FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1934.
MILESTONE
IN CHINESE
JOURNALISM
Wah Tse Yat Po's 71st Anniversary.
TO-DAY'S CELEBRATIONS
The Chinese community, es- pecially the older members, who remember the birth of the oldest Chinese newspaper in the Colony. will to-day express their best wishes to the directors and staff of the Woh Tee Yat Pa (The Chin- ese Mail), the pioneer of Chinese journalism in Hong Kong, on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the well-known daily paper.
A special, function in honour of the occasion, will be held this even-1
Yuen ing at 6 p.m. at the Nan Restaurant, Wellington Street.
The Wah The Yat Po, founded 18) years after the establishment of the China Mail, the first English paper|
formerly East, was in the Far printed by the China Mail, and H was due to this fact that it is now! known in Engilsh as the "Chinese
· Mail."
Its founder was Mr. Chan Hol ting, who was at one time on the editorial staff of the China Mall. After years of diplomatic service in the Chinese legutions in the United Staics, Belgium and Japan, Mr.
Found in Jungle
STOCK EXCHANGE'S NEW BUILDING
Newton C. Marshall, of Mil- waukee, Wis., who is the sole sur vivor of a plane wreck in which Ave lost their liven on March 10, in the wild Bolivar-Valle department After wandering of Colombia.
three jungle for through the weeks, the Anterican was found by a tribe of Indians once famed for their use of polson aITOWS,
SUN
LIFE CO.'S CHANGE
Secretaryship.
Official Opening In Ice House Street.
APPEAL FOR CLIENTS
THE CHINA MAIL.
To-day's Short Story,
THE PEACE OF LAVASINA
RAND was
By Michael Kent.
walking from wounded in some quarrel, dying of
dead.
Bivi to Bastia.
Brand tweaked a toe that vanish- ed in a flash.
"Hante les maine!"
On behalf of the members, and as Chairman of the Hong Kong During six months on Corsica Stock Exchange, I declare this he had learned something of its trading room open," said Mr. strange hates and loyalties, its G. H. Potts, at the opening cere suddenness and incongruity. He Brand put up his hands. A fist elamped on a pistol-butt pushed many of the new, Hong Kong knew something of the patois.
down the Col Halfway
the de through
green enforced Stock Exchange building in Ice House Street this morning.
crosses the nor-obedience, Tighime, which Other members of the Com-thern peninsula like a ring on a He stayed thus for half a min- ute wondering: It this were 2 mittee, of which Mr. Potts is finger he stopped to eat. Chairman, are Messrs. J. Gould, The island, lavish of colour, had matter of robbery by some Italian N. V. A. Croucher, A. Nissim, shown him few things so beauti-malefactor he had little to lose.! and F. Kew.
ful as the afternoon sun on this From the true Corsican nothing to
"Who goes
there?" naked a puzzled voice in French.
Brand's clothes and equipment had plainly posed a riddle.
"English, a tourist." Brand was brusque, "English. Good. Alone?" The muzzle of the gun jerked up. ward to the blue.
Mr. Potts opened the new fertile hillside dropping eastward fear.. building with a golden key, pre- to a sea that merged, behind a sented by the architects, Messrs. wisp of amethystine haze, into a sky as blue as itself. Ahead, be Little, Adams and Woods.
After the opening ceremony, Sir yond a group of umbrella pines William Shenton, in proposing the upon a knell, Elba and Monte prosperity of the new building said: Christo hung in the mist, which, "I propose prospérity and success to hiding the horizon, set the coast as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in it were on the sheer edge of Illimit- able space in which floated the two their new building."
Responding to the toast Mr. Potts islands. Among the vineyards' in-]
groves and Isaid, "I can only say that we have terspersed by orange
struggled very hard for many years. clusters of cork oak with trunks I think we have a magnificent build-raw and ruddy from recent fisying, it is up to the members to be stood occasional farm houses and
worthy of it, and I think we shall mortuary chapels in creamy yellow get the business. We have lots of under blood-red tiles. Behind him.
the hillside seethed
the good clients, and now that we have on
Chan returned to the Colony to Mr. Tape Relinquishes such a fine new building. I hope we "Maquis," that impenetrable green
establish his newspaper
with the
assistance of the late Mr. We Ting.
fang. the famous diplomat, and the
Mr. Ho Kal. the well-known MR. J. R. PATON TAKING OVER late Hong Kong lawyer..
for many Mr. B. Wong Tape, years identified with life insurance
the
Walt
оп
shall see them. here.
