SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1934.
· NEW LEGISLATION FOR OPIUM Recent Full Court Decision Re-Called.
REGULATIONS TIGHTENED
to
Legislation prohibiting the use of premises a opium divans and amending the law relating opium is announced in the cur- rent issue of the Gorament Gazette
The Bill, cited as the Opium Amendment Ordinance. 1931, re peals section 15 of the Opium Ordinance, 1932, as amended in 1933, and substitutes the follow- ing section:---
smoke
(1) No person shall opiam in any opium divan; er keep or manage or act or assist in the management of any opium divan: or being the tenant, lessee, occu- pier, or person in charge of any place, knowingly permit such place er any part thereat to be used as an opium divan; or being the les sor or landlord of any place, or the agent of such lessor or land- same or any part lord, let the
thereof with the knowledge
that
such place or some part thereof
Plan New Stratosphere Flight
Major William E. Kenner (left) nrd Captain Albert W. Stevens, United States Army officers, take time out from their planning of a nev stratosphere flight to pose for potographer at Washington. They will invnde the stratosphere
Jane
bulloon with 3.000 000 cubic feet gas capacity, *rgest craft of its kind in the world.
"
'n
21
is to be used as an minum divan K.R.A. FACE DRAINAGE SAD PLIGHT
or consent to the use. at any time,
such place or any part thevent
as an opium divan."
(2) In and for the purposes of this section. "lessee" and "tenant" respectively include any sub-lessee: or sub-tenant.
"Lessor" and "landlord" respec. tively include the holder of any lease or tenancy who has sublet hir holding or any part thereol.
PROBLEM
Absence Of Flush System
BAND CONCERTS LEFT IN
ABEYANCE
The ordinary monthly meeting! of the Kowloon Residents' As-
The lessor or landlord of anssociation was held in St. An- place, or the agent of such les:oldrew's Church Hall last Monday.
Tren
THE CHINA MAIL,
Fu-day's Short Story.
UNDERTOW
By Marjory Stoneman Douglas
THE reason why Hammond dustiness and lack of response to Thever went out on the beach living, which had began on haute in his bathing suit later than him a little. That was why he had seven o'clock in the morning was done violence to his established that then, trom the terrace of bachelor routine, to the orderly so his Miami Beach hotel, he could litude of his work, by thie gesture new golf look up and down the great cury-of comfag south, with ng length of sand and assure sticks and a trunkful of clothes pos- himself that no one was there to sibly too young for him, and four stare. The palms stood at one bright new books on the art and aide, flowing and glittering in the science of swimming.
Now he stood as he usually did,) new light, before houses closed) with the look of sheltering people at seven o'clock in the morning, eye- still heavily asleep from having ing the sea and insisting sternly] danced until dawn. On the scal-there was nothing dangerous about opy sand itself, quite far away, il, In two minutes more, he told a solitary bather might be walk himself deliberately, he would walk ng, like a moving exclamation across that sand and plunge into point. But he rather liked that the clear shallow place before which It emphasised the emptiness and the froth of the waves dies into gave him the feeling of shar-dancing ripples. All he had to do ng an adventure.
was to make himself float upon his Then he could throw out his
face, That was what the books chest in his smart new bathing suit said. Float on your face, with your and enjoy the warmth of the young breath held and your body swinging sun in his thinning hair. He could easily on the surface, then lift up
boldly, even face the sea
every your hend, breathe, and swim, That morning at
seven, ignoring the was all elight chill the first night of it gave to the lining of his middle-aged
Because every morning:
OF BRITISH
SHIPPING stomach.
