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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY 10, 1937.*:

U.S. FINDS MONEY FOR ATLANTIC AIRWAYS

24-Hour Passenger Service From New York to London

The Duke of Norfolk who, as Earl Marshal, is in charge of the Coronation arrangements in London, makes un inspection tour in the neighbourhood of the Buckingham Palace.

France And Italy Win Cup Rounds

Tonnis Stars Battle On Many Courts

2 ROUTES TO BE USED

New York, Apr. 30. The operation of a 24-hour trans-Atlantic airmail and passen. ger service between London and [New York, on a schedule of four round trips weekly beginning next November, is provided for by the Treasury-Post Office Supply Bill approved by the Appropriations Subcommittee of the House of Representatives.

The project, according to Representative Louis A. Ludlow, Democrat, of Indiana, Chairman. [of the ́Appropriations Subcom. mittce, will be operated jointly by Great Britain and the United States, and costs and expenses shared equally.

TWO ROUTES

The present plan, said Mr. Ludlow, is to operate two routes, a northern route from New York to London by way of Shediac, Nova Scolla, and Ireland, a distance of 3.418 miles, and a southern route by way of Bermuda, distance of 4,000 miles.

The Royal Mint has issued new King George VI pennies to the Bank of England. According to custom the

Americans Demanding Economies

Fear "Death Of Public

Crodit" In U.S.

Frozen Gold Stock May Be Utilised

Washington, May 9. While the United States debt has reached a record high level, the Con- gressional economy drive is being thrust forward with renewed vigour."

from

RADIO BROADCAST

Children's Concert From The Studio

DANCE MUSIC

Radio Programmes Broadcast by Z.B.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres (845 k.c's), 31.40 metres (0.52 k.c's).

pm. A Relay of Dance Music from the Roof-Garden of the Hong- kong Hotel,

p.m. From the Studio. A Children's Concert, However, various plans ranging 6.30 pm Carroll Gibbons and Flui 10 per cent. out in all His Boy Friends. Sleepytime down appropriations to A

have Now that you're gone; Can't we talk split Congress to such an extent that it over: The Charm School-Selec the belief is being expressed the tion; To beat the Band-Selection; President Roosevelt

evelt himself must A A couple of April Fools; If you love eventually decide on economy moves, me.

duellon in relier er 500.000 re- South; Life is just a bowl of cherries;

The Republicans have used the 6.55 p.m. De Groot and the debl as a weapon to assault the New Piccadilly Orchestra with Raymond

with Senator Arthur Vanden-Newell (Turitone). Deal, |burg, Republican of Michigan, saying,

the Azores, Lisbon, and Girdone, a profile of every new King Is reversed register the death of public me love you to-night (Grey); Orche-

The northern route flight schedule will be twenty-four to thirty hours, and the southern route thirty-six to factors are an

forty hours.uthern route, Lud-

the

side of the

an rains, King George VI profile looks to the right, as on his father's of King cans, while the portrait Edward VII on the coins, which were not issued, turned to the left.

low said, and will be until more ex- perience has been acquired in com- batting storms and tee, in the high northern

southern altitudes. The route, he said, is sure at all times of

be two contracts for

[the

yeur.

There

S. Africa and N.Z.vice, signed separately by the

"All Square"

Both, France

London, May 0. and Italy to-day] reached the third round of the Davis.

United States and Great Britain with private contractors, and each will operate two round-trip trans-Atlantic trips weekly.

Cup competition, thus joining Ger-plane leaving either country. Mall

many and Yugo-Slavia.

At Brighon, on Saurday, South Africa and New Zealand finished all

the

Loud Speakers For Churches On May 12

London, May 9.

on

Orchestra-I love you (Grieg); The thermometer still rises. It is Romance (Rubinstein); Baritone already in the fever zone, and will Solos IIere's to Life (Talbot); Let

| tra-Liebestraume (Liszt); Part of the increase in the national dreamy Summer night (Krome); debt is said to be due to the pro-Chanson Bohemienne (Bold!); gramme designed to freeze the gold Baritone Solos-Mundalay (Willeby); stocks. for which $600,405,288 worth Follow me 'ome A Barruck-Room of gold has already been purchased. Balled (Ward-Higga); Orchestra- Since the Government owns this gold Zinetta (Geell). It can be utilised at any

time in order 7.30 p.m. Stock Quotations and to strike the amount of the gold pur-Hongkong Exchange sterket Report. chases from the total indebtedness, 7.30 p.m. New Gramophone Re-

In addition, there are hundreds of cords.

millions of dollars in assets scattered

"Pagliacci"-Prologue (Leonenval- omong the various emergency

lo, arr. Weatherly)....Richard agencies, the quidation of which Tauber (Tenor); Prelude in A Flat

would enable a sharp reduction of (Szostakowlez. trans. Ston

the debt. United Pres",

Trans-Ocean Clipper In Storm Area

Manila-Hongkong

Philadelphia Orchestra,

ed by Leopold Stokowski; "Home and Beauty"-No more: Sing some- thing in the morning....Gitte Alpar

Saxo-Rhapsody (Eric (Soprano); Coates)

Sigurd Rascher (Saxe- phone) with Symphony Orchestra.

