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STOLEN £10,000 STAMP COLLECTION.
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24th, 1928.
CHANG TSO "LIN'S FUNERAL.
THREE DAYS CEREMONIAL IN MUKDEN.
HUGE FINAL PROCESSION,
MUKDEN, August. 8th. - After-the-prescribed-period-of- seven weeks, of mourning, the solema funeral of Chang Tso Lin was held from August sth to 7th at his Office within the walled city
of Mukden.
BRITAIN'S BIRTH RATE.
B.M.A. DISCUSSION.
at
At last month's meeting of the British Medical Association Cardiff in the section of Medical "Sociology a discussion took place
to
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OCEAN STEAMSHIP 00., LTD.
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION 00, LTD.
FROM NEW YORK VIL MANILA,
CONSIGNEES per Co.'s Yearl HELPENOR
on "The Falling Birth Rate," grade fecundity. The alphans | risk and enbjort to Perms and Conli.
Economie Aspect.
11
BRITISH INDIA 5.5. CO., LTD,
(
FROM CALCUTTA, RANGOON,
PENANG AND
SINGAPORE THE Stowmahip
WARFTEL:D " having arrived from the above Forts, Connîgares af Cargo are hereby in- formed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godawa Company's Godowns at Kow- loon, where Delivery may be obtained. ma sodu as the Goods are landed, will be saject to Rent
Goods not cleared by 24th Aug. 1928,
No Fire inanance will be effected by. us in any case whatever.
| All Claims must be presented within Ten days of the Steamer's arrival, here, after which data they cannot be recognised.
No Claims will be admitted - after the Goods have left the Godowns.
A Protest has been noted by the. Master.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CU. Hong Kong, 17th Aug, 1928, [6613
had been, and was, practiced maia- ly by the socially relatively suc cessful, that was, by the inherent- ly relatively infecund. -If that was so, then it had prevented towar conceptions than it would have done had it been employed by the socially relatively unsuccessful.
The problem thus became that of BIRTH CONTROL DEPLORED. | determining the relative biological worthiness of the social graden Was the preferst_social structurs one that encouraged and rewardedl biological worthiness? And what C was. Atness 1 There was no reason
are hereby noticed that the Cargo will assume that whatever this be discharge isto Holt's Whart, How might be, it was linked with high Loon, where it will la at Consignees was fit, and so also was the earwig, tions of Storage at Holt's Wharf." Tha At the outset Sir Thomas Har yet, their, reproductive rates were Cargo will be ready for Delivery from der (London) said, as he regarded mightily different. Was the stan
Godown on and after 22nd August. the position, the present concern dique, good brain, and low-grade here, unless the Godowns for examination by the Con-
dard for humanity to be good, phy-
• has been given priar will not be handed
| `Packages must be left in was not with the falling birth-rate fecundity? If so, then the ideal to The iritation cards for the in absolute terms, but with the could be found abundantly among port to port to the final port of
of call to signees and the Company's durveyors, ceremony had been issued," not as
which the option extends.
Mears. Goddard & Douglas at 10 am, fact that it possessed differential all social grades. usual according to old Chinese values of an undesirable kind. It
All broken, chafed and damaged Goode on Mondays and Thursdays. are to be left in the Godowns, whore custom by the eldest son only, but
Is dealing with "The Economic they will be examined on any Tuesdays was generally conceded that a low Aspect of the falling birth-rate, and Fedays between the hours of by all his descendants both of the population in ady country was a Professor W. J. Roberts, of Car-10.45 AM and Noor within the Froe first and second generations, com serious affair, because the quality diff, mid he did not think that our Storage period prising eight sons, six daughters, of the population, was wont to bad been called our little planet, Goods are lets the Yeasel's Godows, own. island, to say nothing of what Ne Glaims will be admitted after the two sons-in-law, three grandsons, suffer by a fall in the quantity. was overcrowded, or that our diff. and all Goods camsining undelivered and two grandaughters. With the The crux of the situation, there culties were due to say approxima- after 29th August, will be subject to Bant invitation was also enclosed his last fore, would seem to be the diffi- troubles were due, not to the efforts be premented to the Undersigned on of tion to such a calamity. Our All Olaims against the Vessel musi will, which has already been pab-culty of secusing a regulation of of free and equal people to win a before the 11th September, or they will lished in the press.