Slow To Respond
To Recovery
"TRAMP" LINES ON VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY
London.
to
MONDAY'S STORY
Monday's story will be "Date in Full," by Alice Herbert.
nt this time he woke with the re newed determination to make him self walk into that water and swim. It was utterly ridiculous, he told himself every morning, smoking a first cigarette jauntily and eyeing the sea, that a man of his age should allow a childish terror
Yet every morning it had been tha cling to him. like his terror of the same, no matter how sure his de- Every man ought to be able termination. The first touch of Ace-| For water about his ankles squeezed his to swim, as a matter of course.
man cooped up in an office all day heart in that old, unconquerable tice us he was at home. it was the finest of fear. Reason had nothing to do exercise in the world.
with it. Will power could not He had made up his mind sud-alter it. It was as if he had been denly to this winter vacation to drowned once, long ago, and could w Florida. He would take a month to not force that memory from the make himself learn to swim. It had fibre of his muscles. Every morning
The critical position of British or landlord, shall be presumed to The following were present: Mr. shipping is discussed in the annual have consented to the use of such L. D'Almada e Castro (President). report of the Chamber of Shipping place an an opium divan, it it is Mr. H. F. Bunje (Vice President) of the United Kingdom. proved, to the satisfaction of the Mr. R. P. Phillips (Hon.
The past year has been one of magistrate, that he knew of surhsurer). Mr. C. M. Hall (Hon. Sec-increasing gravity," it is stated. ase, and failed forthwith to pro-retary), Messra. F. C. Mow FungThe slight improvement in inter ered to put an end to the same, by. Goldenberg, R. Pestonji H. Fational trade in recent monthis making a report at the nearest po Un. C. E. Terry. 1. Murray, Lam the distinct signs of recovery far grown to seem to him that if he so far he had leaped back from the
A. de domestic industry.
Mat- barely
lier station, or by terminating thing Fan, E. Kern, Dr., R. lease or tenancy, or by such mucus Castro Basto, Lt. Col. E. 1. as are reasonably sufficient in allthews. Capt. R. Henderson the circumstances of the ease.
he Rev. E, L. Allen.
OBJECTS AND REASONS
The object and reasons for Bil are as follows:-
the
and
in
have so touched shipping. As a
sand cursing himself while he acquired that smooth mahogany brown about the face and legs and
could once conquer that fear he had, sting of that water in horror and in he would have conquered, for a little bitter shame. The rest of the half- and trade barometer shipping is sen- time at least, that fear of growing hour he would spend sitting in the
sitive to downward movements but old, of sinking into tastelessness and A communication addressed to responds slowly to recovery."
further The Colonial Secretary calling at-
Tramp freights fell a
the eption to the slow rate of pro three per cent. and were on gress in the preparation of the average 22% per cent. below pre- British war, which meant a loss on prac- new site for the Central Section 3 of the oplum Amend-School, was read and approved as tically every voyage with ment Ordinance, 1983, amended sec-was also a letter addressed to the but scarcity of cargo increased tion 15 of the principal Ordinance Postmaster General in connection the number of ballast trump vos by "bringing within the scope of the with the granting of Licences for ages. section owners, occupiers and mana-the sale of Postage Stamps
gers of premises who knowingly suf-Kowloon and its Divisions. fer them to be used as divana.“
eargu
in
The loss of coal exports meant,
compared with ax
pre-war,
700
SIX CASES FOR THE SESSIONS.
Wednesday's Hearings At Supreme Court.
shoulders, the complexion of hardi-
ness, he told himself grimly in his. shaving mirror, which masked heart the colour of cheese and the Dis- stoutness of cream custard,
Rusion was on his overrun tongue.
But this morning, throwing away
at that was not familiar.
on
Six enses will come up for bear- his cigarette butt and striding to- The subject of lack of drainage fewer tramp ships with outwarding before the Chief Justice, the ward the water, he stopped sudden- In a recent case the Full Court de in the Homuntin area was discuss- cargo cach month, while the fur Hon. Mr. A. D. A. McGregor at the ly. There was a look about the sea vided that the tenant of a floor ofed and it was decided that a com- ther increase of world motor and Criminal Sessions, commencing a Chinese tenement house who had munication be forwarded to the oil burning tonnage to 45.4 per the Supreme Court at 10a.m. sublet a portion of that floor was
Hon. Colonial Secretary, with cent of the total and consequent | not an occupier of the portion copy to the head of the Sanitary loss of hunker exports aggravat- sablet within the meaning of the
to ed the position Department, calling attention amended section.
