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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CHINA COAST OFFICERS'
GUILD
AND
MARINE ENGINEERS GUILD OF CHINA.
COMBINED MEETING TMll be held at the QUILD OFFICES. €7, DE VIUX HOAD, CENTRAL (DAVID House), TO-DAY, WEDNESDAY, 11TH JUNE, 1930, at 5.00 P.M.
All Members are requested to attend.
T. T. LAURENSON,
Branch Secretary. [9523
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,
SIXTH EXTRA BAUM MEETING.
of the
HE SECOND DAY
TESTING has been Fised for SATURDAY. TH JUNE, 1930, at
2 O'CLOCK P.M.
First Saddling Bell: 1:30 r.x.
By Order,
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0. B. BROWN,
Secretary. [9324
LANE, CRAWFORD, LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN EIGHTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF SHARE- HOLDERS Will be held at EX CHANGE BUILDING, Des Vœur ROAD, Hong Kong, on SATURDAY, 21or JENE, 1930, at 11.30 A.M,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of th Company will be CLOSED frem 12y „JURE, 1930, 16 21st JUNE, 1930, Both
Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. W. BROWN,
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Secretary, Hong Kong, 7th Jane, 1930... [9520
PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Dewar's
White Label
Wonderful
Whisky
Awarded 50 Gold and
Prize Medals
also
Dewar's
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1930.-
WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterday's weather report, fote ons and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 8.30 p.m., stated:-
The anticyclone remains Japan and the depression
Western China.
over over
Local Forecast:-S. and S.W. winds; moderate; cloudy; showery,
BIRTHS.
BELL, a son..
MARRIAGES. ISAAC-Tora. On June 4, at Shang. hai, JASON JOSEPH ISAAC to MOZELLE, daughter of the lata A. I. H. and Mrs. Toso, SANT-RAHF-On June 3, at Shang hai, CORNELIUS STEPHANIUS SANT to HERTHA MARGARETZ, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs, C. RANY of Shanghai.
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News and Views
American navat els are to be equipped with "tab", apparatus. war have had signs for silent. Most of the large rienn men-of- films for some time
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AWhite Slave," traffic ring of vast proportions has been discovered alleges that the ring maintains a by the Argentine police, which regular market. The majority of the victims of the traffic, it is stat forged passports obtained in Berlin Satisfaction Guanteed or Money ed. are transported from Europe on Despite
a which read. and cities of Poland. These victims Returned, the cket-seller at a are bought and sold for from £50 circus in the mig town of That- to £193 each and the ring is declarford Mines. Qyeo Province, de- ed to control the activities of 1,500 clined to refund 10-cent admission victims appeared in court recently ensued. One wLs shot dead by white slaves." One of the alleged fee to a dissated patron. A riot
pulled down the family of the and revealed that she had been sub-a constable, arthe circus tent was. After police investigations, 120 per- dead man su for £1,900 damages sons alleged to be "white slave against the policeman and the traffickers have been identified, and municipality The claim was allow of these nine have been arrested. ed by the ebec court of King's Bench, but appeal the Supreme Court of anada ruled that the constable id acted in discharge of his dutand dismissed the claim.
The brain of Dr. Nansen, the famous explorer, who died recently,
of Oslo, where it will be studied by has been taken from his body and will be preserved at the University scientists.
every year are 'not "ours," ang We see just a small island off more than the baggage carried from the coast of China where, under one steamer to a hotel, and then the British flag, there is peace and put on board another steamer, is order in marked contrast to the the property of the porter who unrest and disorder on the main- carries it. "We" do not raise or land a few miles away. This small manufacture the produce and goods island is a very convenient place exported from Hong Kong, nor do for the trans-shipment of inward "we" consume the vast quantity and outward cargoes, for the of commodities imported into the storage of goods," for the building Colony. "We do the work for and repairing of ships, and for the Ching which the hotel-porter does transaction of the hundred and one for the traveller. "We do the operations associated with inter- fetching and carrying and storing national trade. It is, in our GONSTAND-On 1 June 5, at Shang- incidental to a large proportion of opinion, most important
hai, to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. China's trade, and for those services charges for those services should that CORSTAND, a daughter. CAMPBELL On June 4, at Shanghai,"we" are paid, but the things operate on a sliding scale in symjected to unmentionable cruelties
to Mr. and Mrs. DAVID CAM"we" fotch, carry, and store are pathy with the fuctuations in silver "our" If the dollar is fixed currency values which take place at 28., the cost of our services on the mainland we serve.