8 p.m. Time Weather and An- nouncements.

NEW

BATHING and

BEACH WEAR

A nice assortment of bathing trunks in various plain colours, some with detachable white tops.

One piece bathing suits with half skirt, and two piece sulls in plain and stripe designa.

Prices range from $9.50 per garment, less 10% cash discount.

MACKINTOSH'S LTD.

MEN'S WEAR. SPECIALISTS.

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THE GENUINE COGNAC BRANDY.

The "IBIS Cognac distilled by Joseph Gautier & Fils is a Pure Cognac Wine Brandy, distilled in the Cognac District from selected Wines only. The Brand of "IBIS" is a guarantee of perfect quality."

3 Stars

$4.90 per bottle

5 Stars

5.25

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5.50

Pro-

V. S. O... 6.25

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8.03 p.m. A Relay from the Ko Shing Theatre (Chinese).

11 p.m. Close Down. 8.05-11 p.m. European gramme from Z.E.K. on a Fre quency of 640 Kilocycles,

8.05 p.m. Hawaiian Music. Llue....Lizzie Alohiken with the Royal Hawaiian Glee Club; Blue: Sparks; My South Sea Sweetheart,,

Masters Hawaiians; Sweet

BASIS COMPETITIVE

The Archbishop of Canterbury Mail will be dispatched on the fiest

has expressed his desire to have contracts will be awarded on a com-

the Coronation broadcast on At the Stade Roland

petitive basis, and I is expected that Garros, at t Fronce beat Norway by three at 25c rate, the revenues will pay Wednesday heard in churches wherever possible, so that, the matches to love, and at Bologna, the contractual obligations at $2.00 a Italy eliminated Monaco by winning mile, and the service would be self-service might be followed in a

sustaining Pan the Arst three matches.

American Airways fitting religious atmosphere. ousted Austria by an in the United States and Imperial. Germany nexing the rst three matches, and Airways in Great Britain, are the

"When this is possible," "there Yugo-Slavia beat Rumania by a only companies presently capable of

will be short pause in the simliar margin..

executing such a huge contract.

broadcast while the

Schedule Affected consecration Mr. Ludlow sold that

prayer is being offered in the Abbey testimony before the Appropriations and Their Majesties are making their

Storms that are raging in the for the construction of special planes used for prayerful remembrance of and Honolulu may deprive several for the trans-Atlantic service, one them by the congregation and during Manita people of sight of 0 tons and another of 125 tons.

period of silence Coronation celebrations in Hongkong. 8.20 p.m. Concerto in D Major The annual appropriation estimatest, there may be

or possibly some short hymn and

The storns delayed the de for Violoncello and Orchestra to be required to maintain the ser-

the discretion of prayer

theparture from Alameda Airport of the (Haydn), played by Gullhermina operation is $1,800,000. minister. vice in full

Pan-American Airways plane Phillp- Suggin (Cello) The appropriatlon approved by the

and Orchestr topine Clipper, which was to

huvei Appropriations Subcommittee is for

conducted by John Barbirolit. $750,000, because, Ludlow said, the

connected with the Hongkong Clipper 8.45 p.m. "Crowning the King”—4. in Manila on Wednesday, service may be slow in getting under

A talk by Owen F Morshead, ..., way.

M.v.o., .c.. Librarian to his Majesty King George VI.

9 p.m.

Variety. Vocal-When the swallows__nest again... Kitty Masters; Piano Solo- "Going Places Plano Medley......

square, both sides winning n singles. Subcommittee, plans were outlined Communion. This pause may be Pacific Ocean between San Francisco wallon Mntd; Hawallan Paradise..

Reuter.

H.K. Snatches

Profits Of Shoe Trade

British Industry Fools Effects

"If the foolwenr imported from Hongkong and Canada in 1936 had been manufactured in this country,. we estimate that this would have: given direct employment to over 3,000 work-people."

This statement was made by Slr George Beharrell, managing director

of the Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd..

