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WING to the CONCERT to be
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QUARTERS, the BAND CONCEPT,
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1930.
WEATHER REPORT.
Puma engine, which rendered such Even among these extremists, valuable service during the war, however, there are clashing schools.
WHITBREAD & CO., Yesterday's weather report, fore- and was the mainstay of the first The first speaker at the congress
LTD. BREWERS.
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TAYLER and Orricks, The Somerset
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NOTICE.
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ON SARY of the GERMAN CON.
STITUTION DAY the GERMAN CONSUL will hold an Official Recep- tion at his Residence, 115, THE PEAK, from 11:48 A.M. to 2.3 P.M. The German Consulate will be CLOSED ca That Day
Hong Kong, 4th August, 1930. [9711
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BARLEY AND HOPS
GROWN IN ENGLAND-AND
BOTTLED BY THE BREWERS
WHITBREAD'S ALES AND
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., STOUT, NOW FOR THE FIRST
LIMITED,
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
thut at a MEETING of the Board of Directors of GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, held at RICEANGE BUILDING, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong Kong, on WEDNESDAY, the 6TH DAY of AUGUST, 1930. Call of 84.00 per Share was made upon all the. Mambers Holding Shares upon which only 81.00. per Share has been paid, and it was determined that such Call should be paid on the 10th day of November, 1930, to the Company's Bankers, Tux HoNG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA TION at their Head Office, Queen's Road Central, Victoria aforesaid,
Upon prenantation at the office of the Company of the Bankers' receipt for the payment of such Oal, together with the Certificate of Shares, a note of the payment will be endorsed on the Certificate.
Dated this 7th day of August, 1950.
By Order of the Board,
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TIME IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG, ARE EXACTLY
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AS CONSUMED IN GREAT BRITAIN.
THE FULL MALT AND HOP CONTENT, THE SAME FOOD VALUE AND NOURISHMENT,
IN FACT THE
A feeble anticyclone is central Sea of Japan. The Guam typhoon over the southern portion of the
is moving away north-eastward.
Local Forecast:-S.E, or variable winds: light to moderate; fine.
east and remarks, issued by the years of British civil aviation. was the post ALEXANDER BEZI- Royal Observatory at 3 p.m., Quite recently an airplane-fitted stated 1-
with a Siddeley-Puma engine which was At lenst twelve years old
one day, and made the return trip crossed from London to Madrid in
m another day. From these brief. facts it will be realised that the new group bas at its head a man who knows his business, well qualised by long practical training DEATHS.
to control a concern which "is the ERZINGER. On August 2, suddenly
at Shanghai, Orto ERZINGER, in biggest of its kind in the country.. his 35th year,
It has been said by the present KARANJIA. On August 7, at Sha-Air Minister, and also by his pre-
meen, Canton, C. M. KARANJIA. The funeral will take place at
the Parsee Cemetery this even- ing.
[0719 SHEPHERD-On August 3, 1930, at Shanghai, COLIN SHEPERD, Age 66; late CM.S.N. Company and T.C.S.N. Company.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that' tas REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the Company will be closed from WEDNES DAY, 1n AUGUST to TUESDAY, 26 AUGUST, 1930, both days in clusive.
By Order of the Board, E. A LANG,Colonel, R.A.F.C.,
W. F. SIMMONS, Tressary Chest Officer.
Secretary. His Majesty's Treasury Office, Hong Kong.
[9714 Hong Kong, 5th August, 1930. [9706
*
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THE
HERE SALVATION OF CHINA IS Powerful Aids in Welding the People of China into a United Nation.
DR. MING JU CHENG'S
*News and Views ⭑
A marriage has been arranged be-- tween Aled, second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Owen Hughes, of Hong Kong, and Dorothy, only daughter
61, Hamilton-terrzos.
