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AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS,
-Public Auctions
THE Undersigned have received
Tinstructions from the Liquida tors of The Industrial Commercial Bank to sell by Public Auction,
ON
WEDNESDAY, January 28, 1931, commencing at 10.30 a.M.,
at the premises of The Industrial Commercial Bank, Queen's Road Central.
A Large Quantity ‘of Valuable OFFICE FURNITURE and FITTINGS.
Comprising:-
EUROPE - AFRICA TUNNEL.
Straits of Gibraltar Scheme.
SUPPORT FROM BRITAIN.
Paris, Dec. 16.
ed that ground
Spanish engineers having report. |
strata under the Straits of Gibraltar will permit the construction of a tunnel linking Europe with Africa, France is now considering a working agreement with
the Spanish whereby idle French gold will help in the under taking in return for which France would, receive the right to ship trainioads of native conscripts for
army service in time of war.
to the scheme of straits
U.S. GIRLS MAKE A NEW RECORD,
42 Hours in the Air and Still Flying.
Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 6.
MARRIED TO ALIENS.
Women and British Nationality.
The minority sox in the House of Miss Bobby Trout and Miss Edna ly in the Nationality of Women Bil Commons took deep Interest recent-
At 8.45 o'clock this morning Miss Trout and Miss Cooper had been aloft continuously for 42 hours and 16 minutes. Then it was decided that they equalled the women's record for endurance flying. Continuing their fight they proceeded to break the old mark and establish one of their own-United Press.
3
ADDING, FLAVOUR TO LIFE.
How a Chinese Industry
Was Established.
GOURMET POWDER.
Cooper, tivo of America's best
- measure several times introduc- Of the many brands of gourmet known aviatrixes, to-day had shat- tered the World's endurance fighted, but always "crowded out-powder produced in China, four
which restores record for women. With their new
a British woman's seem to have acquired a recognised record established the girl pilots right to keep her nationality on standing, and those have been this morning were stili droning marriage to an allen.
thrown on the market in competi- Dr. Ethel Bentham moved the tion with the Japanese product monotonously over Los Angeles on
The chief the way to a still batter record.
second reading, Misa Wilkinson in-known as Ajinomoto. dignantly pointed out that had she ingredient in the gourmet powder is alone chanced to espouse a German, Mid-sodium glutamate, which dlesbrough would have been totally gives rellah to food.. Its quantity deprived of her unique services; varles from 20 per cent to 90 per and Lady Astor (who montioned cent in the make-up of the different that she is "a passionate Virgi-brands of the powder.
Sodium glutamate owes its dis- lan") and other women members
Icovery to a German scientist but it spoke warmly for the Bill.
The Home Secretary wholly ap-was not applied to commercial and proved of its principles, but declar-industrial use until a decade or so. ed himself hampered by a law of ago when Dr. Ikeda of Japan 1014 providing that questions of utilized it as an appetising agent in British nationality cannot be alter- making his well-known Ajinomoto. ed except with unanimous Dominion the introduction of which into the consent.
At the recent Imperial Chinese kitchen has revolutionised Conference unanimity was not obthe art of cooking. The Japanese tained, and for the British Parlla-invention slowly but steadily be
independent action elsewhere. ment to legislate would be to invite came a good seller in the Chinese įmarket by reason of the fact that na Limit of Concessions.
In food-seasoning agent it was then Agreement, however, had been unrivalled and its use requires experience. reached on several points, and the geither
statutory effect. Government meant to give them Soveral hundred thousand tacls The points Mr.worth of this was annually consum-
jed in China. Clynes enumerated were:
A British woman married to an
At first much secrecy was attach- alien, but living apart from him, jed to use of this food seasoning shall be enabled to recover her na stuff, the cooks labouring under the tionality by naturalisation;
impression that the use of this A British woman married to an novelty would bring prosperity to alien shall have the right to vote. tion that such revolting ingredient them. Rumours were in circule-
FIVE DAY WEEK.
EXTENSION OF SOVIET EXPERIMENT.