Building Destroyed By Fire. In its carly days The Yat Po WAB printed in Hong Kong, has decided to reli-sure that we, who occupy it, will
present
"It is a good building, and already size, quish his office duties as the Sun published three times Life Assurance Company of Canada]
paper
and
was
ita half
thicket of thorn and maple.
a week on Monday, Wednesday (S. China) Company's Resident many of the rooms have been let, and tangled edge of It, came on
and Friday. In 1883 the newspaper Secretary.
encountered a severe setback when After returning from European friends here, and I hope that they was mirth, his second doubt. the whole establishment was leave, which the Company is grant-will become clients, quite a number troyed by fire. But the paper still
in recognition of his services,
ho
two
TO-MORROW'S STORY
To-morrow's story will be "The Dam," by Leonora Gregory.
"Quite alone.".
man."
The
you,"
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LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
MOTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE.
'LENINGRAD HAS 40
TAXIS
Inhabitants.
Yue Ying, an apprentice aged 19.) A ridiculous candle cactur од "On One Of Downs."
was sent to the Government Civil One For Every 120,000 fruit like "We have had many ups and the roadside set its
"On your word as an English-Hospital yesterday suffering from scalds caused by another apprentice downs in our time, and at present pearl ond topazes, tourmalines and
man 7"
"On my word as an English- throwing a pot of boiling water over
FIFTEEN OUT OF ORDER we are on one of the downs, but we rubies, side by side upon its thick
him. have a very high building, and I am green stem.
Seeking shade for his meal.
vanished. Brand!
Helsingfors. pistol Brand strolled towards the maquis lowered his hands. A bronzed Travelling all the way from jclimb very high indeed.
Leningrad, Russia's former Im and, worming his way through the face appeared under the bramble. Hungary to Shanghai, on 11 shil-
taxi- "A thousand padons, str. I in lings, to seek his parents Joseph perial capital, has only 40 bare feet pointed upward beneath
have deranged Keresztes Kiss, aged 22 a Hun-cabs. are bringing in a nice income.
first reaction finitely regret to
garian Boy Scout, landed in Hong "It is very nice to see so many bramble. His
Fifteen of these, says the Lenin- "Il n'y a pae'de quoi," returned Kong yesterday. His movement had evoked no
grad Krasnaya Gazette, are at pre- Brand, who loved strange encoun- Peering into the
Man Lin, a painter living at 175 sent being repaired. ters. "Without doubt. monsieur came out, and it was at this perinny as from the beginning of MRY that I see are not my clients, any-response.
the Fourth shadows he could see no more than
Lalchikok Road, was sent to has his reasons.” way, my office is on
these two feet, bruised, dusty and that the directors of the journal will continue to be associated with Floor.
Kowloon Hospital yesterday suffer- installed their own machinery and the Company's organisation in Rong
"I thank you all very much for travel-stained, and a pair of cor-
A lithe, swarthy fellow, dressed ing from injuries received when he approximately 3,000,000 is obliged commenced printing their own Kong, where his local knowledge and coming, and here's prosperity to the duroy trousers strapped around
the ankles, the common wear of the corduroy, wriggled from the fell from a ladder in Tal Nam to rely on 25 taxis-an average of paper under the editorship of the wide experience will be invaluable to Stock Exchange.
bush, his shirt open at the neck, Street while white-washing a house. one to every 120,000 inhabitants.-
Reuter. late Mr. Poon Wai-chow. whose the new Management.
"Before closing, I must say that island.
All that slope was slent save for long bone-handled sheath knife in high standard of "news value" is
Effective on Mr. Tape's departure the architects are to be congratulated
his scarlet belt. As he dropped bis Receiving injuries when she was now being maintained by Mr. Lo
on leave, Mr. James Roxburg Paton on the very fine structure they have a sound of chopping far away.