MINSKY. He delivered himself, as was only appropriate, in the form The wedding of Mr. Alexander of a long poem. Most of it was Lindsay Hosic, of Calcutta, the
attacks on given over to rhymed and rhythmic only son of the late Sir Alexander what he considered Rosie, H.B.M. Consul-General at dangerous tendencies in the ranks Tientsin, and of the late Mrs. of Mr. and Mrs. J. H, Stebbing, of of Communist writers. His attack Hosie, and Miss Margaret Gwen- was directed chiefly against the so- dolen (Peggy) Kirby, the only A clark formerly employed by the called "Perival "movement, which daughter of the late Mr. Arthur Metropolitan Insurance Co., New aims to 'inject more humanity inta Hoody Kirby and of Mrs. Kirby, or York, who lived alone, and died some months ago at the age of 57, Soviet art. While agreeing that Brampton Down, Folkestone, took has bequeathed to the Metropolitan literature must serve the revolu- plaeg on July 9 as Holy Trinity Museum of Art his entire estate,,"
The bride,
which consists of 1,035 examples of tion, it argues that real men Church, Brompton.
Chinese textiles, dating from the The clerk, whose and women must be the heroes and given away by her cousin, Mr. Wal 16th century. decessor in office, "that the Argosy heroines, instead of abstract ideas ter Hayter, wore a graceful gown name was William Christian Paul, airplane is the only machine, in or tractors or factories. For this of ivory crepe satin with a trans- spent all his spare marey on parent yoke and sleeves of chiffon, assembling this unique collection. the world which pays for its keep suggestion the Perival leaders have Her train of old Spanish lace was which was begun on his return from when used for ordinary transport. been flayed with thongs of Bre. carried by Miss Priscilla Nicolson a trip round the world in 1009 for The amount paid by the British BEZIENSKY declared that they and Master Teddy Soothill, and the sake of his health. He seldom Government in subsidiary mail and
took advice, relying almost entirely ber veil of ivory tulle was held in "are sprending bourgeois poison place by a chain of orange-blossom on his own judgment. The collec passenger services by air is, in and trying to feed the workers with buds. She carried a sheaf of lilice, tion includes work of the sixteenth, and wore a pearl necklace. The seventeenth, eighteenth and nine- proportion to service rendered, milk from the bourgeois cow."
page were long satin trousers and teenth centuries, and was kept in much less than is paid by other In particular he hammered upon a frilled silk shirt in two shades of trunks, boxes and cupboards in his countries in State subsidies. This the unhappy head of LEBEDINSKY, pink, and the little girl had a long apartment. happy, state of affairs is attributed This novelist-whose "Cao. Week frock of pink chiffon with a wreath
The engagement is announced be of green leaves in her hair. There to the fact that the Argosy with has been translated into English, were also four grown-up brides tween Squadron-Leader J. Kenneth."
German and other languages-was maids-Miss Dora Chambers, Miss Summers, M.C., R.A, F., son of the its Jaguar engine--can lift a greater pay-load in proportion to its power
considered the most exemplary of Mary Watson Smyth, Miss Mar.late J. A. Summers, of I.M. Cus- garet Clutton-Brock, and Miss Joan toms, Canton, and of Mrs. Sum- proletarian writers. But he has Barrows. Mr. H. C. Edmonson was mers, 70, Stanhope-avenue, Finch-
ï
than any other, airplane at present written a novel called "The Birth best man, and a reception was held ley, N.3, and Audrey, only daughter
use. The concern
PIPES. Mr. SIDDELEY, CO,
·HONG KONG, Avaust 8, 1930.