The narrow bottle-neck, cut by 'n strip of water only 12 miles wide, Teak Desk, Ofice Chairs, Type- would become of major military writing Tables, Tenk Filing importance Бесливе through it Cabinet, Large Carved Teak Table France and Spain could draw upon and Chairs, Teak Benches, Book-a combined native population of cases, Tenk Telephone Booth. 20,000,000 Africans of military age. | Large and Small Steel Filing So far, England has lent her Cabinets, Copying Press, Reming-moral support ton Typewriter, Wall Clock, Table piercing the Gibraltar Fans, Electric Wall Fans, Electric with a railway tunnel. Her splendid Lights and Fittings, Large Mir-position at Gibraltar would be but rora, Burroughs Adding Machine. little changed, in spite of the move Sandstrand Adding Machine, Mon- ment of troops and war materials |roe Calculating Machine, Automa- underground, for
the guns of tle Time Stamp Machine, etc. Gibraltar could sweep the railway at the point where it comes to the surface on both sides of the Straits. Spain has taken serious stops towards the building of the railway,dustries where it has hitherto been
applied. realising the vast commercial as Or View from Tucaday, Jany- well as military importance of the ary 27, 1931.
Also
Large Combination Steel Cabinet Herring Hall Marvin Safe. York Safe.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, January 22, 1931.
THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
Auction,
ON FRIDAY, January 30, 1931, commencing at 10.30 mm, at No. G. Minden Avenue (Kowloon).
A Quantity of VALUABLE. HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
(Full particulars from catalogue.) On View from Thursday, Janu- ary 29, 1931,
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, January 26, 1981.
scheme, but Spain has not the money to spare to build the tunnel. France or England, or both, would have to furnish the capital.
Moscow, Der, 18. elded as from January 1 to intro-
The Soviet Authorities have de
duce the five days' week into the whole of industry, គង
it រង
considered that the Innovation has worked remarkably well in the State administration and those in
AGEN TO OPERATE AGAIN,
During the floods which devastat-
ed the South of France some time The project most favoured by the ago, the Radio Station of Agen was Spanish Government is that pre-almost completely destroyed. Now pared by Lieut. Colonel Pedro this transmitter is being re-erected. The Municipality has granted a Jevenols, aide-de-camp to King Alfonso, and the naval engineer P subsidy of nearly £2,500. Bourgoin. They have just ended their soundings and have decided that the soil is such the tunnel will not have to go very deep ander
the water.
Total Length 24 Miles, The railway to go under the Straits would join up with the line to Madrid at Algeciras and go under the coast of Spain at the Point of Marroqull near Tarifs to come out on the Maroccan side be- tween Tanglera and Ksar-Seghir. This would make a total length of 24 miles, half of it under water.
From the Moroccan terminus of
the tunnel, railways would branch out towards Tetouan and Melilla, in the Spanish Zone, and south towards Rabat, Casablanca, Marra kech, and Fez in the French zone. This line would put Paris within 40 hours of the Atlas foothills, the
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REDUCTION: For 30 Days. Commencing from 19th January to
WATER RETURN. 18th February, 1931. [Come now, don't lose your chancel The level and storage of water in
The big collection of our CURIOS, our reservoirs on January 1, 1931, is of the western Sahara.
a2 under:-
City and Hill District,
PICTURES, JADES, SNUFF BOXES, BLACKWOOD FRAMES, EMBROIDERIES and other PRE- CIOUS ARTICLES are now ready Tytam for cheap sale in our show-rooms. Tytam Byewash
Tytom Intermediate 0′ 7′′B For any purchase amounting to Tytam Tek $50.00 or $100.00, an extra valu- Wong Nei Chung 19' 1" 17" 8" able article is specially prepared to present to the purchaser.
Your inspection is cordially invited.
THE YUET KOO CHAI CURIO STORE, Show-room,
1930 1931 13′ 3′′B 23' 8'R 19′ 5′′B 21′ 4′′B
0' 2" 13'11" 17 1B 10'11" 17 18 [Notes B. denotes "Below Over- flow": A. denotes "Above Overflow": L. denotes "Level with Overflow."]
Storage in millions and 'decimals of gallons.
Pokfulum
No. 16, Upper Lascar Row, Tytam
Hong Kong.
Branch Show-room:
HON KOO CHAI, New Street, Sup-pat-po,
Canton.
Tytam Byewash
1931 212.98 2.18 Tytam Intermediate 192.00 194.90 Tytam Tuk
757:42 1,035.23 Wong Nel Chung Poktulum
1930 205.00 3.03
10,85
11.65
42.88
29.94
Total
1,801.83 1,487.04
Consumption of water in the City and Hill District in millions and de-
LOVELY SILK STORE cimals of gallons during the month
THE PALACE OF SILKS
LADIES'
KIMONOS
HOURI COATS SHAWLS
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SOCKS SHIRTS
PYJAMAS
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Because it enables you to identify¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶ your stamps, to recognize scarce varieties, to gain a knowledge of stamp values, and to have a basis on which to buy, sell or exchange.
GRACA & CO.,
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*C
No. 10, Wyndham Street,
- Bring Your PRINTING Problems to Us
·THK "NEWSPAPER
LTD.,
COASTWISE
by
"ALGIE" BENNETT.
An interesting book of Cartoons depicting "Happenings on the China Coast
PRICE $1.00.
Now on sale at BREWERS WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW EXCELSION BOOK STORE. and at the Publishers.
The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd,
China Mail Building,
of December.
1029
1030
Consumption ...... 210.64 276.89 Estimated population 438,580
Consumption por
head per day... 15.5
448,900
19.3
December, 1929-During the whole month a 12 hours supply (G
0 p.m.) was given to all Rider Main Distelets. Principal Mains closed (a p.m. a.m.).
December, 1930.-Constant- supply throughout the City, Hil and High Level districts during the whole month with the exception of the dis- tricts West of Eastern Street where a constant street fountain supply was operated from December: 1 to 31, | 1980.-
Kowloon.
Kowloon Reservoir
1930 1981 0' 2"A 2'10"B Shek Lai. Pain?
Reservoir ....... `9′11′′B 1' 1"B Reception Reservoir. 1' 8"B 1' B"B Storage in millona end decimals of gallons.
* 1830
1031 Kowloon Resorvolr 854.24
823.68 Shek Lai Pui
Reservoir
70.28 111.67 Reception Reservoir 28.75 28.75
Total
402.27 / 403.08
Consumption of water in Kowloon millions and decimals of gulloni during the emonth of December.
1929 1930 Consumption : 11038
183.88 Estimated population 173,200 178,800 Consumption “hend per day! 21.7. 25,0
Codistant supply in all districts dur- ing December, 1920 and 1930.
The Government Analyst's reportá show that the quality of the water Is satisfactory.
Total rainfall: December 11, 1920, 83.88 December 31, 1830, 00.00
richest vegetable and fruit gurdens
It is also in the plans of the engineers to
use the tunnel for
trains,
20
transcontinental
that eventually, It might be possible to travel by train from. Vladivostok, across Asia and Europe, to Dakar. in Africa, the stepping off place for the air service and steamers to South America. The Trans-Sahara railway which the French are con-- sidering could easily be linked with the tunnel.
Colonel Jenevole expects England to lend her moral support to the plan. Discussing the use of the tunnel hy France, In time of war; he sald:
"France holds the key to the sup- port or moral opposition of the
building off the tunnel. If France
could count on the use of the tunnel for carrying manpower from her African colonies to the metropolis, ahe could rid herself of the bother some problem of carrying them by transports across the Mediterranean where England and Italy have naval forcos equal to her strength."-- United Press.
Mkill nor
sit in Parliament, and need not re-
as snake-meat had been used in the gister as an alien;
A Britisk
preparation of this mysterious, shall not change her nationality if her hus-desist from using it than incur the stuff. The sceptic would rather band becomes naturalised else-
and
woman
A British woman ahall
not lose
materials are turned into finished product. The backbone of the
was
where, except by her own consent; unpleasantness of scoing food thus contaminated. This was an added reason why the cooks had to re- sort to secrecy. All these militated her nationality by marrying an alien in cases where the marriage against the popularity of the im- does not confer her husband's `na- ported powder. tionality.
