HOME FOOTBALL.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE GAMES POSTPONED.
CUP MATCHES TODAY,
There are no matches in the Scottish Lengue to-day owing to the teams being engaged in the Second Round of the Secttish Cup com-
petition. The following are the
matches:-
Dundee U. Motherwell 2. Murrayfield Clyde
Collie. Albion.
v. Ayr.
Third Lanark .
Bo'ness Bangers alontrose Cowdenbeath Inverness Cit Arbroath Hamilton Kilmarnock King's Park
Aberdeon
St Mirren. Airdrie.
v. Allow
2. Dundee.
v. Civil Service.
St. Johnstone,
#. Falkirk.
*
. Edinburgh C. Hiberniane. A
1. Hearts.
v. St. Bernard's.
1. Partick.
Queen's Park
1.
Morton
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1931.
LAND INVESTMENT | RARE STAMPS OF BABY BORN DURING
COMPANY.
PROPOSED DIVIDENDS.
LAST YEAR.
A SENSATION AND A SCANDAL.
The forty-second report of the Board of Directors of the Hong THE KING'S £2,000 PURCHASE, Kong Land Investmont & Agency Co., Ltd. to the general mooting of shareholders to be held at the officos of Messrs. Jardino, Matheson & Co., Ltd., at 12.30 p.m. on Tues. day, February 10, states:-
The philatelist's year is a very different period from the calendar year; it contains but eleven months, and begins mildly in September and ends wistfully in July.
A FIRE.
DOCTOR AND NURSE STAY WITH MOTHER.'
Forty or fifty families left their homes in Ormond-yard, Queon- square, Devonshiro-stroot, Blooms bury, W.C.. when thoro was an alarm of fire, hat one little faruily And in that Hittle remained. family, at the height of the alarma, a haby was born.
Directors: Hon. Mr. J. J. Pater 800 (Chairman), Mossra. A. H.
The year 1930 began with a BUT- The families lived in tenements Compton, H. H. H. Priestley, A. H. White, J. E. Joseph, T. E. prise, for on January 1 there camo adjoining premises known as the Poarce and Sir Robert Ho Tung. from France a blue and red 50-Dymond laboratories. It was in The not profita for the year, centime etwrap similar in design to this building that the fire broke after providing for all directors and auditors fors amount to the 1-franie Algeriau, but bearing out 61,485,305.87, which with the amount the words "Centenaire. Algeria." brought forward from last year It was the unexpected preface to 8904,100.88, gives an amount avail the Algerinn set which came later ablo for division of 82,470.75.
From this amount an interim in the year, a very beautiful sut dividend of 82 per share on 240,000 sold at double face value. On the shares (8480,000) has already been same day Iceland issued one of the paid, leaving balanco of
outstanding sets of the year as part $1,099,553.78 available for appro
deal with as follows:- To pay a final dividend
The English League programino priation, which it is proposed to of its millenary celebration of the
18 as under:
Division I.
Arsenal
v. Birmingham.
Middlesbro'.
Aston Villa
Blackburn
Blackpool Chelsea
Grimsby Huddersfield Manchester C. Newenstle Portsmouth Wednesday
Bradford Bristol C. Bury Cardiff Everton Millwalk
Oldham Plymouth
Reading
Stoke
Wolven
2. Leicester.
v. Sunderland.
". Liverpool.
v. Manchester U,
1. Leeda.
1. Derby.
v. Bolton.
"
- Sheffield U.
West Ham..
Division II.
Burnley.
t. Barnsley. 1. Port Vale,
Charlton.
1. Bradford O.
v. Tottenham.
V. Notts Forest.
1. West Brom.
Th
Вталвед Preston N.E.
e. Southampton.
Division III, (Southern),
Brentford
1. Exeter.
Clapton O. e. Gillingham,
1. Bristol R
Luton
Northampton, r. Brighton.
Norwich Notts C. Queen's P.R.
Southend
Thames Torquay
v. Fulham.
". Watford,
#. Coventry.
v. Newport.
V. Swindon.
. Walsall.
Division III, (Northorn).