A man asleep, drunk, perhaps, pistol tenderly into the inside poc knocked down by a motor-lorry in Wal-mang, the present Editor. in recent years the Company's Re-designed and executed.
he thought, and tried to forget ket of his cost Brand saw a second Whitfeld, North Point, yesterday, a The present staff are, directors: gident Secretary in Manila, Philip- Messrs. Chun Chi-lan (managing pinc Islands, and with Company ex-| Among the friends of the Stock those blistered and bleeding soles, weapon slung under his armpit. A Chinese woman, Au Min, aged 19, bit of string over his shoulder of Shing On Street, was sent to the Civil Hospital for director), Ho Yee-ming. J.P. Luk perience gained in London, England. Exchange present were Sir William but when he had undone his packet held a corked water-gourd and a Government Cheuk-man and Chan Woon-yung at the head office in Montreal, and Shenton, the Hon. Edwin Taylor, of sandwiches he went back to editor-in-chief: Mr. Lo Wai-mang-in Shanghai, North China-an ex-Messrs. J. P. Braga, C. A. da Roza./them. The man might be asleep pair of heavy hobnailed boots treatment.
Joseph, Cer
Those Present.
assistant editor: Mr. Poon Hungperience extending over nipe years Harold Seth, F. A. yuen, the brother of the late Mr.is taking over the management of Champkin, C. Coleburn Little, H. C. Poon Wai-chow.
the Company's organisation in South Macnamara. M. J. Bream, R. E. China.
Rogers, J. T. Prior, R. E. M. Devaux,
ARMY VETERAN PASSES Major-General J. W. G. Tulloch.
IN CHINA' IN 1900
London, To-day.
"But yes, I have my reasons."
the
Thus a city with a population of
GALLANT ACTION
REWARDED.
Sydney Man Who Saved Boy From Shark,
Sydney, N.S.W.
drunk, equally he might be hung by their laces round his neck!
His teeth flashed in a sardonic The R.M.S. Empress of Russia is an Thursday, due here at 9 a.m. grin.
"As if I had not my reasons. May 16, from Manila, and will berth
The Royal Shipwreck Relief and at the Kowloon wharf, I am Moretti."
She will Humane Society of New South "Moretti, the bandit!" Brand leave at 6 am. on May 18, for Vic-wales has awarded its gold medal had heard that name at Ajaccio torla and Vancouver B.C., via Shang-land certificate of merit to Francis
LOCAL BUDDHIST S. M. T. Churn. Lung Kam-fat and
EXHIBITION. "SOME REMARKS ON LI Chi-fong.
The golden key with which the building was opened was a replica of Opens At Lee Gardens
On Wednesday.
FASCISM."
Last Lecture Of Season.
on
the design of the building, and in- scribed as follows:
Con-
and in the Gravonne valley. The hai. Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama. Charles Spruce met to Francis man had wounded a policeman or
action in diving into the George's two and had shot a farmer who Three members of the C.P.R. pri- River, near Sydney, on January 27, had tried to betray him. He had vate police force were on board the and rescuing Walter McCutcheon, "Hong Kong Stock Exchange,
for three years in the Empress of Russia when she berth-16, who had been attacked by a 10- A Buddhist Arts and Crafts Ex-had been
By carrying foot shark a few moments before. Opened 11th May, 1934, by G. Hut-hibition will be held at the bead-maquis and was becoming a tradi-led here yesterday.
these men the C.P.R. Company hopei ton Potts, Esq., Chairman.
Spruce's action saved the lie of The lecture by Mr. Bacci
"Morett!!" repeated Brand. "But to suppress smuggling and generally McCutcheon, who has sufficiently "Some Remarks on
Fascism tractors, Sang Lee and Co., the in-quarters of the Hong Kong Buddtion.
hist Association, Lee Gardens,
keep order on board the Emprese recovered from his injuries to leave "Moretti, quand meme,” returned,liners 'plying on the Pacific Ocean. hospital. The shark attacked McCutcheon as he dived fate the tion will be open to the publie man, with a hint of bravado.
"You travel then, monsieur, with-). Mr. B. Thompson was summoned river, Sprace did not hesitate to from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the dive to the stricken youth's eld, The exhibits will include, Budd-jout escort?"
