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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936.

Hongkong Government Will Shortly Float Loan. For $11,000,000: Money Is Required Next Year

Miss. Pat Sykes

THESE

FOLK

CAN

DANCE!

By A Staff Reporter

"That", anid Mr. J. A. Andrew, brilliant interpreter of oder a ballroom dancing, cho,

7 with Mis

I'nt

rent-

former azoric's chompern. opening a srozon pt the Cripps, Hongkong Hote 211 Saturday night, "is the rhythm dance, now all the craze f London." "And that," I replied, the 'cut rhythm, 'Shanghat ithidham

American Style, call it het you like, dancing, raisant to the ith degree of artistry."

WHICH is by way of telling

Telegraphi rendei's, inchiding prospective patrons of Gripps next Saturday (and there- after), that though they may have seen ballroom dancing of a pretty high standard in the past. They "ain't" in the words of an an- onymous poet, "seen nothing yet,"

Gripps looked pretty cool yenter- day morning when I popped round to see Andrew and Miss Sykes tun- ing up for their Big Night. But after watching them whirl round the floor in a quick Rhythm dance, then a quick-step, then a brilliant (no other word stils it) waltz, I per- spired just in sympathy,

But what grace! What perfection What uligument! of movement! What body sway! What contra- movement! No wonder the London Daily News wrote of Miss Sykes Is one of the prettiest teachers of dancing. I have met“ wonder Mr. J. A. Andrew was nde milled a Fellow of the Imperial Sa- elety of Teachers of Dancing wille In England a month or so ago,

nd no

$28,000,000 PUBLIC WORKS PLAN

NEAR COMPLETION

TOTAL COST OF SHING MUN VALLEY WATER SCHEME WILL BE

$13,000,000: AIRPORT ·

"

COSTS $2,030,000

* Telegraph " Staff Correspondent

J. A. Andrew

PENSION

THE "Telegraph" understandes that there is every prospect that the Hongkong will issue a $11,000,000 Public Works Loan carly next year.

Authority for the issue of this amount is already vested BILL IS

in the Government under the Hongkong Dollar Loan Ordin- aner of 1934.

The Loan will bear interest at the rate of 34 per cent, The

HIGHEST

price of issue will probably be fixed at 99 per cent, the bonds ON RECORD

giving a flat yield of 3.535 per cent. or, allowing for redemption over a full period of 25 years, af 3.535 per cent.

The issue will probably be underwritten without expense to the Government, and it is also probably that the major portion of the. ammt will be taken up without recourse to public subscription,

IT IS COSTING COLONY MORE AND MORE

The bonds will be in bearer form and, it is most likely, in amounts of $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 with interest coupons at-THE Colony's pension' bill tached... No sinking furui will be established, but amortization will

provided by annual drawings of 1/25th of the amount issue The first drawing would normally take place in 1938, when bonds to It is intended the value of 1, 25th of $11,000,000 would be repaid. that the whole of the issue will be paid off in 25 years.

The entire amount of this Loan is required by Government to meet obligations for Loan Works authorised in 1934,

Flowers To Attract

The Tourists GOVERNMENT PLAN

As part of the Government's plans for Increasing the atrae- tions of Hongkong as a tourist schirme of resort, an extensive planting flowering shrubs is to be eninmenced by the Botanical an Forestry Department next year.

Detalls of the scheme are being worked out by the Superintendrut F the Botanical and Forestry Department. Mr. H. Green.

Government has alloited $2,000

The initial stages.

the ut scheme.

fur

Government To

Ban Private Press Reception

for civil servants next year will be the greatest on record.

$182,928 For Local Charities

Hongkong charities will re- ceive $182,928 from the Govern- ment during 1937.

Thirteen loent charities will beneßt from the greater portion of thin allocation.

A total of $110,000 will be dis- tributed to the General Chinese Charities Fund, the next biggest bencelaries bring the Aberdeen Industrial School and the Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund, which re- ceive $10,000 ench.

Other recipients of Government Krants next year will be:

Secfely....

