WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1932.
Special Dinner Dance
ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT OF THE
16
EMPRESS OF BRITAIN"
FROM WHICH VESSEL OVER 30 TOURISTS WILL BE PRESENT
AT THE
Peninsula Hotel
"ROSE" ROOM & ROOF GARDEN
Fc-Morrow
Night
THURSDAY,
11th
FEBRUARY,
1932,
8.30 P.M. TILL 1 A.M.
$7.00
per person.
To-Morrow Night
UR Musical Arrangements will be
augmented by a Special Band from
the "Empress of Britain."
The Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.
BRITAIN'S FINANCIAL
POSITION.
GOVERNMENT ANXIETY.
Runciman Makes A Statement.
MUNITIONS FOR COUNTRIES AT WAR.
U.S. Defer Prohibition Resolution.
Washington, Yesterday.
London, Yesterday.
At the urgent suggestion of Mr. Government is most anxious Stimson, the House of Represents- over the financial situation, said tives and Foreign Affairs. Commit- Mr. Walter Runciman, in continu- tee have shelved the resolution for ing the tariff debate in the House the prohibition of the shipment of
of Commons to-day. Practically arms and munitions to countries half the world, he said, bad adopt-at war.-Reuter's American Serv ed a sterling basis. If we could vice.
WIS no
balance the budget and reduce the adverse balance, there reason why the sterling circle should not be extended. The ad- verse balance could not be allowed to settle itself, owing to factors, such as the concentration of gold and new customs barriers. A basic ten per cent. duty would
new
raise thirty millions without in-
POLICE RESERVE.
Orders for the Current
Week.
Orders Issued by the Hon. Mr.
creasing the cost of living, and E. D. C. Wolfe, G.M.G. Inspector- give confidence abroad of our de- General of Police, are as under:- terminution to maintain our cur. rency. The strain on the direct taxpayer must be redceed.-Reuter,
"HE DID KICK ME.”
Mrs. M. Farid's Words
in Witness Box.
MAINTENANCE CASE.
The hearing was resumed be. fore Mr. W. Schofield at the Cen- tral Magistracy yesterday after- noon of the summons brought by Mrs. M. Farid against her hus- band, Mohamed Farid, for alleged -treatment and failure to pro- vide her with reasonable mainten-
ance.
Mr. E. S. C. Brooks appeared on behalf of the defendant. Mrs. Farid was represented by Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton.
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Mrs. Farid, cross-examined, re- ferred to the first assault in July, 1929, when she alleged her hus- band kicked, her.
Mr. Brooks: Your husband. Jok- Ingly called you a fool for the way you were dusting with the feethor duster 7-No.
And then you got annoyed and bilt him? No,
In fact you slapped him on the side of the face a good number of times? That's not tracy
And every time he called you a fool you gave him another alap?:
No, that's a lio
I put it to you that the story that he kicked you is entirely untrue,
He did, kick male mastu Continuing witness denied that, the feather duster was broken by the husband and wife in a struggle. for possession of It Witness the snapped by the
Chinese Company. Defendu Class.-There will be no defendu class to-day,
Training Course-Part I.-There will be no Part I. of Training Course to-morrow.
N.C.Os. Class.-There will be no N.C.Oя. Class on Friday.
Flying Squad. Strength. The following mem- bers have been permitted to re- sign as from February 5, 1982:- Crown Sergeant R330 J. Kotewall, Constables R827 Look King, "andj R328 Henry Kew.
on
the
Reserve Emergency Unit. Strength The following mem- bers have been taken strength of the Reserve Emer gency Unit as from February 9:--- Constables R.447 V. E. Koppe and R448 A. H. Stedman.`.
Rifle Practice-A rifle practice for the Sniper Section will take place at the Tai Hang Range on Sunday at 10 am. Members will fall in at Queen's Pier at 9.45 a.m. with rides. Uniform optional.
(Sgd.) D. L. KING DAP: (E). Hong Kong, February 9, 1982.
given any money for renewals of wearing apparel. The clothes she had, witness declared were part of her marriage dowry and the cost of workmanship in making them up came from her contribution to
a money loan association,
a
Other deductions made by the elder Mrs. Farid from this source were $20 for dental treatment, $2 for a thermos flask which witness had broken; and also other sumis for replacements, of стоскету broken, although Inadvertently.
ring these same
THE CHINA MAIL.
