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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, Australis, Ited Sen, Egypt, Europe.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FortnighTLY

DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS

UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIM. GOVERNMENT

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. and all sollings are subject to change or deviation with or without notice"

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL SAILINGS

From

8.6.

Tons

Hong Kong About

*BURDWAN 0,000

Rajputana 17,000

RANPURA

17,000

*Mirzapore

7,000

*SOMALI

7,000

Rawalpindi 17,000 CORFU

14,500

*Bangalore 0,000

Cargo only.

Destination.

25th Apr. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull.

1st May. Marseilles & London. 15th May. Bombay, Marsellles & London. 20th Maz. Bombay & Karachl

22nd May Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. 20th May. Bombay, Marseilles & London. 12th June. Bombay, Marseilien & London. 19th June. Marseilles, Havre, London, Hamburg,

Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull. Calls Tangler.

† Calls Casablanca,

All vessels may call nt Maita..

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILING

SHIRALA

TILAWA

10,000

SANTHIA

0.000

TALMA

10,000

SIRDHANA 8,000

3,000; 10.30 20th Apr. 11th May 22nd May 5th June 19th June

Fort Swettenham, Singapore,

Penang, Rangoon & Calcutta.

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS.

NELLORE

TANDA

NANKIN

7,000

7,000

7,000

1st May

4th June Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney.

Melbourne & Hobart. 2nd July.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

29th Apr.Amoy, Shanghai & Japan.

20th Apr. Shanghal & Japan.

6th May. Shanghai & Japan.

SANTHIA

8,000

Nawalpindi

17,000

TANDA

7,000

*Bangalore

6,000

11th May. Shanghal & Japan.

TALMA

10,000

CORFU

14,500

8,000

Sirdhana

• Cargo only.

13th May Amoy, Shanghai & Japan.

13th May. Shanghai & Japan.

27th May. Amoy, Shanghai & Japan.

All dates are opproximate and subject to altération without notice. For further Information, Passage, Freight, Handbook, etc., opply to

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MONTHLY SERVICE

To

NEW YORK

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on

18th May

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Telephono 28021.

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for the

Hongkong Telegraph

WM. FARMER & CO.

Victoria Hotel Building. Shameen, Canton.

Tel. 13501.

THE HONGKONG

PRIEST'S TREASON ALLEGED

Long Imprisonment Sought By Nazis

Wha

Berlin. Apr. 23. Fifteen years' imprisonment to-day demanded by the Public Pro- secutor for Father Roosaint, a Catho- lic priest, who, with two other priests and four laymen, is charged with "preparing high treason by forming a United Front composed of young Catholics and Communists,"

Father Rossaint' pleaded that "he was trying to convert Communista to the Catholic faith.--Reuter Special..

READY TO TALK ON WAR DEBTS

But Chamberlain Can Offer No Settlement

London, Apr. 29.

In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Neville Chamberlain sald he would be ready to open war deb! negotiations the circumstances warranted such

He added A steps. that he was not at present prepared to suggest methods of settlement,

Meanwhile, M. Edward Daladier. French Defence Minister, has arrived here on a secret mission, which is possibly connected with co-ordination of British and French repayment plans.-United Press.

S'HAI TRAMWAY STRIKE ENDS

Shanghai. Apr. 23. After being paralysed for five days, the tramway system in the Inter- national Settlement returned to life, when strikers resumed work to-day. An agreement followed, when the company accepted modified demands. Meanwhile, the Ford Taxicab strike continued, but will probably be setiled

70 to-day, All

of the "kidnapped" cars have been driven back to their stations by the strikers. -Reuter.

FRENCH DEFENCE

MINISTER

NOW ON VISIT TO ENGLAND

London, Apr. 22. The Foreign Secretary entertained at lunch the French Defence Minister, M. Daladler, who passed through London to-day on his way to attend Anglo-French gathering

Manchester,

The company included Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Sir John Simon, Mr.

Winston Churchill, Mr. C. R. Attlee, Sir Robert Horne and Sir Erle Phipps, New British Ambassador In Paris. British Wireless.

PHILIPPINES SHIP AFIRE

San Francisco, Apr. 23. The Globe Wireless reports 150 steamer Kinou calling for assistance in Lat.14.43, Long 120.45.

She is on fire but the flames are under control.