*4 will be increased (in the present
True, the dollar might be ignored state of the silver market) in direct entirely, and we could use pounds, proportion to the value of the goods shillings and pence for local cur.
other words, the hotel-porter will dollars when quoting prices to handled on behalf of China. In rency, converting these figures into
want 23. instead of the is. 3d., he prospective Chinese customers. But has been taking in return for his would the advantages of this very traveller must pay the extra nine for the trouble and inconvenience services, which means that the definitely fixed currency compensate
pence, carry the baggage himself, arising from a revaluation of all or look to the hotel proprietor to local securities, investments and increase the porter's wages. We property: It has been asserted that leave friends and critics to fix the the shares of local companies listed identity of the porter's employer. on the Stock Exchange amount in Morning Post to the objections to
The replies published in the value to 577 million dollars-not so many pounds, francs, yen, or the stabilisation scheme appearing marks, but definite Hong Kong in the Daily Pres do not meet dollars. Thear companies have huge the points raised at all.. Space will reserves in dollars; they have land; not permit of dealing with them all, buildings, and cther, movable and so let us take the first on the list:- immovable property which is valued in Hong Kong dollars. People have invested dollars in these various enterprises, and they receive dollars in dividends-wherein lies their grievance? To convert all these investments and securities into pounds, shillings and pence would be an appalling task-and to what endi The currency of the country which Hong Kong serves would continue to actuate, and the pros perity of this Colony" would con- tinue to vary precisely in propor tion to the variations of China's prosperity.
STANDAGE-ODRISCOLL-On June 3,
at Shanghai, HENRY EDMUN STANDAGE, O.B.E., of Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., to DOROTHY MARGARET O'DRISCOLL (né Mancell).
Whisky de Luxe WALTER-MCCANDLESS-On Fire &
Victoria Vat
As supplied to the Houses of Lords and Commons
ARY GENERAL MEETING of A. S. WATSON
SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the HONG KONG HOTEL, Hong Kong, on SATURDAY, the 14TH JUNE, 1930, at 11 AM for the pripose of receiving the Reports of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 30TH APRIL, 1830.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MON. DAY. the PT par" of JUNE, ta SATURDAY, the 14mm Day of JUNE. 1930, Both Days inclusive.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Hong Kong, 4th June, 1030.
[9502
INDO-CHINA STEAM" NAVIGA. TION COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE FORTY-NINTH ORDINARY
GENERAL MEETING of the
& CO., LTD.
WINK AND SPIRIT MEROHANTS..
Established 1841.
THE CHINESE ENGINEERING & ̈ MINING CO., LIMITED,
PAYMENT OF INTRAIN DIVIDEND ON.
SHAKE FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNZ, 1830.
at Shanghai, JOHN BRITTAN WALTER, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM WALTER of Guernsey and ENID, daughter of Jfr. and Mra S. A. L. MCCANDLESS.
DEATHS..
MALINOVSKY-On June 5, at Shang- hai, KAREL, son of Mr and Mrs. KAREL MALINOVSKY, aged 9
nonths, Moses. On June 4, at Shangbai,
M. J. Moses.
Editorial and Business Offices: 11, Ice House Street. Tel. 30251. Night Editor (Wanchai Office):"
Tol. 24511.
London Office: 33, Fleet Street,
E.C. 4.
The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, JUNE 11, 1930.
UNSTABLE "STABILITY."
A. has money invested in local public companies which gives him $8,000 a year or $500 a month. He has always kept within this "$300, spending, say, 80 per cent. of his income.
On July 1 he draws hia uanal 3500.. His invest ments being in the old dollars the money he draws will be in those dollars. His monthly ex penditure of $400, however, be- comes doubled, since all servants, shopkeepers, rent, and other ex- penses have to be paid in the new
Prehistic antlers have been dis- covered a depth of 50 feet near Duderstt, Hanover., The excara- M. Alaia Gerbault, the lawn ten-tion we carried out under the sailed round the world alene, will Univer nis champion and yachtaman, who directic of professors of Göttingen It is.. suggested that soon sail away from civilisation the de, lived 300,000 years ago. see to the building of a new sloop, again. He has arrived in Paris.to which is to take him to the South Seas for good. It is his determina. islanders of the Pacific and not to tion, he declares, to live among the come back to the modernist world His new boat will be somewhat which he sailed round the world, smaller than the Fire Crest, in but it will be stronger and more comfortable. It will be of about 10 tons. On his trip he will be alone. as he was in his previous voyage. He hopes to start towards the end of the year.
A robot booking clerk has appered at Victoria Underground stath, Londen, This ticket ma- buiso rattles out any necessary. chi which not only gives tickets, hige, is the first of its kind to gear in Britain and is the result a Bristol firm. This particular otwo years of experimenting by chine, which deals with 3d. tkets, will be followed shortly by hers at various points in the etropolis. When a passenger has nly small silver, he places his ed." or is in the slot provided and out komes a ticket with, the 3d. or Gd.
inat year 27,558 motoring offences of used in the new machine,
The Home Secretary states that change. Half-pennies can also be driving recklessly, negligently, di
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at a speed or in a manner dange Successful wireless telephone tests. ous to the public became known between Sydney and Chile, by way the police in England and Walls of London, were conducted recently? 4,260 of these offences were delt The Post Office in Sydney aanoune- with by prosecution and resulteda ed that telephone connection with both Chile and Uruguay was made by way of London, Madrid, and Buenos Aires. The tests are being continued, with a view to establish- ing a world-wide wireless telephone service from Australia.
29,678 convictions.
Fireproof clothes for airmen nd fireproof wings for their machnes are to be introduced in the Byal a result the tragic toll of daths Air Force. It is expected the as
following airplane crashes wil be Bachelor of Housekeeping" is reduced to a minimum. A heap a new suggested degree for Chicago and easily made fireproofing solu-, University girls expert in dish- tion has been discovered for treat washing, cooking and sweeping. ing clothes and other fabrics. It is Dr. Kazel Kyrk, Professor of a mixture of borax and boricacid Household Economics at the univer- and is said to be so effectie that, gity, said: "It is up to us to put. when a four-ousee cotton fatic was housework as a career on a dignifi. treated, it could not be igited by ed and professional basis."
naked flame.
F.V." dollar. He finds the change costs him $300 more than he draws, whereas before he could save $100 per month. We are told that this question is already answered inasmuch as I have provided that all companies charge in the new currency and pay
Ar object 270 miles. distant from in the new currency both salaries the camera has been photographed, according to an announcement made and dividends. Very good, then by the War Department in Wash our point is proved--that the strington. The picture was one of víces rendered by Hong Kong to Captain A. W. Stevens, of the Mount Ranier, and was taken by
During the big, golf match at Coma Janet Managers, MEAST INTERIM DIVIDEND 6 Os Company will be held at the Offices THE Board having declared An IT is not our intention to enter China
Plans for non-stop fight from Sandwich recently a bit of history are going to be more Army Air Corps, while in flight Detroit to. Budapest in June by was made for St. George's and the JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., Shilling Per Share, Free of Income Tax.
apon, any controversy as to who expensive. It is admitted that, 20,000 feet above Crate Lake, ieut. Magyar, an Austian, are Walker Cup. Roland Mackenzie's LTD. PEDDER STEBET, Hongkong, ou for the Year ending 30th June, 1993, first thought of the "double ac high above its silver value, a Hongmund, the Three Sisters are shown Sirius monoplane-like the craft in the 18th green. The man stood still with dollar fixed at a figure Oregon. Crescent Lake and Dia-nearing completion. He intends to second shot dropped in the pocket WEDNESDAY, the 18TH JUNE, 1930, Holders of Bearer Shares and Holders of
mond Park appear in the fore- conquer the Atlantic in Lockheed of a spectator in the crowd around at NOON, for the purpose of receiving Dividend Warrants received from Lon-countancy" plan for stabilising the Kong shipping company will be 125 miles away; then Mount Jeffer which Colonel Lindberg made a the referee came the Report of the Director, passing and don on account of Registered Shante dollar. The circumstances relating charging increased freight rates and son 175 miles discant, Mount Hood transcontinental speed/record re- Araerican player. The bare the the Accounts, and electing Directors and will be paid their Dividends on present Anditora.
ing Coupon No. 37 of the Bearer Ehares
to the presentation of such a scheme passenger fares; that a Hong Kong The previous photographic long-dis- would make a record na-stop flight spectator had been standing, and 200 miles, and finally Mount Ranier.cently. Magyar profeted route dropped by Mackenzie where the and Dividend Warrants on Eegistered Shater, to either of the following Banks to us were personally explained by shipyard will be increasing its tance record was 997 miles. from New World to Od.
no penalty was incurred. at Shanghai or Tientsin-
the Editor of this paper to the ing ships; that every Hong Kong estimates for building and repair- South China Morning Post on commercial and industrial establish. June 2, and it is with regret that ment will be charging more, for We note the publication by our con- its services, whatever they may be, temporary of an innuendo that our when (and if) the new standard correspondent had made use of an- other man's idea. That we know
of currency is adopted. But this
is not the ease.
does not seem to affect the situa tion very much," says the advocate
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Ompany will be CLOSED from the 1178 JUNE to 2xo, JULY, 1930, Both Daya inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
JARDINE, MATHESON
& CO., LTD., General Moungers.
Hong Kong, 18th May, 1030. [9481
HONG KONG TELEPHONE CO., LTD,
THE
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED From the 23RD JUNE to the SOTE JUNE, 1930, Both Days inclusive.
Dated this 2nd Day of May, 1830. By Order of the Board,”
W. L. MOKENZIE,
Becretary.
[9500
THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
THY BANQUE BELCZ POUR L'ETRAX.
GEA.
Payment will be made in Dollars at the Baying Rate of Exchange of the Day.
''.
THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,
P. C. YOUNG,
General Manager, NOTE. This Dividend is payable on the issued Capital (including the 580,000 Bonus Shares to be issued by Resolution of the Company passed on the 18th December, 1929) of 1,980,000
(9518
Shares."
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Local Notes and Events ★
His Excellency the Governor has
honoured the Society of St. George,
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A combined mesting of the China Coast Officers Guild and the Marine Engineers' Guild of China will be held at the Guild Offices 67, Des Voeux Road Central (David House) at p.m. to-day, when' all members are requested to attend.
of stabilisation, looking at the Kong, by consenting to be enormous total of our imports come Patron of the Society. and exports. In our opinion it will affect Hong Kong's position most vitally. If similar services can be obtained clsewhere for 1s. 3d, who turned a clean bill for the three days 1367, situated at Aplin Street, was
It is gratifying to record that the Medical Oficer of Health has re-
ended on midnight of June 0.
The originator of the plan pub lished in the Morning Pust for some reason has given that journal the benent of his comment and criticism upon an editorial article which appeared in the Daily Press, and will pay 2s, simply because "Hong upon some objections to the stabili-Kong has seen fit to raise the sation plan which was published in emuneration required for its ser- vices i There is no doubt the quite unnecessarily implied that stabilized, but if it is then we the scheme published in (but not must face the consequences in doing endorsed by) the Daily Press was a business with a country whose cur- $25 by the Marine Magistrate for Two coxswains were each fined re-bash of his own stabilisation reney is established on a silver failing to screen the port and star.
vessela
The second public band concert which was to have been given to night at the Kowloon Football Club
day.
"Two most excellent text-books on the Royal columne. Having unjustly and dollar used in this Colony can be has been postponed till next Wednes
and Ancient Game. By H. B. Martin.
PICTORIAL GOLF
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR
$8.50
The sailing of E.M.S. Hermes for the North has been delayed until to-day.
Mr. G. P. Daswani, Managing Director of Messrs. Lalchand & Gagandas, has been awarded the degrees of H.M.D. (Doctor" in New Kowloon Inland Lot No. | Homeopathic Medicine) and H.M.B. (Bachelor in Homeopathic Medi- sold at the Crown Land Office yes cine) from the Oriental College of terday to Messrs. Keng Wong and Homeopathy of Calcutta. Dr. Dis- Fan Sing, of 61, Aplín Street, at wani is a keen business man and the upset price of 81209. The land intends to continue his business has an area of about 967 sq. feet career. His object in getting this and its annual rental is $0.
qualification is to serve the poor people in the villages of India who The Waterworks state that a leak cannot possibly afford to pay the Pipe line and that tests are being when he goes back to India in the has been detected in the harbour high fees of the doctors. Dr. Das wani expects to fulfil his object carried out to ascertain the extent near future.
breakdown has not yet been found, out, but it is not expected to cause
water supply,
37.30-plan, he deals with the objections ) basis," and which fluctuates con board light of their respective of the leak. The cause of this minor
which appeared in these columns, siderably. not one of which he meets satisfac-
"The value of our importa and
GAME: torily. Merely to describe questions exports has nothing to do with was fined $10 by Comdr. Hole yes- The coxswain of a motor boat
as "rather amusing," "nonsense," the question. The crux of the failing to stop when called upon to terday when he was charged with and "childish arguments does matter is that a dollar fixed at 28., do so by the police. not constitute an answer to those when the silver market in dopress-
"One picture," says the Chinese proverb, "is worth ten thousand words," and one of H. B. Martin's golf pictures is worth a dozen pages of wordy explanation. This original idea of teaching golf by. diagrams is generally credited to H. B. Martin, who some fifteen years ago began to present in graphic forin the teachings of the professional. All phases of the game are covered; no problem or situation with which the amateur or experienced gelfer may find: himself confronted has been overlooked.
Piatorial Golf" contains practical instruction for the beginner.
16 What's wrong with your game gives constructive advice to golfers on their personal faults in playing the game.
KELLY & WALSH, LTD.
Tacorporated in Hong Kong),
The total output of the Kailan
y serious interference with the
Looking Back 25 Years.
June is always a 'wet month in Hong Kong, but seems to have Cheung Kee, the master of a brought (more than our usual trading junk, has made a report to tumount of rain so far. Over 15 the police that after he had re- inches of rain has fallen since the- turned from an inter-island cruise lat. For the whole month of June
questions, though it does crente &ed as it is to-day, means that HongMining Administration's mines for and was sachored with two other last year the rainfall was 18,640 sort of verbal smoke-screen behind Kong must automatically increase the week ending May 24 mounted junks" laden with bricks, the anchor. inches. In 1003 it exceeded 25 in which the inaue raised, may be its charges for services rendered to 115,950 tons, and the sales during evaded.
in the handling of Chinese trade: the period to 111,100 tons. The Morning Post's commentator, This Colony lives, not upon "our"
his craft to the water's edge. It Prees, June 12, 1908. chains became entangled and pulled ches in June.--Hong Kong. Daily
filled rapidly and soon sank, but Looking Back 50 Years, the crew were all rescued after. few anxious minutes in the water.
in reply to our statement that & importa and exports, but upon Tjiliwong whilst the vessel was For making fast to the a..
The general agents of the China. dollar fixed at two shillings would China's imports and exports handl under way without first obtaining
Sugar Refining Company have de- cided to issue ....... debentures for increase the cost of the services ed in Hong Kong, To picture this permission from the master, the squash and a bottle of sarsaparilla rate of eight per cent. per annum, The theft of a bottle of orange $300,000, bearing interest at the rendered by this Colony, says." the Colony as the financial bukofadas de
of coxswain of a motor boat was fined
Latesúmentinred-hora de Wartenland radioamahla ahiturnii wanao of micrease in Wages lathe whole of China," and to imagine terday.
Ang mga y Smith at Kowloon Magistracy yes to meet the cost of the acquisition. very small compared with the value prosperity for Hong Kong be
terday when two men were charged of the property known as the of our imports and exports yond the dreams of the most
with the theft of a bottle each: Oriental Sugar Refinery, Wanchai From an advertisement in another The first defendant was stated to the distillery at East Point, and - Evidently we must once again point optimistic," are pleasing enough column readers will note that the have had several previous convic. the Sugar Refinery now in course of out that the trade handled in Hong phrases, but we confess our in- second day's racing of the Birth tions for stealing. He was sentenced construction at Swatow. The bonds Kong is not "our" trade at all, ability to see things in such a rosy for June 14 commencing from 2 the other accused, also with a pre-bera falling to be paid-off will be Extra Race Meeting has been fixed to three months hard labour, while will be of $500 each, and the num- but China's. The imports and ex- light. The situation, as we see it, p.m. The first saddling bell will vious; conviction, was ordered to | drawn. for periodically-Hingis
passing through this Colony in quite difførent,
be-rung at 1.30 p.m.
receive 12 strokes of the cane,
Kong Daily Press, June 11, 1890,