NEW ADVERTISE-
MENTS.
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THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER MReturned from Leave raumen
00. (1918), LIMITED,
THE TENTH ORDINARY FEAR.
TLF MEETING OF SHABN
HOLDERS will be held at the Head Office of the Company, br. Ozoxux's BUILDING, Chater Road, Victoria. 113 24TH Hong Kong on MONDAY DAY OF DECEMBER, 1925, at 11,50 O'CLOCK in the FOZNOON, far the parpons of receiving a Statement o Accounts and the Report of the Director for the Year ended 30th SEPTEMI, 1928, and electing Directors and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MON
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IN H.B.M. CONSULAR COURT
AT AMOY
BANKRUPTCY. JURISDICTION
No. 3 or 1923.
P TAIT & CO. NOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN there will be A MEETING of CREDITORS of the abors named Debtor Firm at 10 O'clock in the FORENDON in the COURT Room at H.B.M. CONSULATE, A KOT, ER
FRIDAY 14TH DAY OF DECEM BEB. 1995. Creditor wishing to attend should send in their Claims to the Undeigned, at the Firm's Address, AxcI.
Dated this 28th day of November, 1928,
.W. D. RUSSELL, AC...,
Esceiver.
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Re TAIT & COMPANY.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NOTION
COULD appointed the 13ru DAY OF DECEMBER, 1928, at 10 O'clock in the FozEXOON, for proceeding with the Pablie Eramina tion of the above ramed Debtor Firm in the Cour Room at H.B M. CONSULATE, AXOY.
Dated this 29th day of November. 1928,
W, D. RUSSELL, A.GA..
-Receiver-
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BANKRUPTÜY JURSIDICTION
No. $ ar 1928.-
IN THE MATTER OF TAIT & COMPANY, Dzators.
WHERE OBER, TROM, was made
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TO THE EDITOR OF THR
DAILY" PRESS."]
HỒNG TÔNG
SWIM GIRL SWIM”.
BEBE DANIELS AND
- GERTRUDE EDERLE.
Miss Gertrude Ederla, the famous Woman Channel swimmer, appears in the picture and is seen conching the heroine for her great swim. It
Daniel's performance is by far the the screen, which shews that there more spectacular and convincing, or
their
AN AMUSING COLLEGE FILM
AT THE QUEEN'S, “
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMME. SIR, The need for an electric normal time clock tower at the
BY OUR FILM CRITIC] The "compound of the Roman junction of Queen's Road and but on the face of things the ata Cathene Cathedral was crowded Pedder Street is greatly felt. We amusing college picture. Like many "Swim Girl Swim " is a really regulations will tend to diminish
used to have there formerly two Bims of which you say afterwards that business. It is contended that yesterday afternoon and evening on
the occasion of the annual St their owners when removing.
clocks, but both were taken down by
"that was a jolly good picture" it spectators will refuse-to-bay Hong
Vincent de Paul fête. Round, the What is badly needed is the does not begin..very well and th Kong shares and will devote them compound stalls had been erected erection of an electric clock on a action seems rather slow and forced until Misa Daniels throws away her selves to Shanghai and other stocks for the sale of toys and fancy post in the middle of the street, Admittting that the tendency may articles of a descriptions. Each somewhere near or above the stand asses and becomes her own lively
of the traffic officer, visible from all self. be that way, how will the Colony stall was in charge of a group of
young ladies and gentlemen who four crossings. suffer The only answer we have called loudly and persuasively to Queen's Road and Pedder Street heard to this query is that Hong the passers-by to
corner is perhaps, or soon will be, Korg shares being in disfavour and a chance." The element of chance the most frequented corner in ant enjoying the freat market, entered into everything For Hong Kong's business centre, and interesting to note that Miss merey will not be readily forth dollar you might win a porker or the erection of a suitable clock there coming for the establishment of new great ham, for ten cents a doll would be of inestimable benefit to companies. That we do not believe. elaborately dressed with real hair the public. If co Attractive prospectus is and eyelashes. Equally of course May I use the space of your is more in Elm acting than many issued the amount of capital sub-
you might get a B-cent pork pie valued columns to herewith plass of us are inclined to believe Had scribed will not be influenced mate for your dollar or a tin trumpet the above suggestion before the anyone unacquainted with
faces been asked to pick out Miss rially by the thought that difficul- instead of the entrancing doll, but public and the Government ties are placed in the way of future that only made people the more authorities concerned, as well as Ederle simply from the swimming speculation in the shares.