The
present Amendment Bub-
Hence of
Wednesday.
thei There was a feeling about light and the wind that he did not Mok Kau, alias No Yau, Holike. It was not just his ordinary Cheung, and Lo Kwai, are charged panic. He knew the difference well the large area affected by the ab "The tramp section," it is ado-with breach of deportation orders. enough. This was something else. Wong Yung, alias Wong Lu, is The early light lay upon that vast a flush system and reed, "representing about one quar-
or expanse of moving water without! stitutes for section 15 of the prin-questing Information if any remedyter of British shipping, has deharged with robbery by two
the usual warm gold from the sun, cipal Ordinance an amended section was contemplated and, if not, how cleared itself to be on the edge of more on the lines of section 13 of the
Cheung Po-kung, Fong Kwai, and but palely, under whitish cloud' Government the proposed to deal bankruptcy." Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, with the matter.
It is pointed out that shipping Yu Chung are charged with cons-layers. Under it the sea foamed in re-enacting in different terms the
Watering of Streets
services represent Great Britain's piracy to commit an offence and an short hissing rollers, pearly white provisions of old section 15 relating
A report from a sub-committee principal export, greater in value attempt to commit an offence, while and greenish, acres of foamy ridges,
extra curiously flat and disturbed. to persons who smoke in, keep of appointed to investigate the matter even than Cotton or iron and the first defendant faces an occupy an opium divan, and, extend-of watering of streets was sub-steel, and nealy three times aharge of the unlawful possession pool where he usually planned to ing those provisions to include
mitted. It dealt exhaustively, with great as machinery or woollen and of arms and ammunition, and the bathe was leaping with unspent lessor or landlord who knowingly the subject, and it was decided worsted manufactures.
third defendant is charged with the wave edges which hit the sand with and Jets, or having lot wilfully consents that a letter be drafted and sent Invisible shipping exporte were unlawful possession of a weapon and thumping strength, thumping
curling under.. He walked slowly) to the use of, his holding or
to the Government outlining the about £9,000,000 in 1933, as com ammunition part thereof for the purposes of an Association's findings in the mal-pared with £62,000,000 in 1932,
Chan Yung-hing and Leung Fail along, studying the sea, and feeling opium divan.
iter and atrongly recommending £130,000,000 in 1929 and £94,000,-are charged with wounding with in-a prickle of gooseflesh along his The sub-section 2 of new section that the Government give this 000 in 1913-Reuter.
tent and, alternatively, with wound-shoulders, half fear, half the damp ing.
chill of the wind.
any
and
question its immediate considera-
15 indicates the scope of the terms; "lessee", "tenant", "lessor" "landford" used in the section, and tion.
the steps which a lessor or landlord!
between the Correspondence Sanitary Department and the Asso-
who becomes aware that the pre- Iciation dealing with the proposal mises let by him are used as an by the Department to eliminate
oplum divan should take in order to
him by sub-section 1.
PEAK SCHOOL SPORTS POSTPONED
The Peak School sports fixed for discharge the liability imposed on entirely the ringing of the refuse this afternoon have been postpon- bell in certain quarters, was read.jed until next Saturday morning at This decision was the outcome of 10 o'clock on account, of the incle- numerous requests to the Department weather. The sports will be ment and, in adapting the new held at "Tanderages," at 372 The method, it was pointed out that Peak.
BRITAIN'S TRADE WITH HOLLAND
G. C. H. SISTER HAS BAG SNATCHED.
Robbed Near Hospital Quarters.
1
The
the
A swift flight of young bodies in bright tight bathing suits went by him suddenly, with laughter trailing behind. A clutch of his old shyness. made Hammond walk on slowly, as
eyes turned with pleasure on if he did not see them, although his anug, young figures, with the brown running legs and waving brown Sister Dall, of the Government arms and the tossed freedom of Civil Hospital, was the victim of a short hair. That they paid no at hag-snatcher when her purse, contention to him gave him assurance The northern section of the Grand taining $15, was stolen from her in to stop and turn and look back, by the co-operation on the part of In the previous year, when occupiers of premises in the dis-Canal in Chibli has inundated all High Street, near the Sisters' Quar-smiling to see how much alike they imports from the Netherlands
the districte to the east of Yangters, at 7.30 p.m. yesterday. totalled £22,030,000, the adversc
The question of the unsatisfac-tsun along the Peking-Tientsin balance was £7,639,000, and in
tory collection of refuse was also Railway. According to a Tientsin 1981, when the British imports brought to the attention of the report, the embankment of the rall from the Netherlands reached a committee, It was stated that way is almost covered although the value of £35,000,000, the visible balance of trade was in favour trucks had been observed collectrails are still above water. of the Netherlands to the extent ing refuse which had no covers in
(Continued from Page 1).
this could only be accomplished
triet.
use; the original metal covers had experiment.
