Canton Says Move Would Be Suicidal Canton, Sept. 20.
Vigorous opposition to the proposal to establish a Chinese Customs station at Hongkong is voiced in a circular telegram issued to-day by the Canton Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber declares that the move would be "suicidal," contending that it will have an adverse effect on China's home industries. The message appeals to Nanking to cancel the proposal.
The suggestion for she establishment of a Chinese Customs station in the Colony is reported to have been made with the object of checking the extensive smuggling between Hongkong and Canton, to which the continued sharp decline of Customs revenues in the latter city is attributed.
An official of the Ministry of Finance has been in South China for some time investigating the extent of smuggling in this part of the country. Reuter.
Clyde De Vina, who shot some of: the scones in "Treasure Island" as well as in "Viva Villa", got to Hong Kong before those two pictures, reached the Colony. Cinema fans here, however, have already seen his work in "Eskimo", "Trader Horn' and "White Shadows in the South Seas."
With a party of three, the famous cameraman has been lurking about in China waters ever since June. The weather was unfavourable that, time, and it was not until last week that the group Anally shot the scenes wanted for a new play. Clark Gable and Joan Crawford may play the leading parts in the picture for
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