NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
CHINESE CUSTOMS
NOTIFICATION.
HE Office and Stations of the
THE
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1930.
*WEATHER REPORT,
WHITBREAD & CO. Yesterday's weather report, fore
BREWERS.
CHINESE MARITIME CUB-FOUNDED IN ENGLAND
TOMS for Kow100 and DISTRICT will
bo CLOSED to PUBLIC BUSINESS
on the T and the 107 OCTOBER,
1930, being CUSTOMS HOLIDAYS.
J. M. H. OSBORNE, Commissioner of Chinese Customs,
Kowloon and District. YORK BUILDING, Hong Kong, let Oct., 1990.
1742.
THE FINEST
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THE HONG KONG BOXING ASSOCIATION,
REPORT
AND
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS
FOR TAX
YXAN ENDING 30 June, 1930.
No
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ELEVENTH AN- that the
•NUAL GENERAL MEETING of the HONG KONG BOXING AB800LATION will be held in the BOARD Book of MERA, JAHDINE, & Co., LTD., on the 87H HATHESON & DAY of OCTOBER, 1932, at 0.80 P.M. for the following purpose :-
1. To receive the General Com
mittee's Report and Statement of Accounts for the your suding the 30th day of June, 1930,
5. To elect Chairman, Vice--
Chairman, Official Referee, Man- ager, Secretary and Treasurer and ibe Goneral Committee for the year, 1930-31,
By Order of the Geneis! Committee.
T. G. BENNETT, Hon Secretary and Tra›surer,
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rtment EDUCATION DEPARTMENT or at by Order of His EXCELLENT THE GOVER Non, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at
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PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY, the Orn DAY of UUTOBEB, 1980, at 3 r., at the
of the Public Works by Order REGELLANGY THE GOVERNOR,
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of One
CLUB DE RECREIO,
THIRD ATHLETIC MEETING.
OCTOBER. Race to be run on SUN..
UNWARRANTED SURPRISE. sentations had been received urging
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cast and remarks, issued by the WHAT is described, ne a rather Royal Observatory ab. 0 Pastonishing" and surprising stated:-
Depressione are shown to the letter from home has been quoted N.E. of Shaugbai and to the N.L. in a contemporary in a man of Hong Kong
Local Forecast:-S.W. or vari able winds, moderate ; fine.
BIRTHS.
FLETCHER-On September 21, at Yokohama, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles' FletcIIEN, & 800. ÁLAN CHARLES,
to Mr. and Mrs. O. Gys
BOD.
DEATH. PEREIRA.-On October 1 ́at 3.30 p.m., at har residence, MARIA DAS DORES NORONHA BRITTO PEREIRA.
Funeral will pass the monument
nt 5.30 p.m. to-day. Shang- hai and Japan papers plense
(1024
· copy.
tho establishment of a gold cur- rency in the Colony.
*News and Views
We sympathise very sincerely with the dificult position in which British merchant navy offers in September 22nd at the Department was the advice given by Mr. Sydney...
At a conference held in Tokyo on "Never despise u Bule crowd," which is rather unfair. The infor mation is published under headlines Chinese waters find themselves as of Commerce and Industry,an T. Garland to students at the Sui- suggesting that the China Assocína result of the deprecinted dollar. agreement of opinion was reached mer School organized by the Drap- tion is deplorably out of touch They are, as a class, poorly paid by the administrative authorities ers Chamber of Trade. Mr. Gar- land, lecturing on patvertising, said he was sales manager of ons of the largest businesses in the providers. They had two fortnightly sales in a year, and at the first anie it was obvious the crowd was rogarde] as
with current events in this part of
Majnichi,
tual in the world; it is claimed by British trains are the most pune- railway officials in London who have prepared statistics to show
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the world. Looking carefully at for work which at times involves that Mosers Brunner, Mond & Co., wore dumping imported soda ash, the evidence in support of the case, very great mental and physical and that the committee for inquiry we see ground neither for the sur-strain, and at all times carries with into dumping should be ordered to Greer-On September 23, at Kobe, prise nor sarcasm expreszed. The it great responsibility for the meet. The matter was referred to facts are perfectly plain, and the safety of life and property. Some the Ministers concerned for their attitude of the Secretary of the shipping companies have recognised anal decision, says the Oraka - somebody else's "rogular· ·customer. China Association absolutely cor
and therefore not to be bothered the additional hardship imposed rect, Any person accustomed to
about. Yet during those four weeks." upon their floating staffs as a result the handling of public affairs of the slump in silver, and taken
doing 20 per cent of its annual of the year that firm was actually. knows there is such a thing steps to meet their officers wishes,
turnover. The sale definitely intro- "official knowledge," and another That the Chins Coast Officers' class of information which comes Guild should be anxious to improve how seldom it is that travellers are endeavour should be made to make duced many now customers, and an. under the head on!