Carlisle
Chesterfield
Darlington
Hartlepoole Lincoln Nelson Rotherham Tranmere Wigan Wrexham York
r. Rochdale,
1. Barrow.
New Brighton, Doncoster,
1.
15
Hull..
" Stockport. 1. Southport. · 11. Сгоно.
v. Gateshead.
1. Halifax.
2. Accrington,
LEAGUE RESULTS.
(runovan REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Loxnos, Jan. 29.
Playing in the Second Division of the English League, Preston N.E., on their own ground, drow with Bradford, the score being one goal each..
In the Northern Section & win was secured by Barrow over Crewe by to goals to Hil.
Everton
Division II.
P. W. D. L. F., A. Pta. 26 19 4 3 83 40 42 West Brom. 20 15 5 0 58 23 35 Wolves 25, 15 0 9 59 36 32 Tottenham 26 16 2 8.63 33 34 Preston N.E.27 12 5 8 OL 40.31 Port Vale 20 19 3 10 51 46 29 Burnley .25 12 5 8 63 82 29 Вигу
26 13 3 10 37. 50.99 S'thampton 56 11 0 0 43 37, 28. Oldham
26 10 4 12 37 47. 24 Stoke 24,90 10 37.47 24 Bradford 27 13 8 0:00.41, 23 Svanaca 20, 95.12 30.49 23 Bradford C. 25 8 6 11 34 43 22 Charlton. 20. 8. 0 13:30 50 99 Millwall 26 9 8 14 51:00 21 Notts. For. 20 08.12.47 50·90 Plymouth 24 8.4 1444 00. 20 Barnsley 2370 12 20 45 20 Bristol C. 26.76 13 30 54.90 Cardiff 25 7 4 34 30.5718. Reading
27. 6, 536 4071-17
Division III. (Northern).
Lincoln'
Tranmere
P. W. DL. F. A. Pts.
20 18 4 4 61 20 40 20 17 3 0 62 61 · 37 · Chesterfield 27 10 6 6 61 37 37 20 17 3 8 59:35:37 23.13 6.6 06:36 32
Stockport Hull Wrexham
20 13 5 8 00 43 31 Wigan
28 14 2 10 50 53 30 Southnort 25 13 3 9 60 43-20 Carlisle 2013. 3. 10. 58, 5020, Gateshead 24, 8.9 7 33 35 25 Accrington, 28 10 3 15 53 70 23
Hochdate Barrow
of 82 per share on
Thore
News Kept from Mother.
tenements, said to a reporter:
Mr. O. Cokeley, who lives in the
My non woke up and found smoke in his bedroom. He called
out that there was a fire, and al. most everybody left the building. In one room only were there any people left. That was the bedroom where my married daughter was being attended by a doctor and
nurse.
"Athling."
were fifteen stamps designed by a Viennese ar- List, Herr L. Hesshaimer, with Beeree from the history of the Parliament, views of the country, "My wifo stayed with the doctor 10,000.00 map of the island, and the maand the nurse, and they kept the
tional flag.
news of the fire from my daughter. "The tremen at first-feared that
240,000 old shares.8 480,000.00 To, pay a dividend of 81 per gharo on 43,757 new shares. To pay a honus to staff To general contingency
account
To special repairs and renewals account... To equalization of divi-
dend fund... To rebuilding reserve
account
To carry forward to a new profit and loss account
Total
43,757,00
50,000.00
The thirty postage and air mail 6,278 27 stamps which Spain issued in hon-there were people sleeping in the
50,000.00
our of the centenary of their great artist, Francisco Goya, was tho 400,000.00 sensation of the year, for on the three-pesata values there was an 059,521.49 exceedingly good reproduction of
.81,009,556.75
Sir Robert Ho Tung and Mr. T. E. Pearce now retire by rotation, and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
The accounts have been audited by Messrs. Perey Smith, Soth & Fleming and Messrs. Linstead & Davis, who now retire and offer themselves for re-election.
EXCHANGE RATES.
(ORITION WIRELESS SERVICE]
RUGBY, Jan. 20.