Allee Memorial and Affiliated

Hospitals

7,500

French Convent

720

General Charities Organ-

isation

500

Hongkong Benevolent

3,500

Italian Conventi

1,600

Leper Asylum at Shellung Little Sisters of the Poor

4,000

920

St. Louis Industrial School, Salvation Army Home Society of St. Vincent de

Paul

4,800

3,000

1,000

Victoria

tiome and

Orphanag

Passages and Relief of

Destitutes

Transport and Subsistence

100

5,000

500

of Lunatica ........

GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS

Next year the Hongkong Govern- ment is providing #lmost half a million dollars as Grants in aid of Tastitutions.

!.. The biggest beneficiary is the Uni- verzity of Hongkong which, as in previous years, will receive $350,000. As anticipated by the Due to the financial position of the "Telegraph" in a recent fore-Colony, the recent appeal on behalf University for an increased east of the Budget, Govern-grant has had to be turned down.

A sum of $15.00 is provided for These works inclule the Aber-¡ment must find the enormous the Hongkong Travel Association. deen Valley Water Scheme, al total of $2,200,000 in 1937 Government has stipulated, however, ready completed, at a cost of $2,565,702.78, the Shing Munjin order to meet its obliga-stelet anllar-for-dollar basis, and it Valley Water Scheme, which will tions to retired civil servants Travel association to obtain publie cast approximately $13,441,877, and their dependants. and will be completer by next year; the Vehicular Ferry, the

that its contribution will be on

will therefore be necessary for the

ubscriptions to the extent of $15,000 before it can receive the full Govern- This excess the total pensionsment subsidy,

In addition to the University and

total cost of which is estimated to payable for the current year by Travel Association, Government is he $1.930,000; the new Gaol at $390.000, and execcds the pre-making Stanley, which will cost $1,400,-vious record (1934) by $210,000, 1937: 000; the Tytanr Tuk Catchwater,

Civil Pensions, Retiring Allow- which cost $700,000; the Kai Takances and Gratuities will account Airport, which will be complete for $1,500,000 next year. in 1937 at an estimated total cost of $2,032,630, and the new Central Market, which will be completed in 1938 at an estimated Cont of $550,000.

rent year.

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TUESDAY, September 22, at 9

p.m.

LECTURE-RECITAL

BY

GERALD SYDNEY

(Professor of Singing, Elocution and Piano)

on

"The Use of the Voice in Song and Speech"

and

"The Value of Music,"

The following artistes have kindly consented to appear:-

1

the

$ 2,040

4,800

1,280

192

Doris Blair

Mr. Li Chor Chi

-4,000

000

Rev. H. W. Baines

9,600

the following grants In

Advisory Committee

Education tra Colonies Burenu of Bygiene and

Tropical Diseases, London against $1,250,000 for the cur-Colonial Medical Fund

Police Pensions will Farnham House, etc.

Economic, Im- cost an additional $390,000, as Imperial

perial Shipping, Imperial ngainst $320,000 for 1936.

Agricultural Bureaux Imperial Institute of En-

tomology, Landon Imperial Institute insitution of Civil E-

gineers: Committee Deterioration

Struc- of tures

.10 Sca exposed Action League of Nations Health

Organisation Eastern Bureau

will

AS

Widows' and Orphans' pensions The total expenditure to Berimber

cost $310,000 in 1937. on these Works is 131 this year

estimatest to rench $27,498,785. against $240,000 in the current, of the total, $4,525,148 has born! However, Government does not met from the Public Works Loan actually pay this Intter pension, as of 1927, and $13,880,000 from, the Civil Servants contribute four per 1S1-1,000,000 Dollar Loan-floated-by

the Hongkong Government in 1934. cent. of their salaries to offset This leaves a defeit f $0.663,910, pensions to widows and orphans, which has been temporarily met The estimated revenue from this from the Colony's surplus balance source next year in $410,000, so that of Assets over Liabilles.

petually Government makes a profit In view of the fact that Govern- of $100,000. ment anticipates that the 1938-37