BAD LUCK AT KAI TAK,
"references
out the widest range of air-cooled engines of any firm in the world, from. 80 to 800 horse-power. All these things are common knowledge" "in the trade," but not to the average newspaper reader. Beyond to some outstanding achievement such as a fight from Most unfortunate was it that the London to Malta in thirteen hours very first attempt to give a dis-there is rarely a reference in the play of aéronatics in this part of day's news to British aerial ac-
tivity. The the world should have ended in
Croydon airdrome (just outside London) is buzzing machines leaving for and arriving from, all parts of Europe and points far beyond, but there is no
longer any spectacular interest about such activity. Aviation has become commonplace-except for those who know the untiring efforts of "engineers and other experts to improve the design-of airplanes and of the machines driving them. This ceaseless spadework is carried on unbeknown to the general public-obviously it has to be-and it is only when we read of theories
than
when among the guests were:-Sir Communism is the main Horace and Lady Hamilton, Lady theme. He was described on the Hosie, Professor and Mrs. Cootaill, Congress rostum as among writers Professor and Mrs. Troup, Viscoun. tess Hailsham, Sir Robert and Lady who, having forgotten the barri-Watson Smyth, Lady Jackson, the cades, are depicting love squabbles Missca Jackson, Sir Walter and for us. KARL RADEK and others Lady Willson, Lady Birkmyre.
have also denounced LEBEDINSKY. With Communism and the new man" being born, they ask, why does this Communist bother to write about the birth of a hero whose chief interest seems his lady lovet Down with these piffling
If
this is the fate of a Communist who ventures to write, in the old style about love and other lowly emo tions, it is easy to imagine what life must be for those writers who still consider themselves "intel- lectuals" and try to deal with traditional themes.
crash. Happily, neither of the all day and part of the night with Parlour dramas!" they cry. aviators taking part in the Kat Tak demonstration on Wednesday was hurt, and the incident is re- garded by those who know the facts as just one of those annoying little things which do happen occasional ly. That such an accident should have happened at such a time was particularly unfortunate-but even "JOHNNIE" JOHNSON, careful and skilful as she is crashed when she landed at Brisbane, after flying across the world without making such a bad landing on the way. The tumble at Kai Tak on Wednes day was just unlucky-that is all there is to be said about it, and neither members of the Flying Club
being put to a triumphant test outsiders come to realise that, in matters aarial, Britain is not so backward after all.
PROLETARIAN PENMEN.
bridge-road, Ely,
A remarkable Night. View "of The Peak, Hong Kong," is entered for the Daily Mail snapshot com- petition by Kathleen Vaughan, 12, Belmont, Honor Oak-road, Forest- Hill, S.E.23. Taken apparently from the Peninsula Hotel, it shows the sailway clock-tower in the fore, Their Majesties received in the ground, the harbour, then Hong Throne Room at Buckingham Kong in blaze of light, and The Palace, on July 14, the members Teak in the distance. The harbour (accompanied by their wives) of the must have been exceptionally, still, Colonial Office Conference, which for the routes taken by the forries has just concluded in London. Sirare as clearly defined by the reflect- Reginald Stubbs (Governor ofed light as railway tracks. Jamaica), Sir Henry, Gollan (Chief Justice, Hong Kong), Mr. R. O. A Stock Exchange commentator Winstedt (Director of Education, suggests, in view of the proposi] Federated Malay States), Mr. G. that the majority of the world's tin Hemmant (Under Secretary, Straits mines shall suspend production en... Settlements), and Sir Frank Bad tirely for two months, a jobber was deley (Chief Secretary, Nigeria), perturbed as to what is to happen. were among those received. Sir to the temporarily waemployed mine Frederick James Governor of the coolies in Malaya. "Oh! well," n' Windward Islands) and Lady colleague brilliantly suggested, James were unavoidably preventedwhy not use them to cut down 50 from being present.
per cent. of the rubber trees?
Local Notes and Events ★
in Hong Kong is interested in The American Consulate General
obtaining information concerning the whereabouts of Mrs. Zena Axe, who is said to have resided in Hong Kong some time ago.
Volunteer Headquarters, the Band Owing to to-night's concert at Concert, which was to be given on the Hong Kong Cricket Ground this afternoon, is postponed to next Friday, August 13, at 6.30 p.m. .⠀ .
Looking Back 25 Years.