123.00) 4.83 10/32 34.82)
Paris
Now York Brussels Genová
Amsterdam Milan. Berlin Stockholm
25.11 12.011 $2.75 20.43
18.14
Copenhagon
18.10
Oslo
18.16
Vionna
Prague
Helsingfors
193
Madrid
Lisbon
47.35 102.25 375
017-
Athens..... Bucharest Rio
Buenos Aires
Montevideo Bombay
Shanghai Hong Kong Yokohama Silver (spot) Silver (forward)
34.53) 101
4 3/16 34 3/16
12
1/51
1/3
17
2/07/10 13 13/10 13 9/10
BOXING
CITY HALL
SATURDAY,
- 7th February, 1931,
at 9.15 p.m.
MAIN EVENT
15 Rounds Contest for Middleweight Championship of the Colony and Belt
Between
JOCK CRICHTON, Walter and Middleweights Champion of the Colony
and
A. B. EWIN, HM.S. "THRACIAN “
er Middleweight Champion
of the Imperial Servicos.
Booking at Montrie's: For members of the Hongkong Boxing 623
2014 12
28 10.4 14 41 63 22
Hartlepools 2 0 3 13 49.40-91 N. Brighton 27, A 6 14 29 39 21 Darlington 26 8 4 14 43 41-20 24.92 13 45 30 20
York Doncaster se. 67 13 40 47 19 280115 40 68 19 12578 13 || 22054 19
Crowe Halifax' Nelson
20:46 17 23 02, 13
his famous painting of "La Maja.": This extremely beautiful nade caused aurpriss in England and consternation in America, where the doalors discussed the advisabil- ity of a protest to the. Spanish postal authoritice. But a realiza- tion of the uselessness of the move damped the ardour of the Puritans and the motion was allowed to lie on the table.
PASSENGERS:
Arrivals.
LINER
PRESIDENT
The following paasongera arrived yesterday by as President Mo Kinley Mrs. Oliver Caldwell, Mr. L. Cohen, Mr. Chan Wing. Capt. D. 1. M. Cameron, Mr. V. 1. Caton, Mr. Chu Kori Yuen Bung, Miss Lottie Dingeman, Mr. C. E. Encarnacao, Mi. 0. G. Evans, Mr. B. Forknoll, Mr. Emil Geneberger, Hung, Mr. 9 A. Judah, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. H. Gild," Mr. M. K David Judah, Mr. K. B. Shen, Major General J. W. Sandelands, Mr. E. 8. Somerville, Mr. O, L. Woo.
The following passengers arrived | yesterday by the ss, Comorin from the North: Mr. Mansoer, Mr. L Pickering, Mrs. Mott and child, Mr. and Mrs. Harrold, infant and amah, Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Fisher and infant, Mr. and Mrs. MacNaughton, Mr. Sadhooram, Mr. Korkhau, Mr. A. Finson, Mr. and Mrs. Bonie, Mr. J. Marco, Mr. W. Simpson, Capt. Balch, Mre. Weall, two children and nurse, Mr. A. Hanson, Mr. G. Hubard, Miss Ribe, Mr. E. Powell, Mr. A.
de Pidoll, Wrt. Off. Appleyard, Dr. Steptoe,r. H. McEwan, Baron C. Doris Clay, Mr. and Mrs. Toich- man and sorvant, Mr. J. Malone, Mr A. Button, Mr. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Jowitt, Mr. A. Dorey, Mr. Fantasha, Mr. W. Bail, Mr.
Abbott, Mrs. West. Miss Bell-
wood, Miss Russoll, Sir W. How lett, Lady Hwlett, Miss Hewlett, Mr. C. Hiron, Miss Wheldon, Mrs. Black, Mr. J. Alexander, Mr. R. Pawley, Mrs. McEwan, infant and nurse, Mr. and Mrs Holmes, Capt. H. Pellew, Sorg-Lieut. Campbell, Miss Batchelor, Mr. Stuart, Rey, upper part of the building. They and Mrs. Rowlands and two child. ren, Mr. W. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. were unable to bring their escapo Fitzpatrick, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. through the narrow turning, but and Mrs. Sim and infant, Mr. and they ran ladders up to the windows.Mrs. Slius, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, two children and amati, A.D. There were no people there.
Crang, Bir E. Thompson, Sir T. Allen, Mr. J. Bell, Mr. W. Crow- Dr. S. Briggs, Mr. J. Wild, Mr. ther, Lt. Col. and Mrs. Merean,
St. Quintin fill, Mr. F. Barnes, Mr. E. Duxbury, Mr. Birchenongh, Mr. J. Edmundson, Mr. G. Green, Mr. Reiss, Mr. A. Marconi, Mr. R. do-Guttery, Sgt. Maj. Hill, Mr. R.
"When I returned homo after the fire I learned that I had another bonny grandson.".
**Burglars."
Rice.
Mrs. Cokeley said:- "Mother and baby aro both
The following passengers arrived ing on well. When the alarm was given by a policeman, who banged yesterday by the as alwn from his truncheon on the staire and London-R. W. Keown, A. Masin- doe, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hyne and called out 'Fire,' we did all we two children. Mr. and Mrs. TE could to keep the news from my Falla, Mr. Jun. Falls, C. Noave; daughter. She heard the other peo-Mr. and Mrs. A. Hopkins, Mrs. J. Colquhoun, 3. R. S. Taylor, Miss The little country of Latvia supple leaving, however, and knew. B Natthews, Mrs. G. F. Rees,
Scandal of the Year.
that something was amiss. We told her that there had been burglars"
Woman Dies from Burma.
E. Keon, H., G. Morris, Miss A. Symington, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ewing, two children and infant, Mrs. Lo Tissier, child and infant, Capt. and Mrs, S. H. Histed,
Mre. Alice Mand Clermonts, aged
Mrs. H. Collis-Boyd, Mr. Hatfield, 40, of Green-lane, Ilford (Essex) R. Booth, Sir John Simpson, Mrs. died in Oldchurch Hospital, Rom-A M. Beveridge, Miss J. Campbell, ford, from shock following burne received when she stumbled on to the fire while cooking.
C. C Moutrie, Capt. F. A. Love grove, on, Mrs. Tufton, Miss 6. Tufton, E. Cock, Mrs. Cock, Miss Howard-Smith, Miss E. & G. Strong, Miss N. Wheeler, Miss M. P. Henderson, Mrs. C. H. Aber crombie, Mrs. M. L. Garnett, Mr. set and the Abyssinian coronation and Mrs. J. Lunn, Mrs. J. a longer one, whilst Denmark made Wroughton, C. J. Hodges, W. C. G. a presest of ten stomps to King Knowics, R. A. Joselyn, B. Can- Christian in honour of his sixteithnery, F. W. Foster, C. B. Morrison, birthday, the proceeds of which he E. and Mrs. Carpenter, Mies M is devoting to charities Christ man, as usual, bas seen a spate of charitable issues from practically all over the world, a precedent set by Switzerland in 1913, and, with the exception of 1914, continued ever since with increasing popu: larity."
plied the scandal of the year with a sot of eight stamps in honour of their architect, Rainis. As the ser was issued perforate and unper- forate, it meant the purchase of sixteen stamps, each of double face value. They copied this method of bleeding philatelists from their Bolshevik neighbours, worse was to come. In order to rhin their status from printed labels to post- ago stampa a fow sets were sold to members of an angry crowd who assembled outside the post office at Riga, and the whole of the rest wore sold en bloc to a German dealer who offered the two shillings' worth of stamps far fifteen or sixteen shillings! Neither of the two great English denlere would have any thing to do, with them, and it is sincerely to be, hoped that their
British Empire Stamps. firm attitude will have its due
The stamps of the British Em- effect. Fortunately, the people of pire have seen but few new issues Latvia wore equally indignant, and in spite of the excellent send-off the authorities there will hardly by the Bahamas on January 2, when the. tercentenary was commemorat- vonture to do the same thing again.ed by an issue of five beautifully
Turning to pleasanter sets, we have the two exhibition stamps from Belgium, the Antwerp stamp with its portrait of Rubens, and
Whitley, Mr. and Mrs. Mackie and two infants, Do In Rochebeo hard. E. G. Collingwood, Mrs. and Mies Collingwood, Mies Car rington, W. D. Wentworth, It. and Mrs. Sinker, Masters Tata (three), Miss Mills, J. L. Marshall, Mise N E. Harris, W. L. Meikle, A. M. I, Mohammed, Rev. G. T. Sentt. Mr. Ooi Keo Hin, Mr. Ooi Kee Wan, Miss W. Middleton, Misa G. Mid- dieton, Mrs. 8, A. Wong, Mrs. P. S. Wong, infant and amab, Mr. and Mrs. Noble, Miss Noble, W Weir, P. Buzard, Mr. and Mrs.. Kerr, Rev. E. M. Dodd, W. Loke engraved stampe bearing a repro Yat, T. Yap Chong Tee San Foo, duction of the seal of the island Mr. and Mrs. Wright, infant and and the three dates, 1029, 1720, amah, F. W. Bible, Comdr. P. 1929." Australia added another Maxwell, Mra. C. Graham-Browne, Englishman's portrait to the few Mra, V. Landale, Dr. 8. C. Dnore, found on the world's post-H. R, Waring, Mr. and Mrs. the one for Liege bearing the por-ago stamps. It was that of the great Beaman, S. Torg Pay, Mr. L. B. trait of Zonobe Gramme, followed explorer, Captain Charles Sturt, Stone, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Coote, in July by the three finely repro- who discovered so much of the in- Mr. and Miss Millard and Mies terior of the great island continent, McGrath (nur), A. Chettiar. Mr. duced stamps to commemorate the and carly in the new year they Arunachalam, Maj. W Soanies, centenary of Belgian independence, added. Kingsford Smith's portrait Mr. Deuchar
The Irish Free State had a 2d. Italy, too, has issued some stamps stamp to advertise the completion as fingin design na in execution. of the Shannon barrage. Tho, in There was the Royal Marriage sot Lantion was good, but the design wy poor and the printing very of three values, the Ferrucci cora-
fat and uninteresting, memoratives and now the long set in honour of the 2000th anniversary of Virgil's birth.
History has of course received due record. The evacuation of the Rhine was very, modestly noted by Germany. They added the over- print, 30 Juni 1930" to their 8 and 15, pf stamps, and let it go.
Yemen is the only new.country' that has made its appregrance in collectors albums this year. It made a very modest start with half- dozen stamps of a total face value of about three shillings, and a line used set should provo a useful ad. dition to any collection.
Royal Collectors. During the year His Majesty strengthened his wonderful colloc
at that The Graf Zeppelin acemation by buying an Australian col to have
stamps from lection, very highly specialized, for? Finland to the United States, something over £2,000, and. King Fuad of Egypt, another keen royal The change of Kings in Roum collector, purchased an Egyptian recollection which would materially to Juni 1980 me the Bow King's strengthen his own, excellent, as is
- 18 AKI TERTY TONDOLEBI stampa, and a new ect, vory finely printed and bearing the new King's portrait, which is is process of issue. The Bulgarian royal wedding has produced a new short, (Continged on next Volumn,)
—WERDNESDAY 4th February
General Public: FRIDAY, 6th, and ¦-
SATURDAY, 7th February. *PRICES: 35,50, 88.80 and #1.10 Tax Inclusive.
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Taking the year as a whole one niny say that it has been well up to the average, Money his hoon too tight for many auglion records to be mado, but outstanding rare- ties in fine condition, show a con- tinuous upward trend.
HEALTH IN EASTERN PORTS.
The following health bulletin of Eastern ports for the week onded January 24 has been issued-
Pisgae.
Casca, Doathe
Baghdad. Bombay
Rangoon
Colombo
Bangkok
Poom Penh
Cholera.
10-
Bonbay
Calcutta Madras Pondicherry Phom Pen Saigon
Small-
Caloutta Cochinni Madras Moulmein
Penang Saigon Shanghai
ir
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