THE HONG KONG
DIRECTORY
1928 Issue
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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1928.
THE HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY
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POST OFFICE NOTICE.
A direct service to Yunnan Province has been opened 20th April, The inclusive charge will be 60 cents per word, no charge will be collected from the addressee in Yunnan. The service is however llable to interruption owing to atmospheric disturbances and mess- ages are accepted at senders' risk.
The Postal Service to Swabue & neighbouring places has now been resumed,
INWARD MAILS.
From
SATURDAY, Straits Shanghai and Swałow
MAY
Per
12.
Novara
Soochow
Straits
Manila
SUNDAY, MAY
MONDAY, MAY
MAY TUESDAY, Canada, U.S.A., Japan and Shanghai
WEDNESDAY, MAY
13.
14.
Haruna Maru,
15.
..President Jefferson
.Empress of Asia,
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Kutsang
THURSDAY, MAY
17.
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Australia and Manlia
FRIDAY, Japan and Shanghai
TUESDAY,
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Returns Owing to Thick Fog.
A "RECONNAISSANCE."
Nanning or Wuchow in A "Call" From London
Kwangsi?
ANTI-JAPANESE TALK.
Useless To Continue Polar Flight Students And Labourers Attend
At Present.
Oslo, Yesterday.
Later,
to
to Java.
WONDERFULLY CLEAR.
Minister Speaks To Under-Secretary Thousands Of Miles Away.
- Mass Meetings.
Wuchow, May 9.
London, Yesterday. The "Italia" has returned to General Wong Shiu-hung has One of the longest calls in the King's Bay from Spitzbergen, left for Nanning. It is reported history of telephony was made merely having made a reconnais-that he intends to make that city yesterday at noon when Mr. L. sance flight:
his headquarters and that he will Amery, (Dominions' Secretary) remove his family there in the spoke from his room in the House near future.
of Commons with Mr. Ormsby- Anti-Japanese demonstrations (Gore (Dominions' Under-Secre- and parades are being held here tary) in Java. to-day. Mass meetings are tak- The call was wirelessed to ing place on the recreation Holland where it was picked up ground, attended by students and and carried by ordinary line to labour unions. There is no dis- London. order or anti-foreign feeling.
The "Italia" returned King's Bay owing to thick fog over the icefield making it useless to continue the flight.
Off to the Pole. Another Oslo wire to hand says that the "Italia" has now depart- ed for the Pole.-Reuter.
A
A DOUBLE BITE.
MERCHANT'S DOG MOVES QUICKLY.
A SAILOR'S PET.
Chinese woman, Tang Shi (40), widow, residing at No. 51 Lung Fal Terrace, was yesterday, afternoon removed to the Govern- ment Civil Hospital, suffering from a severe dog bite on the left thigh. The animal in question is owned by
a well known Chinese merchant,
[
1,
Lady Ormsby-Gore, who with
The s.8. "Hoi Cheong," a Chin- Mr. Amery also spoke to her hus-) ese owned ocean-going merchant- band, said her husband's voice as man, is still held in custody, pend- clear as a local call in London.- ing settlement with the local Gov. Reuter. ernment of a seizure of arms. aboard the vessel several weeks ago.--An occasional correspon- dent.
A
STILL MORE!
RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO ARREST WHOLESALE.
UKRAINIA'S TURN..
Berlin, Yesterday, telegram from Moscow states 28 person have been including the entire
Mr. Fung Tung-wah, residing at No. 6 Lung Fai Terrace. This in-that cident occurred at 4 p.m. Later in arrested the afternoon,
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WHEN IN DEBT.
DISTRESS FOR RENT AMENDMENTS.
NEW BILL.
A bu to amend the Distress' of Rent Ordinance of 1888 will be Introduced at the next meeting of the Legislative Council.
Distress for Rent Ordinance, 1893,
· The power of seizure given by the
is a power to seize movable property found in the apparent position of
the same dog bitstaff of the Kokвo Benzol Trust the "person" from whom the renti another Chinese woman, residing who are accuse of conspiring with
at the latter named address and following the second affair, the dog was removed to Kennedy Town for observation.
Another "dog biting" affair has come to the notice of the Police, in that a dog from the H.M.S. "Wivern" was yesterday moved to Kennedy Town, as the result of
biting a Chinese on the right thigh, while he was walking along Queen's
road. East.
APPOINTMENTS.
ITEMS IN TO-DAY'S "GAZETTE.”
The following appointments are announced in to-day's "Gazetto":- The Hon. Mr. John Owen Hughes
FINE WEEK END.
is claimed. The term "person" does not include a firm,' and it is therefore not possible to issue distress warrant against a firm in the firm name. This is incon-i veulent because premises are often Light, westerly, variable
let to firms and the landlords winds; fine, is the official fore-frequently, do not know the names cast until hoon to-morrow...
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of the partners. Section 2 of this Ordinance therefore amends section 15 of the principal Ordinance so as
counter-revolutionary Ukrainians to to enable a distress warrant to be destroy the chemical enterprises of issued to seize the goods of a 'firm. the. Ukraine.—Reuter,
LOCUST CLOUDS.
AEROPLANE ATTACKS FAIL TO DISPERSE THEM,
MACHINES FORCED DOWN.
Basra, Yesterday.
Section 3 of this Ordinance makes 1.a consequential amendment in section 16 of the principal Ordi-
nance.