1." unofficial.
the working conditions of its me inconvenienced by trains arriving them permanent customers. They do To suggest that the China Associn-bers in both natural and laudable. Jato at their destinations. The Lon- served attention if only because they tion in London has no knowledge But that cable to London was don Midland and Scottish Railway whatever of Hong Kong's troubles scarcely a wise move. The Secre-run over 10,000 trains daily, of did not want. The seller ought not bought the goods regular customers in regard to currency and exchange tary of State for the Dominions which 85 per cent, arrive punctuul- is as absurd as it is unfair. When I could not be expected to issue in-ly or not more than five minutes to be afraid to tell the truth about the Secretary of the China Associa structions to the Hong Kong Gov-nte, while 37 per cent of the local tion anys no representations on the
ernment to establish local currency trains are up to time. On the Lon subject of currency reform have on a gold basis. In June, when don and North Eastern Railway been received by him from Hong this eable was sent to London, the eight-tenths of a minute is the piled, never be afraid to say 80. whole question of exchange was average time lost per train, and under consideration by a Com-even on the long distance expresses, mission specially appointed by the which cover between 200 and 300 Governor of Hong Kong. Until theniles, the average is well under two
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Kong, there is an occasion for our prise. Had he spoken otherwise, there would have been real reason for amazement, in view of the ex- pressed opinions of the mercantile community on the subject...
The position is so simple that there is no excuse for misunder- standing. The China Coast Officers Guild, acting very properly in the ABOUT 1 week ago it was officis ly interests of its members, suggests announced that representatives of to the Officers' (Merchant Navy) the British and Chinese Govern-Federation that certain steps be ments had reached an agreement taken to relieve the hardships being
GOOD NEWS FOR JOHŃ BULL.
"
relating to the disposal of the experienced by merchant service
The
result of that inquiry was made! minutes Inte..
known, neither the local nor home Government could be expected to take any action. It was therefore a work of supererogation for an appeal to be made for action by the British Government in a matter which was at the time actually under inquiry by the Government of this Colony.
le goods. If the stuffs was old, incomplete in rangers, in odd sizes, out of domand, in bad colours, or
...
Mr. Cyril Winn, an inspector of the Board of Education, speaking
The public understood a straight story. A price reduction was all the more valuable if accompanied by-a reason. Many a sale inspired by_good_advertising was often kill- ed at the counter by lack of en- The French Government is plan-thusiasm on the part of the assist- ning to spend £1,100,000 on
ant.. scheme to make Le Bourget airport The project, includes a now and the main air junction in Europe. much larger type of hangar; new methods of meteorological control embarking passengers, and the improved facilities for landing and establishment of a network all round the aerodrome of light beacons" to aid night firing. It is intended to construct later au nn derground electric railway running direct from the airport, which lies about 15 miles to the noth-east of Paris, to the centre of the capital.
Boxer Indemnity. This agreement officers in these waters as a result appears to be in four parts, but of the depreciated· dollar. Owing to the bumper crop of rice it was stated that details would Federation gets into touch with this autumn and in order to relieve be withheld pending ratification by the Secretary of State for the farmors of their difficultica roanlt- the two Governments of the arDominions, but, as was expected; ing from the possible decline of the rangemet arrived at between their
the reply
was unsatisfactory." price of rice, the Government of representatives. Meanwhile, Mr.
Clearly, then, there can be no Korea has decided to place an empresident of Harvard; Max Boer- SUN FO, Minister of Bailways, in ground for any surprise so far, bargo on the importation of foreign on interview last week, told the The Federation, failing to persuade rice for the time being.. United Press correspondent at Nan- the Home Government to give ité king that with the return of the structions that Hong Kong's cur British indemnity, the remaining rency should be established on 170 miles of the Canton-Hankow gold basis, next got into touch with the China Association, in London. Tho Sepretary informed the repre- sentative of the Mariners that, while he knew there and bean talk
Railway will soon be completed.
