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SPECIALISTS GO TO

EX-KAISER

New York,

Doctor Willheim C. uobener, of Cincinnati, prominent heart specialist, feft New York re- cently on a mystery visit to the ex-Kalser at Doorn.

of

The doctor has been pledged to silence regarding the nature mission. but 14 rumoured that with other world-famed doctors he is lo give the ex-Kaiser a thorough medical examination.

Several times in the past Dr. Macbener has been consulted

by the ex-Kaiser,

"I would be unethical for me to say anything about my will," said Huebener.

Empire Tea Centenary

London.

auction in London of tea proded

Monday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

·January 9, 1939.

THE GREAT CHINA TRADE ISSUE

London.

TF the British Government is to be moved at all over China it will be over the trade issue. This alone can shake it out of its rather easy going attitude.

The Home papers are devoting more and more atten- tion to the issue. The "Daily Herald" recently published the following:-

Economic reprisals against Japan for her freezing out of foreign trade interests from China are being seriously considered in London and Washington.

sponsored "manopoly" company has It was announced that a Japanese

Reports from the Ambassadors of dor-head of the native staff-was the two countries in China have in-appointed. dicated for some time that Japan is it is believed that the new com- deliberately destroying all foreign pany is one of the branches of the trade competition.

Trwly tormed Japanese "Central China Development Company," whose SHIPS BARRED

charter includes shipping, communi Foreign shipping, for example, has cations, waterworks, been barred from using the Yangtse. companies, public transport, Osheries and power The Japanese say this is due to the and inland transportation. svetlon and a re- Aception will be features of the danger of inites and nearby military

Two British Army, Jardine Mathe- celebration on Jan. 10 next of the operations, but Japanese ships have son and Co.. and

been plying a thriving trade,

Butterfeld

and hundredth anniversary of the first;

Swire.

represent the Yangise liver and the China coast.

at present largest shipping interests the been established in Shanghai to coed considerably from the closing of In connection with the centenary tret the Yangtse shipping, and will

recent months they have suffer- a sample of the finest teams to be start work in the New Year.

The Yangtse and coastal diMculties. grown will be selected by a Blentiers This is only one of countless ways

If the Yangtse were to be exploit- Conference and presented in a golden which foreign interests, British under a monopolistic system they vasket to the King and Queen. and Amerlean, in particular, ore

would lose business On it Jarge The Empire tra industry which has being ousted from the China market.

acule," developed from small garden e-

EXPERTS AT WORK

All the other papers roughly agree ploying a few men now employs

For some

thai Juint etion is being discussed. 2,000,000 men and has more than United States Department of Com-

tine experts of the This is the "Daily Express," £210,000.000 of British capital investmereg and the Board of Trade here) ed in it.

More than 800,000,000 have been studying what retaliatory pounds of Empire tea is now pro-steps could be taken. duced annually.

within the Empire.

DOMINATING POSITION

of the Centenary Committee, stated Sir Walter Smiles, M.P., chairman in a speech recently that the districts rescribed on ruth maps of a century

In

BRITAIN MAY HIT BACK AT JAPAN "Britain may hit back at Japan heavier duties on for her trade methods by puting going into British Colonies. This is one of the steps under consideration Japanese Hoods

in to close the China and Mancha- ihens result

of Japan's action in try- kup markets to British and all other foreign trole.

Their investigations are now so far advanced at Mr. Joseph Kennedy the United States Ambassador here United States Ambassador in China has gone to Washington and has been reculled for consultation.

Significantly. 100, Sir

Ronald

British Ambassador

in

ago as a mixture of uninhabited Lindson, has arrived In London following

junitle and awamp had been trans- ferred by British capital and enter-"on holiday." prise into a land of neat tea gardens, with rallways, roads, electric light, wireless, cinemas and most of the amenities of modern civilisation.

They now had in india and Ceylon research atutions and laboratories! where every process in growth and manufacture of tea was scientifically studied and records tabulated.

"Within 5 years of its birth the Empire industry was exporting more tea than China and to-day dominated| the tea markets of the world."

£500 Award In Horoscope Libel Case

falled.