1.1
On the 3rd instant all the josses in the Cheong Sau Temple, Canton (lately seized by the order of the Viceroy) were taken outside and In addition to the vote of $300,000 A call of 84.00 per share has been burned, under the supervision of a for the University reported else made by the Green Island Cement non-superstitious person called Sau where in this issue, the Finance Co., Ltd., upon all the members Ming Pok." For some days before- Committee approved of the expen-holding shares upon which only hand the monks were budy spread- provide 500 additional water acters ball to be paid on November 10 to ing the rumour that the Gods had diture of 823.000 which will go to 81.00 per share has been paid, such
in Kowloon.
lems. But to these writers litera- un Wednesday last. A stranger,
who said he was a friend of her "You would liked to be beaten
nor those who know what British LITERATURE, and the arts generally, machines and men can do in the are no longer a safe retreat for
the company's, banks:
heard of the order and were very sir will be in the least dismayed Russians who want to escape the
angry, and that the earthquakes In a case beard before Mr. R. E. A Chinese, named, Fung Dick, were sent by them as warnings. « AJI by this unfortunate incident.
turmoil of their surroundings. To
Lindsell yesterday, it was disclosed appeared before the Kowloon Magis- write at all means to plunge neck that a Chinese, who was charged trate yesterday on the charge who helped to destroy were to perish There is an impression in some deep into the political and economic with hawking cigarettes without a of falsely applying labels for a of the plague, which would more
Detective- quarters that Britain is very back-struggle.
over devastate the neighbourhood. A number of poets, license was actually selling ciga- Chinese medicinal tes
rettes made from discarded stumps Sergeant Meadows stated that the ward in regard to aviation, Duc novelists and playwrights made which he had picked up from the Police went to the man's house Naturally, those who believed in the eredit, of course, is given to in-pathetic speeches at the recent streets. He was fined 810, or in where they found his son printing power of the Gods at once put a National Congress of the Com- default, 10 days' imprisonment. wrappers with a wooden block. He! dividual fliers for wonderful
had lived in that address for about considerable distance between them- munist Party.. Hardly a suitable
A Chinese woman living at 337 year. The man was fined 850 with selves and the scene of such impiety. achievements, but there is an idea place, it would seem superfically, Hennessey Road was the victim of the alternative of one month's hard They will probably come back when that, industrially and commer- for the discussion of literary proba confidence trick practised on her labour.
they hear that the priests were lying. cially, Britain has not secured that
prophets.--lang Kong Daily Press, prominent place in aerial affairs ure is not something apart from husband, managed to persuade her again? Enjoy it?" asked Mr. August 8, 1905. which might have been expected. everyday life. They maintained to lend him her electric fan for a Lindsell at Central Magistracy yes Looking Back 50 Years.. As usual, it is excessive modesty that the writing of poems must be few days. It was not until the terday, when a Chinese boy was
Official corruption in the Central due to nature or negligence which as closely related to ordinary husband returned home from work charged with stealing 63 cents from
that the trick was exposed.
a stall in Wanchai. He was chased Kingdon is a well-waru theme, but is responsible for this failure to affairs as the
by a constable, and when eught the it is something new to find the of motor-cars" making
Because he resented the patroniz- money was found in his possession.
mandarin organ dilating upon it in. THE INFLUENCE OF COM-appreciate what the British air or the organization of co-operative
craft industry has done, and is farms. Newes
ing attitude of a Chinese coolie, Culprit's record showed that he was MUNICATIONS INTERNAL doing. How many people know of The literary men insisted that who criticized his work, young whipped last year for a similar condemnatory terms. We have often navvy asked the man "ince when offence. The Magistrate ordered de pointed out the rottenness of the the recent Armstrong-Avro com- the function of the present-day did you become my master!" This fendant to receive twelve strokes of
Chinese system of administration, AND EXTERNAL UPON THE bination-the biggest financial artist in letters, is to help the sarcasm was too much for the coolie, the cang.
by which the officials are so under- ECONOMIC
The action in the Supreme Court, paid that honesty in them is a FUTURE OF undertaking in Great Britain con-accomplishment of the Five-Year who struck the youth with a shovel. The incident happened in Aberdeen cerned solely with the construction Plan of industrialization, to sell on Wednesday and the coolic in which Un Ting Kwong and other quality that few can afford to CHINA.