The British Boxer indemnity amounted to a total of more than 18 millions sterling. The sum of never million has and fun returned, and the balance of 11 millions, the British Government has just agreed to return to China. According to Mr. SUN's statement to the United Press, the greater part of the sum is to be used to complete the Canton-Hankow Rail-
ducts Exhibition will be opened in The proposed Chinese Cotton Pro- Wanking on November 1 instead of October 1 as previously reported The exhibition will be held under the auspices of the Ministry of In-
for a long time of a gold currency which has issued an order saying
dustry, Commerce and
Labour
Colony, be it noted, but the neigh-capital free of taxation and trans for. China"-not for this little that all exhibits will be sent to the
bouring great Republic-they have had no representations as yet from the European community la Hong Kong." This is the allegedly sur prising statement, misinterpreted
RELAY RACE Open to Clubs and way, while the rest will be approns indicating that the China Asso- Associations, Teams to consist printed to improve the Government-ciation is entirely ignorant of the of 2 of 250 Yards and 2 of 440.Yards owned railways in the country. It fact that the local currency ques Secretaries of Teams wishing to compete are requested to send in the Name of is further stipulated that all tion has been the subject both of their teame before SUNDAY, the materials used in the construction much public discussion and of DAY, the 19TH OCTOBER, at 3.30 and improvement of railways shall
official inquiry. P.M. ENTRANCE FEE: 82 Par be purchased in Great Britain, Team.
Part of the profit from the railways We refuse to believe that the J. M. M ALVES,
is in future to be given over for China Association is so completely the development of cultural work in out of touch with the affairs" of China.
this Colony. When the Secretary Mr. Sus regrets the deplorable said no representations had been.
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HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
RAFT PROGRAMMES
DRAFT
ENTRY FORMS for the
WAY BAY
1830-
FOR SALE.
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portation: charges.
at the summer course in music
that when the school-leaving age- teaching at Oxford last month, said was raised to 15 he hoped that there would be a better opportunity for culture, and much more musica! and dramatic work. At present the only outlet for the adolescent com- ed to be the cinema. That was a great pity Musical and dramatic work were excellent outlets for the
emotions of the adolescent, as wall as those of adults. Ordinary peo ple had not yet been given chancr reputation Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, Opera," so why should there not be Among scholars of international in music. There was “A Beggar's
A Duatman's Opera,"
or A bohn, artist and author, and Jean Butcher's Opera! Quite possiblý Adrien Antoine Jules Jusserand, there were embryo Wagners or formerly. French. Ambassador · at | Schuberts in the elementary schools. Washington, received the honorary One foolproof method of toaching degree of Doctor of Laws at Edin- singing was to make, children,hum..
nearly two hours burgh University recently. For The value and beauty of really, soft the summer tone seemed to have gone, for one graduation ceremonies proceeded, heard very little of it nowadays. conferred by Sir Thomas Holland, altogether over 500 degrees were Principal
The famous jockey, Stove Donog and Vice Chancellor, he broke his right leg in two places Among the 18 honorary graduates when his mount, Pamplona, fell, at the students gave a special ovation | Nottingham recently. Among many, years has held the chair of Fine Art by to Prof. Baldwin Brown who for 50 telegrams of sympathy receive
Donoghue W16 [one from:
the lectureship and then the chair sincere thanks for the solicitude at the University, and to Prof. Otto the King, and another from Lar Schlapp who since 1804 has held first Derby. Donoghue expressed his
of German.
shown on his behalf,
Local Notes and Events ★
The monthly meeting of the Re-Wo are informed by the Directors Looking Back 60 Years.
"Pioneer." ja informed that his ferees Association will be held in of Imperial and International Com- the H.K.F.A. offices, French Bank unications, Limited that the re-letter would occupy more than
ceipts for August 1930 were £411,000 | column of our space, which we can. Buildings, at 8.30 pm, to-day,
against £102,300 for August 1029. not devote to the subjost of a The aggregate receipts for eight Railway to the Peak We have palready consigned several 'communi- months January to August 1930 cations on this topic to the wero £3,036,033 against £4,115,503"basket," as it is sheer folly to discuss a work that will never be carried out at least a railway to. The forthcoming marriage the Peak can only be looked for
ward to as boincident with the announced between the Hov. Law-milionuium, certainly not whils renee Neville Watkins, of "Lugard Banks" are 62 prem. and Hall, Hong Kong University, and because of the diffisuities arising
Sugara
8178 per abaro-and not
condition to which the civil wars received by him from Hong Kong the Hong Kong Boxing Association for a similar period in 1929.
and
The annual general meeting of
will be held in the Board Room of Mesara, Jordine, Matheson & Corp Ltd., on October 8 at 5.30 p.m.