Section 24 of the New Territories Régulation Ordinance, 1910, pro- vides that except by way of appeal no proceeding relating to land In the New Territories shall be com- menced in the Supreme Court unless the Crown is a party, or unless
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THE ROLLICKING farce of an innocent abroad in the wilds
of Gay Paree I-
to be an Unofficial Member of the The Airforce base at Koweit the Land Officer shall certify that THREE WEEKS
Executive Council for such period (Irak) originally established to de- the capital value of the land affected
It
as the Honourable Sir Henry Ed-fend the city against the Wahabi exceeds $5,000 or that the annual There ward Pollock, K.C., is acting as raiders has just been engaging value thereof exceeds $500. Attorney General of the Colony, with a new enemy in the shape is one exception to this provision, with effect from May 4, 1928. {of clouda of locusts.
Le, when the land in question has Mr. Charles Gordon Stewart Aeroplanes went up to try to been exempted from the Ordinance It would Mackie to be an Unofficial Member scatter them but some of the under section 13 (2). of the Legislative Council for such machines were forced down owing appear that the issue of a distress period as the Honourable Sir Henry to the locusts blocking the radia- warrant is a proceeding relating to Edward Pollock, K.C., is acting asters, etc. The locusta also invad- land, within the meaning of the Attorney General of the Colony, ed South Iraq but the damage to above Ordinance, and that the issue with effect from May 4, 1928. the young date crop does not ex-of a distress warrant is a pro-|
ceeding in the Supreme Court. The Hon. Mr. Arthur Cecil Hynes ceed six per cent.-Reuter. to be an Unofficial Member of the] Executive Council, vice the Hon. Mr. William Edward Leonard Shop- ton, with effcot from May 8, 1928. Mr. Benjamin David Fleming Beith to be an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, vice the
London, Yesterday. Hon. Mr. William Edward Leonard British Importe for April Shenton, with effect from May 9, amounted £98,797,000 and exports to £55,268,000, reductions of Rev. Frank Short to be a Member £18,714,000 and $9,690,000 respec-
1928.
MONDAY,
FRIDAY,
MAY 28.
JUNE 1,
Japan and Shanghai
OUTWARD MAILS.
Per
For
SATURDAY, MAY, 12. Straits
Svala Shanghai, Japan and Europe via
Siberia
April 9, 1928.
1.30 p.m.
Mr. Hugh Blackwell Layard
Novara
8.80 p.m.
San Ning...
Pres. Grant
Sam Shul and Wuchow
Manila
Saigon
Amoy
Saigon
Fort Bayard
SUNDAY,
MONDAY,
Swatow, Amoy and Formosa .....
Bangkok
Samshui and Wuchow
Hollo Shanghal, Japan and Europe via
Siberia
Straits and Caleutta. Parcels noon.
Letters 1 pm.
Swntow 'Amoy
Tai Fook Sing
Anhui
4 p.m.
4.30 p.m.
4.80 p.m.
5.00 p.m.
6 p.m
Tai Lee No. 1 Sungaikai
5 p.m.
MAY 13.
Kishu Maru
9 a.m.
-Kwelyang
Tai Ming
9 a.m. 11.00 a.m.
MAY 14.
Bolton Castle
Haruna Maru
Yuen Sang ********** HE DES Hydrangea
Shantung TUESDAY,
MAY 15, Formosa, "Shanghai, *Japan, Hono- Inlu and *San Francisco-due Sen Francisco, 8th June. 'N ONE P
8.30 a.m.
10.80 a.m.
2,80 p.m. 4.80 p.m.
Siberia Maru
8.80 p.m.
*Correspondence bearing vessel's "name only.
BRITISH TRADE.
would therefore appear, to be Impos- sible to issue a distress warrant for any part of New Territories except IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR under the exceptions in section 24 In cases falling under 13 (2), or
LAST MONTH.
of the Board of Educatiòn, vics the tively as compared with March- Reverend Thomas William Pearce, Reuter. 0.3.E, LL.D., with effect from
OBITUARY,
of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, This is inconvenient in the case of New Kowloon, where in many cases the conditions are those of the old more similar to
to those of the New Colony than Territories. Accordingly, section
4 of this Ordinance, 1883; shall extend to New Kowloon.
Dowbiggin to be a Member of the ARGENTINE MINISTER AT THE D'OISY'S PROGRESS:
Board of Education for a further
period of two years, with effect
from April 15, 1928.
HAGUE.
The Hague, Yesterday, The death is announced of Senor
Rev. Arthur Dudley Stewart and Mr. Tso Seen-wan, LL.D., as Mem- Guesalaga, Argentine Minister at bers of the Board of Education The Hague. since 1910. He was the for a further period of two years, doyen of the Diplomatic Corps. with effect from April 9, 1928.
An employed Chinese, stated as residing at 88 Canton-road, was
Reuter.
A GERMAN DENIAL
Berlin, Yesterday.
HOPS FROM: BUKHAREST TO ALEPPO.
Aleppo, Testerday. Pelletier D'Oisy was arrived hers from Bukharest Havas.
At the expiration of three months
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| yesterday afternoon arrested with The Siemenswerke and other the Cafe Regent Company, Limited THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION.
a travelling clock in his possession firms have issued a statement deny-will, unless cause is shown to the The clock was later proved to be ing that they or any of their affiliat contrary, be struck off the register the property of Mr. P. W. Parker, ed concerns have bribed Russian and the company will be dissolved. realding at 459 The Peak. The officials or employear or plotted to article was missed carly yesterday put out of action plans and morning, and a report of the machinery, Reuter. larcany was at once made to the Police,
At the Central Magistracy, Mr.
R. E. Lindsell was asked to remand
the case for 8 days, to enable
further evidence to be obtained.
·TO-DAY'S DOLLAR.
The Chief Justice has ordered that the next Criminal Sessions for the despatch of the business of the Court ehsil be held on Monday, May, 21 at 10 a.m.
The name of the Prosperity
The clearing rate of the dollar Trading Company, Limited, has
The case was socordingly remanded, on demand, to-day was 2/0 9/16. been struck of the Register.
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