WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1931.
'Phone 20022
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SPORT NOTICES
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
PROGRAMMES
D
RAFT
and
FORMS for ENTRY
the SEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEET-
COMPANY MEETINGS
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD. (Incorporated in Hong Kong).
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
to be held on SATURDAY. Nth the FIFTY-EIGHTH 6th June, 1931. (weather permit- ting) may be obtained at the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING Race Course, Hong Kong Club, and of the Society will be held at the Causeway Bay Stables,
Hong Kong. 23rd May, 1991.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Subscription Grifins and Australian Ponies.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Seriely will be CLOSED
11th MAY to 29th MAY, Both
Days inclusive,
THE CHINA MAIL.
SHOWER OF WHISKY in the Northwest with two black
FROM THE SKY.
What the Dry Agents Have to Fight.
AERIAL SMUGGLING.
bags full of morphine and heroin. "Mr. Smith sent me the baggage checks, aaking me to get these bags out of the rallroad station at
Spokane, fly them here, and pick him up. thought they held clothing, or that he was a travelling
man."
I
The pilot got away with it, though Mr. Smith never appeared to claim his baggage.
Government Officials Puzzled. Government officials admit that
A shower of whisky from the sky! HEAD OFFICE, Union Building, The little crowd of fishermen whe had cut a hole through the ice on Entries CLOSE at 12 o'clockfong Kong, on FRIDAY. 29th Noen on THURSDAY, 28th May, MAY, 1931, at 11 o'clock a.m., for Lake Oenkis, in Minnesota, looked "they are puzzled as to just what to
the purpose of receiving the Re- startled, almost convinced that do about this illicit traje." per of the Directors and
They have considered various the age of miracles was not past. the Stulements of Account to 31st De-
They saw two 'planes overhead, plans, but none appear practicable. eeruber, 1930, and of declaring the upper machine with a long hose And with improved planes, reduced Dividends, etc.
dangling from it, and the other costs, better surface facilities, ex- swinging about trying 10 restore tension of the airways to include all Evidently towns, and wafer flying conditions from the broken connection.
bootlegging ring had taken a generally, aerial smuggling pro-
from the record-refuelling! mises to grow rapidly, nights.
At the request of the American By Order of the Board,
To fool the police, anys, Mr. Government 2he Canadian Parlia- PAUL LAUDER,
Mingos in World's Work, "the local ment recently passed a law against General Managerplane was never went out at night clearing ships from the Dominion Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1931. nor up for more than an hour or when they carry cargoes of liquor two; but with a 100 gallon tank inconsigned to the United States; and its cabin, it could fly out over that also applies to aeroplanes, t sparsely settled country to meet an-has created new obstacles for the other machine, which transferred mrface craft, and is bringing back the liquor in mid air,"
the rum-rows along the coasts and on the Great Lakes. These liquor An Aerial Smuggler's Luck,
ships ply between ports in the Bri- Bootleggers and smugglers are tish possessions, but they pause off taking to le-air.nore-and-more Four-arid-shores-and-transfer- their Sometimes it works. Sometimes cargoes to small craft as in the their nirmindedness brings only early days of Prohibition, when they grief. One aerial bootlegger as were safe beyond the three-mile of the Company will be held at its lying down from Canada into New limit. BEAD OFFICE. Union Building, Englant with a full load of liquor HE HALF YEARLY GENERAL | Hong Kong, on FRIDAY. 29th
But before he In his cockpit. MEETING of VOTING MEM-MAY, 1931. at 11.15 a.m., for RS will be held at the Club the purpose of receiving the Reached his destination trouble de- A clogged petrol feed veloped. House. Happy Valley, on WED-port of the Directors and the NESDAY, 27th May, 1931, at 5.15 Statements of Account to 31st De Pipe forced him down.
THE LIST of Subscribers to the above will CLOSE at Soon on SATURDAY, 30th May, 1993.
By Order of the Stewards,
C. R. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 14th May, 1931,
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY
T
1.