Best of the mountains is not Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for and it is thought that the noise of hist Relics of historical interest.
one cuts keeping a dog without a licence on his dive frightened the shark away. the Indian Staff Corps in 1891, during September next when Mr. Li Kan, a Kowloon Motor Bus Rare Buddhist "Sutras" (Canoni-bandits' country. There Major in the Indian Army in 1900. A. Bianconi, Italian Consul-Gener-Company inspector, fell from a cal Books) and sacred scriptures. cork, grows wine, or extracts tan-!April 18 and allowing it to be out al will speak on the subject "The bus while it was in motion in Cha- Rare Buddhist Works of Art with ning acid from the chestnut. One in the street without a muzzle, A Jesuits in China and the work of them Road yesterday, sustaining photographs, Buddhist sculptures ships goate and eggs and chickens caution was registered on the first injuries necessitating his removal and engravings and paintings by to the continent. One slays only oc-'charge and a fine of $8 was Im- to the Kowloon Hospital.
The death occurred yesterday of/which will take place on May 28/cription on the reverse side was Wednesday May 16, continuing un-here?" Major-General J. W. G. Tulloch, at the Hong Kong Hotel will be/"H.K.S.E. Architects Little, Adame til Tuceday May 22 The Exhibi
C.B., at the age of 72.-Reuter.
Entering the Army in 1880, Major General Tulloch became a Captain in
a Lieut.-Colonel in 1904, a Colonel in 1906, and a Major-General 1908,
in
He was attached to the Japanese Army in Manchuria in 1904, and was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class.
He became Assistant Adjutant- General to Headquarters in India in 1906, and in 1907 was promoted to Deputy Adjutant-General in South-
nection with services in Chitral, and while on active service in Africa in 1895 and 1896 was "awarded the
the last meeting held by the Cir- colo Fascista di Coltura during this season.
The next lecture will be held
Matteo Ricci.”
ed.
+
CHINESE ARE. DEVELOPING RESOURCES
(Continued from page 1.)
AUGMENTED MARKET
COMMON ADVANTAGE
and Wood."
BUS INSPECTOR'S FALL
famous monks.
f
China Fleet Concentration
L
casionally, and then one seeks the posed on the second. mainland rather than the maquis.
1
-Reuter.
Personal Pars
Brand knew it to be unusual to find In an accident while unloading
Mr. Jiro Suasoto, of the Mitsui- a bandit east of Corte.'
cargo from her cargo boat, No. "Without escort," assented 288, yesterday, Chol Yes, the mis- Bussan Kaisha, Ltd. staff, arrived› Moretti. "I pay a visit
tress of the junk, was admitted to in the Colony from Kobe, to-dar
yesterday, sufferng from severa in-
On Wei-Hai-Wei For Summer But you do not belong to this re-the. Government Civil Hospital by the s.s. Hakozaki Maru.
7
NEGRO DIES IN REFRIGERATOR.
Tragedy While Stealing
·Free Ride,
Mr. Andrew J. Raptis, owner of the British Bicycle Co., of Hong Kong, returned to the Colony, from | Janan, yesterday, by the sa: Pre-
sident Coolidge, "
Dr. Chen Li-klang, Dean of the The great Republic of the East
"That is so. My country la la-furies, ern India. In 1908 he assumed com- must seek its help in the manner
|College of Education at. Wushih, ' The end of this week will see the H.M.S. Sandwich will leave Hong bar. I come to fulfil a promise." mand of the Jhelum Brigade.
Brand nodded. He guessed the Mrs. Woon, of Hong Kong, won China, arrived in the Colony yes- Major-General Tulloch served in suiting it best. "The Times" con-
tinues. Hitherto it has not ap majority of the ships of the China Kong for Shanghai on May 26, ar-
riving there on May 28.
sort of promise Moretti had made, $40 with ticket No, W86087, in the Lerday, by s.s, President Coolidge, many fields. As far back is in 1890:
plied for a League loan and foreign Fleet in Wel-dai-Wel.
The disposition of the fleet to-day, H.M.S. despatches
Falmouth, sails from Only a year before Spada, the prize drawing for the Principality :
Mr. 1. Devlin, socially prominent he was mentioned in
aid in this respect may properly, when with the Zhob Field Force, and for his services in the Hazara be deprecated until the credit of as advised by the Naval Authorities, Shanghal on May 20, arriving at fiercest of all the wolves of the of Liechtenstein's Sweepstake on
Tsingtao on May 22.
maquis, had gone into the heart of the Grand National this year. San Franciscan. on round the world tour, accompanied by her the Railway Administration is ful-in as follows:
daughter, Miza Elvira yesterday, Expedition in 1891 he was awardedly re-established and security felt H.M.S. Kent is fitting out at Chat- H.M.S. Grimsby is due to arrive on Bastia by night and stuck his chai-Kwong Chong, of Kowloon, won
lenge on the prison gate behind £8 with ticket No. 94645. a medal with clasp., He was again that the loans will be employed ham, She will leave next month, the China Station in October,
by the as. Prcaldent Coolidge. awarded a medal with clasp in con- for purposes to which it is destinand is due in Singapore in mid-July.