of aircraft. This great combine Government bonds, to drive the was fined 82 by Mr. Lindsell yes plaintiffs are applying for re- practice. The Singao points out assignment and return of certain how tals corruption originated. The has huge factories as well designed peasants, into collective, farms, and
property free of a mortgage for pay and allowances sufficient for and equipped as any in the world. generally to bring nearer the new Tung Chung Ho, quartermaster $50,000 and other encumbrances, was officials two hundred years ago are In the United States there may be life." Of course, this is the ex- of the .. Ninghai, died on board continued before the Chief Justice, not now enough for their support, yesterday when the plaintiff was besides which all surpluses from the larger workshops, but none better tree view of those who call them on Wednesday afternoon under
again under cross-examination re-regalar taxes are now devoted to supplied or organised than these selves "proletarian writers." They complained of having a severe pain ship adjourned the case until Mon- centage is deducted from each man's rather curious circumstances. He garding the accounts. His Lord military expenditure, and a per- all-British factories wherein are con
assume this name not only because in his stomach, and took a dose of day morning, giving it precedenco pay to meet deficiencies in the grain centrated the energy and experience they write or proletarians, but anti-cholera mixture at about 2.15 over another action fixed for the tax. The result of this is, the Sing-
p.m Some three hours later be same day. two well-known engineering because they consider, themselves in
pao points out that the higher died in his bunk. The Police were
officials live at the expense of the firms-ARMSTRONG and A. V. Roz
that class. Indeed, the most damn-sent for and the body was removed Following a quarrel with a lower ones, the lower ones requiro And equally unobtrusive anding word in their vocabulary-the to the Kowloon Mortuary
customer over the weight of tard, illicit fees from their clerks and a butcher in a stall in the Sham servants, and the latter rob tho. unknown to the outer world is the word under which their enemies
supposed to, shrivel with Mr Whyte-Smith. yesterday on
When two women appeared before shuipo Market struck the man public of its money. Thus there is man in charge of this great under- are.
across the heard with an iron bara regular chain of corruption, which Schouabatchtadistica iz Vintellectual Call the charge of kidnappingery The mound war of etch styen seen on stendily increasing with the forty years ago was a young wafer of din groups home thief Buk, Krooder H, Filman told the that it necessitated the victims result that the public becomes poor
Court that Mr. J. Barrow of the dentention in hospital for eight very day, Emtezlement empties draughtsman in the Humber cycle or a half-wit, and the insult may 5.C.A. will prosecute and asked for days. The butcher then ran away the public treasury, and extortion works. Ten years later he was still be adjusted. But tell him that a remand. His Worship remarked hat when seen in the streets of designing motor-cars, and in 1908 he is an intellectual, and you will that he thought the SC.A. only took Yaumati on Wednesday, was ar he prepared the plans for an air-never be forgiven. Such is the caces concerning girls but was rested and brought before the Kow plano engine. It was Mr. SIDDELEY disrepute into which the word, and old that this was a complicated loon Magistrate yesterday when he case. A remand of a woek was act was fined $10 and ordered to pay cordingly granted.
a like sum as compensation. who was responsible for the famous the idea behind it, have sunk.
$7-50.
This is an important, and in many ways unique, study of transport and other communications, both in China and Western countries in relation to the economic development of China. Dr. M. J. Cheng, well versed in Western und Chinese economic conditions, summarizes the main features of his country and compares them with those of Western countries,
He explains the cause and effect of the present stagnation in Chins and advocates the improvement and extension of land, water, aerial, and other systems of communication
THERE IS NO COUNTRY IN EUROPE OR ASIA WITH A GREATER WMA LIDEL AWAITING DEVELOPMENT
It is hoped that this book will be widely read by persons in China with the power to give practical effect to the conclusions reached.
KELLY & WALSH, LTD.
(Incorporated" in Hong Kong),
of
terday.
impoverishes private individuals. Bribery and corruption are the means by which officials obtain prom motion and folks attain any object they desire."--Hong Kong: Daily Press, August 9, 1880,