One step envisaged in American eireles fa to deprive Japan of her benefits under the most-favoured- nation clause. Were such a step toj

the

The "News Chronicle" contains the GROWING JAPANESE MENACE TO TRADE-BY VERNON BARTLETT "Although

by more insilious

Suit for custody of his children has been filed in Miami, Fla., by Guy Maynard Liddell, chief of England's Civil Intelligence Depart- inent. Children are shown with their mother, Mrs. Calypso Liddell, daughter of the late Lord Revelstoke of England, at Coral Gables home of their half-uncle, L. Suffern Tailer. They are June, Peter, Gay and Maude.

EMPIRE ISLE OF

NEWS

AUCKLAND.

adequato

ROMANCE SEARCH

YOUNG couple who met on holi-

An effort will shortly be made to ensure that there stre which New Zealand needs. supplies of all gas-producing coals A day on the Norfolk Broads, and would eliminate Australia altogether.

imports

This

from

decided to wed and go to the South Seas, were married at St. Jude's-on- the-Hill. Hampstead Garden Suburb,

The

bridegronin, Mr. Patrick

would almost certainly follow suit, many and Italy in Europe, Japan is be Laken, the British Government methods than these adopted by Ger- power, if discrimination ngalist the esis in the Far East,

President Rosevelt also has the very actively managing iritish Inter- Importation or sale of American i goods is proved, to exclude "any or in

Last week the Foreign Minister all articles" from

1 Tokyo summoned the British, and country.

offending United

States

Ambassadors It is doubtful whether such drastic excluding their compatriots from the and emphasised his

policy of gradually steps are yet contemplated, but the economic life of the Far Easi. question of increasing dulles on

More Motor Velilcies-The num-recently. ber of lernsed motor vehieles in Japanese imports is one

There was not, I am assured, that New Zealand is 265,137, an increase been closely studied.

that has direct threat to denounce the Wash-of 19.8 per cent, over the figure for Forbes, of Southway, Hampstead, a

Ington Nine Power Treaty which is example of the Japanese themselves which would doubtless lead to coun

inths the experts have had the reported in some newspapers, and cycles show a decline of 7 per cent. broking firm, has given up his post- the same period last year. Motor-21-years-old apprentice in a City tou At the beginning of this year the ter measures against Japanese trade Sullivan, puppet Government in Peking intro- in other parts of the world.

Industrial Expansion. Mr. D. Giving on a South Sea island.

lion to realise his lifelong dream of duced a new tariff for Imports into

Minister of Rnilways, North China under which Japanese London is due rather to the fact that of a bureau of industry had been batbuilder's clerk at Roxham, Nor-

The feeling of

Commerce and Industries, stated resentment in recently that the central executive Bishop, 23-year-old daughter

His wife, formerly Mirs Joyce, gends benefited by from 25 to 75 per by policy of granting preferences formed to concentrate on working folk, shares his enthusiasm for island

Any action of this nature would and of puiting obstacles in the

to Japanese and Manchukuoon goods out plans for Industrial expansion life,

way and the establishment of

cont.

new

DAMAGES CLAIM AFTER MURDER

CAPE TOWN,

widow

of a

of a

"We are going to be gloriously happy." she said. "Pat has been sav- ing up for this for years, and he's rot about £000 now.

GARLANDS

DAMAGES of £500 for libel be a serious blow to Japan, for the of British goods, Japan is gaining industries. Reuter.

and slander were awarded in British Empire and the United States economic control of China without the "horoscope" case before Mr. are her principal customers, absorb-obvious breaches of treaty-once Justice Charles in the King's ugly 50 per vent. of her Bench División recently.

the SOUTH AFRICA exports.

fact of the war has been accept- very But retaliation of this sort is cal-

ed and condoned by Great Britain. They were hi favour of Mr. Nar-uinted to lead to counter-reprisals, I understand are met with the bland The British Ambassador's protests, inan Crook and his wife, Hettle Ell-ft in lits for this reason that the assurance that preferences between

"We are sailing in a French trad- zabeth Crook, trading as the Globe most palus-taking study of the ques- the Far Eastern Powers are to the

ing boat from Marseilles

on Sun- Syndicate,

day week, and will buy a small and Mr. Jolin

Prior tien is being made before any deci- benefit of China. These assurances Exall, whom they

yacht when we reach Tahiti. sued. A cross-ston is reached, action by Mr. Mitenell against Mr.)