not be recognized between the different livelihood, and were accordingly
dot "economic "
No Fire Insurance will be elected. any such sim~ social grades in a country.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIKE ple sense, but to cause which he would appear that this condition might distinguish as political, that
Agenta 2nd August, 1929. depended for its solution upon the was, to habits and institutions diferential use of family limita whose origin and purpose were mastery and privilege and more- tion. If so we had once more re-poly. Much of the political ac duced matters to a sociological or tivity and enthusiasm and the divi economic problem. He was con-
sions created by them, to which we were trained to attach supreme im- Invinced that until and unless the portance, was, viewed economical-
doctor associated himself closely ly, a cause of pinched and anxious. CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA and definitely with economic prin livelihood for large masses of the ciples his opportunities of in- population; and these masses were becoming sufficiently, educated in of the gate gods stood opposite the fluencing the population problem certain directions to contrast the entrance to the main hall. This were very small, not to say in prospects offered to themselves and ONSIGNEES par Co'k Yesus!
their successors, both with the up-C antechamber was decorated with significant. That he would prove parent, prodactive capacities of are hereby notified that the Cargo
-"BARFEDON **·
rows of innumerable wreaths, of | a powerful ally both to the our civilization and with the will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, artificial flowers, while suspended eugenist and the economist be had sacrifices dainanded of themselves. Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignees from above hung hundreds of white no doubt, but did society expert the whole economic community and tons of Borzady for Delivery Ene That justice should prevail over risk and subject to Terms and Condi- banners with inscriptions in black him to function in this wisal not merely, if that were possible Cargo will be Over the entrance to the main bail With few exceptions he had not in such isolation, within the boun- Godown on and after 23rd August. an impressive gate-tower had been sought to influence men and wo daries of particular States, was seen to be the main condition on erected under which all the visitors, men, upon matters of principle, which the continuous unfolding of passed in and out. Here ushers and he had kept clear of propa-productive capacity depended. received the visitors and conducted ganda. Even on the important them to the altar in front of the subject of birth control he had cofin, gorgeously decorated with very largely stood aloof, guard- HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL brocade and flowers, in the midsting jealously his view on matters of individual health and not risk-
To attend the ceremony large numbers of Chinese zotables had assembled not only from the Three Eastern Provinces, but from China Proper as well in addition to many Japanese high officials.
The place had been suitably decorated for the occasion.
front of the building a large en trance hall of matting bad been erected, where six enormous effigies
births
DJ
It
of which was seen a coloured por-ing his patients' confidence on the
personal issue by voicing his opinion in regard to economic and eugenistic questions. Had the time come when he should cater the field on these larger issues? If! it was decided ultimately that he should do this then he should be
trait of the illustrious dead
Flora, tributes from Chinese and Japanese high officials covered the altar, among them those from the Nationalist Commander-in-Chief, Chiang Kai Shek, and the Japanese Premier, Baron Tanaka. Buddhist and Lama priests were in constant attendance, recit ng dirges and in-taught a good many things that were not now included in his cur- eantations, alternated with music performed by military bands.
Foreign Respects,
riculum,
REGISTER,
Hong Kong Observatory, Augnat 23rd. Previous On Date On Date
Day
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Direction Forer. Feather Rain 0.99 Highest open-air Temperature, 22nd: 37 Lowest open-air Temperature, 23rd:.78
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Dr. F. A. E. Crew, in opening the discussion, said that there was B-Blue sky; G-Cloudy; D- a time when children could be re- Drinlo; F-Fog; L-Lightning; the Factory Acts bad greatly de-showers; Q-Equalis; B-Rain; T- garded as commercial assets, but Mist; O-Overcast: P-Passing preciated their value 13
wage onder.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE.
1 From August 24th to 30th, 1928, Hien Warka, Low WATER.
Hong
Kong Kong Standard Time.