H.M.S. Keppel, H.M.S. Whitshed, which his friend lay awaiting trial, HMS, Sufolk is at Hankow. HLM.8. Wren and H.M.B. Veteran "If he dies I will have ten police-
men.-Spada"} She sails for Shanghai on Tuesday, are at Wel-Hal-Wei.
It is a land where one risks fo In general, there can be no arriving there on Saturday, May 19, H.M.8. Witch arrives at Wel-Hai-for a gesture. Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 2nd
H.M.8. Berwick leaven Wel-Hal-Wei on Sunday.
"A promise? If the question 'Is Class
He was awarded further doubt that the world, as a whole,
H.M.S. Wishart, HMS. wha
not, Indis-" medals, and mentioned in despatched will welcome a better organised Wel on July 2 for Hong Kong, ar-
Swan, H.M.8. Verity, EMS. White"Attention!” when serving in Tirah in 1807 and China and will regard enhanced rived here on July 6.
The man streamed for cover like 1898. and in China in 1900,
HMS, Caradoc leaves Saigon on hall H.M.B. Proteus, ILMS. Par Thursday, arriving at Singapore thlan, H.M.B. Pandoru and H.M.8. a snake. There were steps on the
Phoenix remain in Hong Kong.. next, Baturday,
rough road. Brand investigated.] H.M.B. Cumberland, RM8. Corn-A labourer, passed maated astern a Harvey Kelly, a negro, Jumped on where his daughter, Mrs. Skuse, H.MS Engin arrives at Tsingtað
wall, HMS: Dfidgewater,' HMS to-morrow. She will leave on Folkestone, H.M.S: Keppel, HLM.B. very little donkey, hardly keening a goods train at his home town in is also spending holiday.
his feet from the ground. Brand West Virginia during the recent Thursday and arrive at Wel-Haf- The summons against Tam
Whitshed,H.M.S. Wren, ĦLMS.
returned.
cold snap Wel on Friday. Chuen for, manslaughter was with-
Veteran, H.M.S. Brácu, H.MB, Mod- drawn, owing to insufficient evitary for Agriculture, Mr. Henry C. HMS Adventure salls from way, and the submarines HMS All in well. A workman, whe
gous home." dence, before. Mr. E., W. Hamilton Wallace, is of the opinion that the Shangkat on Monday, arriving at Osiris HMS. Olympus. HMS. Moretti crept forth grinning. at the Central Magistracy this drought is the worst for many years, Wei-Hal-Wael on Wednesday.
Oswald, H.M.S.Orpheus, Monsieur understands, I'am at morning,... It was alleged that no- He suld that he was certain that the EMS. Calcutta leaves Hankow Odin, HMS, Otus, HMS. Pervous, |2|0 cused had knocked down a Chinese wheat surplus was sufficient to meet on May 28, and will arrive in Hong and HMS. Eainbow are at: Wels
Haf-Well woman with his lorry. The wor requirementsUnited Press, per Kong on May 29, man died later in the hospital. 8,0. Gold Bar, Col
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE WITHDRAWN-
**prosperity as a common advantage,
"The Timer" concludes.-Reuter,
WORST U. 8. DROUGHT IN
HISTORY OF NATION.
(Continued from Pape 2.)
some disadvantage.7.
on Page to
Atlanta, Georgin...
Mr. C. H. Reid, of the Canton Municipal Electricity Works;:: Is leaving on holiday by the Hakoza- ki Maru: « tomorrow for Bogland, ye
Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Waters, of
but he had chosen the refrigerator Leave Hong Kong for England on car for his ride.
holiday by the a.a. Corfu, &, week, He was taken from it: some time to-day," Mr. Waters is the Canton later auffering from exposure and Manager of Mesars, A.-8. Watson died in hospital-Eeuter.
and Co, Ltd.
(Hadid not know it at the time Canton, with their two children,'