.
Personal Pars.
Among the passengers
were and yet how unmistakably boys and girla
IT'S DISTINCT and
SO DIFFERENT!
This New Brand of Delicate CIGARETTES "ALL JACKS"
with
MENTHOL
FLAVOUR
"Ideal Smoke of the Tropics"
Tin of 50's
.75 Cts.
Packet of 20's
27. Cts.
GARE
THE
WING ON CO.,
Hong Kong's Largest Dept. Store.
LTD.
A BEAUTIFUL WINE.
DRY SACK
Sole Agents:
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO. LTD.
(CHERRY) TRITAMS&BORE
TO-MORROW
AT THE
KING'S
• The story of
a woman who
loved two men... and admitted it!
Noel Coward's
VESIGN FOR LIVING
*
FREDRIC MARCH GARY COOPER
MIRIAM HOPKINS EDWARD EVERETT HORTON
A Paramount Pictúra,
an Ernst Lubitsch
DUCTION
His eye rested with delight on one girl in particular. She wore a
DISCOVERIES IN IRAQ
CHILD'S SUICIDE OVER to sail flame-coloured bathing suit that out-
LOSS OF TOY south on the s.s. President Hoover lined her slimness, and her arms and
Continued from Page 1).
Alexandria. Inst night were the Kev, Father E. face and legs were all one tender
Abundant light, has been thrown A friend borrowed a toy from Gherzl and Mr. C, W. Jeffries, Direc honey colour, beneath the rippling of £18,301,000.
The President brought to the attor of the Royal Observatory Hong blackness of her hair. She stood at
the water's edge arguing, with a boy on the domestic life of the people 18-year-ola Zaccaria Hussein. In regard to trade with the apparently been removed while the
In green, her feat unconscious of the of Ur., twenty centuries before the The friend forgot to return it. So little Zaccaria climbed to the Dutch Colonies in the East In-canvas covers on others were also tention of the Committee a ques-Kong.
tion of band concerta which the dies, the United Kingdom ad- missing.
Government had supported by spe- Among the passengers who arriv-foam. The other boy and girl had Christain era. verse balance. Just. year was
It was the ed eserday on the s.a. Tatsuta dashad straight into the water and of even greater importance has roof of a five-story house and £1,064,000 having been reduced The introduction of two expericial grant in 1981. from £3,058,000 in 1982, and mental gaseous discharge lamps on general opinion of the Committee, Maru From Japan and U.B.A., ware were swimming out, arm over arm, been the unmistakable confirmation
flood of gigantic dimensions established a world record by swing. Nathan and Waterloo Roads was however, that, owing to the in- Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Brow Dr heads half-buried in the white of the Biblical tradition that, a All Husain Adamți claims to have £8,291,000 in 1981
British exports and re-exports brought, to the attention of the crease in the entertainment field Brow is a Professor of Hygiene and smother, to the Netherlands East Indies committee, and opinion was ex- during, the past two or three years, Physical Education and a Director There was nothing in the world, which left 11 feet of allt at one ing a pair of regulation clubs con last year, totalled £2.988,000, pressed that this type of illumina these concerts would not receive of the University of Health Service Harmond told himself, so wonder-point near Ur-once overwhelm tinuously for 7 hours 5 minutes. Its settlements-British a message from Bubat in the Bom while imports amounted to tion was eminently satisfactory, the support of a sufficiently large at Stanford, and is en route to at ful as the possession of beautiful ed the lowlands of Iraq, and des- He lost five pounds in weight, says
bay Presidency. portion of the public. The matter and the Health Bessions of the youth.
Continued on Page 10.) - Wireless, Bervice, £4,051,000. British Wireless After discussion, the gutter, waS)| Service.
left to a sub-committes for further was accordingly left In abeyance, League of Nations
New Street Lampa
troyed