to
have brought the railways in China. on the subject of establishing a gold Owing to military activities, the currency, he spoke that which is EIGHTH EXTRA BACK MEET Government-owned · railways since perfectly true. But the fact that ING to be held on FRIDAY 10TH
and on SATURDAY, 11rs last winter have together suffered no representations have been made OCTOBER 1950 (Weather Forsit in loss of $10,000,008--80,000,000 from on this subject does not mean that ting), may be obtained at the RACE loss of revenue, and the balance the China Association, in London A young brewery apprentice was | Miss Hazel Malorie Maude Somer-| from the physical features of the COURSE, AKONG CLUB, and a from destruction of or damage to is wholly ignorant of events which killed instantly at Aberdeen onville, of 9, Bidwell Street, Welling. island; for that matter
Entries CLOSE st 18 O'clock NOON, railway-bridges, raila, cars,
caused so much controversy in the
science has arrived newgineering on THURSDAY, 21. OCTOBER,
locomotives. If these figures are Colony a few months ago. We Tuesday when he jumped off a 'bus ton, New Zealand, who is on her such a pitch in overcoming re
way to Hong Kong by the obstacles that we believe, a railway approximately correct, it will be suspect that it is the representative while in motion. The body was re- Changte.
.could be made from Canton to Cronstadt, but a railway to the some considerable time before there in London of the Officers' Federà moved to the Mortuary.
News was received by cable yes- Poak could never pay working ex- are any profits to be devoted to the tion who has, not quits understood
terday of the death of Captain Tpouses, let alone interest on capital development of cultural work" the position.. He receives a sugges- The rainfall for last mouth A Mitchell, who for 32. years was munity of all others would be the invested, and the Hong Kong.com- Опе NRIGIDAIRE, Good as New, Only in China. "And if the Minister's tion from the China: Coast Officers' "Lest of OROWN. LAND at PrinceUsed for 18 Months; & ft. x 3,1 | statement that the whole of the Guild, 'and' tries conscientiously to amounted to 29.40 inches, of which associated with. Mesare. Jardine,ant to put down their dollars for
Can be seen by appointment at owners Fin Kowloon Address: eleven millions to be returned by act upon it. In making contact 45 inches fall: on
the 14th, 8.34 Mathieson's steamers. He joined the such a palpably absurd under- taking. Pioneer is quite wrong OWNER," care of Hong Kong Daily Great Britain is earmarked for ex-with those who are presumed to inches on the 16th and 0.10 inches Grm in 1991 and retired in 1922. in supposing that the Europeans 9990 penditure upon railways, it means know something about affairs in on the 17th. There were fourteen was in command of ships on the and twenty fons, the next, and so For many years Captain Mitchell here will over increase (there are
Afteen more one year than another. that Hong Kong's hopes of getting this part of the world, he is sur days on which no rainfall was re-Calcatta-Japan run, and the news it slightly fluctuates) as a fact a million, and a half sterling for prised-quite naturally to hear | the University are dashed for ever. that no representations similar to
gistered.
of his death will be received with there are more Portuguese, and
Chinese olerks all others at pre However, there in consolation in the those made to him by the Chinn
regret in many Far Eastern ports,sent filling situations at one time knowledge that the "money" to be Const Officers' Guild have been As a result of raid made by handed over by Jony BULL, to made by the Hong Kong mercan- Chinese revenue officers on board Chilus is to be spent on British tile community to the China Asso-tho M,M. steamer Porthos, in which rolling stock and equipment. It is ciation. To one wholly unfamiliar not a tremendous order, and will with the circuinstances as the re- be "spread, over considerabic presentative of the Officers' Fede period, but in these hard times the ration would be this would appear
manufactured material is to be all the Inots it would have been bought from Britain is good news much mora strange had the Chins infoed.
Edward Road, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 76 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Kent to be fired by the Surveyor of His
·MAJESTY Tan Kina, for one further term of.75 years:
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
| No. of Bala,
2309 Registry No.
Locality.
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Boundary
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* PEAK MANSIONS" -
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Modern Construction with Garage,
CAMBAY BUILDINGS- Flats with Modern Convanizades.
held by Europeans than ever there: were, and the commerce of tho Looking Back 25 Yeats,
| Colony is quietly and gradually The Peking Cabinet has decided drifting into the hands of native large quantity of arms, and that military and naval officers of every year and they do not only merchants, who are more numerous ammunition, was found, three all grades, the army, navy, police Lacquire all the business as it comes, women and a man, stated to be a force, and all scholars of colleges but get into lines onts entirely in
boy on the Porthos, were chargers to adopt Western SeaDumein ji
the hands of foreigners. We have always mayorded the diety SHIVA, I DIVAT at the Tho wador propones shortly to the Fatryke the mormous Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, memorialize the Throne to have this gooseberry " of the season, and those
who indulge in it as visionaries and: The pollen applied for a week's | enforced-Hong Kong Daily Preu
droamers-Fong Kong Day Press, Association announced that repre- remand which was granted.
October 2, 1005.
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