CLER
NOTICE.
*MER RUTH (PLLEY
All members are cordially in (Cat, Bigher Locais. or, Fevers Diploma,vited to attend and participate in any discussion which may ensue. AND NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Voting Members of the Hong Kong Jockey Club will be held at the Club House on the 27th day of May, 1931, immediate. YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly any after the half-yearly meeting Gromptly printed "China" Mal" of the Voting Members when the Office, No. 3A, Wyndham St.
Tele subjoined resolution will be pro-
posed:-*** phone 20022.
MISCELLANEOUS
ALEXANDER'S INSTITUT DE
BEAUTE
For the best Permanent Finger and Matrol Waves. Hair Cuffing and Manicure for Ladles and Gentlemen.
Pedder Bldg. 1st floor.
Tel. 28169. Opposite entrance .K. Hete.
That Article 6 of the Articles of Association of the Club be altered by deleting therefrom the words "Ordinary Members may be unlimited in number" and substituting therefor the
words "The number of Ordin-
ary Members shall be опо thousand two hundred or such greater number as the Voting Members shall from time to time determine."
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THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LTD. incorporated in Hong Kong).
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
No
that tire SIXTY-SECOND ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING
cember, 1930, and of declaring Dividends, etc. '
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the
Company will be CLOSED from 11th MAY to 29th MAY, Both Days inclusive,
By Order of the Board.
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1931.
BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE
that
The Price of Friendship. Some kinds of smuggling can be leurbed, possibly. Other Govern- ments may be persuaded that if they must
11 was night. He was ignorant desire our friendship, they of ti terrain, and so "he releasedtop the illegal manufacture and jexportation of narcotics, which they parachute fare which lighted n quare mile of surface and showed permit, or wink at, providing With that supply the tax is paid. | him where to land safely."
eut off there will be But he had not yet shaken off bad
no dope luck. The lare set fire to and facturers and importers are su re- smuggle, because illegitimate manu- "urned the finest haystack stricted by laws
[S]
and aupervision the that dope can not leak out through
those channels.
to
in New England." At least owner said it was the finest.
Out of a Hole, Here was a poser. The fames had attracted the neighbours, who, would back up the farmer in any The rise of the livestock industry direct action. The pilot said he to a parity with that of wheat and was carrying mail and offered a flour in Western Canada is being cheque. It was refused. Finally he commented upon by the Winnipeg Press, It is pointed out that one- took the farmer aside:
COMPANY, LTD. (neorporated in Hong Kong). NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
"I owe you about gix hundred fourth of Canada's population is TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN dollars for that hay; but you haven't supplied by the meat industry in NOTICE
the SIXTY-FIFTH Chinaman's chance to collect un-Winnipeg which ships beef, pork, mutton to every ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING you accept my proposition. I'm veal, lambs and of the Company will be held at its the crowd leaves Fll unload enough compiled recently
When corner of the Dominion. Figures not Hying mail but liquor. HEAD OFFICE. Union Building.
reveal that one Hung Kong
to cover your loss. Squeal, and the billion and a half pounds of ment FRIDAY, 29th on MAY, 1931, at 11.20 a.m.. for Government will get the booze and were consumed in Canada in 1930, the purpose of receiving the Re- the ship. I'll go to jail, and you-Of this total approximately half a port of the Directors and the well, you can
more hay. billion pounds
and was received shipped from the stockyards of Next Winnipeg. A total of 185,692 cal- histle, 42,777 calves, 398,605 hogs and
What say?"
raise
AND NOTICE IS ALSO HERE BY GIVEN that a Further Extra- ordinary General Meeting of the Statements of Account to 31st De. Room 5.
Voting Members of the Club will be held at the same place on WED- NESDAY, the Seventeenth Day of June, 1931, at a quarter past five o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of receiving a Report of the proceedings at the above men- tioned meeting and of confirming if thought it as a Special Resolu- tion the above mentioned Resolu- tion.
cember, 1930, and of declaring The farmer saw the point. Dividends, etc.
morning the bootlegger repaired machine and flew away.