cager to try again. At some of before the taipan's of our big firms, scenes they might well have chosen. There is no doubt a strong body the stalls every ticket won a prize, among them the leading Arms Miss Daniels, to whom the Channel of opinion that the Government at others there were as many dealing in electric clocks, with would probably present insuperable
difficulties proposals are right in principle and blanks as numbers, but to recom-
the hope that either the one or Bébé Daniels is shewn in this that they will in the long run, pense for this the prizes were all the other party will take this sim as a quiet timid college giri have a salutary effect on all stock more desirable and worth a great opportunity of doing an excellent whose only, interest is "bug hunt- exchange transactions. At the same deal more than the 10 or 30 cents and lasting service to the public ing" and her only friend a comie time there is a certain measure of which was paid for a ticket. of Hong Kong and earn their professor (William Austin). For
Up and down the steep path sincere thanks for it." sympathy with the sharebrokers who will unquestionably suffer if leading to the Cathedral a crowd the proposals become law. That is of happy chidren, accompanied by the position which the sharebrokers mothers and amans, passed all the will be well advised to recognise afternoon. The weary way up was As the Government have chosen to lightened by the vision of the put the amendments forward on detectable burdens, carried by those purely business grounds they should coming down, dols, trumpets, be fought on business grounds, and books, drums and a hundred other it ought not to be difficult to demon- bright and pretty articles. strate that they will fail to achieve
Evening Entertainments. the particular objects aimed at
In the evening the grounds were To argue that the amendments will:
the brilliantly Huminated and the full drive business away from
Military Band of-the-.0.S.B.- Colony and will in some anys- terious way injure the merchants or played both afternoon and evening affect detrimentally the community by kind permission of Lt. Col. as a whole, as distinct from the Comyn, C.M.G., D.S.O.
Variety entertainments given by sharebrokers. profession, is merely
Concert party of H.M.S. a waste of time. Everyone in Hong the
* Manila Kong knows that the prosperity Titania, and by the or otherwise of the local Stock Ex- Shows" company were well patron- changes has very little, if any, rela-ised. A fresh programme was put on every half hour and there were always plenty of people anxious to pay the small admission fee. To judge by the crowds and the brisk business being done at the stalls the fête should prove financially even a greater success than it has ir former rears, and both the public and the Society should be grateful
organisers and others who have been responsible for providing 50 enjoyable bazaar.
tion to commerce.
News and Views.
Six Joseph Kemp, KC, C.B.E., A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd. resumed duty in the Colony as Attorney General on December 8th.
HONG KONG & KOWLOON.
The forthcoming wedding is an- nounced of Mr. C. N. Dragon, of St. Joseph's College, to Miss L. M. Santos, of No, 12, Prince Terrace.
to
Thanksgiving Day fluid festivities' particular form of activity. Some killed one and put 14 in New York people, think that speculation in hospitals, according police
figures. Poisoned liquor was blam any form is pernicious. We do for the casualties. not propose to argue that question
"
to the
"TOM JONES."
NOTES ON LIBRETTO AND SCORE.