AMERICAN JUMPS OVERBOARD.
LEAGUE CRICKET ON RUGBY FOOTBALL
SATURDAY.
Civil Service Elevens Against University.
The following will represent the Civil Service C.C: in their League matches against the University on Saturday: 1st team at Happy Val- ley:
B. D. Evans (Captain), J. E. Richardson, G. R. Sayer, F. J. de Rome. E. B. Reed, F. J. Ling, F. Baker, D. McLellan, R. H. Griffiths, J. Barrow, and R. M. Wood.
2nd team at Pokfulam:-
H. E. Strange (Captain), A. E. Wood, J. F. McGowan, W. H. Edmonds, R. H. Woodman, S. Randle, F. E. Matthews, R. G. Robertson, A. W. Grimmitt, and N. Bebbington.
H.K.C.C. TEAMS FOR
SATURDAY.
League Match Against Royal Artillery.
The following will represent the Hong Kong Cricket Club on Satur- day, in their League match against
TO-DAY.
Strong Club Fifteen Against Medway.
The following will represent the Club against H.M.S. Medway and Submarines to-day at 5.10 p.m. on the Club ground, Happy Valley
W. H. B. Rigg, G. P. Lammert, R. H. Griffiths, A. F. Jenkins, C. J. O. Law, W. M. Turner, J. A. R. Selby, G. C. Moutrie, J. H. McBiney, F. M. Hartley, R. 1. Cherrill, G. C. Humphreys, D. McLellan, L. B. Smith and L. G. Robertson.
FROM STAR FERRY.
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Yesterday morning just before ten o'clock, while the "Northern Star" was making a trip across the harbour, a Mr. Erkard Howell jump- ed overboard. He was resoned and taken to hospital.
Mr. Howell is described as' al broker of Philadelphis, U.S.A., 32 years of age, and is sald to be ill
GIFT FOR WAR HERO.
The First Man Wounded In Action.
Mr. Dale, who was serving as a
the Royal Artillery at King's Park:
The first Briton wounded in the H. Owen Hughes (Captain), H. J. war, Mr. James M. Dale, of Armstrong, A. C. Beck, J. E. Davis,
Harold Avenue, Gillingham, has E. R. Duckitt, R. P. Edwards, W. received a Christmas haniper from Mitchell, A. Reid, and J. M. Sunley. atoker in the destroyer Lark in D. Folley, G. E. Mirehouse, E. J. Kan anonymous ex-officer.
the North Sea, was wounded at 4 am. on August 6, 1914, when the ing a mine, and a shell from her cruiser Amphlon blew up by strik-
The following will represent the H.K.C.C. against the Royal En gineers Second Eleven and Signals in a friendly match on the H.K.C.C.
ground:
R. S. W. Patterson (Captain), F. A. M. Elliott, L. B. Smith, .L. A. Whipps, J. R. Way, W. Stoker, C. E. Gahagan, L. D. Kilbee, R. R. Davies, J. R. Rattan, and P. W. J. Planner.
LAST TWO
the Lark, killing six other men. magazine landed on the deck of
Mr. Dale has been out of work for the past three months.
I am going to see this thing through. Mr. MacDonald.
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Last Week in Kowloon
Now Showing 3rd Complete Change.
MATINEES
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
At 4.15 p.m.
Children half price to Matinees
Sunday, 14th February last night in Kowloon,
Booking at Moutrie's.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
It is notified for the information of holders of Private Boxes at the General Post Office that on and after February 1 no taxed cor respondence will be placed in the Boxes. A notification will be sub- stituted and Box-holders are requested to call or send for the cor respondence at the Box-holders". Lobby, and there pay the amount of the Tax against the delivery of the letters or packets.
Information has been received that the Siberian route in unia- terrupted and the service by this route will accordingly be resum ad forthwith.
The Public are, however, warned that, as this Service is some what precarious and still liable to suspension without notice, let- ters will only be accepted at senders' risk. In the event of the ser vice being again suspended all letters will be forwarded via Suer.
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