The mystery exploded when the Sir Herbert Samuel pressed for manager and chemical expert of the Tien Chu Ve-Tain Manufacturing more particulars of the Imperial Conference proceedings. The Home Company of Shanghai, a pioneering Chinese manufacturer of this pow- Secretary did not see his way to der, invited the public to an inspec- give them, but Mr. Thomas was tion of the raw more generous.
materials from Two matters, he said, had been of the plant where the
which the Ve-Tain in prepared and discussed: British nationality and
TGW'
the nationality of married women. Until 1926 the term "British sub- jeet" had satisfied the whole Em-Japanese monopoly
broken. The Chinese product is pire, but the Dominions now pre- ferred to exclude the word "Bri-sold at a price well within the reach tish" as
of the masses, and there seems to savouring, too much of homo supremacy. On the second be a spontaneous growth of this business. So with the appearance topic there had been divergences of the home produci, the imported and the problems had been com- plicated by the strong views held powder was soon pushed to the j background. It looks as though a overseas on divorce.
The Bill was given a second read-new path has been blazed, for what was one time a high-priced luxury is now reduced to a sort of house- hold necessity. The publicity ac- corded this article of trade has definitely dissipated the doubt that used to hover around the imported gourmet powder. The market has been con- siderably broadened as the article A new begins to come to its own. stage is reached when this powder is definitely recognised as Aome- thing without which, no kitchen is complete.
ing.
Beatty Makes Important Proposals
Aimed to Assist Western Farmers
C.P.R. President Calls on United Canada to Rally to Help of Courageous and Loyal Pioneers -Such Action Just and Wise and In Interest of Entire Country.
Festern conditions and what people of that part of Canada.need Federal assistance in tho mat-
formed tão subject of a notable portance of a knowledge of the con- were to agree to assume a portion speech made by E. W. Beatty, chair-ditions prevating in those sections of the obligatione regarding the bian and pres1- and of the necessity of co-operation 1929 crop, and tho provinces were
deut
to
of the meeting unusual situations in to use this rolenso of their credit Canadian Paci. tho interest of the whole country. to permit them to assume the full fio Railway at The former Government of Canada (burden of rollef to their citizens, th London, Önt, and the prezent Government have,jaid of the Domialon Government last week. la at different times, adopted polletes would be given in a useful direc- direct and sim- designed to strengthen "the econ-tion, and the oparation of relief ple style Mr. omle position of different sections measures by those best equipped Beatty briefly of this Dominion. Through such for the task would be assured. analysed the policies, the position of our Mari-These obligations should be aANUM- western altua- times has been improved, and jod by the Domlaton Government flon and put through more recent changes in only to an amount equivalent to forward a so-fiscal policies the position of the jactual rellet expenditures by the ries of sugges- manufacturers of Canada is intend- Provinces in aid of farmers. Since Bonn for in-ed to be improved and the unom-it is 100vitable that some critics mediato andployment altuation is likowles de-will assert that this is specific aid. effective action designed to carryjalgsed to be, in part, at least, alle-to members of the Wheat Pool, t western farmers over the present viated by direct contribution by the may be well to point out that the period of adverse conditions. He Federal authorities pubile works. reverse is the cars. The guarantee stated that his suggestions were It these policies de planned to no of the Pool loans by the Provincos those of a private citizen made with complish betterment in certain might be so regarded, altimugh out the knowledge of any govern- paris and activities in Canada, thoa |even in that case the Provinces ment authority in this country. He the arme attitude way properly de|were unquestionably moved by a pat them forward as the representa- | adopted in relation to the peculiar desire to save a collapse of the ilve of a corporation which extended problems of our western provincus, wheat market that would hurt Pool throughout all parts of Canada and Nono ́of these suggestions which 1 cid non-Post farmers alike. The was vitally concerned in the econ-propose have any relation to the suggestion that the Dominion, Gov- omic situation in any section there- question of marketing wheat, prics [emment now assume thoso guaran. of. There was in this important fixation or otherwise, since these teos is made solely to enable the utterance no suggestion of anything problems