PHOTO-SUPPLIES
Kodaks and Cameras.
Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging. ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES
Price Moderate.
A Trial Order is Solicited.
A. SEK & CO.
Tel. No. 23459.
28A, Des Voeux Road, C. Hong Kong.
YOU
ARE INVITED TO INSPECT OUR STOCK OF
ASIATIC FOREIGN AND COLONIAL
POSTAGE STAMPS
IN SETS, SINGLE PACKETS, BAGS AND IN APPROVAL SHEETS.
GRAČA & CO.,
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10, WYNDHAM STREET, P.0, Box No. 620. HONG KONG,
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By Order of the Stewards,
C. B. BROWN,
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Hong Kong. 14th May, 1931,
CLAREMONT
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Austin Road. Kowloon. (Facing the Kowloon Cricket Club. Four minutes from ferry by bus.)
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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 11th MAY. to 29th MAY, Both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1931.
LAMMERT BROS.
Men for the Job.
This aerial boollegger was lucky, after all. Sometimes the buc-1
are not,
as Mr.
of
cancers of the air are that way Sometimes they Mingos reveals in his account the use of planes for smuggling liquor, doje, and alleas into the United States from Canada, Mexico, and points in the West Indies. The importer of aliens pareoties may have to scout around longer to find a pilot for his work, but he can get him if he will pay enough; and such pilote find plenty of jiba flying between Cali- fornia and Mexico. In the Los Angeles district alone the agents have seized ircive planes in as many; months. all favolved in smuggling.{
Where Supplies Come From. Canada supplies the larger quantities of Scotch whisky flown ON
Into the U.S.A. During thirty FRIDAY, the 29th May, 1931.
Įdays of feverish activity along the commencing at 10.30 am.
Detroit River, when extra Govern- At the premises of "Pamela"iment forces were trying to atem (Dressmakers & Milliners) Queen's the tide of contraband, the Walker-
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.
--Public Auctions -
THE
THE Undersigned have received Instructions to sell hy Public
Auction
Road Central (St. Francis Hotel)
The Stock in Trude,
Shop Furniture & Fittings.
Comprising:
ville airport near Windsor, Ontario, cleared sixty-two American planes,, their cargos aggregating 983 enses
of whisky. The pilots, who think
Ready made dresses, coats, rain it is a great game, refer to it as coats, felt and straw hats, silk "Hop-Seotch"
stockings, underwear, dress On another occasion enforce. materials, slippers, powder boxes, ment agents in a border city re- fancy articles, etc., etc.
ceived a tip that a fleet of trucks Glasa show cases, teak ward-would meet a number
of planes robes with bevelled glass doora, coming into a small field at mid- teak cheat of drawers, night. cheval and large mirrors, carpet, The whole force curtains, shop fittings, ceiling and went
87,450 sheep and lambs entered Winnipeg stockyards in 1930 from the grazing lands of the prairie. A turnover in excess of $20,000,000
the city's largest packing plants. represented the business of two of
Ask me! I'll tell you!
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UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
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Abily, Hong Kong Hotel, from Shanghai,
Bowden, from Sydney.
Tassell, care of Cecil, from Mel- bouine,
S. LACK,
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Houg Bong, May 21, 1931.
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28th May, 1931.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
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Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 26th May, 1981.
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secret doing. They waited.
A Pretty Tale.
Shortly after twelve they heard a propeller, and soon a plane circled the field. its landing-lights blinking on and off, apparently as a signal.
The agents repiled with their headlights. The machine landed.. It held nothing except the pilot. He said that his best girl had pro-} mised to met him there for a flying| olopement. It was a pretty story, and he wen: free.
Next day the agents learned that three big planes had landed at au- other airport that night and trans- ferred their cargoes to "waiting trucks. The officers had been sido- tracked to give the bootleggers clear field.
I was hired to fly, for a mon named Smith. He promised to meet me here," said
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