Reception of press messages at pre-deficits will reduce the Colony's sur- sent carried out by certain News Agencies in Hongkong is to be cen- tralised by the Government as from January 1.

near future,

AND WHAT A RECORD! Miss Sykes Is, of course, one of the most interesting personalities of the modern professional ballroom whom Hongkong has had the opportunity of welcoming. She has a stupend ous record of achievements. Iere are a few which speak sufficiently for themselves without adornment from

Private individuala or agencies will ine. In 1024, 1925, 1926, 1926. 1020 and 1930 she and Maxwell Stewart thereafter be prohibited, from using were holders of the World's Dancing wireless receiving apparatus for the Champlonship-the highest honour purpose of receiving press messages. which can fall to anyone in the pro-

Government at present receives fession of ballroom dancing. In 1930

the European wireless press messages from Rugby and 1931 they won Championship, and 1030 saw them and Geneva. The fariner transmis- off International Champion-sion is a British Official service and CRITY

the latter a League of Nations ser- | $350,000 for the new Central Market, Germany. ships at Baden-Baden.

vier. Nice and Lugune. In 1928 and 1931 they won the British Professional

Government made tests last year Championship at Queen's Hall and Blackpool, and in 1920, they achieved with a view to undertaking the work a remarkable triumph in winning then behalf of news agencies, but ex- "Star" new dance competitien ni Uesting apparatus proved inadequate. A sum of $12,500 is to be expended Albert Hall, London with their fam-

on purchasing adequate apparatus, ous "Skater's Waltz”.

Mics Sykes and Maxwell Stewart which will be installed shortly. were originators of the "Sugar Step" (Blues) in 1928, and

"Kerb Step" (Fox-trot) the following year. In her spare time (1) Miss Sykes has had published a text book on ballroom dancing entitled "Modern Dancing" which bas gone rough many editions.

The remarkable fashion in which plus balance to $7,000,000 at the endPensions have grown in Hongkon of next year, it becomes imperative during the past two decades is shown al@trial records by the Telegraph" that another loan be floated in the in the following table, compiled from

With the anticipated expenditure recently: of a further $1,075,908 on the above- mentioned works scheduled for next! 1920 year, the total amount of loan money required to meet expenditure will be 1972 $10,730,890.

COMPLETED BY 1938

the

Thus for Miss Sykes' achievements. And the reasons. Well, one is her

NEW AMBASSADOR SIR HUGHE KNATCHBULL- HUGESSEN IN NANKING

Nanking, Sept. 17.

Call

Bretante Police 190,20 45.000 210,100 £6,000

Widawn &

Orukanu Total

London School of Flyglene and Tropical Medicine, Royal Asiatic Society. School of Oriental Studies,

London Institution

Seamen's Hospital Society Girl Guides Association Boy Scouts Association... District Watchmen Fundl Now Territories Agricultural

Association

$ 30.000 $266,320 Society for Prevention of 40.300 312,900 Cruelty to Animals, Hong-

66,000 $34,400 Hongkong Society for the Protection of Children Hongkong Travel Associn-

tion

1921

1923 'CRI) 1925

All of the works will be completed 1926 1037 by 1038, the only outstanding ailol- ments at the end of next year being 1929

1924

208,863 €9,626 285.000 6,793 152,800 115,000 112,700 159,800 372,400 127,600 90,000 691,200 $78.003 99,950 143,343 433,410 G12.405

191.674 130,000 *#33,172 495,000 193,000

51.630 332,111 60,ROJ 415693

kong

GGO,AND 77.10

1930

233,000 313.000 163.000 705,000 776,000 244,000 1,228

$70,400 1933 1,360,000 350,000 241.000 1534

330,000 1,500,000

240,000 1,120,000 370,000 250,000

320,000 1,250,000 1930

260,000 1,550,590 390,000

310,000

1,310,000 2.200,000

and S49,900 for unallocated public 1931

1932 1.084,000

works,

At the end of this year, only a small portion of the work in con- 1943 1537 Hection with the actual construction of the Gorge Dam at Shing Mun will be outstanding, and the only sub- sequent loan requirements with res- peet to the entire Shing Mun Valley Water Scheme will be $301,872 for completion of this work, $50,000 for completion of the second 24-Inch Trunk Main, and $50,000 for the third Rapid Gravity Filters,