2
It has been asserted, and with some degree of force, that the libretto which Messrs. A. M. Thomp. son and Robert Courtneidge found. ed on Tom Jones," the famous
Would the erection of such a clock tower, say, by one of the leading firms dealing in electric clocks, not serve them as an excellent advertisement for their clocks and thus more than recompense thern for the initial outlay and the small cost of upkeep 1-Yours, ets.,
THEOSOPHICAL ORDER
OF SERVICE, Sub-Dept. City Improvement, Herbert E. Lanepart. Chief Brother for China. Hong Kong, December 10.
the love of one of the men stud- ents (James Hall) Bébé aspires to be athletic and after a correspon- dence course is persuaded to enter for a long distance swim, which she wins with the assistance of the professor who takes her into his beat in a fainting condition. When she is tilted out and lands she believes the has swim the whole way as do those who are waiting on the shore. Fêted praised and petted Bébé blossoms out and dis- plays the personality which bas made her a screen favourite. She then bar to enter for har college in another short race in which any faking is impossible and her profes- sor engages Miss Ederle, to coach (TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG | her."
DAILY PRESS."]
The final scenes in which Bébé is rashed from her twenty miles dis- tant home in SIR-The Colony, as all know,
many minutes, is passing through a period of changes in the car en route, make acute water shortage, yet enormous a spectacular dive from the roof of amounts of valuable water are daily the moving car and wins the race quite unnecessarily wasted away. by a neck, are excellent and in-
I refer to the hundreds of tensely exciting. thousands of water taps, a large We give Swim Girl Swim" peruuntage of which, pogibly one hearty recommendation as a really third, have become soiled by rust good entertainment with a charm- o sand and thus do not shut ing heroine: entirely, unless force is used. As
THE WATER SHORTAGE.
:,
a result, in the total aggregate, ar enormous amount of water is day: and night left running into the gutters.
It should be possible to prevent
4.3
THE PROGRAMME FOR THE
WEEK.
Queen's.
this huge wastage by introducing To-day: "Swim Girl Swim."
13
Thursday to Saturday: Barbed
and enforcing by law of some nex To-morrow and Wednesday:""The type of water-tap, which would net! King of Kings. automatically and be absolutely fool, sand and rust-proof, and shut off the water completely the moment the hand is withdrawn.
By this simple device, somo 15 to 20 per cent. of our total water probably be
The Hong Kong University here, but if the Government take Amateur Photographic Society is SHALL is stilla Partner in the Debser Hong Kong Office: 11, Ice House that and I believe that berest courage of their convictions andversity to which the public is but faintly the spirit of that lies, to a good extent, the way out
Now apon concurrence of the anïð FREDERICK BROUGHAM MAR- SHALL in the said Fatition.
It is
is ordered that the Receiving Order of 16th OCTOBER. 1928, be amended to include FREDERICK BROUGHAM MARSHALL Partner in TAIT
COMPANY.
Dated this 26th day of November, 1928. By the Court,
F. H. BRISTOW, 7078)
ProviBcial Judge
HONG KONG ART CLUB ANNUAL EXHIBITION.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12:
AND
THURSDAY, DEC. 13TH 10.30 AM. TO 7 P.M.
AT
PEDDER BUILDING (TOP FLOOR).
ADMISSION 50 Cexts.
A PUBLIC BAND CONCERT
WILL BE GIVEN IN TEZ
BOTANIC GARDENS
ON
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16ra, FROM 4 TO 5.30 P.M.
London Office: 21, Bride Lane,
Fleet Street, E.Ò. 4.
The Baily Press.
Boxa Kano, Dzczɛɛ 10т#, 1928.
cordially invited.
The Exhibition
masterpiece of fiction, and that their plot would have passed muster under any other name. Granting It is announced that New Kow that such is the ease, there is an laen Inland Lot No. 1193, situated other important factor to be con- in Sham Shui Po, will be put upsidered; the English public has a great fondness for the familiar, and for auction at the P.W.D. offices on December 24th. The lot has an area although not five per cent, will have of about 30,000 square feet, and the read the novel, the name of Tom Jones has an intimate sound and upset price is $23,000,
makes a direct appeal to the im agination.
say so. We dislike to see them will open at 10a.m. endeavouring to do good by stealth.
in other words trying to put an end to something which they may 'regard as 'evil whilst pretending to be actuated solely by the prosaic desire of obtaining money for the
treasury.
their
of our immediate difficulties..
I would be glad if our water authorities would give the above
practical consideration. Yours, etc.,
THEOSOPHICAL ORDER
OF SERVICE, Sub-Dept. City Improvement, Herbert E. Lonepart, Chief Brother for China Hong Kong, December 10. "
FIRE ENGINE MISHAP.
A fire engine belonging to the Wanchai Fire Station came to grief yesterday morning at LIS at D'Aguilar Street,
into D'Aguilar Street from Welling. The appliance was just turning
Wire. Pola Negri and Clive Brook in a story of a French- prison camp during the war.
World
"
To-day:
"Brown of Harvard,'" college life with William Haines and Mary Brian. The modern American version
"Tony Brown's schooldays."
of
Road to
" with Romance," Ranton Norafro, Marceline Day. and Roy d'Arcy in a story of pirates on the Spaniah main. Thursday bo Saturday: "'The Prince of Pilsen. George Sydney and Anita Stewart in s picture of a bogus prince.
Star. To-day: "Behind the Front,"
war absurdity with plenty of laughs provided by Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. Tomorrow and Wednesday: **Rough House Rosie," Clara Eow in a comedy picture of the ring
to Saturday:
***The Escape." Virginia Valli, a beauty chorus. and William Russet in a story of night life in a big city.
Tomorrow and Wednesday: "The
Thursday
The local public will have an opportunity of judging the merits of the novel and the libretto when the opera is produced by the Phil harmonic Society at the Theatre' Reyal next Friday and on other nights during the following week.
One of the most notable depar" made a report to the Police of the toxing-down of the coarser features M12. Getrude Henninger haa tures made from the book is the less of a ring set with diamond and of the age. The story has been so pearl. She was travelling on the skilfully arranged that it is well ton Street, and in taking the swerve, S.A. President Cleveland from adapted to musical treatment it came into contact with a sedan chair. It then tried to right itself Shanghai to Hong Kong with her Tom Jones' love for Sophia, her and in doing so crashed against a The captain of the ship was in hero's lapse with the fascinating radiator and side light of the fire DEATH OF MR. E. SHELLIM. daughter when, the loss occurred. fight from the paternal roof, the wall which was badly damaged. The formed but despite a thorough Lady Bellaston, the reconciliation engine were also damaged. The search of the vessel, the missing as Ranelagh Gardens, and the pre appliance was put out of action and FORMER LOCAL MANAGER OF ring was not found.
mise of conjugal happiness for the youthful lovers are set forth with had to be towed back to the
Station. that sense of clearness which is so necessary in comic opera,
At the expiration of three months THE STAMP ORDINANCE
from date the Sarawak Timber The Chinese Bankers' Association, Co., Ltd., unless cause is shown to AMENDMENTS. "
however, in their letter to the the contrary, will be struck off the We confess that we do not follow Chinese Chamber
register and the Company dis of Commerce | solved. The Auctioneering and Brokering Co., Ltd., has been struck very clearly the reasons given by asking that the Government men-
off the register. the Chinese Bankers Association sure might be officially opposed, for protesting against the Govern state that it will seriously affect ment's proposal to insist upon, the bankers and merchants, and plain- stamping and dating of share trans tively added that the merchants fers. When we dealt with the sub have not yet recovered from the ject in this columa on November General Strike, that business is 10th we stated the arguments for still depressed, and that this year and against the Government measure is the worst experienced during the as fairly as we could, and we have past forty years The contention reason to believe that the share that the stamping of share trans- brokers, the parties primarily confers will seriously affect banking cerned, were fully satisfied with the and merchant business is, in our
opinion manner in which their case
moonshine, and in order
Was
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DAVID SASSOON'S.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Dec. 9th. Mr. Edward Shellin, formerly & prominent Hong Kong business man and ex-director of Messrs. David'
presented. But we did pot suggest, to avoid confusing the issues the service may be granted to the widow for reproducing their characteristic vatory, Hong Kong, at 7.15 p.m. Sassoon and Co.. Lid,, has been
re-
bankers might reasonably be quested to explain precisely how their interests will be injured.
