawali, and the Hawail Clipper reached Manila Mon- day-Unitéel Prouse

The Bell and Howell Films straight. Eight movie camern, which

is being offered as a special prize in the "Telegraph" Photographte

competition.

SCIENTIST MAY

SOLVE AMERICA'S

OLDEST SECRET

SHARE PRICES

The following Is the list of local share quotations issued this morning.

Banka.

ILK, Banks, $1.682% n. H. K. Banks (Lon.

£10) n. Chartered Bank, £149% n. Mercantile Bank, A. and B.

$91 n.

Washington, July 7.

A scientific detective armed with shovels and archaeological 10,000 mile trip texts is which he hopes will solve the oldest mystery in America.

on a

Henry B. Collins, Jr., Smith Reg.).sonian Institution selenlist who has won international honours, left for Alaska to find the answer to the question "Who was the first American?"

Mercantile Bank, C., £14 1. East Asia Bank, $73 n.

Insurances, Canton J., 3269 an. Union In., 3526_n. China Underwriters, $1.00 n. China Fire, $162 n. H. K. Fire, In., $250 n. Internal' Assce., Sh. $3 a. Shipping.

Douglas, $36 o H.K. Steamboats, $2.25 b. Indo-Chinks, (Pref.), $30 1- Indo-Chinns (Def.), $20 Shell (Rearer), 96/3 m. Union Waterboats, $12 a.

Docks ele H.K. Wharves (old), $87 n. "II.K. & W. Dorky $104h: Providents (old). $1 b. Providenta (new), 20 cts. n.

Hongkew (old), Sh. $185 n. New Engineerings. Sh. $4 . Shanghai Docks, Sh. $100 n.

Mining,

Kailan, 11/6 n. Langkats (Single), $8 n.

S'hal Explorations, Sh. 141⁄2

S'hai' Loans, Sh. $4 .

Raubs, $10.25_n.

Venz: Goldfeld $4 b

Antumoks, $b.

Atoks, 90 cts. n.

Baguio Gold 40%/39 ets. ra.

Ilalatoes, $22.

Benguet Consolidated, $19.40

Benguet Exp., 33 pts. s. Big Wedge, 64/68 cis, $1. Consolidatest Mines, 5 cts, h. Demonstration, $1.40 b. Ipo Gold, 31 gts. n.

Itogos, $1.52_n.

n.

I. X. L.. $ 1.“ Masbate, 94 cts. a. Northern Mining. $40/43 cts.

Paracale Gumus, 65 cts., n. Salacot, 12 cts. n.

sa.

San Mauricio, $1.37/1.36 sa. Suyoc Consols, 64 cts sa. United Paracale, $1.49 m.

Lands. Hotels, etc.

I. and S. Hotels, $4.40 sa H.K. Lands, $2094 m. -HR. Lands, 4% Deben.

$100 b.

S'hai Lands, Sh. $13 n. Metropolitan Lands, Sh. $10 s. Humphries, $8.56_n. H. K. Reallics, $4% n. Chinese Estates, $80 n. China Realties. Sh. $4 n. China Debentures Sh. $60.

Publle Utilitlen,

H.K. Tramways, $10.75 b. Penk Trams, (old), $6% n. Peak Trams, (now), $24 n. Star Ferries, $85% 1. Yaumati Ferries, (old) $20 n. China Lights, $10.50 . China Light, (new); $7.50 n. H.K. Electric, $50 5. Macao Electric, - Sandakan Lights. $8.30 n. Telephone (old), 325.50 b. Telephone (new), $84 n. China Buses. Sh. $11% n, Singapore Tractions. 02/6 b. Singapore Pref 28/- n..

Industrials

Malabon Sugars, $911⁄2 b. Cald: Macg. (old), Sh, 819 Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. $15 'n Canton Icès, $13⁄41⁄4 n. Cement, -$8.90.83.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY'S CABLED

QUOTATIONS

The following quotations are the middle prices nt the close of the market ini London Dr July. 14. All quotations are subject to con- Brmation and no responsibility Is assumed for errors in transmission.

Last To-day's - Price Price

War Lom 35%

red after 1952 £100% 100%

£40144

Is There A Child In Your Home? Where there is a chilch in the homo there should also be Baby's Own £ 03

Tableta. Many childhood sicknesses £ 201 may be averted by promptly adminis

tering a dose of these tablets at the Brst signs of trouble. £ 73% £ 7235

Chinese 40

Bonds 1898

(Eng. ss.)

2101

Chinese 65%

Gold

Bonds 1925-47

£ 93

Chinese 4%%%%

Lon 1925-47 £ 001% Chinese 5% Loan

1912

Chinese 5 Reorg

Loan 1013 (Ldi.

Chinese Imperial

Bly, 55%

C BO

F: 80

£52

Hakuning Railway

1001 5.. Lung Tsing 11. ai

Riy, 193 5%. £ 20

£ 4-1

£ 44

£ 28/

Shai. Nanking

nly 5%

£ 09

Tient-Pulow Jtly.

1 42

158.)

Ilony. 5% £ 52

5% (Brit Stud) £ 42 Tient-Pukow Rly.

5% (Ger. Stpd.) £42 Tient-Pukow Riy.

5 (Brit. Stpd. Supt. Long) Tient-Pukow Rly,

Loan 1924

1. A.

& C

£8015

£ 4244

£ 421%

£ 7614

£80,

£41

* 41

5% (Ger, Stpd. Sup!. Loun)

£ 42

Japan 5 Sterilg

Loan 07

£ 7015

Japan 0% Sterling

German 7 In- lernational Loon 1921 Chartered Bank of

H. K. &

£55

£ 55

£ 141

£149

king. Corpn.

S'hal

(Lnd. Regd.)

£101

£101

Chinese Engineer-

ing &

Mining

(bearer)

11/1

1176

Chosen Corpn. Pekin Syndicate

157.

13/-

2/0

2/0

S'hat Electric Cun-

struction Co...

41/-

44/-

S'hal Waterworks

"A"

331⁄2

84%

Soe. of Canton 3211⁄2

Union Insurance

Gula. Kalumpong Rubber kes Ironfoun- Allied

ders Associated & Elec- trical Industries

Most archueulogists believe that Austin Motors, ord North and South America were popu- | Bools Pure Drug

who Brit-Amer. Tob. lated originally by Asiatics crossed into Alaska from Asia. Yet,

(bearer) there is no concrete evidence to prove Cammell, this.

Collins and two fellow workers are going to Alaska to dig in old villages Cand

sites of camp

prehistoric Eskimos. They hope that in these buried villages nmd refuse heups of thousands of years ago, they will fin! some clue to the ancestor of the American Indinn.

Will he be a Mongoloid? Students believe he will be but their guess is based on logical speculation, not soli facts.

Laird,

onl

Mexican Eagle Courtaulds

Distillers Dunlop Rubber

General

Electric (England).... Guinness (A) Son

3214

28/114 28/6

31/3 34/3

47/2015 49/. 53/11 52/1 54/-.

53/9

116/10% 116/3

13/10 13/0 23/10 24/4 49/3

.49/6 102/-

103/3 34/44 34/6

77/0 77/0

158/3 150/6 20/6 20/3

& Co. 1awker Aircraft Bristol Aeroplane

ord.

54/9 55/- Imperial Chemical Industries....

38/10 38.D Imperial Tobacco. 19974_350/- Marks & Spencer

"A" ord... OK. Bazaars- Rolls Rovec Tate & Lyle

"I don't know what we will find," Collins said before, he left. "Maybe we will be lucky chough to find the answer to this question-hut I doubt it We expect to find new facts on Eskimo culture and this should make the Turner & Newall expedition worth while."

Collins and his associates, James A. Vickers, ord. Ford af Louisiana State University

The tablets are the prescription of a medical child specialist, devised especially for the use of children, to whom medicines tired by grown-ups are att rarely suited. They are sweet child's in taste, thereby overcoming inherent dislike of medicine. Readily crashed to a powder and easily ad- ministered, the tablet form ensuros necuracy of dosage.

Haby's Own Tablets have a mild laxative action and gently reguinte the

weeten bowels. They

the Klominch, dispel constipation, removo the causes of ingestion, colic and diarrhoea, break up colds and croup alleviate feverishness. They expol and at teething timo pro worms remarkably beneficial, for by settling the stomach they caso the pains, soothe the nerves and induce sound restful sleep. Chemists everywhere sell this children's ideal health cor- rective,

Baby's Own Tablets:

One case of Small-pox, two cases of Diphtheria, six cases of Typhold with no death, four cases of Menin gitis and forty-six deaths from Tubers culosis were reported to the local Health authorities during the week ended July 11.

One case each of Diphtheria and Typhoid were reported on Monday.

The Society for the Protection of Children acknowledges with grato- ful thanks a donation of 360 from the General Committee of the Kowloon Commercial Employees Savings As- sociation, which is managed by the clerical and technical staff of tho China Light and Power Co., Ltd., from the year's profits of the Associa tion.

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It was announced at the annual meeting of the P. and O. Banking Corporation blast Mr. A. II. Ferguson, Chief Manager of the Chartered Bank, had joined the Board. Mr. Ferguson is well remembered as former Man- nger of the Chartered Bank in Hong- kong.

Owing to the illness of Miss M. Coghlan her marriage to Mr. J. R. Luke, which was to have taken placa on-Wednesday, July, has been postponed indefinitely.

77/6

70/-

42/6

42/0

245/- 242/6

1/755 1/0

8173

03/14

03/0

85/7484/44 47/3. 40/0 172/6

173/11

89/6

0070

92/-

027-

United Steel

32/7 32/4

.30/-

29/7/

Woolworths

136/0

138/3

28/4

28/3

Rubber Plantation

Trust Burma Corp. Commonwealthi

Minin Marsman

Investment

33/-

32/9-

B/0

979

9/6

9/3

ments Randfontein

Invest-

Es-

27/3

in Notes 1923

20:0

(Vickers)

20--

20

--Reuter.

A Tiga Prindle, Doke Univer-Anglo-Dutch sity, will make up the party. Collins the party expects to return in Cetober

a

The Smithsoninn seientist, who this spring won the gold medat and 1,000 kroner award of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and lettres, is a veteran Alaskan explorer. This will be his fifth year of searching in encient ruins for clues of what hap pened in the North Country thousands of years ago. His study of the origins uf the Eskimo brought him the Danish faward-United Press.

SENTENCE REDUCED

Paris, Jupe 26.

appeal Charles Maurrus's

for against his first condemnation Incitement to murder in the columns of the Action Francaise was heard yesterday, and judgment was given to-day. The sentence

four of months' imprisonment his been re- duced to one of three months.

H.K. Ropes, $3.90′′n.

Storen, &c. Dairy Farm, $19 n. Watson, $3.45 n. Lane Crawfords, $0 n. Mackintoshs, $5 n. Sinceres, $3, n. Wm. Powella, 40 cts. n. Wing On (H.K.), $50 n.

Cotton Mills:

Ewo Cottons Sh. $7.75 n. S'hal Cotton (old), Sh. $70 n. S'hal Cottons (new), Sh. $39

I.

Zoong Sings, $18. Wing On Textiles, Sh. $25 n

Miscellaneous. H.K. Entertainments, $2.90 n. S. C. Enterprise $1.35 n. Macao "Greyhounds," $2 n. Constructions (old), $1%% n. Constructions (new), 30 cts. b. Vibro Piling, $2 n

*

Ch. Govt. 5% 1920G.$Bds. 93%

Govt. 4% Lean 7% prm. b.

81/10

tates.

Spring Mines Sub-Nigel

Tanuml

Gold

Mining... Anglo-Iranian

Burmah

Shell Transport

Trading

bearer)...... 93/14 06/3

Chinese 5 Sterl-

THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:'

HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL; PEAK HOTEL

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL;

HOTELS LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Poking

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LIMITED,

PENANG.

The most fashionable

and

leading Hotel,

Finest position with magnificent Sea-front.

1.

H.K.

Private Cars

H.K. Govt. 3% Loan 1%

'prm, b.

Same management-Crag Hotel, Penang Hills·

$400 ft.

Wallace Harpers, $4 n.

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