KAI TAK AIRPORT

MOTOR FATALITY

YOUNG CHINESE WOMAN KILLED

The main alters, and second Cross A motor accident, with fatal con- Harbour Pipe Line have already been sequences, occurred yesterday after- completed.

noon in Queen's Road West when a

A total of $1,007,405 is being spent Chinese woman, Cheung Choi, 25, of

Sir Hughe Montgomery Kontelibull-on the Kal Tak Airport, The aero-183 Queen's Rond West, stepped out

sichore, plus her charm on the dance dor to China, accompanied by Lady

a cost of $20,485, and the Wireless oncoming bus,

}

Soprano

Tenor

Baritone

Admission: $2. (Reserved), $1.00.

Students Half-Price.

Advance Booking at 2 Austin Avenue, Kowloon. Tel. 58963.

YOU

4,000

3,000

100

480

THE

320

1.2041

800

100

2,000

MAID

OF

2,500

THE

5,000

15,000

MOUNTAINS

RADIO BROADCAST

Pianoforte Recital Bý Caroline Braga THREE STUDIO ITEMS From Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme. 7 p.m. The Philharmonie Sym- 1st Movement from "Symphony No. 101 in D Minor" (The "Clock"). (laydn): Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo (Mendelssohn); Le Rouet (Omphale's Spinning -D'Omphale Wheel) (Saint-Saens, Op. 31); L'AP- prenti Sorcier (Dukas).

natural ability in the art of terp: Hugessen, the new British Ambassadrome has already been completed atį of the pavement right in front of un/364 metres (845 kilocycles): floor which instantly puts her in de- Knatchbull-Hugessen, and Mc. Black- Telegraph Station at a cost of $64,- She was hit by the of the lightful fellowship with her audienet. burn, Superintendent Consul, arrived 11 or 5000,000 is being bus, i knocked down. The tear, phony Orchestra of New Yor

in a speelat coach at 7 o'clock this spent on the new, Airport and sea-wheel of the car pasted right over morning by train from Shanghai.

* DANCED FOR PAVLOVA

Then it is as well to point out

that she started lo learn dancing at

plane slipway.

her head and she died instantaneous Most of the work on this item has y The diplomatic party was welcomed already been completed, and the only the ripe age of four. That she had by a large group of representatives outstanding expenditure is $35,031.

Motor Cars Stolen great ideas of going on to the stage of the Chinese National Government, which is scheduled for next year.

Engineroom Artificer. Narrable, of only her eldest sister got there are the Mayor of Nanking, Mr. Ma Chno-

HMS. Regent, has reported to the and her father said "No! Not a

7.30 p.m. second". So she was packed off to chun, members of the Sino-British

Polico the loss of his motor car, an Quotations.

7.33 Austin Seven, No. 2136, from the car parks outside Queen's Pier.

Boxer Fund Commission and also

a boarding school to learn that Mr. R. G. Howe, Counsellor of the Things - which are equal-to-British Embassy, Mr. H. 1. Prideaux- the-same-thing-are equal-to-one-an-

Brunt, a.n... (British Consul In other, and so forth, but not before

she had danced for the immortal, Nanking) and Colonel W. A. Lovat Pavlova and had earned the rich Fraser, o.n.E., British military attache.

praise of that exquisite artiste.

Then came the day when Miss

Sykes had to set out upon a career,

and it is not at all surprising to find

that she decided on dancing. She

-Reuter.

To Meel Mir. Lin Sen

Shanghai, Sept. 17. Sir Hughe M. Knatchbull-Hugessen had ideas of the Russian ballet, but and party left here for the capital this was a bit out of favour at the last evening by train. time, so she turned her attention to ballroom dancing, and became the most accomplished lady exponent of the modern style, the world has yet known.