In the course of a criticism of "the dumping" of overseas goods in Britain.

Sir George was speaking at the annual meeting of the Company, held in London recently.

"It would be a great help

lirteners, whether in church or in their homes, if they could, hæve coples of the Coronation services- In their hands."

Negotiators for the United States are R. Walton Moore, Assistant Seetes tary of State; Harllee Brunch, Cheap copies of the "service"were Second Assistant Postmaster General, published by the King's printers on and Army, Navy, and Commeree April 5 and were placed on sale at ocialsUnited Press.

book stands.--United Press.

Back-to-the-Synagogue

Call To Jewesses

PECAUSE of a "serious decline" in the attendance of Jewish girls at classes for religious instruction, a special appeal was made in London in the week April 17 to 25.

Sermons were preached at all synagogues on April 17, and canvassing of Jewish homes took place during the week. Meelings were held at Shoreditch Town Hall on April 18 and at the Empress Cinema, Hackney, on Apirl 25

"The Import Duties Advisory Com- mmittee is doing excellent work in safeguarding our Industries from DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF foreign competition, but this unfair competition from British territorica This 15 THE AGE OF MINDRITIES; OF Mr. F. V. Read has been appoint

beyond their scope.

ed Oncial Commentator for Z.B.W. on the Chinese processions.

it

1s

"This is

matter with which, sooner or later, the Home Govern- ment will have to den, England) is not to suffer serious loss of em-1 ployment and profits in a number of industries."

RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS

TYPEWRITING AND SHORTHAND

GROUPS THAT RULE RATHER THAN RE- MESENT.-G. K. Chesterton.

The Two youths. Lam Sal-tul, 15, and Lam Sai-hing. 11, were removed to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday suffering from hyoscine poisoning, as a result of eating polsonous roots.

Miss Bessie M. Young was one of the passengers on the first flight from Manila to Hongkong by the Hongkong

from Honolulu and

wedding was solemnised on Saturday morning at the Rosary Church between Mr. Allan William McGrann and Miss Morin Conceicao (Kim) Barretto. A reception was held after the ceremony at "The Little Flower" Club, No. 246, Nathan Rond, Kowloon.

the

As a result, the departure for rmgkong of the Hongkong Clipper has been delayed. She will pro- "bably "not arrive here-until-Friday or

Saturday.

...Andy Jona and His Islanders.

Outward mail from Hongkong is tentatively scheduled to close at the ..Vivian

.......Fred Astaire; G.P.O. at 5 a.m. on Friday, but it is up-on Edin; Vocal-Pick yourself unlikely that the Clipper will leave; VocalC'est unc Valse Muselle... on the return journey until Saturday Mistinguett; Organ S at the earliest.

Passengers due on the next flight

Job Cani

Solo-Serenade:

of songs......Quentin M. HumorousFrankie and ....Helen Morgan; Light Opera-Drury Memories....Columbin Light Opern who plans a quick flight a Company. world, and will travel from Hongkong

of the Hongkong Clipper include Dr. Reginald D. Margeson, of Boston,

Lanc

Pantomime

by the Delphinus; Mr. Gilbert H.nouncements.

9.30 p.m. London News and

Grosvenor, President of the National Society, with Mrs. Geographic Grosvenor. Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor

An-

9,55

p.m. Dance Music Fox-Trot-On the Beach at Bail-

the girls; Fox-Trot Looking will take next week's C.N.A.C. plone Bali; Fox-Trot-Fil bet you tell that to, the north for an aerial tour of the to all

Bround corners for you; Fox-Trot-- I have the next romance? Yangtse.

Fax-Trot-Yours truly 18 truly One-Step-Fancy Comedy

Waltz-What a night; begins when you're

REACHED HONOLULU

yours;

Honolulu, May 9. Meeting The Clipper, Alameda, arrived bere to-day, She in love; leaves for Manila Monday. - United ther in the breeze; Tango-Moonlight Poema; Quick-Step

out-bound from Sro I feel Uke a fen-

| Presa,

EXCHANGE

Belling

T.T. Demand TT. Shanghai T.T. Singapore Coronation celebrar. India

Clipper last Thursday. She hails A visitor to the Colony in connce- T.T. Japon

the only tion with the was

Germany

T.T. France

TT. Switzerland TT. Australia

passenger from the Hawaiian Islands, lions, Tsang Sze-mui, 24-year old TIT. USA..

