P & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES
MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS
Taking Cargo For
Straits, Java, Burma, Ceylon,
India, Persian Gulf, Mauritius, East and South Africa, Australia,
Red Sen, Egypt, Istanbul, Greece,
Levantine Ports, Europe.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY
DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS UNDER CONTRACT WITH 11.M. GOVERNMENT
"All vessels muy call at any ports on or off the route, and the route and all sailings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice." PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS
Destination.
5th Sept. Bombay, Marseilles & London.
Havre, 12th Sept. Marseillen,
London, Hull Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp. 12th Sept. Bombay & Karachi only, 10th Sept. Marseilles & London.
9.8.
From Tons Hong Kong
About
***RAJPUTANA
$7,000
1 BANGALORE
8,000
*ALIPORE
8,000
CHITRAL
15,000
RANPURA
17,000
6,000
Cargo only.
3rd Oct. Marseilles & London.
Havre, London, Hull, 101: Oct. Moracilles,
Hamburg, Rotterdam & Antwerp.
§ Coils Tangier. + Calls Casablanca. All vessels may call at Malta.
+^BHUTAN
•
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Istanbul, Piraeus, Smyrnn and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedivial Mall Steamship Co.
SHIRALA
BRITISH INDIA—APCAR SAILINGS
8,000 12th Sept. |
10,000 26th Sept. ĺ
8,000 10th Oct. Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang. 7,000 24th Oct.
TILAWA
SANTHIA
"GOGRA
SIRDHANA
8,000
7th Nov.
Cargo only.
Rangoon & Calcutta.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS
NANKIN
NELLORE
TANDA
7,000 2nd Oct. 7,000 31st Oct.
7,000 4th Dec.
Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney,
Melbourne & Hobart.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN·
•BHUTAN
*BEHAR
SANTHIA
RAWALPINDI
'SOUDAN
CORFU
• Cargo only.
8,000 7th Sept. Shanghal & Japan. 0,000
12th Sept. Shanghai & Japan. 10,000 17th Sept. Amoy, Shanghal & Japan. 17,000 17th Sept. Shanghai & Japan. 10,000 29th Sept. Shanghai & Japon.
14.000 Jat Oct. Shanghai & Japan.
All clates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbook, etc., apply to
The Agents. Phone 27721
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE.CO
|PIDIORBUILDING CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRALZHONGKONG)
BURNS PHILP LINE
M.V. "NEPTUNA"
DUE 5th SEPTEMBER
PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO
AUSTRALIA
Next Sailing 8th Sept.
for Salgon, Manila, Sandakan, Salamava, Rabaul, Sydney & Melbourne.
First Class Fare to Sydney;"
Single: £47.10.08,
Passenger & Freight Agents:-
Return: £76,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.
P..GO. Building.
Joint Passenger Agents:
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
King's Building.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1936,
PEACE PROSPECT BRIGHTER
!!
120,000 WELSH MINERS THREATEN TO STRIKE
London, Sept. 3.
EXCHANGE
İT. Demand TT. Shanghai
TT'. Singapore TT. Japan TT. India ANT. U.S.A. 217. Manila
A strike of 120,000, miners in the South Wales coalfield is threatened on Monday in consequence of a dispute between KWANGSI MILITARY rival Unions at the Bedwas Colliery, where it is 'n condition of
employment that the men should not belong to the non-political Batavia
T.T. Bangkok OPERATIONS HALT organisation known as the Miners' Industrial Union,
TT. Salgon T.T. France
| CONFERENCE NANNING
TT. Australia
Selling
The Miners Federation has de- to withdraw the notice if the Bed-TT Gurmany AT|manded that the Bedwas workmen was Company would allow a secret
shall be allowed to join the Federt-ballot to decide which Union the TT. Switzerlan
employees, preferred, tion, and, with a view to enforcing The Company declined this offer, T.T. Lisbon the demand, fourteen days' notice, whereupon the Federation decided¦ ̧ ́ expiring during the week-end, hus that the men throughout the coal- 4 m/s. L/C, London field shall cease work on Monday-4 m/s. D/P, do already been handed in.
The Federation, however, offered | Reuter,
Shanghal, Sept. 4. A further brightening of the pro- speels of a penteful settlement of the Kwangsí impasse is seen in the fact that the military chleftains at Nanning have halled all operations in the field. The Kwangsi troops ot Pakhol, occupallon of which is now confirmed, and at other southern Kwangtung cities, are understood to be evacuating shortly, after, having purchased or gained" control of u large quantity of sait and food sup plica in the necupled Districts.
Meanwhile, Important discussions aimed at the peaceful settlement of the situation are now under way at
Nanning, following the arrival from Canton of the Central Government peace mission, composed of Mr. Chu Cheng, President of the Judiciai Yunn, General Chen Chien, Chief of the General Staff, and General Chu Pet-teh, Inspector-General of Mili- tary Training.
The Kwangs leaders, General Li Chung-Jen mid General Pel Chung- hal personally greeted the delegation on its arrival at the airport of Non- ning yesterday.
AVIATORS
MISS WAY
IN FOG
UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC
After
APATHETIC CROWD
London, Sept. 3: crossing the Atlantic in
IL DUCE 'MAY.
| INTERVENE IN SPAIN
(Continted from Page 1.)
the Spanish Government and surgent leaders-British- Wireless,
4
British Enthusiasm
London, Sept. 3
Buying
4 m/s. L/C, U.S.A.
10299-
.8235 105
BRITISH CABINET
LONG SESSION CONSIDERS
WORLD SITUATION
Lantion, Sept. 3.
A meeting of Cabinet Ministers 81% was in session at 10 Downing Street 315 yesterday for four
our hours when a .621 number of current questions, both 45% domestic, and International, were 150 under consideration. 11/10 Newspapers state that considerable 4.71 attention was devoted to an examina- .77 tion of tire situation in Palestino, .95 which came before ministers in the 1,63
form of, a despatch. from Sir Arthur GS08 Wauchope, British High Commis
sioner, in which recent events were 1/918 fully reviewed-British Wireless. 173
4 m/s. France
|30 d/a, India
U.S. Cross rate in London
3125 .5.00 .33 .0.03%
EXCHANGE RATES
Paris... Geneva.
Berlin.. Athens.
Milan Oslo. If the reply of the German Govern-
Shanghai. ment which, It is hoped, will be re- New York..
ceived shortly, is favourable in prin- Amsterdam. ciple to the proposed international Vienna, Commitice for un exchange at in- Prague
foon regarding non-Intervention | Madrid..
In
negotiations in the British Lisbon
Sept. 2. Sept. 1. -70.20/04
70% 15.46 12.32
.15.44%
.12.51
530
.03.15/16
19.00 .1/2.13/32 1/2.13/32
6.03 2
530 04 19,00
7.41 201
121
41
110%
20.0114 5,0334 30.11/10
The combined Band and Deums of the 2nd. Baltallon, the East Lan- cashire Regiment, will play Retreat on Tuesday, September & ̈nt Shum Shui Po commencing at 0.18 p.m.
Two cases of Typhoid (one Im-. ported) and one case of Diphtherin were reported to the local Health authorities on Wednesday,
The French Convent School, Causeway Bay, will re-open on 5.0314 Tuesday, September 8, at 0 a.m.
7.42 264
121%
4184
110%
Nature's Needs.
1/2.20/32 1/2.30/32 Nature demands that the various 1/0
1/0 organs of the body should function 29.821% regularly and properly to ensura 5.03% healthy living. Therefore to neglect 38.11/10 dully elimination of the body's waste 1/2.1/10 materiais is to violate one of Nature'a
195% most important laws. 19% 107.5/10 British Wireless,
view should be brought to a conclu- Hongkong. alan without delay and the first meet-Homony. ing of the Committer might be held Brussels, at an early
Montreal Meanwhile, in anticipation of the Monte Video. International Committee, the British Yokohama.. .1/2.1/64 The most important person attend.approximately icen hours, Harry Government has set up an inter-de- Silver (forward).10.11/10 Broadway night clubpartmental committee which met to- Silver (Spot)....19.11/10 .107.5/16 Merrill, veteran day and discussed the efficacy of the War Loan..
into operation to prevent the export who is serving as a mediator rather civil nir pilat, made a forced landing measures the Government has put than a representative of the Nanking at Llwyneelyan, in Carmarthenshire, of arms, muntilons and aircraft, to
Spain. owing to shortage of petrol.
ing the conference is Dr. Wang fickman, Chung-hul, former judge of the owner, and Dick International Court at the Hague,
Government.
It is expected the peace conference wi Inat until this week-end and! well-Informed quarters evisage the ultimate success, of the parley and Avoidance of bostilities-United Press.
Guns Affect Exchange
SELLING PRESSURE
ON FRANCS
London, Sept. 3.
cx-
The booming of guns neur the Franco-Spanish frontler has had a scinie effect, on the foreign change market, where nervousness over the French political and finan- cial situation has resulted in an in- creased selling pressure on francs from Paris and Amsterdam,
The anticipated repayment of the Belgian loan to French Rathways, as renewal of it is doubtful, has also contributed to the weakness of the French currency.
the
During the morning. several names, usually connected with British Control Fund, bought franes, but in the course of the afternoon the British authorities openly sup- ported the frane at 76,53,-Reuter.
PLANE THIEF SENTENCED
WANTED TO FLY TO SPAIN
London, Sept. 3.
The Tllers were not hurt, and the Government departments concerned Group will meet in the West Lounge 111-smelling breath, pimply skin.
machine was not damaged.