Now she and J. A. Andrew have brought to the Far East everything (Continued os Page 5)

AIR-CONDITIONING

FOR HONGKONG

TRAIN TRAVELLERS

Closing Local Stock:

Hungarian Musle,

(Korbay); Shepherd,

Song Horse ("Hungarian

The report states that the car was Folk parked at 2, p.m. on Wednesday, und

The Traile Poilee are making

see Uny horse's Foaming Mane Next sunner passengers from it was missing at 7. a.m. yesterday. ("Hungarian Folk Songs" (Korbay) Hongkong to Canton will be able to

tarian Rhapsody No. 11 (Liszt). travel by railway in an air-conti- enquiries, and oil stations have been...Keith Falkner (Baritone); Ilun- tioned steel conch, the first to be used notified.

Marcel Ciampi (Pianoforte); Orches

March Potpourri on the Asian continent.

tra-Hungarian

.George Boulanger and hia Orchestra. (Pecsi)....

7.50 p.m. From the Studio. "Book Reviews" by A. D.

The Kowloon Canton Railway Is

Mr. G. P. Ferguson of No. 280 the spending $1,000 to convert and of Peak reported to the Central Pollee the ordinary First Class coaches into Station yesterday that his car, No. an lee-cooled air-conditioned de luxe 2100, while parked outside the above It is understood that he will call on coach.

address, had been stolen. It appears When completed next summer, the that after lunch he had no need of the Foreign Office and see Mr. Chong Chun, the Foreign Minister, maiting coach will be incorporated in one of the car until 4 p.m. when he found it missing. Enquiries made at the arrangements to present his creden- the Fei expresses." inls to Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of the If it proves popular with railway house revealed that no one had used National Government, before pro- travellers other coaches will be con- the car, and subsequently a report

was made at the Police Station. verted. eceding to Felping-Woh Kiu Yot Po.

:8 p.m. Time, Weather and an- nouncements.

8.08 p.m. Geraldo and his Or- chestra,

El Relicarlo (Padilla); La Violetexa (Padilla); Rumbuland No. 1.

VOCAL SCORE

at

ANDERSON'S

8.15 p.m. From the Studio.

accom- BICYCLES RUN EASIER

A programme of Light Songs by Gaston d'Aquino (Tenor) panied by E. "Gualdi.

l'rogramme,

1. Serenata... Toselli; 2. Nont

.de Curtis; 3. O Sevedar di me, flower. Divine....Haydn Wood; 4. Maire my Giti....Aliken.

8.30 p.m. The J. II. Squire Celeste Octet.

Tschalkovsky (arr. Memories of Sear); Valse Bluette Air de Ballet Narclasus (Nevin). (Drigo);

8.45 p.m. From the Studio, A Pianoforte Interlude by Caroline Broga, F.T.CL.

Programine.

1. L'Alouetto (The Lerk). Glink:q; 2. Norwegian Bridal Procession.... Grieg: 3. Butterfly....Grieg; 4. To a Water Lily... MacDowell; 0. In Autumn....MacDowell.

0 p.m. News and announcements from London, 0.20 DJ

"Overture › 1914"-A| War March Memory played by De bray Somers Band.

9.30 p.ni. From the Studio,

Variety Concert

by

Colleen Parker (Vocal). Pedro An-

i

Oil frequently all bearingsandrum ning parts with 3- In-one oil-you'll notice the dit-A ference at once.

•

CLEARS LUBRICATES

·PREVENTS RUST.

3-IN-ONE OIL

torilo (Violin).

1.

You

II. . Ozorio (Piano). Programme. Violin Solos: Medicy. started me dreaming: Love me fore- ver; 2. Song--Is it true what they any about Dixle?; 3. Plano Solas: Medley. Hands across the table; Two elgarettes in the dark; Someday Sweetheart; 4. Violin Sofos: Medley. Alone; I'm In the Mood for love;

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