inarried women, had her hand-buk T.T. Manila A fine of $1,000, with the alterna- snatched while walking along Des TT. Datavia Results have just been received of tive of six months' hard labour, was Voeux Road Central yesterday morn-Batik the Filman's 'examinations in short-imposed by Mr. K. Keen at the Cen- ing. The culprit, Li Chung, aged 17,1 Salon

tral Magistracy this morning on two was arrested by two Chinese detec- hand and typewriting conducted by 50-year-old widows, Li Mau and Ng tives as he attempted to escape by Mrs. Olsen, of the Hongkong, Public Sin, who admitted a charge of un- running up Wing On Street. Brought Stenography Bureau. The examina- lawful

Mr. of 1,529 heroin before

Keen at the Central possession tions were taken locally in January pills. First defendant was arrested Magistracy this morning, prisoner was sentenced to five months' hard und the results follow:

at the Mongkok Ferry Wharf with

contents Shorthand:- -Theory, Stage

1: Olive the pills in her possession. Second labour. The bag and its Smith, Eileen Sullivan,

Michael prisoner was taken into custody on were valued at $21. Liem, Joyce Humphrey, Amy Young. information given by the first, who Stage II: John Thin, Adele Lee, said she got the pills from her. Katherine Kong, Michael Speed: Mamic Ng

A gambling raid at 60 Main Street, (50). Amanuensis: M Helen Lo amie Ng (80).

Salwanho, on May Olive Smiling Elementary:

Stella West

Muriel McCaw of them being taken into custody. Ten of iron valued at $5. was fined $50, them did not appear before Mr. W. six weeks' hard labour. Chu Sum, Margaret Bel

Joyce Humphrey, Schofield at the Central Magistency arrested with a quantity of nuts and

Eileen

Liem.

Buying 4 m/s. L/C London 4 m/s. D/P do More metal thieves appeared before 4 m/s. L/C U.S.A. Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Ma-4 m/s. France gistracy this morning. Au Hing, who 30 d/s. Indin

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Kisses; Tango P -Jazz

me Blues; Slow Fox-Trot Cheerful Blues; Fox-Tro-Muskrat Ramble; Fox-Trot-Dixieland Shuffle; Fox-Trot-Alone at table for two; Waltz-Lovely Lody; Fox-Trot-Sing me a swing song: Fox-Troi-A little bit later on: Waltz-The Inst waltz.

11 pan. Close Down.

QUARREL OVER

FARES

RICKSHA COOLIE

CONVICTED

139 A quarrel over the distribution of 1/87 fares led to the appearance of Chan Hing, a ricksha coolie, before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy this morning, charged with the assault of another, Lou Cho. 1/3 It was stated by Inspector Mc- 301 Walter that complainant and defen- .7.07 dant

were engaged by two Europeans outside the China Emporium about 1

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resulted in 14 pleaded guilty to larceny of G0 lbs; U.S. Cross rate in London .4.03.19/32 . Ferry to take them to the

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Interean, Kathleen Luckin. this morning and had their ball of pins on him, was given three months'

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Death Threat

to of Ginger Rogers, famous danc- ing star of the films, G-Men have arrested eighteen-year-old John Buzas. They soyho demanded £100, and sent a photograph of him- self on which he had written: Take n good look while you may,' because. to-morrow we may be dead."

n Olive Smith, John $3 each estreated, Lo Klu, married hard labour. He had previous con

Sent To Three persons were injured by a struck complainant's left hand with Thih, Michael Llem, Katherine Kong, woman, was convicted of keeping the viction for larceny. Tam Ng, con Adele Lee. Business Stage: Michael Moor as a pat kau gaming house and victed of larceny of two lbs. of lead military ambulance driven by T. N. a Liem, Adele Lee, Rosle tacha. Ad- was fined $50, or one month. Two wire, valued at $2, had a lie sen- Cushine, R.A.SC. In. Tung Lo Wan Defendant was bound over in the others pleaded guilty to gambling and tence Imposed on him. He also Read yesterday. The victims, who sum of $30 to be of good behaviour Successful candidates can obtain were each fined $2. The other de- had a previous conviction. The com- were not seriously injured, were Lon for six months and ordered to pay their certificates from the Bureau or fendant pleaded not guilty and was plainant in each case was the Talkoo Lo, married woman, her Ave-year $5 compensation, or acrve ten days'

'discharged.

imprisonment. Friday, May 14, at 11.30 am.

Dockyard and Engineering Co., Ltd: old daughter, and Lam Ting, coolle

vanced: Adele Lee,

Ginger Rogers

In January a salior was gooled for Chicago, May 1 Ave years for demanding £3,000 Following letters threatening, the! from Miss RogersmUnited. Press