Week,]
The second day, August 5th, had" been set apart for foreign visitors, and on that day practically all the male members of the foreign com-earners. One could assume that in munity went on a pilgrimage to these days, when it would seem witness the ceremonies. At 9 a.m.
that every one must be acquaint- General Yang Yu Ting arrived,` ac- ed with methods of preventing fer- companied by the chief officers of tilization, only those children were the army, and read a memorial born whose coming was desired. address, whereafter they all made Was not the fall in the birth-rate their obeisance. Then a group of due, in the main, to the spread of prominent Japanese official repre-a deliberate and conscious liraita- sentatives paid their homage. tion of fertility: It was undoubt.
Later the Consular Body, includedly the case that among the mid- ing the representatives of France, die and upper social classes con Germany, Great Britain, Italy and traception was widely attempted. the United States, also did homage That being so, the conclusion that to the deceased.
these methods attained the end de- Fri. In the drawing room by the side sired by those who employed them of the altar, the sons of the late was inherently probable.
But, Bat. Dictator attended in turn for the unless it could be shown beyond all
employed were actually effectual, it could not be accepted that birth control was largely responsible for the fall in the birth-rate. It cer
b.
*
Kong Standard Time,
(6648
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
OCRAN STEAMSHIP CO. LTD
AND
TION CO. LTD..
FROM UNITED KINGDOM VIA SINGAPORE.
Holt's
Optional Cargo will not be landed here, unless Notice has been given prior to Vessel's arrival, but carried on from part to port to the final port of call
which the option extende All broken, chafed and damaged Goods to be left in the Godowns, where they will be sxamined on any Tuesdays sad Fridays between the hours of 10.45 1.
ta
are to
And Noox within the Free Storage period.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Vossel's and all Goods remaining "after the 20th August, will be subject
to Bent.
All Claims against the Vessel must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 12th September, or they will not be recognised. ·
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & BWIRK Agents 23rd August, 1929.
[6644
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
FROM LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', LONDON & STRAITS.
The Steamship "HENLAWEES" Comed that all foods are being "ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby
I
reception of prominent visitors, reasonable doubt that the methods Ban. 26m 4:45 697 nor low wat be preserted to the Undersigned on or
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BRITISH INDIA S.S. CO., LTD.
·FROM CALOUTTA, RANGOON, PENANG AND BINGAPORE.
THE Steamship
THE
* TILAWA" having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godewas at Kowloon, where Delivery inay be obtained sa soon su Goods are landed.
Goods not cleared by 24th Aug, 1928, will be subject to Beat
##
No Fire Insurance will be affected by in any case whatever.
Godowns for examination by the Damaged Fackages must be left in the Consignees and the Company's surreyors. Messrs. Goddard and Douglas, at 10 Ten days of the Steamer's arival here 4.5, Mondays and Thursdays.
All Claims must be presented within
which date they cannot be recognised.
Ne, Ulaims will be admitted after the Goods have lett the Gedowns.
-A Protent" ́· has been noted by the Master.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO. Hong Kong, 17th Aug., 1928. [6614
BAMBURI AMERIKA LINIE,"
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
•HE "Motor Vessel.
“KHEINLAND"
T'"
having arrived, Consigness of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods are being landed and
placed at their risk in the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf, and Godown Company's Godówne “at. Kowloon," where Delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed.
Optional Carga will be landed, unless Notice has been given prior to Vessel's Arrival.
Claims will be admitted alter the Goods have left the Godowns, and all. Goods remaining undelivered after the 28th August, 1928, will be subject to Bant
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 27th August, 1929, at 10 am, by car Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard and Douglas. All Claims must reach us before the be recognised." 10th September, 1928, or they will not
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned.
JEBSEN & CO... Agents. Hong Kong, 21st Ang., 1928. (8633
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN,"
landed at their risk into the-hazardons and/or extra basardona Godowns of the Home Kors and KOWLOOF WHARP AND Gronown Compart, Len, whence, and/or
the whares Delivery may
No Claims will be admitted after the h. m. Goods have left the Godowns, and all 34m 9 41 5 6 mil 23 82 Goods remaining undelivered after the No infer, bigb nor low wat. 29th instant will be enbject to Bent. 25. 840 58 02938 All Clima against the Steamer must
No infer, high
THE Steamer 1 15 = 23. before the 12th profinio, or they will not
"SCHLESIEN" and in two other side-rooms two
Nointer
123 bar low heat. b
having arrived from BREMEN, HAM- The famous von Schaffenberg large tables were spread with for-
Mon 276 48
5518
chafed and damaged Goods BURG and Forte, Consignees of Cargo collection of foreign stamps, which eiga dishes and beverages, of which
288 44 69 0 2241 they will be examined on the 28th being landed at their risk into the Go
B 114 S
ars to be left in the Godowns, where are hereby notified that their Cargo is was stolen in 1926, after it had all the visitors were invited to
instant, at 10 am, by Mestre. Goddard downs of the Hong Kong & Kowloon -headed enraged rhinoceros, and been on show at the October ex- partake.
tainly had affected the marriage Wed, 297-32 74m 1.15 39
Wharf and Godown and Donglas hibition at the Grand Central
Co., Ltd., Kowloon, when be has slaughtered the bulky Palace in New York, has been re- cenotaph was carried from the tive methods had caused this to Thur. 30m 16 77m 3 3 8.6.
On August 8th, the third day, the rate, in that faith in contracep
8 32 24 6 3 81 1
where Delivery can be obtained.
All Goods remaining undelivered alter bull elephant, he still has to meet gained by its owner, Baron Carl Marshal's Office to the Buddhist rise. But such records as there von Scharfenberg, who is travel- Temple, where the funeral service were certainly seemed to show that
the 28th the really dangerous big-gameling in the Far East.
was to be held." This procession this faith was too often misplaced. animal of Africa-the wild bison.
The collection, which contains offered an impressive sight, witness-Of course, birth control had un- You can meet one without wait more than 30,000 specimens, ined by ten of thousands of spectators doubtedly prevented the birth of ing, if you wish. It was born in cluding many rare blocks, and forming a solid wall on both sides great many individual babies, and CONSIGNEE NOTICES. the London Zoo during the week- a large albums, is notable for of the streets where the cortégeit was probable that many of the
its Russian group, said to be the passed.
methods now in rogue led indirect- best in the world It took a gold An Enormous Procession. ly to later and permanent infecun- medal at the 1928 exhibition.
dity. But it was very doubtful indeed that birth control had affected the population growth cycle--the crude birth rate.
The fall in the birth-rate had
end, and is a biggish dark-brown calf, a little tottery on its legs still,
and at least five years too young
for target purposes."
The procession; in which about For more than a year the albums vanished. Lists of their chief 10,000 people took part, was about rarities
circulated among were
two miles long. It started to line dealers in various parts of the up at 4 p.m. and the cenotaph was
The African bison has the reputa tion for shaking the nerves of the world to enable clues to be obtain to be carried by the second son.been too gentle; it had proceeded
Chang
should these stamps be offered for take part in the cortége.
Before
it had been universal. It would
the procession started, he together seem, therefore, that the fall must.
9.5041
35 09
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
No Fus Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., LTD..
Agente. Hong Kong, 22nd Aug, 1928, 18637
́PRINCE ́ ́LINE.,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNYES
FROM NEW YORK.
Steamship
ed by a man it will lie in wait for sale to dealers. Last year tidings with his brothers and sisters and is the expression of some biologi-informed that all Goods are being Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company,
bison has remained wild instead of
tion had been bought in New York the widows of the late Marshal,cal factors, and not due directly to } landed at this rink into the hexarden chafed and
to
9th of August, 1928, will be subject
No Fire Inmance will be affected by Usi By Ca
whatever.
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godown for mamination by the Con- signees and the Company's Surveyors, Means. Anderson & make at 10 am on the 27th of August, 1998.
No Claim will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godown and al. Claims
pinst be presented within Twa Weeks of the Ship's arrival here, after which date they will not be recognised
Consignees are requested to surrender their Bills of Lading to
o the Ta
Undersigned for countersignature.
METCHERS & Co.,
2 Agents m NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN, Hong Kong, 21st Aug, 1928. [6635.
THE ROYAL PRINCE" FROM EUROPE & STRÄTTS.
having arrived from the above Fort on 22nd instant, Consignees of Cargo The Steamship BENVANNOCH“ are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the its enemy. When the hunter" calls reached the baron that the collec
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby Godowns of the Hong Kong and for the body," he is met by an
Kowloo
loon, and stored at infuriated ton of steel and elastic
for £50,000.
took a touching farewell of the some local social disturbance which and/or ezin hazardous Godowns of the
and expense. risk muscles crowned with a most en-
He obtained from the American cenotaph, which represented the produced repercussions throughout Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and All
damaged ormous and daunting pair of horns.
ад. interim injunction soul of the dead man. In the pro- the world.
Godowns, It is due to the African's lack restraining the purchaser from cession were carried 20,000 mourn migration, did not put waves into the whaos, Delivery may be obtained.
Birth control, like Godown Co. Ltd., whence and/or from Goods are to be left in
bare, they will be examined on of enterprise that the race of native disposing of it pending the supply ing banners and streamers and 6,000 the curve of growth of a popula No Claims will be admitted after the Thewday, 28th instant, at 10mm.
BERVICE TO READERS. have left the Godowas, and all All Claims must be presented within Goods
THE HONG KONG... DAILY". milk. These creatures have been have now been examined and ap- paper effigies. A military band size; it merely altered a popula
resizing was playing and troops escorted the tion by altering the proportions of 24th instant, will, be subject to Hent..
which date they cannot here, riter broken for farm purposes in The circumstance that Baren von cortège. About 200 high Officers the different sections. It could
KONG WEEKLY PRESS, through All Claims against the stemmer must recognized. T have a more useful future than that Russia as Nairobi of late years, and they may Scharfenberg was stationed in and Civil Officials, among them argued that the name total pulber be presented to the Undersigned on a Claims will be admitted after the their London Ofice, at 31, EXIDE YATE, German intelligence General. Wa Kwang Hsin and ex-of babies had been born as would before the 7th Sept, 1928, or they will Goods have left the Godowns and FLEET Braz, LO, are prepared to of, mere bullet-fodder for the officer during the troublous times Premier Pan Fu preceded the have been born had birth control not be recognized
All Goods remaining undelivered after give Bubscribers and Visitors advice available, hunter.
following the revolution gave him Marahal while a battalion of his not been heard of; birth control
All broken, ehated
Godowns, The African is a great cattle facilities for obtaining many sets | bodyguard followed.
No Fire Insurance has been effected motoring facilities, suitable shopping Where they ne gumaganda semenangabad played its part, no doubt, but to be left in the and damaged Goods the 29th instant, will be subject to Beat. regang socommodati owner, but his present herds came ¦ of special interest and great rarity The coffin and cenotaph are to be might it not be that all that it had will be examined on the 23rd instant, Bills of lading will be countersigned centres, etc.
It, when at home, they will call or Goddard & Douglas, | by Madh) from Asia alter more energetic that were successively overprinted kept at the Buddhist Temple for at done had been to slam the doors
at 10am, by No Fire
FURNESS (FAR EAST), LTD, telephone to the above address, they will nations bad tamed and domesticat-with White Russian and Red Rus least a year. Meanwhile a mauso- of suburban houses and to open
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
And Floor, King Building receive the utmost koristance and the bo an allen race of bezalian emblems and warding om te be erected probebi ateherentsielameduld
NE, LYINGSTON replan fatimaye kamangha Rama, Hong Kongen Jatok munkable information men man with these Asiatic tattle that the Several of these local issues were Peiling, the resting place of one of to be the case that conscious-and-
Thephone No. $165.... ects of enquiry will be placed-at-their- African Buys his wives.
in circulation only a few days. the Erat Manchu rulers.Reuter. deliberate limitation of fertility
Hong Kong, 16th Aug, 1928, (6618 Seng Kong, 22nd Ang., 1998, 166 US disposal.
being exploited for power, beef, and of proofs as to its identity... These mourning fags as well as over 200 tion, already of a certain absolute Goods we undelivered after the Fifteen days of the Steamer's arrival PRES8, LTD., and the HONG
proved.