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PUBLIC BAND CONCERT and should never dream of suggest. ing that the enforcement of the Government scheme would drive
If the amendments to the Stamp ordinary business-that is the buying and selling of commodities Ordinance are to be fought-and we away from the Colony. It would understand organised opposition to not, and could not. do any such i them is contemplated-they should thing. It would not even affect in be fought on sound lines. It is any appreciable way the purchasing stated that the amendments will of shares for investment purposes, fail to accomplish their object in but it might incommode, and con- "preventing the evasion of death sequently restrict, speculative share duties because, other methods may transactions. That was the point easily be devised for getting round we made and we asked the Govern the law. That is, no argument ment to state whether their object against them. When the other was, in reality, to raise more methods are tried and are detected
BY THE BAND OF THE
KING'S OWN SCOTTISH"
BORDERERS
(By Kind Permission of Lt-Coh L.J. Cours, UMG., D.S.O, and Officers).
ADMISSION TO GARDEN FREE; 50 CENTS TO ENCLOSURE.
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The composer was Mr. Edward WEATHER REPORT. German, warmly, sympathetic with
The weather report, forecast and the Old English school of musicians, and possessing a natural aptitude remarks issued by the Royal Obser melodies Mr. German's distinct yesterday stated:- vein of originality is pleasingly in The anti-cyclone has passed intokilled as a result of a fall, from evidence throughout the whole of the Pacific and another has develou his horse at Brighton. the opera. To this indispensibleed over China. Fresh monsoon will quality is added that of consumate prevail along the coast and over the musicianabip, which will be obvious China Sta.
to the most superficia) if they give Local forecast: N.E. winds, mode. but passing attention to the art of rate to fresh, fine generally, part writing and orchestra.
[M Edward Shellim, who was
aged 58, had been for thirty years a resident in Hong Kong. He was Hong Kong manager of David Sassoon & Co., Ltd,, being a grand- son of the found of the firm. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1913 to 1918, a mem To the second det Mr. German her of the Committee of the
The Government Pension regula tions have been amended by the addition of the following clause: "A gratuity at the rate of one month's salary in respect of each complete period of three years' of any officer who has continuously served on the temporary establish ment of the Colony for not less than three years and who at the date of
not exceeding 8420 per annum." his death was in receipt of a salary
Cardinal Bonaventura Corrett! arrived at Honolulu on November
Mr. German has undoubtedly | *** from Sydney, Australia, where be was Pontifical Delegate to the given of his best in the first act. recently concluded Eucharistic Con- Indeed, outside the aphere of gress there. He plans to remain for abstract music he has written noth has been less prodigal of his part General Chamber of Commerce, several days as guest of the Right ing better. The trio Wisdomusic, but such an excellent number Director of the Hong Kong Bank Reverend Stephen
Alancastre,
the septett The Barley as the trio Let's be merry would and had been Chairman. He held says,"
redeem the act from any charge of directorships of Hong Kong Land Bishop of Arabeshus and Vicar Mow, the madrigal Here's a Apostolic for Hawaii. Several en
paradox for lovers, with the brit mediocrity even if it had a less Investment Co., Cent rat Estates, tartainments have been planned in liant finale which contains that ear-effective finale. The bacarolle, "Be. Hong Kong Reclamation Co., Hong. honour of Cardinal Ceretti. Prin haunting refrain "For aye my guile, beguile" in the last act is Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown cess Kiwananakos, of the former love," provide a musical treat of another number which will probably Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Tramway Hawaiian Royal Family, head of a very high order. It has the call for special mention in the local Co., Star Ferry Co. and was a one of the foremost native Hawaiian further advantage of being as a production, while it will also be member of the Consulting Commit.- organizations and a leader in tractive to the man in the street noticed that Mr. German has not tees of the Hong Kong Fire Insur
been uamindful of the demands o ance Co., Canton Insurance Co., Honolulu, society, gave a reception to the connoissent.