depend so much on world') Provinces direct their best is the nature of intended charity conditions. I am directing my ob-jefforts to the roller of all their towards the West. The whole pro-servations to the problem of meet-farmers, Pool members or not ject, be said, should be directed by tag emergent conditions of great "I would duggert, too, that an a warm sympathy for a community of hardship which may 'arlso during further atd to the restoration of courageous .pfoneers threatened the next four or five months, · confidence and as an evidenco of with distress and by a desire to "Obviously, our Western pro- complete faith by important buil- provide just sasialance when it is ducers should not fear the loss of ness interests in the future of agri- badly needed. There should be full their equity in their homesteade in culture in the West, an agriculture appreciation of the fact that the view of the frank unwillingness of credit corporation should be formed prosperity of East and · Wash of mortgage companies and other tu provide livestock for farmors farmer and clty are nextricably bolders of lens to press for im who wish to diverally their opera- Jipked ingother, Ho believed that mediate quidation of maturing tions. The Company should be n the country as a whole would come jobligations or for arrears of fater-privato corporation, organised in to the assistance of a great section est beyond the ability of the farmor comowant the same form na that suttering tropi a temporary but to meet his payments, far, at organized to the United States, with severe depression from causes be least, as this is dua to the present the support of the banks, Mortzago yond its control, not only because depression in. the wheat market, Trust and Loan Companies, insur it fe just, to do so, but as a wlas Two problems, however, do rennir:ance companios and the rallways, measure of national polloy, Mr. the fear of want during the coming and, if thought advisable, perhaps Esalty said ip, part:
winter-confined Inrgoly to the of the Federal Goreramcut itself. "Weston Canada is suffering smaller and financially weaker Tho moneys should bo "repayable on from the effects of unusual world farmers-and the fear of inability joasy terma, ihn risk would be small, conditions in the marketing of to finance another your's farm op.and the `adaunistration coste would bo' roduced tỷịa mjakaum through grain, and in its low price, and orations," hardahlo is being experienced on “To me, an unprejudiced and un-the voluntary nature of the under- the prairies in consequence, I do official, but not, dialaterested, oblaking. I would suggest that. fire" not need to elaborate on the courservar, it seema indisputable thefilion dollars be raised in thila age and the resourcefulness of, the Dominton, Government should not manner and that the project simuld. people of Western Canada, nor the hesitate to Interyone with an offer al' all times, bo trested be one of- confidence: many of thom idal in of assistance, as a national-pabile und investment. This method of their ability to come through this duty, The governments of the three and would be specially valuable, depression de they have others. I prairie provinces, owing to their juice many Westom farmers would do not require to do more than imate, knowledge of local condi-problems really amplified by the flad their domosdo economite mention what we in the East owe tons, are beat adapted to provide addition of livestock to their farms, to that part of the country, both in relles, but owing to their pledging and since every hood of livestock a material way and in the national of their radit an abotirlly for bank placed pa a western farm aida in atrength contributed by the loyal loans to the Wheat Po2l, they may the marketing of surplus grala.
The principal ingredient in this. powder is the mfén chip prepared from flour which contains seven to sixteen per cent. of the dry mien chín. With increasing demand for the mien chin, the market experi- ences either a shortage of supply of
this ingredient or a surplus of starch. In order to avoid waste, either the now discarded starch should be turned into profitable ac- count or the manufacturers should. look for a substitate for the mien chin. Many chernista bolleve in the possibility of extracting 'aodium glutamate from the molasses of a best sugar factory but no tangible result have so far been obtained.- "Chinese Economic Bulletin."
STANDARD TIMES.
Sunrise and Sunset in Colony.
Sunrise and Sunset in Hong": Kong for January 1931, (Standard time of the 12th Meridian, East of Greenwich) are as follow
Jan.
Sunrise Sunset.
27
7.04 6.08
28
7.04 6.09
29
7.04 6.10
30
7.03 0.10
B1
7.08 6.11
AN INTRODUCTORY -
HISTORY by
A. IL CROOK, ODE, MA, W. KAY, "M.A.
W. L. HANDYSIDE, MA., B.Sc,
PRICE $2,00.
NOW ON SALE AT THE FUBLISHERS,
The Newspaper Enterprise Ltd. China Mad Offices.