The vessel is owned in the Philip- pine Islands-United Pres.

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1937.

Sugar Quotas Re-Defined

To Fill Needs Of Free Markets.

..

London Apr. 22. Tie sub-committee of the World Sugar Conference has re-defined the suggested quotas as follows:

WILL FILM

HONGKONG IN COLOUR

Noted Cameraman To Visit Here In May

Cube, 300.000 tons, instead at M.G.M. Travelogue

To Show Soon

420,580 under the originat Bill;

Inwail, 20,610 tons Puerto Rico, 120,033 tons; Philippines, 80,214 tons, which is red from the original Di unchanged

The is, as approved by the sub- committer, retains. three-quarters of n cent per pound excise duty. How- ever, this will not be specifically re- cominended to the Committer.

The sub-committee has not Axed the percentage basis whereby ter- ritories would

share in

Increased consumption, leaving this to the full commillet. Decreases in consump- tion below the asic quotas would not affect the

domestic quoths of beet-cane, but would be shared on a percentage basin by all other groups, including Howall and Puerto Itico- United Press.

LANSBURY SEES WAY OF ESCAPE

FROM DISASTER

(Continued from Page 1.)

the world, declared President Roose- velt in a message to the Coronation issue of the Christian Science Monitor of Boston.

This common objective, he goes on, stands ever as a common inspiration. Peace may not be won with asking, but it can be won with striving, and plain people everywhere in the civi- ised world wish to live at peace with

one another.

The preservation of peace nectis of the news- the devoted support

world, he added. papers of the Renter.

Baldwin Questioned

London, Apr. 22. Mr. George Lansbury, former Op- position leader, who had an inter- view with Herr Hitler in Berlin at the week-end, arrived back in Eng- land to-day.

'conviction

that the

In a

a statement 10 the press Mr. Lansbury said he did not want to be too optimistic but he had begun to feel an inner catastrophe of would yet be war averted. The people of the world were living on the edge of a precipice, but at least he could say he had not met anyone in the last five days who did not want peace, and a suprenie effort to prevent the man-made war catastrophe.

The Prime Minister was question- ed in the House of Commons regard ing the German Chancellor's

de- claration to Mr. Lansbury that Ger= many would be willing to participate In a new world conference. He said: "The position of the Government on this matter has been made clear from time to time and I may per- haps repeat it. The

Government would of course be willing to parti cipate in a world conference pro- vided thorough and comprehensive Investigation showed such a confer ence would be likely to succeed and provided there had been adequate preparation."-British Wireless

J

JAPANESE HOSIERY EXPORTS

New York, Apr. 22. The hosiery Industry in the United States has signed an agreement with | Japanese knitted goods manufacturers whereby Japanese hasiery'exported to' the United States for the next three years will be limited to half a million dozen pairs.Reuter Bulletin Ser- vice.

Three Threes offer greatest smoking value they are better quality without extra cost

STATE EXPRESS

333

STATE EXPRESS

333

MADE IN ENGLAND

95

CENTS

for 50

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By "FIRST NIGHT" A "Technicolor" camerman who has alrendy, covered 70,000 miles on a world tour is arriving in Hongkong early in May.

He will make a "travelogue" 'of this Colony, as one of a world series, for the Warner Bros. Corporation.

The cameraman is Mr. Len Roos, "Technicolor" ace-operator.

Meningitis In CARDINALS

Wuchow

Believed To Bo Widespread

Meningitis has 'broken out in Wuchow during the past several days, mostly mong children, [C- cording to a dispatch received from that Kwangst river town, says the Canton Daily Sun.

PRODUCE BIG TALLY ·

Show Batting Power Against Reds

New York, Apr. 22, The St. Louis Cardinals, second favourites for this season's world jennant, showed their batting power The exact number of deaths is to-day by scoring 14 runs against not reported, but judging from Cincinnati. The Reds equalled the precautionary measures taken by Carda hilling, however, each team, the Wuchow authorities the epidemie is fully widespread. The getting 14, but the St. Louis nine' mude every koly count. Three oiflee of the Pacification Com-

crrors on the part of the Reds and missioner order all mililia units to be homer by Mize helped them to. Incoculated.

victory.

PRisburgh Pirates Cubs four to two, each team hitting beat Chicago

len times. The Pirates were given one error on the card.