The committee, upon which all are represented, and over which Mr. S. . Morrison, Financial Secretury to
The commonest cause of Ill-health is constipation, for, as its result, pol- sons are set loose into the blood which manifest themselves in billous attacks, liverishness, sick headaches, dizziness, nausea, digestive troubles, The Europeart Y.M.C.A. Discussion
correct
constipation, therefore, is nt 9 p.m. on Sunday. The Subject
vital to
better nothing is tertainments, In moderation, are not purpose said they had a perfectly good trip tigated the possibility of enforcing against the true principles of Chris Pinkettes, the dainty little gentle-as- across the Atlantic and intended to additional measures, such as non- tianity, led by N. G. Henry.
A nature laxatives, which quickly continue the Right to London in the interventionist powers might consider Y.M.C.A. whist drive takes place in restere daily regularity, stimulate
machine evening. The
averaged upplying after an International Cem-
day.
jare obtainable at all chemists.
Richman, interviewed by Reuter, Treasury, presided, also inves. for discussion is "That Sunday en- to your health, and
the
TO
this
than
dout 210 m.ph., necasionally doing mittee has made a review of the post the West Lounge at 9 p.m. on Mon- the liver, nid digestion. Pinkettes
tion and reported.--British Wireless,}}
250.
Richman added that they had af fright halfway across the Atlanlle, when the machine went into a deep Bose-dive. Both fliers were thrown out of their seuts, and it seemed ages the before they regained control of machine, which lost 3,000 feet in
OPENING
height. At the end of the flight, they SUNDAY
circled round for ninety minutes be- fore adding a suitable landing place.
-Reuter.
21
FOG ENCOUNTERED
London, Sept. 3. Merr and Richman landed in Reid nt Llwyncelyan Manor, near landifo, in Carmarthenshire, Wales, seventy miles from Cardiff. They encountered heavy weather in the Atlantic.
Gasoline was running low when they ran into a dense fog 150 miles Irvin London, this forcing Merrill to turn back and seek a landing place. Finding the fog had cleared Llandilo, they safely landed. Richman then telephoned to the town, report- Ing that they had landed.
over
of
A refuelling plane left Croydon at 5.22 p.m.. carrying fifty gallons petrol The plane, named "Lady Pence," will proceed to Bristol, where the diers are expected to spend the night. Richman expressed the opin- ion that they would be able to take | off, although the pasture where they
unded is a very small-feld.
SMALL CROWD
Meanwhile, Jimmy Town. Canadian pilot, who is u-friend of Merrit, is flying with additional cas supplies to Bristol, to cnuble the air- men to continue to Croydon on Fri- day.
A 27-year-old woodworker em- ployed by Airspeed, Limited, who, with another man, on August 20 The crowd which gathered at attempted to fly one of the Com-Croydon to-day in expectation of the pany's machines to Spain and crash-arrival of the Biers was probably the est on Portsmouth Aerodrome, was most spathetle in the history of trans
o-day sentenced to four months' Atlantic flights. Only an hour before imprisonment for the stealing the expected arrival of the fliers. It the machine.
Ills companion was seriously in- jured and is stil!
In hoapita —
British Wireless.
U.S. FOLLOWING
BRITAIN
RETAINING MANY OLD DESTROYERS
Washington, Sept. 3. The United States intends to follow the British lead by retaining 30,000 tons of over-age destroyers in exceSS of the imitation provided by the London Naval Treaty, according to Can announcement made to-day by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. -Reuter,
WATERLOO BRIDGE
DEMOLITION
London, Sept. 3.
numbered less than eight hundred, of whom half were workmen and journalists-United Press.
LLOYD GEORGE IN GERMANY
TO INTERVIEW HERR ADOLF HITLER,
Berlin, Sept. 3.
Mr. Lloyd George, who is paying his first visit to Germany since the Great Wur, is motoring from Munich to Berchstesgaden, Hitler's country estate, this afternoon.
During his visit, Mr. Lloyd George Chan- will interview the German cellor, Reuter's Bulletin Service.
COURT. MARTIAL VERDICT
Rifleman Thomas Nelson, Royal Ulster Rifles, has been sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour and discharged the Service Considerable progress has been with ignomíny as the result of Court madc with the demolition of the Martial findings just promulgated. piers of the old Waterloo Bridge, Accused was charged before a Dis- and the work is being further ex-triet Court Martinl with striicing Ser pedited. Contractors are confident geant J. Bannister, of Military Pro- that they will have the new bridge vost Staff Corps... erected in time for the opening to wards the end of 1039.-British! Wireless,
LONG RANGE FLIGHTS
London, Sept. 3. Its expected that one of earliest 'KING GEORGÉ FUND
long-range experimental fights to be carried out by the new Empire flying i London, Sept. 3.
boot, Caledonia in preparation for the Thế King George National trans-Atlantic service will be a 2,300. Memoral Fund has now reached miles non-stop round the consis of total of $210,273.--British Wireless, Britain-British Wireless.
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