A lawsuit thought to be without

"Then we shall go cruising around arry less and less weight with the precedent in the Empire opened in until we find our ideal island." Crook and Mr. Exull for damages

British 11. M. for alleged conspiracy and slander publishes the appended statement came acute early in the New Year" murdered man sued a man acquitted Meantime the "Daily Telegraph Bob Government, and it would the Supreme Court at Cape Town

surprising if difficulties be- recently when the from Its own Correspondent:-

Shanghai, Monday.

The "Manchester Guardian" British shipping circles at a repart siderable progress in Manchester and Murch.

Mr. and Mrs. Forbes will be joined "Great concern

off the murder for £3,000 damages. In the South Tuesday pointed out that the "Boy- is felt here in catt Japan" movement hus made con-

Seas by Mr. that a Japanese concern, the Yangtse district in the past few days. Man- the present damages action

Gerald The widow's husband, a pawn-

Gordon, a young planter. broker, was shot in his shop in Shipping Company, has been formed chester's part in the "Boycott Japan

In July the defendant in

Mr. Gordon, who has spent many years on the l'olynesian islands and with the object of controlling trafic day on Saturday will be in the form charge. The judge who presided at

has written several books, draped tie ystem, introduced by the Japa-and evening. Show-cards are being two justices hearing the claim for

ucquitted on the Yangtse under the monopolis of poster pardes in the afternoon the murder trial is now one of the

by a jury of a murder the bridal couple with "Iefs"-gal nese into many branches of trade in prepared for use in shops conveying damages.

lands of Hawaiian flowers at the China..

wedding reception.

was floated on Saturday at a meet-by the new group to let the public It is reported that the company nese goods" and steps will be taken

the

nssurance "We don't sell Japa- ing at which 50 Japanese directors know which

AUSTRALIA were eleted and a Chinese compra-undertaking

shows give

Mr. Justice Charles had, ruled there was no evidence to go to the Jury against Mrs. Alice Emily Bay ley, who was joined as defenilnat in the libel proceedings and dismissed her from the suit with costs.

The plaintiffs complained that, the Globe Syndicate having prepared a series of horoscopes, Mr. Mitchell wrate to customers with whom they had left horoscopes suggesting they were a colourable imitution of his copyright horoscopes."

ANCHOR

Butter

NOW

$1.15 per pound

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"THE WORLD'S BEST"

ANCHO

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was

Mr. Forbes played an Hawallan guitar,

"I was taught to play the guitar by

Jan Hawaiian years ago," he said, "and

FUTURE OF DAMAGED formed my own band.

R.A.F. BOMBER

SYDNEY.

The decision of the British Air Ministry is awaited as to whether the record-breaking R.A.F. Vickers Wellesley bomber, which made a forced uding recently, shall be i taken over by the Force.

Australion

Alr

"We shall be away for about two years."

£3,122,000 For a London Tunnel

London. London's, new tunnel under the The machine was badly damaged Tunnel is to cost £3,122,000. The Thames near the present Blackwall when it erme down in a ploughed LC.C. Is to be asked on Tuesday to feld near Richmond aerodrome, New psu capital estimate of £2,824,000 South Wales, but it could be repaired to that work on the tunnel may start from spare parts already here,

at once. The new tunnel, which will

The two other Vickers Wellesley run parallel to and about 800 feet bombers which made the record flight on the down stream side of the exist from Egypt to Australia began ang Blackwall Tunnel, will be used programme of visits to Canberra. by south bound traffle, while north Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart and bound trafle will use the old tunnel. Perth before returning to England The work will involve the demolition from Darwin,

of a large number of old houses, and new пccommodation will have to be found for 1,924 people, at an esti- mated capital cost of £298,220,

South Africa

Uie

RAILWAY INQUIRY

DEMANDED

Cape Town. A demand for a public inquiry to Investigate alleged shortcomings in Administration of the South African rallways was made at the congress of the Association of Chan- bera of Commerce of South Africa.

Among these ahortcomings was

{after nearly 50 years in the com-

pany's service.

CANADA

SEVEN SENATE

VACANCIES

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Ex-Mayor Sentenced, Thomas Looney, an ex-Mayor of Kimberley, and past president of the Chamber, of Commerce, has been sentenced to ber of the legal profession 1 Quebec. two monit imprisonment, suspi He was appointed Queen's Counsel in ended for two years, for falling to 1880, and entered the Senate in 1932. keep proper business records up to Two Killed in Air Crash-Capt. time when his business was Dave Imrie and First Officer Jack sequestrated.

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