In the American League, Chicago, -- helped by Bonura's homer, beat St. Louis Browns,

All other scheduled

games werd called on account of rain.-Renter,

The Bureau of Police has required the Red Cross Society und all hospitals to inoculate the public. All students are required to take this precautionary measure,

the Retools, from

efect

Since last June he fins made colour epidemie sprenda fust in travelogues in Hawaii, United States, The new ruling tool Sweden, Norway, Holland, Switzer- April 18. Hand, Hungary, France, New Zealand, Canton authorities

bave sent Australia and the Federated Malay

enquiries to Wuchow to ascertain States.

the nature and extent of the out- ite is now in Java, photographing break. If its development is serious, a series of

towboats and steamers from Wuchów Indies.

is maintained in Canton by the will be subject to quarantine, which Bureau of Public Health in Nunking.

the Netherlands Enst

From Java he will come to long kong. vin the Philippines. After photographing Manila and Hongkong he will proceed to Shanghai and Japan, and thence back to the United States

in Covering. In all, over,

Mr. Roos is one of three 1001

States cameramen who have been admitted to full Fellowship of the London Royal Photographie Society. after his name Putting F.R.P.S. means the same to a photographer as H.A. dues to an artist.

cameraman

for M.G.M.'s

Meanwhile, plans pre being finalised for the screening in Hong- kong of the "Technicolor travelogue" of this Colony, taken by a "Techni- color" Janes A Fitzpatrick "travelogue series. This colour im

of Hong kong has already been edited and sent out by M.G.M. for release in

the Far East.

NEW BANK FOR

MANILA

DUTCH HOUSE OPENS BRANCH IN P.I

Manila, Apr. 23. Indicating the growing importance of Manila in the world of trade, new foreign bank, Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank, is opening

here Monday.

The headquarters of the bank are at Amsterdam and it has branches

in China, Japan, the Netherlands East Indies, Malaya, India ond elsewhere.

BIG-SCALE GAMBLING

IN COLONY.

(Continued from Pape 1.)

JEWS CONTROL POLISH TRADE

NEW PARTY AIMS AT ECONOMIC REFORMS

Warsaw, Apr. 23. It is announced that a new Polish Nationalist Party will attempt to "Polandise" trade and salvo the Jewish problem economically, Instead with violence, The Party's Secretary-General said to-day that Jews in Poland virtually, controlled the commerce of the country,

had appeared to be on the increase of in the Colony.

FROM CHINESE RESORTS..

There are labour troubles here, The operators bad come to the

and one man was killed when em» Colony from Chinese territory since the closure of their establishments, dispersed the mob after a strugglo

ployees rloted to-day, The Police and were running gambling on a United Press.

large scale here. The gambling was to a great part responsible for the Increase of larcenies in Hongkong.

as the gamblers who desired to participate in the games were obliged ito steal in order to obtain the neces- sary money. The assistance of the Bench was required to

put the gambling down, and that was the reason defendants had been placed on such heavy ball.

A large number of stalls where bagatelle was being played had been scized during the roid, continued C. D. 1. Murphy. There were also roulette tables and games of chance. Prizes were given severni other to the winners, who had to pay to participate in the games. Among the prizes was a large cup which looked like silver, but was in fact made of tin, and enclosed in a glass case, A sum of $28.37 in Hongkong money, and $36.30. In Chinese money was seized.

Mr. C. Sligter, former manager of The money found on the gaming branches in Bombay, Hongkong, tables was confiscated by the Magis- Shanghol, is to manage the Manlintrate, who also ordered the confisca office-Reuter,

tion of all the gambling apparatus.

Odo

ODOE

TOOTH PASTE

polishes the teeth to a pearly whiteness

When love was sin... they dared to love!

The breathless romance of a dashing Virginian cavalier and the courageous girl he taught to love. Told in sweeping scenes and thrilling action against the tumultuous background of sin-haunted Old New England,

Adelph Zoker procents]

CLAUDETTE COLBERT FRED MACMURRAY

in Frank Lloyd's

"MAID OF SALEM"

with

Harvey Stephens · Galó Söndergaard Louise Dresser Edward Ellis 'Virginia Weidler • Bonita Granville

A Paramount Picture

TO-MORROW.

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA