NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
HONG KON
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEN...........
INGS No. 64 or 1030,
IN THE MATTER or HONG KONG
AMUSEMENT:, LIMITED.
AND
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES.
Ordinance 1911-1920.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition for Centrruing the Reduction of the Capital of the abors Company from $200,000.00 to $160,000,00 and for the Confrmation of a Schoms of Arrangement was on the 17th Day of OCTOBER, 1930. presented to the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and is Now Pending and that the List of Creditors is to be malo op se for the 20 Day of OCTOBER, 1830.
Dated the 1st day of October, 1930.
(Bigned) DEACONS, Solicitors for the Company. (10204
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
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T MEETING will be held (Weather
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1930.
WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterday's weather report, fore- cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 4.55 p.m., stated:
The anti-cyclone has increased in intensity; the depression is cross- ing central Japan on an easterly
track.
Local Forecast:-N.E. winds, moderate; fine generally..
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News and Views
next. Since nut one of the Un-¡ He wanted them also to see to it " official Members troubled; to ask | that no one else in the Colony fillod,, why, the Government has decided to their vacant seats "until there is stop this contribution for newB
a definite prospect of a return to cables, we must assume that the
sane government." How could
matter is not considered by the
members who voluntarily left the "In London," says the Lancet, M. Blankonstein, the correspond- ent of the News Roerdam Courant, to be of any great interest or im Legislativo Council "ace to it" "there has been growing up a portance. Possibly the Unofficial that their chairs remained vacant? dostors for doctors, which is des31, of the Association of Journ
voluntary contract system, run by has been elected president for 1030- Xombers do not read Router's What pressure could they bring to cribed as combining the advantages alist.cradited to the League of Na cables, and are indifferent, whether bear upon the Government's now of the national scheme without its tions at Geneva
disadvantages. the local Prees publish them or not. nominoes which would induce those fee of threepence per week, paid in For a capitation
A report regarding the Bino- Even if that is the case their silence so honoured to decline the pro full to the doctor, the subscriber Japanese Boxer Indemnity Agree is inexcusable, for in that event ferred legislative laurels Buch an becomes entitled to medical and-mont appeared recently in the they should have raised the ques-organised policy of obstruction as potence and skill of a genera! Chinese Government has sent a surgical treatment within the-comShunpae, According to this, the tion as to why public funds had a protest against Government policy practitioner at the surgery or at Note to Japan, suggesting that the FOUNTAIN-THOMAS-On September been frittored away" for several would take considerable time to his house, including all needful Sino-Japanem ¡Boxer Indemnity
10, ERNERT Mourier THOMAS, B.A. (Cantah) R.A.F., only.com years at the rate of $33,000 per organise. It would also call for medicines. The scheme is growing Agreement entered into between steadily in London, where there are Japan and the former Peiping of the into E. M. THоMлs, and
moro moral courage than is to be now 11,255 subscribers, anaum. However, whatever the ex-
large pro- Government should be cancelled and Madame Masaru Desconi, of plonation of their inaction yester- expected in this community.
portion of them being in the Pad- that the full amount of the Japan- Villa Carion, Shanghai, to
dington and Kensington areas; andese portion of the returned Boxer EILEEN MAY SCOTT, daughter of day, the fact remains that Router's Luxurious Living.
there are 30 or more such services Indemnity Fund should be handed. the Into Josepu. FOUNTAIN of service of cable news appearing in The Governor's references to high now running in different parts of over to the Chinese Government to Birthwaite Hall, Darton, Yorks, the local newspapers will be oon-standards of living, se distinct
the country.'
by appropriated in such ways as and Mrs. FOUNTAIN of London.siderably reduced after April 30 from high, costs, are certain to
desired by the Chinese; The Japan- unless something very unexpected
cao Government, it is reported, has "Teed to a revision of the said. bappens meanwhile. "Protection" for Hong Kong.
agreement, but not to its cancella- tion.
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HONG KONG, OcroDen 21, 1930,
ACCORDING TO PLAN."
ONLY in one respect was the Legia lative Council debate on the 1931 Estimates at all out of the or dinary. The proceedings were held before tiffin instead of after. For the rest, everything went accord ing to plan." The Unofficial fem- bere each spoke their little piece, and the Colonial Secretary (having Leen very considerately informed
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difficulty in preparing his reply. Sir WILLIAM FEEL, from the guber natorial chair, made a speech on
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Mr. Bernard Shaw, in his pre-
Bway.
The Czechoslovakia steel cartel, arouse wide comment. Space will as a result of the industrial situa: not now permit of extended ex- tion, has decided to increase the amination of his Excellency's re- amount of exports nocording to the The heavy cost of military defence marks. Briefly, Sir WILLIAL PEEL tion:
industries angaged in steel produc- The Italian newspapers continue was strongly commented upon by is of opinion that those who com
to publish details of the daily several members yesterday, but Mr. plain most about the high cost of
journoys of Il Duce, Driving his An epidemic of "atink bomb "* J. P. Brion called attention to an living have only themselves
own or Signor Mussolini has visit- to hooliganism is causing great an-ed schools and many other worke considers absolutely necessary. Homoro luxuriously than ever, they pollute the atmosphere, wherever in jocular mood, Il Duce told other form of protection which he blame. Because they choose to live oyanos in Wellingborough, Eng in the colonies founded for or land. These chemical contrivances phan, of the recent earthquake. wants the industrice of the Colony find their money goes less far then they are thrown, with evil-smelling journaliste: "I authorize you to defended against the competition of it used to. In these days it is rare sulphuretted bydrogen, Warehouses, state that I am ill." heavily subsidised products. Ho is to meet men or women-inclined to and in one case workpeople were. theatres and offices have suffered, in favour of "equality," but con- follow what used to be called the unable to enter a warehouse for siders that term should not mean simple life. Low living and high nearly an hour owing to the ter face, to "The Poems of Mihail state of affairs whereby local in-thinking never did appeal to any but rible smell. So far as is known no Eminescu" translated by Miss E. stink bombs are being sold in Sylvia Pankhurst, writes:-"The dustry is left unprotected to fight a negligible minority. To-day that Wellingborough, and it is thought translation is astonishing and out- against what he describes as un proportion of people is probably probable that youths with an ragous it carried me fair competition. Such a state of smaller than ever it was. Students elementary knowledge of chemistry Sylvia: you are the queerost idiot- affairs,, Mr. BRAGA thinks, makes it of social economy all over the world thoir learning. A similar outbreak governable, self-intoxicated, blind- are making an objectionable use of sculus of this age-the most un- impossible for our home industries are deploring the spendthrift occurred some years ago, wheny and deadly wilful little rapecal- to make headway against those methods of their reckless fellows. amusement places were the worst lion that ever imposed itself on the infra-red end of the revolutionary rivala who, protected themselves What is described as the old-time
spectrum as a leader; but that you against competition, take advantage virtud of saving is said to be "out
had this specific literary talent for British Official unemployment of the Free-trade policy of this of fashion." The enormous amounts returns for last week show thyming and riding our words at
gallop has hitherto been a secret." Colony to put their products upon spent upon intoxicating drink, to ther growth by 14,50%. The total Eminescu was a Rumanian journ
now stands at 2,167,000 which alist who died of insanity in 1880, the local market against those turn-bacco, women's dress, amusements, 085,000 more than for the corres.
in Bucharest. and gambling (on as well as off the ponding period of 1029, ed out by our own home industries.
Well, there is only one way in by cconomists. We have our full Exchange) are regarded with horror which home industries can be deshare of extravagant spenders in funded against outside competition, be it fair or otherwise. Hong Kong must have a tariff drafted on de finitely Protectionist lines. Does Mr. BRAGA Beriously neat what he
says when he talks about such pro-
tection being given to Hong Kong's industrica The subject is too big
sufferers.
is
A mysterious affair is reported Colonel W. R. Goodwin, C.M.G., from the Finnish-Boviot border this Colony, but nevertheless it is D.S.O., Commandant of the Royal rear which the former President. fact whether his Excellency Ulster Constabulary depot, Now of the Finnish Republic Stahlberg knows it or not-that the most townards,
Was burned to death with his wife was found stranded careful housewife will find actual last month when his motor-car over in a motor car wherein, they stated, daily necessitios coet her to-day turned between Newtownards and they bad been abducted, presumab
Colonel Goodwin wasly by Communists, who conveyed about 50 per cent, more than she Comber. paid twelve months ago.
driving to his home, and a lorry them over a distance of 460 kilome driver noticed that the back of the trea Further details and explana car was on fire. He went in pur-tions are still lacking. Elsewhere readers will find a suit but was unable to overtake it. full-parhapa too detailed-report Apparently the colonel discovered
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back and herself in the breast. The two victims were found by the horrified aurgeon and taken to hospital, where they died shortly aftor admission.
A four-year-old_child living with to be dealt with now, but before of yesterday's proceedings in the that his car was alight, for he pull- long we shall endeavour to show Legislative Council. Now we have ed into a ditch and the car over-sels, was suffering from a malady
ed to the side of the road, but crash her parents at Jette, near Bras time, and hero wo have space, the approved lines, after which that fr. BRAGA's well-meant sugges-10y to summarise briefly and turned. He made an effort to which, the surgoon decided, could honourable members were invited to tion would do very much more harm comment as tersely upon the mors escape, but the doors had jammed. only be cured by an operation. The WAS driven say whether or no they were in than good to this Colony. The inter- intercating aspects of the debate. Colonel Goodwin, who was forty-little girl's mother favour of voting the 233 million national competition existing within The proposed marine aquarium is sight, had been commandant of the frantic by the idea that her baby quite an excellent idea, but not R.U.C. depot since 1926. He was in was to undergo it. She procured dollars asked for. The "ayes," of the arrow confines of British urgent. A fow more years may well command of the 12th Royal Ulster a rifle, shot her daughter in the the whole of the Far East course, had it. With a permanent territory is as nothing compared be allowed to roll before poor fish Rifles during the war.
majority of Oficial Members on the with the possibilities of developing confined in glass tanks are given the
M. William Fraser, president of Council, the Government need never local industry to supply needs out. I doubtful pleasure of looking at a
piveession of equally unhappy crea the Association of Finance Car be really very anxious as to the side the Colony. Mr. BradA seems tures passing by their windows. porations, speaking at New York, fate of the Budget-nor of any
to have forgotten that Hong Kong There is much more important work, declared that the total amount in-
waiting to be done by various volved in American bankrupteles According to Mr. Charles Ernest other measure, for that matter. is not itself a great consuming branches of the Civil Service than in the course of the year was some Parks, an Arcot-under-Wychwood
centre, either for home-made or in the construction of an aquarium. where in the neighbourhood of Goat-Cutting,
Begge Morchant, Oxford profers bad ported goods. It is first and last Of much more general interest was milliard dollars.
egge. "I went in for National The Unofficial Members touched distributing centre, and its Sir WILLIAM PERL's reference to the
Mark eggs, and since May Inst CHINA, JAPAN, COREA, INDO- upon the now threadbare analogy prosperity as such is, attributable pleasure than for profit, and of construction of roada more for
year I have lost £400," he said Tarco ingots of gold, weighing at Oxford Bankruptcy Court. Ito CHINA, SIAM, STRAITS
of cutting a cost according to one's to its Free-trade policy. Hong still more vital concern was His 76 ounces, and estimated to be attributed his failure to +too SETTLEMENTS, MALAY
cloth, and having reminded the Kong is a free port. Its freedom Excellency's pledge to recommend worth £300, have boon discovered confiding faith that the Govern STATES, NETHERLANDS
to London the adoption of a in a hollow leg in a wood-heap in ¦ment would enforce the National' Government of the disregarded from restraint upon trade is econo- system for the conversion of ster the back yard of John Dundas, Mark system of grading eggS. INDIA, BORNEO, THE
warnings as to the consequences of mie_justification for its existence. | ling salaries whereby a saving of agod seventy, of Wembley Park, Oxford, he said, would rather have PHILIPPINES, Etc.
ignoring the amount of material Once we start protecting our infant That, in fact, was the only really log in which the gold was found
nearly $400,000 will be effected. suburb of Porth, Australia. The bad eggs than good ones. available, gave reluctant approval Industries-either by a tariff or practical contribution to the day's was a stump felled in September, to what, they all beliove to be an | by 'aubsidies-we start committing doings, and the community should and had stood in the yard for Royal Air Force-pilots have been extravagant design. Ono member suicide. said the Colony is living on ita developed and supported at an
This argument will be be grateful to the Governor for years, probably before the house carrying out high-speed researc
doing what he has to temper the was built in a comparatively new work with seeplanes at Folixstowe, wind to the shorn lairib. A district, Dundne took the gold to and have attained speeds greatly in capital. Another spoke of the sad early opportunity.
periodical visit to & marine the police, who have lodged it at excess of the record of 357 milos sufferings of property owners, and A Legislative "Boycott,"
aquarium may have a pacifying the mint for safe custody for three hour established by Squadron- effect upon restless citizens, as was months awaiting a claimant, and Leader Orlebar, It is understood The writer of a letter published suggested yesterday, but the spec if at the end of that period, no at Great Britain, the holder of necessarily a sign of prosperity in our columns yesterday urged tacle of one poor fish gazing at an- claimant appears, it will be return the Schneider Trophy, will be chal- other is not so exhilarating as the ad, to the finder. Detectives think lenged by Italy and France, and COMPREHENSIVE AND COM / Arranged, with the initials as welt Yet another pointed out that the that the Unofficial Members should | prospect of reducing expenditure by that the gold was stolen years ago possibly America, next year, and economies which leave efficiency un-and secreted in the stump by the that the mice will again be flown impaired.
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argued that a boom in building was
not
as Surnames in strict alphabe big bill presented for acceptance take a very bold, course in protest was due to increased salaries and ing against the Budget. The sug depreciated dollars, and pathetical gestion was i put forward much too ly urged the Government to leave Tato to be of service--not that it no stone unturned in its search would have been acted upon had it for some plan for stabilising the been made a month ago. Yet if any dollar. Speaking of stones, such a individust in the community over search would be as useless as the has a friendly word of advice to labours of Sjoyphus,
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Local Notes and Events
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Two American seamen employed Looking Back 25 Years.
The centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar marked on Saturday by both Me ships and the mar chant vessels in the barbour mak- ing the usual display of bunting Hong Kong Daily Pre Oos, 1005.
Looking Back 50 Years.
For driving a motor cycle with First "Axe" Victim Unmourned. the Press, he is quite right in bring-out a driver's licence, Mr. Kilby on board the President Grant wore No question was asked by anying it to their attention-but the as lined 810 by Mr. Butters at fined 810 each by Mr. Butters at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday. the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday Unofficial Member yesterday, and matter must be ventilated-in-good-
for throwing-fire-crackers to the consequently no information was time. However simple the idea the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club Road,
The annual general meeting of danger of the public in Camon given, concerning the reason for the may be, it is only fair to those to Ladies Section will be held in the Government's decision not to con- whom it is submitted that they Helena May Institute on Wednes The pupils of the Yeung Chung tinue its subscription to Router's have ample time to consider it and day, October 22, at 11 am.
Girls' College gave. a clever per formance of Chiness dancing at nowy service. As we pointed out decide upon acceptance or rejection.
the Ko Shing Thontre on Saturday
A useful and important addition last August, the Press was actually An eleventh hour proposal that
to celebrate Confucious day. There to the means of local intercom- the first victim of the Government's Unotheial Members of the Legis
was a very large attendance and munications was commenced yrs. retrenchment policy. Following the lative Council should resign en bloc
the girls who took part in the danc-terday by the laying
esblábe $12 absurd assertion by an unbalanced is obviously so grave a suggestion
ing displayed some vory fine talant submarine telegaph critic that $33,000 was being thob, if seriously considered at all, "frittered away." every year on several days would be certainly news which could be obtained from eccssary in order that the gentle papers Government me direct surned-could-dis announced its decision not to concuss their line of action. But our tinuo its annual ubscription to correspondent wanted the Unofficial Router's service after April 30 Members to do more than resign.
Mr. J. Colton of the Hong Kong Hotel Garage was fired 810 by Mr. Butters at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday for driving a motor car in Nathan Road, a place which was
of
tweon Kowloon peningula and not allowed in his learner's liconed,
Remarking that the defendant Victoria, The Iceality selected for - A fino of 8250 or two months seemed to enjoy being in gol, Mr. the crossing is the narrow strait Fard. Inbour" was imposed by Mr. | Lindsoll at the. Central Magistracy between Hunghom and Whitseld
E. Lindsell on a Honolulu yesterday. sentenced returned police-station: which
clear Chinese to the "PORATOR OF TWO Jalence to 12 Months hard about the roadsword why whore there tövolvers and quantity of of the birch
anyone muition. It was stated that the stated at the defendant had spent cable being fouled by ship's on man was arrested on the Shekki the best part of the last ten years chors Hong Kong Daily Press, ferry.
in prison.
Oct. 21, 1880.